US12260017B2
Machine learning systems and methods that determine gaze direction by using face orientation information, such as facial landmarks, to modify eye direction information determined from images of the subject's eyes. System inputs include eye crops of the eyes of the subject, as well as face orientation information such as facial landmarks of the subject's face in the input image. Facial orientation information, or facial landmark information, is used to determine a coarse prediction of gaze direction as well as to learn a context vector of features describing subject face pose. The context vector is then used to adaptively re-weight the eye direction features determined from the eye crops. The re-weighted features are then combined with the coarse gaze prediction to determine gaze direction.
US12260016B2
A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.
US12260010B2
A system and method for utilizing virtual reality technology to provide and improve physical therapy care. Virtual reality devices may be utilized to facilitate telehealth visits in a three-dimensional medium where a digital avatar moves in accordance with the movement of a patient wearing a virtual reality device. Virtual reality devices may be used to provide and monitor exercises prescribed for a physical therapy patient. Virtual reality devices may be used to record, model, and analyze motion patterns of a physical therapy patient to assess relevant physical capability such as balance or motor control.
US12259975B2
Embodiments protect computer applications from memory deserialization attacks. An example embodiment receives a data object at a server hosting a software application. In turn, an aspect of the received data object is compared with a representation of an expected data object. If the comparison identifies a difference between the aspect of the received data object and the representation of the expected data object, a protection action is executed to limit a property of the received data object, thus protecting the software application from a memory deserialization attack.
US12259969B2
Techniques for detecting anomalies in a distributed application based on process data are provided. This process data can include, e.g., the hierarchy (i.e., tree) of processes created and run by the application, the file system operations performed by each process, the network access operations performed by each process.
US12259968B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums described herein are configured to detect anomalous post-authentication behavior/state change(s) with respect to a workload identity. For example, audit logs that specify actions performed with respect to the workload identity of a platform-based identity service, a causing state change(s), while another identity is authenticated with the platform-based identity service, are analyzed. The audit log(s) are analyzed via a model for anomaly prediction based on actions. The model generates an anomaly score indicating a probability whether a particular sequence of the actions is indicative of anomalous behavior/state change(s). A determination is made that an anomalous behavior has occurred based on the anomaly score, and when anomalous behavior has occurred, a mitigation action may be performed that mitigates the anomalous behavior.
US12259966B2
A program processing device (100) includes: an entry address masking unit (110) to generate a fake entry address, which is obtained by masking an entry address with the use of a save value copied from a setting value stored in a storage, and to replace an entry address used by an application program with the fake entry address; a memory monitoring unit (111) to determine whether the fake entry address is loaded during execution of the application program; and an entry address unmasking unit (112) to generate a new entry address, which is obtained by loading the setting value from the storage and unmasking the fake entry address with the use of the setting value, and to replace the fake entry address with the new entry address, when the fake entry address is loaded.
US12259959B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to passwordless authentication. Techniques include identifying a request by a user to access an access-restricted target resource, the user operating on a client computing device and the request being associated with a network address for the access-restricted target resource; intercepting the request; generating a unique session identifier for the user; making available the unique session identifier to the user of the client computing device; performing dual-mode, passwordless authentication of the user; confirming, based on the dual-mode, passwordless authentication of the user, the identity of the user and the user's current use of the client computing device; and permitting, based on the confirmation, the user to access the access-restricted target resource.
US12259955B2
An electronic device and method for authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords is provided. The electronic device retrieves a pre-stored password associated with a user and a predefined number associated with the retrieved pre-stored password. The retrieved predefined number corresponds to a number of times an entry of a correct password is required for an authentication of the user. The electronic device receives a set of user inputs that corresponds to an entered password associated with the user. The electronic device compares, for the number of times associated with the user, the entered password in each user input with the retrieved pre-stored password. The electronic device determines that the entered password in each user input corresponds to the retrieved pre-stored password, based on the comparison. The electronic device authenticates the user based on the determination and controls a display device to render authentication information based on the authentication.
US12259954B1
Differentiation of access within the metaverse. According to one aspect, a metaverse visualization of an environment is modified as viewed by an avatar upon access of the environment by another avatar. According to another aspect, access of an avatar to a restricted access environment within the metaverse enables trusted avatars selective access to the restricted access environment together with the avatar.
US12259947B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to selectively relying on additional suggestion model(s) when generating selectable suggestions, while also maintaining access to a default suggestion model. The selectable suggestions can be generated using one or more additional multi-domain machine learning (ML) models, which can be optionally available to the client application, regardless of whether a default suggestion model remains useful for generating suitable suggestions. In some implementations, as the client application employs various additional multi-domain ML models, a particular model can be identified as improving suggestions for the client application, at least based on user feedback and/or other data. The particular model can then be selected to replace and/or supplement the default suggestion model, in order to provide more accurate suggestions that, when selected, initialize actions that can preserve time and computational resources.
US12259941B1
Methods and apparatus for job scheduling in a programmable mixed-radix DFT/IDFT processor. In one embodiment, a system for processing network data from a wireless communications network includes a vector pipeline, a programmable mixed radix engine, and a job scheduler. The vector pipeline is configured to scale, stage, and multiply twiddle factor to vector data from a mega-job. The programmable mixed radix engine is configurable for computing jobs bundled in the mega-job in accordance with a DFT of a particular point size. The job scheduler is operable to bundle multiple discrete Fourier transform (DFT) jobs having a substantially same point size into the mega-job after obtaining the DFT jobs.
US12259932B2
A website misclassification report is received. A determination is made that a current classification model correctly classifies a website. The current classification model is different from a model that was previously used to classify the website. In response to a determination that the website is correctly classified by the current classification model, a reclassification operation is performed, using the current classification model, on a second website.
US12259929B2
Systems and methods for determining an intended user selection of a search result. For example, a system may display a first set of search results, including a first search result, and thereafter replace display of the first set of search results with a second set of search results, including a second search result. The system may receive selection of the second search result. If the selection of the second search result was received shortly after display of the second set of search results replaced the first set of search results, the system may update the selection from the second search result to the first search result. For example, if selection of the second search result occurred shortly after display of the second search result replaced the first search result, the system may determine that the user intended to select the first search result but inadvertently selected the second search result.
US12259914B1
Techniques for predicting an answer to a question using a machine learning model are described. In some examples, the model predicts one or more answers to the question by: predicting at least two answers to the question using a first component of the question-answer model from a set of passages, generating, using a second component of the question-answer model, at least one question for each of the predicted at least two answers, and performing roundtrip predictions until each generated question only has one answer.
US12259912B2
There is provided a method and a system for generating an interactive search interface in response to a search request by using at least one machine learning (ML) model. A search request such as one of a word, a sentence, a paragraph, and a document is received, and a semantic representation of the search request is received. Semantically similar documents are received by: comparing the search request semantic representation with document representations to obtain semantic similarity scores, and selecting semantically similar documents based on the scores. For each of the set of semantically similar documents, a respective set of similar paragraphs, sentences, and words are determined based on associated representations. An interactive search interface is generated and displayed to a user interface. A selection of a given document is received, and each of the respective set of similar paragraphs, sentences, and similar words associated with the given document are displayed.
US12259911B2
Personal information management (PIM) systems and methods in which a plurality of datastores, including a graph datastore and a non-graph datastore are maintained. The graph datastore stores nodes representing each item of personal information data (PID) and edges representing relationships between the PID items. A user interface is generated to accept user input selecting a first PID item. A first node in the graph datastore representing the first PID item is identified and the graph datastore is searched to identify one or more additional nodes in the graph datastore which are connected by edges to the first node. One or more additional PID items that are represented by the additional nodes are retrieved from the non-graph datastore and the first PID item and the additional PID items are presented in the user interface.
US12259908B2
In certain embodiments, multi-modal-based generation of settlement instructions may be facilitated. In some embodiments, a portfolio of a live environment may be emulated in a projected environment. A target portfolio may be generated in the projected environment based on the emulated portfolio. Partial synchronization between the target portfolio of the projected environment and the portfolio of the live environment may be performed such that a first subset of changes to the portfolio of the live environment are reflected in the target portfolio of the projected environment. Subsequent to the partial synchronization, the target portfolio of the projected environment may be updated such that the update of the target portfolio accounts for the first subset of changes. Subsequent to the update of the target portfolio, settlement instructions may be generated based on differences between the target portfolio of the projected environment and the portfolio of the live environment.
US12259905B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for data synchronization in a data analysis system. The data analysis system comprises a source and target database system. The method comprises: receiving a change record describing an operation performed on a data record in the source database system. The change record may be read for determining a value of a distribution key of the data record. The value of the distribution key may be used for selecting a target database node of the target database system where the operation is to be performed. A direct connection may be established to the selected target database node and the change record may be provided to the selected target database node through the direct connection.
US12259904B1
A system for electronically automating reduction component selection, conversion, disaggregation, and assignment is provided. The system generates graphical user interfaces that accept data relating to a reduction component to be analyzed and assigned to a qualified facility. The system identifies a segment associated with each reduction component and identifies all reduction components within a segment. A reduction concentration is determined in near real time for each segment by totaling the concentrations for each reduction component within a segment. The reduction concentration is compared to an Available Reduction Threshold to determine if facility capacity has been exceeded for new reduction components and for previously assigned reduction components.
US12259886B2
A user device is operable to determine a query request based on first user input to a graphical user interface displayed by the user device. Query cost data is determined based on the query request. A prompt is displayed via the graphical user interface that indicates the query cost data. Query approval data is determined based on second user input to the graphical user interface in response to the prompt. The query request is transmitted to an analytics system for execution against a database system when the query approval data indicates approval to transmit the query request.
US12259880B2
Techniques for generating an interactive visualization tool for building nested queries are disclosed. The interactive nested query visualization tool allows a user to observe, analyze, and modify query characteristics and attributes of a set of nested queries. A system displays an interactive visual depiction of a set of nested queries. Visual representations of the nested queries are positioned relative to each other based on the relationships between the nested queries. The system displays, simultaneously with the set of nested queries, editable fields for a selected query. The system modifies a functionality of a user interface based on which of the nested queries is selected.
US12259878B2
A method includes determining a query expression indicating a query for execution against a plurality of rows. A superset-guaranteeing expression is generated in conjunctive normal form (CNF) based on the query expression. A query operator execution flow is generated to include a plurality of index-based IO operators based on the superset-guaranteeing expression and to further include at least one additional operator. Execution of the query is facilitated by applying the plurality of index-based IO operators to identify a first subset of rows as a proper subset of the plurality of rows based on index data stored of the plurality of rows, and by applying the at least one additional operator to the first subset of rows to identify a second subset of rows as a subset of the first subset of rows.
US12259872B2
Provided are a system and method for evaluating integrity of a parsed file system. The system includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor and storing computer-executable instructions that cause the system to read an allocation tracker, create an allocated blocks collection of each block identifier within the allocation tracker indicated to be currently allocated, create an initially empty reference anomaly blocks collection, for each block of each file system object referenced by the file system object, determine that the associated block identifier is present in the allocated blocks collection or not, respectively remove the block identifier from the allocated blocks collection or add the block identifier to the reference anomaly blocks collection, determine that the allocated blocks collection and the reference anomaly blocks collection are empty or not empty and respectively indicate a successful evaluation or an unsuccessful evaluation.
US12259861B2
Aspects of a data environment, such as the creation, provisioning, and management of data stores and instances, are managed using a separate control environment. A user can call into an externally-facing interface of the control environment, the call being analyzed to determine actions to be performed in the data environment. A monitoring component of the control plane also can periodically communicate with the data environment to determine any necessary actions to be performed, such as to recover from faults or events in the data environment. A workflow can be instantiated that includes tasks necessary to perform the action. For each task, state information can be passed to a component in the data environment operable to perform the task, until all tasks for an action are completed. Data in the data environment can be accessed directly using an externally-facing interface of the data environment, without accessing the control plane.
US12259855B1
A system receives a layout representation of a metasurface, the metasurface including a number of scatterers arranged in a spatial order, each scatterer having one of a number of geometries. The system identifies one or more consecutive ones of the scatterers in the spatial order. The system identifies a sequence representing consecutive ones of the geometries, the sequence being associated with one or more consecutive ones of the scatterers in the spatial order. The system associates a two-dimensional coordinate to the sequence, the two-dimensional coordinate corresponding to a position in the metasurface where the sequence starts. The system generates an output layout file including a reference to the sequence and the associated two-dimensional coordinate.
US12259853B1
A method is provided that includes establishing, by an application server, a remote access session with a client device, and creating, by a file system agent running on the application server, a metadata-only virtual file system associated with the remote access session, wherein the virtual file system only comprises file metadata associated with a plurality of files residing in a local file system of the client device. The method further includes responsive to receiving, by the virtual file system, a request to access content of a file referenced by the virtual file system, redirecting the request to a file system driver implementing at least a sub-tree of the local file system of the client device.
US12259844B2
In an embodiment a microcontroller includes a processing unit and a deserial-serial peripheral interface (DSPI) module, wherein the deserial-serial peripheral interface module is coupleable to a communication bus configured to operate according to a selected communication protocol, wherein the processing unit is configured to read user data intended for inclusion in an outgoing frame encoded according to the selected communication protocol, calculate, as a function of the user data, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value intended for inclusion in the outgoing frame, compose the outgoing frame by including the user data and the calculated CRC value into the outgoing frame, produce a DSPI frame encoded according to the selected communication protocol as a function of the outgoing frame and program a data register of the deserial-serial peripheral interface module with the DSPI frame, and wherein the deserial-serial peripheral interface module is configured to transmit the DSPI frame via the communication bus.
US12259841B2
The present disclosure provides for an architecture for a multi-interface card environment, such as a server that includes multiple network interface cards (NICs) or peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) cards. The architecture includes a passive optical splitter coupled between a leader clock and the multiple interface cards or PCIes. The optical splitter can be used to distribute clock time from the leader clock to the interface cards. The architecture provides for distribution of timing in a scalable manner in the multi-NIC environments for cloud deployments.
US12259819B2
A method, system, and computer program product for managing a storage system, comprising: analyzing an access request for a first storage block of the set of storage blocks; in response to the access request comprising a read request: in response to the first storage block residing in the cache: processing the read request from the cache; promoting the first storage block within the cache; and destaging the first storage block to the storage device with the first compression ratio; and in response to the first storage block not residing in the cache: processing the read request from the storage device; and copying the first storage block to the cache; in response to the access request comprising a write request: writing the first storage block to the cache; and destaging the first storage block to the storage device using the first compression ratio.
US12259806B2
A processing device receives one or more inputs for design verification of an integrated circuit using an emulation compiler. The processing device determines a type of compiler for processing the one or more inputs. In response to determining that the type of compiler is a simulation compiler, the processing device modifies the simulation compiler according to the one or more inputs to form a modified simulation compiler to match one or more emulation semantics associated with the emulation compiler. The processing device performs a design verification using the modified simulation compiler.
US12259805B1
A method includes receiving executable binary code and a machine-readable specification that (1) defines a control flow pattern and a dataflow constraint and (2) is associated with a library function call. A target of a library function call site is retrieved, the library function call site being associated with the library function call and included in the executable binary code. An indication of an execution path in the executable binary code is identified based on the control flow pattern the target. An argument of the library function call is identified based on the dataflow constraint, the target, and the indication of the execution path. The method also includes determining, using solver software, that the argument satisfies the dataflow constraint defined by machine-readable specification. In response to the determining, a signal that indicates that the executable binary code is associated with a predetermined software action is transmitted.
US12259800B2
A method for processing data exactly once using transactional stream writes includes receiving, from a client, a batch of data blocks for storage on memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The batch of data blocks is associated with a corresponding sequence number and represents a number of rows of a table stored on the memory hardware. The method also includes partitioning the batch of data blocks into a plurality of sub-batches of data blocks. For each sub-batch of data blocks, the method further includes assigning the sub-batch of data blocks to a buffered stream; writing, using the assigned buffered stream, the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware; updating a storage log with an intent to commit the sub-batch of data blocks using the assigned buffered stream; and committing the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware.
US12259798B2
A current configuration of one or more data management services is monitored. It is determined that the current configuration is insufficient to achieve a data protection intent indicated by a specification of the data protection intent. In response to determining that the current configuration is insufficient to achieve the data protection intent indicated by the specification of the data protection intent, the current configuration of the one or more data management services is modified in a manner to achieve the data protection intent indicated by the specification of the data protection intent.
US12259794B2
A technique enables coordination of unrelated software components to facilitate extensive recovery point management on a snapshot or recovery point through the use of a flexible tag structure. The tag is organized and arranged as a {key=value,[value] . . . } structure wherein the key denotes an operation that requires coordination between the unrelated software components and the value(s) denote multi-cardinality that provide parameters for coordination of the operation. The multi-cardinality aspect of the flexible tag structure provides a set of values associated with the key of the tag that enables a software component and/or protocol to insert its value(s) into the tag structure for its interpretation. The technique thus provides an extensible model where multiple components/protocols use the tag to coordinate operations on the RP by conveying certain meaning/interpretations of the tag and its values.
US12259792B1
One example method includes generating first and second snapshots of a shared protection namespace of a backup storage device. The first snapshot includes a first working frozen copy of an active namespace and the second snapshot includes a second work working frozen copy of the active namespace. First and second point-in-time copies of the first and second working frozen copies are generated in the shared protection namespace. The first point-in-time copy includes first files extracted from the first working frozen copy and that are stacked in at least one first horizontal file. The second point-in-time copy includes the second files included in the second working frozen copy that are stacked in at least one second horizontal file. A retention lock is applied to the at least one first and second horizontal files.
US12259781B2
A method includes: generating, based on a hash function using at least one input including first data, a first digest; storing the first data in a memory; reading the first data from the memory; generating, based on the read data, a second digest; comparing the first digest and the second digest; and determining, based on comparing the first digest and the second digest, whether the read data is corrupted.
US12259772B2
A power management circuit includes a control signal reception circuit configured to receive a power control signal for controlling an operation of the power management circuit in correspondence to a driving mode of a panel, from a microcontroller which receives information on the driving mode of the panel; an output signal change circuit configured to change an output signal of the power management circuit in response to the power control signal; a control target selection circuit configured to select a control target circuit to which the output signal is to be transferred; and an output signal transmission circuit configured to transfer the output signal to the control target circuit.
US12259757B2
A mobile terminal device including a camera for imaging the person to be photographed and a flexible and foldable display is provided with a line of sight detection unit for detecting a line of sight of the person to be photographed. Here, when photographing in the state where the mobile terminal device is folded, the mobile terminal device displays a mirror image on the display part on the side of the person to be photographed when it has been identified that the line of sight direction of the person to be photographed detected by the line of sight detection unit is directed to the display part on the side of the person to be photographed, the camera, or at least the mobile terminal device itself.
US12259755B2
A flexible display includes: a first layer structure and a second layer structure, where the first layer structure includes a first structure located at a same layer as the second layer structure and a second structure stacked on the second layer structure; a third layer structure, where the third layer structure covers the second structure and a first part of the first structure; a fourth layer structure, where the fourth layer structure is disposed at a same layer as the third layer structure, and covers a second part of the first structure; and a fifth layer structure, where the fifth layer structure covers the third layer structure and the fourth layer structure, and is fixedly connected to the third layer structure and the fourth layer structure.
US12259750B2
A display device includes first color filter, a second color filter, a third color filter, a first transparent region, a second transparent region, a third transparent region and a fourth transparent region. The second color filter has a first edge extending along a first direction and a second edge extending along a second direction. The first color filter is disposed adjacent to the first edge, and the third color filter is disposed adjacent to the second edge. The first color filter, the second color filter and third color filter are surrounding by the first transparent region, the second transparent region, the third transparent region and the fourth transparent region. Areas of the first transparent region, the second transparent region, the third transparent region and the fourth transparent region are greater than areas of the first color filter, the second color filter and the third color filter.
US12259745B2
A real-time clock module includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a first clock signal by oscillating a resonator; an interface circuit configured to receive alarm setting data; a memory in which the alarm setting data and a program are to be stored; and a processor configured to execute the program to perform a comparison process of comparing clocking data generated based on the first clock signal with the alarm setting data, and output an alarm signal according to a result of the comparison process.
US12259731B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for the preemptive logical configuration of vehicle control systems. A vehicle control computer may determine a location of a vehicle. The vehicle control computer may query a historical data source server for historical incident data corresponding to a first vicinity around the first location of the vehicle. Based on the historical incident data, the vehicle control computer may identify one or more driving danger areas in the first vicinity around the first location of the vehicle, wherein each of the one or more driving danger areas are associated with one or more driving hazards. The vehicle control computer may generate a configuration for vehicle operation in the first vicinity around the first location of the vehicle based on the one or more driving danger areas and may update driving logic of the vehicle with the configuration.
US12259730B2
A process for automating control of an industrial vehicle based on location comprises scanning an environment, by using an optical scanner affixed to the industrial vehicle. A marker defined by a series of tags is identified by recursively receiving a reflection of the optical scanner; determining if the reflection is indicative of an optical tag; and concatenating the indication of an optical tag to the marker. Once the marker is identified, the marker is transformed into an environmental condition and a status of the vehicle is determined, where the status correlates to the environmental condition. Further, an automated control is applied on the industrial vehicle based on the environmental condition and the status of the industrial vehicle.
US12259719B2
An electronic device manufacturing system configured to receive, by a processor, input data reflecting a feature related to a manufacturing process of a substrate. The manufacturing system is further configured to generate a characteristic sequence defining a relationship between at least two manufacturing parameters, and determine a relationship between one or more variables related to the feature and the characteristic sequence. The manufacturing system is further configured to determine a weight based on the determined relationship and apply the weight to the feature. The manufacturing system is further configured to train a machine-learning model in view of the weighted feature.
US12259706B2
A method of monitoring an industrial plant, implemented by an apparatus, includes receiving operational data from each of a plurality of electric drives via a corresponding communication interface. The method further includes converting the operational data from a pre-determined data format to a machine-readable data format and determining a plurality of events for each of the plurality of drives based on the corresponding machine-readable data. The method includes determining a plurality of critical events corresponding to the plurality of drives based on the plurality of events and generating a recommendation based on at least one of the plurality of critical events. The method also includes presenting the recommendation on an output device in a human readable format.
US12259705B2
An apparatus includes a debugger circuit, debug pins, and a test controller circuit. The test controller circuit is configured to, in a programming mode, determine a subset of the debug pins used in programming the apparatus. The test controller circuit is further configured to save a designation of the subset of the debug pins. The test controller circuit is further configured to, in a test mode subsequent to the programming mode, use the designation to route the subset of the debug pins used in programming the apparatus to the debugger circuit for debug input and output with the server.
US12259703B2
A control device calculates a specified quantile in stored data relating to a load applied on a spindle, as a target spindle load, and controls a feed speed of the spindle as to a work, so that the measured load applied on the spindle is the calculated target spindle load. A user can set the target spindle load with the load on the spindle measured in a state in which the work is being stably machined as a reference.
US12259695B2
A controller for a technical system is trained using a machine learning method. For this purpose, a chronological sequence of training data is detected for the machine learning method, the training data including both state data as well as control action data of the technical system. A change in the control action data over time is detected specifically and correlated with changes in the state data over time within different time windows, wherein a time window-specific correlation value is ascertained in each case. A resulting time window is then ascertained on the basis of the ascertained correlation values, and the training data which is found within the resulting time window is extracted in a time window-specific manner. The controller is trained by means of the machine learning method using the extracted training data and thereby configured to control the technical system.
US12259691B2
An electronic watch includes memory that stores a reference time and a time difference relative to the reference time, a timekeeper that clocks the reference time, a time display unit that includes an hour hand displaying a display time based on the reference time and the time difference, a calendar display unit that displays a date based on the reference time and the time difference, an operation device that includes a crown or a button, and a controller that, in a set time-difference setting range, corrects the time difference at a regular interval for each of operations of the operation device, and updates the hour hand and the date in accordance with the corrected time difference.
US12259687B2
Disclosed is a unidirectional clutch wheel assembly that includes a first wheel, a second wheel coaxial with the first wheel and including an inner toothing, a rigid drive member rotationally fixed with respect to the first wheel and at least one rigid pawl connected to the rigid drive member by an elastic strip. The rigid pawl is locked against the inner toothing by the rigid drive member to rotationally fix the first and second wheels to each other when the first wheel or the second wheel is rotationally driven in a direction corresponding to coupling. The inner toothing has asymmetrical teeth. The rigid pawl is arranged, in its position locked against the inner toothing, to be in point contact, in top plan view, with two consecutive teeth of the inner toothing and with the rigid drive member.
US12259682B2
A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and an ester compound, wherein the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic-based resin, the styrene-acrylic-based resin contains a specific unit, the ester compound has a specific structure, and a molar ratio of the specific unit to the ester compound is 0.5 to 1.5.
US12259677B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a developing member to develop an electrostatic latent image at a developing portion, a transfer member to transfer a developer image to a recording member at a transfer portion; and a brush provided with a plurality of base materials contacting the image bearing member at downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the developing portion in a rotational direction of the image bearing member. The developer remaining on the surface of the image bearing member is collected in the developing portion. An average distance between base materials of the brush with respect to a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member is larger than an average particle diameter of the developer, and is equal to or less than a length corresponding to a special frequency visually recognizable by a user when the image formed by the image forming apparatus is observed by the user.
US12259674B2
Provided is an electrophotographic electroconductive member, including: an electroconductive support; an electroconductive layer; and a surface layer in order, wherein an impedance is 1.0×103Ω to 1.0×108Ω at an outer surface of the electroconductive member, in the surface layer, an electronic electroconductive agent is dispersed, the electroconductive layer has a matrix containing a cross-linked product of a first rubber and domains each containing a cross-linked product of a second rubber and electroconductive particles, and wherein, and wherein among the domains observed in specified observation regions, 80% by number or more of the domains satisfy (1) and (2): (1) a proportion of sectional areas of the electroconductive particles with respect to the domain is 20% or more; (2) A/B is 1.00 to 1.10 when A is a perimeter of the domain and B is an envelope perimeter.
US12259673B1
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer provided on the conductive substrate, containing a binder resin and an electron transport material, and satisfying Expression 1-1, and a photosensitive layer provided on the undercoat layer, a charging device that charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a developer containing a toner to form a toner image, and a transfer device that transfers the toner image to a surface of a recording medium, in which a moving time of an outer peripheral surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, required from charging performed by the charging device to development performed by the developing device, is 90 msec or longer, Expression 1-1: 0.20≤EF1−ELUMO1≤0.60 (in Expression 1-1, EF1 represents a Fermi level of the undercoat layer, and ELUMO1 represents an energy level of LUMO of the undercoat layer).
US12259667B2
A developer replenishing container configured to be detachably attachable to a developer replenishing device and to replenish developer via the developer replenishing device is disclosed. The developer replenishing container includes: a developer replenishing portion with a replenishing opening; and a shutter with at least one shutter opening that can communicate with the replenishing opening, the shutter being configured to open and close the replenishing opening according to attaching and detaching operations of the developer replenishing container, wherein the shutter is movable between a sealing position where the replenishing opening is sealed, a replenishing position where the shutter opening faces the replenishing opening to replenish developer from the developer replenishing container, and a filling position where the developer replenishing container is filled with developer without sealing the replenishing opening.
US12259661B2
The present disclosure discloses an overlay mark, an overlay marking method and an overlay measuring method. The overlay marking method includes at least: preparing a first material layer; preparing a first mark group on the first material layer, and the first mark group is a centrally symmetrical pattern; preparing a second material layer on the first material layer; preparing a second mark group corresponding to the first mark group on the second material layer, and the second mark group is a centrally symmetrical pattern; centers of symmetry of the second mark group and the first mark group are located on the same vertical line; preparing a third material layer on the second material layer; preparing a third mark group corresponding to the first mark group and the second mark group on the third material layer, and the third mark group is a centrally symmetrical pattern.
US12259641B2
A waterproof camera system that maintains a wireless connection state with an external device while floating on a water surface includes an image pickup apparatus equipped with a wireless module, a waterproof casing that hermetically stores the image pickup apparatus, and a float attached to the waterproof casing. An antenna unit of the wireless module is arranged at either a position with a height approximately equal to a water surface or a position separated from the water surface in an above water direction in each of a first position where the waterproof camera system floats on the water surface so that the image pickup apparatus can perform underwater image pickup and a second position where the waterproof camera system floats on the water surface so that the image pickup apparatus can perform above water image pickup.
US12259635B2
A system for generating a coherent laser light includes a light source configured to pump a first color laser light and a device configured to generate a coherent second color light and a coherent third color light. The device includes a waveguide configured to couple to the light source and a microring resonator coupled to the light source via the waveguide. The microring resonator is configured to generate a coherent second color light and a coherent third color light. The generation of the coherent second color light and the coherent third color light is based on hybrid-mode optical parametric oscillation.
US12259634B2
A multiplexed single photon source for quasi-deterministically generating single photons, wherein heralded random single photons generated by pulsed random single photon source are sent through a series of optical switches each having first and second input and output modes and each capable of being switched from a first state corresponding to a SWAP operation to a second state corresponding to an Identity operation on the mode space, whereby the first and second input and output modes of the switches are connected in series to form a first and second optical path respectively, and whereby a first output mode of a last optical switch forms the output mode of the multiplexed single photon source and a second output mode of the last optical switch is connected by a delay loop introducing a time delay Td to the second input mode of a first optical switch. It furthermore relates to a method of quasi-deterministically generating single photons with such a multiplexed single photon source, the method comprising initializing, before or at the start of a first cycle, the first switch in the first state and all subsequent switches in the second state; switching, when the generation of a random single photon is heralded, the first switch to the second state after that photon has been routed onto the closed optical path formed by the second optical path and the delay loop, thereby ensuring that the photon may loop around the closed optical path; and, switching, at the start of the Nth cycle, a last switch of the series of optical switches into the first state, thereby causing the photon to be routed out of the closed optical path and into the output mode of the multiplexed single photon source, such that the photon is output quasi-deterministically at a time N Td after the start of the first cycle.
US12259633B2
Nonlinear optical chromophores having one or more diamondoid groups covalently attached to the chromophore, methods of making nonlinear optical chromophores, their use in thin films and electro-optical devices containing such nonlinear optical chromophores and thin films comprising the same.
US12259621B2
A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a thin film transistor on the first substrate, an organic buffer layer between the first substrate and the thin film transistor, a second substrate, a color filter layer on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, and a backlight unit below the liquid crystal panel. The second substrate is between the backlight unit and the first substrate.
US12259612B2
A light control film and a display panel are provided. Light blocking members of the light control film are disposed on a side of a first base material layer, and light transmissive regions are defined between the light blocking members. Light transmissive members are filled in the light transmissive regions. Light control members are disposed on the light transmissive members corresponding to the light transmissive regions and are configured to decrease light emission angles of light passing through the light transmissive members. Therefore, when a specific light emission angle is realized, an area of the light transmissive regions can be increased to remedy a problem that a low light transmittance rate exists in current anti-peep films.
US12259610B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image; a top chassis provided along an outer periphery of the display panel and supporting the display panel, the top chassis including a magnet fastening portion therein; a chassis cover provided on an exterior of the top chassis and covering the top chassis; a magnet provided on the magnet fastening portion and configured to allow the chassis cover to be detachably mounted to the top chassis; and an elastic bracket configured to fasten the magnet to the magnet fastening portion, the elastic bracket may include a bracket body to which the magnet is mounted and an interference portion configured to interfere with the magnet fastening portion.
