US12246863B2
An adaptable lattice structure (110, 120, 130, 140) for a an Unmanned Aerial System, UAS, comprising: a plurality of lattice voxels (100, 102), wherein each lattice voxel (100, 102) comprises: a plurality of same shape elements (10, 12); wherein each same shape element (10, 12) comprises a plurality of connector elements (20), wherein the plurality of connector elements (20) are configured to temporarily couple a first same shape element (10) to at least a second same shape element (12); wherein the plurality of same shape elements (10, 12) are configured to be temporarily coupled so as to form a three dimensional lattice voxel (100); and wherein at least one of the connector elements (20) on a first lattice voxel (100) is configured to temporarily couple the first lattice voxel (100) to a second lattice voxel (102) after the formation of the first lattice voxel (100) and the second lattice voxel (102).
US12246855B2
An interface assembly for connecting an on-board propulsion system to a testing facility includes a support member configured for coupling to a manipulation system and a mounting member configured for coupling to the on-board propulsion system. A plurality of channels extends between and couples the mounting member to the support member.
US12246854B2
First and second signals respectively associated with first and second motors are obtained. First and second motor wear metric that respectively represent an amount of wear associated with the first and second motors are determined based at least in part on the first and second signals, respectively. It is determined whether at least one of the first or second motor wear metrics exceeds a failure threshold. The VTOL vehicle is automatically prevented from performing a vertical takeoff attempt if least one of the first or second motor wear metrics exceeds the failure threshold. The first and second rotors are respectively positioned at first and second angles relative to a horizontal plane, at least during a hovering mode of the VTOL vehicle. The first and second angles are different angles. The first and second motors are respectively associated with the first and second rotors.
US12246849B2
An aircraft emergency guidance assembly adapted to be mounted in an aircraft cabin comprises a longitudinally extending layer of photoluminescent material and a cover over the photoluminescent material. The assembly has a height and a width and a ratio of the width to height is from 0.5:1 to 3.5:1.
US12246846B2
A propulsion unit for an aircraft, includes a support structure, a nacelle and a turbomachine. The support structure is configured to independently support, on the one hand, the turbomachine and, on the other hand, preferably by a cradle, an air inlet and/or a rear section of the nacelle.
US12246841B2
An electric power system for a vehicle includes at least one electric machine, one or more power rectifiers, and a plurality of DC channels. The at least one electric machine includes a plurality of tooth-wound multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and the at least one electric machine is mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized. The one or more power rectifiers are configured to produce rectified power from the power generated by the at least one electric machine. The plurality of DC channels are formed after the at least one power rectifier and are configured to provide DC power to one or more loads within a vehicle.
US12246837B2
A method of manufacturing a metal component with an anti-microbial molecular layer may comprise: disposing the metal component in a piranha solution; washing the metal component; and grafting a surface of the metal component with a Si-Quat or hybrid Si-Quat molecular layer.
US12246834B2
A method for stabilizing drones performing a mid-air package transfer. One or more processors detecting the proximity of a second drone to a first drone. Interference of air pressure between rotors of the first drone and rotors of the second drone is detected by data from sensors included on the first and second drone. Positions of the rotors of the first drone are adjusted by moving rotor arms in a first direction and the rotors of the second drone are adjusted by moving rotor arms of the second drone in a second direction that increases separation between the rotors of the first drone and the second drone, and the amount of separation is based on reduced interference of air pressure between rotors of the first and second drone. Responsive to determining completion of a package transfer, the positions of the rotors are adjusted to original positions.
US12246833B2
A sealing device for covering an aperture in a wing part of an aircraft is disclosed having an interface section for fixedly mounting the sealing device to a surface of the wing part adjacent the aperture, a connecting section, and a cover section for covering at least a part of the aperture. The connecting section is arranged between the interface section and the cover section and connects the interface section and the cover section. The connecting section is adapted to resiliently hold the cover section in a predetermined orientation relative to the interface section to cover at least a part of the aperture. The cover section comprises a contact portion for contacting a surface of an actuation element that protrudes through the aperture.
US12246829B2
Disclosed is a transformable wing, which comprises: a main wing including multiple ribs extending in the forward and backward direction of the wing wherein the multiple ribs are arranged at intervals in a lengthwise direction of the wing; and a span morphing part including an auxiliary wing extending in the lengthwise direction, a scissors part connected to one end of the auxiliary wing in the lengthwise direction, and a driving part for extending or reducing the scissor part in the lengthwise direction.
US12246815B2
The system 100 can include a balloon system 110 and a set of spools 120. The system can optionally include a set of actuators 130. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system can function to facilitate balloon launch preparation and/or launch of a balloon vehicle system. The system can additionally function to facilitate controlled stand-up of a balloon.
US12246813B2
An outboard motor includes a drive source, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a first case, a second case, a third case, a bearing, and a bearing housing. The drive shaft extends downward from the drive source. The propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft and extends in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor. The first case houses the drive source. The second case houses the propeller shaft. The third case is between the first case and the second case in a vertical direction of the outboard motor. The bearing rotatably supports the drive shaft. The bearing is between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case. The bearing housing supports the bearing. The bearing housing is between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case.
US12246810B2
A method to control at least a first and a second parallel hybrid driveline arranged to drive a marine vessel is provided. Each driveline comprises a first propulsion unit operatively connected with a second propulsion unit to drive a propeller shaft and produce a thrust force. At least one control unit controls each first and second propulsion unit in all the parallel hybrid drivelines. The method involves individual adjustment of the rotational speed of the first propulsion unit in each driveline to improve the efficiency of this first propulsion unit while maintaining the requested vessel speed, and a simultaneous adjustment of the load from the second propulsion unit in each driveline to improve the efficiency of each driveline and the complete driveline installation.
US12246806B2
An evaluation device according to the present technology includes an evaluation computing unit that learns to obtain deposit evaluation data as an output by machine learning using at least one of ocean topography data or fine particle component measurement data for a known seabed deposit as input data for learning, the evaluation computing unit calculating the deposit evaluation data for an evaluation target sea area by using at least one of the ocean topography data or the fine particle component measurement data for the evaluation target sea area as an input.
US12246796B2
A chain for a bicycle, a sprocket cassette, a chainring, a crankset, a chain drive system, and a bicycle are provided. The chain comprises a plurality of interleaved link elements, each link element being pivotably attached to at least one other link element and comprising at least two teeth. A flank of each tooth is adapted to engage with a flank of a sprocket tooth. The sprocket cassette comprises one or more sprockets, each comprising a plurality of sprocket teeth, wherein each sprocket tooth has a flank with a profile corresponding to a profile of at least part of a tooth of each of the plurality of link elements. The chainring comprises a plurality of sprocket drive teeth having a profile corresponding to the profile of at least one of the teeth of each of the plurality of link elements.
US12246790B2
A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. A wheel base is defined between the front and rear rotational axes and a vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle extends vertically at the midpoint of the wheel base and is perpendicular to the longitudinally-extending centerline. The vehicle also includes a fuel tank, an airbox assembly, and a battery all positioned relative to the vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle.
US12246789B1
For a self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle including a seat with a reference point, a footpeg elevational system includes a first footpeg pivotally couplable to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the first footpeg including a distal end; and a second footpeg pivotally couplable to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the second footpeg including a distal end; wherein the first footpeg is mechanically linked to the second footpeg so that when the first footpeg and second footpeg are pivotally coupled to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the distal end of the first footpeg becomes closer to the reference point of the seat of the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle when the distal end of the second footpeg becomes farther from the reference point of the seat of the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US12246785B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to steering a vehicle based during loss of traction. In one arrangement, a method for steering a vehicle during loss of traction is disclosed. The method includes, responsive to detecting a slipping tire of a vehicle losing traction with a road, automatically steering the vehicle separately from an input of a steering wheel of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to follow a path. The method also includes decoupling control of a pair of front tires of the vehicle by the steering wheel. The method further includes rotating, independently of an input to the steering wheel and in parallel with steering the vehicle, the steering wheel to match an actual yaw of the vehicle.
US12246779B2
A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a slat; (b) a drive system adapted to move the slat; and (c) a disconnect connected to the slat and in communication with the drive system, wherein the disconnect is adapted to release from communication with the drive system so that the slat manually moves independently from the drive system.
US12246775B2
The mudflap system with universal adapter is centered on a bracket. The bracket includes optional inserts that can be added or removed to change the size of the bracket recess. By changing the size of the bracket recess, a single bracket may be used on multiple sizes of ball mount—the ball mount being portion of the vehicle's hitch system that generally protrudes from the receiver, accepting trailer coupler to connect to the trailer. The bracket includes tab recesses interface with tabs present on the inserts. The tabs and associated recesses act to align the inserts with the bracket and prevent over-insertion, thereby preventing the inserts from falling out during assembly. After placement of an insert within the bracket, threaded fasteners are used to clamp the bracket to the ball mount and to hold the inserts in position.
US12246770B2
A passenger protection unit for a vehicle can comprise an adjustable steering apparatus configured to be lockable at least in a first position and a second position, an instrument panel, an airbag module comprising at least an airbag, a crash control unit, and a retracting mechanism configured to initiate a movement of the steering apparatus in a retracting direction, wherein the crash control unit is configured to release movement of the steering apparatus at least in the retracting direction upon detecting a crash risk or an upcoming crash, wherein the crash control unit is further configured to activate the retracting mechanism, and wherein the crash control unit is further configured to deploy the airbag upon an upcoming crash.
US12246768B2
A compact collapsible stroller includes a main stroller frame. The main stroller frame includes a central frame hub, and a handle portion, a rear leg portion and a front leg portion that can separately be pivotally coupled to the central frame hub. The main stroller frame further includes an adapter portion attached to the handle portion. The stroller has an unfolded state for use and a folded state for storage. When the stroller changes from the unfolded state to the folded state, the adapter portion approaches a rear wheel set. The main stroller frame can be compactly folded using a series of pivot points, which may accept child seats of various configurations during installation. The seat can be folded in a manner suitable to the folding boundary size of the main stroller frame, thereby keeping the folding size of the stroller unit minimal.
US12246753B2
Various embodiments for systems and methods for cooperative driving of connected autonomous vehicles using responsibility-sensitive safety (RSS) rules are disclosed herein. The CAV system integrates proposed RSS rules with CAV's motion planning algorithm to enable cooperative driving of CAVs. The CAV system further integrates a deadlock detection and resolution system for resolving traffic deadlocks between CAVs. The CAV system reduces redundant calculation of dependency graphs.
US12246750B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for the utilization of vehicle control systems to cause a vehicle to take preventative action responsive to the detection of a near short term adverse driving scenario. A vehicle control system may receive information corresponding to vehicle operation data and ancillary data. Based on the received vehicle operation data and the received ancillary data, a multi-dimension risk score module may calculate risk scores associated with the received vehicle operation data and the received ancillary data. Subsequently, the vehicle control systems may cause the vehicle to perform at least one of a close call detection action and a close call detection alert to lessen the risk associated with the received vehicle operation data and the received ancillary data.
US12246748B2
This disclosure describes techniques for using radar cross-section (RCS) data to classify objects detected by autonomous vehicles within driving environments. In some examples, the variance of the RCS data associated with an object may be evaluated to determine signal interference caused by multipath fading. The variance of the RCS data may be used to classify the object and to determine whether the autonomous vehicle can safely drive over the object. For instance, objects such as manhole covers, storm drains, and expansion joints may provide a significant radar signal, but low RCS variance indicating that they can be driven over by the vehicle. Based on the classification of the object, the autonomous vehicle may determine a trajectory around the object or directly over the object.
US12246739B2
According to one aspect, an adaptive driving style system may include a set of two or more sensors, a memory, and a processor. The set of two or more sensors may receive two or more sensor signals. The memory may store one or more instructions. The processor may execute one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform one or more acts, actions, or steps, including training a trust model using two or more of the sensor signals as input, training a preference model using the trust model and two or more of the sensor signals as input, and generating a driving style preference based on an adaptive driving style model including the trust model and the preference model.
US12246734B1
Techniques are discussed herein for detecting and managing faults occurring within various vehicle systems, to enable the vehicle to respond safely and appropriately to the faults. In examples, a constraint generator may receive sensor data associated with the operation of a vehicle in an environment. The constraint generator may perturb the sensor data to mimic particular sensor faults, and execute simulations to determine performance degradations of the vehicle systems associated with the particular sensor faults. Based on the performance degradations associated with sensor faults, the constraint generator may determine the appropriate constraints with limitations on the operation of the vehicle, and communicate the constraint parameters to the appropriate vehicle systems accordingly.
US12246729B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method including: obtaining, from the electronic device, at least one of acceleration data, geomagnetic data, and gyro data of the electronic device; and determining, based on the obtained data, a pattern of a road below the electronic device. The electronic device may be installed in a vehicle, for example, a two-wheeled vehicle or a micromobility vehicle. The method may further include determining a driving state of the vehicle based on the pattern of the road on which the vehicle is driving. A system configured to perform the method may be provided.
US12246718B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to encoding of junction area information in map data. In particular, the encoding may include organizing vehicle paths that traverse through a junction area according to path groups and organizing contentions that influence behavior of vehicles traveling along the vehicle paths according to contention groups. In addition, the encoding may include generating direction data structures that associate respective path groups with one or more of the contention groups. In these or other embodiments, the map data that corresponds to the junction area may be updated with direction data structures.
US12246716B2
The control device according to the present disclosure executes a process of acquiring an image captured by a camera provided in a vehicle and estimating an vehicle-to-vehicle distance and a relative speed with the preceding vehicle based on an image, a process of calculating a time to collision with respect to the preceding vehicle from the vehicle-to-vehicle distance and the relative speed, a deceleration process of decelerating the vehicle based on the vehicle-to-vehicle distance, the relative speed, and the time to collision, and a process of performing a warning to the driver of the vehicle upon receiving that the amplitude of the variation of any one physical quantity of the vehicle-to-vehicle distance, the relative speed, or the time to collision has become equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US12246715B2
A method for controlling an approach of a driving vehicle to at least one preceding reference vehicle using an automated distance setting as a function of a setpoint distance between the vehicle and the reference vehicle. The setpoint distance is calculated as a function of an operating position of an operating element of the vehicle, which is actuatable by the driver of the vehicle and controls a drive of the vehicle. The setpoint distance being reduced directly or indirectly by actuating an actuating element of the vehicle, which has an actuating position, is actuatable by the driver of the vehicle, and controls a braking deceleration of the vehicle. A distance control system, a computer program, and a memory unit, as also described.
US12246714B2
Provided is an advanced driver assist system (ADAS) and a vehicle having the same. The ADAS includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of other vehicles; an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle in a surrounding and output obstacle information about the detected obstacle; and a controller configured to acquire distance information about a distance to a second vehicle travelling in the surrounding of the first vehicle among the obstacles based on the obstacle information detected by the obstacle detector during a cruise control mode, acquire travel information and position information of a third vehicle travelling in the surrounding of the second vehicle based on information received through the communicator, and controlling acceleration and deceleration based on the distance information with respect to the second vehicle, the travel information of the third vehicle, and the position information of the third vehicle.
US12246713B2
A cruise control algorithm including receiving a set speed and a minimum speed, generating a first control signal indicative of a first engine torque request, controlling a vehicle to maintain the set speed in response to the first engine torque request, detecting a vehicle pitch, detecting the vehicle speed, generating a second control signal indicative of the first engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being greater than the minimum speed, controlling the vehicle to maintain a first engine torque in response to the first engine torque request, generating a third control signal indicative of a second engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being less than the minimum speed, and controlling the vehicle to maintain the minimum speed in response to the third engine torque request.
US12246709B2
The prevent disclosure relates to a lane keeping control apparatus and a method thereof. An exemplary embodiment provides a lane keeping control apparatus including a processor configured to calculate a steering angle control amount for following a target path for lane keeping control while driving a vehicle, and to adjust the steering angle control amount depending on a change directionality of a target path error that is an error between the target path and the vehicle, and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
US12246705B2
Contact determination system, contact determination device, contact determination method and program
A contact determination system includes a processor, and determines whether a contact event occurs between target objects in a vicinity of a host vehicle. The processor is configured to acquire, regarding each of the target objects including at least one of (i) a road user other than the host vehicle and (ii) a road-installed object, a type and a moving speed of the target object. The processor is also configured to perform an overlap determination regarding whether at least two target models respectively modeling the target objects overlap with each other. The processor is further configured to determine whether or not the contact event occurs for a pair of the target objects that have been determined to have an overlap based on the type and moving speed of the target object.
US12246699B2
A controller is provided for operating a system under admissible states. The controller includes an interface configured to connect the system storing a set of measured system states, a set of reference inputs and a set of system parameters in a storage arranged inside or outside the system, a memory storing measured system states, admissible reference inputs and admissible parameter sets and computer-executable programs including a parameter estimator and an adaptive reference governor (ARG), a processor, in connection with the memory. The processor is configured to perform the ARG and the parameter estimator. The parameter estimator extracts a pair of a reference input and the system state and compute a system parameter estimate based on the reference input and system state. The ARG is configured to update the reference input and compute a parameter-robust constraint admissible set based on the updated reference input and the system states, wherein the ARG generates and transmits a reference input to the system based on the parameter-robust constraint admissible set.
US12246697B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine configured to provide torque to a first axle of the vehicle for generating first axle wheel torque, and an electric machine configured to provide torque to a second axle of the vehicle for generating second axle wheel torque, the method comprising: outputting a torque request for the engine and a torque request for the electric machine, the torque requests having a first ratio dependent on a required torque split between the first axle wheel torque and the second axle wheel torque, wherein received first axle wheel torque and received second axle wheel torque have a second variable ratio dependent on a difference between wheel torque response capabilities of the engine and of the electric machine; determining that a trigger condition is satisfied; and controlling, in dependence on satisfaction of the trigger condition, determination of the torque request for the electric machine such that deviation of the second ratio from the first ratio is inhibited.
US12246688B2
The present disclosure relates to a brake actuator. The brake actuator, which is configured to press or release a piston toward a brake pad and be controlled by an electrical signal, includes a power generating part provided to generate power by an electrical signal, a spindle member provided to rotate by receiving power from the power generating part and having a first screw portion formed on an outer circumferential surface, and a nut member provided to press or release the piston, the nut member having a second screw portion formed on an inner circumferential surface to be engaged with the first screw portion, wherein a size of a pitch between adjacent threads of the first screw portion is changed in a constant cycle along a rotation direction.
US12246687B2
An electromechanical actuator for a motor vehicle brake, comprising an electric motor absorbing a nominal rated current (In), a screw-and-nut movement converter including a screw with an axis (AX) extending in a longitudinal direction and a nut supported by the screw, and comprising at least one elastic return member for varying the resistance to forward motion in the longitudinal direction of an element being transferred between the nut and the screw at a predetermined position, in order to modify the nominal rating (In) of the current flowing through the motor while the element is being transferred to the predetermined position.
US12246677B2
Disclosed is a method for opening an opening element of a motor vehicle having a device detecting a predetermined movement of a user's body part, including a Doppler radar, including an antenna, radar waves transmitter/receiver and a radar wave processor. The method includes detection modes and standby modes with reduced wave frequency, the method including during standby: Phase demodulating the reflected radar waves and determining a first signal representing a phase variation of the reflected waves over time; Phase-shift demodulating the reflected radar waves, and determining a second signal representing phase variation of the reflected waves shifted as a function of time; Comparing threshold to maximum value of the absolute values for the first and second signals; Exiting the standby mode and triggering the detection mode if the maximum is greater than the predetermined threshold; Opening the opening element if the predetermined movement is detected during the detection mode.
US12246671B2
A flattened expanded metal strip (9) is wrapped into an airbag inflator filter (21) with the strip oriented such that the flattened rough side (17) of the strip is pointing toward the inside diameter (ID) of the filter and the flattened smooth side (15) is pointing towards the outside diameter (OD). With this orientation, the filter (21) is able to capture more slag than filters made using the standard wrapping method in which the smooth side is oriented inward. The expanded metal can be of various types including, for example, variable expanded metal (VEM) or standard expanded metal (SEM).
US12246661B1
The vehicle-tracking wiring harness comprises a wiring harness, and a control circuit. The vehicle-tracking wiring harness may be configured to work around a VECU of a vehicle or to work directly with a vehicle regardless of the presence of a VECU. The control circuit mounts in the wiring harness. The wiring harness electrically connects directly or indirectly to the VECU or to the vehicle's electronic control signal wiring. The control circuit mounts in the wiring harness. The control circuit monitors the GPS location of the vehicle. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the vehicle-tracking wiring harness remotely controls: a) the fuel pump of the vehicle; and/or b) the ignition of the vehicle; and/or, c) the audible and visual signaling devices of the vehicle.
US12246644B2
The technology relates to autonomous vehicles suffering a breakdown along a roadway. Onboard systems may utilize various proactive operations to alert specific vehicles or other objects on or near the roadway about the breakdown. This can be done alternatively or in addition to turning on the hazard lights or calling for remote assistance. The disabled vehicle is able to detect nearby and approaching objects. The detection may be performed in combination with a determination of the type of object or predicted behavior for that object, enables the vehicle to generate a targeted alert that can be transmitted or otherwise presented to that particular object. This approach provides the other object, such as a vehicle, bicyclist or pedestrian, sufficient time and information about the breakdown to take appropriate corrective action. Different communication options are available and may be selected based on the particular object, environmental conditions and other factors.
US12246643B2
A control system controls a system including an autonomously movable mobile robot configured to transport a transport object. The mobile robot includes at least one light-emitting unit. The control system is configured to change a light emission pattern of the light-emitting unit according to transport object information indicating whether the mobile robot is transporting the transport object.
US12246642B2
A vehicular front structure includes: a left front pillar disposed at a left front face of a body of a vehicle; a right front pillar disposed at a right front face of the body; an upper front crossing member extending along a lateral direction of the vehicle, the upper front crossing member having respective ends coupled one-to-one with the left front pillar and the right front pillar; a lower front crossing member extending along the lateral direction of the vehicle, the lower front crossing member having respective ends coupled one-to-one with the left front pillar and the right front pillar; and an external display coupled with the upper front crossing member and the lower front crossing member.
US12246641B1
A wiring socket adapter is described that is configured to provide tow zone illumination. In embodiments the adapter includes a housing, a plug at a first end of the housing configured to be attached to a trailer wiring socket of a vehicle, and a socket at a second end of the housing configured to be attached to a trailer wiring plug. A lamp is at the second end of the housing and an electrical lead is coupled to the lamp at the second end of the housing to power the lamp and coupled to the socket at the first end of the housing to receive power from the socket.
US12246640B2
A lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same. One aspect provides a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a first circuit configured to connect, in series, a plurality of LEDs disposed in first and second LED groups; and a second circuit branching off from the first circuit and connected to FET elements disposed in a matrix IC unit, in which the first circuit includes: a first region configured to connect two LEDs respectively disposed in the first and second LED groups and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; and a second region configured to connect two LEDs respectively disposed in the first and second LED groups and spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting a first direction and the second direction.
US12246637B2
A vehicle for transporting cargo includes a cargo receiving portion which is located on a chassis, the cargo receiving portion having a retaining element that secures the cargo at the edge of the cargo receiving portion and a vehicle control unit being provided. The retaining element extends only over part of the perimeter of the cargo receiving portion and is designed to rotate about a vertical axis, the vehicle control unit being configured such that, as a result of each current or anticipated acceleration or deceleration of the chassis, it orients the retaining element about the vertical axis, relative to the current direction of travel, so that the retaining element is at least on the side of the cargo receiving portion towards which the cargo moves after overcoming the static friction between the surface of the load receiving portion and the contact surface of the load.
US12246631B2
In order to cause no difficulty in an assembling process for assembling a resin plate to a seatback even if a plurality of bosses formed on the resin plate vary somewhat in dimension in a height direction, and also in order to prevent unpleasant noise, a vehicle seat is provided in which the resin plate of the seatback has a plurality of bosses formed thereon in positions facing the seatback frame, and under no load on the resin plate, some of the plurality of bosses are in contact with the seatback frame and the remaining ones of the plurality of bosses are out of contact with the seatback frame. On the other hand, while the resin frame is deformed by application of load in a direction of the seatback frame, the some bosses and the remaining bosses are in contact with the seatback frame to bear the load.
US12246630B2
The present disclosure is directed to a utility vehicle having a pivotable seat connected by a hinge to a fixed platform. The pivotable seat configured to pivot between a first position and a second position defining a standard seat location and a first wall of a cargo bay, respectively. A seatback is configured to form a second wall of a cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position. First and second opposing side walls are positioned on either side of the pivotable seat. The side walls are configured to form barriers at either side of the cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position.
US12246612B2
An energy supply system has a switch, which in an on state connects first conductors of a first line to second conductors of a second line and in an off state disconnects the first conductors of the first line from the second conductors of the second line. A measurement apparatus determines a difference value characterizing the phase difference between a first AC voltage signal at one first conductor and a second AC voltage signal at one second conductor. A control apparatus outputs a command via a signal transmission apparatus depending on the phase difference value. The first command enables a vehicle connected to the charging station to change the phase position of a fed-in AC voltage signal in the feed-in mode to reduce the phase difference, and the control apparatus enables a first change of state of the switch from the off state to the on state.
US12246609B2
The invention relates to a charging device (100), comprising: an input-side first terminal (110_1, 110_2) for connecting to an electrical energy source (200); an output-side second terminal (190_1, 190_2) for connecting to a battery (300) to be charged; and a transformer (150), the primary winding (150_1) of which is electrically connected to the first terminal (110_1, 110_2) by means of a primary circuit (400) and the secondary winding (150_2) of which is electrically connected to the second terminal (190_1, 190_2) by means of a secondary circuit (500).
US12246600B2
Self-propelled construction machine and method for controlling a self-propelled construction machine
The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, stabiliser, recycler or surface miner, which has a machine frame 2 supported by at least three running gears 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, a drive device 14 for driving at least two running gears, and a work roller 4 arranged on the machine frame. The invention also relates to a method for controlling a construction machine of this kind. The drive device 14 comprises adjustable hydraulic motors 15, 16, 17, 18 associated with the drivable running gears, which hydraulic motors have a displacement volume Vg that can be varied by an adjusting device 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A, and comprises at least one adjustable travel drive-hydraulic pump 19 driven by at least one drive motor to supply the hydraulic motors with a variable total volume flow Q of hydraulic fluid. In addition, a controller 28 is provided which is configured in such a way that a partial volume flow Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 is determined for each adjustable hydraulic motor 15, 16, 17, 18 from the total volume flow Q provided by the at least one travel drive-hydraulic pump 19, by means of which partial volume flow the particular hydraulic motor is to be operated, and when the speed n of an adjustable hydraulic motor increases as a result of slippage of the running gear associated with the adjustable hydraulic motor, the adjusting device of the adjustable hydraulic motor is controlled in such a way that a displacement volume Vg is set for the adjustable hydraulic motor, at which displacement volume the partial volume flow determined for the adjustable hydraulic motor is maintained. The self-propelled construction machine according to the invention is characterised in that a hydraulic flow divider is not required.
US12246599B2
A hydraulic regenerative braking system is provided for using hydraulic fluid to capture energy from a vehicle during a braking event. The system captures kinetic energy from a shaft of the vehicle and stores the kinetic energy as hydraulic potential energy. That is, the system captures rotational energy as hydraulic potential energy in an accumulator. The hydraulic regenerative braking system also discharges the hydraulic potential energy as kinetic energy. During braking, kinetic energy is transferred from the vehicle shaft to a gearbox, and from the gearbox to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump uses the kinetic energy to pump hydraulic fluid to an accumulator, increasing the hydraulic potential energy stored in the accumulator. During driving, the hydraulic fluid is released from the accumulator to the hydraulic pump, generating kinetic energy that is transferred to the vehicle shaft via the gearbox.
US12246588B2
An electric axle drive for a motor vehicle includes a first electric engine, which has a first rotor, a second electric engine, which has a second rotor, and a differential transmission with three shafts. The first rotor can be coupled with the input shaft such that torques originating from the first rotor are introduced into the differential transmission via the input shaft. A first switch element is configured to couple the second rotor with the first output shaft such that torques originating from the second rotor are introduced into the first output shaft. A second switch element is configured to couple the second rotor with the second output shaft such that torques originating from the second rotor are introduced into the second output shaft.
US12246564B2
A disabled vehicle moving device configured to allow movement of a vehicle includes a sleeve made of a flexible material and configured to be mounted over a radially outer surface of a tire/wheel assembly of the vehicle that is locked for rotation. A cover is made of a flexible material and configured to be mounted over the sleeve and the tire/wheel assembly of the vehicle. A lubricant is arranged between the sleeve and the cover. The cover rotates relative to the sleeve and the tire/wheel assembly to allow the vehicle to be moved.
US12246555B2
The invention relates to a method for providing a decorative combination for furniture items and/or interior fixtures. The problem addressed of providing a method for producing a decorative combination, for which the matching of said combination with respect to a change of illuminant is further simplified, is solved by a method including the steps: carrying out colorimetric measurements, under at least two different illuminants, on a first decorative element of a first fixture; determining a reference colour change of the first decorative element when the change between the at least two different illuminants is made; printing a second decorative element onto a second fixture, a selection and/or combination of inks for the printing process being carried out on the basis of a colour change of the inks under a change of illuminant, such that a colour change of the second decorative element under the change of the at least two different illuminants is compared to the reference colour change. The invention also relates to a system, in particular for carrying out a method according to the invention, the system including a colorimeter, a printer and a control device.
US12246548B2
A recording device includes a recording unit configured to record a plurality of types of recording materials on a medium, and a control unit configured to control recording by the recording unit. When performing recording on the medium in accordance with recording data for recording a plurality of types of recording materials in a same region on the medium, the control unit identifies a first recording material with a relatively high recording density in the same region, and a second recording material with a lower recording density in the same region than that of the first recording material, based on recording data, and the control unit performs recording such that a second region in which recording is performed with the second recording material corresponding to the same region is smaller than a first region in which recording is performed with the first recording material corresponding to the same region.