US12259603B2
Tunable devices and methods for fine tuning the optical responses of thin film devices post fabrication are described. This approach modifies the refractive indices of the chalcogenide glass thin films incorporated into the devices, and using this change in the refractive indices to fine tune the optical responses of the devices. Thermal annealing may be used to modify the refractive index. Thermal annealing provides good uniformity in large-area devices and may be applied to multi-layer structures.
US12259589B2
An enclosure box assembly for fiber optic cable includes an enclosure box, a backplate, a preterminated fiber optic drop cable preinstalled with the enclosure box, and a fiber optic adapter preinstalled with the enclosure box and optically connected with the fiber optic drop cable. The backplate includes a plurality of latches that are configured to interlock with a complementary latching structure on the enclosure box, and a plurality of slotted countersunk screw holes configured to receive screws for attaching the backplate to a support structure. The backplate includes a first exit opening through a middle portion of the backplate, a second exit opening at a top end of the backplate, and a third exit opening at a bottom end of the backplate.
US12259585B2
A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector may include a reversible keying arrangement for determining the orientation for plugging the connector into an adapter to thereby allow for a change in polarity of the connection to be made on site. The connector housing may be configured to engage with a removable key that may be engaged with the housing in at least two different locations to provide the plug-in orientation, or the housing may have slidably displaceable keys movable between multiple positions on the housing.
US12259583B2
This application provides a pre-connector and a communications device. The pre-connector includes a connector component and an outdoor component. The connector component includes a ferrule base and a ferrule that is slidable relative to the ferrule base. The ferrule base is configured to fasten the optical cable, and the ferrule is connected to an optical fiber that is of the optical cable and that is inserted into the ferrule base. In this way, the optical fiber can be connected to the communications device by using the ferrule. The outdoor component includes: a spindle that is sleeved on the ferrule base and that is fastened to the ferrule base; and a handle sleeve sleeved on the spindle. The outdoor component is used as a connecting piece to be detachably fastened and connected to the communications device, so as to provide a locking force used when the communications device is connected.
US12259582B2
A ferrule mold having a reverse-image of a through-hole array for optical fibers is formed. A non-polymeric ferrule material is deposited in the reverse-image mold, followed by removing the mold to create a multi-fiber connector ferrule having at least two fiber through-holes. An optical fiber is inserted in each through-hole until each fiber endface is positioned approximately even with a connection surface of the ferrule. A fiber recess for each of the optical fibers is formed such that each fiber is recessed from the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface by a distance of at least 0.1 micron. The recess may be formed by differential polishing of the non-polymeric ferrule and endfaces of the optical fibers. Alternatively, a layer of spacer material may be deposited over the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface. An antireflection coating is deposited over the ends of the recessed fibers.
US12259577B2
A display module is provided, where a display screen includes a first abutting edge, a second abutting edge, and a display body located between the first abutting edge and the second abutting edge, where the first abutting edge and the second abutting edge are located in space enclosed by the display body, the display body includes a first curved display area and a second curved display area, where the first curved display area is connected to the first abutting edge, the second curved display area is connected to the second abutting edge, the first curved display area and the second curved display area form a groove, a refracted light guide member is fixed in the groove, and the refracted light guide member refracts light, emitted from the first curved display area and the second curved display area, onto a plane in which an opening of the groove is located.
US12259572B2
An optical composite structure includes first, second and third prism sheets. The first prism sheet has a first light incident surface and a first light exit surface opposite to each other. The second prism sheet has a second light incident surface facing the first light exit surface and a second light exit surface opposite to the second light incident surface, and includes a haze layer having the second light incident surface and a prism layer which is stacked on the haze layer and which has the second light exit surface. The third prism sheet has a third light incident surface facing the second light exit surface, and includes a haze layer and a prism layer stacked on the haze layer of the third prism sheet. The haze layer of the third prism sheet has a haze greater than a haze of the haze layer of the second prism sheet.
US12259567B2
A stereo imaging film includes: a focusing layer including at least one focusing unit, the at least one focusing unit each includes a plurality of micro-nano structures; and a graphic layer including at least two graphic units in a same layer, the at least two graphic units each include a plurality of micrographics, the plurality of micrographics of the at least two graphic units have different arrangements. One of the at least one focusing unit is corresponding to the at least two graphic units, and the at least two graphic units form graphic images with different image heights through the focusing unit. Each focusing unit forms graphic images through the focusing units, and thus the technical problem of poor stereo sensation of the suspended image is solved.
US12259561B2
A spot-size converter includes first and second waveguide structures. The first waveguide structure extends longitudinally along a waveguide axis from a first end to a second end and is configured to support a first optical mode at the first end. The second waveguide structure is formed within the first waveguide structure. The second waveguide structure extends longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The second waveguide structure is configured to support a second optical mode at the second end. The second optical mode has a different diameter than the first optical mode. The second waveguide structure includes a waveguide core that has a first cross-sectional area in a first plane normal to the waveguide axis at the first end and a second cross-sectional area in a second plane normal to the waveguide axis at the second end. The second cross-sectional area is larger than the first cross-sectional area.
US12259557B2
An apparatus, system, and method for a lens assembly for a head-mounted device includes a frame and a lens assembly. The lens assembly is configured to be carried by the frame. The lens assembly includes a lens bulk, an edge thickness, and a power layer. The edge thickness includes a predetermined thickness value that is configured to be compatible with (e.g., a slot in) the frame. The power layer is configured to be set to one of a number of predetermined power levels while maintaining the edge thickness within the predetermined thickness value. The power layer is configured to define a course power level of the lens assembly (e.g., in the range of −6.00 D to +6.00 D).
US12259555B2
Provided are: an image display apparatus in which the utilization efficiency of a virtual image is high and the virtual image having high brightness uniformity can be displayed to be superimposed on a real image; and AR glasses including the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes: a display element; one or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers that reflect a display image of the display element; and a transparent reflection element that reflects the image reflected by the cholesteric liquid crystal layer to the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, in which at least one of the cholesteric liquid crystal layers has a structure having a region where a surface pitch changes in a thickness direction.
US12259552B2
A head-mounted display (HMD) system including a lens element supported by a support structure, the lens element having a waveguide with an incoupler configured to receive light from an optical scanner of the HMD. The incoupler is configured with multiple features varying in at least one of height, spacing, angle, or density. The features may be separated into discrete zones along the incoupler such that at least one of height, spacing, angle, or density of the plurality of features is varied over the incoupler and constant within a given zone or the features may be varied continuously across the incoupler.
US12259551B2
Disclosed is a wearable electronic device including a frame, a pair of window members supported by the frame, a pair of leg members rotatably connected to the frame, at least one display module disposed between the pair of window members, and at least one mirror member configured to reflect light emitted from the at least one display module and cause the emitted light to reach at least one of the pair of window members.
US12259549B2
A vehicle includes a windshield, a display panel, a virtual image optical system forming an optical path of an image light emitted from the display panel onto the windshield, an outer housing, and a control circuit to control the display panel. The outer housing includes an outer case accommodating the virtual image optical system and having the image display panel attached thereto, an upper cover from which the image light is emitted, and a bottom cover covering a bottom portion of the outer case and having fins on an outer surface thereof. The bottom cover accommodates the display panel and the bottom surface of the outer case when fixed to the outer case and the display panel to isolate them from an external space of the outer housing. A heat conductive portion having a thermal conductivity higher than that of air is between the control circuit and the bottom cover.
US12259539B2
An optical microscope (10) comprising a first optical microscope (R); and a second optical microscope (Q) with a different mode of operation to the first optical microscope (R). The optical microscope (10) is configured such that the first optical microscope (R) and the second optical microscope (Q) simultaneously view a sample on a sample stage (I).
US12259538B2
A sample chamber encloses a sample space for positioning a sample and includes a wall that delimits the sample space and has an outer side facing away from the sample space. An illumination beam path is directed through the outer side into the sample space. Detection radiation is detected along a detection axis extending from the sample chamber through the wall of the sample chamber. The sample chamber has an outer surface with a shape of a spherical section with a circular disc as the base surface. The sample chamber and the detection axis are rotated and/or pivoted relative to one another about the center point of the circular disc so that different angular positions of the sample chamber relative to the detection axis are adjusted and image data is recorded at different angular positions of the sample chamber relative to the detection axis.
US12259523B2
A hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating system for an ophthalmic lens having increased effective thickness and water contact angle. In one embodiment, the hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating system comprises an anti-reflective coating applied to an ophthalmic lens, the anti-reflective coating comprising alternating layers of high and low index materials with an outer layer of silicon dioxide having exposed hydroxyl groups. A hydrophobic coating is applied to the anti-reflective coating, the hydrophobic coating comprising a silane with a hydrophobic group and fewer than three reactive groups capable of bonding to the exposed hydroxyl groups of the anti-reflective coating.
US12259519B2
A weather drone comprising: a first sensor configured to repeatedly measure one or more parameters indicative of weather; a memory coupled to the first sensor and configured to store data recorded by the first sensor, the data comprising a series of repeatedly measured parameters; and a processor coupled to the first sensor and the memory. The processor is configured to analyse the data as it is being recorded by the first sensor, and determine if the data exceeds a first threshold value and/or falls below a second threshold value. If the processor determines that the data exceeds the first threshold value and/or falls below the second threshold value on at least one occasion, the processor is configured to prevent the storage of further data from the first sensor in the memory.
US12259517B2
Methods and systems are provided for characterizing connate water salinity and resistivity of a subsurface formation. Well log data including resistivity and spontaneous potential (SP) log data are measured by at least one downhole tool disposed within a borehole. The resistivity and SP log data are inverted to determine a resistivity model and an SP model, which are used to determine connate water resistivity. The connate water resistivity is used to determine connate water salinity. The connate water salinity derived from the inversion of resistivity log data and SP log data (or derived from a trained ML system supplied with such log data) can be used as a baseline measure of connate water salinity, and this baseline measure can be evaluated together with the connate water salinity estimates derived from pulsed neutron tool measurements over time-lapsed periods of production to monitor variation in connate water salinity due to production.
US12259516B2
Described herein are systems and techniques for improving an accuracy of determinations made using data sensed in a wellbore or in a laboratory. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensing devices may be used to collect data in a wellbore or lab. NMR sensing devices include a magnet (e.g., a permanent magnet or electromagnet) that provides a magnetic field that aligns the spins of protons in substances near the NMR sensing device. The magnetic field strength provided by the magnet of the NMR sensing device affects the sensitivity of the NMR sensing device and affects frequencies that the NMR sensing device effectively uses when the NMR sensing device operates. Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may measure concentrations of lithium in brine deposits when identifying particular brine deposits that include sufficient lithium concentrations to justify extracting lithium from those particular brine deposits.
US12259507B2
A local area, thermal cosmogenic neutron sensor is used for detecting moisture within a measurement surface. A neutron detector is positioned on a stand structure holding the detector above a measurement surface. A neutron shield is positioned around at least a portion of the neutron detector. The neutron shield substantially covers lateral sides of the neutron detector and substantially an entirety of a top of the neutron detector and is not positioned on a bottom side of the neutron detector. Local area, thermal cosmogenic neutrons propagating from the measurement surface travel through an air space before arriving at the neutron detector.
US12259504B2
Some embodiments include an x-ray detector, comprising a housing; a sensor array disposed in the housing and configured to generate image data in response to incident x-rays; a control logic disposed in the housing; a connector interface integrated with the housing; and an adapter removably couplable to the connector interface; wherein: the control logic is configurable to operate in a plurality of operating modes; and for a first operating mode of the operating modes, the control logic is configured to process the image data and/or transmit the image data through the adapter differently than for a second operating mode of the operating modes.
US12259500B2
A method is disclosed for determining and compensating a proportion of stray light of a measuring beam of a 3D laser scanner by which a 3D point cloud of an object to be detected can be generated via phase-based distance measurement including a first sequence by which first parameters of a proportion of stray light can be determined independently of the 3D point cloud and/or a second sequence by which second parameters of the proportion of stray light dependent on the generated 3D point cloud and a step can be determined. The proportion of stray light can be compensated as a function of the first parameters and/or the second parameters.
US12259497B2
An optical device includes an emitter operable to emit a first light wave. The optical device also includes a detector operable to detect a second light wave that is based on the first light wave. The second light wave is susceptible to being coupled with an undesired light wave that is based on the first light wave. The optical device further includes an interference filter disposed on the detector. The interference filter includes a first filter portion and a second filter portion having a first set of layers formed from a first material and a second set of layers formed from a second, different material. The interference filter is operable to attenuate undesired light waves in multiple distinct environments based on the first and second sets of layers in the second filter portion.
US12259496B2
A system for point cloud data compression including a LiDAR sensor and a compression circuit. The compression circuit receives data for rays from the LiDAR sensor, wherein the data is arranged in cells which map to corresponding rays, and each cell includes a range value. The compression circuit constructs a frame for the received data and, for each cell, determines a velocity associated with the range value for the cell, determines whether to compress the frame with respect to the cell based upon the velocity; and selectively compresses the frame with respect to the cell accordingly. Also disclosed is a system including a device and a server which optionally are co-located. The device gathers data about an environment which is used to generate a point cloud.
US12259495B2
A sensor device for vehicles is disclosed and includes a system with an electronic navigation sensor, a multi-spectral data sensor, a router for receiving data from each sensor, a communications device connected to the router for communicating data, and a computer processor. The computer processor is used to receive data from each sensor, store real time data from each sensor, and store a master data sequence file of data previously collected from the same operating track. The sensor device has software on the computer processor which is programmed to correlate data from the sensors with data from a master data sequence file for the given track, make inferences based on data about an event, and communicate alarms as programmed.
US12259486B2
A method for location determination in a wireless communications system solves a minimization problem using estimated time-of-arrivals (TOAs) of reference signals [108, 110, 112] received by a receiving node [100] from transmitting nodes [102, 104, 106] and predetermined locations of the transmitting nodes, to produce an estimate of unknown receiving node location and/or an estimate of an unknown time of transmission (t) of the reference signals. The minimization problem is defined in terms of a theoretical system model of time-of-arrivals (TOAs), linearized globally as a function of the unknown receiving node location, the unknown time of transmission (t) of the reference signals, and an additional intermediate variable (u) that defines a non-linear quadratic constraint over position coordinates of the unknown receiving node location and the time of transmission (t) of the reference signals, wherein the minimization problem optimizes the additional intermediate variable (u). The method may also be implemented with the roles of transmitters and receivers interchanged.
US12259480B2
Authentication mechanism is provided to open service signals in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), by inverting a plurality of bits in a pseudorandom noise code in a GNSS signal having a predetermined period of a binary bit sequence of N bits. A position of each inverted bit in the binary bit sequence is specified by a serial number generated for each period using a cryptographic pseudorandom number generator, where at least one of the position of the inverted bit and a number of the inverted bits in the period varies period by period. A decryption key is provided to a GNSS receiver, which correlates, using a corresponding cryptographic pseudorandom number generator, the received GNSS signal, and accumulates an amplitude thereof at the inverted bit, thereby determining if the received signal is counterfeit based on the ratio of the inverted bit amplitude with respect to the signal amplitude.
US12259478B2
Disclosed is incorporating an IQ stream into a test signal for a receiver in motion, configuring a path for the motion of the receiver during simulation, a period of the simulation, a transmitter constellation to emulate, and a path of at least one IQ stream transmitter. Also generating signals emulating the transmitter constellation and conditioning the stream to be merged with the signals, using distance and relative motion between receiver and transmitter to determine delay and Doppler shift between transmitter and receiver in motion, scheduling sampling of the signal, including interpolation among samples of the stream, based on delay and Doppler shift, and synthesizing a conditioned stream from the interpolation between the samples, taking into account signal level of the stream, in addition to delay and shift, and merging the conditioned signal with the signals emulating the transmitter constellation and supplying the merged signals to the receiver during the test.
US12259476B2
Systems and methods for detecting a presence of water along a surface and adjusting a speed of a vehicle are provided. The method comprises generating one or more data points from one or more sensors coupled to a vehicle, and, using a processor, determining, based on the one or more data points, whether water is present along a surface, when water is present along the surface, determining a speed adjustment of the vehicle based on the water present along the surface, and generating a control signal configured to cause the vehicle to adjust a speed of the vehicle according to the speed adjustment.
US12259473B2
An optical measurement device and an optical measurement method that can accurately measure a distance and a velocity by removing an influence of a nonlinear chirp of a laser in FMCW LiDAR. The optical measurement device includes a laser that outputs light of which a frequency is modulated; a photodetector; a heterodyne optical system that splits output light of the laser into two components, uses one as probe light, uses the other as reference light, adds a frequency shift to one of the probe light and the reference light, applies the probe light to an object, combines scattered light from the object and the reference light, and causes the combined light to be incident on the photodetector; an IQ detector; and an arithmetic operation processor.
US12259467B2
A terrain referenced navigation system includes a one sensor arranged to measure the elevation of terrain below a current position of the navigation system, a terrain elevation map comprising a plurality of map posts that each comprise terrain elevation data, and a land-water detection unit arranged to calculate a proportion of land and/or water of at least a portion of the terrain elevation map based on the terrain elevation data of said portion of said terrain elevation map. The land-water detection unit provides the ability to estimate a proportion of land and/or water of the terrain elevation map, using the terrain elevation data stored therein. The land-water detection unit allows the navigation system to detect areas of the map that contain transitions between land and water, and compensate accordingly when passing over these areas.
US12259460B2
A ballistic detection system includes a first camera; a second camera; a solar block device associated with at least one camera of the first and second cameras, wherein the solar block device is configured and arranged to block a solar disc in a field of view of the at least one camera; and a ballistics analysis computer configured to obtain image data captured by the first and second cameras, determine at least two points in three-dimensional space, which correspond to image artifacts of a projectile, using intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the first and second cameras, define a trajectory of the projectile within a target volume using the at least two points in three-dimensional space, and find a point of intersection of the trajectory of the projectile with an object associated with the target volume.
US12259458B2
A radar device includes: a first antenna array including a plurality of antennas arranged on a first straight line; a second antenna array including a plurality of antennas arranged on a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line; and a calculation unit that calculates a two-dimensional incoming orientation of one or a plurality of incoming waves based on received values of signals received by the plurality of antennas included in the first antenna array and received values of signals received by the plurality of antennas included in the second antenna array. A closest distance among distances between the plurality of antennas included in the first antenna array and the plurality of antennas included in the second antenna array is larger than an antenna interval of the first antenna array or the second antenna array.
US12259455B2
Calibrating a battery including identifying a historical discharge rate of the battery; segmenting the historical discharge rate of the battery into regions; determining, based on the historical discharge rate of the battery, a first historical charge capacity of the battery for a first region and a second historical charge capacity of the battery for a second region; discharging, at an updated discharge rate, the battery from a first threshold voltage to a second threshold voltage; calculating, based on the updated discharge rate, a first updated charge capacity of the battery for the first region; determining a full charge capacity of the battery based on i) the first updated charge capacity of the battery for the first region and ii) the second historical charge capacity of the battery for the second region; adjusting a charging current of the battery based on the determined full charge capacity of the battery.
US12259452B2
Systems and methods include determination of first shim channels and respective first shim currents to label a labeling region and image an imaging volume, determination of second shim channels and respective second shim currents to label the labeling region, and respective third shim currents to image the imaging volume, execution of a labeling phase of a pulse sequence while the first shim currents are applied to the first shim channels and the second shim currents are applied to the second shim channels, execution of a readout phase of the pulse sequence to readout signals from the imaging volume while the third shim currents are applied to the second shim channels and the first shim currents are applied to the first shim channels, and generation of an image based on the signals.
US12259442B2
Apparatus (100) and method for testing cell contact of battery cells (102) of a battery module (104), which battery cells are electrically connected in parallel via a contacting system (106, 107). The apparatus includes a sensor positioning system (108) for positioning a sensor device (110) at a plurality of test points (112) of the battery module, which is movable along a longitudinal axis (X), a transverse axis (Y), and a vertical axis (Z), and a current generation circuit (114) for generating a battery cell current (I), which is a discharging current from the battery cell or a charging current into the battery cell. The sensor device includes at least one field sensor (118), which, after the sensor device is positioned at one of the test points, detects a field in the region of the test point, which is generated by the battery cell current generated with the current generation circuit.
US12259436B2
Managing a battery including measuring, in response to a first charging current and over a first time period, a first amperage and a first voltage of the cell at predetermined intervals; measuring, in response to a second charging current and over a second time period, a second amperage and a second voltage of the cell at the predetermined intervals; determining that the first amperage of the cell was maintained greater than a first threshold amount of time within the first time period, and in response, qualifying the first amperage and the first voltage as stable; determining that the second amperage of the cell was maintained greater than a second threshold amount of time within the second time period, and in response, qualifying the second amperage and the second voltage as stable; and in response to the qualifying, calculating a DCIR of the cell based on the voltages and the amperage.
US12259422B2
A method for monitoring insulation in a motor drive circuit configured to convert DC power from a power source to AC power to drive a motor. The method includes boosting a DC link voltage of an inverter of the motor drive, isolating the motor drive circuit from the power source; performing at least one isolation test by providing a current path through components of the motor drive and preferably a motor connected to the output of the inverter to be tested; and monitoring the current during each isolation test to detect partial discharge or excessive leakage from the current path, thereby indicating that there exists defects in the insulation in the current path.
US12259420B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a thermal modeling module, data from a Power Sourcing Equipment device (PSE) for cables extending from the PSE to Powered Devices (PDs), the cables configured to transmit power and data from the PSE to the PDs, calculating at the thermal modeling module, thermal characteristics for the cables based on the data, and identifying a thermal rise above a specified threshold at one of the cables. The data comprises real-time electrical data for the cables. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US12259416B2
An Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD)-based noise estimation process is disclosed herein that allows for blind estimations of noise power for a given signal under test. The EMD-based noise estimation process is non-parametric and adaptive to a signal, which allows the EMD-based noise estimation process to operate without necessarily having a priori knowledge about the received signal. Existing approaches to spectrum sensing such as Energy Detector (ED) and Maximum Eigenvalue Detector (MED), for example, may be modified to utilize a EMD-based noise estimation process consistent with the present disclosure to shift the same from semi-blind category to fully-blind category.
US12259409B1
A low profile four probe harmonic load-pull slide screw impedance tuner uses four tuning probes sharing the same slabline; they are inserted in pairs diametrically at fixed depth (distance from the center conductor) from both sides into the channel and move only horizontally along the slabline. The tuner does not have adjustable vertical axes controlling the penetration of the tuning probes and its low profile is optimal for on-wafer operations with direct wafer probe contact. The carriages holding the tuning probes are moved at high speed along the slabline using linear electric actuators. The “S” shaped center conductor allows for a neutral, probe withdrawn, 50 Ohm state. A fast de-embedding calibration method allows speeding up the measurement procedure.
US12259394B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for sequencing proteins. One or more methods disclosed herein may use linkers having an amino acid-reactive group and an additional reactive moiety that may be used to couple a polymerizable molecule. The linker may couple to a polymerizable molecule and an amino acid of a peptide and a capture moiety via the polymerizable molecule, followed by cleavage of the amino acid from the peptide. Further processing and analysis may be conducted using, for example, nanopores or nanogaps.
US12259392B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying a secretome from a subject cell within a heterogeneous cell population when the subject cell contacts a target cell (e.g. a subject immune cell contacts a target cancer cell) or a stimulatory agent and methods of using the identified secretome to identify cells that are safe and efficacious for cellular therapies, including adoptive CAR T-cell therapies.
US12259384B2
Droplet-interface bilayer and lipid bilayer membrane compositions stabilized with an amphiphilic polymer are disclosed. Methods of making and using the compositions are also disclosed.
US12259381B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions to remove or reduce biotin interference from certain assays.
US12259370B2
A spray-capillary device is configured to process ultra-low-volume samples. The spray-capillary device includes a capillary tube that includes a lumen, an inner surface, an outer surface, an inlet end for receiving a fluid, and a discharge end having a porous section. A polymer material may be applied to the inner surface to form a polymer coating thereon. A downstream connector provides an interface between the porous section of the capillary tube, a conductive fluid, and a high voltage electrical source. The application of voltage to the downstream connector causes electrospray ionization, which can be used to draw ultra-low-volume samples into the inlet end. A gas injection assembly can be used to increase the pressure on the inlet end of the capillary tube to encourage movement of the sample therethrough. The spray-capillary device may be used to provide the ultra-low-volume samples to a mass spectrometer or other suitable analytic device.
US12259365B2
The invention provides for a material characterization system, method, and instrumentation for measuring the mechanical properties of nano-scale thin films. The thin film mechanical characterization system, method, and instrumentation of the present invention for ultra-thin films includes a motor and load cell. The instrumentation device includes a bath that can be filled or used with liquid so that a thin film can float via the surface tension and can be stretched until permanent deformation occurs, while recording the amount of force applied by the motor and other parameters. Further, the invention provides a process that transfers the nano-scale thin film to the tensile testing instrument and a process to obtain the physical mechanical properties of thin films that are at the nanoscale level.
US12259363B1
An acoustic apparatus and method of determining the composition of a floor, based on the filtered sound waves produced by vibrating the floor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transducer for generating vibrations and/or sound, as well as microphones for detecting sounds. The apparatus may include two microphones so that ambient noise can be removed from an audio signal.
US12259359B2
There is provided a pipeline inspection apparatus and an ultrasonic module for use in a pipeline inspection apparatus, the module comprising: ultrasonic transducers configured to assess the condition of a pipeline; and an elongate body including a front end and a rear end opposed to the front end, the body configured to mount the ultrasonic transducers around the circumference of the elongate body aligned along adjacent transverse planes wherein the ultrasonic transducers aligned along one transverse plane are rotationally offset from the ultrasonic transducers aligned along an adjacent transverse plane.
US12259355B2
Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis (MCE) assays and reagents to assess purity and to identify impurities in protein drug product samples are provided. Methods for analyzing analytes in a protein drug sample are provided.
US12259353B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods can improve the signal-to-noise ratio of measurements made in biological applications. In some embodiments, an amplifier circuit that comprises a three-terminal device is situated in a configuration (e.g., a common-base or similar configuration) that allows the circuit to detect current through a nanopore while providing feedback to the sense electrode to reduce parasitic capacitance between the sense electrode and the counter electrode. The amplifier circuit may include, for example, a bi-polar junction transistor (BJT), a diamond transistor, a CMOS transistor, an operational transconductance amplifier, a voltage-controlled current source, a transconductor, a macro transistor, and/or a second-generation current conveyor (CCII+).
US12259352B2
A sensing device for detecting a characteristic of an analyte in a sample solution and method of making the same is provided. The device includes one or more sensors configured to measure a characteristic of an analyte in a sample. The device further includes a sample solution that contains the analyte and one or more interfering solutes, wherein the interfering solute reduces a performance characteristic of the one or more sensors. The device further includes a sensor solution in fluidic communication with the one or more sensors. The device further includes a hydrophobic barrier that separates the sample solution from the one or more sensors, wherein the hydrophobic barrier is permeable to the analyte and impermeable to the interfering solute, and wherein the hydrophobic barrier is in fluidic communication with the sample solution and the sensor solution.
US12259351B2
Systems and methods are provided that address the need to frequently calibrate analyte sensors, according to implementation. In more detail, systems and methods provide a preconnected analyte sensor system that physically combines an analyte sensor to measurement electronics during the manufacturing phase of the sensor and in some cases in subsequent life phases of the sensor, so as to allow an improved recognition of sensor environment over time to improve subsequent calibration of the sensor.
US12259339B2
A light-source apparatus, an inspection apparatus, and an adjustment method capable of facilitating the adjustment of the temperature of a BBO crystal are provided. A light-source apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first light source configured to generate visible light, a first external resonator including a plurality of optical mirrors, a BBO crystal disposed in the first external resonator, capable of generating UV light in a wavelength range of 233 nm to 236 nm, the UV light being a second harmonic of the visible light, a one- or two-dimensional semiconductor sensor disposed near a far-field image plane formed through an optical element provided on an optical path of the UV light, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a representative position of a light intensity distribution detected by the semiconductor sensor.
US12259334B1
A method, system and apparatus for classifying one or more tested gemstones is disclosed. IR images of a tested gemstone are captured at one or more temperatures and analyzed to thereby classify the gemstone into type or class.
US12259323B2
System and methods for analyzing single molecules and performing nucleic acid sequencing. An integrated device may include multiple pixels with sample wells configured to receive a sample, which when excited, emits radiation. The integrated device includes a surface having a trench region recessed from a portion of the surface and an array of sample wells, disposed in the trench region. The integrated device also includes a waveguide configured to couple excitation energy to at least one sample well in the array and positioned at a first distance from a surface of the trench region and at a second distance from the surface in a region separate from the trench region. The first distance is smaller than the second distance. The system also includes an instrument that interfaces with the integrated device. The instrument may include an excitation energy source for providing excitation energy to the integrated device by coupling to an excitation energy coupling region of the integrated device.
US12259322B2
Disclosed are a detection method and detection system using suspension liquid biochip detection. The detection method using suspension liquid biochip comprises the following steps: an excitation step and a signal acquisition step. In the excitation step, a laser light emitted by a single laser device is used to excite a classification fluorescence of nanocrystalline fluorescent microspheres and a report fluorescence of an object to be detected; and in the signal acquisition step, fluorescence detection signals are obtained through multiple acquisition channels, respectively. In the present invention, the classification fluorescence in the nanocrystalline fluorescent microspheres and the report fluorescence in the object to be detected in a sample are excited by a single laser device, which is convenient for operation and reduces the production cost of the system, thereby reducing the detection cost.
US12259320B2
An imaging device includes: an area light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that receives a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface. The area light source includes: at least one point light source that emits a sub-terahertz wave; and a reflector that reflects the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the at least one point light source, to generate a sub-terahertz wave to be emitted from the emission surface. The reflector has a reflection surface that is a bumpy surface which includes two or more frequency components in a spatial frequency range and whose roughness curve element mean length RSm is at least 0.3 mm.
US12259316B2
A cleaning device for cleaning an outer portion of a sensor includes: a pump connected to an air supply line; a pressure accumulator connected to the pump in a housing of the cleaning device, which can be mounted on the sensor; and an exhaust air duct with a pressure-controlled valve connected to the pressure accumulator and connected to at least one nozzle which is aligned on the outer portion to be cleaned. The cleaning device is configured to perform pressure-surge cleaning operations in which air drawn in by the pump is compressed in the pressure accumulator, and the compressed air in the pressure accumulator is expelled as a pressure surge via the at least one nozzle when pressure exerted by the compressed air enclosed in the pressure accumulator exceeds a pressure value required to temporarily open the pressure-controlled valve.
US12259311B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for ghost cytometry (GC), which may be used to produce an image of an object without using a spatially resolving detector. This may be used to perform image-free ultrafast fluorescence “imaging” cytometry, based on, for example, a single pixel detector. Spatial information obtained from the motion of cells relative to a patterned optical structure may be compressively converted into signals that arrive sequentially at a single pixel detector. Combinatorial use of the temporal waveform with the intensity distribution of the random or pseudo-random pattern may permit computational reconstruction of cell morphology. Machine learning methods may be applied directly to the compressed waveforms without image reconstruction to enable efficient image-free morphology-based cytometry. Image-free GC may achieve accurate and high throughput cell classification as well as selective sorting based on cell morphology without a specific biomarker, which have been challenging using conventional flow cytometers.
US12259310B2
A biological sample image collection device (100), comprising support (30) and an optical imaging assembly (50), also comprises: a plurality of movable platforms (40) for placing biological samples (20), wherein the plurality of movable platforms (40) are arranged on the support (30) in an array; the plurality of movable platforms (40) can move relative to the support (30); and forces acting on the support (30) during the movement of the movable platforms can cancel each other out, so as to avoid vibrations affecting the support (30) and the biological samples (20) are canceled. The optical imaging assembly (50) collects images of the biological samples (20) on the movable platforms (40) when the plurality of movable platforms (40) move, relative to the center of the array, in the same direction and at the same speed. Further provided is a gene sequencer including the biological sample image collection device (100).
US12259308B2
A medical analysis device with cellular impedance signal processing features a memory arranged to receive pulse data sets, with each pulse data set including impedance value data that are associated each time with a time marker. The pulse data sets together represent a curve of cellular impedance values that are measured as a cell passes through a polarised opening. The device further includes a classifier in communication with the memory. The classifier may feature a convolutional neural network that receives the pulse data sets as input. The classifier is provided with at least one convolutional layer, which convolutional layer has a depth greater than or equal to 3, and at least two fully connected layers, in addition to an output layer rendering a cell classification from which a pulse data set is derived.
US12259302B2
A test fixture configured to support a DUT (device under test) and including a bottom base, two mounting bases, a rotatable base and a supporting base. The two mounting bases stand on a side of the bottom base and are spaced apart from each other. The rotatable base is rotatably disposed on the two mounting bases. At least a part of the rotatable base is located between the two mounting bases. The supporting base is fixed on a side of the rotatable base and configured to support the DUT. When the supporting base is parallel to the bottom base, the supporting base is located on a side of the rotatable base located farthest away from the bottom base.
US12259300B2
The present application provides a self-diagnostic gas density relay and a use method thereof, the gas density relay includes a gas density relay body, a gas density detection sensor, at least one diagnostic sensor, and an intelligent control unit; where the diagnostic sensor is configured to acquire deformation quantities of components that generate deformations, and/or positions or displacement quantities of components that generate displacements when the pressure changes, or the temperature changes, or the gas density changes in the gas density relay body; and the intelligent control unit is respectively connected with the gas density detection sensor and the diagnostic sensor, receives data acquired by the gas density detection sensor and/or the diagnostic sensor, and diagnoses a current working state of the gas density relay body. The present application is used for monitoring a gas density of the gas-insulated or arc-extinguished electrical equipment, and at the same time, on-line self-inspection for the gas density relay is completed, so that efficiency is increased, no maintenance is realized, operation and maintenance costs are greatly reduced, and safe operation of a power grid is guaranteed.
US12259298B2
An apparatus for pressure testing a plumbing system, including a fluid pump; a conduit assembly coupled to the fluid pump, a control system communicatively coupled to the conduit assembly to operate the conduit assembly according to a preset operating schedule to acquire a set of pressure data; and an input-output communications device communicatively coupled to the control system to receive a set of pressure data and provide the set of pressure data to a user.
US12259294B2
A device for applying vibrations to passenger cars has a platform with a roller on which a front or rear pair of wheels of the passenger car can be positioned. The roller has for each wheel positioned thereon at least two tracks with a different relief. In a first position the passenger car is located with the wheels on a first pair of the tracks and in a second position is located with the wheels on another pair of the tracks so that by rotating the rollers under the wheels vibrations are applied to the passenger car by the relief of the roller. Each track has a width greater than a greatest of the different wheel widths. There is a distance between each of the first and second pair of the tracks which is substantially equal to a greatest of the different track widths.
US12259275B2
Provided is a control device for controlling a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a pair of mirror parts and a pair of driving electrodes. The control device includes: a first driving source that is controlled by using a current as a control parameter, and changes the distance between the pair of mirror parts; a second driving source that is controlled by using a voltage as a control parameter, and changes the distance; and a control unit that controls the first driving source and the second driving source in such a way that the distance is changed by a first driving source in a first region and the distance is changed by the second driving source in at least one part of an region other than the first region when an region including a maximum of the voltage is defined as the first region.
US12259267B2
A fire suppressant module according to one example includes a suppressant tank having a body and a base, a counterweight scale disposed in the base, and a data module comprising at least one of a display configured to display a weight of the suppressant tank and processor and a transmitter configured to communicate the weight of the suppressant tank.
US12259266B1
A system and method for measuring liquid levels in a plurality of recreational vehicle holding tanks uses an electric air pump and a selection unit to measure the air pressure required to selectively pump air to the bottom of the holding tanks. The electric air pump is actuated using a user-operated electrical switch and is shut off by a normally-closed pressure switch when the air pressure at the outlet of the electric air pump exceeds a threshold. The liquid level in each tank can be measured using a pressure gage that reads the air pressure downstream of the electric air pump, which equals the pressure of the liquid at the bottom of each tank.
US12259257B2
Methods and apparatuses associated with updating a map using images are described. An apparatus can include a processing resource and a memory resource having instructions executable to a processing resource to monitor a map including a plurality of locations, receive, at the processing resource, the memory resource, or both, and from a first source, image data associated with a first location, identify the image data as being associated with a missing portion, an outdated portion, or both, of the map, and update the missing portion, the outdated portion, or both, of the map with the image data.
US12259254B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for vehicle-occupancy-based and user-preference-based smart routing, and autonomous volumetric-occupancy measurement. In an embodiment, a system is configured to receive from a user device associated with a user, a routing-options request for routing options between two locations, and to responsively identify one or more routing options between the two locations based at least in part on occupancy data for a vehicle that would be utilized for at least a portion of at least one of the identified routing options. The occupancy data is based on an output of an automated occupancy-measurement system onboard the vehicle. The system is also configured to provide the one or more identified routing options to the user device. In some embodiments, the occupancy data is obtained using volumetric-occupancy measurement. Some embodiments relate to volumetric-occupancy measurement conducted by autonomous mesh nodes.
US12259252B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel methods for generating a navigation presentation that displays a device navigating a route on a map. The method of some embodiments uses a virtual camera that, based on detected changes in the navigation context, dynamically modifies the way it captures portions of the map to produce different navigation scenes in the navigation presentation. To generate the navigation scenes, the method of some embodiments (1) identifies different sets of attributes that describe the different navigation contexts at different times during the navigation presentation, and (2) uses these different sets of attributes to identify different styles for operating the virtual camera. In some embodiments, the method uses an identified style to specify the virtual camera's positional attributes, which, in turn, define the portions of the map that the virtual camera identifies for rendering to produce several navigation scenes for a period of time (e.g., until the navigation context changes, or until the navigation presentation ends when the navigation context does not change again). During the navigation presentation, each time the navigation context changes, the identified set of attributes may change. This change, in turn, may cause the method of some embodiments to select a new style for operating the virtual camera. When the style for operating the virtual camera changes, the method of some embodiments modifies the way the virtual camera captures the portion of the map to render.
US12259251B2
A method for estimating energy consumption of a vehicle includes receiving, from a remotely located computing device, standardized energy consumption data corresponding to at least one other vehicle, the standardized energy consumption data corresponding to energy consumption of the at least one other vehicle as a function of speed. The method further includes generating a scaling factor by comparing the energy consumption data corresponding to the energy consumption of the vehicle as a function of speed with the standardized energy consumption data. The method further includes scaling the standardized energy consumption data to generate a profile of the energy consumption efficiency of the vehicle. The method further includes generating a signal to selectively adjust at least one of a speed of the vehicle, at least one route characteristic of a portion of a route being traversed by the vehicle, and a torque demand of the vehicle.
US12259248B2
An information processing device that determines a route by which a circuit of a plurality of points is made includes an acquisition unit that acquires point information regarding the points, a determination unit that determines a circuit route that satisfies a first condition for the points based on the point information acquired by the acquisition unit and traffic information, and a transmission unit that transmits the circuit route determined by the determination unit to the outside.
US12259243B2
A method and a system for projecting a construction plan or a specified pattern in a construction site. The system may include: a light projector configured to project an image associated with the construction plan or the specified pattern, onto a specific surface within the construction site; at least one sensor configured to obtain dimensional parameters of at least one of: the specific surface, and the image as projected on the specific surface; and a computer processor configured to: derive, from the construction plan or the construction pattern, an intended projection portion which comprises visual content intended to be projected on the specific surface; calculate a model of said image, based on the dimensional parameters obtained from the at least one sensor; and generate a modified projection portion based on the model, and the intended projection portion, wherein the light projector is further configured to project said modified projection portion.
US12259242B2
The invention relates to a laser tracker-based surveying system having a measurement aid which comprises an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The surveying system is designed to determine coordinates of points of a surface which are sampled by means of the measurement aid.
US12259235B2
Disclosed is a tape measure, comprising: a tape measure housing (1) provided with an accommodating cavity; a tape core assembly (2) arranged in the accommodating cavity; and a tape belt assembly (3) wound around the tape core assembly (2). The tape measure housing (1) is further provided with a tape outlet for the tape belt assembly (3) to extend outwards. The tape measure further comprises a braking assembly (4) and a driving assembly (5), wherein the driving assembly (5) is movably mounted onto the tape measure housing (1); the tape core assembly (2) is provided with a braking face (201); the driving assembly (5) drives the braking assembly (4) to come into contact with the braking face (201) of the tape core assembly (2) and to press the same, thereby realizing braking. Abrasion of the scale on the surface of a tape belt is effectively prevented.
US12259231B2
A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and/or said light emitter.
US12259225B2
A rimless cartridge comprising a case and a bullet mounted therein. In embodiments, the bullet comprises a jacket having a cylindrical body portion, an ogive portion, and a plurality of longitudinally extending paths of weakness formed in the ogive portion and defining petals there between and extending rearward from the mouth. The bullet includes a malleable core mounted within the jacket. The bullet further comprises a circumferential groove between forward and rearward circumferential indentations imparted in the body portion of the jacket.
US12259222B2
Armor plate having a thickness of at least 3 mm and an edge length of at least 20 mm, wherein the armor plate consists of a material made largely of a component selected from the group hard metal, cermet and/or combinations thereof. An armor plate composite comprising at least two layers of armor plates and an armor are provided as well.
US12259214B2
A cover for a long firearm has excess fabric in sidewalls of the cover body and has a long scope pocket attached at the top edge of the cover body with an open passage into the scope pocket. An elastic loop encircles the open passage to an exit point where opposite cord ends of the loop extend into a size adjuster where the ends are engaged in a selective cord lock that fixes the degree of applied tension in the loop. From the cord lock, the cord ends pass through different passages of a support panel separated by a divider. The cord ends then are received and united in a pull tab, where any interaction between the tab and the divider prevents backward extraction of the cord ends from the support panel. The elastic cord is supported against dangling below the cover body.
US12259205B2
A fixture for use with AR15/M16 type firearms is provided herein. The fixture is made up of several parts that when used in conjunction with one another mitigate the transfer of torque from the barrel nut to the firearms receiver during barrel installation. The fixture affords the user a method and apparatus that holds the barrel in alignment with the firearm receiver and secures the barrel against rotational movement during installation of a barrel nut or similar device. The fixture may be configured to work with the legacy AR15/M16 type barrel nut, as well as other designs as disclosed herein.
US12259195B2
The present invention relates to a heat exchanger (2) having a jacket (10) through which a first medium (A) can flow and which has at least one first inlet (11) and at least one first outlet (12), at least one tube (30) through which a second medium (B) can flow, the tube (30) being guided through the jacket (10) and having at least one second inlet (31) and at least one second outlet (32), wherein a deflection segment (50) or a plurality of deflection segments (50) are arranged in a row in a longitudinal axis (X) in the jacket (10), wherein the deflection segment (50) is formed from at least two partial sections (51, 52), which are arranged so as to overlap and cross, in areas, transverse to the longitudinal axis (X).
US12259183B2
A cooling bag according to various aspects of the present technology comprises a main body configured to form an interior receiving section. The main body may comprise front and rear panels and a bottom panel extending between the front and rear panels. At least one of the front, rear or bottom panels comprises a multi-layer structure comprising an external fabric layer; an interior liner; and a plurality of intermediate insulating layers disposed between the external fabric layer and the interior liner. The multi-layer structure may further comprise at least one air gap disposed between at least one intermediate insulating layer. A cooling sleeve may be disposed within the interior receiving section. The cooling sleeve may divide the interior receiving section into a front receiving section and a back receiving section. The cooling sleeve may be configured to receive a cooling element.
US12259175B2
The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator capable of replacing an outer panel of a refrigerator. The refrigerator door includes: a frame assembly disposed in a line on both sides to form an edge of the refrigerator door, the frame assembly having a hollow portion formed in a longitudinal direction; a front panel coupled to one side of the frame assembly to form a front surface of the refrigerator door; and a rear panel coupled to the other side of the frame assembly to form a rear surface of the refrigerator door. The frame assembly has coupling holes communicating the hollow portion with an outside in one side facing the front panel, the coupling holes being spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. A coupling protrusion, at least a portion of which passes through the coupling hole and is accommodated in the hollow portion of the frame assembly, is formed on a rear surface of the front panel.
US12259170B2
A refrigerator includes an ice crushing device and a driving device. The ice crushing device includes a stirrer and a transmission assembly. The stirrer includes a rotary shaft. The transmission assembly includes a first cylindrical gear, a first intermediate shaft, a second cylindrical gear, a second intermediate shaft, a third cylindrical gear, a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear. Any one of the first cylindrical gear, the second cylindrical gear, the third cylindrical gear, and the first bevel gear is defined as a driving gear. The driving gear is connected to the driving device and is configured as an incomplete gear. The driving gear is configured to rotate due to driving of the driving device, so as to drive the rotary shaft of the stirrer to rotate intermittently.
US12259167B2
An ice maker includes an evaporator configured to freeze water into ice as it flows vertically down a freeze plate. A distributor distributes the water along the top of the freeze plate to form ice across the width of the freeze plate as the water flows downward along the freeze plate. The distributor can be integrated into the evaporator. For example, the distributor and evaporator can have a part in common. The distributor can be formed from two pieces that come together to form the freeze plate. The distributor can have various features that aid in providing a desirable distribution of water along the width of the freeze plate. The freeze plate can be mounted in an ice maker enclosure in thermal communication with the evaporator and to slant forward.
US12259159B2
A hygiene management device for an entrance hall is designed to emit far-UV light from upper and lower sides toward a person by reflecting the far-UV light emitted from the upper side to the person's lower body by a reflector located at the lower side, and reflecting the far-UV light emitted from the lower side to the person's upper body by a reflector located at the upper side. Accordingly, a sterilization effect on the person is improved.
US12259154B2
A conduit attachment component with a box shape in an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a first component, a second component, and a third component. The second component and the third component are removably attached to the first component. The second component includes a first plate portion to which a conduit is connected. The third component includes a second plate portion. Any one of a plurality of side portions of the conduit attachment component is a first side portion, and a side portion of the plurality of side portions, adjacent to the first side portion, is a second side portion. In a first state, the first plate portion is the first side portion, and the second plate portion is the second side portion. In a second state, the first plate portion is the second side portion, and the second plate portion is the first side portion.
US12259153B2
An air conditioner includes a discharge blade configured to move between a guide position at which a direction of air blown from a blower fan and discharged to an outlet is controlled, and a closing position at which the outlet is closed, wherein the discharge blade includes a plurality of blade holes through which the air is discharged through the discharge blade at the closing position, wherein the discharge blade moves between the guide position and the closing position and controls an air flow from the blower fan to a discharge plate or the outlet. Through this configuration, an air flow discharged to the outside of the housing can be controlled by operation of the discharge blade.
US12259152B2
The application relates to a retrofittable controller (126) according to one embodiment for a building's exhaust air blower (100). The controller comprises a processor unit, a data transfer unit, and a memory unit. The controller further comprises a sensor unit with at least one sensor for measuring the exhaust air arriving at the exhaust air blower, and a control unit which is adapted to regulate operation of a fan motor on the basis of a measurement conducted by the at least one sensor. The controller further comprises a protective housing (125) inside which the controller's units are installed and an attachment element (160) for fastening the controller to a safety cage (102) of the exhaust air blower. The protective housing comprises an air inlet duct, which protrudes therefrom and is intended to be fitted inside the exhaust air blower's safety cage (102), and by means of which a portion of the exhaust air arriving at the exhaust air blower is conducted into the protective housing to be analyzed by the sensor unit.
US12259144B2
A baseboard booster article including a booster housing, wherein the booster housing defines a housing cavity and a housing bottom opening and includes a housing top having at least one top opening. The baseboard booster article further includes a booster support structure, wherein the booster support structure is disposed within the housing cavity and at least one fan associated with the booster support structure to be located within the housing cavity, wherein the at least one fan is operable to cause an airflow to flow into the housing bottom opening, through the housing cavity and out of the at least one top opening.
US12259142B2
Disclosed is a cooking apparatus with a cooktop. The cooking apparatus includes: a cooker body including a cooking compartment and a storage compartment below the cooking compartment; a drawer including a storage space, and sliding the drawer into and out of the storage compartment closes and opens the storage space; a steam supplier configured to generate steam and supply the generated steam to the cooking compartment; and a water tank configured to store water for generating the steam, and provided in a certain region of the storage compartment independently of the drawer to be pushed in or pulled out.
US12259137B2
A combustor for a gas turbine includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) dome including a swirler opening therethrough with a flare interface surface surrounding the swirler opening, a swirler assembly including (a) a secondary swirler having a threaded flare attachment portion, and (b) a flare having (i) a threaded secondary swirler attachment portion, and (ii) a dome interface wall that interfaces with the flare interface surface of the CMC dome, and a swirler-dome attachment member. The flare is connected to the secondary swirler via the threaded flare attachment portion and the threaded secondary swirler attachment portion, and the swirler-dome attachment member applies a force to the CMC dome to engage the dome interface wall and the flare interface surface so as to connect the CMC dome and the swirler assembly.
US12259133B2
A combustor wall includes a panel, a boss, a wall aperture and multiple cooling apertures. The panel extends axially along and circumferentially about an axial centerline. The panel extends radially between a first panel surface and a second panel surface. The first panel surface forms a peripheral boundary of a combustion chamber. The boss projects out from the second panel surface. The boss extends circumferentially around and forms an outer peripheral boundary of the wall aperture. The wall aperture extends along a wall aperture centerline through the combustor wall to the first panel surface. The cooling apertures are arranged circumferentially about the wall aperture. Each of the cooling apertures extends along a cooling aperture centerline through the panel and/or the boss to the wall aperture. The cooling aperture centerline of a first of the cooling apertures is angularly offset from the wall aperture centerline by a first acute angle.
US12259120B1
The present disclosure provides a waterproof lamp, including: a base provided with a mounting portion and a first connecting portion; a circuit board arranged on the mounting portion; and a sealing structure arranged around the mounting portion, the sealing structure being arranged between the base and a lens and configured to seal a gap between the base and the lens so as to allow the circuit board to be mounted in an accommodating cavity in a sealed manner.
US12259116B2
The present disclosure discloses a rotating bulb, including: a lamp holder, a lower lamp cup cover, a control board, a control board fixing seat, an upper lamp cup cover, a lamp panel, and a lampshade. According to the present disclosure, the lower lamp cup cover and the upper lamp cup cover are rotated to drive the adjustable resistor to achieve dimming, which can adjust the brightness, the color temperature, and the color, and is easy to remove and mount.
US12259115B2
A mounting device for suspending an object from a gutter hanger. The mounting device includes a fastening member having a first end that secures to and conceals the gutter hanger. The first end includes a planar segment and a pair of flanges pivotally extending from lateral sides of the planar segment, wherein the planar segment is able to rest atop the gutter hanger and the pair of flanges can fold beneath the gutter hanger. A J-shaped bracket is disposed on a second end and hangs over an edge of a gutter when secured to the gutter hanger. An object fastener extends from an exterior side of the gutter plate and forms a channel for receiving and suspending an object therefrom. In this way, the mounting device avoids the need for direct installation of objects directly onto the gutter or house.
US12259107B1
Systems, devices, and methods to provide systems, devices, and methods for providing an adequacy indicator meter having a visual and/or audio alarm, such as but limited to a blinking light, for measuring and determining the optimum placement for mounting a solar light fixture, such as a solar pathway and landscape light, solar spotlight, solar wall mounted light, solar security camera, and the like. a sunlight adequacy meter indicator for indicating an optimum charging location for the mount can include a LED (light emitting diode) which flash when the optimum charging condition is not being met by the mounting location of the solar light fixture.
US12259094B2
A method and apparatus for installing a monitoring cable or other utility near an existing pipeline. An electromagnetic signal may be induced on the pipeline, either directly, or by transmitting a signal from a vehicle carrying a sensor array. The sensors disposed on the vehicle communicate with a processor to determine a distance and orientation of the vehicle relative to the pipeline. The signal may be electromagnetic, acoustic, capacitive, or the like. A plow or other digging tool may be on the vehicle or a secondary vehicle. Such a digging tool opens a trench and installs the cable along a path disposed next to the pipeline within an acceptable distance range from the pipeline. The vehicle may be remotely or automatically operated.
US12259091B2
The discharge direction when the gas in the high-pressure tank is released by the opening of the plug, the high-pressure tank is arranged so as not to overlap with the position of the plug of the other adjacent high-pressure tank, or one end side of the band for fixing the high-pressure tank to the frame is a first connecting portion fixed to the frame via an elastic body, in the adjacent high-pressure tank, the first connecting portions are arranged so as to face each other, the first connecting portions arranged so as to face each other are arranged so as to be aligned in a direction parallel to the axis of the high-pressure tank.
US12259085B2
Provided is a stand including a first side wall and a second side wall coupled to a hinged based. The hinged based is pivotally coupled together by at least one pin with a resilient member that biases the stand in an open position. The stand adjusts to a closed position when an electronic device is place between the sidewalls and on the hinged base urging the hinged based downward causing the side walls to rotate in toward the electronic device to hold the electronic device.
US12259084B2
This disclosure relates generally to corrugated pipe, and more particularly to corrugated pipe with an outer wrap. In one embodiment, a pipe includes an axially extended bore defined by a corrugated outer wall having axially adjacent, outwardly-extending corrugation crests, separated by corrugation valleys. The pipe also includes an outer wrap applied to the outer wall. The outer wrap may include fibers and plastic. The outer wrap may span the corrugation crests producing a smooth outer surface.
US12259082B2
An easily polymerizable substance handling device is provided that can prevent generation of irregularities and steps between a pipeline and a cover member due to the cover member being installed at an opening part of the pipeline. A cover part 3 is formed to have a curved surface 3a on a side closer to inside of a pipeline 1. The shape of the surface 3a on the pipeline 1 side is preferably a concave shape when viewed from inside of the pipeline 1. The shape of the surface 3a of the cover part 3 on the pipeline 1 side is more preferably the shape of a curved surface having a curvature radius equal or approximate to that of the internal circumference of the pipeline 1. With this configuration, a polymer material is unlikely to be generated at the cover part 3 and around a gap 1b at an opening part 1a, and the frequency of cleaning can be reduced as compared to conventional cases.
US12259080B2
There is provided a pipe thread protector according to a first aspect. The pipe thread protector includes a tubular body shaped to protect a threaded end portion of a pipe or a pipe coupling. The tubular body includes an inner portion with a first of right-handed and left-handed threading. The tubular body includes an outer portion with a second of right-handed and left-handed threading. The pipe thread protector includes an end member. The end member includes the second of right-handed and left-handed threading via which the end member threadably couples to the outer portion of the tubular body. The pipe thread protector includes a locking member with a first position in which removal of the end member from the tubular body is inhibited. The locking member is moveable from the first position thereof to a second position in which the end member is selectively removable from the tubular body.
US12259076B2
An electrofusion joint includes a main body and a heating wire. The main body is configured to be connected to a resin pipe containing a thermoplastic resin. The heating wire is in the main body. The heating wire includes a conducting wire and an insulating cover film that is around the conducting wire. The insulating cover film has a melting point of at least 230 degrees.
US12259059B2
A programmable, electronically controlled sprinkler system has a hermetically sealed internal chamber which encloses all of the internal water flow, valves, mechanical and rotational components. A plurality of magnetic coupling arrangements allows external motors to control operation of the internal mechanical components without requiring any hydraulic seals.
US12259058B2
A valve actuator includes: a motor and a gear assembly transmitting a driving force of the motor to a ball valve. The gear assembly includes: an input gear coupled to a rotational shaft of the motor and rotating with the rotational shaft, an output gear spaced apart from the input gear, coupled to a stem of the ball valve, and transmitting a rotational force of the input gear to the stem, and a power transmission gear transmitting the rotational force of the input gear to the output gear and including a first gear set disposed between the input gear and the output gear. The first gear set includes a clutch shaft moving in a vertical direction, and a first gear and a second gear that are coupled to the clutch shaft and, based on vertical movement of the clutch shaft, disengage from or couple to each other.
US12259057B2
A fluid control device includes a first main plate, a second main plate, a driving body, a frame body, a plurality of support bodies, a plurality of gaps, a side wall member, a valve film, and a fixing member. A pump chamber is formed by a flat plate part consisting of the first main plate, the frame body, and the plurality of support bodies, and the second main plate and the side wall member. The valve film is disposed on a main surface of the first main plate on the side where the pump chamber is located. The valve film has an annular shape and fixed to the first main plate by the fixing member so that an outer end thereof is a movable end. The outer end of the valve film overlaps the plurality of gaps located between the plurality of support portions in plan view.
US12259050B1
A device (10) for preventing explosions of electrical transformers including an adaptor (11) with (a) a first drilled interface (111) in a lower wall, (b) a second drilled interface (112) in an upper wall and concentric with the first drilled interface (111), and an adaptor outlet (113a) with an adaptor outlet flange (113) on the upper wall. The adaptor (11) is configured to be secured to a transformer tank outlet flange (2d) of a transformer tank outlet (2c). The adaptor outlet flange (113) is configured to receive a static spring pressure release valve (22). The second drilled interface (112) is configured to receive either an angle elbow (19) to which is attached an overly high transient oil pressure release member (15) or the overly high transient oil pressure release member (15).
US12259046B2
A water conservation faucet seamlessly integrating a tactile feedback mechanism into existing faucets to spur user controlled pre-set water flow rate, energy conservation, and cost savings. During movement of the handle, the user receives tactile feedback through the handle indicating the position of the handle as it moves from one pre-set position to the next. In addition to tactile feedback, the handle provides visual feedback to the user as the handle remains in the fixed position until the user chooses to move handle to another position.
US12259037B2
On a partition wall splitting the interior of a case into a gear chamber and a motor chamber, a through hole and a gutter member are provided. The through hole is provided for communication between the gear chamber and the motor chamber. The gutter member extends into the gear chamber below the through hole, and a tip end part thereof is provided above an oil storage part. Oil guided from the motor chamber into the gear chamber through the through hole of the partition wall is guided to the oil storage part through the gutter member, so that, for the oil storage part provided at a wall part not the partition wall of the case and not in contact with the partition wall, more oil can be stored.
US12259034B2
The invention relates to a method for monitoring a transmission driven by an electric motor with a motor control, in which load changes with zero crossing of the motor torque in the transmission are monitored, wherein at least one operating parameter of the electric motor and/or the motor control is measured and evaluated for monitoring the load change.
US12259031B2
A harmonic drive, having: a housing; an output shaft within the housing; an input shaft within the housing, the input shaft is configured for being in a first position in which rotation of the input shaft rotates the output shaft, and a second position that is axially offset from the first position, in which rotation of the input shaft does not rotate the output shaft; a solenoid coil within the housing that, when energized, moves the input shaft to the second position; and a spring within the housing that, when the solenoid coil is not energized, moves the input shaft to the first position.
US12259024B2
A telescopic device includes a telescopic tubular structure and an inner guide member. The outer belt and the inner belt of the tubular structure are provided with a plurality of protrusions and holes provided in two rows in the longitudinal direction. The inner guide member has a first helical groove and a second helical groove extending along a plurality of projections respectively provided in one row on the tip side and the base side of the tubular structure. The first straight line connects the end of the fitting portion where the first spiral groove and a part of the plurality of projections of the inner belt are fitted and the center axis of the cylindrical structure. A second straight line connects the terminal end of the second spiral groove and the central axis. The angle between the second straight line and the first straight line is less than 180 degrees.
US12259022B2
A drive apparatus for adjustment devices of components of motor vehicles, such as, but not limited to, power windows, cargo area covers, and sunroofs, has an at least two-part housing (1). An electric drive unit (2) and a gear unit (3) that is operatively connected to the electric drive unit are arranged in the housing (1). The housing (1) is designed as part of the gear unit (3).
US12259019B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a shock absorber. A shock absorber which is divided into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber by a piston valve in a tube having an interior filled with a fluid includes a first elastic member disposed in the compression chamber, a second elastic member disposed in the compression chamber to be spaced apart from the first elastic member, and a mid-guide member disposed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member and movable along a longitudinal direction of the compression chamber.
US12259018B2
A torsional damper disposed between a rotor sleeve, which is configured to receive a rotational force of an engine, and a rotor hub, which is disposed rearward of the rotor sleeve, and configured to transmit the rotational force of the engine to the rotor hub, and a hybrid drive module to which the torsional damper is applied, includes: a first damper, and the first damper includes a first cover plate provided at a driving side and having a first stopper, a first stopper accommodation portion provided at a driven side and configured to accommodate the first stopper, and shield members configured to cover an opening of the first stopper accommodation portion to restrict a movement of a fluid in a radial direction through the first stopper accommodation portion.
US12259012B2
A constant velocity joint comprising two concentric couplings, a first coupling comprising an inner member, an intermediate annular member and an outer annular member, the members being concentric. The inner member of the second coupling is common to the outer member of the first coupling. The members of the couplings are constrained to rotate one with respect to another and the outer member of the second coupling is constrained to rotate angularly in respect of the common member in a way that is the mirror image of the rotation of the inner member with respect to the common member.
US12259006B2
A shaft system includes an outer shaft including an inner surface defining a conduit and an inner shaft extending within the conduit. The inner shaft includes a radially extending passage having a first end and a second end. A centrifugal force activated damper extends between the outer shaft and the inner shaft. The centrifugal force activated damper includes a first member arranged between the inner shaft and the inner surface at the first end of the radially extending passage, a second member arranged between the inner shaft and the inner surface at the second end of the radially extending passage, and a connecting member extending through the radially extending passage. Rotation of the shaft system causes the first member and the connecting member to shift away from the second member into the inner surface of the outer shaft.
US12259001B2
An inner sliding surface for a radial plain bearing, including four circle arcs in at least one cross section. A first arc and a second arc of the four circle arcs lie on different sides of a longitudinal sectional plane which intersects a third arc of the four circle arcs, a fourth arc of the four circle arcs and a common center point of the third arc and the fourth arc. The first arc and a center point of the first arc lie on different sides of the longitudinal sectional plane, and the second arc and a center point of the second arc lie on different sides of the longitudinal sectional plane.
US12258997B2
A wall anchor (1), having an anchor plate (2) with a front face (3) and a rear face (4), a fixing portion (5) which protrudes from the front face (4) of the anchor plate (2), which extends along a centre axis (M) and has a threaded structure (6) for receiving an anchor bolt (7), and two hooks (8, 9) which protrude from the rear face (4) of the anchor plate (2). The hooks (8, 9) are configured such that the wall anchor (1) can be fixedly connected to a profile rail (18) by protrusions (21) of a profile rail (18), with respect to forces acting in the direction of the centre axis (M).