US12246545B2
A docking station (1) is for an electronic hand stamp having an inkjet printhead. The docking station (1) includes a body (2) having a rest surface (4) for receiving a substantially flat bottom side of an electronic hand stamp and a border (5) at least partially framing the rest surface (4). The docking station (1) also includes at least one wiper element (3) connected to the body (2) and that projects on one side from the body (2). The wiper element (3) includes a wiper blade (17) for manually sweeping across an inkjet printhead.
US12246543B2
A heating control section for controlling a voltage applying section and a moving section for reciprocate a carriage on which the first electrode unit is mounted executes heating control for heating a medium while moving the first electrode unit in a scanning direction in at least one of an outgoing path in which the first electrode unit moves in one direction of the scanning direction and a return path in which the first electrode unit moves in the opposite direction. In the heating control, when the first electrode unit is positioned at a first point overlapping with one end section of the medium, the heating control section sets the electric field strength of the first electrode unit to a first electric field strength, when that is positioned at a second point overlapping with center portion of the medium, the second electric field strength is set to be stronger than the first electric field strength, and the movement speed of the first electrode unit at the first point is slower than the movement speed at the second point.
US12246540B2
Fluidic usage data over time is received from a printing device. A profile governing servicing maintenance of fluidic printhead nozzles of the printing device is determined based on the received fluidic usage data over time. The profile is transmitted to the printing device. The printing device performs spit-wipe-prime operations on the fluidic printhead nozzles according to the profile.
US12246535B2
A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate in which a liquid ejection port is formed, the element substrate having an energy generating element that generates energy for ejecting the liquid from the ejection port, and a plurality of wiring pads lined up in a predetermined direction; a flexible wiring substrate having a plurality of leads lined up in the predetermined direction and overlaid on and connected to the plurality of wiring pads, respectively, and a base film overlaid on the plurality of leads; and a sealant that seals a plurality of connection portions of the plurality of wiring pads and the plurality of leads. The base film has a plurality of covering portions that respectively cover an opposite side of the plurality of leads from the plurality of connection portions, and an opening or slit formed between the plurality of covering portions.
US12246524B2
A method for producing a film intermediate product (1), a film intermediate product (1), as well as a product produced hereby. The film intermediate product (1) is here formed by means of depositing one or more film elements (311 to 314), which is or are formed in each case of a cutout of one or more donor films (301 to 304).
US12246516B2
A building panel including a balancing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first sub-layer is arranged on the top surface of the balancing layer, wherein the first sub-layer includes a binder, a surface layer arranged above a surface of the first sub-layer facing away from the balancing layer, the surface layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and including a first wood veneer (10) having a grain direction, wherein an extension of the surface layer in a direction parallel to the grain direction of the first wood veneer is equal or less than an extension of the balancing layer in the direction parallel to the grain direction of the first wood veneer, and wherein the surface layer is arranged within the extension of the balancing layer in the direction parallel to the grain direction of the first wood veneer.
US12246511B2
A laminate (110) of polypropylene films (100), a luggage shell (120) constructed of the laminate (110), a method (200) of making the laminate (110), and a method (280) of making the luggage shell (120) are provided. The films (100) include a core (102) and at least one outer layer (104). The laminate (110) includes a plurality of films (100). The laminate (110) may be formed by laminating a plurality of films 100 under predetermined pressure, temperature, and time conditions. The shell (120) may be formed by deep drawing a sheet of laminate (110) while applying heat and tension to the laminate (110).
US12246504B2
Disclosed is a strip applicator, a strip-winding station and method for applying a strip to a strip-winding drum, wherein the strip applicator includes an applicator member applying the strip to the strip-winding drum at an application position and a supply section receiving the strip in an input direction at a supply position and supplying the strip to the applicator member in an output direction. The applicator member is movable in an offset direction transverse to the output direction to offset the application position relative to the supply position. The supply section has an input member at the supply position for receiving the strip in the input direction and an output member for outputting the strip to the applicator member in the output direction. The output member is movable relative to the input member from a start position towards an offset position in the offset direction.
US12246502B2
A heating press (1) for vulcanizing a vehicle tire under a vacuum, comprising a heating press upper part (3) and a heating press lower part (6), wherein a container (2) having the mold parts (14, 16, 17, 18, 21) of a segmented vulcanizing mold and a cylindrical hood upper part (4) enclosing said container are arranged on the heating press upper part (3), wherein the hood upper part (4) is arranged fixedly on the heating press upper part (3), wherein the diameter of the hood upper part (4) is dimensioned such that said hood upper part can be pushed over the heating press lower part (6) with a small clearance and said hood upper part has a length (23) which is sufficient to form a closed hood interior space (12) with the heating press lower part (6) and heating press upper part (4).
US12246499B2
A process for welding profiles (1) of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer to a top layer (3) of a belt (2), such as a conveyor belt, also being made of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer. The process uses thermal impulse welding and applies the welding heat onto the surface (21) of the belt (2) which is opposite to the top layer (3). The process is in particular suited for welding TPO profiles to TPO top layers.
US12246481B2
The invention is directed to a mould configuration (1) suited for use in a thermoforming forming station arranged to form one or more objects comprising a mould (2) made from a polymer material by additive manufacturing and provided a mould volume (6) consisting of a recess (6a) corresponding with the shape of the object as an upper zone (6b). A lower zone is divided from the upper zone by a recess wall (8). The lower zone (7) is provided with one or more open spaces (9) which fluidly connect the lower surface (8a) of the recess wall (8) with one or more openings (10) in the bottom (5) of the mould (2), a heat exchanger module (11) facing the bottom (5) of the mould (2) comprising cooling means (12) and cooling medium displacement means (13) and cooling medium inlet openings (14) and cooling medium outlet openings (15).
US12246480B2
An oven for preforms and in particular a preform rotation system heats portions of the preform in a preferential manner. An oven (1) for blowing or stretch-blowing preforms (P) to provide containers (C) with oval section includes a path (2) for the preforms (P), transfer system (3) of the preforms (P) from a transport system upstream of the oven (1) and a transfer system (4) of the heated preforms (P) from the oven (1) to a downstream transport. Mandrels (9) are slidingly carried along the path (2), the mandrels temporarily engage with the preforms (P) to conduct the preforms along the path (2). The oven (1) includes at least one first heating module (10) and at least one second heating module (10′). The oven (1) includes elements (22, 25) for rotating the preforms (P) by 180°, the elements being in median position of the second heating module (10′).
US12246478B2
An injection mold includes an actuator assembly, which further includes an actuator plate for moving at least one valve pin during production in an axial direction and a valve pin coupling device. The valve pin coupling device allows a manually controllable coupling and decoupling of the actuator plate and the valve pin.
US12246457B2
This invention provides a system and method for allowing motion of a robotic manipulator on an AV truck in connecting to a native gladhand on a trailer front that represents and constructs a model of this free space on-the-fly, in the manner of an Obstacle Detection and Obstacle Avoidance (OD/OA) system and process. A robotic arm on an AV truck is adapted to connect a pneumatic line to a gladhand on the trailer front. A first 3D sensor generates a pointcloud, and is located at an elevated position on the truck to image the trailer front. A second 3D sensor also generates pointclouds at during robot motion, located adjacent to an end of the robotic arm. An occlusion mapping process generates an occlusion map of the trailer front, and a map update process updates the occlusion map to add and remove voxels therefrom to allow safe guidance of the robot.
US12246449B2
A device and a method for controlling a robotic device are described. The method includes: carrying out a sequence of actions by the robotic device using a robot control model; ascertaining an updated policy using the carried-out sequence of actions; projecting the updated policy onto a projected policy in such a way that for each state of the plurality of states of the projected policy: a similarity value according to a similarity metric between the projected policy and the updated policy is maximized, and a similarity value according to the similarity metric between the projected policy and the initial policy is greater than a predefined threshold value; adapting the robot control model for implementing the projected policy; and controlling the robotic device, using the adapted robot control model.
US12246445B2
The invention relates to a mechanical arm joint which comprises a hollow shaft and a brake assembly, a motor assembly, a harmonic reducer assembly, an output assembly, a housing assembly, and a measurement assembly which are disposed outside the hollow shaft, the measurement assembly includes a torque sensor, and the torque sensor is provided inside the housing assembly and fixed to the housing assembly, the torque sensor is fixed to the harmonic reducer assembly at the same time. The torque sensor is provided in the joint, so as to ensure that the torque sensor is not damaged by external impacts during assembling and maintaining of the joint and the mechanical arm. The power cables and signal cables are connected to the circuit board at the right end of the joint from the side of the joint instead of through the joint center hole, so that the torque sensor cable and other cables in the joint are arranged separately, therefore the signal of the torque sensor does not interfere with the signal in other cables, and it is beneficial to the torque sensor signal transmission due to the length of cable is shorter, and the joint structure is more compact because of the diameter of joint center hole becomes smaller due to the number of the cables passed through the joint center hole decreases.
US12246437B2
A gripper for industrial manipulators includes a body, jaws constrained to the body and activatable to hold and release a piece, an actuator of the jaws and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a piece between said jaws, is described. Advantageously, the sensor is not positioned between the jaws, in the space intended to accommodate the piece to be held, but is functionally interposed between the actuator and one of the jaws. A method for detecting the presence of a piece between the jaws of an industrial manipulator gripper includes providing a sensor usable to detect the position of a jaw with respect to the actuator of the gripper.
US12246427B2
The power tool includes: a handle; a biasing member for biasing the handle in a direction away from a final output shaft in the axial direction; at least one guiding member disposed between a housing and a first part of the handle so as to extend in the axial direction and configured to slidably guide relative movement between the handle and the housing; and at least one elastic member disposed at least one of between the at least one guiding member and the housing and between the at least one guiding member and the first part of the handle. The at least one guiding member is disposed so as to be movable relative to the housing or the handle in a crossing direction that crosses the axial direction by elastic deformation of the at least one elastic member in the crossing direction.
US12246425B2
A tool, such as a hammer, including a surface to strike objects, such as nails, and a mechanism to facilitate the removal of objects, such as staples that have been inserted into wood. In one embodiment the mechanism includes a recess in the hammerhead body and a projection that extends above the recess.
US12246423B2
A locking device for adjusting the nailing force of an electric nailing gun, comprising a power box, a driving motor provided inside the power box, an upper cylinder configured on the right side of the power box, a lower cylinder located right beneath the upper cylinder. The driving motor is connected with a connecting arm via a reducing mechanism. The end part of the connecting arm is configured with an eccentric spindle. A lower piston is provided inside the lower cylinder. The lower piston is hinged with a piston arm. The piston arm is connected to the eccentric spindle. An upper piston is configured inside the upper cylinder. The center of the left sidewall of the upper piston is configured with a firing pin. The left end of the firing pin sticks out of the upper cylinder.
US12246414B2
A multi-size tool bit holder includes a first sleeve with a first bit holding bore extending along an axis and a first accommodating bore extending through a sidewall of the first bit holding bore, a second sleeve coupled for co-rotation with the first sleeve and movable relative to the first sleeve between a first position and a second position, the second sleeve including a second bit holding bore extending along the axis and a second accommodating bore extending through a sidewall of the second bit holding bore, and a retaining element. The retaining element has a first securing position in which the retaining element extends through the first and second accommodating bores when the second sleeve is in the first position and into a groove in a bit shank to axially secure the bit shank within the second sleeve.
US12246412B2
A removal tool is provided. The removal tool includes a wrench apparatus having a body having a handle, wherein a portion of the body is structured to engage a securing member. The removal tool also includes a locking tool assembly and a transfer assembly. The locking tool assembly has a first jaw, a second jaw coupled to the first jaw, and a handle extending from the first jaw, the first and second jaws being structured to engage a conduit. The conduit is coupled to the securing member. The transfer assembly is coupled to the handles of the wrench apparatus and the locking tool assembly in order to transfer a force therebetween, thereby allowing the securing member to be removed from the conduit.
US12246409B2
The invention relates to a method for compensating positioning error in an edging process or in a fastening operation for a raw-edged, finished spectacle lens, the method comprising: —determining centring deviation parameters, said centring deviation parameters indicating the occurrence of positioning errors for the raw-edged, finished spectacle lens during a fastening operation and/or during a subsequent edging process, and—modifying control information with the aid of the determined centring deviation parameters such that the positioning errors for the raw-edged, finished spectacle lens are compensated and/or taken into account. The invention also related to a corresponding device.
US12246408B2
The present disclosure relates to an endpoint detection window of a polishing pad for use in a polishing process. The polishing pad may prevent an error in detection of the endpoint of the polishing process by preventing a difference in endpoint detection performance from occurring due to a difference in the wavelength of a laser between polishing apparatuses. The present disclosure may also provide a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the polishing pad.
US12246407B2
A machine tool is configured to receive input data defining a profile to be machined onto a workpiece, with the profile defined in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the workpiece and non-circular in that plane, and calculate using an evolutionary algorithm a workpiece velocity profile corresponding to the velocities at which the workpiece is to be rotated by the workpiece mount over at least part of a rotation of the workpiece during machining. The machine tool then rotates the workpiece according to the workpiece velocity profile during machining of the workpiece.
US12246402B2
An air conditioning unit comprising a bracket configured to be coupled to a sill of an opening between a first and second environment, the bracket comprising a pivot arm configured to be disposed and extending within the first environment. The bracket is configured to have a first unit positioned on top of the bracket; have the first unit moved on top of the bracket onto the pivot arm; and have the pivot arm and first unit rotated downward so that the first unit is disposed in the first environment and extending downward below the sill of the opening to cause one or more pivot arm guide slots of the pivot arm to rotate from a first configuration to a second configuration.
US12246399B2
Systems and methods for part tracking using machine learning techniques are described. In some examples a part tracking system analyzes feature characteristics related to one or more welds to identify, determine characteristics of, and/or label one or more parts repeatedly assembled by the welds. Identifying parts assembled from the welds may make it possible to do part based analytics (e.g., related to part quality, cost, production efficiency, etc.), as opposed to just weld based analytics, on past welding data. Additionally, identifying a part assembled from several welds results in an ordering of those several welds used to create the part, which can make it easier to compare/contrast similar welds across parts. Further, determining the characteristics of the parts can assist in configuring certain part tracking systems, thereby reducing the expertise, time, and personnel required.
US12246397B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a support part, a light source, a spatial light modulator, a converging part, and a controller. The controller controls the spatial light modulator so that laser light is branched into a plurality of rays of processing light including 0th-order light and a plurality of converging points for the plurality of rays of processing light are located at positions different from each other in a Z direction and an X direction, and controls at least one of the support part and the converging part. The controller controls the spatial light modulator so that a converging point of the 0th-order light in the Z direction is located on an opposite side of a converging point of non-modulated light of the laser light with respect to an ideal converging point of the 0th-order light.
US12246393B2
Provided is a femtosecond laser system for processing a micro-hole array, comprising: a femtosecond laser, a half-wave plate, a polarizer, a concave lens, a convex lens, a diaphragm, a mechanical shutter, a phase-type spatial light modulator, a first plano-convex lens, a reflecting mirror, a second plano-convex lens, a dichroic mirror, a camera, a processing objective lens, a six-axis translation stage and a transmissive white light source.
US12246385B2
A coated tool in the present disclosure includes a base and a coating layer located on a surface of the base. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer including Ti, and an Al2O3 layer. The Al2O3 layer is located in contact with the intermediate layer at a position further away from the base than the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a plurality of first protrusions protruding toward the Al2O3 layer. At least one of the plurality of first protrusions is a composite protrusion including second protrusions protruding in a direction intersecting with a protruding direction of the first protrusions. A percentage of the composite protrusions in the plurality of first protrusions is 30% or less. A cutting tool in the present disclosure includes a holder which is extended from a first end toward a second end and includes a pocket on a side of the first end, and the coated tool located in the pocket.
US12246384B2
A support frame for a sintering step of a method for producing a part, in particular for watchmaking, from a green body having an initial shape, the body shrinking from the initial shape to a final shape during the sintering step, the support frame having at least one face for supporting the body during the sintering step, wherein the geometry of the supporting face is in relief and configured to support the body from its initial shape into its final shape, so that it retains its shape and proportions in line with a shrinkage coefficient related to the sintering operation. The disclosure further relates to a sintering method using this support frame.
US12246380B2
Calibration components having a turbomachine component form factor and methods of fabricating the calibration components using an additive manufacturing system are provided. A calibration component includes a main body and one or more representative quality indicators. The one or more representative quality indicators are disposed within the main body of the calibration component. The representative quality indicators include a cavity that has a material disposed within the cavity.
US12246379B2
A method for manufacturing an aluminium alloy part by additive manufacturing comprising a step during which a layer of a mixture of powders is melted locally and then solidified, wherein the mixture of powders comprises: —first particles—comprising at least 80 wt % of aluminium and up to 20 wt % of one or more additional elements, and —second particles—of yttria, the volume percentage of second particles in the mixture of powders preferably ranging from 0.5% to 5%.
US12246375B2
A method for producing a vehicle wheel from a light metal material is disclosed herein. The light metal material is introduced in liquid form into a mold cavity of a casting mold and pressurized casting is then used to produce the vehicle wheel. The casting mold is temperature-controlled, where different regions of the casting mold are maintained at different temperatures. An apparatus that includes the disclosed casting mold is also described herein.
US12246362B2
Provided are a deposition mask cleaning apparatus and a deposition mask cleaning method. The deposition mask cleaning apparatus includes a treated water bath containing treated water in which a deposition mask is immersed; a treated water generation part supplying the treated water to the treated water bath; a treated water supply pipe connecting the treated water bath and the treated water generation part; and a bubble generation part disposed in the treated water supply pipe and generating bubbles in the treated water. The treated water includes at least one of ozone water, hydrogen water, ammonia hydrogen water, and carbonated water. The bubbles include at least one of microbubbles having a bubble diameter of about 50 μm or less and nanobubbles having a bubble diameter of about 1 μm or less.
US12246359B2
The present disclosure relates to a plant cleaning device that includes a handle, a pair of arms connected to form a handle, where each arm from the pair of arms further includes a rotating head including and/or able to receive a treatment surface, such as a sleeve. The head may be removable. The sleeve may be a double-sided cleaning sleeve covering the rotating head. The sleeve wipes a plant element, such as a leaf, to to clean, condition, and/or treat the plant element.
US12246344B2
The present disclosure relates to a personal care device having a conditioning layer comprising a porous matrix comprising pores and having a hydrophobic conditioning agent fluid dispersed in the pores so that the conditioning agent can migrate to an exposed surface of the conditioning layer and then may be transferred to hair or skin surfaces. The conditioning layer may be prepared by preparing an immiscible conditioning composition comprising a hydrophilic material that is capable of being cured, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent. The immiscible composition is cured to form a conditioning layer that is a porous matrix formed from the hydrophilic material, the porous matrix having the hydrophobic conditioning agent fluid dispersed in the pores thereof.
US12246339B2
A fixture unit for holding a prismatic battery cell during a coating step and during a curing step, including: at least one skirt element, which is movable between a coating position and a curing position and wherein the skirt element is configured to shield an area of the battery cell in the coating position and to un-shield the area of the battery cell in the curing position; and at least one grip element configured to hold the battery cell during the coating step and the curing step, wherein the grip element is configured to hold the battery cell in the area that is shielded by the skirt element in its coating position.
US12246338B2
The apparatus for coating systems comprises: a first feeding unit provided with first loading and unloading means of a first coating powder; a second feeding unit provided with second loading and unloading means of a second coating powder; a pump assembly associated with a spraying system for sending the first powder and the second powder into a coating booth; connecting means of the pump assembly to the first feeding unit and to the second feeding unit, variable between: a first configuration, in which the pump assembly is operatively connected to the first feeding unit for sending the first powder into the booth; and a second configuration, in which the pump assembly is operatively connected to the second feeding unit for sending the second powder into said booth.
US12246335B2
A paint mist collection device includes: a housing configured such that an air flow containing paint mist discharged form a painting chamber flows into the housing; a collection filter disposed in the housing to collect the paint mist and configured to be taken out of the housing to be replaced; and a spacer member. The spacer member is held in a clearance between an in-flow opening portion of the collection filter and the inner surface of the housing.
US12246329B2
Disclosed herein is a waste oil purification apparatus that purifies waste lubricating oil and waste oil at high speed by a precipitation induction method in a vacuum state and further completely removes metallic foreign materials, thereby improving the efficiency of the purification of waste oil. The waste oil purification apparatus may include a purifier configured to purify waste oil such as waste lubricating oil or general waste oil by a filtering method, and a separator configured to separate and remove foreign materials contained in the waste oil purified by the purifier.
US12246326B2
Provided herein are devices and methods for securing microplates and/or microplates comprising tube strips. The devices provided herein may use a magnetic force to secure the microplates and/or the tube strips during heat sealing of wells or tubes.
US12246324B2
A gene sequencing reaction device, a gene sequencing system and a gene sequencing reaction method. The gene sequencing reaction device includes: a supporting platform; a dipping container disposed on the supporting platform, wherein the dipping container has a dipping reaction area, and the dipping reaction area is configured to hold a chemical reagent for gene sequencing reaction, so as to dip a sequencing chip having a DNA sample loading structure on the surface and having a DNA sample loaded thereon in the chemical reagent to perform a gene sequencing reaction; a temperature control apparatus, configured to control the temperature of the chemical reagent in the dipping reaction area; and a transfer apparatus, configured to insert the sequencing chip into the dipping reaction area or pull out the sequencing chip from the dipping reaction area.
US12246320B2
A cassette and an embedding method using the same are provided. The cassette includes: a frame including an accommodating member, the accommodating member defining an accommodating chamber and configured to accommodate the tissue in the accommodating chamber, the accommodating chamber having a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other; a first holder detachably connected to the frame, and closing the first opening of the accommodating chamber; and a second holder connected to the frame, and configured to slide relative to the frame to open or close the second opening of the accommodating chamber.
US12246315B2
Described are exemplary embodiments of a handheld, powered positive displacement pipette assembly, including a plurality of syringes of different volumes and a powered positive displacement pipette having unique mechanisms for the retention, identification, operation, and ejection of said syringes.
US12246308B2
A catalyst contains a metal oxide, and a molecular sieve, in a crystal form, having a topological pore structure. The metal oxide is centrally distributed on the surface of the molecular sieve. Grains of the molecular sieve are exposed to at least three families of crystal planes. The family of crystal plane with the largest pore size in topology is occupied by the metal oxide by no more than 30%, preferably no more than 20%, or no more than 10%.
US12246291B2
A metal organic framework glass membrane and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes a step of heating a crystalline metal organic framework material to the melting temperature at a rate of 1-15° C./min and then naturally cooling the crystalline metal organic framework material. The crystalline metal organic framework material contains a metal node and a ligand A. The metal node is a zinc ion and/or a cobalt ion and the ligand A is imidazole or phosphoric acid. The metal organic framework glass membrane has a wide range of membrane-forming conditions, and the material thereof can be melted without being decomposed within a control range to form a continuous glass layer with good repeatability.
US12246283B2
An atmospheric water generator (AWG) with a water cooling system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the AWG includes a cooling compartment defined by walls, designed to comprise a cooling medium and comprising a refrigerant coil. The storage tank for storing the water that are generated by the AWG shares at least a portion of a common wall with the cooling compartment. The refrigerant coil of the cooling compartment is in fluid communication with the refrigeration cycle and designed to be at least partially submerged in the cooling medium. In some embodiments, the stored water tank is submerged in the cooling compartment. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US12246271B2
A media retention plate for an underdrain system having one or more filter blocks. The plate can include a first slot configured to allow the passage of air and a second slot configured to allow the passage of water during an air backwash. The media retention plate is configured to facilitate the water to flow back into the one or more filter blocks through the second slot while maintaining air flow through the first slot to create an optimal collapse pulse. The first and second slots are evenly sized and evenly spaced apart to facilitate the creation of a relatively smaller-sized collapse pulse during a sequential air-water backwash. A plurality of inserts can be arranged along a perimeter of a basal portion of the bottom surface of the media retention plate. The inserts improve the structural integrity of and prevent uplift of the media retention plate.
US12246257B2
This application discloses an object control method performed at a terminal device. The method includes: determining a target angle between a facing direction of a target object controlled by a user of the terminal device and a moving direction of the target object during execution of a target action in a racing game; when the target angle reaches a trigger threshold, increasing an energy value corresponding to a target virtual key by a first target value to obtain an accumulated energy value; and adjusting a key state of the target virtual key from a non-touch-enabled state to a touch-enabled state according to the accumulated energy value.
US12246252B2
A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable program executed by a computer of a game device, at least one computer being configured to perform operations comprising obtaining data for determining a message to be shown while a game is running and performing conveyance processing for generating and providing a first image including a plurality of messages indicating game information of the game based on the obtained data such that the plurality of messages are sequentially shown. When the conveyance processing is terminated and the game processing is started, the second image further including a plurality of messages indicating the game information of the game based on the obtained data is generated and provided such that the plurality of messages are automatically sequentially shown.
US12246249B2
An information processing device is connected through a network to a plurality of clients configured to participate in virtual spaces, and is capable of synchronizing a synchronization target object in the virtual spaces among clients of the plurality of clients in a synchronization group. The synchronization target object includes terrain information for reproducing contents constituting the virtual spaces. The information processing device includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable instructions to receive change content information of the synchronization target object in the virtual spaces from a client in the synchronization group, update a replicated synchronization target object obtained by replicating the synchronization target object by using the change content information, transmit the change content information to the clients in a synchronization group in the synchronization group, and edit the terrain information on a basis of operation content from any of the clients having an edit right of the terrain information.
US12246244B2
To provide inline skates that prevent skidding when curving and turning, and enable stable curving turns to be performed while maintaining straight running speed. An inline skate has a plurality of running wheels arranged in a row in series in the running direction. Wheel shafts of curving wheels have axial directions that are orthogonal to the axial directions and running directions of the wheel shafts of the running wheels, respectively. When the inline skate is upright, ground surfaces of the plurality of curving turn wheels are located at a position higher than the sliding surface and on both sides of the inline skate.
US12246242B2
An eating assistance device includes a curved plate and a handle. The curved plate is sized and configured to be disposed within an oral cavity of a mouth between a cheek and adjacent teeth. The curved plate is sized and configured to follow an exterior contour of the adjacent teeth along a lateral side of the mouth. The curved plate is sized and configured to span a gap between top and bottom teeth of the adjacent teeth when a jaw within the mouth is opened to retain food items within the oral cavity. The curved plate has top and bottom edges that are substantially parallel. The handle extends from the mouth plate and is disposed on an exterior of the mouth when the curved plate is disposed within the oral cavity.
US12246238B2
Disclosed is a putting practice device configured to enable training of keeping a putter face square without checking movement of a golf ball, to enable training of controlling putting strength as well as keeping the putter face square, and to enable training of practicing linear motion of a putter during execution of a putting stroke while an actual golf ball is struck. The putting practice device for the training of keeping the putter face square and controlling the putting strength includes an advance groove, a base plate, a striking part, an impact sensor, and a display part.
US12246228B1
A method for printing a golf club shaft includes the steps of receiving a model of the golf club shaft, providing an additive manufacturing system, and manufacturing the model using the additive manufacturing system. The golf club shaft includes an extended body defining a longitudinal axis that extends centrally through a top and bottom of the golf club shaft, and through which a plane extends. The plane defines a first side of the extended body and a second side of the extended body. A core is disposed in the extended body and comprises a lattice structure integrally formed with the extended body. The lattice structure extends from an inner surface of the extended body along the first side thereof to the inner surface along the second side thereof. At least a portion of the lattice structure extends through the longitudinal axis.
US12246224B2
A self-propelled rocket toy includes an elongated body located along a longitudinal axis having a top end opposite a bottom end. The body may include at least two supports outwardly extending from and fixed relative to the body. A propeller is centered about the longitudinal axis located about the body's bottom end. An electric motor is disposed within the body and mechanically coupled to the propeller. A power source is disposed within the body and electrically coupled to the electric motor. An activation mechanism is electrically coupled to the electric motor and power source. The activation mechanism may be a launch button or a centrifugal switch. The at least two supports are fins extending outwardly and are configured to induce an autorotation for a controlled descent, either by their shape and design and/or by including a pivotably attached flap.
US12246223B2
A wearable climbing device, including a main body, including a bottom section to receive a foot of a user thereon, a top section removably connected to at least a portion of the bottom section, and a spike disposed on at least a portion of the bottom section to penetrate into at least one of a tree and a utility pole, a calf strap removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to be worn around a calf of the user, and an ankle strap removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to be worn around an ankle of the user.
US12246200B2
A firefighting apparatus can include a system that applies a fire retardant material to provide a temporary fireproof and/or fire retardant coating to vegetation, structures and/or flammable materials. The apparatus can include a high capacity tank with an integral, internal agitator to mix liquid therein with a fire retardant polymer, such as a superabsorbent polymer, to produce a fire retardant coating material. The apparatus can include an upper deck to store bales of polymer and an access panel to load bales into the tank for continuous production of the coating material. Primary and secondary pumps can selectively pump the coating material in stationary and/or moving modes. The apparatus can be NFPA 1901 compliant, and can operate as a fire truck or vehicle. Optionally, the system can include a venturi to mix the polymer with liquid to produce the coating material. Related methods of use are provided.
US12246196B2
Provided are novel antibody-pyrrolodiazepine derivative and novel antibody-pyrrolodiazepine derivative conjugates, as well as methods of using the same, and a novel CLDN6 and/or CLDN9 antibody. The disclosed compounds are of the class of alkyl benzene sulfonyl ureas, useful as oral anti-diabetics, and include substituted benzo[e]pyrrolo[1,2-α][1,4]diazepine.