US12258996B2
A probe fastening system has a plate having at least one coupling-on recess and having at least one alignment element, which is arranged in the outer region of the plate, a backplate which has a fastening device for the fastening of a static probe and at least one recess which corresponds with the alignment element, at least one peelable shim which corresponds with the alignment element and which is arranged between the plate and the backplate, at least one alignment device which corresponds with the alignment element, and a coupling-on element which defines a cavity and which is designed for isobarically coupling the static probe onto the coupling-on recess.
US12258995B2
A damping arrangement which is fastenable in an opening of a first component and by which a dampened connection of the first component with a second component is realizable, including, two identically constructed damping elements. Each damping element includes: a head portion with a first outer diameter, a shaft portion with a second outer diameter that is smaller than the first outer diameter and extends from a bottom side of the head portion, as well as a central first thru-opening, and only one sleeve with a central second thru-opening being arranged at least partly in the central first thru-opening of each damping element by means of a frictional and/or material connection. By means of the only one sleeve, the two identically constructed damping elements with bottom sides, facing each other, of the head portion with the first component arranged in between are fastenable to one another.
US12258990B2
A fastener device includes a body portion and a second clamping portion. The body portion includes a first clamping portion and a shank portion, where the shank portion is fixed to the first clamping portion, and the second clamping portion includes an engaging member. The engaging member is provided with an opening, and a first protruding structure. The opening allows the shank portion to pass therethrough, and that the first protruding structure is adjacent to the opening. The shank portion includes a rack structure, such that when the shank portion is inserted into the opening, the first protruding structure will be engaged with the rack structure.
US12258986B2
Insertable clamp, for the temporary assembly of structural parts, including a main tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis X and a bearing surface intended to contact a first face of the structural parts, an elastic clip capable of passing through drilled aligned holes, produced in said parts, the clip being moveable along the longitudinal axis, rotatable about said axis of a driver nut provided with a tapped bore cooperating with a threaded end of said clip, the clip comprising two branches having hooking spurs for contacting with a last face of the structural parts, said branches transversally and progressively moving apart along a spreader, between said branches and fixed in relation to the main body, when exposed to the recoil of the clip, the clamp further includes a compression spring inside the body and holding the threaded end engaged in the tapped bore so the clip remains aligned with the longitudinal axis.
US12258980B2
A hydraulic boosting and regulating system includes an intensifier circuit and a regulator and employs low leak, low crossover valves.
US12258979B2
A multiphase pump includes a housing having a flow inlet and a flow outlet which are fluidly connected to each other via a flowpath, a rotor arranged in the flow path which propels a fluid from the flow inlet to the flow outlet via the flow path, the rotor has a longitudinal axis which extends for a length of the rotor and a multiphase impeller arrangement, at least one leak path which permits a reverse flow of the fluid from the flow outlet to the flow inlet, and at least one channel which is arranged within the housing, the at least one channel directs a liquid from a liquid source to one of the at least one leak path in the multiphase pump.
US12258977B2
A rotary apparatus for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium is provided, the apparatus is being configured to impart an amount of thermal energy to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the outlet by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium successively passes through the blade/vane rows formed by the nozzle guide vanes, the rotor blades and the diffuser vanes, respectively. A space formed between an exit from the at least one row of diffuser vanes and an entrance to the at least one row of nozzle guide vanes in a direction of the flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the outlet is made variable to regulate the amount of thermal energy input to the stream of fluidic medium propagating through the apparatus.
US12258965B2
A compression mechanism that can suppress generation of galling and seizure is provided. The compression mechanism includes a bush 60 including a first sliding surface 61 sliding with an inner surface 45a of a bush hole 45 and a second sliding surface 63 sliding with a side surface 52a of a blade of a piston, and includes at least one of a first bulge 62 formed on one of the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45a such that a gap X between the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45a gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant Y is drawn between the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45a along with rocking of the bush 60, and a second bulge 64 formed on the second sliding surface 63 such that the gap X between the second sliding surface 63 and the side surface 52a gradually decreases toward a direction in which the lubricant Y is drawn between the second sliding surface 63 and the side surface 52a along with forward and backward movement of the blade.
US12258958B2
A mounting bracket and an auxiliary mechanism are disclosed. The mounting bracket includes a mounting base, a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate and a tubular connection structure; the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate are fixed on the mounting base; the second mounting plate and the first mounting plate are oppositely arranged and spaced apart; the first mounting plate includes at least one first mounting hole and a first fixing hole, the second mounting plate includes a second fixing hole, and the first mounting hole is configured to mount a motor or an oil pump; one end of the tubular connection structure is connected with an edge of the first fixing hole, and another end of the tubular connection structure is connected with an edge of the second fixing hole.
US12258944B2
A plain bearing sleeve includes an inner diameter, a sleeve length greater than the inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a wall thickness smaller than 8% of the inner diameter. A sleeve blank includes a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end face, a second end face opposite the first end face, and at least three threaded holes arranged on the first end face. A method for producing the plain bearing sleeve includes clamping the outer surface at the first end face for rotation, machining the inner surface to the inner diameter, fixing the first end face at the at least three threaded holes for rotation, machining the outer surface to the outer diameter, clamping the inner surface at the second end face for rotation, and cutting a ring with the first end face and the at least three threaded holes from the sleeve blank.
US12258934B2
Open and closed cycle lift force turbines are provided. Illustratively, the open cycle lift force turbine operates in an open cycle environment without heat and/or pressure, utilizing asymmetric pressure distribution on lift turbine blades mainly to generate thrust with the normal component of this lift force, while using the tangential component of this lift force to drive a bypass fan providing additional thrust and to drive accessories, provide control to the fluid velocity, and/or provide motivation of the fluid's flow. The open cycle lift force turbine may be utilized to generate continuous thrust, heat and/or electricity for powering vehicles in any atmosphere. The closed cycle lift force turbine may be utilized to generate continuous thrust, heat and/or electricity for powering vehicles at any speed in any atmosphere or lack thereof.
US12258932B2
A wave energy conversion device mainly includes a pair of one-way flow guiding grates, a hydropower turbine, and a housing containing the above mentioned items. An inlet chamber and an outlet chamber are provided within the housing. The inlet chamber has a first opening, and the outlet chamber has a second opening. Both the first and the second openings are oriented generally facing a front of the device toward incoming waves. The first and second openings are also oriented such that the first and second openings face each other with an angle ranging from 30 degrees (including 30 degrees) to 180 degrees, forming a transverse V-shape in a longitudinal cross-section of the housing. A first one-way flow guiding grate is installed on the first opening, and a second one-way flow guiding grate is installed on the second opening.
US12258929B1
A method and apparatus for sealing a sparkplug well to prevent oil intrusion includes a sleeve that is dimensioned and configured to firmly fit within the well interior. A user removes the engine coils, cleans the spark plug well, applies a sealant to the sleeve exterior and the inner wall of the sparkplug well, inserts the sleeve into the well, and reinstalls the coils once the sealant has dried.
US12258926B1
An enhanced control of hydrogen injection for internal combustion engine system and method providing greater real-time control of injection of hydrogen from a hydrogen generator, providing a further increase in performance and decrease in emissions of the engine of the motor vehicle. Initial values for parameters defining the optimal percentage amount or pressure of oxyhydrogen to be injected when the engine load is equal to one of several defined levels are entered and then interpolated to produce a curve specifying the amount of oxyhydrogen to be injected at any given engine-load level. Further adjustments to the load-related oxyhydrogen amounts are made for different engine operating temperatures in relation to different engine loads, and for different ambient air pressures related to altitude in relation to different engine loads. The initial values and adjusted values will be different for different engine types and sizes, different fuel types and grades, and other characteristics. The enhanced control of hydrogen injection for internal combustion engine system and method takes account of these engine-specific and operation-specific differences to provide an optimum amount of oxyhydrogen injection across a range of operating and ambient conditions. The operating conditions of engine load, rotational speed, vacuum, and engine temperature, and the ambient conditions of ambient temperature and ambient air pressure related to altitude are monitored in real time by a controller unit, which makes adjustments to cause a hydrogen injector to inject the optimum amount of oxyhydrogen into the fuel intake manifold of the engine. The controller unit also controls the operation of the hydrogen generator to provide adequate supply of oxyhydrogen and to ensure safe operations.
US12258917B2
An engine system includes: a combustor including an ignition unit configured to ignite the fuel gas and configured to generate combustion gas that heats a catalyst; an outside air temperature detection unit configured to detect an outside air temperature; a catalyst temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the catalyst; an operating environment detection unit configured to detect an operating environment of the combustor; a combustion time determination unit configured to determine combustion time of the combustor; and a start control unit configured to, at a time of starting the engine, perform ON control on a starter and the ignition unit and control a third fuel supply valve, a first flow rate control valve, and a second flow rate control valve to open, and thereafter when the combustion time elapses, perform OFF control on the ignition unit and control the third fuel supply valve to close.
US12258900B2
Methods and systems are provided for an electric turbocharger (e-turbo). In one example, a method may include monitoring an e-turbo parameter or an engine parameter, comparing the monitored e-turbo or engine parameter to a determined threshold value for the e-turbo or engine parameter, and signaling a status of the e-turbo in response to the monitored e-turbo or engine parameter differing from the determined threshold value by at least a threshold amount.
US12258890B2
A catalyst deterioration diagnosis device, including: a processor to execute, when a cycle of reversal between increasing and decreasing of a fuel amount is disturbed such that the increasing/decreasing of the fuel amount is reversed three or more times in a period that is identical in length with a period in which the increasing/decreasing of the fuel amount is reversed twice when the reversal between increasing and decreasing of the fuel amount is normal, a process of diagnosing the deterioration state of a catalyst based on plural sets of data of the output signal of a downstream oxygen concentration sensor obtained in each unit period during a diagnosis period. The sets of data obtained in each unit period during the diagnosis period is not susceptible to an influence of variations including both increase and decrease of the output signal of the downstream oxygen concentration sensor.
US12258889B2
A lubricant delivery system and method includes a valve manifold, an electronic controller, and a pressure sensor for determining whether there is adequate lubricant flow in the system. The valve manifold receives lubricant from a pressurized source. The valve manifold includes a plurality of valves configured to control the flow of lubricant to respective applicators. The electronic controller controls the opening and closing of the valves. The pressure sensor measures lubricant pressure in the valve manifold, and outputs a signal to the electronic controller. The signal correlates to a lubricant pressure value in the valve manifold. The electronic controller uses the lubricant pressure values to derive an indication of lubricant flow (via the valves) to the applicators.
US12258885B2
A combined power generation system includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air from the compressor and fuel and combust a mixture of the compressed air and fuel, and a turbine section in which rotational power is obtained by combustion gases generated by the combustor. The system also includes a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) in which steam is generated by heat of exhaust gases from the gas turbine, and a steam turbine driven by the steam generated by the HRSG, wherein the HRSG includes a plurality of heat exchangers provided to cool the compressed air by heat exchange between the compressed air and the exhaust gases.
US12258884B1
A power machine is disclosed. The power machine can be both stationary and mobile, uses a liquid air mixture as a fluid, obtains its energy from the sun and utilises atmospheric air. The power machine includes a liquid air storage tank (1), a pump (2), a first heat exchanger (3), a heater (4), a turbine (5), a radial compressor (6), a second heat exchanger (7), a first Joule-Thompson valve (8) and a second Joule-Thompson valve (9).
US12258878B2
A lubricant system for supplying lubrication to a component in a turbine engine includes a lubricant reservoir, a supply line fluidly coupling the lubricant reservoir to the component in the turbine engine, a scavenge line fluidly coupling the component to the lubricant reservoir, and a bypass line fluidly coupling the supply line to the scavenge line and bypassing the component.
US12258877B2
A supercharger assembly has a supercharger housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet; an impeller disposed in the supercharger housing; an impeller shaft connected to the impeller for driving the impeller; a driveshaft connected to the impeller shaft for driving the impeller shaft, the driveshaft defining an oil supply passage; and a torsional damper connected to the driveshaft for driving the driveshaft. The torsional damper is configured for being operatively connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The oil supply passage is positioned to supply oil to the torsional damper for lubricating the torsional damper.
US12258876B2
An electric turbocharger includes an electric motor including a stator disposed annularly about a rotation axis, a first member thermally coupled with a first end face of the stator and forming a first cooling passage that extends around the rotation axis, and a second member thermally coupled with a second end face of the stator and accommodating a second cooling passage that extends around the rotation axis.
US12258874B2
A gas turbine engine includes: an inlet guide vane; an inlet channel extending from a location downstream of the inlet guide vane to a stem manifold; and an outlet channel extending to an outlet port, the outlet port configured to dump anti-ice air overboard, wherein the inlet guide vane includes an anti-ice cavity in fluid communication with the inlet channel and the outlet channel such that anti-ice air, flowing from a downstream location within a core flow of the gas turbine, flows from the inlet channel, through the inlet guide vane, and to the outlet channel.
US12258872B2
A containment structure for a rotor includes a shroud and a shroud reinforcement. The shroud is coaxial with and partially surrounds the rotor and includes a tubular section, a transition section, and a flange section. The tubular section extends axially past a first side of the rotor. The transition section connects to the tubular section and is adjacent to a curved side of the rotor. The flange section connects to the transition section opposite the tubular section. The flange section extends radially past a radially outer side of the rotor. The shroud reinforcement is connected to a radially outer surface of the transition section. The shroud reinforcement encloses the transition section and includes a support scaffold and a reinforcing material. The support scaffold includes a series of geometric retaining features encircling a radially outer surface of the transition section. The reinforcing material couples to the support scaffold and restricts shroud radial expansion.
US12258869B2
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a rotating assembly and a sensor. The rotating assembly is configured to rotate about an axis. The rotating assembly includes an engine shaft and a phonic wheel threaded onto the engine shaft. The phonic wheel includes a lubricant scoop. The sensor is configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis.
US12258866B2
The seal assembly can have a support ring having an annular shape defined around a seal axis, and a plurality of strips of a metal material, each strip of the plurality of strips being folded along a length of the strip forming a fold and a pair of segments extending radially inwardly from the fold, relative the seal axis, the fold secured at the support ring, the fold having a bending radius defined around a bending axis, the bending axis oriented parallel to the seal axis, the plurality of strips being arranged circumferentially relative one another, around the seal axis.
US12258865B2
A coal and gas outburst monitoring device includes the insertion and anchoring assembly, and the pump drainage and monitoring mechanism; the insertion and anchoring assembly is vertically inserted and distributed on the sidewall of surrounding rock of coal mine roadway, and the insertion and anchoring assembly can monitor the stress change data in the sidewall of surrounding rock in real time; the pump drainage and monitoring mechanism is erected within the coal mine roadway, and the pump drainage and monitoring mechanism can cooperate with the insertion and anchoring assembly to perform the gas pump drainage monitoring for the sidewall of surrounding rock of goaf, and to obtain the gas seepage monitoring data in the surface layer and the inner layer of sidewall of surrounding rock. Thus, comparing with the database mechanism, the accurate and advanced predictions for the gas outburst can be made.
US12258861B2
The invention relates to a device for generating oscillations for a construction machine, comprising a housing, a piston which is movable back and forth in a working chamber in the housing between a first return point and a second return point, a pressurized fluid supply through which in each case pressurized fluid can be fed into and discharged from the working chamber via at least one actuatable control valve in the region of the first return point and the second return point, wherein the piston can be induced into a reciprocating motion in order to generate the oscillations, and a control unit which is configured to actuate the at least one control valve and by means of which the movement of the piston in the working chamber is controllable and variable. According to the invention, it is provided that the control unit is configured to control the piston in a first operating mode for generating oscillations and in a second operating mode for generating impact pulses, wherein a strike surface is formed on at least one end side of the working chamber, onto which surface the piston strikes when it reaches at least one return point in order to generate an impact pulse.
US12258852B1
A system for surveying internal pipeline scaling includes a control system, a gauge cutter, a scale recorder, and a wireline. The control system communicates with the scale recorder to obtain scale recorder data and acoustic images. The gauge cutter dislodges scaling debris from an interior wall of the pipeline and includes a fluid permeable screen which collects the dislodged scaling debris. The scale recorder obtains scale recorder data and acoustic images, and includes an ultrasound wave transmitter, an ultrasound wave receiver, a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. The wireline lowers the gauge cutter in the pipeline and is coupled to the control system and the communication interface.
US12258851B2
A flow through assembly includes an anchoring device to secure a downhole assembly to a casing in a wellbore, the anchoring device includes a center flow channel; an upper perforated tube attached to the anchoring device, the upper perforated tube includes upper perforations and an upper flow channel fluidly connected to the center flow channel; and a lower perforated tube attached to the anchoring device, the lower perforated tube includes lower perforations and a lower flow channel, wherein gas can flow through the lower perforations to enter the lower flow channel of the lower perforated tube, through the lower flow channel, through the center flow channel, then exit through the upper perforations of the upper flow channel.
US12258848B2
A low-pressure liquid inlet manifold and a fracturing apparatus are disclosed. The low-pressure liquid inlet manifold includes a main liquid inlet pipe and N liquid feeding pipes; the N liquid feeding pipes are arranged in sequence; each of the liquid feeding pipes includes a third end and a fourth end, the third end is communicated with the main liquid inlet pipe, and the fourth end is configured to provide low-pressure liquid to a plunger pump; and the low-pressure liquid inlet manifold further includes at least one auxiliary accumulator, which is connected with the main liquid inlet pipe and is arranged corresponding to at least one of the N liquid feeding pipes, an orthographic projection of the auxiliary accumulator on an axis of the main liquid inlet pipe overlaps with an orthographic projection of a corresponding liquid feeding pipe on the axis.
US12258841B2
A downhole tool for cleaning a wellbore includes a tool body having a passage therein. A liquid is to flow through the passage of the tool body and have an intermittent flow pattern. An inner sleeve positioned within the tool body includes a recess having a recess pattern. In response to the intermittent flow pattern of the flow of fluid, a shift pin positioned in the recess of the inner sleeve is to traverse through the recess pattern. The downhole tool includes at least one scraper blade. The scraper blade is movable between a retracted position and a radially expanded position. In response to the shift pin traversing the recess pattern of the recess, the scraper blade can be expanded radially outward toward a wall of the wellbore from the retracted position to the expanded position and/or retracted inward away from the wall of the wellbore from the expanded position to the retracted position.
US12258838B2
A system includes an electric submersible pump and a flow regulating valve. The electrical submersible pump includes a pump that, when activated, receives a fluid disposed within a production tubing of a well through a pump intake and vents the fluid through a pump discharge to a surface location. The flow regulating valve includes a flow tube that blocks the fluid from entering the pump intake when the pump is inactive, a piston, connected to the flow tube, that moves the flow tube within the flow regulating valve, and a stinger that includes a conduit for the fluid to flow from the production tubing to the pump. The flow regulating valve further includes a spring that positions the piston within the flow regulating valve when the pump is inactive and a plurality of seals that pressure-seal a pressure chamber which houses a pressure force that is to be applied upon the piston.
US12258817B2
A thread connection for casings used for construction of vertical, directional and horizontal wells. The connection includes male and female elements, whose ends, both externally and internally, are produced correspondingly with tapered trapezoidal threads, sealing, transition and shoulder end surfaces. Crests and roots of the thread turn profile are parallel to the axial line of thread. Additional surfaces are formed as a taper surface on the female element and a taper surface or convex spherical surface on the male element. Transition from the sealing surfaces to additional surfaces are formed as concave spherical surface on the male element and of convex spherical surface on the female element. High tightness of the connection under sufficient mechanical loads is achieved by improving characteristics of the connection make-up, prevention of jamming of the connection at the initial stage of make-up, lack of damages (galling) of sealing surfaces.
US12258811B2
Described herein is a door with a magnetic sealing mechanism. The door leaf houses a sliding element (guillotine) made from a material with low magnetic interaction. This guillotine has two magnets: the first keeps the guillotine retracted within its seat, while the second, when near a magnet interaction element on the door frame, pulls the guillotine out to create a tight seal when the door is closed. The second magnet's pull is stronger than the first, ensuring effective sealing.
US12258799B2
An assembly for guiding a movable furniture part includes a guide system to be fastened to a stationary furniture part, and a support on which a movable furniture part can be pivotably mounted and which can be or is movably connected to the guide system in order to indirectly guide the movable furniture part on the stationary furniture part. The movable furniture part includes a guide device separate from the guide system, for directly guiding the movable furniture part on the stationary furniture part.
US12258797B2
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion disposed at a handle region of a vehicle door, a handle, and an actuator. The actuator includes an electrically-operable motor, an output element mechanically coupled to the handle, and a variable drive element coupled to the output element. When the motor is operated, the actuator causes the drive element to move the output element and move the handle from a recessed position to a deployed position. When moving the handle from the recessed position, the drive element moves the output element at a first speed to move the handle. When the motor is operated to further move the handle, the drive element moves the output element at a second speed to more rapidly move the handle from a partially deployed position toward a deployed position.
US12258791B2
The present aspects include a magnetic detacher including a housing having a wall that defines a nest configured to receive a security tag; a gate member and an actuator configured to move the gate member between a closed position and an open position, wherein the gate member in the closed position blocks the nest, and in the open position allows access to the nest; a magnet positioned on an opposite side of the housing relative to the nest and adjacent to the nest, the magnet having a field in an area of the nest sufficient to unlock a magnetic lock of the security tag; and a processor in communication with the actuator and with a transaction system, wherein the processor is configured to control the actuator to move the gate member from the closed position to the open position based on receipt of an unlock signal from the transaction system.
US12258787B2
The present invention relates generally to mechatronic locks and more specifically, and preferably, wireless mechatronic smart lock systems for locking doors which can be operated by a mechanical tool after positive authentication of the user. In a first aspect, there is provided a mechatronic lock system arranged for actuating a door lock operating member for locking and unlocking a door upon activation of said system comprising: an outside lock interface, comprising means for receiving a mechanical tool, arranged for operating said door lock operating member by a user of said lock system upon receiving said mechanical tool; an inner assembly, comprising: a wireless communication unit, arranged for wireless communication with a wireless communication device for authorizing said user; a control unit, in communicative connection with said wireless communication unit and arranged to activate said system for unlocking said door by activating a mechatronic clutch arranged for coupling said outside lock interface to said door lock operating member; wherein said mechatronic clutch is activated upon positive authorization of said user for opening said door by operating said outside lock interface.
US12258786B2
A method for unlocking and/or locking a privacy lockset from the exterior of the lockset or door and without the use of buttons, keys, or an object inserted into the lockset or door. The operator manipulates a magnetic object, such as a magnet or piece of ferrous metal, on the exterior of the door or lockset to cause an internal magnet attached to a rod to move the rod in and out of a collar, the far end of the rod in turn actuating the lock into a locked and/or unlocked position. Rotational, lateral, and/or thrust forces may be configured to actuate the lock. The invention may apply to rim locks, mortise locks, sliding door locks, cylinder locks, and non-keyed deadbolts.
US12258784B2
A door position detector including a strike plate mounted onto a door frame. The strike plate includes a back face that opposes the door frame and a front face disposed on an opposite side of the strike plate than the back face and opposing an edge of a door when the door is in a closed position. The door position detector further including a door position sensor integrated with the strike plate, the door position sensor configured to detect a state of the door.
US12258778B2
There is disclosed a spa. The spa generally having a unibody shell having a basin, a rim portion surrounding the basin, a peripheral wall extending from the rim portion, and at least one opening in the peripheral wall, the basin, the rim portion and the peripheral wall defining a cavity therebetween, the at least one opening exposing the cavity; and a frame structurally mounted within the cavity, the frame having a crossbar and a plurality of strut members extending from the crossbar, the crossbar and the plurality of strut members running along respective sides of the at least one opening, the plurality of strut members each being affixed to the unibody shell at locations distributed about the at least one opening.
US12258777B2
There is disclosed herein a post puller (10) for removing a fence post from the ground. The post puller (10) includes a scissor linkage (12) having a coupling end (14) and a post end (16) wherein the scissor linkage (12) is moveable between a first position and a second position. The post puller (10) further includes a coupling assembly (18) located at the coupling end (14) of the scissor linkage (12). The coupling assembly (18) is operatively adapted to connect the scissor linkage (12) to a pulling mechanism. The post puller (10) further includes a post gripping assembly (26) located at the post end (14) of the scissor linkage (12). The post gripping assembly (26) includes a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw (28, 30). The first and second gripping jaws (28, 30) are movable between an open position and a closed position as the scissor linkage (12) is moved between the first and second position. The first and second gripping jaws (28,30) are adapted to form a picket receiving opening (32) shaped to receive a star picket when the first and second gripping jaws (28, 30) are located in the closed position.
US12258776B2
A fence-post system (10) comprising a first fence post (12) and a second fence post (14). The first and second fence posts (12, 14) are formed from folded sheets of metal of different thicknesses and have different front flange widths (FW1, FW2). A first fence post (12) has a wider front flange width (FW1) and a narrower thickness (T1) than the second fence post (14). The difference in material provided by the difference in the front flange width (FW1) equates or substantially equates to the difference in material provided by the thickness. Thus, the linear mass densities of the fence posts (12, 14) are similar or identical.
US12258775B2
A perimeter security fence includes a plurality of vertical fence posts spaced from one another along a fence line of the perimeter security fence, each vertical fence post having an upper end and a lower end. A wire receiving slot is formed in each vertical fence post. Each wire receiving slot having an open, upper end and a closed, lower end. One or more conductive wires or cables are disposed within the wire receiving slots of the vertical fence posts. At least one reinforcing plate is secured to each vertical fence post for covering a gap in the vertical fence post defined by the wire receiving slot. The at least one reinforcing plate is configured to enhance the structural integrity of the vertical fence post in the vicinity of the wire receiving slot and retain the one or more conductive wires or cables within the wire receiving slot. One or more security devices are secured to the perimeter security fence and are coupled with the one or more conductive wires or cables disposed within the wire receiving slots of the vertical fence posts.
US12258768B2
A support structure for a float pan for floating a concrete surface provides an interface between the float pan and a rotating machine. The support structure is characterized by a hub configured for concentric attachment to a rotor, and by a plurality of trusses that extend radially from the hub, each providing a planar contact surface. A mounting plate attaches between each planar contact surface and a top surface of the float pan and is radially adjustable along the planar contact surface. A truss beam structure cross-links the trusses together. A walk-behind or ride-on machine may incorporate the support structure and operate as a dedicated power flotation machine. Under weight of the machine, the planar contact surfaces of the trusses conform the float pan to a desired shape or radius of curvature for optimizing a flotation process.
US12258761B2
This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing system that includes a roof deck, a plurality of tapered insulation panels applied onto the roof deck, at least one non-tapered insulation panel applied onto the plurality of tapered insulation panels, and a membrane layer applied onto the at least one non-tapered insulation panel. This invention, in embodiments, further relates to a roof assembly kit that includes a plurality of tapered insulation panels and instructions for installation, as well as a method of installing such a roofing system.
US12258760B1
The linkage for increasing the ductility of fiber reinforced polymer bars includes a solid central shaft and first and second hollow receiver portions. Each of the first and second hollow receiver portions has an open end and a closed end, with the closed ends being respectively secured to first and second ends of the solid central shaft. Each of the first and second hollow receiver portions has a diameter associated therewith which is greater than a diameter of the solid central shaft, and each of the first and second hollow receiver portions has a central channel extending axially from, and in communication with, the corresponding one of the open ends. In use, the central channels of the first and second hollow receiver portions are adapted for respectively partially receiving first and second fiber reinforced polymer bars.
US12258759B1
A Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) concrete composite component with partitioned cathodic protection and an operation and maintenance method thereof are provided. The composite component includes multiple longitudinal reinforcements, in which a first area, a second area and a third area corresponding to underwater, splash and atmosphere are arranged along an extending direction of each longitudinal reinforcement, respectively; a first spiral rib, which is wound around the multiple longitudinal reinforcements in the first area; a second spiral rib, which is wound around the multiple longitudinal reinforcements in the second area; a third spiral rib, which is wound around the multiple longitudinal reinforcements in the third area; a concrete; a power supply, where the first spiral rib, the second spiral rib and the third spiral rib are connected with a positive electrode of the power supply, and the longitudinal reinforcement is connected with a negative electrode of the power supply.
US12258754B2
The invention relates to a double-façade arrangement (1) for a construction (70), in particular a building, a bridge support, a bridge pier or a noise barrier wall, comprising a double façade (20) for generating a vertically directed air flow (50) by means of the chimney effect. Here, the double façade (20) comprises an inner façade (21) and an outer façade (22), wherein a façade interspace (23) for guiding the air flow (50) is situated between the inner façade (21) and the outer façade (22), wherein the inner façade (21) delimits the façade interspace (23) towards the construction (70), and the outer façade (22) delimits the façade interspace (23) towards the surroundings (60) of the construction (70). Furthermore, the double façade (20) comprises an air inlet (24) to allow the air flow (50) with air from the surroundings (60) to be let into the façade interspace (23) and, arranged above the air inlet (24), an air outlet (25) to allow at least some of the air flow (50) to be let out of the façade interspace (23). Moreover, the double-façade arrangement (1) comprises a carbon dioxide separator device (2) for separating at least some of the carbon dioxide from the air of the air flow (50). Furthermore, the invention relates to a construction (70), in particular a building, a bridge support or a bridge pier having such a double-façade arrangement (1). In addition, the invention relates to the use of such a double-façade arrangement (1) or construction (70) having such a double-façade arrangement (1) for generating a vertically directed air flow (50) by means of the chimney effect and for separating carbon dioxide from the air of the air flow (50).
US12258751B2
A modular building structure can include a rigid chassis, vertical support components, and wall and roof component(s). The chassis can have storage compartments formed therein and can provide a foundation and floor for the structure. The vertical support components can couple to the chassis to provide a vertical framework for the structure. The wall and roof component(s) can couple to the vertical support components. The vertical support components and wall and roof component(s) can be disassembled from the chassis and stored within the storage compartments. The chassis can include a horizontal bottom panel, vertically oriented crossbeams above the bottom panel, and horizontal top panels above the crossbeams to form the storage compartments. The vertical support components can be poles and the wall and roof component(s) can be cloth. Leveling feet coupled to the bottom of the chassis can allow the chassis to be leveled with respect to the ground.
US12258747B1
The present disclosure provides a quick-cleaning drain for quick replacement of cleaning parts, comprising a drain body, the drain body is provided with a quick-cleaning mechanism which is quickly removable, the quick-cleaning mechanism comprises a lifting rod and a quick-cleaning member, the upper surface of the quick-cleaning member is provided with a connecting end, the bottom of the lifting rod is provided with an engaging end matching the connecting end, and the engaging end is removably fixed to the connecting end. The quick-cleaning member can be discarded directly and replaced with a new one during cleaning, so that when the quick-cleaning member carrying dirt and debris is separated and drops, the dirt and debris can drop synchronously, completely avoiding touch of the dirt and debris by a cleaning person, and making it low-cost and easy to use.
US12258735B2
Disclosed are an anti-overturning warning method and an anti-overturning warning apparatus for a work machine, a work machine and an electronic device. The anti-overturning warning method includes: acquiring a plurality of positive pressures collected by a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors are respectively provided at a plurality of supporting wheels of the work machine; obtaining an intersection point where a gravity direction of the work machine intersects a ground based on the plurality of positive pressures; and obtaining an outer contour of the plurality of supporting wheels, and performing a warning of an overturning risk of the work machine based on the intersection point and the outer contour of the plurality of supporting wheels.
US12258733B2
The present invention is related to a construction machine, the construction machine including: a main pump; a swing motor operated by the main pump; a swing valve configured to control flow of the hydraulic oil by the main pump to supply the hydraulic oil to the swing motor and to control the flow of the hydraulic oil having been discharged from the swing motor; a hydraulic oil control valve unit configured to control the flow of the hydraulic oil according to a pressure of the hydraulic oil at opposite ends; a first accumulator configured to store the hydraulic oil when the swing motor is decelerated; a regeneration control valve provided between the hydraulic oil control valve unit and the first accumulator; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic oil control valve unit and the regeneration control valve by determining acceleration or deceleration of the swing motor.
US12258720B2
An elastic bollard for rack protection includes: a buffer part (30) mounted on ground; a vertical pole (50) coupled to the buffer part; a case part which includes a case upper part (11) having a through-insertion port (11a) formed on an upper surface thereof so that the vertical pole penetrates and protrudes to the outside, and a case lower part (12) integrally coupled to a lower end of the case upper part, and forms an internal space to cover the buffer part (30); an elastic part (40) provided between a bottom surface of the case upper part and an upper surface of the buffer part; and a pedestal part on which the buffer part is mountable.
US12258719B2
A protective barrier includes an angle bracket having a length extending from a first end to a second end of the protective barrier. The angle bracket includes a first elongate leg member having a first edge extending along the length of the angle bracket, the first elongate member having a first side configured to be mounted to a surface, a second elongate leg member extending along the length of the angle bracket and substantially perpendicular from the first elongate leg member, and an impact absorber extending from the first end to the second end of the protective barrier, the impact absorber being compressible and configured to be disposed on the angle bracket.
US12258692B2
Nonwoven fabrics may be fashioned as topical delivery systems with increased and controllable rate of product release, while still possessing the requisite strength and durability for mass production and distribution. Such delivery systems comprise fabrics that are fashioned from micro-denier fibers that are produced by fibrillating bicomponent island-in-the-sea fibers. Facial masks made from these fabrics can achieve adequate product delivery in 3-5 minutes or less.
US12258690B2
A carrier for supporting a yarn to be used by a braiding machine, has: a spool carrying the yarn; a motor drivingly engaged to the spool; at least one sensor for producing data about a condition of the yarn in the spool; and a controller operatively connected to the motor and to the at least one sensor, the controller having a processor and a computer-readable medium operatively connected to the processor and having instructions stored thereon executable by the processor for: receiving said data from the at least one sensor; determining operation parameters of the motor based on the received data; and operating the motor per the determined operation parameters to create the desired tension in the yarn.
US12258687B2
A method for manufacturing a flame-retardant bulky fiber without a flame retardant on a fully-drawn yarn (FDY) machine is provided. The flame-retardant bulky fiber is formed by winding a plurality of spiral yarns arranged in the same direction; and the yarns are polyester yarns with a fineness of 0.52 DPF to 80 DPF. The method includes the following steps: slicing and drying a polyester masterbatch; spinning through a spinning die, and cooling by side blowing; cooling and oiling; drawing by a first hot roller; drawing and shaping by a second hot roller; and winding. The present disclosure can manufacture a flame-retardant bulky fiber on an FDY machine, which has the same effect as drawn textured yarn (DTY) manufactured by a texturing machine. Moreover, without being added with any chemical flame retardant, the flame-retardant bulky fiber of the present disclosure can reach the flame-retardant standard of home textiles.
US12258684B2
Processes for making fibrous structures and more particularly processes for making fibrous structures comprising filaments are provided.
US12258679B2
A method of broadening epitopic coverage of an antigen of interest, wherein a first sample of the antigen of interest is contacted with a first plurality of host cells collectively expressing a first library of antibodies. Host cells expressing antibodies that bind to the antigen are then collected from among the first plurality of host cells, and a composition is prepared comprising a polyclonal mixture of antibodies expressed by these host cells. A second sample of the antigen of interest is then contacted with an aliquot of the prepared composition and a second plurality of host cells collectively expressing a second library of antibodies. Host cells expressing antibodies that bind to the second sample of the antigen are then collected from among the second plurality of host cells.
US12258671B2
Methods and systems for the valorization of carbon monoxide emissions from metallurgical furnaces into highly valuable low-carbon footprint chemicals using carbon monoxide electrolysis are disclosed herein are disclosed. A disclosed method includes operating a metallurgical furnace; obtaining, in connection with the operation of the metallurgical furnace, a volume of carbon monoxide; supplying the volume of carbon monoxide to a cathode area of a carbon monoxide electrolyzer to be used as a reduction substrate; and generating, using the carbon monoxide electrolyzer, the reduction substrate, and an oxidation substrate, a volume of generated chemicals. The volume of generated chemicals is at least one of: a volume of hydrocarbons, a volume of organic acids, a volume of alcohol, a volume of olefins and a volume of N-rich organic compounds.
US12258661B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing layers whose layer thickness distribution can be adjusted in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate. A very homogeneous or a specific non-homogeneous distribution can be adjusted. The particle loading is also significantly reduced. The service life is significantly higher compared to other methods. Forming of parasitic coatings is reduced.
US12258656B2
The present invention relates to a magnesium alloy material, which is an in situ magnesium hydroxide nanosheet layer modified magnesium alloy. The material is prepared from a magnesium alloy through a hydrothermal reaction under alkaline condition. The protective effect of the in situ formed magnesium hydroxide nanosheet layer structure results in remarkably enhanced corrosion resistance of the magnesium alloy, meanwhile the biocompatibility can also be significantly improved since the release rate of magnesium ion can be significantly reduced. In addition, the two-dimensional nanolayer structure has a non-releasing physical antibacterial property depending on contact. Therefore, the magnesium alloy material according to the present invention has an extremely great application prospect in the field of medical implant.
US12258653B2
A metal matrix composite produced from a powder mixture including: a composition includes aluminium having a standard of purity of at least 95.0% and including hexagonal boron nitride, and up to 2% of the weight thereof of abherent, and up to 1% of the weight thereof of hexagonal boron nitride. A method for producing a metal matrix composite, which is produced from a powder mixture including: a composition including aluminium having a standard of purity of at least 95.0% and including hexagonal boron nitride, and up to 2% of the weight thereof of abherent, and up to 1% of the weight thereof of hexagonal boron nitride, includes comminuting the aluminium powder mechanically or by water atomisation or gas atomisation, and mixing the material components, in powder form, and processing the mixture, by primary shaping or extrusion or sintering or 3D printing, to form a bar, a semi-finished product, or a component.
US12258639B2
Methods and reagents are used to determine the presence of human fecal contamination. These relate to detection of human crAssphage, a bacteriophage present in Bacteroides.
US12258636B2
The present invention discloses a set of novel epigenetic biomarkers for early prediction, treatment response, recurrence and prognosis monitoring of pancreatic cancer. Aberrant methylation of genes can be detected in tumor tissues and plasma samples from pancreatic cancer patients but not in normal healthy individual. The present disclosure also discloses primers and probes used herein.
US12258627B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having hearing loss, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing hearing loss, and methods of detecting Kelch Domain Containing 7B (KLHDC7B) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.
US12258626B2
Disclosed herein in are methods and systems for determining genetic variants (e.g., copy number variation) in a polynucleotide sample. A method for determining copy number variations includes tagging double-stranded polynucleotides with duplex tags, sequencing polynucleotides from the sample and estimating total number of polynucleotides mapping to selected genetic loci. The estimate of total number of polynucleotides can involve estimating the number of double-stranded polynucleotides in the original sample for which no sequence reads are generated. This number can be generated using the number of polynucleotides for which reads for both complementary strands are detected and reads for which only one of the two complementary strands is detected.
US12258625B2
The technology described herein is directed to compositions, methods, and systems for measuring the interactions between RNAs and proteins.
US12258622B2
A method for simply predicting the degree of inflammation of periodontal tissue such as an inflamed area (PISA or CAPRS value), and a device (e.g., a DNA chip) used for the method are provided. The method is a method for estimating a periodontal pocket inflammation area by detecting bacterial loads of two or more types of bacteria in saliva and using the obtained detection results as indexes, wherein bacteria to be detected include: a bacterium having a positive correlation between the bacterial load of the bacterium and the periodontal pocket inflammation area and a bacterium having a negative correlation between the bacterial load of the bacterium and the periodontal pocket inflammation area.
US12258620B2
Disclosed herein is a method of synthesizing a target nucleic acid preferentially relative to a nucleic acid with one or more nucleotides that differ from the target nucleic acid. Also disclosed are systems and kits for the same.
US12258615B2
Compositions and methods of labeling mitochondrial nucleic acids and sequencing and analysis thereof
Methods of labeling, amplifying, and sequencing mitochondrial DNA are provided. The labeling methods typically include using polymerase-based extension of one or more unique molecular identifier (UMI) primers along a target mitochondrial DNA template, each UMI primer including a universal primer sequence, a unique molecular identifier sequence, and a mitochondrial DNA binding sequence. Amplification of the labeled-target mitochondrial DNA can include, for example, polymerase chain reaction (e.g., high-fidelity long-range). Methods of determining the sequence of labeled-target mitochondrial DNA can include use of a long-read sequencing platform. The methods may further including one or more of grouping sequences having the same UMI into one of more groups, determining the sequence of each labeled-target mitochondrial DNA by determining the consensus sequence of each group, and identifying polymorphisms in one or more of the labeled-target mitochondrial DNA. The methods can be used in, for example, preimplantation genetic testing.
US12258606B2
The present disclosure relates to recombinant yeast host cells having (i) a first genetic modification for reducing the production of one or more native enzymes that function to produce glycerol or regulating glycerol synthesis and/or allowing the production of an heterologous glucoamylase and (ii) a second genetic modification for reducing the production of one or more native enzymes that function to produce trehalose or regulating trehalose synthesis and/or allowing the expression of an heterologous trehalase. The recombinant yeast host cells can be used to limit the production of (yeast-produced) trehalose (particularly extracellular trehalose) during fermentation and, in some embodiments, can increase the production of a fermentation product (such as, for example, ethanol).
US12258605B2
This invention relates to modified hydroxylases. The invention further relates to cells expressing such modified hydroxylases and methods of producing hydroxylated alkanes by contacting a suitable substrate with such cells.
US12258602B2
An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biochemical production, with front end oil separation. Prior to or after saccharification, oil can be removed from a sugar/carbohydrate stream. After saccharification and prior to a sugar conversion process, the sugar/carbohydrate stream includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose can be produced, with such sugar stream being available for biochemical production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein and/or fiber. In other words, oil separation and sugar stream production occurs on the front end of the system and method.
US12258596B2
Compositions and methods relating to paraoxonase fusion polypeptides are disclosed. In some aspects, the fusions are bispecific molecules that include a first biologically active polypeptide linked amino-terminal to a biologically active paraoxonase, wherein the first biologically active polypeptide is a DNase, an RNase, a SOD1, a CTLA-4 extracellular domain, a CD40 extracellular domain, or a polypeptide that specifically binds and neutralizes an inflammatory cytokine. Bispecific fusions may further include a second biologically active polypeptide (e.g., a dimerizing or FcRn-binding domain) linked carboxyl-terminal to the first biologically active polypeptide and amino-terminal to the paraoxonase. In other aspects, a fusion polypeptide includes a biologically active paraoxonase linked carboxyl-terminal or amino-terminal to a dimerizing or FcRn-binding domain. Also disclosed are dimeric proteins comprising first and second paraoxonase fusion polypeptides as disclosed herein. The fusion polypeptides and dimeric proteins are useful in methods for therapy.
US12258593B2
The present invention provides a novel hydrolase that can industrially produce optically highly pure (1S,2S)-1-alkoxycarbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane carboxylic acid with high efficiency at low costs, and a production method using the hydrolase.
US12258591B2
The invention relates to a new method of characterising a target polynucleotide. The method uses a pore and a Dda helicase. The helicase controls the movement of the target polynucleotide through the pore. The invention also relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
US12258583B2
Provided is a method for producing a cell population containing embryonic erythroblasts, including the steps of: (1) subjecting pluripotent stem cells to suspension culture to form a cell aggregate; and (2) obtaining the cell population from the cell aggregate obtained in step (1), step (2) including step (2a) of subjecting the cell aggregate to adhesion culture. In addition, provided are an embryonic erythroblast-containing cell population, a cell culture composition containing the cell population, and a compound test method that uses the embryonic erythroblast-containing cell population.
US12258575B2
The present disclosure provides CasY proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasY proteins, and modified host cells comprising the CasY proteins and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasY proteins are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides CasY guide RNAs that bind to and provide sequence specificity to the CasY proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasY guide RNAs, and modified host cells comprising the CasY guide RNAs and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasY guide RNAs are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides methods of identifying a CRISPR RNA-guided endonuclease.
US12258573B2
Described herein are methods of treating muscular dystrophy in a subject, comprising administration of a recombinant AAV vector AAVrh74.tMCK.hSGCA using a systemic route of administration and at a dose of about 1.0×1012 vg/kg to about 5.0×1015 vg/kg. Further disclosed are methods of expressing alpha-sarcoglycan gene in a cell or in a subject in need thereof, decreasing a serum CK level, and increasing alpha-sarcoglycan positive fibers in muscle tissue of a subject.
US12258572B2
This document provides adenovirus vectors and methods and materials related to using adenovirus vectors. For example, adenoviruses for delivering nucleic acid encoding one or more immunogens (e.g., one or more immunogens associated with a pathogen causing an infection) to cells within a mammal such that the mammal produces an effective immune response against the immunogen(s) are provided.
US12258570B1
A peony PoWOX11 gene and an application of a coded protein thereof are provided in the present disclosure, belonging to the field of biotechnology. The peony PoWOX11 gene is introduced into Arabidopsis thaliana to obtain a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plant stably expressing peony PoWOX11 gene, with bolting and flowering of the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plant delayed; where the peony PoWOX11 gene has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 7, and a protein coded by the peony PoWOX11 gene has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 8.
US12258559B2
The present invention discloses a method for screening for and identifying a desirable plant improving trait, said method comprises steps of: (a) obtaining genetic material from a sampling of a predefined source and (b) constructing an expression library from said genetic material. The aforementioned method further comprises steps of: (c) producing plants transformed with said expression library at a transformation efficiency of at least 0.05%-30%, representing at least 102-1010 trangenes; (d) screening for transformed plants expressing said desirable trait; and (e) identifying said transgene of said transformed plants expressing said desirable trait.
US12258558B2
The disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for screening a library of aptamers for aptamers having a binding affinity to a target molecule. The methods and compositions described herein utilize a throughput approach that is able to simultaneously measure binding affinity and link the binding affinity to the identity (e.g., sequence) of the aptamer.
US12258549B2
The present set of embodiments relate to a system, method, and apparatus for culturing cells within a cell culture vessel having a mixing element. The cell culture system includes a flexible portion and a mixing element disposed therein. The mixing element includes a suspended foldable portion. The system is configured to reduce shear stress on cells without compromising mixing efficiency. This reduction is accomplished by using a mixing element having a large surface area allowing for reduced rotational speeds. The system is collapsible for ease of transport and disposal. The flexible portion collapses and the foldable portion folds to minimize the volume of the system while not in operation.
US12258535B2
Emulsions including an additized oil phase and a water phase additive blend are disclosed. The components of the additized oil phase and the water phase additive blend do not interact. The emulsions are useful as metalworking fluids. Methods of making and using the emulsions are also disclosed.
US12258533B2
Provided is a silicone anti-foaming agent composition that not only has superior anti-foaming speed but also in which anti-foaming performance is not reduced even when used repeatedly or over a long period. The composition comprises: a polyorganosiloxane polymer crosslinked product having a polyoxyalkylene group, which includes: moiety structure (I): -R1-(R22SiO)d-R1(where R1 represents an alkylene group bonded to a silicon atom on the polysiloxane chain, R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and d is 200 to 1000); and moiety structure (II): —(CeH2e)—O—(EO)x-(PO)y-(BO)z-R3 (where a single bond on the left end is bonded to a silicon atom on the polysiloxane chain, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an acyl group, e is 2 to 10, (x+y+z) is 40 to 100, x is 15 to 50, y is 15 to 50, and z is 0 to 50).
US12258529B2
The present invention relates to the additive for solid fuel combustion processes (coal, biomass) that both improves fuel efficiency, reduces fuel consumption, and has the ability to prevent sludge formation in combustion chamber and reduce pollutant emission, ensuring stable and highly efficient furnace operation even when using bad-quality fuel. The additive includes the activator component with high polarity; the active component capable of generating active sites; the auxiliary component capable of promoting the generation of active centers; the stabilizing component able to regulate the physicochemical properties and helping to create a stable additive according to the ratio of components (% mass) as follows: Activator component: 20-30 Active component: 50-60 Auxiliary component: 5-9 Stabilizing component: 1-5, and Solvent: suitable In addition, the invention also relates to the production process for this additive.
US12258523B2
The present invention relates to a solvothermal process for producing high quality fuels and chemicals from a biomass feedstock using lignin containing bioliquor as a solvent for hydrothermal liquefaction. The lignin containing bioliquor of the present invention is obtained as a waste stream from 2G-ethanol manufacturing plants.
US12258521B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for the thermal conversion of carbonaceous feedstock material into biochar. The carbonaceous feedstock material may be harvested, preprocessed and pyrolyzed. An amount of carbonaceous feedstock material is received. An amount of a catalyst is applied to the carbonaceous feedstock material. The carbonaceous feedstock material and the applied catalyst is heated in an anaerobic environment to a temperature of at least 300 C. The biochar material is then generated.
US12258515B2
An oil soluble invert emulsifier and a process for preparation thereof, including invert emulsion drilling fluid compositions and their use, are described. The oil soluble invert emulsifier is synthesized from fatty acid reaction with polyalkylene polyamines and unsaturated mono carboxylic acids. The emulsifier is further modified with multivalent alkali metal salts. The emulsifier stabilizes the invert emulsion drilling fluid at temperatures exceeding 400° F. and imparts improved fluid properties.
US12258514B2
A lubricant composition containing a vegetable oil, a degreasing agent, and a non-ionic surfactant. The vegetable oil may be soybean oil, the degreasing agent may be ethyl lactate, and the non-ionic surfactant may comprise sorbitan esters, polyethoxylated sorbitan esters, or a combination thereof. Also provided is a wellbore servicing fluid containing a base fluid and the lubricant composition containing vegetable oil, degreasing agent, and non-ionic surfactant. Methods of introducing the lubricant composition and wellbore servicing fluids containing the lubricant composition into a subterranean zone (e.g., into a wellbore disposed in a subterranean formation) are also provided.
US12258504B2
A quantum dot composition includes a quantum dot, and a ligand bonded to a surface of the quantum dot, wherein the ligand includes a head portion bonded to the surface of the quantum dot and containing a polar solvent dissociative functional group, and a tail portion connected to the head portion. A quantum dot composition according to an embodiment is used to form an emission layer of a light emitting element to enhance luminous efficiency of the light emitting element including an emission layer formed through the quantum dot composition.
US12258502B2
An antimicrobial metallized thin film is provided that can be quickly and easily attached to surfaces of objects. This film includes a polymer substrate onto which a metallized layer is formed. The metallized layer comprises an exposed antimicrobial metal physical contact surface. Ions from this physical contact surface destroy the viral coating and ribonucleic acid of contacting viruses rendering the viruses inactive and noninfectious. The film can be attached via an adhesive layer disposed between and in contact with the polymer substrate and the communal surface. This arrangement allows the film to economically refurbish communal surfaces with a film overlay rather than completely replacing communal surfaces with antimicrobial materials. The film mitigates the likelihood of viruses such as coronaviruses, noroviruses, rhinoviruses, and the like from spreading due to contact with the refurbished communal surfaces.
US12258497B2
An object of this invention is to provide an adhesive composition that comprises a moisture-curable resin and a modified polyolefin and that achieves an excellent liquid state and excellent adhesion to polyolefin resin substrates. Provided is a moisture-curable adhesive resin composition comprising a moisture-curable resin (A) and a modified polyolefin resin (B), wherein the content of the modified polyolefin resin (B) is 2 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the moisture-curable resin (A).
US12258496B2
Provided is a curable silicone composition and applications thereof. The curable silicone composition has superior hot-melt properties and moldability, where the flexibility, toughness, and stress relief properties of a cured product obtained therefrom are not impaired even if a large amount of functional inorganic filler is blended in. The curable silicone composition comprises an organopolysiloxane resin component with a weight average molecular weight in a range of 2,000 to 15,000 and that contains a siloxane unit represented by SiO4/2 making up at least 20 mol % or more of the total siloxane units, and one or more functional fillers. The silicone resin component comprises a curing reactive functional group containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and of that curing reactive functional group, 0.05 to 1.50 mol vinyl (CH2═CH—) group is contained per 100 g of the silicone component. The curable silicone composition generally has hot-melt properties as a whole.
US12258488B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid and a treatment method that are capable of enhancing the corrosion resistance of a metal material. This object is achieved by, after forming a chemical conversion treatment film on the surface of a metal material, forming a film using a film-forming treatment liquid, the treatment liquid comprising: a silicon compound containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of alkoxysilyl, alkoxysilylene, and a siloxane bond; an organometallic compound; and water.
US12258479B2
The present invention relates to a method for printing on an adhesive medium. The present invention further relates to a printed product. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for applying an image onto an object. The present invention also relates to a radiation-curable ink composition.
US12258473B2
The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, to a vulcanizate and to a vehicle tire. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 50 to 100 phr of at least one polyisoprene selected from the group consisting of natural and synthetic polyisoprene and 5 to 500 phr of at least one silica and at least one silane B having the general empirical formula I) (R1)oSi—R2—Sn—R2—Si(R1)o where the R2 radicals may independently be the same or different and are unbranched alkylene groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and where n is an integer from 2 to 10.
US12258470B2
The present disclosure provides for porous polymer materials that include an ordered array of voids separated by a polymer framework. The porous polymer material can have a recovery state where the voids are in an uncollapsed state and iridescent color, and a deformed state having voids in a collapsed state that is non-iridescent or substantially transparent. The materials can have regions of both states simultaneously. Also described are methods for fabricating a polymer material as above, as well as chromogenic sensors including the polymer material. The sensors can have hidden anti-counterfeiting patterns, hydrophobic/oleophobic properties, and chromogenic transformation can be triggered by various stimuli such as solid target compounds, light energy, and more.
US12258460B2
Provided is a polishing pad including a polishing layer, wherein the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 13C spectrum of a processed composition prepared by adding 1 g of the polishing layer to a 0.3 M aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (KOH) and allowing the mixture to react in a closed container at a temperature of 150° C. for 48 hours includes a first peak appearing at 15 ppm to 18 ppm, a second peak appearing at 9 ppm to 11 ppm, a third peak appearing at 138 ppm to 143 ppm, and a fourth peak appearing at 55 ppm to 65 ppm, and the softening control index calculated by Equation 1 is 0.10 to 0.45. The polishing pad includes the polishing layer having physical properties corresponding to the softening control index, and thus may exhibit a removal rate and defect prevention performance within desired ranges in polishing of a polishing target.
US12258455B2
A method of forming a pre-cure solution for a structured organic film (SOF) is described, including contacting at least one type of segment and at least one type of pre-linker with a bio-based solvent. The method also includes dissolving the at least one type of segment and the at least one type of pre-linker within the bio-based solvent. The method also includes where the bio-based solvent has a viscosity above 0.92 MPa-s. A composition including a bio-based solvent is also disclosed.
US12258453B2
A method for improving hue of recycled bis-2-hydroxylethyl terephthalate by using ionic liquids including providing a recycled polyester fabric; using a chemical de-polymerization liquid to chemically de-polymerize the recycled polyester fabric to form a de-polymerization product; mixing the de-polymerization product with water to form an aqueous phase liquid; dispersing an ionic liquid impurity adsorption material into the aqueous phase liquid to adsorb impurities originally present in the recycled polyester fabric.
US12258452B2
The present invention is related to a method for recycling a composite material comprising inorganic fibers and an epoxy-resin in a one pot reaction, wherein the method comprises reacting the composite material with a boron halide in a solvent.
US12258451B2
The invention relates to a method and system for the elimination of odours in recycled plastic materials, which comprises the steps of: separating and conditioning the plastic; shredding the plastic by means of a bladed shredded, which reduces the plastic into powder-sized particles; chemically washing with a surfactant, which is carried out in a stirring tank; rinsing the plastic material to eliminate dirt and the chemicals used, which is carried out in a rinsing reactor; mechanically drying the clean material in a dryer; and deodorising the plastic, wherein volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are removed from the clean, dry material by means of steam distillation, deodorisation being performed in a steam distillation column, the VOC-free plastic exiting through the bottom part of the column.
US12258448B2
A method for purification of a biphenol dianhydride composition includes contacting the biphenol dianhydride composition with a halogenated solvent to form a solution, and isolating the purified biphenol dianhydride composition from the solution. A method of making a biphenol dianhydride composition including contacting a first solution including a biphenol tetraacid, and at least one of sodium ions, potassium ions, calcium ions, zinc ions, aluminum ions, iron ions, nickel ions, titanium ions, chromium ions, magnesium ions, manganese ions, copper ions, phosphorus ions, phosphate ions, sulfate ions, chloride ions, bromide ions, fluoride ions, nitrate ions, and nitrite ions, with a halogenated solvent to provide a second solution, heating the second solution to form the corresponding biphenol dianhydride, and isolating the purified biphenol dianhydride. The biphenol dianhydride is particularly useful for forming poly(etherimides), which can be used in a variety of articles.
US12258444B2
The invention is directed to polyesters comprising the following repeating unit of formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2 independently represent H or CH3, R3 and R4 independently represent H or OCH3, R5 independently represents C1-16alkyl-O(C═O)R7(C═O); C1-16alkyl(C═O); (C═O)R7(C═O); C1-16alkyl(C═O)OR7O(C═O)C1-16alkyl; C1-16alkyl(C═O)OR7 or (C═O)C2-3alkyl(C═O)OR7O(C═O)C2-3alkyl, R7 independently represents C1-20alkyl; benzene or furan, R6 represents CH2 or (C═O), n=0-3, m≥10. The invention is also directed to a process for the preparation of these polyesters, wherein a monomer or monomer mixture is heated in the presence of a catalyst to a temperature of 100-300° C. under a pressure below 10 kPa.
US12258442B2
The present disclosure provides a polyester including residues of formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): for example, terephthalic acid, for example, ethylene glycol, for example, cyclohexanedimethanol, and for example, tricyclodecane dimethanol, in which R1 is an aromatic group, R2 is a C2-C6 straight-chain hydrocarbon group, * represents a linking bond. Based on 100 mol % of a sum of the residues of the formula (ii), the formula (iii) and the formula (iv), a content of the residue of the formula (iii) ranges from 50 mol % to 85 mol %, and the residue of the formula (iv) ranges from 12 mol % to 40 mol %. The polyester has excellent impact strength, elongation, hardness, and heat resistance, and can be used in applications such as shaped materials of food contacts, automotive molds, commercial housewares, compounders consumers, electronics, device housings, in-store fixtures, electronic packaging, outdoor signs, personal care, cosmetics packaging, sporting equipment tools, and toys and water/sport bottles.
US12258441B1
A method of fabricating a conjugated polymer may include alkylating a carbazole with an alkyl bromide, in a solvent mixture, to form an alkyl carbazole; brominating the alkyl carbazole to form an N-alkyldibromocarbazole; and reacting the N-alkyldibromocarbazole with a distanyl-biselenophene in the presence of a catalyst to form a conjugated polymer having repeating units of formula (5)
US12258440B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.
US12258428B1
A method of making a smart optical material (SOM) including mixing polypropylene in a solvent to form a first solution. The method further includes mixing a zinc salt in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and heating it to form a second solution. The method further includes mixing rhodamine B and a peroxide into the second solution to form a third solution. The method further includes mixing the third solution into the first solution to form a reaction solution, wherein the peroxide initiates polymerization of the 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate to form poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). The method further includes separating the SOM from the reaction solution. The SOM has at least two bandgaps, a first bandgap is from 1.4-1.5 eV, and a second bandgap is from 1.8-1.9 eV.
US12258425B2
Provided herein are compositions including peptides, pharmaceutical preparations thereof, and methods of preventing photoreceptor death therewith and protecting of retinal cells, including, but not limited to, photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium, from Fas- or TRAIL-mediated apoptosis.
US12258424B2
Polypeptides and compositions having the polypeptides. Methods for treating cancer utilizing polypeptides and compositions having the polypeptides. The polypeptides can bind to human PD-L1 protein. The polypeptides can block the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction.
US12258423B2
The present invention provides stapled polypeptides of the Formulae (I) and (VI): and salts thereof; wherein the groups ; R1a, R1b, R1c, R2a, R3a, R2b, R3b, R4a, R4b, RA, RZ, L1a, L1b, L2, L3, XAA, v, w, p, m, s, n, t, and q are as defined herein. The present invention further provides methods of preparing the inventive stapled polypeptides from unstapled polypeptide precursors. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a stapled polypeptide of Formula (I) or (VI), and methods of using the stapled peptides. The present invention also provides modifications of the staples post ring closing metathesis.
US12258414B2
The present invention relates to CD98hc binding moieties with high specificity and with ability to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB). Such moieties may be used alone or as components in specific conjugates that target the amino acid transporter complexes formed with a light chain and CD98hc. The invention relates more specifically to VNAR single chain antibodies derived from nurse shark that bind to CD98hc, compounds and compositions comprising a CD98hc-specific binding moiety, diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use in vitro or in vivo, e.g., to diagnose, treat and/or prevent a pathological condition, disorder or disease in which it is beneficial to deliver a heterologous biomolecule across the blood brain barrier by association with a CD98hc-specific VNAR binding moiety. The invention also includes Type IV semi-synthetic VNAR libraries derived from shark VNARs for selection of binding moieties that specifically bind to a molecular or cellular target of interest.
US12258413B2
The present invention relates to a bispecific antibody in which an N-terminal side polypeptide is bound to an IgG portion that binds to TfR, a bispecific antibody fragment thereof, a DNA encoding the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof, a vector containing the DNA, a hybridoma and a transformant that produce the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof, a method for producing the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof, therapeutic and diagnostic agents containing the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof, therapeutic and diagnostic methods using the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof, and a reagent for detection or measurement containing the bispecific antibody or the bispecific antibody fragment thereof.
US12258405B2
The present disclosure relates to a CD3 antibody and a pharmaceutical use thereof. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to forming a multi-specificity antibody by using CD3 antibody and binding molecules of another target. The multi-specificity antibody may simultaneously bind to CD3 and another tumor-associated antigen, and bind and activate CD3-positive T cells while binding tumor-associated antigen-expressing cells, thereby promoting T cells specifically killing tumor cells that express tumor-associated antigens. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a preparation and application of a multi-specific antibody.
US12258401B2
The present invention provides a combination therapy for treating a tumor in a subject. The combination comprises two elements. The first is a polypeptide construct comprising an attenuated Type I interferon (IFN) linked to an antibody which binds to a cell surface-associated antigen expressed on the tumour cell and comprising a functional Fc region. The second is a CD47 antagonist which inhibits the interaction CD47 with the SIRPα receptor.