US12246195B2
Systems and methods for treating target tissue include generating a priming sequence of sonication pulses for delivering acoustic energy to the target tissue; pausing generation of the sonication pulses for a delay interval; and generating a series of treatment sequences of sonication pulses for delivering acoustic energy to the target tissue, the treatment sequences having sonication intervals therebetween and the delay interval being larger than the largest sonication interval by a predetermined factor.
US12246191B2
An interstitial source including a base suitable for implanting in a tumor and radioactive atoms of one or more isotopes, which are attached to the base. The radioactive atoms have a radon release rate of at least 0.5 micro-Curie (μCi) per centimeter length, and emit beta radiation achieving at 2 millimeters from the base an asymptotic dose of at least 10 Gy. Additionally, the ratio between the beta radiation asymptotic dose at a distance of 2 millimeters from the device, to the radon release rate, is greater than 15 Gy/(microcurie/cm).
US12246190B1
A device, system and method for performing or conducting laser therapy, and more specifically, for performing Class IV laser therapy in an unattended and hands-free manner is provided herein. The system and method includes a support assembly with a laser treatment device supported thereon. The laser treatment device is configured to provide hands-free Class IV laser therapy treatment and includes a plurality of preprogrammed treatment protocols, each of the plurality of preprogrammed treatment protocols being associated with at least one of a plurality of body locations. A positionable arm extends from the support assembly and terminates at a laser emitter directed toward the selected body location. Upon selection of one of the plurality of body locations on the laser treatment device, the laser emitter will perform laser therapy treatment according to a corresponding one of the preprogrammed treatment protocols.
US12246187B2
A system to deliver therapeutic energy to a patient, the system including a storage capacitor configured to store and release the therapeutic energy, a boost converter circuit coupled to the storage capacitor, and a current flow control circuit coupled to the boost converter circuit and including a plurality of control circuits configured to control a current output from the current flow control circuit in a therapeutic biphasic voltage waveform upon release of the therapeutic energy from the storage capacitor, wherein the therapeutic biphasic voltage waveform includes a ramped increase in voltage from approximately zero volts to a desired therapeutic voltage level over a time interval greater than 1 millisecond and less than a time associated with a phase switch.
US12246180B2
Systems and methods for controlling blood pressure by controlling atrial pressure and atrial stretch are disclosed. In some embodiments, a stimulation circuit may be configured to deliver a stimulation pulse to at least one cardiac chamber of a heart of a patient, and at least one controller may be configured to execute delivery of one or more stimulation patterns of stimulation pulses to the at least one cardiac chamber, wherein at least one of the stimulation pulses stimulates the heart such that an atrial pressure resulting from atrial contraction of an atrium overlaps in time a passive pressure build-up of the atrium, such that an atrial pressure of the atrium resulting from the stimulation is a combination of the atrial pressure resulting from atrial contraction and the passive pressure build-up and is higher than an atrial pressure of the atrium would be without the stimulation, and such that the blood pressure of the patient is reduced.
US12246179B2
Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue generate stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) changes or varies over time. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention provide a lower average frequency.
US12246174B2
Chronic pain management can be achieved by electrically anesthetizing a peripheral nerve with on-demand electrical nerve block (OD-ENB). OD-ENB can be provided by an implantable capsule. Externally, at least a portion of the capsule can be constructed of a conductive membrane and the rest of the capsule comprises a biocompatible material. A blocking electrode contact, a return electrode contact, and a powering/communication component can be within the capsule. The blocking electrode contact can deliver a direct current (DC) through a portion of the conductive membrane to block conduction in the neural tissue to provide the OD-ENB. The return electrode contact can receive a return current from the neural tissue through another portion of the conductive membrane. The powering/communication component can communicate with one or more external components located external to the patient's body to receive a power signal. Notably the capsule has no internal battery.
US12246173B2
The lead implanted in a body to apply electrical stimulation to body organs may include: an electrode wire having one end provided as an insertion portion to be inserted into a body and the other end provided as an interface portion for connection with an external device to transmit a stimulation signal: a plurality of first electrodes in the insertion portion; a plurality of second electrodes on the interface portion; and a plurality of signal lines interconnecting the first electrodes and the second electrodes, wherein the insertion portion of the electrode wire includes a plurality of support portions on which the first electrodes are respectively disposed and a plurality of stretchable portions between the support portions and expandable and contractible, and further includes an operation unit for pushing or pulling each support portion in a longitudinal direction of the electrode wire to adjust a position of the support portion.
US12246166B2
Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor 12, including a receiver 14, a medicament delivery device 16, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor 18 are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
US12246165B2
It may desirable to monitor or control a pump remotely. For example, the pump may be positioned near the patient, with remote control or monitoring of the pump occurring in a control room. In one exemplary embodiment, the pump is used in an MRI environment. In another exemplary embodiment, the pump is used in a hyperbaric chamber. The pump may monitor one or more physiological parameters and transmit them to the remote. The pump may also transmit information relating to the pump's operation. The pump may send the device and/or physiological data using one or more packets. The packets may consist of low priority sequential packets and high-priority asynchronous packets. The high-priority packets may enable the real-time monitoring of a patient's heart beat or other physiological parameter.
US12246156B2
A needle assembly for a liquid applicator comprises a housing, a needle bundle, and an elastic tubular member. The housing comprises a longitudinal channel having upper and lower open ends. The needle bundle is movably mounted in the channel and configured to be driven by a driving shaft to reciprocatively move between a retracted position and an extended position. The elastic tubular member comprises a first end attached to the housing and a second end attached the needle bundle to bias the needle bundle to move longitudinally towards the retracted position. The tubular member comprises a first portion and a second portion thinner than the first portion, which are separated by a boundary. The boundary extends helically between the first and second ends of the tubular member. The first portion may include one or more helical ridges.
US12246152B2
An apparatus for measuring pressure of fluid in a shunt includes a distensible member arranged adjacent to a graduated scale. The shunt includes a shunt valve and the apparatus is attachable to, or incorporated into the shunt at a location either at the shunt valve or upstream of the shunt valve. Both the distensible member and the scale include radiopaque markers. The fluid in the shunt acts directly on the distensible member and the distensible member is distensible in the direction of the scale.
US12246146B2
Disclosed is an automated weight based fluid output monitoring system that can include a hanger having a securement ball defining a spherical surface and configured to engage a socket. The securement ball can include a sensor array configured to detect a change in pressure between the securement ball and the socket as well as a direction of force relative to a transverse axis of the socket. The hanger can further include a hook configured to be coupled to a fluid collection bag of a fluid drainage system. The hanger can further include a console having one or more processors, non-transitory storage medium, an energy source and a one or more logic modules configured to determine a change in fluid volume of the collection bag over time and an off-axis loading of the fluid collecting bag relative to the transverse axis.
US12246141B2
Apparatuses and methods for distinguishing a blood clot from a vessel wall. These methods and apparatuses may include an aspiration opening into a suction lumen, an aspiration opening sensor(s) positioned at a rim of the aspiration opening, and a controller that interprets signals from the aspiration opening sensor(s) to determine when the aspiration opening is contacting a clot material or a vessel when a force is applied.
US12246137B2
This disclosure generally relates to catheters, methods of enhancing the patency of an intravascular catheter and compositions, methods, devices and kits relating to the infusion of a catheter lock solution into an indwelling catheter. Disclosed compositions, methods, devices and kits aid in diminishing the effects of microbial infection in catheters and occlusion of the catheters. A representative lock solution includes about 10% sodium citrate and about 1.5% benzyl alcohol. The solution has a density approximating the density of blood for retention of the solution in a catheter during the lock period.
US12246136B2
A haptic respiration simulator includes: a pump unit; an accumulator for reducing noise originating from a pumping action of the pump, the accumulator being in fluid communication with an outlet of the pump; and a pump suspension system for reducing noise originating from operation of the pump, including: a tubular casing for receiving the pump unit at an inside thereof, the tubular casing having a substantially closed circumferential wall that prevents at least a part of the sound waves resulting from operation of the pump to transfer outside the tubular casing; an inner suspension for suspending the pump with respect to the tubular casing, the inner suspension being positioned between the pump and the tubular casing; a pair of end caps for sealing the tubular casing, and an outer suspension for suspending the tubular casing with respect to a housing.
US12246124B2
An illuminated suction device comprising a suction tube having a proximal end and a distal tip at a distal end thereof, an illumination assembly comprising at least one direct light source mounted on a flexible circuit and configured to emit light toward a target area external to the distal tip of the suction tube, and at least one heat sinking member extending along a portion of the suction tube, wherein the at least one light source mounted on the flexible circuit is mechanically and thermally connected to the at least one heat sinking member.
US12246123B2
According to some embodiments, a system may treat blood outside the body of a patient. The system may include one or more pumps configured to pump blood in a fluid flow path at a collective rate over 4 liters per minute. The system may include one or more heat exchangers operable to heat at least a portion of the blood to a temperature of at least 42 degrees Celsius and to allow the blood to cool one or more degrees following heating. The system may include one or more albumin dialysis modules configured to perform albumin dialysis on at least a portion of the blood at least after the one or more heat exchangers allow the blood to cool one or more degrees.
US12246116B2
A system for decontaminating/neutralizing breathable air and surfaces in an occupied enclosed space, i.e., agricultural greenhouse, includes mounting an atmospheric hydroxyl radical generator along an inside surface of the atmospheric hydroxyl radical generator having respective opposite air inlets and air outlets. The hydroxyl radical generator includes a polygonal housing supporting a plurality of spaced crystal-spliced UV optics, which are tubular, medical grade pure quartz optics to emit/irradiate ultraviolet in the nanometer wavelength/ultraviolet spectrum of between 100 and 400 nanometers for deactivating and neutralizing atmospheric chemicals and pathogens in breathable air and surfaces. The hydroxyl radicals contact the walls of the reaction chamber housing. The hydroxyl radicals become created and excited to react quickly with impurities including VOC, virus, bacteria and fungi, rendering them inactivated and neutral. The breathable air passes through the polygonal housing and is decontaminated and neutralized of impurities before entering the occupied enclosed space.
US12246115B2
A medical device including a substrate and a hydrophilic polymer layer and satisfying the following conditions: (1) that the hydrophilic polymer layer is on at least a part of the substrate; (2) that the hydrophilic polymer layer contains: a hydrophilic polymer having an acidic group; and a compound having an acidic group and a ring structure; and (3) that a time during which a liquid film is retained on the surface of the medical device (a liquid film retention time) is 10 seconds or more after the medical device is stationarily immersed in a phosphate buffer solution, pulled up from the phosphate buffer solution, and retained in the air. The present invention provides a medical device in which a surface of a substrate is hydrophilized, and a method for manufacturing same by a simple method.
US12246112B2
An artificial blood vessel that gives a sensation of needle insertion upon puncturing and a needle thread passability resembling those of blood vessels of animals including humans, and that has high liquid leakage preventability includes two or more layers which contain a component (A) hydrogenated block copolymer and a component (B) oil, at least one of the layers further containing a component (C) lubricant. It is preferable that the artificial blood vessel has a first peak load value of 0.01 N or more and 1.2 N or less upon needle penetration by puncturing at a speed of 1000 mm/min. under the condition of 23° C.±1° C. using a universal testing machine.
US12246107B2
A multi-layer bag comprising a porous portion configured to allow a sterilizing gas to penetrate into the bag and a gas-impervious portion, characterized in that the gas-impervious portion comprises an outer layer, an inner layer and an intermediate layer integrally formed together so that the intermediate layer is sealingly enclosed between the outer layer and the inner layer so as to be physically isolated from inner and outer environment of the bag, and the intermediate layer comprises a matrix and at least one pigment distributed within the matrix, the pigment being configured to change at least one optical property in reaction to an environment change resulting from a damage of the outer and/or inner layer.
US12246086B2
Systems and methods of using and imaging shear-thinning biomaterial compositions are provided. More particularly, systems and methods of providing reversible birth control and/or for delivering therapeutics to reproductive organs are provided. A method includes administering a biomaterial into fallopian tubes, uterus, or vas deferens of the subject, where the biomaterial is a shear-thinning nanocomposite.
US12246085B2
A material includes a metallic, nanoporous structure having a plurality of nanopores having a porosity that allows passage of insulin but not IgG. The metallic nanoporous structure includes titanium, 316L stainless steel and may have a textured nano-sericeous surface. A nanoporous bicontinuous structure can be integrated with nanopores.
US12246084B2
A hair care composition is disclosed comprising an anti-dandruff agent selected from piroctone olamine, selenium sulfide and mixtures thereof and a copolymer comprising acrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride, wherein the weight ratio of the amount of the copolymer to the amount of the anti-dandruff agent is in the range of from 1:5 to 1:1.
US12246073B2
The invention relates to biotechnology, to gene therapy DNA vectors, a Escherichia coli strain JM110-NAS, a method of its production and selection of gene therapy DNA vector for targeted gene therapy. The method of a gene therapy DNA vector for targeted gene therapy includes construction of a 2408 bp vector containing a 688 bp replication origin, a 467 bp transcription terminator hGH-TA, a 137 bp regulatory region RNA-out of transposon TnlO, a 1018 bp kanamycin resistance gene, and a 68 bp poly linker. Vector cleaving by XhoI and BamHI restriction endonucleases and ligation with promoter and regulatory region, while a site containing the promoter region of a human is used for the production of the gene therapy DNA vector of interest. The kanamycin resistance gene is cleaved by SpeI restriction sites. The remaining fragment was ligated to itself. The invention allows high effective targeted gene therapy.
US12246069B2
A novel ROS-responsive prodrug is provided. The prodrug utilizes a unique modified oxalate linker conjugated to 4-aminophenol, which can enhance the reaction kinetics for intracellular ROS within tumor tissues while keeping the modified oxalate backbone stable with amide bond under very low ROS level.
US12246062B2
Provided are a recombinant acid α-glucosidase and pharmaceutical composition comprising a recombinant acid α-glucosidase, wherein the recombinant acid α-glucosidase is expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and comprises an increased content of N-glycan units bearing one or two mannose-6-phosphate residues when compared to a content of N-glycan units bearing one or two mannose-6-phosphate residues of alglucosidase alfa. Also provided herein are methods of producing, purifying, and formulating the recombinant acid α-glucosidase or pharmaceutical composition for administration to a subject and methods of treating a disease or disorder such as Pompe disease using the recombinant acid α-glucosidase or pharmaceutical composition.
US12246054B2
Methods of treating acromegaly in a subject are described herein. Exemplary methods include orally administering to the subject at least once daily at least one dosage form comprising octreotide, wherein the octreotide in each dosage form is 20 mg, and wherein the administering occurs at least 1 hour before a meal or at least 2 hours after a meal.
US12246039B2
The invention relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 216, and (ii) a variant sequence thereof which maintains capacity to bind to MHC molecule(s) and/or induce T cells cross-reacting with said variant peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12246038B2
The invention relates to a composition for inducing a T cell mediated immune response for the treatment or prevention of prostate cancer comprising a modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) vector expressing the 5T4 antigen polypeptide under control of a poxvirus F11 promoter. Suitably said poxvirus F11 promoter is the endogenous MVA F11 promoter. More suitably said vector expresses a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or said vector expresses a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ. ID NO: 2. The invention also relates to uses and methods.
US12246032B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous composition which comprises chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and which can be stored at room temperature. The present invention also relates to an aqueous composition which comprises chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier.
US12246029B2
The invention relates to improved RNA compositions for use in therapeutic applications. The RNA compositions are particularly suited for use in human therapeutic application (e.g., in RNA therapeutics). The RNA compositions are made by improved processes, in particular, improved in vitro-transcription (IVT) processes. The invention also relates to methods for producing and purifying RNA (e.g, therapeutic RNAs), as well as methods for using the RNA compositions and therapeutic applications thereof.
US12246009B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, a myodegenerative disease, a prion disease or a lysosomal storage disease in a subject.
US12245974B2
A target volume of ocular tissue of an irido-corneal angle of an eye is treated by moving a focus of a laser through the target volume of ocular tissue, and photodisrupting the target volume of ocular tissue at a plurality of spots as the focus is moved through the target volume of ocular tissue. The focus is moved by transverse scanning the focus between at least one of: a first circumferential boundary and a second circumferential boundary of the target volume of ocular tissue, and a first azimuthal boundary and a second azimuthal boundary of the target volume of ocular tissue, and axial scanning the focus between a distal extent and a proximal extent of the target volume of ocular tissue.
US12245973B2
A method is disclosed for controlling an ophthalmological laser of a treatment apparatus for the treatment of a human or animal eye. The method includes controlling the laser by a control device of the treatment apparatus such that the laser emits pulsed laser pulses in a shot sequence in a preset pattern into the eye. The individual laser pulses interact with a tissue of the eye for the treatment of the eye, wherein a space-filling curve is the preset pattern for treating the tissue.
US12245972B2
A method and system for correcting vision in an eye that uses a wavefront-customized phakic or pseudophakic Intraocular Lens (IOL), the method comprising: (1) measuring wavefront aberrations of the eye; (2) designing a wavefront-customized correction profile for an IOL; (3) creating a customized IOL with the customized correction profile; and (4) implanting the customized IOL in the eye, without having to remove the natural lens. Alternatively, an uncorrected IOL is implanted first, followed by scanning a femtosecond laser spot across the implanted IOL to locally change the Index of Refraction of the IOL material and create an in-situ customized IOL.
US12245961B2
A system for implanting a flow modifying device in a heart comprises a flow modifying device comprising a tubular body comprising first and second openings located at first and second ends of the tubular body and a neck positioned between the first opening and the second opening, and a guide catheter comprising a flexible elongate shaft comprising a proximal portion comprising a fitting for receiving an insertion instrument and distal portion comprising an enlarged distal tip to prevent the flexible elongate shaft from passing through the flow modifying device. A guide catheter for cannulating a coronary sinus from a superior vena cava comprises a pre-formed distal portion comprising a proximal straight zone, a proximal curved zone extending along a first curved path, a distal straight zone extending along a straight path and a distal curved zone extending along a second curved path. The guide catheter can have different stiffnesses.
US12245930B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for compensating for a tilt of an intraocular lens (IOL) and systems and methods for adjusting the IOL. For example, one of the methods can comprise capturing one or more optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of an eye of a subject when the IOL is implanted within the eye of the subject. The method can also comprise generating a fixation target such that the fixation target is visible to the eye of the subject and moving the fixation target until a transverse plane of the IOL is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of an ophthalmic system. The method can also comprise directing a laser beam generated by a laser of the ophthalmic system at the IOL.
US12245927B2
In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.9.
US12245925B2
Elasticated materials and articles comprising elasticated materials are disclosed. A method may comprise advancing first and second substrate materials and a stretched elastomeric strand in the machine direction. The method may further comprise advancing the first and the second substrate materials with the elastomeric strand positioned therebetween to a bonding apparatus. The bonding apparatus may comprise first and second elements forming a bonding nip. The method may further comprise oscillating the strand in a cross-machine direction and advancing the first and second substrate materials, and the strand, through the bonding nip and bonding the first and second substrate materials together with at least first and second bonds. The first and second bonds may be disposed on opposite sides of the strand and spaced apart a distance less than its un-tensioned diameter, and the first and second bonds may be located along an arcuate portion of the strand.
US12245919B2
Provided herein are adhesive compositions comprising: 1) at least one adhesive of an alcohol-functionalized acrylic adhesive, an alcohol-functionalized silicone adhesive, a carboxyl-functionalized acrylic adhesive, and a carboxyl-functionalized silicone adhesive, 2) at least one phase-separated hydrophilic material, and 3) at least one bioactive compound. At least one bioactive compound may comprise an antimicrobial agent. The adhesive compositions can quickly release an antimicrobial agent and cause the rapid onset of antimicrobial effects. Also provided are adhesive products and methods using the disclosed adhesive composition.
US12245917B2
Devices, apparatus, systems and methods to regulate pressure in earplug are disclosed. Some embodiments provide auditory attenuation and others may further include communications capability. The devices and apparatus are well-suited for use by divers and pilots in particular.
US12245913B2
Provided are a composition for forming a transparent orthodontic device, a method of preparing a transparent orthodontic device, and a transparent orthodontic device prepared by using the method. The composition includes 100 parts by weight of a first photocurable compound represented by Formula 1, 35 parts by weight to 75 parts by weight of a second photocurable compound represented by Formula 2, 15 parts by weight to 65 parts by weight of a third photocurable compound represented by Formula 3, 5 parts by weight to 40 parts by weight of a fourth photocurable compound represented by Formula 4, and 1 part by weight to 15 parts by weight of a fifth photocurable compound represented by Formula 5.
US12245894B2
A system and method of measurement and calculation of intracardiac pressures based on non-invasive medical imaging is presented, wherein the pressure measurements are performed by means of the image stream with further estimation of the volumes of oscillating traceable regions within the heart vicinity. The volume estimates are tied to pressure values in such oscillating traceable regions as left/right atria and ventricles, pulmonary artery and aorta. The invention permits to assess non-invasively and in real time the pressure in any part of the heart and large blood vessels, and calculate the major markers of heart failure, cardiomyopathy, ventricular ischemia, infarction and other heart related diseases.
US12245893B2
An image registration system 111 for registering a live stream of ultrasound images 112 of a beamforming ultrasound probe 113 with an X-ray image 114 is described. The image registration 111 system identifies, from the X-ray image 114, the position of a medical device 116 represented in the X-ray image 114; and determines, based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the beamforming ultrasound probe 113 and an ultrasound transducer 115 disposed on the medical device 116, a location of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the beamforming ultrasound probe 113. Each ultrasound image from the live stream 112 is registered with the X-ray 114 image based on the identified position of the medical device 116. The registration includes determining an offset from said identified position that is based on i) a predetermined spatial relationship of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the medical device 116 and ii) the determined location of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the beamforming ultrasound probe 113.
US12245892B2
This method for imaging in real time the propagation of a mechanical wave in an acoustically propagative medium comprises steps of: a) emitting (1000) a mechanical wave in an acoustically propagative medium, using an acoustic source being placed in an emission region of the acoustically propagative medium, b) measuring (1002) voltage signal waveform values at a reception region, using an acoustic measurement unit; c) calculating (1004) acoustic field values in the acoustically propagative medium, between the emission region and the reception region, using a reconstruction algorithm implemented in a signal processing unit, and the signal waveform values measured during step b) d) generating an image, using an image generation device and using the calculated acoustic field values.
US12245890B2
User feedback on acquisition of ultrasound data may be provided to a user. The feedback may indicate a quality of the acquisition and/or the reliability of the measurements calculated from the ultrasound data, for example, the volume flow measurements calculated from Doppler data. Various quality factors such as a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), motion, Doppler angle, vessel size, vessel depth, and/or variance in velocity values may be determined to provide an indication of quality of the acquisition. The quality factors may be provided individually or in combination. In some examples, one or more quantitative values of the quality factors may be provided. In some examples, one or more qualitative indications of the quality of the acquisition may be provided.
US12245888B2
An ultrasound system includes: an ultrasound device having a two-dimensional array of ultrasound transducers; and a smartphone or tablet in operative communication with the ultrasound device. The ultrasound system is configured to: collect multiple sets of ultrasound data from multiple regions within the subject; detect fetal heartbeat signals and uterine contraction signals; monitor a fetal heartbeat signal among the fetal heartbeat signals by automatically steering an ultrasound beam to a first region among the multiple regions within the subject to collect first further ultrasound data from the first region based on a quality of the fetal heartbeat signal; and monitor a uterine contraction signal among the uterine contraction signals by automatically steering the ultrasound beam to a second region among the multiple regions within the subject to collect second further ultrasound data from the second region based on a quality of the uterine contraction signal.
US12245887B2
The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods configured to identify lung abnormalities by determining a uniformity characteristic of a region of interest within ultrasound image frames. Systems can include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echoes responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a pulmonary target region. A processor coupled with the transducer may be configured to generate an image frame from the acquired echoes and determine a uniformity characteristic of the region of interest below a pleural line in the image frame. The processor may also be configured to determine a presence or absence of a lung abnormality, e.g., lung consolidation, within the region of interest based on a value of the uniformity characteristic. If a lung abnormality has been determined to be present, the processor can generate an indicator of the same, which may be displayed on a user interface in communication with the processor.
US12245886B2
A system and method for guidance of a device having a curved needle to a target tissue includes a tracking system having an imaging component, a processor, and a curved needle with known geometric parameters. The processor is configured to calculate a needle trajectory based on geometric considerations of the needle and the target tissue. Additional features and methods of the invention include a display with an annotated overlay for directing and tracking the curved device.
US12245884B2
Disclosed is a stethoscope digital adapter configured to enhance usability of an acoustic stethoscope. The stethoscope digital adapter may include a body comprising an exterior shell configured to form an interior space. Further, the body may include a microphone disposed in the interior space. Further, the microphone may be configured to convert an acoustic wave into an electrical sound signal. Further, the body may include an electrical interconnect electrically coupled to the microphone. Further, the electrical interconnect may be configured to be electrically coupled with an external electronic device configured to process the electrical sound signal. Further, the body may include a conduit attached to the exterior shell. Further, the stethoscope digital adapter may include a fastener attached to the body.
US12245876B2
A medical device includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, and memory. The acceleration sensor is configured to generate acceleration data that comprises a plurality of acceleration measurements. The memory comprises instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain the acceleration data from the acceleration sensor; and determine, based on the acceleration data, that the medical device has flipped.
US12245870B2
A method and apparatus monitors chronic disease state of a patient. The method may include extracting, in a processor, for each of a plurality of monitoring sessions, a respiratory feature from a respiratory signal indicative of the patient's respiration during the monitoring session, the respiratory signal derived from at least one sensor; and computing, in a processor, a stability measure of the patient for a monitoring session, the stability measure representing an indication of a change point having occurred at the monitoring session in a statistical distribution of the respiratory feature.
US12245866B2
A method for determining if a tissue is ganglionic is provided. The method comprises a) generating at least one hyperspectral Raman image of a tissue from a region of interest in a tissue suspected to contain ganglion cells that was optionally identified by a method comprising autofluorescence (AF) and Second Harmonic generation (SHG) imaging of the tissue; and b) analyzing any of the images for one or more of the following: i) optical excitation; ii) chemical information or emission spectra; or iii) AF, SHG, and/or Raman signatures, wherein the analysis provides indicators that the region of interest is either ganglionic or non-ganglionic. A system for analysis of in vivo tissue or ex vivo tissue samples including a multiphoton autofluorescence microscope, a Second Harmonic Generation microscope, and a hyperspectral Raman microscope in operative communication is also provided.
US12245865B2
In an approach to monitoring and querying autobiographical events, one or more computer processors receive data from one or more sensors associated with a user. Based on the received data from the one or more sensors, one or more computer processors detect an autobiographical event associated with the user. One or more computer processors convert the received data from the one or more sensors into one or more observations associated with the autobiographical event. One or more computer processors convert the one or more observations into one or more questions associated with the one or more observations. One or more computer processors query the user with the one or more questions. One or more computer processors receive at least one response to the one or more questions from the user.
US12245857B2
A dual-helmet magnetoencephalography measuring apparatus includes: an internal container storing a liquid refrigerant; an external container disposed to surround the internal container and including a first external helmet and a second external helmet disposed to be spaced apart from each other; a first sensor-mounted helmet disposed to surround the first external helmet between the external container and the internal container; a second sensor-mounted helmet disposed to surround the second external helmet between the externa container and the internal container; a plurality of first SQUID sensor module disposed on the first sensor-mounted helmet; and a plurality of second SQUID sensor module disposed on the second sensor-mounted helmet.
US12245850B2
Systems and methods for confirming the tip location of a catheter. The system can include an ivECG acquisition module for receiving ECG data from an implanted endovascular device and a notification module. The system can calculate PxI and distance parameters to determine the location of the tip of the implanted endovascular device relative to a predetermined location such as the cavoatrial junction. The system can use chaos theory and the concept of self-organized criticality (SOC) to determine parameters where P-waves are absent or atypical. The notification module can include one or more of an audio signal, a video signal, and a tactile signal. Also disclosed are systems and methods of establishing an electrical pathway within a previously positioned catheter, including saline columns and electrically conductive guidewires.
US12245849B2
The nuclear magnetic resonance system can include: a set of magnets, a housing, a set of coils (e.g., receive coil, transmit coil, gradient coil, active shim coil, etc.), and a processing system. The nuclear magnetic resonance method can include: applying a pulse sequence, acquiring a signal, and processing the signal (e.g., to determine blood analyte levels).
US12245848B2
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of a body (10) of a patient positioned in an examination volume of an MR device (1). It is an object of the invention to provide a method that enables geometrically correct MR-only radiation therapy planning at minimum scan times. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring first MR imaging data representative of at least one region of the body (10); analyzing said first MR imaging data to delineate at least one anatomical structure within said body region; acquiring second MR imaging data of said body region using a multi-point Dixon sequence; deriving a B0 map from said second MR imaging data; analyzing said B0 map to determine at least one low fidelity region of said B0 map; performing B0 mapping to refine the B0 map using a multi-acquisition gradient echo sequence restricted to at least one region where said delineated anatomical structure and said low fidelity region overlap completely or partially; and correcting geometrical distortions in said first and/or second MR imaging data using the refined B0 map. Moreover, the invention relates to a MR device (1) for carrying out the method, and to a computer program to be executed on a MR device (1).
US12245847B2
A microcirculation detection system including a heating device, a photosensitive array and a processing unit is provided. The heating device is used to heat a skin area. The photosensitive array is used to detect outgoing light from the skin area, and output a plurality of brightness variation signals respectively at different time points within a heating period. The processing unit is used to calculate a change of an array energy distribution varied within the heating period according to the plurality of brightness variation signals to accordingly identify a microcirculation state.