US12258397B2
Aspects of the invention described herein include methods of treating, inhibiting, ameliorating and/or eliminating a virus or cancer cells in a subject utilizing genetically engineered human T-cells having receptors for a molecule presented by the virus or the cancer cells, wherein the genetically engineered T cells are isolated utilizing a two-stage MTX selection that employs increasing concentrations of MTX.
US12258393B2
A method of treating inflammatory bowel disorders, such as ulcerative colitis, comprises administering an IL-23 inhibitor, such as an anti-IL-23p19 antibody (e.g., guselkumab) and a TNF-α inhibitor, such as an anti-TNF-α antibody (e.g., golimumab).
US12258390B2
This disclosure relates generally to methods and agents for treating an ocular disease or disorder. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to the use of CD14 antagonist antibodies for treating an ocular disease or disorder.
US12258369B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for synthesizing 5′Capped RNAs wherein the initiating capped oligonucleotide primers have the general form m7Gppp[N2′Ome]n[N]m wherein m7G is N7-methylated guanosine or any guanosine analog, N is any natural, modified or unnatural nucleoside, “n” can be any integer from 0 to 4 and “m” can be an integer from 1 to 9.
US12258368B2
The present disclosure provides methods of sequencing polynucleotides and compounds, compositions useful for sequencing of polynucleotides. The chemical compounds include nucleotides and their analogs which possess a sugar moiety comprising a cleavable chemical group capping the 3′-OH group and a base that is attached to a detectable label through a cleavable linker comprising a disulfide bond. In addition, the disulfide bond(s) can be cleavable by a reducing reagent. In addition, after the disulfide bond(s) is/are cleaved by the reducing reagent, there is no free thiol group linked to the nucleotides. Examples of chemical compounds according to the present disclosure are shown as Formulae (IV) and (V).
US12258363B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel crystalline form of L-glufosinate ammonium salt and a process for preparation thereof. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising said form and a method for the control of undesired plant growth using said compositions.
US12258355B2
Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
US12258349B2
A process for the manufacture of an antiviral compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof Wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom or hydroxyl group, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom or hydroxyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, or a cycloheteroalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
US12258345B1
Novel pyrrolo[3,2-c]isoquinoline-2,3-diones, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrrolo[3,2-c]isoquinoline-2,3-dione compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US12258330B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing voriconazole and an intermediate thereof. In the method, a voriconazole condensate isomer is reacted as a starting material in the presence of an acid to obtain 4-chloro-6-ethyl-5-fluoropyrimidine and 2′,4′-difluoro-2-[1-(1H-1,2,4-triazolyl)]acetophenone. A method for preparing voriconazole by using the intermediate thus obtained is further disclosed. By adopting the method of the present invention, the utilization rate of starting materials and auxiliary materials for preparing voriconazole on the basis of the prior art can be greatly improved, thereby reducing costs.
US12258329B2
The present disclosure is directed to pyrimidone derivatives of Formula I and their use for selectively killing HIV infected GAG-POL expressing cells without concomitant cytotoxicity to HIV nave cells, and for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV, or for the treatment, prophylaxis or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or AIDS Related Complex (ARC).
US12258323B2
The present invention provides dihydrooxydiazinone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, and R4, are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US12258319B2
A process is provided for manufacturing a cyclic urea adduct of an ethyleneamine compound, the ethyleneamine compound having a linear —NH—CH2—CH2—NH— group. The process includes, in an absorption step, contacting a liquid medium comprising an ethyleneamine compound having a linear —NH—CH2—CH2—NH— group with a CO2-containing gas stream at a pressure of from about 1 to about 20 bara, resulting in the formation of a liquid medium into which CO2 has been absorbed. The process further includes bringing the liquid medium to cyclic urea formation conditions, and, in an urea formation step, forming cyclic urea adduct of the ethyleneamine compound, urea formation conditions including a temperature of at least about 120° C., wherein the total pressure at the end of the urea formation step is at most about 20 bara, and wherein the temperature in the absorption step is lower than the temperature in the urea formation step.
US12258317B2
An isoquinolinone compound acts as an inhibitor of semicarbazide-sensitive oxidase (SSAO) and/or vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1), and the use thereof, and further relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound. The compound or the pharmaceutical composition can be used to prepare a drug for preventing, treating or ameliorating inflammation and/or inflammation-related diseases, diabetes and/or diabetes-related diseases in patients, and especially can be used to prepare a drug for preventing, treating or ameliorating non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases in patients.
US12258315B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that act as protein kinase inhibitors, especially RPS6K1 and the synthesis of the same. Further, the present disclosure teaches the utilization of such compounds in a treatment for proliferative diseases, including cancer, particularly breast cancer, and especially ER+ and/or HER2+ breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and metastatic cancer.
US12258313B2
A method for purifying cumene may include splitting an alkylation reaction product into a first portion and a second portion; feeding the first portion as mostly a liquid into a benzene column; at least partially vaporizing the second portion in a heater; feeding the at least partially vaporized second portion into the benzene column. A method for purifying cumene may also include the steps of providing a benzene column and a cumene column; directing a liquid side draw from the benzene column to the cumene column, the liquid side draw being a liquid substantially free of DIPB; returning a benzene enriched vapor from the cumene column to the benzene column using an overhead line, the benzene enriched vapor having a higher concentration of benzene than the liquid side draw; and drawing purified cumene from the cumene column.
US12258312B2
The present application relates to a compound of the following formula (I) in which —R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent independently of each other H or a (C1-C30) alkyl group, the total sum of the number of carbon atoms of R1, R2, R3 and R4 being equal to 6+4x, x being a whole number of between 1 and 6, provided that: at most two of the groups R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H, R5 represents H, OR, or NR′R″ R, R′ and R″, identical or different, represent H, a (C1-C10) alkyl group, at least one of groups R1, R2, R3 or R4 comprises or is a tertiobutyl group. (I) the method for preparing same and the uses thereof as a plasticising lubricant, surfactant or in a cosmetic composition.
US12258310B2
Peroxyhydroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions and methods for forming peroxyhydroxycarboxylic acids, preferably in situ, using the peroxyhydroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are disclosed. Methods of using the peroxyhydroxycarboxylic acids, including for treating a surface or a target in need of antimicrobial or sanitizing treatment are also disclosed. Particular applications of using odor-free, low volatility peroxyhydroxycarboxylic acid sanitizers for direct food contact are disclosed.
US12258303B2
The present invention relates to metal salts of 2-[3-[(3R)-3-[[2-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methyl-(2,2-diphenylethyl)amino]butoxy]phenyl]acetic acid which exhibit improved physical properties and stability. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including an effective amount of the metal salts, as well as methods of treating cancer including administration of a pharmaceutical composition including a salt of the invention to a subject in need thereof.
US12258300B2
A method of making one or more alkyl thiophosphoric triamides.
US12258299B2
The present invention refers to a permanent solid calcium fertilizer suitable against fruit physiological disorders and pests, characterized in that it comprises more than 98.5% weight of calcium carbonate. It is also an object of the invention the use of this fertilizer for the protection of agricultural crops against pests and preferably for the protection of pear and/or apple crops.
US12258295B2
A use of a thiosulfate as a retarder for a cement paste comprising a magnesium phosphate cement.
US12258292B2
The present disclosure concerns an aluminosilicate having a Blaine fineness of about 500 m2/kg to about 3000 m2/kg and/or a specific surface area of about 4 m2/g to about 20 m2/g, as well as the uses thereof. The present disclosure also comprises a dry cementing composition and a mortar or concrete composition, the compositions comprising said aluminosilicate. The present disclosure also comprises a process for the manufacture of aluminosilicate. The process comprises: roasting a spodumene concentrate in an acid medium; leaching the acidic roast spodumene concentrate so as to obtain a mixture comprising a solid comprising the aluminosilicate and a leachate; and separating the aluminosilicate from the leachate in an acid medium, wherein said aluminosilicate contains a calcium concentration of less than about 5%.
US12258291B2
The present invention relates to an improved drywall finish and joint compound comprised of a mixture of fractured aluminum oxide, glass bead, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, magnesium aluminum phyllosilicate, aluminum silicate hydroxide, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, metamorphic mineral, sodium bicarbonate, silicon and aluminides, talc, kaolin, and metal oxide. The improved drywall finish and joint compound is capable of adhering to drywall, wood, concrete, brick, stone, steel, and other surfaces, and can be applied using a conventional trowel or similar device, cures quickly, and eliminates the need for taping and bedding. The compound saves extensive time and labor when installing, repairing, or working with drywall.
US12258281B2
The invention relates to a strontium aluminate mixed oxide precursor and a method for producing same, as well as to a strontium aluminate mixed oxide and method for producing same. The strontium aluminate mixed oxide precursor can be transformed into a strontium aluminate mixed oxide at relatively low temperature. The strontium aluminate mixed oxide is characterized by substantially spherically-shaped particles with a spongy- or porous bone-like microstructure. A luminescent material including a strontium aluminate mixed oxide is also provided.
US12258275B2
The present invention relates to elastomer compositions comprising adducts between compounds of formula (I) preferably derived from natural sources such as mucic, pyromucic, glucaric, glycaric, galactaric, muconic acid and/or linear derivatives thereof containing ester or amide groups and/or cyclic derivatives thereof with heteroatoms in the ring, such as oxygen or nitrogen, and carbon allotropes in which the carbon is sp2 hybridized, such as for example carbon nanotubes, graphene or nanographites, carbon black.
US12258254B2
A filling apparatus configured to simultaneously fill multiple containers of different shapes and sizes. The filling apparatus including a feed conveyor mechanism including two or more feed conveyors, wherein each of the two or more conveyors is respectively configured to transport an empty fluid container of a different size along a manufacturing line, a turntable mechanism including two or more concentric rings, wherein each of the two or more concentric rings is configured to receive an empty fluid container from the respective two or more feed conveyors and rotate about a common axis while filling the empty fluid containers via at least to fill ports, and an output conveyor mechanism including two or more output conveyors, wherein each of the two or more output conveyors is respectively configured to receive a filled fluid container of a different size from the turntable mechanism for transport along the manufacturing line.
US12258253B2
The invention relates to a system for introducing an additive into a container (2). The system comprises an automated device for transporting the container (2) in a horizontal plane (P), such as a rotary wheel. The system further comprises a static microdoser (5) having a nozzle from which a jet (7) of an additive issues upon passage of an opening of the container (2). Additive is so injected into said container (2). According to the invention, the nozzle of the static microdoser (5) is inclined relative to a direction orthogonal to said horizontal plane (P). This limits splashing, in particular when the jet (7) of additive hits an inner wall of the container (2) that is free of liquid. This can be facilitated by an acceleration applied on the container (2) which inclines the free surface (8) of the liquid material present in the container (2). A preferred application is the introduction of a flavored concentrate into a bottle of water.
US12258240B2
A method for assembling a hollow rail for guiding an elevator car and/or a counterweight of an elevator installation includes: arranging a first and second hollow rail parts at different heights in an elevator shaft; aligning the first rail part relative to the second rail part by an alignment piece so that the first and second rail parts extend along a common longitudinal axis, wherein the alignment piece protrudes partially into an open end of the first rail part and partially into an open end of the second rail part; fastening one clamping element to each of the first and second rail parts; and applying a force to the clamping elements in opposite directions parallel to the common longitudinal axis to bring together the first and second rail parts, wherein the alignment piece is pressed into the open end of the first and/or the second rail part.
US12258239B2
A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in the axial direction while holding a portion of the transported sheet.
US12258234B2
An apparatus for unwinding a roll of material includes an unwinding roller, an idle roller, and a motor. The unwinding roller is for supporting the roll of material. The idle roller is spaced apart from the unwinding roller so that the roll of material can be supported on the idle roller and the unwinding roller. The motor is in mechanical communication with the unwinding roller and is configured to axially rotate the unwinding roller.
US12258227B2
A robotic system is disclosed. The system includes a memory that stores for each of a plurality of items a set of attribute values. The system includes a processor(s) that uses the attribute values to simulate the placement of items, including by determining, iteratively, for each next item a placement location at which to place the item on a simulated stack of items on the pallet, using the attribute values and a geometric model of where items have been simulated to have been placed to estimate a state of the stack after each of a subset of simulated placements, and using the estimated state to inform a next placement decision. The steps of determining for each next item a placement location and estimating the state of the stack until all of at least a subset of the plurality of items have been simulated as having been placed on the stack.
US12258221B2
A food product quality control system is provided. The system comprises a support structure, an inspection unit for detecting at least one property of a food product supplied to the inspection unit, the inspection unit being mounted on the support structure, and a conveyor system for conveying a food product through and/or past the inspection unit, the conveyor system being mounted on the support structure. The conveyor system comprises a conveying apparatus carried on a frame. The frame is movably mounted to the support structure such that the frame may move relative to the inspection unit between an operation position, at which the frame is laterally aligned with the inspection unit such that food product may be conveyed through and/or past the inspection unit, and a maintenance position, at which the frame is laterally offset from the inspection unit.
US12258214B2
A remotely operated vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system moves a product item between a storage container stored in an automated storage and retrieval grid configured to store a plurality of stacks of storage containers, and a further container. The remotely operated vehicle includes a vehicle body; a wheel arrangement connected to the vehicle body configured to move the remotely operated vehicle along a rail system of the automated storage and retrieval system; and a picking system for moving the product item between the storage container and the further container. The vehicle includes a container lifting device configured to carry the further container. The picking system includes a picking arm having a first end connected to the vehicle body and a second end. The picking system includes a holding mechanism for releasably holding of the product item. The holding mechanism is provided in the second end of the picking arm.
US12258201B2
The valve cup for pressurized container has an outer face and an inner face and is provided with a peripheral bearing edge (51) for placing the cup on a can, a central opening for the passage of a product outlet rod (31), a descending wall in the continuation of the bearing edge, and a bottom wall between the descending wall and the central opening, which bottom wall comprises at least one frustoconical peripheral portion the outer face of which is concave.
US12258198B2
A plastic film bag with a bag opening and an opposite bag end includes a plastic film front wall, a plastic film rear wall, a plastic film bag bottom, a plastic film interlayer arranged between the plastic film front wall and the plastic film rear wall, and at least one first layer comprising liquid-absorbent material, wherein the first layer is connected via the front side to the rear side of the plastic film interlayer and extends in the direction of the bottom edge of the plastic film interlayer and ends at a distance from said bottom edge or extends up to the bottom edge or in parts projects beyond the bottom edge in the direction of or up to the plastic film bag bottom. The present disclosure moreover relates to the use of the plastic film bag as a shipping bag, in particular for the transport of liquid samples.
US12258189B2
A child resistant package comprising a child-resistant packaging containing there within a solid food item comprising a medicine, wherein the packaging has the shape of a box. The packaging is provided with a perforation and the solid food item is provided with a ‘void’, such as a recess, cut, indentation or hole. The perforation defines a portion of the packaging that is separated at least in part from the remainder of the packaging when the perforation is pierced/punched. The position and shape of the void in the solid food item and the perforation in the packaging correspond, such that, when opening the packaging, the void in the food item facilitates piercing the perforation by enabling the portion of the packaging defined by the perforation to be pushed into the void in the solid food item.
US12258186B2
The present disclosure relates to child-safe packaging. In accordance with aspects and embodiments, a child-safe packaging system is provided comprising a cardstock inner package having an internal cavity dimensioned to hold a product and a cardstock outer sleeve having an open end a closed end, wherein the inner package is sized to frictionally fit within the outer sleeve. To access the inner package, force must be applied to the inner package through an access hole in the outer sleeve. To further safeguard the contents of the inner package, the frictional fit may be enhanced by application of a coating to portions of the inner packaging and outer sleeve, and the inner package may be made shorter than the outer sleeve.
US12258183B2
A closure for a container includes an annular base to be fixed to the upper rim of a container and a lid. The lid is adapted to be moved to an open position, in which access is gained to the container. A locking member is attached to the base and to the lid so as to lock the lid relative to the base such that movement of the lid relative to the annular base is prevented. The locking member includes at least one tamper-evident lug welded to an attachment surface of the lid or the annular base and a frangible connection integrally adjoining the tamper-evident lug.
US12258182B2
There is described a closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product. The closure assembly comprises a lid, a first ring member, a second ring member, a coupling element connected to the lid and one of the first ring member and the second ring member, at least one rupturable first coupling bridge connecting the first ring member and the second ring member to one another; and at least one rupturable second coupling bridge connecting the second ring member and the lid to one another.
US12258181B1
A cover having a body with a length defined between a top end and a bottom end. The body has a plurality of apertures positioned at the top end permitting air to flow into an interior of the body. An opening in the body is positioned adjacent the bottom end of the body and is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a container therein, such as a wine bottle, a wine glass or a wine decanter. A securement mechanism is positioned adjacent to the opening and is engageable to change a size of the opening from a first size to a second size. Protrusions can be positioned about the body to provide a gripping surface to the cover.
US12258170B2
A crate for storing containers includes a plurality of walls and a base connected to the plurality of walls. The base includes a plurality of recessed areas each having a first container contact surface spaced from a second container contact surface.
US12258164B2
A method for preparing a package that can effectively suppress surface alteration even in a sputtering target whose surface is likely to be altered by moisture such as a sputtering target comprising an oxide of boron is provided. A method for preparing a package of sputtering target, including a step 1 of housing a sputtering target in a first packaging bag made of a film having a water vapor permeability of 1 g/(m2·24 h) or less, and then vacuum sealing an opening of the first packaging bag; and a step 2 of housing the first packaging bag which has been vacuum sealed in the step 1, in a second packaging bag made of a film having a water vapor permeability of 1 g/(m2·24 h) or less, and then enclosing one or more cushion gases selected from a group consisting of air and inert gas in the second packaging bag, and sealing an opening of the second packaging bag.
US12258162B2
The present invention provides a filling nozzle obtained by using a resin selected from a cycloolefin polymer and a cycloolefin copolymer, or a filling nozzle including a tubular passage for supplying a pharmaceutical solution, and a filling port disposed at a lower end of the tubular passage, in which the tubular passage and the filling port have a circular peripheral cross-section, and an inner diameter of the passage of the filling port is larger than an inner diameter of the tubular passage disposed on an upstream side.
US12258154B2
A method, apparatus and program product may utilize various approaches for adapting stretch wrapping to accommodate lower quality packaging materials such as packaging materials including recycled content, including heating a web of packaging material prior to or during pre-stretching, utilizing multiple pre-stretch zones and/or reducing surface adhesion of one or more pre-stretch rollers used by a load wrapping apparatus.
US12258150B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of space satellite propulsion, and particularly relates to a digital filter based method for measuring thrust response time of a satellite-borne micro-thruster. The method for measuring thrust response time in the present disclosure includes the following steps: S1: zeroing non-zero initial conditions of a torsional pendulum thrust measurement system to obtain an oscillating differential equation for a thrust measurement system after variable substitution; S2: connecting the digital filter in series behind the thrust measurement system after variable substitution to obtain an equivalent-sensitivity high-frequency thrust measurement system; S3: determining a system response of the equivalent-sensitivity high-frequency thrust measurement system; S4: determining and reading thrust response time of the satellite-borne micro-thruster from the system response; and S5: computing thrust to be measured by means of the system response inversely, and further confirming the thrust response time.
US12258144B2
Systems, devices, and methods for tracking and/or predicting motion of a wing of an aircraft are disclosed herein. The systems, devices, and methods track wing motion (e.g., in real-time). In some embodiments, the systems and devices include stereo binocular vision (SBV) cameras and/or light detection and ranging (LIDAR) emitters and receivers mounted on the aircraft. In these and other embodiments, the systems and devices include a network of contact sensors (e.g., accelerometers or strain gauges) mounted on a wing and corresponding receivers mounted on the aircraft. In these and other embodiments, based at least in part on the captured wing motion data, machine learning is employed to predict wing motion (e.g., normal, turbulent, and/or chaotic wing motion) of the aircraft.
US12258143B2
A turbine mounted behind an aircraft wing provides a specified proportion of a propulsive force in the aircraft flight direction to an amount of power generated by the turbine when driven by the airflow trailing the wing. The turbine converts a portion of the otherwise wasted energy in the rotational vortices trailing the aircraft wing into thrust that reduces aircraft drag while also providing electricity to power electrical systems on the aircraft. In one embodiment, the method used to construct the turbine saves computation time by using an optimization routine to define a preliminary turbine configuration based on an idealized vortex model and then matches it to the flow trailing an actual aircraft wing. The method is also capable of modeling a turbine construction that will use the energy in the wake solely to generate electricity without increasing drag on the aircraft or solely to reduce drag without generating electricity.
US12258139B2
An engine system for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine and a control system. The control system is configured to motor the gas turbine engine, absent fuel burn, during a taxi mode of the aircraft. The control system is further configured to accelerate a motoring speed of the gas turbine engine, absent fuel burn, above an idle speed of the gas turbine engine to provide propulsion during the taxi mode. The control system is configured to decrease the motoring speed of the gas turbine engine, absent fuel burn, based on a change in a starting mode of the gas turbine engine or the aircraft reaching a targeted new position.
US12258136B2
An airship comprises a plurality of electric power generators; a plurality of electrical buses; and a plurality of propulsion points each equipped with a propellant bundle formed from a plurality of thrusters of the electric-motor-driven propeller type. For each of the propulsion points, a thruster is electrically connected to one of the generators by way of one of the electrical buses, and another thruster of the propulsion point is electrically connected to another of the generators by way of another of the electrical buses.
US12258135B2
An aircraft propulsion system is disclosed and includes a first gas turbine engine including a first input shaft driving a first gear system, a first fan driven by the first gear system, a first generator supported on the first input shaft and a fan drive electric motor providing a drive input to the first fan, a second gas turbine engine including a second input shaft driving a second gear system, a second fan driven by the second gear system, a second generator supported on the second input shaft and a second fan drive electric motor providing a drive input to the second fan and a controller controlling power output from each of the first and second generators and directing the power output between each of the first and second fan drive electric motors.
US12258127B2
Convertible monuments for aircraft cabins that house at least one lavatory can comprise moveable wall sections that can be reversibly deployed from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration to form a temporary convertible monument having a monument footprint that overlaps at least a portion of an aircraft interior egress pathway during flight, and efficiently uses previously unused aircraft interior space during aircraft flight.
US12258122B2
An aircraft drive shaft that includes an outer shaft with a first diameter that is configured to couple a first gearbox and a second gearbox to provide power transfer between the two gearboxes. An inner shaft that is concentric with the outer shaft and has a second diameter that is configured to provide structural support to the outer shaft. A gap is located between an outer peripheral surface of the inner shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the outer shaft. The gap has a size from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface that is at least as large as a largest ballistic projectile cross-section size that the aircraft is expected to encounter on an upcoming mission. A sleeve is located at least at a first end of the outer shaft and connects the outer shaft to the inner shaft.
US12258115B2
A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel including a joystick, at least one steerable and trimmable marine drive, and a control system configured to receive a user input to engage full vessel control mode, receive a vessel speed parameter, and receive a joystick position from the joystick. The control system determines a thrust command, a steering command, and a trim command for the at least one marine drive based on the joystick position and the vessel speed parameter and to control the at least one marine drive accordingly.
US12258112B2
A system includes an outboard motor, a lift actuator, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor detects motion information indicating an up-and-down directional motion of a bow of a watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively set either a lift-up direction or a lift-down direction as a lift direction in accordance with the up-and-down directional motion of the bow based on the motion information. The controller is configured or programmed to control the lift actuator to cause the outboard motor to perform the lift motion in the lift direction, and set a duration of the lift motion to be different between when the outboard motor is caused to perform the lift motion in the lift-up direction and when the outboard motor is caused to perform the lift motion in the lift-down direction.
US12258106B2
Methods and systems for operating powersport vehicles during an operator-vehicle separation condition are provided. One method includes detecting the operator-vehicle separation condition using a first tetherless criterion and a second tetherless criterion. In response to detecting the operator-vehicle separation condition using both the first tetherless criterion and the second tetherless criterion, the method includes preventing propulsion of the powersport vehicle.
US12258095B2
A suspension assembly for a cycle includes a plurality of links pivotably connected to one another by a plurality of pivots. A rotation sensor measures an angular relationship between two links and a setpoint of the suspension assembly is adjusted based on the angular measurements.
US12258088B2
There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a head pipe; a steering stem rotatably supported in the head pipe; a front fork; an upper bracket connecting an upper end portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a lower bracket located below the upper bracket and connecting an upper portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a front wheel supported by a lower end portion of the front fork; a front fender covering the front wheel from above; a front cowl covering an upper front portion of the straddle-type vehicle; a shroud located above the front fender and covering a lower portion of the front cowl; and a lower bracket cover located above the front fender and covering the lower bracket from below. The shroud has an opening through which the front fork passes. The lower bracket cover is provided below the opening.
US12258083B2
A steer-by-wire steering system includes a controller configured to execute a steering control process and a determining process of determining a converted operation amount by converting an actual wheel steering amount to an operation amount of an operation member based on an inverse of a steering gear ratio. In the determining process, when the steering gear ratio abruptly changes, the controller converts a gap of the converted operation amount generated at a time point of occurrence of the abrupt change to a gap of the wheel steering amount to grasp a converted steering amount offset value. While gradually decreasing the converted steering amount offset value, the controller thereafter re-converts the converted steering amount offset value to the gap of the converted operation amount based on the inverse of the steering gear ratio to determine a converted operation amount correction value and corrects the converted operation amount based on the value.
US12258077B2
A vehicle shown herein is a side by side powersports vehicle having a utility bed recessed in the rear body portion below an upper surface, the utility bed forming a stepped portion relative to the rear body portion and having a maximum lateral width greater than a diameter of at least one of the wheels, and a minimum width less than a diameter of at least one of the wheels, whereby a spare wheel may be stored on the stepped portion of the utility bed. As shown herein, the utility bed is defined as a removable tub, which can be removed from the rear body portion. The utility bed has defined troughs in a floor thereof angled rearwardly wherein the utility bed has drains which drain away from any heat source of the vehicle. The seats of the vehicle allow longitudinal movement and tilt capability.
US12258072B2
A vehicle hood assembly can include a vehicle body structure and a hood moveable with respect to the vehicle body structure from a closed state to an opened state. A first linkage can connect the hood to the vehicle body structure and include a first linkage aperture extending therethrough. A second linkage can connect the hood to the vehicle body structure and include a second linkage aperture extending therethrough. A central axis of the first linkage aperture can be coaxial with a central axis of the second linkage aperture if the hood is in the opened state. A key structure can be provided and configured to simultaneously fit into both the second linkage aperture and the first linkage aperture if the hood is in the opened state.
US12258055B2
A weeding system for a railway weeding vehicle including at least one camera for mounting on a railway vehicle to acquire an image of a portion of a railway track while the railway vehicle is moving. The system also includes a spraying unit to be mounted on the railway vehicle, a control unit to receive images from the camera, generate a weed species detection signal and selectively cause the spraying of a chemical agent on the basis of the weed species detection signal. The control unit executes a training-based algorithm based on a set of reference images labeled to indicate the presence or not of at least one weed species in the images.
US12258052B2
Disclosed is a one-piece, integrally formed universal backing ring having an integrally formed, one piece annular structure with a center opening configured to be translated over a journal of a railcar axle and engage a dust guard and a dust guard fillet of the railcar axle. The annular structure includes an inner contoured surface having a profile that is contoured for a tight surface fit with a complementary surface of the dust guard fillet. The annular structure also includes a dust guard lip which projects over the dust guard fillet and engages the dust guard. The dust guard lip has a length extending generally parallel with an axis of the annular structure, and is configured to provide a mechanical interference fit of the dust guard lip with the dust guard of 0.052-0.1875 inches with a maximum diameter of the dust guard for each Class of railcar axle.
US12258047B2
A system and method for providing long term and key intentions for trajectory prediction that include receiving image data and LiDAR data associated with RGB images and LiDAR point clouds that are associated with a surrounding environment of an ego agent and processing a long term and key intentions for trajectory prediction dataset (LOKI dataset) that is utilized to complete joint trajectory and intention prediction for heterogeneous traffic agents. The system and method also include encoding a past observation history of each of the heterogeneous traffic agents and sampling a respective goal. The system and method further include decoding and predicting future trajectories associated with each of the heterogeneous traffic agents based on data included within the LOKI dataset, the encoded past observation history, and the respective goal.
US12258046B2
A vehicle includes a power supplier, a junction block configured to supply power from the power supplier, an integrated central control unit configured to receive the power from the junction block, a controller configured to be receive the power through the integrated central control unit and to control at least one load unit of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to identify a power failure location of the vehicle and to determine a power supply method of the junction block during an autonomous driving of the vehicle, based on power monitoring information of each of the integrated central control unit, the junction block, and the controller and predetermined condition information, the predetermined condition information including power supply state information and power supply method information of each load unit corresponding to each of a plurality of pieces of power failure location information.
US12258044B2
A method for quantifying road user behavior, the method comprising; obtaining samples of road user behavior selecting a subset of the road user behavior samples such that the selected samples follow a pre-determined statistical extreme value distribution, parameterizing the pre-determined statistical extreme value distribution based on the selected samples of road user behavior, and quantifying road user behavior based on the parameterized statistical extreme value distribution.
US12258033B2
Object detection systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, an object detection system holds blind spot information about a blind spot area of a driving target. An information acquisition unit acquires surroundings situation information about a surrounding situation of the driving target, a detection processing unit detects an object based on the surroundings situation information, a state determination unit determines that the object is in a dangerous state where the object is in the blind spot area, based on position information of the object detected and the blind spot information, and a notification unit notifies a driver of the driving target and/or surroundings around the driving target that the object is in the dangerous state.
US12258027B1
An evaluation computing system may implement techniques to validate a vehicle controller, such as based on an update thereto. The evaluation computing system may access data associated with an operation of the vehicle in an environment as controlled by the controller. The evaluation computing system may modify a portion of the data representative of a fault associated with the controller. The evaluation computing system may run a simulation utilizing modified log data to determine whether the controller detects and/or mitigates the fault within a threshold time. Based on a determination that the controller does not detect and/or mitigate the fault within the threshold time, the evaluation computing system may determine an error associated with the controller. Based on a determination that the controller detects and/or mitigates the fault within the threshold time, the evaluation computing system may validate the controller.
US12258023B2
A method for autonomous path planning triggered by freeway rubbernecking includes obtaining gaze directions of drivers of a plurality of connected vehicles in a region of a road. The method also includes determining whether an average speed of the plurality of connected vehicles in the region is less than a predetermined speed. The method further includes controlling mobility of one or more of the plurality of connected vehicles in response to determining that the gaze directions of one or more drivers of the plurality of connected vehicles deviate from the moving direction of the connected vehicles and determining that the average speed of the connected vehicles is less than the predetermined speed.
US12258020B2
A system and method for slowing a vehicle. Road conditions around the vehicle are monitored, and determined if those road conditions are hazardous. An engine control unit is informed of the hazardous road conditions and alters the operation of the engine control unit in response to the hazardous road conditions. When an operator of the vehicle desires to slow the vehicle down, an indication is received indicating the intent to slow the vehicle down. The vehicle is then slowed based upon the altered operation of the engine control unit by applying a vacuum to increase a manifold vacuum of the engine.
US12258013B2
A method and a device are disclosed for partitioning a widened area of a limited traffic lane bounded by two edges, and through which a vehicle can be driven by a driver in an automated manner along a reference path, said vehicle comprising a lateral positioning aid with respect to the reference path. The method comprises detecting a lane split, determining a widened area (204), determining a plurality of reference paths, and partitions the widened area into a plurality of sub-areas according to the determined reference paths.
US12258007B2
This invention provides a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle, which comprises a first detection unit configured to detect an out-of-lane region outside a lane in which the vehicle is traveling; a second detection unit configured to detect an obstacle; and a determination unit configured to determine that performing steering control in the out-of-lane region is approved by a driver when the vehicle enters the out-of-lane region in response to a steering operation by the driver in a case where the second detection unit detects the obstacle, the first detection unit detects the out-of-lane region, and the vehicle and the obstacle have a predetermined relationship.
US12257997B2
A vehicle braking device includes a first supply device that supplies brake fluid to wheel cylinders, a first supply path that connects the first supply device and the wheel cylinders, and first and second electromagnetic valves provided on the first supply path. The first electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the first electromagnetic valve and a brake fluid supply direction are opposite each other, the seating direction is a direction in which a valve body is seated on a valve seat, and the brake fluid supply direction is a direction in which the brake fluid flows from the first supply device to the wheel cylinders through the first supply path. The second electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the second electromagnetic valve and the brake fluid supply direction are the same.
US12257996B2
The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a corner module for a vehicle, including a front-wheel corner module configured to drive a front wheel and including a front-wheel inwheel motor installed on the front wheel to generate a driving force and a friction braking device configured to generate a braking force on the front wheel, a rear-wheel corner module configured to drive a rear wheel and including a rear-wheel inwheel motor installed on the rear wheel to generate a driving force, a driving information detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to control the front-wheel corner module to form a friction braking force by using the driving information and to control the rear-wheel corner module to form a regenerative braking force, wherein the front-wheel corner module uses the front-wheel inwheel motor that is provided with a lower specification than the rear-wheel inwheel motor to save the manufacturing cost, and the rear-wheel corner module has no friction braking device installed so that the rear-wheel inwheel motor is undamaged by heat.
US12257992B2
A vehicle brake device includes a brake pedal having a pedal part and a lever part rotatable about a rotational shaft according to an operation of the pedal part, a housing rotatably supporting the lever part and being located in a vehicle compartment of a vehicle and on a partition wall that separates an outside of the vehicle compartment and an inside of the vehicle compartment, and a reaction force generator connected to the housing and the lever part and configured to generate a reaction force on the lever part in accordance with a stroke amount of the brake pedal.
US12257972B2
The present invention is a side airbag device stowed in a side support part of a vehicle seat, which includes: an airbag capable of expanding and deploying toward a front side from the side support part; an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag; and a bracket that retains the airbag in a compressed state. The inflator is secured to an inner side (occupant side) of a side frame of the vehicle seat. Furthermore, the bracket has a rear region that covers a rear side of the airbag in a compressed state and an inner region that extends continuously forward from the rear region between an inner side of the airbag and a seat pad.
US12257971B1
A knee airbag includes a front panel, a rear panel and an intermediate panel. The rear panel is coupled to the front panel to define an inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is disposed between the front panel and the rear panel and within the inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is connected to the rear panel by rows of first attachment points extending in a lateral direction across the knee airbag and connected to the front panel by rows of second attachment points extending in the lateral direction. The airbag includes a proximal bending area proximate a proximal end thereof. The longitudinal distances between adjacent rows of first and second attachment locations are greater than longitudinal distances between adjacent rows of second attachment locations.
US12257969B2
An off-road vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame to which a roll-over protection structure (ROPS) is detachably attachable; and a reinforcing frame that is detachably attachable to the vehicle body frame instead of the ROPS. The vehicle body frame includes a first vehicle body frame located forward of a driver's seat, and a second vehicle body frame located rearward of the driver's seat. The reinforcing frame couples the first vehicle body frame and the second vehicle body frame to each other.
US12257965B2
A vehicle front structure comprises a beam member positioned in front of a sub frame and having a closed-cross section extending in a vehicle width direction and a plate member extending forwardly from the beam member. The plate member comprises a fixation portion fixed to the beam member, a body portion extending forwardly from the fixation portion, and a front end portion positioned at a front end of the body portion and configured to have higher rigidity against a load applied in a longitudinal direction than the body portion. The front end portion of the plate member comprises an upper section located at a higher level than the body portion and a lower section located at a lower level than the body portion. The upper section is positioned on a vehicle forward side of the lower section.
US12257961B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there are provided a clamp and a wire harness which are capable of enhancing versatility. This clamp (30) is applied to two electric wires (20), which respectively have core wires (21) all having flat cross-sectional shapes and are parallel to each other, is configured to be fixable to a panel P, and holds the two electric wires (20). The clamp (30) comprises: a fixed member (40) fixed to the panel P; and two holding members (50) which are detachably attached to the fixed member (40) and respectively hold the two electric wires (20).
US12257957B2
A trim assembly of a vehicle includes a first trim piece, a second trim piece, and a clip extending from the first trim piece. The clip has a base portion located at the first trim piece and a tip portion. A clip opening is located at the second trim piece. The clip opening has a complimentary shape into which the clip is installed. The clip opening includes a plurality of opening tabs, each opening tab of the plurality of opening tabs is engaged with a retention feature of the clip to retain the clip in the clip opening.
US12257953B2
A camera monitoring system (CMS) for a vehicle, including a CMS controller including a memory and a processor, the CMS controller being connected to a plurality of cameras disposed about a vehicle and configured to receive a video feed from each of the cameras in the plurality of cameras, the CMS controller including at least one side camera configured to define a rear side view and at least one rear camera configured to generate a rear facing view, the memory storing a trailer end detection module configured to identify a trailer end within at least one image generated by the plurality of cameras, and the memory further storing a trailer striking area prediction module configured to define a striking area geometry using a set of predicted future positions of prediction points in a prediction set, the prediction points being defined along an edge of the trailer.
US12257949B2
A method for providing an in-vehicle indication, the method may include obtaining, during a driving session of a vehicle, external audio information about audio generated outside the vehicle; determining whether the audio generated outside the vehicle comprises driving affecting audio; and generating the in-vehicle indication, within the vehicle, when determining that the audio generated outside comprises driving affecting audio. The in-vehicle indication is indicative about the driving affecting audio generated outside the vehicle.
US12257947B2
Disclosed is a lamp includes a light source that outputs light, and a mask that forms a beam pattern on a road surface as the light output from the light source reaches the mask, any portion of the reaching light is input thereto and then is output therefrom, and the mask includes a long distance area that forms a long distance pattern in the beam pattern on the road surface as long distance light in the light output from the light source reaches the long distance area, and at least a portion of the reaching long distance light is input thereto and then is output therefrom, and a short distance area that forms a short distance pattern in the beam pattern, which is located at a distance that is closer to the mask than the long distance pattern, on the road surface as short distance light in the light output from the light source reaches the short distance area, and any portion of the reaching short distance light is input thereto and then is output therefrom.
US12257944B2
Stowing systems and methods to disassemble, store, and/or protect an aircraft, and in particular a VTOL aircraft, for transportation along standard public roadways. A stowing system attaches to the aircraft in a flight-ready state, and guides, supports, and/or stabilizes sub-assemblies of the aircraft as they are removed and moved into their stowed positions in preparation for transportation. In some embodiments, the stowing system is implemented as a trailer. The trailer, in some embodiments, is towable by car, such that the aircraft can be carried on and transported with the car and trailer by road. In some embodiments, the stowing system defines landing platform for the aircraft. It may provide facilities to help direct the aircraft to a precise location allowing support elements of the stowing system to be moved to engage with sub-assemblies of the aircraft along predefined degrees of freedom.
US12257937B2
A door armrest structure of a vehicle includes: an armrest pivot including a first end portion rotatably coupled to the door internal panel, and a second end portion extending into the vehicle body through the door trim; an armrest including a first end portion connected to the second end portion of the armrest pivot and operating to be rotated according to rotation of the armrest pivot; a drive motor connected to the armrest pivot and operating to rotate the armrest pivot according to an opening signal or a closing signal of the door; and a supporting pin that supports the second end portion of the armrest to be fixed when the armrest rotates and forms an angle which is parallel to a bottom surface of the vehicle body.
US12257932B2
A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system includes a vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and defining an arrangement, a plurality of actuators that effect movement of various components of the plurality of seating assemblies, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. Specific examples of pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements are disclosed, as well as the ability to customize the arrangement. Additionally, exemplary methods are disclosed that illustrate transitions between a variety of the pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements.
US12257927B2
A system for optimizing the positioning of a vehicle seat includes: a module for obtaining and saving at least one morphological parameter of a passenger on the seat; a seat positioning adjustment module having at least one sensor within the vehicle, controlling the positioning; and a module for determining the positioning adjustment to be applied as a function of the morphological parameter. The system is configured to: determine at least one adjustment change that optimises passenger comfort to be applied during vehicle operation, automatically alter the position of the seat to achieve the adjustment change, or signal the passenger of the adjustment change to be applied, via an interaction module, and guide the passenger to manually achieve the adjustment change, via a predetermined sound or light signal.
US12257925B2
A power conversion system includes: a main battery configured to be recharged with power and to supply the recharged power to a motor, thereby supplying rotation force to a wheel of a vehicle; an auxiliary battery configured to recharge the main battery or to assist a power supply function of the main battery; and a power converter connected to auxiliary battery, the power converter comprising a bypass circuit and a buck converter. The buck converter includes a buck switch, and is configured to convert a voltage of the auxiliary battery into a voltage for recharging the main battery in accordance with an ON/OFF switching operation of the buck switch.
US12257923B2
The present invention relates to a method of managing an energy storage system (ESS) of a vehicle, wherein the energy storage system has a beginning of life (BOL). The vehicle has at least a first application and a second application, and the energy storage system has a first end of life (EOL1) for the first application and a second end of life (EOL2) for the second application. Further, the ESS has a first lifetime between the BOL and the EOL and a second lifetime between the BOL and the EOL2. The method comprises the steps of: a) determining energy and/or power requirement for the vehicle being in the first application; b) defining energy and/or power of the energy storage system at the beginning of life (BOL) of the energy storage system of the vehicle; c) determining a first state of health value SOH1 at the first end of life (EOL1) of the energy storage system of the vehicle being in the first application; d) determining energy and/or power requirement for the vehicle being in the second application; e) determining a second state of health value SOH2 at the second end of life (EOL2) of the energy storage system if the vehicle is used in the second application.
US12257906B2
When the voltage value of the capacitor included in the PCU is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the vehicle power supply device turns on both the positive switching element and the negative switching element corresponding to one of a plurality of resistors so as to activate the one resistor connected to the initially disabled PCU. In addition, the vehicle power supply device turns on both the positive switching element and the negative switching element corresponding the other one of the resistors so as to deactivate the one resistor and activate the other one resistor based on a predetermined condition.
US12257905B2
To arrange a power unit, an electric power conversion unit, and engine-related components compactly, a drive motor, a reduction drive, a generator, and an engine body are integrally arranged in this order in a vehicle width direction of a power unit compartment such that respective heights thereof are substantially the same. An electric power conversion unit, in which a motor inverter, an electric power generation inverter, and a DC/DC converter are integrated, is arranged above the drive motor, the reduction drive, and the generator. Engine-related components such as a low-voltage battery, an air cleaner, and an oil filter are arranged above the engine body.
US12257901B2
A reflection display system for displaying a display image for a vehicle occupant of a motor vehicle by reflecting the display image on a windshield is provided. The system includes a display unit which is designed to display the display image via a display surface of the display unit, wherein the display unit is arranged on an upper face of a dashboard, in a recess, such that a reflection of the display image via the windshield can be perceived in the eye region of a vehicle occupant, a detection sensor system which is designed to detect a foreign object present on the display surface, and a control unit which is designed to signal a disruption of the display of the display image if the foreign object is detected on the display surface.
US12257900B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing cruise control settings. A cruise control indicator is displayed at a location that corresponds to a cruise control speed concurrently with a textual indication of the cruise control speed. In response to receiving input, the textual indication ceases to be displayed after a non-zero duration while the cruise control indicator continues to be displayed.
US12257892B2
Proposed is a transmission mount for a vehicle in which the structure of an upper insert and a lower insert integrated with a single bridge among components of the transmission mount is improved to reduce the static stiffness in the right-left direction (i.e., the Y direction) of the transmission mount. The strength of the transmission mount in the front-rear direction (i.e., the X direction) and the static stiffness in the top-bottom direction (i.e., the Z direction) is reinforced so that the pitching motion and the vertical bounce behavior of the transmission may be efficiently controlled. Accordingly, booming noise caused by the rolling motion of the transmission is minimized, thereby improving NVH performance and meeting driving performance.
US12257890B2
A method and a system for controlling cooling of a vehicle, and a vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. In the present disclosure, a maximum value among cooling demand values of cooling objects is used to control a servo component in a cooling system to operate according to an execution opening determined by a preset corresponding relation, so that operating states of the servo components may be correlated and may be comprehensively controlled, so as to prevent the control system from oscillating and improve control stability, thus solving a problem that periodic oscillation of the operating states of the servo components is easily caused and service life of the servo components is affected in existing control modes of the cooling system of the vehicle.
US12257887B2
A structure of a flap part for covering a rail part when opening a sliding door of a vehicle, includes a door flap part including an installation hole, a door flap guide, door trim flap links, elastic members, and a flap, wherein the sliding door is supported by a roller arm, and the rail part, which is externally exposed when the sliding door is opened, is covered by the flap part, and wherein at a time of opening the door, a roller provided on the roller arm comes into contact with a door flap guide and pushes the door flap guide to ensure a movement space for the roller arm.
US12257879B2
An air venting system includes, among other things. A box of a truck. The box provides a cargo area. The system further includes a cab back panel of the truck. The cab back panel has an exposed section that provides a front wall of the cargo area. The cab back panel has a hidden section outside the cargo area. An air extractor is held within the hidden section of the cab back panel.
US12257878B2
An injection-type heat exchange module includes an outer tank connected to an external condenser or an indoor condenser and a lower chamber connected to an evaporator and a compressor, an inner tank disposed so as to exchange heat with a refrigerant in the outer tank and connected to the compressor, the evaporator, or a lower portion of the outer tank, a first valve disposed at an upper end of the inner tank, a second valve rotatably coupled to a lower end of the inner tank, and an actuator connected to the first valve and the second valve to simultaneously rotate the same. The first and second valves are configured to permit flow of, expand, or block the flow of the refrigerant by rotation thereof.
US12257875B2
A void bushing for a vehicle suspension is configured to have protrusion parts formed to protrude outwards on a bulge part of an inner pipe. The protrusion parts are located to be disposed in oblique line directions between void portions of an elastic body that is filled between the inner pipe and an outer pipe. In the void bushing, ride comfort characteristics and durability characteristics of a vehicle may be maintained, as they are, under favorable conditions by the void portions. Further the handling response characteristics of the vehicle may be advantageously improved by promoting a rigidity increase through the protrusion parts.
US12257872B2
A vehicle, including: a pair of front wheels; a pair of rear wheels; a saddle-style seat, positioned at an intermediate region in a width direction of the vehicle; a steering shaft provided ahead of the seat; a bar handle connected with an upper portion of the steering shaft, the bar handle having a pair of grips; a front fender provided above the pair of front wheels, striding over the pair of front wheels in a plan view of the vehicle; and a pair of suspensions, top ends of which are located ahead of the two grips, and are positioned, in the plan view of the vehicle, more inboard than widthwise ends of the two grips in the width direction of the vehicle. Each suspension includes, at an upper portion thereof, a suspension adjusting portion. The front fender includes a pair of openings through which the suspension adjusting portions are accessible.
US12257866B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire for which rolling resistance at high speed running is sufficiently reduced and durability is sufficiently improved. The pneumatic tire has a side portion, a thickness S (mm) of a rubber layer radially outside a carcass on the side portion at the maximum tire width position is 3 mm or less, the loss tangent of the rubber layer measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a dynamic distortion rate of 1% is 0.15 or less, and when the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the outer diameter is Dt (mm) when installed on a regular rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, the volume of the space occupied by the tire is the virtual volume V (mm3), the following (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700≤(Dt2×π/4)/Wt≤2827.4 (formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]≤2.88×105 (formula 2)
US12257864B2
Methods, system, apparatuses, and computer program products for securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a vehicle sensor device pairing with a vehicle control system (VCS) using a pre-shared passkey. The pre-shared passkey is shared between the vehicle sensor device and the VCS via an out-of-band exchange. This embodiment also includes the vehicle sensor device transmitting an identifier for a resolvable private address (RPA) to the VCS. In addition, the vehicle sensor device communicates with the VCS using the RPA. In this example embodiment, the RPA is periodically regenerated by the vehicle sensor device.
US12257859B1
An electric vehicle motor with double disc brakes is provided, and relates to the field of electric vehicle motors. The electric vehicle motor includes a first disc brake, a motor body, fixed bolts and a second disc brake. A wheel rim is fixedly arranged on an outer surface of the electric vehicle motor. An upper shell is fixedly arranged at an upper end of the wheel rim, and a lower shell is fixedly arranged at a lower end of the wheel rim. The problem of braking may be well solved through double disc brakes, and traffic accidents due to poor braking of the electric vehicle at high speed, in long-time downhill periods or on rainy days may be effectively solved. Moreover, the first disc brake and the second disc brake are both made of aluminum alloy materials.
US12257841B2
A water-repellent member includes a base layer formed on the substrate, projections dispersedly arranged on the base layer, a first water-repellent material provided on the base layer in contact with the base layer, and a second water-repellent material provided on the projections in contact with the projections. The first water-repellent material and the second water-repellent material are perfluoropolyether compounds. An oxygen concentration of the base layer is lower than an oxygen concentration of the projections.
US12257840B2
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of achieving a reduction in size and an increase in nozzle density are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member having a flow channel formation area including a flow channel through which liquid flows, and a pressure chamber which is communicated with the flow channel, and in which the liquid is contained, an actuator plate which is stacked on the flow channel member in a state of being opposed to the pressure chamber in a first direction, a drive electrode which is formed on a surface facing to the first direction in the actuator plate, and which is configured to deform the actuator plate in the first direction so as to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a pad which is formed on a pad formation surface, and which is coupled to the drive electrode, and on which external wiring is mounted, wherein the pad formation surface is an area overlapping the flow channel formation area when viewed from the first direction, and the pad formation surface is disposed so as to face to an opposite side in the first direction to the flow channel member.
US12257838B2
A holder assembly that holds a head module including an inkjet head on a mounting table, the holder assembly including a pressure member and an operation member. The pressure member presses a portion of the head module adjacent to the mounting table. The operation member transitions the pressure member from a first state to a second state when work of mounting the head module on the mounting table is performed. In the first state, the pressing by the pressure member is deactivated, and in the second state, the pressing by the pressure member is activated. The operation member exists outside an enveloping surface of the head module during the work of mounting the head module on the mounting table.
US12257828B2
The tape cassette includes a housing, a tape spool, a tape, a first guide, a second guide, and a plurality of pins. The housing has an outlet. The tape spool is held inside the housing. The tape is wound around the tape spool. The first guide is configured to guide the tape toward a detection position where tape information of the tape is detected by a sensor of a printer. The second guide is configured to guide the tape that has been conveyed through the detection position toward the outlet. The plurality of pins is disposed at positions away from a straight line connecting the tape spool with the first guide. The pins are configured to cause a conveyance path of the tape from the tape spool to the first guide to be curved, and guide the tape to the first guide along the conveyance path.
US12257824B2
The application relates to a printing device for printing onto substrates, in particular solar cells, wafers or printed circuit boards, including a squeegee means and including at least one printing table, wherein the squeegee means is arranged above the printing table, and including at least one conveying means, by means of which a substrate can be transported away in each case to a printing nest below the squeegee direction and away out of the printing nest after the printing process has taken place. It is provided that the printing table has several conveying means, which are arranged side by side and aligned parallel to one another and which each have at least one printing nest, and that the squeegee means has at least one squeegee, which can be moved over each printing nest in order to print successively onto the substrates, which are arranged in the printing nests.
US12257818B2
This disclosure provides methods for the chemical modification of microbial derived triglyceride oils, use thereof in polyurethane chemistries, and incorporation thereof as a core material alone or as part of a wood core composite in the production of sporting goods equipment, including, for example, alpine skis, touring skis, cross country skis, approach skis, split boards, snowboards, and water skis.
US12257814B2
A method may include forming a mat including paper fragments, plastic fragments, and top and bottom outer surface layers, wherein the outer surface layers have maximum processing temperature values and consolidating the formed mat in a continuous hot press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of heating platens has a first heating power. A second pair of heating platens has a second, lower heating power. A third pair of heating platens has a third, even lower heating power. The method may include consolidating the formed mat in a continuous cold press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of cooling platens has a first cooling power. A second pair of cooling platens has a second, lower cooling power. A third pair of cooling platens and has a third, even lower cooling power.
US12257805B2
A spot presser assembly is provided for supporting carton blanking scrap. The spot presser assembly includes an intermediate plunger telescopically received in a housing and a presser plunger telescopically received in the intermediate plunger. A first spring biases the intermediate plunger toward its extended position and a second spring biases the presser plunger toward its extended position.
US12257802B2
The disclosure relates to a press plate for creating deep structures in panel-like products, for example in wood-based boards or laminates made of resin-coated papers, composed of a metallic base body, in which strip-shaped and/or frame-like webs, which have a higher thermal conductivity than the base body, are inserted in depressions provided.
US12257800B2
A footwear moulding system for direct injection production of footwear includes a supporting mould, a last, an in-mould, and an injection channel. The supporting mould includes at least an in-mould support. The in-mould is elastomeric and the in-mould includes an in-mould outer surface configured to be supported by said in-mould support. The in-mould support includes at least one support side mould and a support bottom mould.
US12257799B2
An insert for a mould for vulcanising tyres for vehicle wheels, the insert arranged to receive in a seat formed on a moulding surface of the mould and comprising a base surface from which a plurality of projections extends; wherein, each projection comprises a lateral surface extending away from the base surface such that the lateral surface defines a tapered profile of the projection away from the base surface, is inclined at an angle between 10° and 25° with respect to a direction perpendicular to the base surface, and has a roughness between 4 and 11 μm.
US12257794B2
A tire mold having moveable elements displaceable to bring the tire mold into an open or into a closed position. The mold comprises upper and lower side members; a plurality of mold segments defining a mold cavity; a vacuum device for removing gas from the mold cavity; and sealing means with closing seal members configured to cooperate with associated cooperating surfaces for sealing the mold cavity by contact with each other. The one or more closing seal members and the associated cooperating surfaces are moveable relative to each other upon displacement of the one or more moveable elements. Said one or more closing seal members are placed in a position in which they are facing their associated cooperating surfaces without contacting them both in a partial closure position of the tire mold and in the closed position of the tire mold when the vacuum device is not activated.
US12257792B2
The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a film layer that has first and second film surfaces and is embossed such that the first film surface defines a plurality of concave optical elements and the second film surface defines a plurality of convex optical elements. The present optical articles can include one or more optical layers coupled to the film layer. Each of the optical layer(s) can encapsulate the concave optical elements or the convex optical elements.
US12257791B2
Methods and systems for characterizing holes in a combustor liner of a gas turbine engine, and associated repair methods are provided. One method comprises receiving first measured data of the combustor liner in an uncoated state. The method includes determining a first location and a first orientation of a first hole and a first location and a first orientation of a second hole in the combustor liner using the first measured data. The method includes receiving second measured data of the combustor liner in a coated state where the second hole is at least partially obstructed by a coating and the first hole is substantially unobstructed by the coating. The method includes inferring a second location of the second hole of the combustor liner in the coated state using a known spacing between the first location of the first hole and the first location of the second hole. The characterization of the holes may be used to re-drill the obstructed second hole.
US12257789B2
A method for manufacturing a joined body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a method for manufacturing a joined body in which composite materials in which fibers are impregnated with resins are heated and joined to each other. The method includes: a step of aligning the composite material with each of a plurality of molding dies, heating the molding dies, and semi-curing the resins of the composite materials; and a step of joining the composite materials to each other by combining and heating the molding dies with which the composite materials are aligned after semi-curing the resins of the composite materials. The molding dies used when semi-curing the resins of the composite materials and the molding dies used when joining the composite materials to each other are the same.
US12257788B2
A method for fabricating a composite panel includes providing a preform including a peripheral edge portion and a central portion. The central portion has a first thickness, the peripheral edge portion has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness, and a first step is arranged between the central portion and the peripheral edge portion. The method includes providing a tool including a binder defining a second step, an upper punch, and a lower tool; arranging the preform between the binder and the upper punch and the lower tool; shaping the preform using the tool; and injection molding the preform in the tool to create the composite panel.
US12257783B2
A method of three-dimensional fabrication of an object is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the three-dimensional object, at least one layer of the plurality of layers being formed at a predetermined and different thickness selected so as to compensate for post-formation shrinkage of the layer along a vertical direction. In various exemplary embodiments of the invention spread of building material of one or more layers is diluted at least locally such as to maintain a predetermined thickness and a predetermined planar resolution for the layer.
US12257782B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods capable of controlling an additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include: a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of an input of print filament to a print head of the printer, and a temperature of a nozzle of the printer, as indicative of a state of the additive manufacturing print process; at least one processor associated with at least one controller and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data at least one correct one of the state of the additive manufacturing print process; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state; and at least one modifying output of the at least one controller to revise the compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state.
US12257774B2
A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a concave shape between the first surface and the second surface. When an axis along a scanning direction of the liquid discharge head with respect to the workpiece in a first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface is a first scanning axis and a normal vector of the nozzle surface in the first printing operation is a first discharge vector, the controller controls the driving of the moving mechanism such that the first discharge vector has a component in a direction toward the second surface along the first scanning axis.
US12257767B2
A process for producing articles with an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system using a consumable filament made from or containing a propylene polymer composition made from or containing: A) from 20% to 60% by weight of a heterophasic propylene copolymer; B) from 5% to 33% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains up to 5% by weight of an alpha olefin; C) from 2% to 15% by weight of an elastomeric block copolymer made from or containing styrene; D) from 4% to 32% by weight of an elastomeric ethylene copolymer; E) from 5% to 50% by weight of a glass material as filler; and F) from 0.1% to 5% by weight of compatibilizer.
US12257761B2
A thermoforming system has a composite plate, a loading area in which the plate is placed, a heating area in which the plate is heated, a pressing area in which the plate is formed, and at least one mold which is located in the pressing area that applies heat and pressure to the plate so that the plate is formed. The system also includes a thermoforming area which is formed by the loading area, heating area, and the pressing area and consists of at least two different surfaces located opposite each other. A rail system is located on at least one surface in the thermoforming area and allows the plate to be conveyed within the thermoforming area.
US12257758B2
A die has an inner die that has a straight portion of circular columnar outer shape and a convergent tapered portion provided closer to an extrusion port side than the straight portion and an outer die that houses the inner die. A first supply passage connecting a first valve and a flow passage, a second supply passage connecting a second valve and the flow passage, and a third supply passage connecting a third valve and the flow passage are provided inside the die. Downstream side end portions of the first supply passage and the second supply passage are connected to a portion of the flow passage formed between the straight portion and the outer die and a downstream side end portion of the third supply passage is connected to a portion of the flow passage formed between the tapered portion and the outer die.
US12257749B2
In one aspect, an injection unit for an injection molding machine having a hot runner with a sprue comprises a heated melt pipe configured to convey a continuous stream of melt, a shooting pot assembly, and a telescopic melt coupling. The shooting pot assembly is configured to convert the continuous stream of melt from the heated melt pipe into batches for cyclical injection and is translatable between a sprue-engagement position and a sprue-disengagement position. The telescopic melt coupling is configured to convey melt from the heated melt pipe to the shooting pot assembly and has a variable length. The variable length telescopic melt coupling permits translation of the shooting pot assembly, relative to the heated melt pipe, between the sprue-engagement position and the sprue-disengagement position while maintaining a fluid melt interconnection between the heated melt pipe and the shooting pot assembly.
US12257746B2
A method of producing a container product comprises providing a mold including a first part and a second part. The mold is closed to define a cavity having a first area and a second area. A molten plastic composition including a polymer and a physical blowing agent is filled into the cavity. Then, the molten plastic composition in the cavity is cooled, such that the molten plastic composition in the first area is completely cooled and solidifies or a central portion of the first area has micro uncooled molten plastic composition. The second area has the plastic composition in the molten state. The first part of the mold is moved in the axial direction. The molten plastic composition in the second area forms a beehive foam after foaming and expansion. Then, the foamed container product in the mold is cooled to take shape and then removed after opening the mold.
US12257742B2
An installation (1) and method for treating composite products (2) based on thermoplastic material(s) for recycling purposes, the installation at least comprising means (3, 4, 4′, 5, 6) for heating, for reducing size, for crushing and for separating, said means being arranged to form at least one line (1′) for treating and extracting material(s) to be reused, operating as a continuous or intermittent flow, and regulated if necessary. The installation (1) is characterised in that the means (3) for heating and reducing size comprise at least one heated screw mixer, the crushing means comprise at least one roll crusher (4, 4′) comprising two rolling rollers (7 and 7′) that are heated and set into rotation in opposite directions, the separating means (5, 6) comprise at least one macroscopic separating means (5) in the form of a device for discharging macroscopic polluting particles present in the output (3′), and the separating means (5, 6) also comprise at least one microscopic separating means (6).
US12257740B2
A bulk storage plant for providing cement mixtures oil well construction is disclosed. The bulk storage plant includes bulk storage sources, an additive station, a weigh batcher, and a tumble blender. The bulk storage sources are adapted to contain cement ingredients. The additive station is adapted to provide an additive for adjusting cement properties. The weigh batcher is connected to the bulk storage silos and the additive station. The weigh batcher is adapted to receive the cement ingredients from the bulk storage sources and the additive from the additive station. The tumble blender is connected to the weigh batcher and is adapted to receive the cement ingredients and the additive from the weigh batcher. The tumble blender is adapted to blend the ingredients and provide the blended ingredients to one of a temporary storage silo and a storage vessel for transport to the oil well site.
US12257738B2
A filler material is applied to a plurality of wood elements. The plurality of wood elements is bonded into a composite wood product, where the bonding includes delivering ultrasound energy to the plurality of wood elements. The ultrasound energy has a frequency within a frequency range of 10 kHz-20 MHz.
US12257737B2
Provided are an ecological slope anti-corrosion timber pile and a treatment device and method therefor, belonging to the field of ecological engineering. The device includes a gasification furnace, and first, second and third carbonization chambers, each internally provided with a main gas pipeline, and multiple rows of radially distributed branch gas pipes are vertically disposed thereon and provided with electronic igniters. Multiple rows of radially distributed timber piles are vertically inside the carbonization chambers and between the branch gas pipes. The gasification furnace is connected to the main gas pipeline of the first carbonization chamber through a gas booster pump. The first carbonization chamber is connected to an air blower, the first and second carbonization chambers are connected through a joint pipe, the second and third carbonization chambers are connected through a pipeline, and the third carbonization chamber is connected to the gasification furnace through a gas delivery pipe.