US12245844B2
An intravascular system includes at least one pressure-sensing instrument sized and shaped for introduction into a vessel of a patient; a processing unit in communication with the pressure-sensing instrument, the processing unit configured to: obtain proximal pressure measurements for at least one cardiac cycle of the patient while the pressure-sensing instrument is positioned proximal of a stenosis of the vessel; obtain distal pressure measurements while the pressure-sensing instrument is positioned distal of the stenosis; select a diagnostic window within a cardiac cycle by identifying a change in sign of a slope associated with the proximal and/or distal pressure measurements, wherein the diagnostic window encompasses only a portion of the cardiac cycle of the patient; calculate a pressure ratio between the distal and proximal obtained during the diagnostic window; and output the calculated pressure ratio to a display device in communication with the processing unit.
US12245842B2
A health alert device includes a physiological sensor and processing circuitry. The physiological sensor captures physiological data, including heart rate and blood oxygen data, of a detainee. The processing circuitry repeatedly receives the physiological data, calculates a health metric parameter based on a combination of the physiological data, determines a health metric baseline based on a series of health metric parameters determined over a baseline determination duration, determines first and second risk alert thresholds based on the health metric baseline, determines a health metric delta based on newly received physiological data and the health metric baseline, and transmits first and second risk alert communications to an alert device to cause the alert device to display first and second risk alerts on an alert device display in response to the health metric delta exceeding the first and second risk alert thresholds, respectively.
US12245834B2
A medical device is provided. The medical device includes a shaft motor, a parallel manipulator, a receiving yoke, a runner and a transmission yoke. The shaft motor is configured to generate a mechanical force for manipulating a surgical tool. The parallel manipulator includes an end platform used to support the surgical tool, a base platform used to support the shaft motor and a plurality of limbs coupled between the end platform and the base platform. The limbs are configured to control movement of the end platform. The receiving yoke is coupled to the surgical tool. The runner is slidingly engaged to the shaft motor and configured to receive the mechanical force. The transmission yoke is coupled to the runner and the receiving yoke, and the transmission yoke is configured to transfer the mechanical force to the receiving yoke.
US12245832B2
A surgical robot includes: a surgical instrument; a manipulator that supports a surgical instrument without holding a trocar and includes an instrument interface to which the surgical instrument is attached, an arm including rotational joints, and a prismatic joint; and a controller. The controller may store a center of motion of the surgical instrument and control motion of the manipulator such that with the shaft inserted through the trocar and the tool located in a body cavity of the patient, a relationship T1≥L is established in a case of L≤T0, wherein: L represents an intra-body cavity length of the surgical instrument; T0 represents a maximum possible linear movement amount of the prismatic joint from an origin position along the axial direction; and T1 represents a first linear movement amount of the prismatic joint from the origin position to a current position along the axial direction.
US12245819B2
Provided herein are methods of performing knee surgery, which include comparing a lateral distal femoral angle (LDFA) of the knee with a medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) of the knee and determining a pre-disease alignment of the knee therefrom. Additionally, prognostic and diagnostic methods for use in knee surgery as well as methods of determining an angle of resection for a distal femur and/or a proximal tibia during knee surgery are provided herein. Also provided is an apparatus for assisting a surgeon in performing surgery on a knee of a patient, the apparatus comprising a processor configured for performing the aforementioned methods. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the aforementioned methods is also provided.
US12245809B2
An optometry device for testing an individual's eye, includes a refraction test unit having an optical system for providing different vision correction powers close to the eye of the individual, and a display unit adapted to produce a visual test image for the individual's eye, the visual test image being visible through an exit aperture of the test unit of the optometry device. The display unit includes a screen adapted to display a test picture used in producing the visual test image and at least one optical element having an optical power. The optical element presents an active state in which it exhibits a non zero refraction power placed on an optical path of the light emitted by the screen and exiting the device through the exit aperture, and an inactive state in which it introduces no refractive power on the optical path.
US12245803B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for improving sleep by treating at least one of rhinitis, congestion, and/or rhinorrhea to thereby reduce or eliminate symptoms associated therewith, including, but not limited to, nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, and nasal or throat irritation and itching.
US12245793B2
Disclosed is a method of artificial intelligence-based robotic pipetting for cell preparation. The method includes training an artificial intelligence/machine learning system (AI/ML system) to classify images of biological specimens. The method includes storing the classified images. The method includes receiving an image object from an imaging system that includes a microscopy system, a camera system configured to receive imaging from the microscopy system, and a lighting system configured to illuminate a biological material. The method includes processing the image object, using the AJ/ML system to determine a presence of a retrievable target cell. The method includes positioning a robotic pipettor at a target physical orientation relative to the retrievable target cell. The method includes confirming the robotic pipettor's location at the target physical orientation, using AI/ML system. The method includes instructing the robotic pipettor to obtain the retrievable target cell from the target physical orientation.
US12245790B2
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. A method can involve injection/infusion of the ablative fluid over an extended time period of at least 10 seconds or with two injections at two different penetration depths to reduce or eliminate patient pain during ablation.
US12245778B2
A cutting guide includes a body extending between an upper surface and a lower surface and defined by a perimeter. The cutting guide further includes a guide foot having a contact surface. A guide element is pivotably coupled to the body. A handle extends from a first end to a second end. The first end is configured to be coupled to the body.
US12245775B2
Surgical instruments for performing wedge-shaped osteotomies are disclosed herein. One surgical instrument includes a body with a distal end, a proximal end, a bottom surface, and a top surface including a slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end. The surgical instrument further includes multiple columns of cutting blades positioned on the top surface in which each of the cutting blades are spaced apart and extend vertically along at least a portion of the slope from the distal end to the proximal end. Another surgical instrument includes the cutting blades positioned in multiple rows of cutting blades on the top surface such that the multiple rows of cutting blades extend along the slope from the distal end to the proximal end and each cutting blade in the plurality of cutting blades extends horizontally across the top surface.
US12245774B2
A surgical instrument including an articulating region. An outer tube and an inner tube are axially fixed to one another distal to the articulating region and axially movable relative to one another proximal to the articulating region. Relative movement of the inner and outer tubes provides for articulation of the articulating tube assembly to a curved configuration. A working tool may be removably directed through a central cannula defined by the inner tube. The working tool may include a shaft having a flexible region configured to be arranged within the articulating region. The shaft may rotate within the inner tube with the articulating tube assembly in the curved configuration. The working tool may include a housing hub configured to be coupled with a handle to removably position the flexible region within the articulating region. Multiple working tools may be interchangeably directed through the central cannula.
US12245766B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a bypass device for protecting an intestinal anastomosis are provided. The system includes a pump, one or more fluid inlet lines fluidicly coupled to the pump and to a negative pressure chamber of the bypass device, and one or more sensors configured to measure data indicative of pressure within the negative pressure chamber. A controller operatively coupled to the pump and the one or more sensors may be programmed to actuate the pump to generate a vacuum within the negative pressure chamber to thereby pull intestinal tissue towards the bypass device to anchor the bypass device at a target location upstream of the intestinal anastomosis. The controller further may compare the pressure within the negative pressure chamber with a predetermined pressure range and, if the pressure falls outside the predetermined pressure range, adjust the pump to maintain the vacuum within the predetermined pressure range.
US12245760B2
A suture anchor for knotless fixation of tissue. The suture anchor includes an implant configured to hold a suture to be anchored in bone without requiring suture knots. The suture is secured in bone by inserting the implant holding the suture into a hole in the bone, and advancing a fixation device, such as a cannulated interference screw, over a shaft at the proximal end of the implant.
US12245747B2
There is provided an imaging control device, an imaging control method, a program, and an imaging system that enable easy change of a direction in which an image of a subject is captured in a case where imaging is performed using an optical member whose observation optical axis is inclined with respect to a central axis. The imaging control device includes: a rotation axis setting unit that sets a rotation axis on the basis of a pivot point and a point of interest on the subject, the pivot point serving as a fulcrum of the rod-shaped optical member whose observation optical axis is inclined with respect to the central axis and being not positioned on the observation optical axis; and a posture control unit that rotates the optical member around the rotation axis. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an endoscope system.
US12245745B2
An elevator attachment attachable to and detachable from an endoscope including an inclined surface inclined relative to a longitudinal direction of an insertion part, an elevator recess having a first inner wall and a second inner wall that faces the first inner wall and being opened toward the inclined surface and a lever pivotally provided inside the elevator recess, and the elevator attachment comprises a holding body including an inclined surface plate covering a part of the inclined surface, a first plate raising from an edge of the inclined surface plate and located along the first inner wall and a second plate abutting against the second inner wall, and an elevator pivotally supported between the first plate and the second plate and including a lever connection part to be connected to the lever.
US12245744B2
An endoscope including: an elongated shaft and an optical system disposed in the shaft. The optical system includes at least one prism. The prism is mounted in a prism holder. The prism holder having first and second stops for aligning the prism in at least first and second directions, respectively. Wherein the first stop forms a planar stop surface against which a first planar surface of the prism rests, and the second stop forms a linear stop contour against which a second planar surface of the prism rests.
US12245737B2
A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner which includes a dust collecting bin and a docking station to which the vacuum cleaner is coupled, wherein the docking station includes a charger configured to be electrically connected to a charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner in response to the vacuum cleaner being coupled to the docking station, a door driver configured to open or close a dust collecting bin door disposed at a lower portion of the dust collecting bin, a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting bin into the docking station, a collector configured to collect foreign matter that moves together with the air due to driving the suction device, and a controller configured to control the door driver to open the dust collecting bin door in response to the charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner being electrically connected to the charger, configured to control the suction device to supply a suctioning air flow to the dust collecting bin and perform a discharge operation in response to the dust collecting bin door being opened, and configured to control the door driver to close the dust collecting bin door in response to an end of the discharge operation.
US12245722B2
A beverage maker may comprise a heating system, a temperature sensor operably coupled the heating system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a series of measured temperature signals from the temperature sensor, calculate a change in temperature using the series of measured temperature signals, and calculate an efficiency of the heating system based on the change in temperature. The controller may further estimate a scale buildup based on the efficiency of the heating system, and store at least one of the estimated scale buildup or the efficiency of the heating system in a heating system performance database.
US12245721B2
A method for creating a digital twin of a beverage dispenser including first and second tapping valves is based on the use of a telematic communication network with a cloud server provided with storage in which one or more geographical areas are stored and for each geographical area one or more respective sites in which at least one beverage dispenser is positioned, as well as a plurality of beverages. The digital twin is created based on data stored in the storage: a datum concerning a selected geographical area and/or a datum concerning a selected site, a datum concerning a first unique identification code associated with the first tapping valve, a datum concerning a second unique identification code associated with the second tapping valve, a datum concerning a first beverage associated with the first tapping valve, and a datum concerning a second beverage associated with the second tapping valve.
US12245717B2
A beverage preparation machine includes a fluid system comprising a fluid source, a pump, a heating element, at least two container holders adapted for receiving ingredient containers, and a control unit for controlling the fluid system to prepare a beverage by mixing fluid with the beverage ingredient contained in the containers to produce a mixed beverage component in each of the containers. The control unit is further arranged to dispense part or whole of the mixed components sequentially or simultaneously to produce the beverage. The container holders differ from one another for holding containers of different sizes and/or types. Separate fluid injection interfaces have different structural and kinematic configurations and are arranged for independently delivering fluid in one of the corresponding ingredient containers. Each interface is connected to the fluid system and adapted to a different container.
US12245716B2
The invention relates to a beverage extraction unit (1) for extracting a beverage from an exchangeable single-serve portioned capsule (2) containing beverage ingredients and being configured with a flow restricting member for extracting capsules at different beverage pressure and flow conditions. The invention also relates to the beverage machine comprising the extraction unit.
US12245715B2
The beverage brewing device, which is configured for use with a beverage brewer having an inlet probe for dispensing water and an outlet probe, includes a body defining a brew chamber configured to contain a dry beverage medium and at least one outlet probe receptacle extending upwardly from a bottom surface of the body. The outlet probe receptacle is sized and configured to receive an outlet probe of a beverage brewer. A lid is removably securable to the body and is engageable with the body to selectively enclose a top opening of the body. An inlet probe opening is defined in the lid for receiving an inlet probe of the beverage brewer. At least one filter is defined within in the body, wherein the filter is configured to retain a dry beverage medium within the brew chamber while allowing a brewed beverage to pass through the brew chamber.
US12245712B1
The invention is hanger having a hook, an arm, and a bar that is particularly suited for use with a vehicle headrest. The hook has a shank section, a tip section, and a head situated between the shank section and the tip section which. The arm has a proximal section, a distal section, and a bend between the proximal section and the distal section. The proximal section is connected to the shank section of the hook and extends to the bend in the arm opposite from the head of the hook, and the distal section of the arm extends from the bend to a distal end of the arm. The neck of a bar connects to the distal section of the arm with the elongated body of the bar extending to a nose opposite from the neck and items can subsequently be hung from the bar.
US12245709B2
Quality modular dinnerware set that expands to multiple configurations for a variety of hosting/serving/dining needs. Basic plates can be used to bake, serve, display, and/or cook for small or large parties. Each plate/unit has a flippable or foldable design so that every piece can be used in more than one way. The plates then can be used on its own, as well as in the microwave, oven, or over a fire, and then paired with any of the wooden accessories to create a personalized tablescape.
US12245707B2
A three-dimensional perforated-panel wall mounting system comprises multiple perforated panels mounted in a three-dimensional configuration, which increases the panel storage area for a corresponding two-dimensional mounting surface area. For example, perforated panels are attached to two sides of a triangular-shaped mounting bracket. When the third side of the mounting bracket is attached to a wall or other mounting surface, the system provides twice the perforated panel area compared to a surface area of the wall covered by the system.
US12245693B2
The fastening element provides easy detachably connection between a guide rail and a side panel and can be used in a baking oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, or similar appliances. The fastening element includes a first retaining element lying below a horizontal bar of a side panel, especially for ovens, which prevents the fastening element being withdrawn in a direction parallel to the vertical bar, and a second retaining element attached to the guide rail which engages behind an angled end region of the horizontal bar and prevents fastening element being withdrawn in a direction parallel to the horizontal bar. The fastening element further includes a resilient lug which at least partially encloses a section of the horizontal bar. The fastening element is disengaged from the horizontal bar such that the resilient lug is manually bent down.
US12245689B1
The organization system utilizes a base panel with vertical slots that engage supports to hold storage accessories. The base panel has a front, rear, and edges, and can be wall-mounted or free-standing. The slots feature alternating through-portions and blocked-portions. Spacers on the rear provide a predetermined distance from the mounting surface for wall-mounted versions. The supports have opposing sides, top and bottom ends, and front and rear terminations with upper and lower hooks. These hooks cooperate to traverse slot through-portions and hook around blocked-portions to firmly seat supports. Various loads like shelves, racks, bars, and hooks mount onto support top ends. The base panel and supports can be made from materials such as metal, plastic, or wood. A metallic strip may be added for additional support with heavy loads. The system allows easy rearrangement to suit changing storage needs.
US12245685B2
A replaceable head for removeable connection with a manual toothbrush handle, the head comprising: a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a neck having a hollow portion therein and extending between the first end and the second end, and a bristle carrier disposed adjacent to the first end. The second end comprises a second-end opening leading into the hollow portion of the neck and terminates with a second-end edge comprising a chamfered surface structured and configured to mate with a corresponding chamfered surface of the handle when the head is connected thereto. The neck's hollow portion is defined by an inner wall comprising a recess for receiving a spring-loaded ball associated with a connector of the handle.
US12245671B2
A camera case that includes a buoyant material. The buoyant material forms a cavity defined by a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side, and the cavity is configured to removably receive a camera. A front opening extends into the cavity. A rear opening is located opposite the front opening, and the rear opening is larger than the front opening so that the camera is extendable into the cavity through the rear opening. A button recess in the top side is aligned with a physical input interface of the camera. A mount opening extends through the bottom side of the camera case to receives a portion of a support member so that the support member and the camera are connectable through the mount opening. The camera case includes a sufficient amount of the buoyant material to float the camera in water when the camera is inserted into the cavity.
US12245657B2
A sole for a shoe, the sole comprising reinforcing members extending in a front half of the sole, wherein at least a first one of the reinforcing members further extends rearwardly beyond a midfoot area and into a heel area of the sole and wraps up to a posterior portion of an ankle region. A shoe, in particular a running shoe, comprising such a sole. A method for the manufacture of such items.
US12245650B2
A hairstyling weftlock is provided which consists of a narrow band having opposing ends consisting of a locking mechanism at one end and a threading portion. Upon threading the threading portion through the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism is able to secure the threading portion at a desired length along the threading portion. The weftlock of the current invention may satisfy a connective function in the fabrication of a wig assembly or may be utilized to sheave strands of hair of a hairstyle client by connecting wefts of hair to other hair, including human hair and hair styled in braids, twists or cornrows and wig assembly cornrows, as well as facilitate the installation of braid extensions.
US12245647B2
Articles including protective gear for a variety of sports and activities provide protection from one or both of linear and angular forces that either directly or indirectly impact the gear when it is donned. The articles include at least two layers of material that provide multimodal energy dissipation to minimize the extent of transmission of impact forces to tissue.
US12245644B2
A seamless support garment. The garment has arm openings about 50 to 100 percent greater than a diameter of a user's arms; a neck opening about 2 to 4 times greater than a diameter of an average user's neck; a portion of the arm openings and neck opening opposite each other form integral shoulder straps; a band configured to fit at an under bust of the user defining a torso opening; two cup regions positioned above the band to receive the user's breasts, two cup regions positioned above the band to receive the user's breasts, the cup regions being 100-200 percent thicker at a portion of the cup configured for placement of the user's nipple and tapering to a garment body thickness as the taper extends away from the nipple portion; wherein, the support garment is configured from a material having between 50-200 percent elasticity.
US12245643B2
A durable lower body garment is provided that is formed of a plurality of fabric panels and has an inner surface for facing towards the wearer and an outer surface for facing away from the wearer, the plurality of fabric panels defining a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The garment comprises a front fabric panel and at least one further fabric panel, the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel being joined along their lateral edges to define the waist opening including a waist edge. Each of the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel extends from the waist edge to at least a crotch region of the garment, and each of the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel is formed of an elastically stretchable fabric.
US12245637B2
A nozzle cap for a vaporizing device can include at least one lip, at least one air channel, and one or more fluid-absorbing elements in fluid communication with the at least one air channel. The at least one fluid-absorbing element is disposed toward a center of the nozzle cap. The nozzle cap can also include at least one baffle.
US12245633B2
An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol by inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a device housing including a cavity to removably receive the substrate; an inductive heating arrangement including an induction coil configured to generate an alternating magnetic field within the cavity in a range between 500 kHz to 30 MHz, the coil being formed by a plurality of turns of a composite cable arranged around the cavity, the cable including a first side facing inward towards the cavity, a second side opposite to the first side facing outward away from the cavity, and an electrical conductor embedded in an insulating conductor encasement and including non-insulated wires in electrical contact with each other, and the conductor being arranged asymmetrically with regard to an outer cross-section of the cable to be closer to the first side than to the second side.
US12245629B2
A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. The housing includes a first housing end, a second housing end, and a housing wall. The first housing end defines a combustible smoking article holder configured to receive a combustible smoking article. The second housing end includes a hollow flow member extending from the second housing end in a direction axially away from the first housing end. The controller is positioned within the central compartment of the housing. The controller includes a sensor circuit structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with the use of the combustible smoking article. Local memory is structured to buffer the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate to a remote computing device.
US12245620B2
A low acid beverage product such as e.g. coffee, cold brew coffee or nitro cold brew coffee product that is shelf stable for 180 days at refrigerated conditions including a sealed container having a liquid portion and a headspace. The liquid portion has the beverage with oxygen dissolved therein. A method of manufacturing the beverage includes dissolving oxygen and into a cold beverage and packaging the liquid beverage product with oxygen dissolved therein into a sealed container. The liquid beverage product also includes flavorings or sweeteners or milk products in the sealed container and remains free from Clostridium botulinum (C. bot).
US12245618B2
A first brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product. The brine is formed from an emulsion consisting of water, saltless flavoring and protein. The protein is from the same type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine. A second brine especially for ham with the bine being similar to the first brine, but with a low sodium content of a maximum of 0.5% to 1.0% of the weight of the food product. A third brine for pork bellies without phosphate.
US12245615B2
A food or beverage product with improved texture and mouthfeel. The food or beverage product includes aggregated proteins comprising micellar casein and whey protein aggregates. The product has a pH of 6.1-7.1, a concentration of 6-40 wt. % milk solids, a casein to whey protein ratio of 90/10-60/40, and a concentration of 3-8 mM free divalent cations. The agglomerates have a size of 5-50 microns mean diameter D(4,3) as measured by laser diffraction.
US12245613B2
The present invention concerns a process wherein native and functional protein-fibre concentrates can be successfully obtained from plant material such as oilseeds, legumes and lentils. This can be achieved by a proper pre-treatment of the plant material, followed by a method of partial extracting water-soluble proteins under mild and non-destructive conditions using an aqueous solvent, followed by purification of the solid residue using a novel combination of GRAS organic solvents.
US12245612B2
A dessert holder that enables a consumer to hold or grasp a banana (frozen or non-frozen) in such a way that various toppings, garnishes, trimmings, etc. that have been added to the banana do not readily spill over onto the consumer's hands. The dessert holder may also act as a thermal insulator so that the consumer is able to easily hold and eat a cold, frozen banana without making their hands uncomfortable. In one example, the dessert holder includes a main body section that is in the shape of a part of a banana and has first and second ends, as well as a flange section that is connected to the main body section at the second end, which is open to allow the banana to be inserted. The dessert holder may be made from an injection-moldable, food grade (e.g., FDA food grade), thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) or thermoplastic rubber.
US12245611B2
Disclosed is a production method developed for production of cornet cones with less waste from plain cornet paper in a roll.
US12245608B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cacao bean-derived food material showing little oil seepage and various foods using the same. A composition having a particle size distribution in the range of 10 μm to 1.5 mm and containing undisrupted cacao bean cells is provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a free fat content ratio of 60% by weight or lower based on oil content is also provided. A composition containing 30% or more of undisrupted cells in cacao bean cells is further provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a breaking strength of 3 kgf or lower is further provided.
US12245606B2
A fat composition comprises: from 48% to 58% by weight of lauric acid (C12:0); from 5% to 15% by weight palmitic acid (C16:0); from 5% to 20% by weight stearic acid (C18:0); and a weight ratio of stearic acid (C18:0) to palmitic acid (C16:0) of from 0.5:1 to 2.5:1; the percentages of acids referring to acids bound as acyl groups in glycerides in the fat composition and being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; and at least 40 solid fat content at 30° C.; at most 5 solid fat content at 40° C.; solid fat content measured on unstabilized fat according to ISO 8292-1.
US12245598B2
A system and method for dispensing a first and second baking material where the baking materials are simultaneously dispensed through a discharge tube. The discharge tube is moved with respect to a male mold while dispensing the baking materials. An optional pressure foot follows the discharge tube and assists with joining the dispensed layer with the previous layer by applying pressure. The baking materials are dispensed and layered to form complex shapes not possible by pouring or application of a sheet of dough. The dough and mold are baked together and the baked item is removed from the mold after baking.
US12245593B2
Plant treatment products include a plant treatment component and, preferably mixed with, a microbial fermentation product. The microbial fermentation product includes cellular material of cultured microorganisms and one or more anaerobic metabolite products of the cultured microorganisms. Preferably, the microbial fermentation product comprises a whole culture lysate of a microbial fermentation suspension culture, including liquid fermentation culture medium components and lysed microorganisms. The plant treatment component of the product includes one or more pesticides or plant growth regulators. Plant treatment products can be applied to or around plants or seeds to enhance growth, health, or productivity of the plants.
US12245590B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling weeds including a step of performing a spot treatment of at least one PPO inhibitor in a cultivation area of soybean, corn, or cotton. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for exerting an excellent control effect in weed control.
US12245583B1
An assembly includes a base a bar including a first straight section extending upright from the base, a curved section extending over the base and a second straight section extending further over the base, a first mounting bar extending through a first hole in the second straight section, and a second mounting bar extending through a second hole in the second straight section.
US12245579B2
An electrical apparatus to kill a plant or at least attenuate plant growth, the apparatus comprising: an electrical energy supply unit; an applicator unit comprising an applicator electrode; a return unit comprising a return electrode; electrical circuitry; the electrical energy supply unit arranged to apply electrical energy through a transmission circuit comprising the applicator electrode, and the return electrode, wherein said electrical circuitry implements a plant treatment mode and a detection mode, wherein the electrical circuitry in the detection mode to determine a plant in operative proximity to the transmission circuit, and based on said determination activate the plant treatment mode in which treatment electrical energy, for killing or at least attenuating plant growth, is applied through the transmission circuit.
US12245572B2
Technologies are described herein for an automated chicken sorting conveyor belt system. Conveyor belts that move chicks from a loading area into bins move laterally (or horizontally) as the chicks fill up the bins. This reduces various impact, acceleration, and other forces imparted on the chicks.
US12245562B2
The present invention provides a longitudinally split immature tiller separated from a rhizome (LSITR), a cluster of multiple in vitro shoots (CMIT), a cluster of stem segments containing shoot primordia (CSSSP) and an in vitro tiller of Miscanthus x giganteus (Giant miscanthus), and their uses in propagating Miscanthus x giganteus (Giant miscanthus).
US12245550B2
A calibration system for an agricultural header includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first position signal indicative of a first position of a reel arm of the agricultural header, receive a first distance signal indicative of a first distance between the reel arm and a terrain feature, receive a second position signal indicative of a second position of the reel arm, receive a second distance signal indicative of a second distance between the reel arm and the terrain feature, determine a calibration curve having a plurality of offset distances of the reel arm based on the first position, the first distance, the second position, and the second distance, and select an offset distance of the plurality of offset distances based on an operational position of the reel arm and the calibration curve.
US12245539B2
A broadcast spreader and methods of using the same. One method includes dispersing particulate material using a broadcast spreader having a hopper and an impeller by placing the spreader in a first configuration where a first set of through openings proximate a bottom portion of the hopper permit the particulate material to pass therethrough and fall onto the impeller to thereby be distributed in a first spread pattern, and shifting the spreader into a second configuration where a second set of through openings proximate the bottom portion of the hopper permit the particulate material to pass therethrough and fall onto the impeller to thereby be distributed in a second spread pattern. The first set of through openings includes a different number of through openings than the second set of through openings, and the first spread pattern is different than the second spread pattern.
US12245534B2
A method and system having instructions to perform actions include obtaining images of an agricultural environment including a first image comprising at least one background portion and one or more regions of interest, implementing a machine learning (ML) algorithm on a portion of the first image including a portion of the background portion and the one or more regions of interest, detecting a plurality of objects associated with a plurality of real-world objects in the agricultural environment in at least one region of interest in the one or more regions of interest of the first image including detecting a first object and detecting a second object, implementing a second algorithm on the portion of the first image comprising the first object to detect one or more divided features of the first object, tracking a feature of the one or more divided features across subsequent images as the moving platform traverses the agricultural environment, tracking the second object, and selecting a target action configured to target the second object and applying the target action via the target mechanism to the second object.
US12250885B2
A thermoelectric conversion element (100) of the present invention includes a first electrode (105) which has one side joined to a first surface (101a) of an n-type semiconductor via an n-side junction layer (102), and the other side joined to a first surface (103a) of a p-type semiconductor via a p-side junction layer (104), and a second electrode (106) which is joined to each of a second surface (101b) of the n-type semiconductor and a second surface (103b) of the p-type semiconductor via the n-side junction layer (102) and the p-side junction layer (104). Each of the n-type semiconductor (101) and the p-type semiconductor (103) has a composition represented by Formulas (1) and (2) below, and the n-side junction layer (102) and the p-side junction layer (104) include Al. Mg2SiaSn1-a+A (1) MgmSixSnyGez+B (2).
US12250884B2
A light-emitting element which has low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a hole-transport layer and a light-emitting layer over the hole-transport layer. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, a second organic compound having a hole-transport property, and a light-emitting third organic compound converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex. The hole-transport layer contains at least a fourth organic compound whose HOMO level is lower than or equal to that of the second organic compound and a fifth organic compound whose HOMO level is higher than that of the second organic compound.
US12250878B2
A light-emitting diode may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one functional layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the at least one functional layer including an amine compound represented by Formula 1. The light-emitting diode may exhibit high luminous efficiency properties and improved lifetime properties.
US12250875B2
Provided are compounds comprising a ligand LA of Formula I where the ligand LA is coordinated to Ir.
US12250871B2
The present invention relates to metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said metal complexes.
US12250866B2
A display motherboard and a manufacturing method of a display substrate are provided. The display motherboard includes: a substrate including a valid area and an edge area, the valid area including a plurality of panel areas and a to-be-cut area, and the panel area including a display area and a frame area; multiple first power lines in each display area and the edge area and extending along a first direction; multiple first display electrodes in each display area and multiple virtual electrodes in the edge area, the first display electrodes and the virtual electrodes being in the same layer; wherein an orthographic projection of each first display electrode on the substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of at most one first power line on the substrate, and an orthographic projection of each virtual electrode on the substrate overlaps orthographic projections of at least two first power lines on the substrate.
US12250860B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a display substrate and a display apparatus. The display substrate comprises: a driving backplane; a light-emitting structure that is located on the driving backplane and that comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices; and a light-filtering structure located on the side of the light-emitting structure facing away from the driving backplane. The light-filtering structure comprises a plurality of light-filtering layers that correspond to at least a portion of the light-emitting devices, the light-emitting layers are provided with hollow spherical structures, and the light-filtering layers are hollow fan-shaped shapes in a cross section perpendicular to the driving backplane. The thicknesses of the light-filtering layers along the sphere center divergence direction of the hollow spherical structures are uniform. The problem of color cast caused by some light-filtering layers can be solved by means of designing the light-filtering layers into hollow spherical structures.