US12257735B2
A router includes a motor unit and a base that receives the motor unit. A threaded shaft is supported on either the motor unit or the base. A slide is supported on the other of the motor unit and the base. The slide engages with the shaft in a first position of the slide in which micro-adjustments to a cutting depth are permitted. The slide disengages with the shaft in a second position of the slide in which macro-adjustments to the cutting depth are permitted. With a lever in a locked position, neither macro-adjustments nor micro-adjustments are permitted regardless of the slide being in the first position or the second position. With the lever in a micro-adjustment position, only micro-adjustments are permitted with the slide in the first position. With the lever in an unlocked position, the lever disengages the slide from the shaft to permit macro-adjustments.
US12257733B1
A control system automates operations of a chainsaw mill. The chainsaw mill has at least one powerhead, and at least one travel motor that mechanically engages with a drive belt to drive the at least one powerhead along a guide track. A tension sensor measures tension on the drive belt, and a powerhead sensor produces a revolutions per minute (RPM) measurement of the at least one powerhead. A powerhead controller is responsive to the RPM measurement for controlling the powerhead's throttle to keep the RPM near a predetermined RPM setpoint. A travel motor controller is responsive to the tension measurement for controlling the at least one powerhead's transit speed along the guide track to maintain drive-belt tension near a predetermined tension setpoint.
US12257728B2
Provided is a shaft-locking folding knife including: a blade pivotally disposed between two side plates and having a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, with the side plate each having a slotted hole and a pivotal hole; a telescopic rod unit with one end pivotally disposed between the two pivotal holes of the two side plates and the other end having a bolt disposed between the two slotted holes, the telescopic rod unit having a blocking portion engaged with the first engaging portion or the second engaging portion of the blade; and a control element disposed at an extensible rod of the telescopic rod unit and exposed from the two side plates.
US12257727B2
A classifying sensing system, a classifying method performed using a sensing system, a tactile sensor, and a method of fabricating a tactile sensor. The classifying sensing system comprises a first spiking neural network, SNN, encoder configured for encoding an event-based output of a vision sensor into individual vision modality spiking representations with a first output size; a second SNN encoder configured for encoding an event-based output of a tactile sensor into individual tactile modality spiking representations with a second output size; a combination layer configured for merging the vision modality spiking representations and the tactile modality spiking representations; and a task SNN configured to receive the merged vision modality spiking representations and tactile modality spiking representations and output vision-tactile modality spiking representations with a third output size for classification.
US12257721B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a robot controller that does not require manual correction when an applying process operation is interrupted due to occurrence of an error, and that enables automatic avoidance of occurrence of an interrupted part (gap) of the applying process and occurrence of excessive processing upon resuming the applying process operation. When an applying operation is interrupted, if the operation has stopped after further advancement of the operation site from the position of interruption, the operation site is moved back by a predetermined distance along the curved trajectory at the time of an advancing movement prior to the stopping, and the advancing movement is resumed from the moved-back position along the curved trajectory. Thus, it is possible to resume the continuous process while the operation site, at the position where the continuous process operation has been interrupted, proceeds at the same speed as when the applying operation was interrupted.
US12257718B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling a motion of a robot from a starting point to a target point within a bounded space with a floorplan including one or multiple obstacles. The method includes solving for an electric potential in a bounded virtual space formed by scaling the floorplan of the bounded space with the one or multiple obstacles and applying charge to at least one bound of the bounded virtual space while treating the scaled obstacles as metallic surfaces with a constant potential value, wherein the electric potential provides multiple equipotential curves within the bounded virtual space. The method further includes selecting an equipotential curve with a potential value different from a potential value of an obstacle equipotential curve, determining a motion path based on the selected equipotential curve, and controlling the motion of the robot based on the determined motion path.
US12257716B2
A method for changing or expanding application tasks of a manipulator via a first processor and a second processor and a system for guiding the movement of the manipulator, wherein the system includes a first processor for performing control tasks relating to guiding the movement, the control tasks being performable in real-time and being performable while complying with pre-definable, in particular certifiable, safety requirements, and includes at least one second processor for performing an application task formed from a path planning task and a task relating to processing user inputs, where the second processor can be adapted to perform at least one changed or further application task.
US12257707B2
A manufacturing system includes: a coordinate positioning machine having a structure moveable within a working volume of the machine, a drive arrangement for moving the structure around the working volume, and a positioning arrangement for determining the position of the structure within the working volume with a first accuracy; and a metrology arrangement to which the machine is removably couplable, such that when the machine is coupled to the metrology arrangement, with the structure being moved by the drive arrangement, the metrology arrangement is able to measure the position of the structure with a second accuracy that is higher than the first accuracy.
US12257704B2
An abnormality detection device detects an abnormality of a device based on time-series data acquired from a device having a movable part. The abnormality determination device determines whether time-series data at a specific time have increased or decreased with respect to time-series data from a certain time prior to the specific time as the specific time is shifted, indicates an increase or decrease of the time-series data by defined numerical values, and detects an abnormality of the device based on integrated values obtained by integrating the defined numerical values.
US12257697B2
A transporter includes a traveling body, a supporting body including first and second members with relative positions that can be mutually changed, a first suction pad on the first member, a second suction pad on the second member, a first presser on the first member, a second presser on the second member, the first and second suction pads being between the first and second pressers, and a controller to control the relative positions of the first and second members so that the first and second suction pads are positioned inside a contour of a product to be picked up and the first and second pressers are positioned above a workpiece outside the product.
US12257696B2
An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body includes at least one feature that is adapted to facilitate the contact portion to become substantially non-planar while grasping.
US12257693B2
A storage case includes a base including a lower surface, walls extending from the lower surface, and a plurality of recesses arranged in a grid adjacent the lower surface. The lower surface and the walls define a cavity, and each recess has a double bayonet shape defining a partially circular shape with a pair of bayonet channels. The storage case further includes a peg positioned within the cavity and having an elongated body configured to support a tool accessory. The elongated body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the first end includes a bayonet projection. The bayonet projection is alternately receivable in each of plurality of recesses by a bayonet style coupling, and the peg is orthogonal to the lower surface of the base when coupled to each of the plurality of recesses.
US12257687B2
Provided is a tool that includes a handle assembly including a top portion and a bottom portion. The tool also includes a lock plate disposed between the top and bottom portions and having a deflectable arm having a free end biased towards the top portion, a fixed end opposite the free end, an inner edge, an outer edge, and a detent near the free end and the inner edge. The tool additionally includes a blade having first and second ends, an indent in a bottom surface of the blade near the first end for engaging the detent in a closed position, and a ramp on the bottom surface near the indent defining a reduced thickness portion of the blade that reduces in thickness from the indent towards an edge of the blade to reduce contact between the detent and the blade during rotation of the blade.
US12257672B2
A locking device for a tool includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a through hole, and an inner wall of the through hole is provided with a first engaging portion. The second component is selectively rotatably connected to the through hole and provided with a second engaging portion detachably engaged with the first engaging portion. The second component can move relative to the through hole to be switched between an unlocked position where the second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion and a locked position where the second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion, so that the second component and the through hole are selectively rotatable relative to each other.
US12257666B2
A method is provided and includes making a polishing table and a dummy disk rotate; bringing the dummy disk into contact with a table surface of the polishing table while a liquid is supplied to the table surface; measuring heights of the table surface at a plurality of measurement points while the dummy disk is moved on the table surface; and creating a table profile showing tilt of the table surface from measurement values of the heights of the table surface.
US12257660B2
The present disclosure relates to a machine tool cable protection device including a universal head having a rotary part and rotatably and tiltably installed in a ram body, a cable having one side connected to a rotary part of the universal head, and the other side connected to a supply source, a rotation unit disposed on the rotary part of the universal head and configured to wind or unwind the cable while rotating in conjunction with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotary part of the universal head, and a movement unit disposed in the ram body so as to rectilinearly reciprocate to compensate for a change in length of the cable that is wound around or unwound from the rotation unit in accordance with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotation unit.
US12257652B2
A method of ultrasonic additive manufacturing comprising using ultrasonic additive manufacturing to build a solid metal object through ultrasonically welding successive layers of thin metal foil into a three-dimensional shape; machining internal features into the solid metal object, wherein the internal features include voids, chambers, cavities, channels, or conduits; depositing a sacrificial support material in the internal features, wherein the sacrificial support material includes at least one water-soluble solid, and at least one water-soluble binding agent; curing the sacrificial support material at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time within the internal features; using ultrasonic additive manufacturing to deposit additional successive layers of metal on top of the sacrificial material and solid metal object to complete the solid metal object; and introducing a solution containing water into the internal features to dissolve and remove the sacrificial support material therefrom.
US12257651B2
A high-strength welding wire includes, in weight percentage, 5.8% Cu, 0.2% Mn, 0.1% V, 0.2% Zr, 0.2% Si, 0.3% Fe, 0.1% Zn, 1.4% compensation element, 0.2% hydrogen evolution element, 1.2% nanoceramic particle, and Al for the balance. Various powdered raw materials are mixed, wrapped with an aluminum strip, rolled and subjected to wiredrawing to form the high-strength welding wire. In a welding method for the high-strength welding wire, a K-shaped groove is formed between a stringer and a panel, and an inclined angle of the welding gun and a distance between the welding gun and the weld are adjusted. Then the angle between the wire-feeding tube and the welding gun and the striking mechanism and the weld are adjusted. Protective gas is supplied to the welding pool, and a laser is activated to perform welding. A striking mechanism is started to strike the weld.
US12257649B2
A soldering iron head includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a positioning slot formed on the bottom surface and extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The positioning slot is adapted to accommodate and position an exposed end conductor of a cable. The cross section of the positioning slot is trapezoidal in shape, absent a lower bottom. An upper bottom facing side of the trapezoidal cross section of the positioning slot gradually increases in width from the first side surface to the second side surface.
US12257647B2
A joining method includes: an overlapping step of overlapping a front surface of a first metal member with a back surface of a second metal member; and a welding step of welding the first metal member with the second metal member by hybrid welding, with use of a hybrid welding machine including a leading laser welding unit and a trailing arc welding unit. In the welding step, laser welding, by irradiating a laser beam, and arc welding are performed, along a preset travel route set on an inner corner portion formed by the front surface of the first metal member and an end surface of the second metal member, to the inner corner portion and the laser beam is oscillated to cross the preset travel route.
US12257644B2
A method, apparatus, and system are provided to monitor and characterize the dynamics of a phase change region (PCR) created during laser welding, specifically keyhole welding, and other material modification processes, using low-coherence interferometry. By directing a measurement beam to multiple locations within and overlapping with the PCR, the system, apparatus, and method are used to determine, in real time, spatial and temporal characteristics of the weld such as keyhole depth, length, width, shape and whether the keyhole is unstable, closes or collapses. This information is important in determining the quality and material properties of a completed finished weld. It can also be used with feedback to modify the material modification process in real time.
US12257641B2
A work processing apparatus performs processing of a surface to be processed of a work by causing a processing head to come into sliding contact with the work held on an upper surface of a holding plate. The processing head includes a plasma electrode that generates plasma and radiates the plasma to the surface to be processed of the work. In the plasma electrode, an annular or solid cylindrical central electrode provided at a center in a radial direction and an annular outer circumferential electrode provided at an outer side in the radial direction with respect to the central electrode are arranged with an annular slit portion intermediating therebetween at a boundary position thereof, the slit portion is configured as a plasma generation space, and a processing pad is provided at bottom surfaces of the central electrode and the outer circumferential electrode.
US12257639B2
A miter saw includes a base assembly and a saw unit pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The saw unit includes a saw blade and a lower blade guard covering a lower portion of the saw blade. The miter saw also includes a linkage for raising the lower blade guard to expose the lower portion of the saw blade as the saw unit is lowered toward the base assembly. The linkage is operable to apply a force to the lower blade guard for holding the lower blade guard in a raised position, without any input from the operator of the miter saw and without changing the length of the linkage, to facilitate changing the saw blade.
US12257633B2
A method for producing metal or metal alloy particles may include: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) a metal or a metal alloy, (b) a carrier fluid, and optionally (c) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a melting point of the metal or the metal alloy to create a dispersion of molten droplets of the metal or the metal alloy dispersed in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point of the metal or the metal alloy to form metal or metal alloy particles; and separating the metal or metal alloy particles from the carrier fluid, wherein the metal or metal alloy particles comprise the metal or the metal alloy and the emulsion stabilizer, if included.
US12257621B2
A molding system for a low-pressure light alloy casting plant, extending in height along a main axis, has a mold having a lower half-mold and an upper half-mold. The molding system has a first lower fixed plate on which the lower half-mold is housed, a movable plate on which the upper half-mold is housed, a second upper fixed plate positioned at the top of the movable plate, a movement group for moving the movable plate along the main axis, having an electric drive motor and transmission members operatively connected to the electric drive motor and to the movable plate, a casting ejection group having an electric ejector motor and ejection members movable by the electric ejector motor in an ejection position in which the casting is detached from the upper half-mold, and a command unit controlling operation of the electric drive motor and of the electric ejector motor.
US12257620B2
A joining tool unit including a hold-down device, a linearly movable tool, and a tool counter element. The hold-down device and the tool counter element are provided opposite each other, a workpiece lies on the tool counter element when the workpiece is arranged on the joining tool unit, and the hold-down device is arranged to be supported on a surface of the workpiece. The hold-down device has a light-guiding system, and the light-guiding system is designed to guide a light beam of a light in the direction of a joint location of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged on the joining tool unit. The light-guiding system is provided on the hold-down device such that the light beam is irradiated onto the joint location solely at an angle which is greater than 0° relative to a movement axis of the linearly movable tool.
US12257618B1
Apparatus and methods are described for automatically closing the seam of duct work and for automatically inserting angle plates into duct work and then closing the seam of the duct work. The seam closing apparatus includes a first seam closing members for closing the top and bottom portions of the seam and a second seam closing member for closing the remainder of the seam of the duct work.
US12257598B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure describe a batch coating apparatus. In some examples, the batch coating apparatus includes a fixing mechanism, a liquid holding mechanism, a liquid injection mechanism and a control device. The fixing mechanism includes a plurality of fixing portions for fixing work-pieces to be coated. The liquid holding mechanism includes a plurality of liquid tanks arranged side by side. The liquid injection mechanism includes a liquid storage portion and an infusion portion. The control device is configured to control at least one of a relative movement between the fixing mechanism and the liquid holding mechanism and a relative movement between the liquid holding mechanism and the liquid injection mechanism. The control device is configured to control the liquid injection mechanism to supply the coating liquid via the infusion portion.
US12257593B2
A sprinkler device for delivering an irrigation liquid for gravity-based pivot or linear irrigation systems includes a support structure having a first portion with a nozzle defining a longitudinal axis for generating a jet of liquid, and a second portion with a baffle plate pivoted thereto and facing the nozzle. The second portion includes a drive system, which has a first magnet moving with a reciprocating oscillatory motion due to a negative pressure generated by the liquid that flows through the nozzle, and is configured to move the baffle plate along, and force it to pivot with a reciprocating oscillatory motion about the longitudinal axis through a predetermined angle, to thereby deliver the liquid over a sector area of the soil. A method of delivering an irrigation liquid for gravity-based pivot or linear irrigation systems that uses such a sprinkler device.
US12257592B2
A showerhead with an embedded nut is disclosed. The showerhead comprises an embedded nut within a cavity. The nut may be engaged by a bolt through an opening in the cavity to support the showerhead. The apparatus allows for the support of the showerhead without the potential for metal contamination.
US12257587B2
A filter manufacturing method includes: folding a filter media up and down and forming a wrinkle shape composed of a plurality of bent parts and a connection part connecting adjacent bent parts among the plurality of bent parts; and forming a conductive coating layer pattern on the filter media. The filter manufacturing method further includes: electrically connecting a first end and a second end of the conductive coating layer pattern to a first power source. In particular, the conductive coating layer pattern includes a plurality of parallel patterns, and the plurality of parallel patterns are formed to be positioned on the connection part.
US12257586B2
The present invention relates to a porous particle composite for PCR, wherein the porous particle composite distributes photothermal nano-elements that generate heat by absorbing light in porous particles in which nucleic acid amplification occurs through temperature control so as not to adjust the temperature of the entire sample by using a hot plate or the like but to adjust the temperature inside the particles by irradiating light to the porous particles to allow nucleic acid amplification inside thereof, thereby reducing energy consumption and shortening diagnostic time.
US12257585B2
The present specification discloses collection kits for collecting a biological sample being handled by a chain-of-custody protocol and methods and uses for collecting a sample using such collection kits. In some aspects, a collection kit disclosed herein can comprise one or more identification labels, a sample collection device, one or more sample containers, and a collecting pouch. In some aspects, a collection kit disclosed herein can comprise one or more sample containers, a sample shipping container, one or more identification labels, and a collecting pouch.
US12257577B2
Provided are devices for automated analysis of one or more samples in single or multi-well plates or vessels, wherein the process of automated analysis comprises automated flow, wherein the samples comprise liquid or particles in a sample vessel, and wherein the devices comprise an assembly of components that enable processing of a sample for analytical assessment by fluidic and/or particle based instruments. Automated flow may comprise systems for moving samples including vacuum systems, pressure-based systems, pneumatic systems, pumps, peristaltic pumps, diaphragms, or syringes. The devices may comprise an assembly of components that enable movement in X, Y, and Z dimensions, as well as switches, microfluidic tubing, well plate block, electronic pressure controllers, pneumatic or fluidic mixing devices, components for fluid handling, sampling vessels, and mechanical components for translating or transporting system components.
US12257575B2
A fixed bed, radial flow reforming reactor having an inner catalyst zone between an inlet fluid zone and an outlet fluid zone. The catalyst zone is separated into two concentric, annular zones, a first annular zone having a first solid particle material having a first catalytic activity for reforming hydrocarbons into the catalyst zone, and, a second annular zone having a second solid particle material having a second catalytic activity for reforming hydrocarbons into the catalyst zone, wherein the second catalytic activity is different. One of the materials may be inert. A divider may be used to separate the two annular zones.
US12257574B2
A pillar shaped honeycomb structure for induction heating, the honeycomb structure being made of ceramics and including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path, wherein a composite material containing a conductor and a non-conductor is provided in the cells in a region of 50% or less of the total length of the honeycomb structure from one end face, and wherein the conductor is a conductor that generates heat in response to a change in a magnetic field.
US12257572B2
A catalytic support for catalysis processes including a main body, at least one conduit made in said main body, said conduit having an inlet portion made on a first surface of said main body and an outlet portion made on a second surface of said main body, said first surface being opposite said second surface said main body includes a plurality of layers at least partially superposed and mutually adherent, said layers forming a plurality of recesses at the intersections and superposition of said layers, said recesses being configured to house particles of at least one catalyst element.
US12257569B2
The invention discloses use of a catalyzed particulate filter loaded with a silver-zirconia catalyst prepared by citric acid-assisted sol-gel method for soot removal from engine exhaust. The invention discloses a method of making xAg/ZrO2 where x is 20 mol %, said method comprises: mixing aqueous solutions of AgNO3 and ZrO(NO3)2 hydrate to produce a first mixture, adding an aqueous solution of citric acid to the first mixture, wherein the molar ratio of metal ions to citric acid is about 1:3 to produce a second mixture; heating the second mixture to about 80-90° C. to evaporate excess water in the second mixture to form a viscous gel, charring the viscous gel at about 200° C. for about 12 hours to produce a foam-like material, grounding the foam-like material to form a grounded material, and calcinating the grounded material at 500° C. for about 10 hours.
US12257566B2
Provided are a carbon dioxide absorbent including an ionic liquid including a choline-based cation and a phenolate-based anion, and an aliphatic alcohol, and a method of separating carbon dioxide using the same. Since the carbon dioxide absorbent of the present disclosure is thermally and chemically stable, it may decrease by-products released into the atmosphere and thus, is environmentally friendly. The method of separating carbon dioxide using the absorbent is an economical method which allows energy saving with low renewable energy.
US12257563B2
Provided is an apparatus for an aldol condensation reaction having high productivity at low cost. Specifically, the apparatus for an aldol condensation reaction according to the present invention has an effect of having high productivity by preventing a drop in a conversion rate due to an increase in a residence time when increasing a facility scale, allows conditions of raising a concentration of a catalyst and a temperature, and has an effect of minimizing a content of the catalyst used at the same yield as compared with a conventional apparatus. In addition, costs required for increasing a facility scale may be minimized without adding a device such as a pump separately, and an amount of harmful wastewater produced may be minimized.
US12257557B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bonded body which has a high airtightness and exhibits excellent durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. This problem is solved by a bonded body in which a complex of a zeolite and an inorganic porous support, and a dense member are bonded together by an inorganic glass or an inorganic adhesive. The inorganic glass or the inorganic adhesive has a thermal expansion coefficient of 30×10−7/K to 90×10−7/K, and the inorganic glass has a softening point of 550° C. or lower. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a method of efficiently producing an alcohol by installing a separation membrane in an alcohol synthesis reactor based on a bonding method that gives good sealing performance and durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions and in the presence of methanol vapor. This problem can be solved by an alcohol production method of obtaining an alcohol by allowing a raw material gas, which contains at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide, to react in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor. In the reactor for carrying out the reaction, an alcohol-selective permeable membrane bonded with a dense member is installed, and an alcohol generated by the reaction permeates and is recovered through the selective permeable membrane.
US12257555B2
The present invention relates to a porous membrane including a plurality of through-type pores, and when the porous membrane is used, a particle to be analyzed and a reactive particle may be reacted one-to-one, thereby increasing the efficiency and accuracy of particle analysis.
US12257550B2
A desalination system, including a membrane distillation portion, a solar power concentration portion, and a thermal vapor compression portion operationally connected to the membrane distillation portion and to the solar power concentration portion. The membrane distillation portion includes a first vessel having a first portion and a second portion separated by a hydrophobic membrane operationally connected therebetween and oriented to pass water from the first portion to the second portion, wherein the hydrophobic membrane further comprises a hydrophilic membrane and an air blocking layer connected to the hydrophilic membrane and disposed in the first portion, a vacuum gap adjacent the hydrophobic membrane and disposed in the second portion, a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet operationally connected to the first portion, and a second fluid inlet and a second fluid outlet operationally connected to the second portion. The solar power concentration portion includes a pump having a pump outlet and a pump inlet operationally connected to a water line and to the vacuum gap, a linear Fresnel mirror collector for collecting and focusing sunlight, and an outlet line operationally connected to the pump outlet and positioned to receive focused sunlight from linear Fresnel mirror collector. The thermal vapor compression portion includes an ejector having an ejector inlet portion and an ejector outlet portion, wherein the ejector inlet portion is operationally connected to the outlet line and to the vacuum gap, a second vessel fluidically connected to the outlet portion and further including a heat exchanger operationally connected to the ejector outlet portion and to a water pipe, a feed spray operationally connected to the second outlet and positioned to spray into the heat exchanger, and a collection portion for receiving concentrated feed spray. The heat exchanger receives desalinated water from the ejector and from the feed spray. The water line carries desalinated water from the heat exchanger. The first outlet passes concentrated brine, and the first inlet receives feed water to be desalinated.
US12257549B2
A method for purifying biological dust suppressant by two-stage ultrafiltration is provided, which utilizes the differences of physical characteristics such as solubility and molecular morphology of each substance in fermentation broth to separate and purify the target product by two-stage ultrafiltration. Firstly, the fermentation broth is centrifugally pretreated to separate insoluble substances such as microbial cells; after centrifugation, the supernatant passes through a primary ultrafiltration membrane, and the polysaccharide, lactic acid and aggregated biological dust suppressant molecules with molecular weights more than 20 kilodaltons are cut off; organic solvents such as methanol and ethyl acetate are added to the retentate for dilution, further filtering is carried out with ultrafiltration membrane with a cutoff molecular weight more than 10 kilodaltons to obtain liquid product, and finally preparing solid purified product is conducted through rotary evaporation and constant temperature drying.
US12257536B2
A filter element comprises one or more several tubular filter media element segments, which may be pleated filter media ring segments. One or more heat activated disks are used to connect each tubular filter media element segments together and/or to connect tubular filter media element segments with one or more end cap supports. The heat activated disks are solid in form for assembly with tubular filter media ring segment and then heat activated to bond with tubular filter media ring segments. Multiple end caps can be simultaneously bonded to one or more tubular filter media element segments if a filter stack assembly of component are heated together, such as in an oven. Filter media may also be simultaneously cured. Heat activated disks may be used as pleat stabilizers and/or for and/or as part of end caps.
US12257533B2
The invention relates to a filtering device for filtering fibrous material from water flowing through a channel, the device comprising a sieve, the sieve being arranged at an angle with respect a flow direction defined by the channel. According to the invention, said angle is smaller than 25°. The invention also relates to a method of installing such a filtering device, a system comprising such a filtering device, and the use of such a device.
US12257523B2
A launching device, system and method uses a fluid pressure system and a launch direction system in combination with an automated control system and a fluid cavity in a game ball for compressed air providing a pneumatically operated toy that releases upon a user-directed and automated control launch of a game ball.
US12257519B1
A multifunctional toy for early childhood education comprises a plurality of basic elements and at least one expansion element, wherein the basic element has a rollable outer surface and an inner cavity for sleeving other basic elements, and a connector is arranged between at least two basic elements, and the connector is installed between the two basic elements in a mutually matched manner; and a plurality of steps are detachably connected on the connector, and the expansion element is detachably connected with the basic elements.
US12257511B2
A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game, determines an identity and/or an age of a gamer that is wearing the gaming headset, and configures operation of the gaming headset based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer. The gaming headset logs into the particular game using credentials associated with the determined identity and/or age, and selects settings based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. One or more sensors communicatively coupled to the gaming headset may be activated and information received from the sensors is utilized to determine the identity and/or the age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. The sensors determine, for example, the head size, ear size, voice characteristics and/or biometric information for the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset.
US12257505B2
A method of operating a computer for carrying out a video game is provided. The method includes maintaining a gaming environment in a non-transitory memory, with the gaming environment defining an autonomous agent and a behavioral model associated with the agent. The method also includes implementing a gaming session of the video game during which the agent carries out actions in accordance with the behavioral model, and implementing a coaching session of the video game by receiving instructions from a player. The instructions indicate a gameplay action to be performed by the agent in the gaming environment. The method also includes implementing the coaching session by receiving contextual feedback from the player regarding said gameplay action. The method also includes implementing the coaching session by adapting the behavioral model based on the instructions and the contextual feedback.
US12257504B2
A system and method for providing a graphical overlay on a web page utilizing textual code is presented. The method includes initializing a matrix of elements, including a first portion and a second portion of elements, wherein the second portion have no value stored; rendering a GUI to include the matrix; storing a value in each element of the first portion of elements; generating a plurality of element groups, each element group including a plurality of elements; storing a value in each element of the plurality of elements; receiving a selection of a first element group; receiving a position respective of the first element group and the matrix; writing values of the first element group to the matrix, in response to determining that elements of the matrix corresponding to the received position are of the second portion of elements; and updating the rendered GUI based on the written values.
US12257500B2
A computing device may determine one or more characteristics of a gaming application executing at one or more processors of the computing device. The computing device may determine a gameplay state of the gaming application executing at the one or more processors based at least in part on the one or more characteristics. The computing device may adjust, based at least in part on the state of the gaming application, a target frame rate of image data outputted by the gaming application for display at a display device. The computing device may output, based at least in part on the adjusted target frame rate, the image data for display at the display device.
US12257493B2
A skateboard truck includes a metal bolt called a kingpin and a threaded fastener, called a hex nut, which when combined hold the two main components of a truck together: the baseplate, which is mounted to the bottom surface of the skateboard deck; and the turning part of the truck called the hanger, which is mounted onto the baseplate by means of the kingpin, and affixed tightly into the baseplate by means of a threaded shaft nut assembly permanently affixed within the baseplate. Two bushings placed along the shaft of the kingpin and on either side of a flange protruding from the hanger hold the hanger in place by the tightening of the kingpin into the threaded shaft nut fastener. The kingpin is oriented such that a threaded portion of the kingpin (on an end opposite a bolt head portion) is generally facing towards a bottom surface of the skateboard deck.
US12257491B2
A Method and apparatus for reducing stress on the body (e.g., foot, ankle, hip, spine) of a snowboarder while sitting on a chairlift. The apparatus includes a boot binding assembly adapted for mounting on the top surface of a snowboard including a boot retention member hinged for movement between a closed position and an open position. For typical downhill snowboarding activity, a user will place the retention member in the closed position to orient the sole of the user's boot substantially parallel, i.e. against the snowboard top surface. For sitting on a chairlift, the user will place the retention member in the open position so as to allow the snowboard to pivot around the hinge and hang substantially vertically from the retention member thus avoiding stressful torques on the user's supporting limb.
US12257489B2
A method of manufacturing a frame for an ice skate boot, the method including: a) moulding a substantially T-shaped body having a first plate and a second plate extending substantially perpendicularly from the first plate; b) milling the first plate to form a platform intended to be uppermost on the frame, in use, for supporting an ice skate boot, the platform having a first support for supporting a forward portion of an ice skate boot and a second support, separate from the first support, for supporting a rearward portion of an ice skate boot; c) milling the second plate to form an elongate body defining an elongate length of the frame, the elongate body having first and second arms extending from the elongate body, where distal ends of the first and second arms are connected to the first and second supports, respectively; and d) forming a mounting arrangement on the elongate body for mounting a blade runner to the elongate body, wherein step a) includes the step of integrally forming the first and second plates from a composite material.
US12257486B1
A pickleball paddle is disclosed herein. The pickleball paddle includes a body with a face section and a handle section. The face section has a perimeter. A grip is attached to the handle section. Weighting is positioned in the perimeter of the face section.
US12257485B1
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a back portion with a back wall portion. The back wall portion includes at least one rib portion having a curved portion located between a center portion of the back wall portion and a perimeter portion of the body portion. The at least one rib portion has a rib portion height, a rib portion width, and a rib portion length. The rib portion width or the rib portion height may vary along the rib portion length. The golf club head also includes a filler material in the body portion coupled to the at least one rib portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12257477B2
The controller of a wearable device is used to determine swim characteristics of a swimmer. The controller is connected to at least one motion sensor selected from a group including a multi-axis gyroscope and a multi-axis accelerometer. The controller is adapted to detect input signals from the at least one motion sensor. The controller is further configured to perform dynamic stroke segmentations based on at least one of the input signals using a stroke segmentation module, extract feature vectors, using feature extraction module, from the at least one input signal based on the stroke segmentations, and determine the swim characteristics by using the feature vectors through a classifier module. The controller dynamically adapts to a style of the swimmer to detect the swim characteristics.
US12257473B2
A barbell collar is described having a fastening element and one or more integrated, non-removable contact patches that are built into an interior side wall of the barbell collar. The barbell collar is circular shaped and does not have other parts other than the fastener element. The inner diameter of the cavity of the barbell collar is wide enough to accommodate a barbell inserted into the cavity. The combination of the integrated contact patches and the tip of the fastener element provides a secure hold and points of contact to the inserted barbell within the cavity of the barbell collar.
US12257472B2
A barbell collar is described having a front ring coupled to a body collar. The body collar comprises three contact pockets formed into the body of the body collar. Three removable contact patches are inserted into the three contact pockets. One of the contact patches is dynamic and can be triggered to advance forward and retract backward by an attached adjustable fastener. The dynamic contact patch grips onto an outer surface of a barbell inserted into a cavity of the barbell collar. The other remaining contact patches are static and are not coupled to adjustable fasteners. The front ring is oriented towards a weight plate on a weighted barbell.