US12250849B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes has a display region including an optical component setting region. The optical component setting region includes pixel regions, and a light transmission region is formed between adjacent pixel regions. The display panel includes pixels located in the display region, each pixel includes a pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting element, and the pixel circuit includes transistors. The transistors include first and second reset transistors and a drive transistor. The pixel circuits include first pixel circuit located in the optical component setting region, and a gate of the first reset transistor of the first pixel circuit is electrically connected to a gate of the second reset transistor of the first pixel circuit.
US12250847B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display region and an opening region adjacent to each other; and at least one isolation wall extending along a boundary between the display region and the opening region. Each of the at least one isolation wall includes at least one isolation structure, and each of the at least one isolation structure includes: a first layer on a side of the base substrate; and a second layer on a side of the first layer away from the base substrate; and the orthographic projection of the first layer on the base substrate is within the orthographic projection of the second layer on the base substrate. The isolation wall effectively disconnects the organic light emitting material, prevents moisture from entering the display region, and improves the display quality.
US12250842B2
A semiconductor component includes a radiation exit surface; a semiconductor body having an active region that generates radiation; wherein a molded body molded onto the semiconductor body; contacts for external electrical contacting of the semiconductor component are accessible on an outer side of the molded body; a deflection structure arranged between the active region and the radiation exit surface; a planarization layer arranged on the deflection structure; and a polarizer arranged on a side of the planarization layer facing away from the semiconductor body; wherein the semiconductor body on a side facing away from the radiation exit surface includes a mirror structure having at least one dielectric layer and a metallic connection layer, and the dielectric layer is arranged at locations between the semiconductor body and the metallic connection layer.
US12250841B2
A light emitting device including a printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one light emitting source disposed on the front surface to emit light in a direction away from the printed circuit board, and a molding layer surrounding the light emitting source, in which the light emitting source includes a light emitting structure, a substrate disposed on the light emitting structure, and a plurality of bump electrodes disposed between the light emitting structure and the printed circuit board, the molding layer covers an upper surface of the substrate and a fine concavo-convex part is formed on a surface of the molding layer exposed to the outside, and the molding layer has a first thickness to transmit at least a fraction of light emitted from the light emitting source, and includes a filler to change a direction of emitted light.
US12250839B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light emitting diode, in which the light emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer located on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer located on the active layer. The light emitting diode emits light that varies from yellow light to white light depending on a driving current.
US12250828B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a doped silicon substrate, a buried oxide layer, and a silicon device layer. A capacitor having an inner electrode and a node dielectric layer is formed in the substrate. The inner electrode and the node dielectric layer extend into the doped silicon substrate. A select transistor is disposed in the silicon device layer. An embedded contact is disposed atop the capacitor to electrically couple a doped region of the select transistor with the inner electrode. A first dielectric layer is disposed around the select transistor. A second dielectric layer is deposited on the first dielectric layer. A contact plug is formed in the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer and is in direct contact with the embedded contact. A memory stack with a MTJ element is disposed on the contact plug.
US12250827B2
A magnetic tunnel junction pillar is positioned above a bottom electrode composed of a metal-oxide region in contact with a first portion of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar and a metal region surrounding the metal-oxide region. A sidewall spacer is positioned along sidewalls of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar, and the metal region is in contact with a bottom surface of the sidewall spacer and a second portion of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar.
US12250824B2
A ferroelectric memory cell (FeRAM) is disclosed that includes an active device (e.g., a transistor) and a passive device (e.g., a ferroelectric capacitor) integrated in a substrate. The transistor and its gate contacts are formed on a front side of the substrate. A carrier wafer can be bonded to the active device to allow the active device to be inverted so that the passive device and associated contacts can be electrically coupled from a back side of the substrate.
US12250819B2
A semiconductor device having a large storage capacity per unit area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator including a first opening; a first conductor including a second opening over the first insulator; a second insulator including a third opening over the first conductor; a third insulator provided along a first side surface of the first opening, a second side surface of the second opening, and a third side surface of the third opening; an oxide provided along the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface with the third insulator therebetween; a second conductor provided at the first side surface with the third insulator and the oxide therebetween; and a third conductor provided at the third side surface with the third insulator and the oxide therebetween, the oxide includes a first region in the first opening, a second region in the second opening, and a third region in the third opening, and the second region has higher resistance than the first region and the third region.
US12250818B2
Some embodiments include a method of forming an assembly. A first stack of alternating first and second tiers is formed over a conductive structure. A first opening is formed to extend through the first stack. A sidewall of the first opening is lined with a first liner material. The first liner material is converted to a first charge-blocking material. Sacrificial material is formed within the first opening. A second stack of alternating third and fourth tiers is formed over the first stack. A second opening is formed to extend through the second stack to the sacrificial material. A second liner material is formed within the second opening, is anisotropically etched, and is then converted to a second charge-blocking material. The sacrificial material is removed. Charge-storage material, dielectric material and channel material are formed adjacent to the charge-blocking material. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies.
US12250815B1
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor devices may have a memory array having two transistor (2T) memory cells, each including a non-volatile memory (NVM) transistor and a high voltage (HV) field-effect transistor (FET) as a select transistor disposed within at least one recess(es). The devices further include a logic area in which HV FETs, input/output (I/) FETs, and low voltage (LV)/core FETs are formed thereon. Other embodiments are also described.
US12250814B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes a first-tier alternating stack of first insulating layers and first electrically conductive layers, a second-tier alternating stack of second insulating layers and second electrically conductive layers, a vertically alternating sequence of insulating plates and dielectric material plates laterally surrounded by the second-tier alternating stack, memory openings vertically extending through each layer within the first-tier alternating stack and the second-tier alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, first contact via structures vertically extending through the vertically alternating sequence and contacting a respective one of the first electrically conductive layers, and second contact via structures contacting a respective one of the second electrically conductive layers.
US12250812B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a source structure, and having a stack of alternating conductive levels and insulative levels over the source structure. Cell-material-pillars pass through the stack. The cell-material-pillars are arranged within a configuration which includes a first memory-block-region and a second memory-block-region. The cell-material-pillars include channel material which is electrically coupled with the source structure. Memory cells are along the conductive levels and include regions of the cell-material-pillars. A panel is between the first and second memory-block-regions. The panel has a first material configured as a container shape. The container shape defines opposing sides and a bottom of a cavity. The panel has a second material within the cavity. The second material is compositionally different from the first material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12250810B2
A small-area high-efficiency read-only memory (ROM) array and a method for operating the same are provided. The small-area high-efficiency ROM array includes bit lines, word common-source lines, and sub-memory arrays. Each sub-memory array includes first, second, third, and fourth memory cells connected to a bit line and a word common-source line. All the memory cells are connected to the same word common-source line and respectively connected to different bit lines. Sharing the gate and the source can not only greatly reduce the overall layout area, but also effectively reduce the load of the memory array to achieve the high-efficiency reading and writing goal.
US12250807B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate having an active zone with a channel; a through silicon via (TSV) structure including a power TSV configured to transmit power and a signal TSV configured to transmit a signal; and a keep-out zone located a predetermined distance away from the TSV structure and bounded by the active zone. The TSV structure penetrates the semiconductor substrate. The keep-out zone includes a first element area a first distance away from the power TSV, and a second element area a second distance away from the signal TSV.
US12250806B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, word lines, mask layers, spacers, a conductive plug, a conductive cap layer, and a dielectric layer. The word lines are disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The mask layers are disposed over the plurality of word line, respectively. The spacers are disposed over opposite sidewalls of the word lines and opposite sidewalls of the mask layers, respectively. The conductive plug is disposed between the word lines. The conductive cap layer is disposed over the conductive plug. The dielectric layer is disposed over the word lines and the spacers. Each of the spacers includes an inner spacer, an outer spacer, and an air gap. The inner spacer is in contact with the respective word line and the respective mask layer. The air gap is disposed between the inner spacer and the outer spacer.
US12250804B2
A memory cell including a set of active regions that overlay a set of gate regions to form a pair of cross-coupled inverters. A first active region extends along a first axis. A first gate region extends transversely to the first active region and overlays the first active region to form a first transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A second gate region extends transversely to the first active region and overlays the first active region to form a second transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A second active region extends along a second axis and overlays the first gate region to form a third transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A fourth active region extending along a third axis and overlays a gate region to form a transistor of a read port.
US12250803B2
A Static Radom Access Memory (SRAM) cell includes a pass-gate transistor and a pull-down transistor. The pass-gate transistor includes a first active region and a first gate structure engaging the first active region. The pull-down transistor includes a second active region and a second gate structure engaging the second active region. The SRAM cell further includes a first isolation feature abutting the first gate structure and a second isolation feature abutting the second gate structure. The first isolation feature is spaced from the first active region of the pass-gate transistor for a first distance. The second isolation feature is spaced from the second active region of the pull-down transistor for a second distance that is larger than the first distance.
US12250797B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a flexible screen, an adhesive layer, a first heat dissipation layer, a support layer, and a second heat dissipation layer. Both the first heat dissipation layer and the second heat dissipation layer are disposed as metal heat dissipation layers. By arranging the heat dissipation layers as metal heat dissipation materials, heat formed during operation of the display panel can be quickly transferred and dissipated, thereby effectively improving performance of the display panel.
US12250795B2
Systems are provided for a heat exchanger assembly. In one example the system may include a top plate, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a bottom plate coupled to the top plate, a perforated plate positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate having an underside facing the bottom plate and including perforations shaped to generate an impingement jet onto the bottom plate, and at least one of the following: the top plate comprising a portion being inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the heat exchanger assembly; the perforated plate being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis or a lateral axis of the heat exchanger assembly; and the heat exchanger assembly further comprising a flow control plate.
US12250791B2
An immersion cooling system includes a catch pan, a heat-generating electronic device, a housing, and a fluid pump. The housing is positioned around the heat-generating electronic device, and at least part of the housing is positioned above the catch pan. The fluid pump is configured to circulate a working fluid from the catch pan to the housing.
US12250787B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a substrate housed in the chassis and with a processing device mounted thereon; a speaker device housed in the chassis and having a speaker unit and a speaker box; and a cooling device housed in the chassis and used to cool the processing device. The substrate is placed vertically along the vertical direction of the chassis. The cooling device includes: a fan having air intake ports provided on upper and lower surfaces, exhaust ports provided on side surfaces, and an impeller, and being placed horizontally in the chassis with a rotating shaft of the impeller placed along the vertical direction of the chassis; a fin placed facing the exhaust port of the fan and placed horizontally in the chassis; and a heat pipe with a first end connected to the processing device and a second end connected to the fin.
US12250783B2
A connector module that is provided with an input port and an output port that are configured to be connected to an external member, and is to be mounted on a substrate, the connector module including: a bus bar that is separated from the substrate and connects a terminal of the input port and a terminal of the output port to each other; and an insulating member that is interposed between the bus bar and the substrate.
US12250782B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with a modular electrical power distribution system with module detection. A modular electrical power distribution system may include a plurality of controllers, a shared serial communication bus between the plurality of controllers, and a module detection signal line coupled through the plurality of controllers. The plurality of controllers may include a master controller, a power input controller, and one or more load controllers disposed between the master controller and the power input controller.
US12250778B2
In a method for manufacturing a circuit board according to an additive manufacturing shaping method, a circuit board manufacturing method and a circuit board manufacturing device that can reduce the influence of thermal stress on a circuit board by reducing the number of heating steps are provided. A circuit board manufacturing method according to the present disclosure includes a board shaping step of laminating and shaping a circuit board having a wiring on a peeling member adhered to a base member, an attachment step of attaching a metal paste contacting the wiring to the circuit board, an electronic component arrangement step of arranging an electronic component on the circuit board to arrange the electronic component and the wiring via the metal paste, and a heating press step of arranging a press member above the circuit board, and causing the peeling member to be easily released from the base member and curing the metal paste by collectively heating the peeling member and the metal paste while pressing the circuit board with the base member and the press member to correct warpage of the circuit board.
US12250777B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with electronic component, including: mounting an electronic component on an insulating substrate; applying an insulating first coating resin to at least a part of the electronic component; curing the first coating resin; applying an insulating second coating resin to the cured first coating resin; and curing the second coating resin.
US12250756B2
The disclosure disclose a control circuit and a lighting device, relates to a technical field of illumination. In the power-on process of the control circuit, the voltage input to the driving input terminal of the constant current driving module rises slowly, resulting in the current overshoot phenomenon of the light source load. In the control circuit disclosed by the present disclosure, because the output current of the first regulation output terminal is positively correlated with the output voltage of the voltage limiting terminal, and the output current of the second regulation output terminal is negatively correlated with the output voltage of the voltage limiting terminal, during the power-on process of the control circuit, that is, during the voltage at the voltage limiting terminal is changed from zero to the first threshold value, the current input to the driving input terminal can be relatively constant.
US12250746B1
A method and device for a source remote User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the source remote UE establishes a PC5 Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a relay UE. The source remote UE also establishes at least one end-to-end (E2E) PC5 RRC connection with at least one target remote UE via the relay UE. The source remote UE further transmits at least one configuration of at least one PC5 Relay Radio Link Control (RLC) channel to the relay UE, wherein the at least one PC5 Relay RLC channel is used to transmit data packets for at least one target remote UE. In addition, the source remote UE detects an E2E PC5 Radio Link Failure (RLF) associated with a target remote UE among the at least one target remote UE.
US12250743B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may support dual connectivity. That is, the UE may establish communications with a master node and a secondary node of a wireless communications network. The master node may correspond to a master cell group (MCG) and the secondary node may correspond to a secondary cell group (SCG). In some examples, as described herein, the UE operating in dual connectivity may collect data for optimization of the wireless communications network or upon detecting a failure associated with the master cell group or the SCG and transmit the collected data to a network entity (e.g., one of the master node or the secondary node), where the collected data is based on the SCG being in a deactivated state. In some examples, upon receiving the collected data, the network entity may attempt to recover from the failure.
US12250741B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems related multi-link wireless communication. A method may include establishing, between the first WLAN device and a second WLAN device, a multi-link association that enables a first wireless communication link and a second wireless communication link. The method may include determining a temporal key for the multi-link association. The method may include encrypting a first and second media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) based on the temporal key. The method may include preparing a first frame including the encrypted first MPDU and a second frame including the encrypted second MPDU. The method may include assigning packet numbers from a set of sequential packet numbers to the first and second frames. The method may include transmitting the first frame over the first wireless communication link and the second frame over the second wireless communication link.
US12250740B2
The present disclosure provide various methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for managing communication paths, which may include at least one direct communication path between UEs, such as a sidelink communication path. Illustratively, an apparatus of the present disclosure may be a UE or component thereof that is configured to establish a direct wireless communication link and an indirect wireless communication link with another UE to carry data associated with one traffic stream. Further, the apparatus may be configured to communicate with the other UE over at least one of the direct communication link or the indirect communication link after the direct communication link and the indirect communication link are established with the other UE.
US12250736B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method, system, base station, and terminal. The method includes: sending, by a first BS, a broadcast message, which comprises: a NID and a PLMN ID, which correspond to each of one or more SNPNs supported by the first BS; receiving, by the first BS, a connection request sent from a terminal, wherein the connection request represents that the first BS supports at least one of one or more SNPNs subscribed by the terminal; establishing, by the first BS, a RRC connection with the terminal; receiving, by the first BS, a RRC connection setup complete message sent from the terminal, wherein the RRC connection setup complete message carries a NID and a PLMN ID, which correspond to a SNPN that the terminal selects to access; and connecting, by the first BS, the terminal to the SNPN that the terminal selects to access.
US12250734B2
A command can be received (910) from a network entity. The command can initiate a random access procedure and can include information of a type of random access procedure. The type of random access procedure can be selected from a 2-step random access procedure and a 4-step random access procedure. A MsgA transmission can be transmitted (920) in response to receiving the command when the type of random access procedure is the 2-step random access procedure.
US12250725B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for resolving beaconing conflicts within a network. The technique includes detecting, by a first node in a network, a first scheduling conflict between a first time when a first beacon is to be transmitted from the first node and a first listening window when a second beacon is expected to be received from a second node in the network; determining, by the first node in response to detecting the first scheduling conflict and based on an expected transmission time for the second beacon and a position of the second node in the network, an alternate listening window during which to listen for a third beacon from the second node; and listening, by the first node, for the third beacon from the second node during the alternate listening window.
US12250722B2
A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink signal in an unlicensed band, and an apparatus using same are provided. The method receives, from a base station, channel occupancy information through a PDCCH and transmits the uplink signal to the base station through a configured grant uplink access (CUL) type physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the basis of the channel occupancy information. The channel occupancy information indicates which sub-band of a CUL band including a plurality of sub-bands enables the terminal to transmit the CUL type PUSCH within a channel occupancy time (COT) acquired by the base station through a channel access procedure.
US12250716B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) involved in an improved physical random access channel, PRACH, transmission. The UE configures, based on a received unlicensed channel access configuration, symbols of an occupancy time of the respective unlicensed channel for uplink communication; receives an indication of a timing of channel resources which are to be used for a PRACH transmission; determines whether or not the indicated timing of channel resources is included within the symbols configured for uplink communication; if successful, performs a clear channel assessment, CCA, for a gap duration before the start of the indicated timing of channel resources which are to be used for the PRACH transmission; and if successful, transmits a random access, RA, preamble within the symbols configured for uplink communication at the indicated timing of channel resources which are to be used for the PRACH transmission.
US12250714B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a signaling field of a first PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) through the transceiver, and access a channel based on information identifying a Basic Service Set (BSS) indicated by the signaling field.
US12250712B2
A control resource allocation method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes identifying resource usage status information for the first period, and determining control resource set (CORESET) time-frequency resources and uplink/downlink (UL/DL) control channel element (CCE) patterns for the first period, based on the resource usage status information.
US12250704B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. that support preconfigured uplink resources (PUR) in wireless communications. A base station may communicate that support for PUR is available, and may allocate PUR resources to a user equipment (UE) based on requests from the UE. The UE may receive an indication that the base station supports PUR, such as via a system information block (SIB), determine to request PUR, and transmit a PUR request message to the base station. A PUR response from the base station may indicate a PUR allocation for the UE that may be used for uplink transmissions. Uplink transmissions that use PUR may be acknowledged by the base station based on a QOS associated with the uplink transmissions.
US12250702B2
Methods and systems for transmitting one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for one or more usages are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a user equipment includes: receiving one or more configuration parameters from a wireless network node; determining, based on the one or more configuration parameters, one or more usages for a plurality of SRS resources within the one or more SRS resource sets; and transmitting an SRS using the plurality of SRS resources configured for the one or more usages.
US12250698B2
A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focused spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s).
US12250695B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) message from a base station that schedules multiple transport blocks (TBs) to be transmitted to the UE. Accordingly, the UE may determine a bundling configuration for grouping the multiple TBs into separate groups of TBs such that separate acknowledgment (ACK) feedback messages are transmitted by the UE for each group of TBs to indicate whether each of the TBs in each TB group was correctly received and decoded. In some cases, the UE may determine the bundling configuration based on radio resource control signaling from the base station, DCI signaling from the base station, relationships or equations or tables defined for the UE, or a combination thereof. Additionally, the UE may determine resource locations and timelines for transmitting the separate ACK feedback messages.
US12250685B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may encode an indication for demodulation reference signal bundling in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication based at least in part on whether uplink control information (UCI) other than the indication is to be included in the PUSCH communication. The UE may transmit the PUSCH communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12250678B2
A communication system is disclosed in which a communication device transmits, to a base station and using communication resources that may be used for grant-free uplink communications, uplink data and information from which the communication device can be identified, wherein the information from which the communication device can be identified comprises a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) value that is encoded with identity information identifying the communication device (for example, a C-RNTI of the communication device).
US12250676B2
Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting an uplink channel for multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting an uplink channel, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: mapping the uplink channel to N (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) resource regions within one slot; and transmitting the mapped uplink channel to a network. The N resource regions include a first resource region and a second resource region, the uplink channel mapped to the first resource region is transmitted on the basis of a first transmission beam, the uplink channel mapped to the second resource region is transmitted on the basis of a second transmission beam, and at least a start symbol in each of the first resource region and the second resource region may include a reference signal.
US12250668B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for performing fast beam switching in a high-frequency wireless communication environment. Higher frequencies reduce transmission wavelength, which allows for an increased number of antennas and an increased number of beams. Therefore, beams become narrower and are more prone to failure. The UE must be capable of quickly identifying the beam failure and switching to a new beam. Therefore, the UE is capable of receiving multiple beams from the base station and configures both for testing and immediate use. In some cases, the UE can receive multiple beams for testing and assumes a default beam while feeding back to the base station a preferred beam. To support the larger number of available beams, MAC-CE and DCI are modified to identify this increased number of states. Alternatively, two MAC-CEs are sent, each containing a different group of states, and the DCI identifies both the group and the selected state.
US12250662B2
A method for information transmission and related apparatuses are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device receives indication information of an acknowledge/non-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) feedback mode configured by a network, and determines a transmission mode of at least one of a first uplink signal, a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and a second PUCCH when the ACK/NACK feedback mode indicated by the indication information is separate feedback and the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH both overlap with a time-domain resource of the first uplink signal, where the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with different control resource set (CORESET) pool indexes.
US12250644B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device, comprising a modem which: when simultaneously connected to a master cell group according to a first communication mode and a secondary cell group according to a second communication mode, if a transmission power of a first uplink signal transmitted to the master cell group is greater than or equal to a preset maximum transmission power, controls a plurality of power amplification units such that transmission of a second uplink signal to be transmitted to the secondary cell group is deferred; and, if the transmission of the second uplink signal remains deferred for a preset time period, stops the transmission of the first uplink signal for a certain period of time and transmits the second uplink signal, thereby maintaining connectivity to the secondary cell group even when the transmission of the second uplink signal is deferred.
US12250642B2
Provided are a method for a first device carrying out wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a first power control parameter; receiving information related to a second power control parameter; determining a first transmit power value on the basis of downlink (DL) path loss between a base station and a first device, and the information related to the first power control parameter; determining a second transmit power value on the basis of sidelink (SL) path loss between a second device and the first device, and the information related to the second power control parameter; determining a transmit power value on the basis of the minimum value among the first transmit power value and the second transmit power value; and carrying out SL transmission to the second device on the basis of the transmit power value.
US12250641B2
A user equipment (UE), such as a mobile phone, may support multiple power classes. Power classes can define maximum output power levels for uplink transmissions. A base station of a radio access network (RAN) can, based on metrics reported by the UE, dynamically instruct the UE to switch to using a different power class. For example, the base station may instruct the UE to switch from using a first power class with a higher maximum output power to using a second power class with a lower maximum output power, in order to preserve battery life of the UE in situations in which the second power class provides sufficient output power for uplink transmissions to reach the base station.
US12250633B2
Provided are a method by which a terminal monitors a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device. The method receives a configuration message that notifies of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal and, if first control channel monitoring for detecting the wake up signal is not required in the at least one monitoring occasion, monitors a second control channel in the next DRX-on section.
US12250602B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting failure information and a communications device. The method includes: in a case that failure has occurred on first connection(s) in a dual active protocol stack DAPS mobility procedure, transmitting failure information of at least one of the first connection(s), where the first connection(s) include at least one of the following: a source connection between a terminal and a source cell and a target connection between the terminal and a target cell.
US12250593B2
A disclosure of this specification provides a method for performance measurement of SDF (service data flow), performed by SMF (Session Management Function), the device comprising: receiving a QoS (Quality of Service) rule from a SMF (Session Management Function); performing measurement of performance of a target QoS flow for the SDF, with a UPF (User Plane Function), wherein based on a reflective QoS being not used for the SDF, the QoS rule includes downlink QoS information on the target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is a QoS flow used by the UE to receive a downlink packet for the SDF.
US12250581B2
Disclosed are techniques for addressing relation round trip time (RTT) positioning and timing advance (TA) command with user equipment (UE) receive-transmit (Rx-Tx) measurement reporting in wireless network such as in new radio (NR).
US12250580B2
A method for radio link monitoring, a terminal, a base station, and a storage medium are provided. The method for radio link monitoring includes: in sidelink communication, performing a radio link monitoring (RLM) measurement on a radio link between terminals to monitor radio link quality between the terminals. With the embodiments of this application, the radio link quality in the sidelink communication can be monitored.
US12250573B2
A method and device for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include: based on a beam failure being detected for at least one of two beam failure detection (BFD)-reference signal (RS) sets configured for at least one serving cell among a plurality of serving cells, triggering at least one beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the at least one of the two BFD-RS sets; based on the at least one BFR being triggered and not cancelled for a first secondary cell (SCell) among the at least one serving cell, generating an enhanced BFR media access control (MAC)-control element (CE) based on at least one available uplink-shared channel (UL-SCH) resource; and transmitting, to a base station, the enhanced BFR MAC-CE.
US12250569B2
This disclosure relates to a method of allocating a resource in a virtualized radio access network, wherein the virtualized radio access network includes a first virtual machine delivering a first service type and a second virtual machine delivering a second service type.
US12250568B2
The present disclosure may provide a method for operating a UE in a wireless communication system. Herein, the method may include: transmitting, by a first UE, information necessary for beam pattern determination to a base station; receiving, from a base station, candidate beam pattern information determined based on the information necessary for beam pattern determination; receiving, from the base station, beam pattern information that the base station determined based on a measurement result for candidate beams, which are sequentially transmitted according to the candidate beam pattern information; and performing uplink transmission based on the determined beam pattern information, wherein the measurement result may include residual self-interference (SI) information measured for each of the candidate beams, which the first UE transmits, and cross link interference (CLI) information that a second UE measures for the each of the candidate beams transmitted from the first UE.
US12250565B2
Some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for facilitating control messaging for multi-beam communications in 5G wireless communication systems. Nodes of a 5G network may be generate Medium Access Control Control Elements (MAC CEs) to update User Equipment (UE) with different Component Carrier (CC) settings. The MAC CEs may update a list of CCs to reduce messaging overhead and latency. For example, a MAC CE may indicate an update for a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state for a list of CCs. Similarly, a MAC CE may be used to update a spatial relation for a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set and/or a SRS resource corresponding to a list of CCs. A MAC CE may also be used to update multiple TCI codepoints having one or two TCI states in a multi-Transmission Reception Point (multi-TRP) scenario.
US12250561B2
A spectrum refarm system facilitates visual refarming of spectrum blocks. The system retrieves data defining a set of telecommunications spectrum blocks that are licensed by a telecommunications network within a selected geographic region, where each spectrum block is allocated to one or more technologies to facilitate communications transmitted according to a protocol defined within each technology. The system generates an interactive diagram representing the set of telecommunications spectrum blocks and identifying a first technology deployed on each of the telecommunications spectrum blocks at a first time. In response to at least one user input directed to the interactive diagram, the system defines a second technology to be deployed on at least one of the telecommunications spectrum blocks during a second time. The system then causes the at least one telecommunications spectrum block to transition from the first technology to the second technology at a time corresponding to the second time.
US12250559B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12250558B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12250557B2
A control system enables re-registration of user equipment (UE) on an alternative network in the event of a partial failure of a network (VPLMN) for wireless communication. An access and mobility management function (AMF) manages the communication to user equipment (UE) via network slices (1,2,3). A slice priority management function (SPM) receives data indicative of a change in the network's ability to maintain the instantiated network slices and determines to reduce services via affected network slices. Before said slice reduction, the access and mobility management function is informed and sends a slice reduction message to the user equipment. In the UE an alternate network selection function (ANSF) receives the slice reduction message and selects an alternate network based on the user information (USIM) and the slice reduction information, and triggers registration on the selected alternate network for transferring at least part of the affected services to a network slice of the selected alternate network.
US12250555B2
A wireless network system configured to secure a wireless service provided to at least one wireless device from a wireless network, the wireless network system includes a secure network server implemented in at least one of a network operator cloud and a mobile network operator implementing the wireless network. The secure network server being configured to implement at least one of the following: a unique Access Point Name (APN), an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) whitelist, a virtual private network (VPN) over encrypted network, a dedicated firewall, a whitelist of IP addresses, and a unique SIM.
US12250546B2
Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable storage devices for anonymous device authentication. A method includes: accessing, by the electronic device, data stored by the electronic device that identifies authentication keys the electronic device accepts as valid; sending, by the electronic device to a second electronic device, an authentication request that identifies a set of authentication keys including at least some of authentication keys the electronic device accepts as valid; and receiving, by the electronic device, response data that the second electronic device provides in response to the authentication request. The response data (i) identifies a particular authentication key from the set of authentication keys identified by the authentication request, and (ii) includes a signature generated using the particular authentication key. The method includes authenticating, by the electronic device, the second electronic device by determining that the received signature was generated using the particular authentication key.
US12250544B2
Some aspects described herein relate to provisioning aerial vehicles with identifiers, certificates, or other credentials for communicating based on a mobile network. The UAV can transmit a request to register with the mobile network, where the request includes at least a hardware identifier of the UAV. The UAV may receive, from a component of the mobile network, a response to the request, where the response includes a unique UAV identifier, a UAV certificate, and a network certificate generated by at least one of the component of the mobile network or a unmanned aircraft system service supplier (USS).
US12250538B2
Rotation of a wireless client device address is based on an encryption key and a nonce value. Key information and nonce value information are shared between a wireless client device and a network infrastructure component over a secure communication channel. The wireless client device encrypts the nonce value using the key information and encodes the encrypted value as a device address. The wireless client device then identifies itself via a source address value in a message transmitted over a wireless network. Upon receiving the message, the network infrastructure component decrypts information derived from the source address value and compares the resulting data to the nonce value. If a match is identified, the network infrastructure identifies the wireless client device as a source of the message. In some embodiments, the nonce value is updated with each rotation to provide for improved entropy of generated device addresses.
US12250530B2
Examples described herein relate to portable playback devices, such as smart headphones and earbuds, and ultra-portable devices having built-in voice assistants. Some example techniques relate to user interaction with voice assistants. Further example techniques relate to voice guidance played back by the headphones to guide the user under certain conditions.
US12250527B2
Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a communication terminal, a communication system and an audio information processing method, the communication terminal includes a sound reception assembly and a basic communication module, wherein the basic communication module of the communication terminal receives second pickup audio information in a wireless manner, such that the communication terminal acquires returned audio information according to first pickup audio information generated by the communication terminal and the received second pickup audio information, and transmits outwards the returned audio information. Therefore, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present disclosure may realize synchronous sound reception of a plurality of wireless sound reception apparatuses or wireless sound reception components, and may satisfy a requirement for multiple people to use, thereby achieving a good sound reception effect.
US12250516B2
Engineered, pseudo-crystalline materials are formed of repeating arrays or lattices of similar basic elements. The materials are porous, so that a gas such as air can pass through the material. Audio waves propagating through the gas can also pass through the material, and these waves experience a passive, uneven, frequency-dependent modification as a result of passing through the material. The frequency response of this modification can be tuned by selecting the shape, size, and repetition patterns of the basic elements in the lattice, as well as the ingredients from which the pseudo-crystalline materials are made.
US12250510B2
There is provided an ear cup including a housing containing a filter assembly and a motor-driven impeller for creating an airflow through the filter assembly, the housing including an air outlet downstream from the filter assembly for emitting the filtered airflow from the housing. The ear cup further includes an acoustic driver carried by the housing, a reference internal noise sensor carried by the housing, and active noise control circuitry that is configured to use a signal provided by the reference internal noise sensor to operate the acoustic driver.
US12250500B2
Provided is an image projection system including an image projection unit that irradiates a physical object with image laser light for forming pixels of an image to be projected on the physical object, a reference light irradiation unit that irradiates the physical object with reference laser light emitted through an emission port common to the image laser light, and a shape measurement unit that detects, at a position circumscribing the emission port, the reference laser light reflected from the physical object and measures a three-dimensional shape of the physical object on the basis of a result of the detection.
US12250499B2
In some implementations, a device may receive, from a sensor of a vehicle, sensor data. The device may detect whether an event causing damage to the vehicle has occurred or is expected to occur based on the sensor data being greater than a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on an on-off status of the vehicle and a sensor type. The device may activate, based on whether the event has occurred or is expected to occur, a camera of the vehicle to capture video data of a scene associated with the vehicle. The device may transmit, to a server, an indication that indicates the event and the video data.
US12250497B1
Camera head apparatus, systems, and methods for providing wide angle/panoramic images and/or video of the interior of pipes or other cavities using multiple imaging and illumination modules are disclosed.
US12250489B2
There is provided a subject emphasizing device that includes a visible-light moving image acquisition unit that acquires a moving image including a subject and a background, and a subject region extraction unit that extracts a region of the subject from the moving image. Then, a background drawing unit draws background information, in a region other than the region of the subject in the moving image. An effect application unit applies a visual effect to the region of the subject, based on an intensity of the visual effect determined by an effect intensity calculation unit according to a distance from a camera to the subject. A video compositing unit combines the region of the subject to which the visual effect has been applied by the effect application unit with the background information drawn by the background drawing unit, generating a composite video.
US12250488B2
A merged frame-based and event-based image sensor pixel is provided, comprising a reverse-biased photodiode; a frame-based signal readout circuit connected to a cathode of the photodiode; and an event-based signal readout circuit connected to an anode of the photodiode. Light received in the photodiode causes the production of electrons and holes. The recombination current of the holes is continuously measured for producing the event-based signal.
US12250485B2
A ramp generator includes an operational amplifier having an output to generate a ramp signal. An integration current source is coupled to a first input and a reference voltage is coupled to a second input of the operational amplifier. A feedback capacitor and a reset switch are coupled between the first input and the output of the operational amplifier. The reset switch is turned on to reset the ramp generator. A ramp event is configured to be generated in the ramp signal at the output of the operational amplifier in response to the reset switch being turned off. An assist current source is coupled between the output of the operational amplifier and ground. The assist current source is configured to conduct an assist current from the output of the operational amplifier to ground in response to the reset switch being turned off.
US12250481B2
Image sensor systems are disclosed that include charge coupled device (CCD) pixels integrated with CMOS readout circuitry via separately bonded substrates. According to some embodiments, columns of image sensing pixels on a first substrate are arranged with overlapping gate structures to facilitate charge transfer between the pixels. At least one pixel is coupled to a first conductive pad that contacts (or is melded with) a second conductive pad from a second substrate bonded to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a readout circuit using one or more CMOS devices coupled to the second conductive pad to receive the accumulated charge from a given column of pixels. The resulting photodetector signal from the accumulated charge can be, for instance, amplified via a source follower component and ultimately read out to a column amplifier, and subjected to further processing and/or use in a given downstream system.
US12250474B2
Tracking an eye characteristic (e.g., gaze direction or pupil position) of a user's eyes by staggering image capture and using a predicted relationship between the user's eyes between eye captures to predict that eye's eye characteristic between those eye captures. Images of a user's eyes are captured in a staggered manner in the sense that the images of second eye are captured between the capture times of the images of the first eye and vice versa. An eye characteristic of the first eye at the capture times is determined based on the images of the first eye at those times. In addition, the eye characteristic of that first eye is predicted at additional times between captures based on a predicted relationship between the eyes.
US12250470B2
A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and captures an image. ALC pixels allow monitoring of multiple pixels of an array to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while allowing the other pixels to provide proper image data. A small percentage of the pixels in an array is replaced with ALC pixels and the array has two reset lines for each row; one line controls the reset for the image capture pixels while the other line controls the reset for the ALC pixels. In the columns, at least one extra control signal is used for the sampling of the reset level for the ALC pixels, which happens later than the sampling of the reset level for the image capture pixels.
US12250460B2
A camera apparatus includes a camera body portion including a prism unit, a lens assembly, and an image sensor unit, a gyro sensor detecting a hand-shake with respect to the camera body portion and outputting gyro sensor information, a driver circuit generating at least one of a prism driving signal for image stabilization of the prism unit and a sensor driving signal for image stabilization of the image sensor unit based on the gyro sensor information, a prism actuator disposed in the camera body portion for driving the prism unit and performing image stabilization on the prism unit in response to the prism driving signal, and a sensor actuator disposed in the camera body portion for driving the image sensor unit and performing image stabilization on the image sensor unit in response to the sensor driving signal.
US12250455B2
A dual purpose camera is provided. The dual purpose camera has a doccam mode and a webcam mode. The dual purpose camera includes a base, a supporting member, and a camera. The supporting member is detachably or rotatably coupled to the base. The camera is rotatably or detachably coupled to the supporting member. The camera rotates with respect to a reference plane of the dual purpose camera between a first position and a second position. When it is detected that the camera is attached to the base and the camera rotates from the first position to the second position, the camera automatically outputs a 180 degree rotated image.
US12250451B2
An apparatus comprising means for receiving information indicative of a relative placement of an object and a camera; determining, in dependence on the information, whether a condition associated with relative placement of the object and the camera is satisfied; and causing display of an indication of at least one detected characteristic of the object if the condition is satisfied.
US12250450B2
A method for editing an image includes an image capturing device capturing the image and generating displaying data according to the image and an image input unit reading the displaying data of the image. The displaying data includes a plurality of angular profiles of an object in the image, a plurality of color maps, and a plurality of discrete cosine transform coefficient maps corresponding to the plurality of angular profiles. The angular profiles include color information of the object corresponding to a plurality of viewing angles, and each of the plurality of color maps is corresponding to a specific angle and a specific color. The method further includes a processor altering the plurality of angular profiles of the object to generate edited displaying data according to at least one editing instruction, and an image output unit outputting the edited displaying data.
US12250445B2
A camera module includes a lens unit including one or more lenses disposed in an optical axis direction; an image sensor on which light passing through the lens unit is incident; a first module including a first driving unit configured to move the lens unit in the optical axis direction; and a second module including a second driving unit configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, wherein the first module further includes a lens holder supporting the lens unit and at least partially overlapping the second module in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and a housing in which the lens holder is disposed.
US12250440B2
An immersive teleconferencing system includes three-dimensional sides positioned about a vertical axis forming a line of reflection of the immersive teleconferencing system. Tree-dimensional sides terminating at ends form an enclosure that houses a camera housed at a substantially central position. A first loudspeaker is disposed above the camera about the vertical axis and a second loudspeaker is disposed below the camera about the vertical axis.
US12250438B2
Extracting data in pulsed light, the method includes receiving input light at an image intensifier tube. At a power supply coupled to the image intensifier tube, current to the image intensifier tube is varied to implement automatic brightness control of the intensifier tube based on intensity of the input light received at the image intensifier tube. At a signal processor coupled to the power supply, changes in voltage or current supplied by the power supply occurring as a result of changes in the intensity of the input light to the image intensifier tube are detected. Based on the changes in voltage or current supplied by the power supply, data embedded in the input light to the image intensifier tube is extracted.
US12250429B2
Systems and methods are described to selectively stream content based on parental control ratings. At a client device, a manifest identifying sequential segments of a media asset and versions of a particular segment of the sequential segments may be received, and a graphical user interface may be generated for display to simultaneously depict a respective portion of each respective version of the particular segment and respective selectable options associated with each respective version of the particular segment. A selection of a first option may be received that is associated with a first version of the particular segment, and during playing of the media asset, in response to determining that the particular segment is the next segment to be played, the first version of the particular segment may be requested from the server.
US12250426B2
A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectedly includes a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then receive a status signal from the electronic door locking apparatus relative to the open/closed status of the door and locked/unlocked status of the door.
US12250421B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for synchronizing output of a plurality of user devices. An immersive experience for users may be provided by mapping what the users are watching into functionalities of the user devices. Manifest files may comprise information determined for audio and/or video features of segments of audiovisual content. The manifest files may be used by secondary user devices to output visual effects in synchronization with output of audiovisual content by a primary user device.
US12250413B2
Deblocking between block boundaries and sub-block boundaries in a video encoder and/or video decoder
A deblocking the method. The method includes deblocking a block boundary between a first block (B1) and a second block (B2) with the restriction that not more than 5 samples are modified on the B2 side of the block boundary as a result of the deblocking. The deblocking method also includes deblocking a sub-block boundary within the B2 block such that not more than 2 samples on the side of the sub-block boundary within the B2 block that is closest to the block boundary between B1 and B2 are modified by the deblocking.
US12250405B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
US12250401B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for offset refinement for intra prediction and multiple reference line intra prediction in video decoding. The method includes receiving, by a device, a coded video bitstream for a block. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method further includes determining, by the device, whether offset refinement for intra prediction applies to the block, based on mode information of the block, the mode information of the block comprising at least one of the following: a reference line index of the block, an intra prediction mode of the block, and a size of the block; and in response to determining that the offset refinement for intra prediction applies to the block, performing, by the device, the offset refinement to generate an intra predictor for intra prediction of the block.
US12250392B2
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a frame of the video that includes at least one slice and at least one tile and where each of the at least one slice and the at least one tile are not all aligned with one another.
US12250391B2
A method of constructing a uni-directional motion vector merge list for triangular shape processing units (PUs) in the triangle prediction mode of video coding standards, such as the current Versatile Video Coding (VVC), is performed at a computing device. The computing device constructs the motion vector merge list for the coding unit (CU) containing the triangular shape PUs, and then constructs the uni-directional motion vector merge list for the triangular shape PUs based on the motion vector merge list for the CU.
US12250380B2
A method for signaling image information includes performing prediction on a current block and signaling the prediction-type information applied to the current block. The signaling of the information includes joint-coding and components of signaling information components constituting the prediction-type information. When information on a prediction is signaled, overhead may be reduced.
US12250379B2
A method and an apparatus for decoding an image are disclosed. A region of the image is selected and the decoding is selected region and associated metadata is performed. Pixels for a generated for a decoded image based on the decoded selected region and metadata.
US12250374B2
A method of controlling an Adaptive Loop Filter for one or more image portions of an image, the method comprising controlling filtering on a first sample of an image portion based on one or more neighbouring sample value(s) of the first sample value, wherein the controlling uses a nonlinear function which has one or more variables based on one or more of the neighbouring sample value(s).
US12250373B2
A method of controlling an Adaptive Loop Filter for one or more image portions of an image, the method comprising controlling filtering on a first sample of an image portion based on one or more neighbouring sample value(s) of the first sample value, wherein the controlling uses a nonlinear function which has one or more variables based on one or more of the neighbouring sample value(s).
US12250371B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining a reference sample line index of a current block and most probable mode (MPM)-related information; constructing an alternative MPM list on the basis of the reference sample line index; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the alternative MPM list and the MPM-related information; and generating a predicted block of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, wherein the alternative MPM list is constructed on the basis of an intra prediction mode of an upper adjacent block of the current block and an intra prediction mode of a left adjacent block of the current block.
US12250369B2
A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images according to the present invention may configure a prediction mode candidate group on a screen of a target block, determine a reference pixel for a prediction mode on the screen of the target block, perform at least one of filtering and interpolation on the reference pixel, and perform prediction on the screen of the target block on the basis of the prediction mode candidate group on the screen and the reference pixel.
US12250366B2
A method for automatic generation of calibration parameters for a surround view (SV) camera system is provided that includes capturing a video stream from each camera comprised in the SV camera system, wherein each video stream captures two calibration charts in a field of view of the camera generating the video stream; displaying the video streams in a calibration screen on a display device coupled to the SV camera system, wherein a bounding box is overlaid on each calibration chart, detecting feature points of the calibration charts, displaying the video streams in the calibration screen with the bounding box overlaid on each calibration chart and detected features points overlaid on respective calibration charts, computing calibration parameters based on the feature points and platform dependent parameters comprising data regarding size and placement of the calibration charts, and storing the calibration parameters in the SV camera system.
US12250359B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for dynamically indicating a playout group in various scenarios are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method includes determining a playout group corresponding to a volumetric video in a three-dimensional space based on a playout group information, the playout group including a plurality of components, wherein each component of a certain type has a version that is different from another component of the certain type, obtaining a two-dimensional volumetric video content from a media track corresponding to the playout group, and reconstructing the volumetric video into a three-dimensional space based on the plurality of components with different versions.
US12250350B2
In an information processing apparatus, when a receiving unit receives data from an external device, a power control unit returns a power state of the apparatus from a power saving state and a transmitting unit transmits a start instruction to a connected image forming apparatus, and when a power supply switch becomes on according to a user's operation, the power control unit returns the power state of the apparatus from the power saving state but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus. Thus, it is possible to achieve both a linkage start and an individual start for an external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus, in an image processing system including the information processing apparatus, the external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus capable of performing an image process in cooperation with others.
US12250348B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image processing apparatus comprises one or more memories and one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories, the one or more processors performing: controlling executions of a plurality of applications; and setting a predetermined application to be activated from among the plurality of applications if detecting that a document is set, wherein the controlling includes activating the set predetermined application in a case where a document is set for an image reading unit.
US12250345B2
Systems and methods are provided for centralized validation of potential network calls, such as calls proposing database transactions, on a distributed system. The distributed system may include multiple systems that apply independent criteria for validating proposals, which criteria may not be available external to the individual systems. Moreover, the systems may lack an ability to validate proposals prior to submitting such proposals for commitment. A centralized network call parameter validation system as disclosed herein may validate potential network calls with high confidence by applying probability models of data pattern and hashing digit checksum to potential network call parameter values, which models are generated based on statistical analysis of historical network call values.
US12250339B2
Embodiments include methods, systems, and computer program products for communication control. One such embodiment receives a telephone call from a plain old telephone service (POTS) device. The telephone call includes a telephone number corresponding to a destination device. Next, a ringing tone is provided to the POTS device and the telephone number is transmitted to a proxy agent. A message is received from the proxy agent. The message indicates that a telephonic connection has been established between the proxy agent and the destination device. Responsive to receiving the message from the proxy agent, a real-time communications connection between the POTS device and the destination device is created by providing answer signaling for the received telephone call to the POTS device.
US12250334B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing, a second housing, a hinge assembly comprising a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and including a hinge plate and a hinge module disposed at both ends of the hinge plate in a longitudinal direction of the hinge plate, a first circuit board disposed in the first housing, a second circuit board disposed in the second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge assembly, a first waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the first housing and the flexible display, a first adhesive member comprising an adhesive disposed between the hinge module and the flexible display, an electrical component disposed between the first waterproof member and the first adhesive member, an electrical component waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the electrical component and the flexible display, and a first support disposed between the electrical component waterproof member and the flexible display. An electrical component groove may be formed in the first housing, the electrical component may be disposed in an area of the first circuit board corresponding to the electrical component groove, and covered by the electrical component waterproof member, and a first electrical component hole coupled to the electrical component groove may be formed in a part of the first housing.
US12250330B2
A method for performing Building Information Modelling design collaboration via Confidentiality-Minded Framework using Interplanetary-File-System-Blockchain integrated network by a server is provided. The method includes: segregating one or more sensitive and non-sensitive BIM portions of a BIM object; uploading a target BIM component into an IPFS network to receive a target content identifier (CID) of the target BIM component from the IPFS network; if the target BIM component has one or more of the sensitive portions, encrypting the target CID to obtain a target encrypted CID (ECID), and adding the target ECID into a target blockchain ledger as a target transaction via a target smart contract; accessing the target transaction to download the target BIM component from the IPFS network; and performing a design coordination operation on the target BIM component, so as to distributing revised target BIM component to a receiver terminal.
US12250319B2
In one embodiment, a method to authenticate a hardware component, by a system, includes performing a verification process to determine whether the hardware component is authorized to run on the system. The hardware component comprises an electronic fuse storing a hash of a data package and a memory storing the data package, wherein the electronic fuse is configured to provide the hash to the memory. The verification process comprises transmitting a random value (K) to the hardware component to prompt the hardware component to sign a response. The verification process further comprises receiving a signed response containing the random value (K) and the data package, wherein the data package comprises a first serial number associated with the hardware component and a first system number associated with the system. The verification process further comprises decrypting the signed response to verify a value of the random value (K).
US12250310B2
Elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) utilizes an elliptic curve consistent with the formula px mod q=r, where x is a private key having an irrational number component. The irrational component is employed to provide much greater entropy than would be achieved where x is a prime number.
US12250308B2
A method for managing cryptographic keys for a control device, in particular for a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: associating a state with at least one of the cryptographic keys; using the at least one cryptographic key based on the state.
US12250307B2
A method and system are described for storing and retrieving an encrypted master encryption key at multiple distinct physical servers in such a way as to prevent discovery of the master encryption key by any single one of the multiple holders. A retrieval mechanism is provided that facilitates a simple retrieval of the multiple pieces of the master encryption key from the multiple holders. The described system utilizes a combination of encryption algorithms, data storage, and transmission methods to carry out the new way of retrieving and storing the master encryption key.
US12250306B2
A method at a first domain for obtaining at least one insight from a second domain, the method including registering an application with an anchor in the first domain; providing, from the anchor to the application, a first message signed by the anchor; sending, from the first domain to a network domain, the signed message; receiving, from the network domain, at least one signed token, each of the at least one signed token being for a synthetic sensor on the second domain, where the synthetic sensor provides an insight; sending a request message to the second domain, the request message requesting the insight and including the at least one token; and receiving the insight from a synthetic sensor associated with the at least one token.
US12250303B2
The present disclosure relates to a cryptographic method comprising: multiplying a point belonging to a mathematical set with a group structure by a scalar by performing: the division of a scalar into a plurality of groups formed of a same number w of digits, w being greater than or equal to 2; and the execution, by a cryptographic circuit and for each group of digits, of a sequence of operations on point, the sequence of operations being identical for each group of digits, at least one of the operations executed for each of the groups of digits being a dummy operation.
US12250296B2
Described systems and methods protect client devices such as personal computers and IoT devices against harmful or inappropriate Internet content. When a client uses an encrypted handshake to hide the identity of the end server, e.g., in applications implementing an encrypted client hello (ECH), some embodiments employ a modified DNS server to provide a surrogate key to the client instead of the genuine handshake key. A traffic filter executing for instance on a network gateway may then intercept and decrypt the handshake and apply an access policy to selectively allow or deny access to the respective end server. When access is allowed, the traffic filter may re-encrypt the server identifier using the genuine handshake key before forwarding the handshake to its destination. Communication privacy is maintained since the illustrated methods only decrypt the handshake, and not the actual payload.
US12250294B2
The systems and methods of the multi-blockchain transaction information segregation system of the present disclosure receive a first digital transaction, which includes first digital transaction information and second digital transaction information, through a network via broadcast by a first transaction device. A primary blockchain address provided on a primary blockchain is then identified in the first digital transaction, and a primary blockchain smart contract that is stored on the primary blockchain in association with the primary blockchain address is accessed. The primary blockchain smart contract is then executed to cause the first digital transaction information to be stored on the primary blockchain, and the second digital transaction information to be stored on a secondary blockchain that is separate from the primary blockchain. In a specific example, the first digital transaction information identifies a physical property, and the second digital transaction information identifies a purchase price of the physical property.
US12250286B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable a universal router within a vehicle. The universal router includes a reception pipeline that ingests layer 2/layer 3 (L2/L3) communications associated with each L2/L3 communication protocol, extracts communication data from the L2/L3 communications and generates a Layer 4 and/or Layer 5 (L4/L5) data unit for each L2/L3 communication based on the communication data. A processor ingests the L4/L5 data units and generates transformed L4/L5 data units based on predefined rules. A router determines a destination interface associated with each transformed L4/L5 data unit based on the communication data and routes each transformed LA/L5 data unit to a transmission pipeline associated with each destination interface. The transmission pipeline extracts the communication data from each transformed L4/L5 data unit, generates a transmitted communication for the communication data according to each L2/L3 communication protocol and transmits each transmitted communication via the associated destination interface.
US12250285B2
A method comprises receiving data from a device over at least a first network and analyzing the data to identify one or more parameters for transmission of the data to a computing site. Based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters, at least a second network to be utilized for transmission of the data to the computing site is determined, wherein the second network is different from the first network. In the method, the data is configured for transmission over at least the second network, and is sent to at least the second network for transmission to the computing site.
US12250280B2
A web platform facilitates customization of decisions pertaining to content delivery management in a broadband network. A plurality of smart nodes may individually perform deep packet inspection (DPI) and to store DPI information thereof. Each smart node is installed at a neighborhood level in a broadband network. The web platform is used by at least one service provider and at least one content provider to provide respective preference data. A multi-attribute model generates at least one score corresponding to each of the preference data. The DPI information and the at least one score are analyzed for facilitating dynamic customization of the decisions and thereby delivering personalized content to an end-user.
US12250272B2
The present invention is for an autonomous aerial vehicle that enables near real-time and offline data processing among heterogenous devices that are in unreliable or unconnected network service areas, wherein the heterogenous devices are associated with heavy industrial systems. The autonomous aerial vehicle may obtain data from a first physical asset, and segment the obtained data as suitable for a local area compute node and/or a cloud compute node. The autonomous aerial vehicle may identify a location associated with the one or more destination devices and may compute a flight path to the destination location. The aerial device may thereafter travel to the destination location and upload relevant data to the at least one destination upon arrival.
US12250263B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing cloud application in a transparent multiple availability zone cloud platform. A request to access a cloud application running on the multiple availability zone cloud platform is received. The request can include an application location for accessing the cloud application. A network address corresponding to the application location is determined. In response to determining the network address, a first availability zone of the multiple availability zone cloud platform that is currently active to process the request is determined. A plurality of network locations corresponding to a host component of the application location is determined by a first load balancer. A network location of the plurality of network locations for processing the request is identified based on load balancing criteria. The received request is provided to the identified network location for processing by a first instance of the cloud application.
US12250260B2
A client device (e.g., user equipment or “UE”) may be configured to engage in a media communication session, such as a WebRTC session, with another client device. The client devices may separate a quality of service (QoS) specification from a QoS flow definition, to allow for separate interactive connectivity establishment (ICE) negotiation. The QoS specification may cover all segments of a connection for the media communication session. For example, QoS may be requested for a case where a server (e.g., a Traversal Using Relay Network Address Translation (TURN) server) is hosted by a mobile network operator (MNO). The QoS specification and the QoS flow description may be linked.
US12250257B2
Systems and methods for sharing content between devices are disclosed. To request a shared piece of media content, a playback device generates and sends a request to content server. The playback device includes information in the request that indicates the playback capabilities of the device. The content server receives the request and determines the playback capabilities of the playback device from the information in the request. The content server then determines the assets that may be used by the playback device to obtain the media content and generates a top level index file for the playback device that includes information about the determined assets. The top level index file is then sent to the playback device that may then use the top level index file to obtain the media content using the indicated assets.
US12250248B2
Methods and systems for removing sensitive information from a digital image. An instruction to share a digital image is received. It is then determined that the digital image contains a depiction of a corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on a policy and, based on the determination that the digital image contains the depiction of the corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on the policy, the digital image is processed to modify the depiction. The digital image is shared.
US12250246B2
Provided are techniques for performing edge processing by selecting edge devices based on security levels. A security policy is identified for a job to determine a security level for the data. A number of the edge devices that are to be included in a participating group to execute the job is identified. A subset of edge devices that meet the security level are identified by comparing security data of each of the edge devices with the security level. In response to determining that the subset of edge devices includes that number of edge devices, the edge devices from the subset are added to the participating group. The job is executed using the edge devices in the participating group and the one or more cloud nodes, while maintaining the security level in processing the data and in communications across the edge devices and the one or more cloud nodes.
US12250245B2
A cookie compliance management system enables automated evaluation of cookie compliance within an enterprise. The system determines whether a cookie set by an application in the environment is compliant with a policy. It comprises a workflow engine, a cookie discovery engine (CDE), a cookie characterization engine (CCE), a cookie policy engine (PE), and a cookie registry. The workflow engine receives a request to initiate an evaluation of an application for cookie compliance. The CDE is invoked and returns cookies that are set by the application. The CCE receives a set of base attributes associated with a cookie discovered by the CDE, and computes a set of descriptive attributes determined to be required to enable evaluation of the cookie according to a policy. The policy engine receives policy rules and the set of descriptive attributes and, in response, determines whether the cookie is compliant with the policy. The cookie registry stores cookie data.
US12250234B2
The present invention provides an integrated, context-aware, security system that provides an adaptive endpoint security agent architecture model for a continuously monitoring and recording activity across an enterprise, specifically monitoring activity on endpoints, and subsequently detecting and blocking any malicious processes that may otherwise invade the enterprise and cause issues. The endpoint security agent architecture exposes a well-defined, public interface to the event data generated by the endpoint security agent in the form of a custom programming language by which a user can define the logic that the endpoint security agent executes in response to event data to perform detection of and response to suspicious activity.
US12250231B2
A system and method for detecting potential lateral movement using cloud keys in a cloud computing environment includes determining a first node in a security graph is a compromised node, wherein the security graph represents cloud entities of the cloud computing environment; detecting a cloud key node connected to the first node, wherein the cloud key node represents a cloud key of the cloud computing environment; and generating a potential lateral movement path, including the first node, and a second node, wherein the second node is connected to the cloud key node.
US12250225B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for validation of electronic data transfers in a distributed network via self-directed image data. The present invention is configured to receive a request for a transfer of electronic data from a first repository associated with a first user to a second repository associated with a second user, transfer the electronic data, generate and apply a first identifier to the electronic data, collect a geolocation of a second endpoint device, transmit the geolocation and a request for a verification of the geolocation to the first endpoint device, receive the verification of the geolocation, generate and apply a second identifier to the electronic data, transmit control signals to the second endpoint device to prompt collection of self-directed image data, and collect, using the second endpoint device, the self-directed image data.
US12250218B2
Systems and methods for controlling access to a blockchain are disclosed. The systems and methods are comprised of a security agent, a controller, an authenticator, a rules engine, and a policy engine. In certain embodiments, the security agent receives a message from an application, parses the message, and transmits the message to the controller if the message comprises one or more predetermined applicable rules or policies. The controller receives the message with its rules and policies, queries the rules engine and the policy engine to apply the rules and policies, and transmits an authentication request to the authenticator. The authenticator then requests an authentication signal from a user and transmits the results to the controller. The controller applies the results and forwards them to the security agent, which may or may not release the message to the blockchain depending the results.
US12250191B2
A computer based system for social network assistance is disclosed. Via use of the system and related methods, a high-volume social media account (for example, an airline Twitter account) may be managed to enable prompt and thorough responses to incoming social media messages. In this manner, customer issues and feedback may be more effectively addressed, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and goodwill associated with the owner of the high-volume social media account.
US12250189B1
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for an exactly once messaging protocol in a publish-subscribe messaging system. A consumer (i.e. subscriber) of a publish-subscribe messaging system is identified. For each required consumer, and for each subscribed topic of the consumer, a new dedicated consumer is created for the topic in the publish-subscribe messaging system. The new dedicated consumer is used to ensure that messages published to the topic are delivered exactly once to each associated consumer.
US12250183B2
Provided is a computing device of a group based communication system configured to initiate and execute a group-based communication browser session. An example computing device is configured to receive a group-based communication browser session initiation request. After receiving a group-based communication browser session initiation request, the example computing device will determine whether the computing is connected to an Internet. If the computing device is determined to be connected to the Internet, the example computing device determine whether a group-based communication service cache is available. If the group-based communication service cache is available, the example computing device will fetch a group-based application asset set from the group-based communication service cache. Then the example computing device will determine whether a group-based communication browser cache is available. If the group-based communication browser cache is available, the example computing device will fetch a group-based communication object set from the group-based communication browser cache based on a group-based communication browser cache hydration policy. Then the computing device will render a group-based communication interface using the fetched group-based application asset set and the fetched group-based communication object set.
US12250180B1
Techniques for at least the generation of a chatbot built from a custom vocabulary and to use runtime hints during inference are described. In some examples, the generation of the chatbot includes receiving a request to build a chatbot using a bot definition and a custom vocabulary, wherein the chatbot is to use runtime hints during usage; building the chatbot from the bot definition and custom vocabulary by at least: generating automatic speech recognition (ASR) artifacts to be used in decoding audio input into the chatbot into text for at least one other component of the chatbot to use in determining a next act to be performed, the ASR artifacts including artifacts that use the custom vocabulary and artifacts that do not use the custom vocabulary, and storing the ASR artifacts.
US12250172B2
A method and apparatus for mapping a sequence of a common reference signal, a storage medium, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: determining a reference point for mapping the sequence of the common reference signal; and mapping the sequence of the common reference signal based on the reference point for obtaining data of the common reference signal.
US12250171B2
Techniques are provided for combining positioning reference signal (PRS) measurements coherently or non-coherently. An example method for combining positioning reference signal resources includes receiving a plurality of positioning reference signals associated with a positioning reference signal resource set or a transmission/reception point, coherently combining resource elements for two or more of the plurality of positioning reference signals received within a period of time, and non-coherently combining resource elements for two or more of the plurality of positioning reference signals received outside of the period of time.
US12250170B2
A method is implemented in a wireless transceiver device arranged to operate in a cellular wireless communication network and capable of operating in an unlicensed spectrum where listen-before-talk is employed. The method includes determining a first parameter, for the unlicensed operation, indicative on provision of synchronisation signal blocks, and determining quasi-co-location, QCL, relationship between one or more synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, blocks each having a first index, by determining a second index for the one or more SS/PBCH blocks by applying a modulo operation on the first index, respectively, based on the first parameter, where the QCL relationship is determined to occur if the second indices coincide. A computer program for implementing the method in a wireless transceiver and such a transceiver are also disclosed.
US12250166B2
Aspect 19 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14-18, further includes that the value of the response time and a value of the first time slot are based on an actual slot of the transmission of the first SL-PRS.
US12250159B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for rate proportional scheduling to reduce packet loss in virtualized network function chains. A congestion monitor executed by a first virtual machine executed by a host computing device can detect congestion in a receive queue associated with a first virtualized network function implemented by a first virtual machine. The congestion monitor can send a pause signal to a rate controller executed by a second virtual machine executed by the host computing device. The rate controller can receive the pause signal. In response, the rate controller can pause the processing of packets by a second virtualized network function implemented by the second virtual machine to reduce congestion in the receive queue of the first virtualized network function.
US12250156B2
In some implementations, a radio access network (RAN) may obtain data rate information from a server device. The server device may be associated with an application and the data rate information may be associated with the application. The RAN may determine, based on the data rate information, one or more data rate parameters associated with the application. The one or more data rate parameters may include at least one of one or more radio frequency parameters, one or more network loading parameters, one or more mobility parameters, or an available data rate parameter. The RAN may transmit, to the server device, the one or more data rate parameters.
US12250154B2
A communication control device according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: perform control of transmission of messages by opening and closing a gate based on transmission permission information, the transmission permission information being generated based on gate control information including a plurality of entries for determining whether to open a plurality of gates corresponding to a plurality of queues, the transmission permission information indicating a time permitted to transmit messages in a period corresponding to one or more continuous entries or indicating an amount of transmittable messages in the period; and transmit and receive messages in accordance with the control.
US12250151B2
A method and system for increasing the collection of network traffic data in a network based on the occurrence of predetermined criteria. A network appliance manages network traffic in the network and passes data traffic on the network. Network traffic data is collected based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level. It is determined whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition. The collection of network traffic data is increased through the network traffic appliance when an abnormal condition is detected. The network traffic data from the increased collection is stored in a memory device.
US12250145B2
A computer-based method and system for synthesizing a Network-on-Chip (NoC) is provided. One method includes determining physical data, device data, bridge data, traffic data and domain data based on an input specification for the NoC; assigning a domain to each bridge port; partitioning each traffic flow into one of a plurality of bins based on the bridge port domain assignments and the domain crossing constraints; creating a virtual node at each bridge port endpoint; generating a candidate topology for each bin based on the physical data, the device data, the bridge data, the traffic data, the domain data and the virtual nodes, each candidate topology including bridge ports, a tree of routers, routes and connections; and generating a final topology by merging the candidate topologies.
US12250143B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for processing QoS flows are provided. An example method may include establishing a PDU session with a second device, the PDU session including a set of QoS flows, the set of QoS flows being associated with a set of DRBs. The example method may further include communicating with the second device based on the set of QoS flows.
US12250141B2
Prefix compression routes provided via exact match using redirection and mirroring Forwarding Equivalence Class entries in hardware. In a network device, a first table is stored having a first entry, a second table is stored having a second entry, and a third table is stored having a third entry including routing information for routing data packets. The first entry references a first memory location in the second table, the second memory location stores the second entry, and the second entry referencing a second memory location in the third table. A data packet is received, and the first entry is accessed based on a destination address of the data packet. Routing information is obtained as a result of accessing the first entry. The data packet is sent by the network device according to the routing information.
US12250128B2
An orchestration system may receive, from a subscriber management system, a request indicating a subscriber intent for a connectivity service or a cloud service. The orchestration system may identify, based on subscriber information associated with the request, a managed service. The orchestration system may automatically discover subscriber network devices configured to access the managed service and configure network connectivity of the subscriber network devices. The orchestration system may allocate infrastructure and network resources for the managed service. The orchestration system may configure, based on the resources, infrastructure hardware components, software components, and applications of the managed service. The orchestration system may configure managed service components associated with the managed service. The orchestration system may connect the infrastructure hardware components, the software components, the applications, and the managed service components to service assurance systems. The orchestration system may activate the managed service for the subscriber network devices.
US12250124B2
A computer-implemented method discovers a configuration of a network having a plurality of heterogenous devices and a device hierarchy The method includes discovering, using a link layer protocol and a first set of network configuration data including at least a first firmware information, a first device identity information, and a first device configuration information. Discovering the first set of network configuration data includes the sequential steps of: identifying an identity of a home device by a behavior of the home device in response to SSH commands and/or a packet-layer specific behavior of the home device; gathering information about the home device using a set of device-specific link layer protocol commands using a translation library that translates generic commands to the device-specific commands; identifying a neighboring device of the home device by polling active network connections; and; repeating the steps treating the neighboring device as the home device.
US12250123B2
The present invention provides a cable network planning method comprising: modelling the prespecified topology as a Steiner tree including a plurality of terminal nodes representing a plurality of cable landing stations (CLSs) to be installed respectively in a plurality of destination regions connected by the cable network, a plurality of Steiner nodes presenting a plurality of branching units (BUs) to be installed in the cable network, and a plurality of edges connecting the terminal nodes and Steiner nodes; constructing a directed acyclic graph (DAG); finding a Steiner minimal tree (SMT) by applying a DAG-Least-Cost-System algorithm; returning coordinates of Steiner nodes, terminal nodes of the SMT as locations of the BUs and the CLSs. The provided method enables inclusion of costs of the Steiner nodes by taking account of Steiner nodes with degree in excess of three such that more flexible BU branching structures and CLS locations alternatives can be considered.
US12250119B2
The current document is directed to an infrastructure-as-code (“IaC”) cloud-infrastructure-management service or system that automatically generates parameterized cloud templates that represent already deployed cloud-based infrastructure, including virtual networks, virtual machines, load balancers, and connection topologies. The IaC cloud-infrastructure manager provides an infrastructure-discovery service that accesses a cloud-computing facility to obtain information about already deployed cloud infrastructure and that generates a textual description of the deployed infrastructure, which the IaC cloud-infrastructure-manager then transforms into a set of parameterized cloud-infrastructure-specification-and-configuration files, a resource_ids file, and a parameters file that together comprise a parameterized cloud template.
US12250107B2
An apparatus for use by a communication network element or function configured to act as a management controller in a communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to conduct a creation and activation of at least one data source function instance for configuring a data source being not standardized for usage in the communication network to provide data to a data consumer formed by a communication network element or function in a data format allowing the data consumer to process the data, wherein the creation and activation comprises associating the data source function instance to meta data describing either a non-communication network standardized data type or a proprietary data type using attributes defined to the respective data type, and associating the data source function instance to context data describing a generation time of data to be provided to the data consumer and a scope of data to be provided to the data consumer including a relation to a part of the communication network.
US12250092B2
In an automation communication network, a distribution node is provided with a plurality of input/output interfaces, each connected to a network segment having at least one subscriber. The network segments are each assigned segment telegrams for processing by the subscriber. The segment telegrams have a data field with sequence information indicating the priority of a subsequent segment telegram. The distribution node is configured to receive the segment telegram on an input/output interface and transmit it according to a routing specification on a further input/output interface. The distribution node blocks the input/output interface on which the segment telegram has been transmitted for further transmission if the telegram sequence information indicates a priority for the subsequent segment telegram with the same routing specification, which is higher than the priority of other telegrams intended for transmission on the input/output interface, in order to send the subsequent segment telegram on the blocked input/output interface.
US12250082B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting feedback signaling utilizing a feedback resource range, the feedback resource range being determined based on a received feedback size indication and a received scheduling assignment indication. The feedback resource range being a part of a signaling resource range configured to the user equipment for transmission.
US12250081B2
Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment (UE), for hybrid ARQ (HARQ) feedback in relation to multicast transmissions from a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include receiving, from the network node, first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a first multicast transmission associated with the UE and determining a HARQ feedback mode for the first multicast transmission. Such methods also include, based on the first DCI, attempting to decode the first multicast transmission; and selectively transmitting HARQ feedback related to the first multicast transmission to the network node based on the determined HARQ feedback mode and on whether the attempt to decode is successful or unsuccessful. Embodiments also include complementary methods for a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods.
US12250078B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an HARQ response in a communication system supporting sidelink communication. An operating method for a transmitting terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a higher layer signaling message including PSFCH configuration information; transmitting, to a plurality of receiving terminals, SCI including resource allocation information of data and configuration information for HARQ feedback on the data; transmitting, to the plurality of receiving terminals, the data on a PSSCH indicated by the SCI; and receiving, from the plurality of receiving terminals, a sequence mapped to HARQ responses to the data on a PSFCH indicated by the PSFCH configuration information. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.
US12250074B2
A system and a method may include a receiver circuit configured to receive an encoded codeword over a channel from an encoder neural network of an encoder, and a decoder circuit, including a decoder neural network, configured to decode the encoded codeword, and generate a list of decoded message words, the list of the decoded message words including a plurality of candidate message words representing the message word.
US12250067B2
The precision time protocol (PTP) runs on the peer switches in an MLAG domain. PTP messages received by one peer switch on an MLAG interface is selectively peer-forwarded to the other peer switch on the same MLAG interface in order to coordinate a synchronization session with a PTP node. The peer-forwarded messages inform one peer switch to be an active peer and the other peer switch to be an inactive peer so that timestamped messages during the synchronization session are exchanged only between the PTP node the active peer, and hence take the same data path.
US12250051B2
An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window.
US12250050B2
This application describes systems and processes for beam selection performance refinement in static conditions of wireless devices (e.g., user equipment UE). A data processing system of the UE is configured to perform a beam scan for testing multiple high gain candidate beams on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and link adaptation (LA) channel state information reference signal (LA-CSI-RS) while the UE is not moving and the data processing system of the UE determines that the channel is stable. The data processing system is configured to refine a given beam choice based on a determined capacity of the beams (e.g., from PDSCH signaling and/or LA-CSI-RS signals) to optimize data throughput.
US12250037B2
A beamforming selection method of a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method includes receiving first reference signaling, transmitted from a second wireless communication node using a first beamforming setting, generating a first channel estimate based on the first reference signaling, and transmitting, using a second beamforming setting, second reference signaling for reception by the second wireless communication node, wherein each coefficient of the second beamforming setting represents a complex conjugate of a corresponding component of the first channel estimate. In some embodiments, the method further includes iterating the receiving, generating, and transmitting steps until a stopping criterion is met. For example, the stopping criterion may include that a number of iterations performed equals a maximum number of iterations, and/or that a beamforming convergence criterion is met. Corresponding apparatus, wireless communication node and computer program product are also disclosed.
US12250033B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can compensate for imbalances between multiple transport streams of an uplink (UL)-multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can adjust one or more signal metrics of multiple recovered transport streams of the UL-MIMO transmission that are received in the presence of imbalances between the multiple transport streams of the UL-MIMO transmission. As an example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can inject noise into one or more of the multiple recovered transport streams to adjust the one or more signal metrics of the multiple recovered transmission streams to lessen the imbalances between the multiple transmission streams.
US12250030B2
This document discloses a solution for enabling spatial cooperation in a hidden node scenario. According to an aspect, a method comprises: detecting, by a station of a first wireless network managed by a first access node, that a second access node of a second wireless network is hidden to the first access node; in response to the detecting, transmitting by the station a spatial cooperation request message to the second access node; receiving, by the station from the second access node as a response to the spatial cooperation request message, a spatial cooperation response message comprising at least one information element acknowledging spatial cooperation; after receiving the spatial cooperation response message, receiving by the station a frame from the first access node while the second access node is transmitting another frame and while null steering is performed between the apparatus and the second access node.
US12250027B2
An apparatus includes an optical power supply including: a power supply light source configured to generate power supply light; at least one optical input/output port; at least one photodetector; and a coupling module. The coupling module is configured to receive the power supply light from the power supply light source and output the power supply light through the optical input/output port, receive reflected light through the optical input/output port, and transmit the reflected light to the photodetector. The photodetector is configured to detect the reflected light and generate a signal representing a level of the reflected light. The optical power supply includes a controller that is configured to compare the level of the detected reflected light with a threshold value, and upon determining that the level of the detected reflected light is less than the threshold value, reduce or turn off the power supply light that is provided to the optical input/output port.
US12250026B2
A photon-number resolving (PNR) method and system are described. A PNR detector is calibrated to generate a characteristic pulse plot for each of a plurality of unique photon numbers. A generic tail portion is also stored. A signal is then detected through the PNR detector. The signal includes at least a first pulse and a second pulse, where the second pulse at least partially overlaps with the first pulse. The first photon number of the first pulse may be determined. Then, the characteristic pulse plot that corresponds to the first photon number is subtracted from the first pulse, such that the second photon number of the second pulse may be determined with minimized interference from any signal overlap. The generic tail portion may be scaled and subtracted from any identified stray events to minimize interference of stray signals from unintended light sources.
US12250022B2
An indicator system (200) for optical ports (125) of a passive optical communications equipment (120). The indicator system comprises a plurality of photodetectors (510) configured to detect an optical signal on the optical ports and a plurality of (140) configured to indicate on which optical ports an optical signal is detected by the photodetector. The indicator system further comprises a power source (350) configured to provide power to the photodetectors (510) and indicators (140). The power source is self-contained at the passive optical communications equipment. The power source (350) comprises a mechanical to electrical converter (410).
US12250009B2
Disclosed is an interface circuit including a first parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting inverted parallel data in a parallel-to-serial manner to generate first output data in a test mode; a second parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting non-inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate second output data in the test mode; a third parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting the non-inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate third output data in the test mode; a fourth parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting the inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate fourth output data in the test mode; a first driver circuit suitable for receiving the first and second output data in the test mode; and a second driver circuit suitable for receiving the third and fourth output data in the test mode.
US12250005B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for error correction. Multiple successive odd syndromes are generated from input data comprising parity bits. Coefficients are generated and applied to a finite element field to detect multiple bit errors. Error correction circuitry corrects detected error bits. A single bit error detector may detect single bit errors. The error correction circuit may select between a single bit error vector and a multibit error vector based on one of the coefficients. The circuitry may be implemented in combinational logic to perform detection and correction in a single clock cycle.
US12250000B2
A self-clocked SAR ADC sensor circuit includes an ADC having a capacitor array with a plurality of capacitors connected through a respective plurality of switches, a comparator, an SAR module, and a delay element circuit for ring oscillator and stall detection. The delay element circuit includes a delay block with a NAND gate followed by a plurality of inverters.
US12249995B2
The first stage of the differential interface circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The gates of the first transistor and the second transistor are coupled to input terminals, respectively. The third transistor and the fourth transistor are coupled in parallel with the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The gate of the third transistor is coupled to the drain of the second transistor, and the gate of the fourth transistor is coupled to the drain of the first transistor.
US12249988B2
An integrated circuit includes a first voltage decrease detection circuit that has a first comparator circuit that compares a supply voltage in the integrated circuit to a threshold voltage to generate a first detection signal that indicates a decrease in the supply voltage, and a first timestamp storage circuit that stores a first timestamp in response to the first detection signal indicating the decrease. The integrated circuit includes a second voltage decrease detection circuit that has a second comparator circuit that compares the supply voltage to the threshold voltage to generate a second detection signal that indicates the decrease, and a second timestamp storage circuit that stores a second timestamp in response to the second detection signal indicating the decrease. The integrated circuit includes a control circuit that determines a location of a source of the decrease in the integrated circuit based on the first and the second timestamps.
US12249966B2
A load line impedance modulation circuit includes a magnetic circuit, an adjustable capacitance coupled to an output of the magnetic circuit, and a plurality of adjustable resistances coupled to the output of the magnetic circuit, wherein the plurality of adjustable resistances are configured to select from available output ports, an impedance presented by the load line impedance modulation circuit being adjustable dependent on at least a number of selected output ports.
US12249958B2
An method of integrating an oscillator includes incorporating a main inductor and a main capacitor for establishing an oscillation; incorporating two cross-coupling NMOST and two cross-coupling PMOST for sustaining the oscillation; incorporating a first auxiliary inductor and a first auxiliary capacitor for suppressing a noise of the two cross-coupling NMOST; incorporating a second auxiliary inductor and a second auxiliary capacitor for suppressing a noise of the two cross-coupling PMOST; laying out the main inductor symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry; laying out the first auxiliary inductor as a parallel connection of two halves that are inside the main inductor and symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry; and laying out the second auxiliary inductor as a parallel connection of two halves that are inside the main inductor in a close proximity to the first auxiliary inductor and symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry.
US12249955B2
An OCXO according to one or more embodiments may include a core section hermetically encapsulated inside a heat insulation package. The core section includes: an oscillation IC; a crystal resonator; and a heater IC, and furthermore is supported by the package via a core substrate. The core substrate is mechanically connected to the package by a non-conductive adhesive. The core section and the package are electrically connected to each other by wire bonding using wires.
US12249941B2
A motor control device includes a control unit and a generation-method changer. The control unit generates a driving signal for driving a motor in accordance with a command signal and an encoder signal and outputs the generated driving signal to the motor, the command signal being a signal for setting the position of a moving part connected to the motor to a target position, the encoder signal indicating the position of the motor detected by an encoder. The generation-method changer changes a method used by the control unit to generate the driving signal in accordance with a position sensor signal indicating a detected target position that is the target position detected by a position sensor mounted on the moving part.
US12249940B2
A motor including a first terminal and a second terminal to which a single-phase AC is input includes a third terminal, an AC/DC converter that converts a single-phase AC into a DC, an inverter that is PWM-controlled by a PWM signal to convert the DC into a three-phase AC, a controller that outputs a PWM signal to the inverter, and a detection circuit connected to the third terminal, in which the detection circuit outputs any one of a first detection signal, a second detection signal, and a third detection signal, and the controller outputs a PWM signal to be in a first rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the first detection signal, to be in a second rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the second detection signal, and to be in a third rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the third detection signal.
US12249939B2
A primary-side inverter is connected to three output terminals of six output terminals included in a motor with an open winding structure including windings of three independent phases and a secondary-side inverter is connected to the remaining three output terminals. Direct current power is supplied to the inverters, and a control device performs PWM control on the inverters by using a switching pattern in which the numbers of phases where each is turned on are equal, and in the switching pattern, ON of only an upper is continued in one phase from among the three phase outputs, OFF of only a lower is continued in another phase, and the upper and lower are alternately turned on and off such that mutual phases are opposite in the remaining one phase in one cycle of an electric angle of the motor over a plural carrier cycles in PWM control.
US12249934B2
A cascaded controller for controlling a kinetic three-phase synchronous machine comprises a current control circuitry and an active power control circuitry operatively coupled with the current controller circuitry. The current control circuitry is configured to regulate a magnitude of inrush stator current for a stator of the kinetic three-phase synchronous machine by producing a first voltage control signal causing a flow of active power in the kinetic three-phase synchronous machine. The active power control circuitry is configured to produce a second voltage control signal to reduce the active power to zero, based on the first voltage control signal. The second voltage control signal controls a phase angle of the inrush stator current such that the stator current vector is oriented to align with a magnet axis of the rotor.
US12249926B2
A power conversion circuit energization unit includes a bus bar module and a conductive fixing bolt. The bus bar module includes conductive P and N bus bars connected to a switch element in a power conversion device and an insulative terminal block on which the bus bars are located. The fixing bolt fixes the terminal block to a housing in which the switch element is housed. A head of the fixing bolt and the P bus bar are separated from each other in an axial direction along which a shaft of the fixing bolt extends while facing each other.
US12249925B2
A power supply includes an inverter configured to convert direct current (DC) power into alternating current (AC) power, an impedance matching circuit configured to supply the AC power to a load, and a controller configured to detect a delay time of an output voltage and an output current output to the impedance matching circuit and the load and to adjust a frequency of the output voltage according to the detected delay time.
US12249924B2
An electrical power conversion control device of an electric automotive vehicle is obtained which is small in size and inexpensive with lower electric current consumption. In the power conversion control device, insulating power sources are each connected to gate drive circuits to form respective pairs therebetween; electric power whose voltage is regulated as a constant voltage by way of a constant-voltage circuit is supplied from a low-voltage battery to a low-voltage side of an insulating communications circuit, and a high-voltage side of the insulating communications circuit is operated by an insulating power source being at least one insulating power source among the insulating power sources; and a signal of a voltage of a high-voltage battery is insulated from the high-voltage side of the insulating communications circuit and transmitted therefrom to the low-voltage side thereof.
US12249917B2
A power converter includes an input coupled to an inductor, a first switch coupled to a first comparator, and a second switch coupled to a second comparator. The power converter also includes a pulse comparison counter coupled to the first comparator and the second comparator and a synchronous rectifier (SR) calculator coupled to the pulse comparison counter. The synchronous rectifier calculator is operable to modify a conduction time of the first switch during a first AC half-cycle and modify a conduction time of the second switch during a second AC half-cycle.
US12249915B2
Disclosed embodiments may include an integrated circuit (IC) for controlling a switched-capacitor power converter for converting voltage between first and second nodes to voltage between third and fourth nodes for use with a first plurality of switches, a second plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of resonance modules. The IC may include a controller that is configured to control the first plurality of switches to be closed and the second plurality of switches to be open to electrically connect the first node to the third node through a first one of the plurality of capacitors in series with a first one of the plurality of resonance modules.
US12249911B2
Apparatuses, devices, and methods for operating a multi-level voltage converter are described. A semiconductor device can include a circuit, where the circuit can include a plurality of current sources. The circuit can be configured to measure a flying capacitor voltage across a flying capacitor of a multi-level voltage converter. The circuit can be further configured to compare the flying capacitor voltage with a voltage level equivalent to an intermediate voltage that is between ground and an input voltage being provided to the multi-level voltage converter. The circuit can be further configured to, based on a result of the comparison, switch a current source among the plurality of current sources to maintain the flying capacitor voltage at the intermediate voltage.
US12249909B2
The present disclosure describes a circuit having a current source and a load circuit coupled to the current source. The current source can include a transistor electrically coupled to a voltage supply and can be configured to generate a first current with a first current rate-of-change during a time interval, where the first current can be a cancellation current. In addition, the load circuit can be configured to generate a second current with a second current rate-of-change during the same time interval, where the second current can be a load current. The second current rate-of-change can be substantially an inverse of the first current rate-of-change. A power system can include a power management unit configured to generate a power supply voltage at an output, a current source and a load circuit electrically coupled to the output, and a control circuit controls the first current rate-of-change during the time interval.
US12249902B2
A module includes: an electrically insulative housing; a driver circuit enclosed in the housing and configured to drive a control terminal of a power switch; a wireless communication circuit enclosed in the housing and configured to receive, through the housing, wireless control information transmitted to the module; and a wireless energy receiver enclosed in the housing and configured to receive, through the housing, energy wirelessly transmitted to the module, and to supply power to the driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to drive the control terminal of the power switch based on the wireless control information received by the wireless communication circuit. A power electronic assembly that incorporates one or more of the modules and a corresponding power conversion control circuit are also described.
US12249901B2
An apparatus is disclosed for adaptive switch driving. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a switching circuit configured to selectively be in a first state that provides an input voltage as an output voltage, be in a second state that provides a ground voltage as the output voltage, or be in a third state that causes the output voltage to change from the input voltage to the ground voltage according to a slew rate. The third state enables the switching circuit to transition from the first state to the second state. The switching circuit is also configured to adjust the slew rate of the output voltage for the third state responsive to at least one of the following: a change in a magnitude of a direct-current supply voltage or a change in a magnitude of an input current.
US12249894B2
The present invention may provide a motor including a stator, a shaft having a hollow and disposed inside the stator, and a magnet disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes protrusions in contact with the magnet, and the protrusions include first faces protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the shaft and second faces concavely disposed in an inner circumferential surface of the shaft.
US12249880B2
A grounding brush assembly includes a grounding brush with a plurality of conductive fibers and a mounting plate. The mounting plate includes a radial main body, a plurality of retaining tongues extending from the main body for axially and radially retaining the brush, and either a plurality of centering tabs or an annular centering flange extending from the main body and at least locally surrounding the grounding brush while remaining radially separated therefrom. The centering tabs or flange have/has an outer surface defining the outer diameter of the mounting plate. The mounting plate further includes at least one mounting tongue which protrudes outwardly with respect to the outer surface of the centering means and which is flexible in the radial direction.
US12249875B2
An electric work machine can appropriately detect rotation of a rotor. The electric work machine includes a stator including a stator core, an insulator fixed to the stator core, and a coil attached to the insulator, a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis and including a rotor core and a magnet fixed to the rotor core, a stator base supporting the stator, a sensor board supported by the stator base and including a magnetic sensor that detects the magnet, and an output unit drivable by the rotor.
US12249874B2
An electric motor has a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated electrical windings, and a rotor having multiple rotor poles. The rotor has flux barriers between adjacent rotor poles, the flux barriers each having a material with an electrical conductivity higher than the rotor pole material. The flux barriers are electrically isolated from one another external to the ferromagnetic material. Eddy currents are induced in the flux barrier to cause destructive interference of an impending magnetic field, such that the flux barrier effectively acts to inhibit magnetic flux during motor operation, which in some cases will result in a repulsive force that will act to increase an induced motive force on the rotor poles.
US12249864B2
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) converter circuit includes a controlled switching element, a filter capacitor, and a split DC capacitor comprising a plus DC capacitor and a minus DC capacitor split at a DC-link mid-point, connected to each other at the DC-link mid-point on a respective first side. A second side of the input filter capacitor at an AC point is coupled via an inductor element to a second side of the controlled switching element, the second side of the controlled switching element being coupled to the second side of the plus DC capacitor and the minus capacitor. The controlled switching element operates is configured to be controlled such that a current from the AC point via the inductor element flows alternatingly to either the plus DC output capacitor or the minus DC capacitor, and to the DC-link mid-point, respectively, thereby discharging the input filter capacitor.
US12249846B2
Polyphase wireless power transfer systems are provided. The transfer system may be used for charging hybrid and electric vehicles. The systems are capable of transferring over 50 KW over an air gap of 15 cm. The systems use a rotating magnetic field to transfer power. The system may comprise transmitter coil assembly. The coil assembly may be one or more layers. The system may employ either unipolar or bipolar coils. The transmitter also comprises compensating capacitance connected in series with at least one coil for each phase. A value of the compensating capacitance for each phase is determined such that the transmitter has at least two independently excitable resonant modes at a resonant frequency. The transmitter is compatible with a plurality of different receivers including three-phase, single phase with a circular coil and single phase with DD coils.
US12249836B2
The present invention refers to a method for managing a battery (7) coupled to a power grid (1) having a nominal frequency wherein at least one parameter for compensating frequency deviations around the nominal frequency occurring in the power grid (1) is adapted, at predetermined time intervals, according to a state of charge (SoC) of the battery (7) and the amplitude of the frequency deviations during a predetermined duration.
US12249835B2
In an embodiment, an airport electric vehicle charging system includes a current transducer electrically coupled with a power source; a solid state converter electrically coupleable with an aircraft at or near an airport gate and configured to provide and maintain power to the aircraft; and a controller. The system further includes a first feedback loop between the controller and the current transducer; a second feedback loop between the controller and the solid state converter; and a battery charger electrically coupled with the power source and configured to charge one or more electric vehicles. The first feedback loop provides a first feedback signal generated by the current transducer to the controller. The second feedback loop provides a second feedback signal generated by the solid state converter to the controller. The battery charger is configured to consume power from the power source in accordance with the first and second feedback signals.
US12249834B2
If an additional power source is introduced at the distribution level it is then possible for power to flow back into the grid. This is a potentially undesired scenario, so much so that some entities enacted laws to regulate/control this scenario. There are also regulations in some places that restricts off-grid scenarios. The present disclosure is directed to embodiments that can operate with the grid, or islanded, with a range of grid load from 0-100%. 10% grid load is described as a model for abiding by legal interconnection/tax requirements. At the interconnection point/points there is typically protection and or control technology such as fuses in a circuit-breaker that limit current to a particular load or loads. A solution to this scenario, using split load configuration according to embodiments of the present disclosure, allows for both distributed generation and no power flow back into the grid.
US12249830B2
The present invention provides a planning apparatus for creating an operation plan for a hydrogen production system including a hydrogen generation apparatus, comprising: an acquisition portion for acquiring a demand response from a power operator; and an operation planning portion for creating the operation plan based on the demand response before a target period of the operation plan and at least one of a electricity price, a demand amount of hydrogen and an amount of stored hydrogen before the target period.
US12249824B2
The DC electrical network comprises an electrical load supplied with electricity by an electrical power source to which the electrical load is linked by a first electrical line and a second electrical line. An overcurrent protection system comprising an input pole and an output pole is mounted in series on the first electrical line. The overcurrent protection system comprises an electronic switch mounted in series between the input pole and the output pole, an electrical current sensor, and a controller configured to control the electronic switch. It also comprises an electronic device linked to the input pole and to the second electrical line. The controller is configured to command a conducting state of the electronic device when a current measurement from the electrical current sensor is above a predetermined current threshold, then to command an opening of the electronic switch.
US12249812B2
Techniques for co-printing of bus bars for printed structural energy modules are presented herein. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a first component configured to be a primary structure of a vehicle, the first component-co-printed with a first electrical conductive path, the first electrical conductive path configured to be connected to a second electrical conductive path of a second component of the vehicle, wherein the first electrical conductive path and the second electrical conductive path are configured to enable electricity transmission.
US12249810B2
A pretreatment method for pretreating components, which are each formed of at least two different materials, prior to a coating process. The pretreatment method includes the steps: alkaline degreasing; chemical pickling in a first pickling medium; anodic pickling in a second pickling medium; and cathodic degreasing.
US12249809B2
When a force to bend a spark plug insulator is applied to the spark plug insulator to fracture the spark plug insulator, for a range including a starting point of the fracture out of two ranges into which a fracture surface created by the fracture is divided by a plane which is a plane perpendicular to a direction of the force and includes the axial line, an average of areas of particles appearing in a planar image of the range is 4.4 μm2 or larger and 8.0 μm2 or smaller, and a maximum area of the particles is 600 μm2 or smaller. The particles include large particles having an area of 60 μm2 or larger and 600 μm2 or smaller, and, as the large particles, 0.1 particles/mm2 or more are present per unit area of the planar image.
US12249808B2
A spark plug which can increase the reactive force of a shelf part. The spark plug includes a cylindrical metal shell provided around an outer periphery of an insulator. The metal shell includes, on an inner periphery of the metal shell, a proximally oriented surface in contact with the insulator, a distally oriented surface located on the distal side relative to the proximally oriented surface, a first surface extending from the distally oriented surface toward the distal side; and a second surface extending from the proximally oriented surface toward the proximal side. In a section containing an axial line, angle A formed between the distally oriented surface and the first surface and angle B formed between the proximally oriented surface and the second surface have a relationship A≤1.15B, with angle A being greater than or equal to 90° and angle B being greater than or equal to 90°.
US12249800B2
An electrical connector that has a conductive shell supporting at least one signal contact therein and that has a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end opposite the front end for electrically connecting to a coaxial cable. A ground connection is located inside of the conductive shell. A coupling member is rotatably coupled to the conductive shell and has an engagement feature for mechanically engaging a support panel associated with the mating connector. A sealing member is disposed on the conductive shell that is configured to provide an environmental seal between the conductive shell and the support panel when the conductive shell is mated with the mating connector.
US12249799B2
A mounting device functions to support a connection process of at least one module of a modular circuit board connector to at least one connection element. The mounting device comprises at least one base plate and at least one tongue arranged essentially perpendicular on the base plate and running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate. The tongue is at least partially designed to received the at least one module.
US12249798B2
A coring tool for a coaxial cable has a tool holder and cutter bit mounted to the tool holder. The cutter bit is constructed from a conductive metal or alloy which is durable for rotatably drilling out and removing a dielectric core surrounding a central conductor of the coaxial cable, as the central conductor is preserved by passing into a central bore formed in the cutter bit. The cutter bit also includes a non-conductive sleeve or coating which prevents the cutter bit from electrically interconnecting, e.g., shorting, the central conductor to an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
US12249795B2
High-speed connectors and connector assemblies that include structures for alignment and/or improved thermal performance. In one example, a connector assembly, comprising: a housing comprising a port; a wafer assembly with contacts positioned in the port of the housing, the wafer assembly comprising a row of conductors, the row of conductors comprising a plurality of communication signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors arranged in the row of conductors, wherein each communication signal conductor is positioned next to a ground conductor among the plurality of ground conductors in the row of conductors; and a ground path assembly comprising the plurality of ground conductors, a conductive ground shield, and a metal ground shield insert that is stitch mated with the conductive ground shield.
US12249789B2
A cable strain relief structure includes a conducting seat, a cable, a supporting element, and an insulating sleeve. The conducting seat includes an insulating body and a conducting element disposed in the insulating body. The cable passes through the insulating body and is electrically connected to the conducting element. The supporting element includes a plurality of ridges arranged spacedly and annularly on the outer periphery of the cable. The ridges are extended in the direction along the cable and away from the insulating body. The insulating sleeve covers the supporting element and is extended in the direction along the cable.
US12249785B2
A retainer includes a main body having a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall spaced opposite the first side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall spaced opposite the front wall along a longitudinal axis. The walls define an interior cavity sized and shaped to receive an accessory plug. The front wall defines a front opening that extends into the interior cavity and is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a cable. The front wall also includes a first hook and a second hook each positioned below the front opening. The rear wall includes a third hook extending forward into the interior cavity. The retainer is moved forward linearly, and parallel to the longitudinal axis, to secure the hooks to a portable communications device.
US12249777B2
An ultra-wideband antenna device includes a radiation metal body, a first slotted hole, a second slotted hole, a third slotted hole, a fourth slotted hole, a ground point, and a feeding source. The radiation metal body includes a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to each other and a third side edge and a fourth side edge opposite to each other, the first slotted hole extends inward from the first side edge, the second slotted hole extends inward from the second side edge, the third slotted hole extends inward from the third side edge, and the fourth slotted hole extends inward from the fourth side edge. The ground point is located at a middle position of the radiation metal body, and the feeding source is located on the radiation metal body and away from the middle position.
US12249762B2
This application provides a gap waveguide antenna structure and an electronic device, and relates to the field of communication radars. The antenna structure includes a top layer, a gap waveguide structure, a microstrip structure, and a bottom layer. The top layer is parallel to the bottom layer. A first metal layer and a second metal layer are laid on two sides of a dielectric layer of the top layer, and the microstrip structure is disposed on the second metal layer. A frame of the microstrip structure is separated from metal of the second metal layer by leaving a space. The foregoing special antenna structure can reduce a transmission loss, improve a coupling capability, and effectively improve transmission efficiency of energy or an electromagnetic wave.
US12249760B2
As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide embodiments of antenna apparatus using monocone antennas for wireless communication.
US12249756B2
Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a housing, a display, an antenna structure and at least one wireless communication circuit. The at least one wireless communication circuit is configured so as to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz, and may be configured so as to transmit and/or receive, in a first operation, a first signal having a first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among a plurality of first conductive plates and a plurality of second conductive plates, and transmit and/or receive, in a second operation, a second signal having a second frequency differing from the first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among the plurality of second conductive plates and the plurality of first conductive plates. In addition, various embodiments are possible as identified in the specification.
US12249754B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and an electronic device. The display panel includes a display functional layer, an antenna functional layer on a back side of the display functional layer, and a magnetic field absorption layer on a side, close to the display functional layer, of the antenna functional layer, or on a side, away from the display functional layer, of the antenna functional layer. At least one antenna structure of the antenna functional layer includes a first substrate, a power receiving coil on a side, away from the display functional layer, of the first substrate, and a first flat layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the power receiving coil. An orthographic projection of the power receiving coil on a reference plane is within an orthographic projection of the magnetic field absorption layer on the reference plane.
US12249745B2
A biological battery includes a first cell layer formed of a sheet of biological cells polarized in a same direction, a second cell layer formed of a sheet of biological cells polarized in a same direction, a separating membrane disposed between the first cell layer and the second cell layer, and an encapsulating outer membrane encasing each of the first cell layer, the second layer and the separating membrane, wherein the encapsulating outer membrane is permeable to small molecules like glucose and amino acids, but substantially impermeable to larger proteins like antibodies.
US12249744B2
A catalysed ion-conducting membrane comprising an ion-conducting membrane, an electrocatalyst layer having two opposing faces, and a layer A comprising an ion-conducting material and a carbon containing material, and methods for preparing the catalysed ion-conducting membrane are provided.
US12249736B2
A busbar module includes: a plurality of busbars that are fixed to a plurality of battery cells of a battery module including the plurality of battery cells; and a plate-like flexible circuit body that includes a plurality of connection conductors corresponding to the plurality of busbars, in which the circuit body includes a trunk portion extending in a first direction in which the plurality of battery cells are arranged, and a plurality of branch portions branching from the trunk portion and connected to the busbars, the circuit body includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, and the branch portion has a thin portion composed of any one of the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer, and connects the trunk portion and the busbar in a state where the thin portion is flexurally deformed.
US12249733B2
The battery module includes a module frame into which a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, is inserted, and an end plate that covers front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack and is coupled to the module frame, wherein a terminal busbar opening and a connector opening are formed on the end plate, and a venting part is formed at a lower end of the end plate spaced apart from the terminal busbar opening and the connector opening.
US12249725B2
The all-solid-state battery 1 includes: an exterior can 2 with a bottom 21; a seal can 3 having a flat portion 31 and facing the exterior can 2; and a power generation element 4 contained between the exterior can 2 and seal can 3, where at least one of the inner surface of the bottom 21 of the exterior can 2 and the inner surface of the flat portion 31 of the seal can 3 includes a recess-protrusion structure. The battery includes a conductive sheet 5 located between that one of the inner surfaces which includes the recess-protrusion structure and the power generation element 4, the conductive sheet having an ability to recover against a pressing force. The rate of recovery of the conductive sheet 5 against a pressing force is not lower than 7%.
US12249723B2
Embodiments provide a battery, an electric device, and a method and a device for preparing battery cell, featuring a higher space utilization. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells, where the plurality of battery cells are arranged in a first direction, a first region on an edge of a first surface of each of the plurality of battery cells is recessed to form a first recess, a first electrode terminal of each of the battery cells is protrusively provided on a second surface of the battery cell, the first surface and the second surface are perpendicular to the first direction, and the plurality of battery cells include a first battery cell and a second battery cell that are adjacent; and a first busbar configured to connect first electrode terminals of the adjacent first battery cell and second battery cell.
US12249722B2
A metal-supported catalyst, a battery electrode, and a battery, each having both excellent catalytic activity and durability. The metal-supported catalyst includes: a carbon carrier; and catalyst metal particles each containing a noble metal supported on the carbon carrier, wherein a volume of first pores each having a diameter of 0.5 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less per unit weight of the carbon carrier is 0.20 (cm3/g-carrier) or more, wherein a volume of second pores each having a diameter of more than 2.0 nm and 4.0 nm or less per unit weight of the carbon carrier is 0.20 (cm3/g-carrier) or more, and wherein a ratio of a content (wt %) of the noble metal measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, to a content (wt %) of the noble metal measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, is 0.35 or more and 0.75 or less.
US12249719B2
An electrode structure for a secondary battery includes a potential sheath capable of suppressing a side reaction between an electrode and an electrolyte through electric potential control. The electrode structure for the secondary battery uses the electric potential control so that an unstable SEI layer, which causes decrease in cycle characteristic and capacity of an anode material, occurs only on the surface of a potential sheath without occurring on the surface of the anode active material, thereby being capable of completely solving the problems of the existing nanostructured electrode. A method for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery includes the steps of: (a) preparing a template form; (b) coating a graphene on the template foam; (c) removing the template foam to form a graphene foam, wherein the template foam partially remains on an internal surface of the graphene foam; and (d) growing a nanowire by using the template foam remaining on the internal surface of the graphene foam as a seed.
US12249714B2
The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode additive, a manufacturing method thereof, and a positive electrode and a lithium rechargeable battery including the same. Specifically, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positive electrode additive for a lithium rechargeable battery comprising: a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2; and lithium phosphate (Li3PO4): Li2+aNibM1−bO2+c [Chemical Formula 1] wherein, M is a metal element forming a divalent cation, −0.2≤a≤0.2, 0.5≤b≤1.0, and −0.2≤c≤0.2, Ni2−eM1−eP4O12 [Chemical Formula 2] wherein, 0.5≤e≤1.0, and M is the same as defined in Chemical Formula 1.
US12249705B2
A composite material for use as an electrode of an electrochemical cell comprises: a matrix that is provided by matrix particles that comprise an electrode active material; and a conductive fraction that is both electronically-conductive and ionically-conductive, the conductive fraction being provided by conductive particles that are distributed among the matrix particles. The conductive particles comprise either a material that is both ionically- and electronically-conductive; or a mixture of ionically-conductive particles and electronically-conductive particles, the electronically-conductive particles having a sphericity of at least 0.6. The conductive particles have a D90 value that is at least 10% of the D50 value of the matrix particles.
US12249703B2
A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including silicon oxide particles, wherein the silicon oxide has a full width at half maximum peak ranging between 2 and 6 in a particle size distribution and the silicon oxide particles have an average particle size (D50) of 1 μm to 20 μm, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The negative electrode active material according to the disclosure has outstanding life performance and output performance.
US12249701B2
A thermal storage device for batteries is provided. In some examples, the thermal storage device is provided for a battery pack that includes one or more rechargeable battery cells. In some examples, the lithium ion battery cells are used. The thermal storage device is in thermal contact with the battery cell. The thermal storage device is made of a material that absorbs heat that is given off by battery cells during discharge. In some examples, the thermal storage device is made of a plastic material. The material has a relatively low thermal conductivity but a relatively high specific heat capacity, allowing heat energy to be stored in the thermal storage device. The thermal storage device prevents the battery pack from overheating during use. The thermal storage device defines one or more cell receiving volumes. In some examples, an axially extending relief volume is provided.
US12249693B2
Provided is a secondary battery including: an electrode wound body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and has a wound structure; and a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate, accommodated in an exterior can, where the positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil.
US12249692B2
A mixture including: 99% to 99.9999% by weight of at least one lithium salt A; and 1 ppm to 10,000 ppm by weight of at least one potassium salt B. Also, a battery including at least one electrochemical cell, the electrochemical cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode and the mixture.
US12249688B2
Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) that include co-continuous domains of a conductive phase and a crosslinked network phase. The conductive phase can include one or more polymers having glass transition temperatures below room temperature. The crosslinked network phase can be formed from at least one monofunctional monomer and at least one di- or greater functional monomer.
US12249683B2
A rechargeable lithium-ion battery includes a housing and a battery cell arranged in the housing. The battery cell includes a liquid electrolyte, a composite anode, a composite cathode, and a separator arranged between the composite anode and the composite cathode. The liquid electrolyte includes an ionic liquid, an organic compound, and a lithium salt. The composite anode includes a metal current collector coated with a layer which includes an active material and a binder. The composite cathode includes a metal current collector coated with a layer which includes an active material and a binder. The active material of the composite anode is a lithium titan oxide (LTO). The composite cathode, the composite anode, and the separator, when immersed in the liquid electrolyte, are heat resistant at temperatures of above 150° C. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery is rechargeable in a temperature range of from −30° C. to 150° C.
US12249678B2
A light-emitting module includes: a first light source unit including: a first light source, and a first lens on which light emitted from the first light source is incident; a driver configured to rotate the first lens; and a controller configured to, conjunctively with the driver, control an output of the first light source. A central axis of light emitted from the first lens is oblique to a rotation axis of the first lens. The controller is configured to control the output of the first light source according to a position along a trajectory of the central axis of the light emitted from the first lens.
US12249673B2
Provided is a light-emitting device including a body including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a first surface of the body, the first electrode and the second electrode being in contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, respectively, and a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided on a second surface of the body, the third electrode and the fourth electrode being in contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, respectively.
US12249668B2
A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer.
US12249663B2
The present disclosure describes an embodiment of a thin film transistor based light sensor circuit. The thin film transistor based light sensor circuit includes two thin film transistors, in which a channel region of one of the thin film transistors includes a light sensing area and a channel region of the other thin film transistor has a capping material disposed thereon. The thin film transistor based light sensor circuit further includes a comparator device electrically coupled to the two thin film transistors and configured to detect a current difference between the thin film transistors in response to the thin film transistor with the channel region having the light sensing area being exposed to light.
US12249662B2
A device includes a detector, a sensing pad, a ring structure, a control circuit, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The sensing pad is electrically connected to the detector. The ring structure is over the sensing pad and includes an upper conductive ring and a lower conductive ring between the upper conductive ring and the sensing pad. The first transistor interconnects the upper conductive ring and the control circuit. The second transistor interconnects the lower conductive ring and the control circuit.
US12249660B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second insulating films and a semiconductor part. The semiconductor part is provided on the first insulating film and surrounded by the second insulating film. The semiconductor part includes first and fourth semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type, second and third semiconductor layers of a second conductivity type, and first to third contact regions provided respectively on the second to fourth semiconductor layer. The second to fourth semiconductor layers are arranged in a first direction on the first semiconductor layer. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided between the second and third semiconductor layers. The first and second contact regions being provided with first distances to the second insulating film in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first distances are less than a second distance in the second direction from the third contact region to the second insulating film.
US12249656B2
A transistor includes a first gate structure, a channel layer, and source/drain contacts. The first gate structure includes metallic nanosheets. Each of the metallic nanosheets includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and sidewalls connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. The channel layer surrounds the top surfaces, the bottom surfaces, and the sidewalls of the metallic nanosheets. The source/drain contacts are electrically connected to the channel layer. A portion of the channel layer is located between the source/drain contacts and the metallic nanosheets.
US12249655B2
Disclosed are a thin film transistor (TFT) including an oxide semiconductor layer capable of being applied to high-resolution flat panel display devices requiring high-speed driving, a gate driver including the TFT, and a display device including the gate driver. The TFT includes first oxide semiconductor layer consisting of indium-gallium-zinc-tin oxide (IGZTO) and a second oxide semiconductor layer including indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A content ratio (Ga/In) of gallium (Ga) to indium (In) of the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a content (Ga/In) of Ga to In of the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a content ratio (Zn/In) of zinc (Zn) to In of the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a content (Zn/In) of Zn to In of the first oxide semiconductor layer.
US12249646B2
In one aspect, a double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) includes a region of a semiconductor having a first region of a semiconductor having a first-type dopant, a first well having a second-type dopant, a dielectric within the first well, the dielectric having a bottom surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, a gate disposed on the top surface of the dielectric. The gate, the dielectric and the first well are configured to form a first reduced surface field (RESURF). The bottom surface of the dielectric has a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion of the bottom surface of the dielectric is closer to the top surface of the dielectric than the second portion of the bottom surface of the dielectric.
US12249645B2
A laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device and a method of manufacturing the LDMOS device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a substrate with a drift region formed thereon, the drift region having a first conductivity type and disposed on the substrate of a second conductivity type; etching the drift region to form therein a sinking structure, the sinking structure includes at least one of an implanting groove and an implanting hole; implanting ions of the second conductivity type at the bottom of the sinking structure; forming a buried layer of the second conductivity type by causing diffusion of the ions of the second conductivity type using a thermal treatment; and filling an electrical property modification material into the sinking structure, the electrical property modification material differs from the material of the drift region.
US12249635B2
A high-voltage MOS transistor includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of active regions, a gate insulation layer, and a gate electrode. The active regions are defined by an isolation structure, wherein the active regions include a channel portion and two side portions, the channel portion has first opposite sides and second opposite sides, and the two side portions are at the first opposite sides of the channel portion. The gate insulation layer is disposed on a surface of the channel portion. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulation layer and extending on a portion of the isolation structure, wherein the gate electrode includes a pair of channel edge openings and a plurality of slits. The pair of channel edge openings are at the second opposite sides of the channel portion to expose a portion of the gate insulation layer, and the slits are disposed over the channel portion.
US12249610B2
Provided is an image sensor including a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces, transistors on the first surface, first and second lower pad electrodes apart from each other on a first interlayer insulating film covering the transistors, a mold insulating layer on the first and second lower pad electrodes, a first lower electrode inside a first opening passing through the mold insulating layer on the first lower pad electrode, a second lower electrode inside a second opening passing through the mold insulating layer on the second lower pad electrode, a dielectric film and an upper electrode on the first and second lower electrodes, a first contact plug passing through the mold insulating layer and connected to the first lower pad electrode, and a second contact plug passing through the mold insulating layer and connected to the second lower pad electrode.
US12249605B2
Provided are an inverter including a first source and drain, an interlayer insulating film on the first source, a second source on the interlayer insulating film, a second drain on the first drain, a first channel between the first source and drain, a second channel over the first channel between the second source and drain, a gate insulating film covering outer surfaces of the first and second channel, a part of a surface of the first source in the direction to the first drain, a part of a surface of the second source in the direction to the second drain, a part of a surface of the first drain in the direction to the first source, and a part of a surface of the second drain in the direction to the second source, and a gate electrode between the first source and drain and between the second source and drain.
US12249595B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises: one or more light emitting units, each including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer sequentially formed on a growth substrate; an electrode unit including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity and a metal layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; and one or more bonding layers for electrically connecting to the light emitting units and electrode unit, respectively, wherein each bonding layer has a first region on which the light emitting units and the electrode unit are arranged, and a second region having a larger planar area than that of the first region and being electrically connected to an external substrate.
US12249591B2
A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a circuit board, and a conductive adhesive member. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The circuit board overlaps the non-display area and is connected to the display panel. The conductive adhesive member is between and electrically connects the circuit board and the display panel. The circuit board includes: a base layer including a pad area; circuit pads overlapping the pad area and on the base layer, the circuit pads being spaced apart in a plan view and arranged in a direction; and a first resin layer overlapping the pad area and on the base layer. In a plan view, the first resin layer overlaps an area between two adjacent circuit pads and covers side surfaces of the two adjacent circuit pads facing in the direction.
US12249590B2
A method of forming a package device includes providing a carrier substrate, forming a trench in a front side of the carrier substrate, and bonding a semiconductor die in the trench. The method also includes thinning a back side of the carrier substrate based on a target thickness to obtain a thinned carrier substrate. The method further includes providing a first die group and bonding the thinned carrier substrate to the first die group to form a height-adjusted first die group.
US12249588B2
In an embodiment, a method includes forming a conductive feature adjacent to a substrate; treating the conductive feature with a protective material, the protective material comprising an inorganic core with an organic coating around the inorganic core, the treating the conductive feature comprising forming a protective layer over the conductive feature; and forming an encapsulant around the conductive feature and the protective layer. In another embodiment, the method further includes, before forming the encapsulant, rinsing the protective layer with water. In another embodiment, the protective layer is selectively formed over the conductive feature.
US12249587B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate component, an IC die component over the substrate component, and a composite redistribution structure interposed between and electrically coupled to the substrate and IC die components. The composite redistribution structure includes a local interconnect component between a first redistribution structure overlying the substrate component and a second redistribution structure underlying the IC die component, and an insulating encapsulation between the first and second redistribution structures and embedding the local interconnect component therein. The local interconnect component includes TSVs penetrating through a substrate and electrically coupled to first and second conductive connectors, the first conductive connectors between the first redistribution structure and a first side of the substrate, the second conductive connectors between the second redistribution structure and a second side of the substrate, and a first insulating layer between the first redistribution structure and the first side and laterally covering the first conductive connectors.
US12249580B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming first electrical components in a substrate in a first device region of the semiconductor device; forming a first interconnect structure over and electrically coupled to the first electrical components; forming a first passivation layer over the first interconnect structure, the first passivation layer extending from the first device region to a scribe line region adjacent to the first device region; after forming the first passivation layer, removing the first passivation layer from the scribe line region while keeping a remaining portion of the first passivation layer in the first device region; and dicing along the scribe line region after removing the first passivation layer.
US12249578B2
A semiconductor package structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes an electronic component having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a circuit structure closer to the first surface than to the second surface. The semiconductor package structure also includes a passive component connected to the second surface of the electronic component. The semiconductor package structure further includes a conductive element extending into the electronic component and configured to electrically connect the circuit structure with the passive component.
US12249575B2
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a gate structure, a source epitaxial structure, a drain epitaxial structure, a front-side interconnection structure, a backside dielectric layer, an epitaxial regrowth layer, and a backside via. The source epitaxial structure and the drain epitaxial structure are respectively on opposite sides of the gate structure. The front-side interconnection structure is over a front-side of the source epitaxial structure and a front-side of the drain epitaxial structure. The backside dielectric layer is over a backside of the source epitaxial structure and a backside of the drain epitaxial structure. The epitaxial regrowth layer is on the backside of a first one of the source epitaxial structure and the drain epitaxial structure. The backside via extends through the backside dielectric layer and overlaps the epitaxial regrowth layer.
US12249574B2
A device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer over the substrate, and a conductive interconnect in the dielectric layer. The conductive interconnect includes a barrier/adhesion layer and a conductive layer over the barrier/adhesion layer. The barrier/adhesion layer includes a material having a chemical formula MXn, with M being a transition metal element, X being a chalcogen element, and n being between 0.5 and 2.
US12249563B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a redistribution layer, a ball land provided on a bottom surface of the redistribution layer, a passivation layer surrounding the ball land on the bottom surface of the redistribution layer and spaced apart from the ball land by a space region formed between the passivation layer and the ball land, and a signal wiring line provided in the redistribution layer on the ball land, a semiconductor chip mounted on the substrate, and an external terminal adhered to the ball land. The signal wiring line includes a first wiring pattern extending in a first direction perpendicular to one side surface of the semiconductor chip, and a support pattern disposed under the one side surface of the semiconductor chip. A second width of the support pattern in a second direction is greater than a first width of the wiring pattern in the second direction.
US12249559B2
A device includes a first conductive feature in an insulating layer; a dielectric layer over the first conductive feature; a second conductive feature in the dielectric layer, wherein the second conductive feature is over and physically contacting the first conductive feature; an air spacer encircling the second conductive feature, wherein sidewalls of the second conductive feature are exposed to the air spacer; a metal cap covering the second conductive feature and extending over the air spacer, wherein the air spacer is sealed by a bottom surface of the metal cap; a first etch stop layer on the dielectric layer, wherein a sidewall of the first etch stop layer physically contacts a sidewall of the metal cap; and a second etch stop layer extending on a top surface of the metal cap and a top surface of the first etch stop layer.
US12249558B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other, an active pattern protruding from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, the active pattern including a source/drain region, a power rail electrically connected to the source/drain region, a power delivery network disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a penetration via structure penetrating the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the power rail and the power delivery network. The penetration via structure includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the power rail and a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the power delivery network. The first conductive pattern includes a material different from the second conductive pattern.
US12249557B2
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate that including a frontside comprising an active region and a backside opposite to the frontside, an electronic element on the active region, a frontside wiring structure electrically connected to the electronic element on the frontside of the substrate, and a backside wiring structure electrically connected to the electronic element on the backside of the substrate. The backside wiring structure includes a plurality of backside wiring patterns sequentially stacked on the backside of the substrate, and a super via pattern that intersects and extends through at least one layer of the plurality of backside wiring patterns.
US12249556B2
A cooler includes a top plate, one surface of which serves as a heat dissipation surface, a bottom plate disposed so as to face the top plate and having a larger thickness than that of the top plate, a plurality of fins provided between the top plate and the bottom plate, and a circumferential wall part provided so as to surround the plurality of fins along outer circumferential edges of the bottom plate. The plurality of fins and the outer circumferential wall part are provided between the top plate and the bottom plate and bonded to the heat dissipation surface of the top plate. A flow path for a coolant is formed by a space enclosed by the top plate, the bottom plate, the plurality of fins, and the circumferential wall part. The top plate has an electric potential higher than that of the bottom plate.
US12249553B2
Present disclosure relates to IC packages with integrated thermal contacts. In some embodiments, an IC package includes a package substrate, an IC die that is coupled to the package substrate, and at least one thermal contact for coupling to at least a portion of a heat exchanger, where the thermal contact is limited to being in a region located at a periphery of the IC package. In some embodiments, thermal contacts are such that at least a portion of a heat exchanger is to be attached on the side of the IC package. In some embodiments, thermal contacts may be provided within a recessed portion at the periphery of the IC package. Providing a thermal contact at a periphery of an IC package may enable improved cooling options, especially for systems where there is no or limited space for providing conventional heat exchangers on the top of the package.
US12249550B2
A semiconductor package including an insulating encapsulation, an integrated circuit component, and conductive elements is provided. The integrated circuit component is encapsulated in the insulating encapsulation, wherein the integrated circuit component has at least one through silicon via protruding from the integrated circuit component. The conductive elements are located on the insulating encapsulation, wherein one of the conductive elements is connected to the at least one through silicon via, and the integrated circuit component is electrically connected to the one of the conductive elements through the at least one through silicon via.
US12249535B2
A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus and configured to support a substrate, the substrate holder having a main body having a main body surface, a plurality of main burls projecting from the main body surface, wherein each main burl has a distal end surface configured to support the substrate, a first seal member projecting from the main body surface and having an upper surface, the first seal member surrounding the plurality of main burls and configured to restrict the passage of liquid between the substrate and the main body surface radially inward past the first seal member, and a plurality of minor burls projecting from the upper surface of the first seal member, wherein each minor burl has a distal end surface configured to support the substrate.
