US12263392B2
A training determination device includes: a determination unit configured to determine a training type, based on exercise data obtained when a user has performed a running training; a storage unit configured to store training history information in which the training type determined by the determination unit is associated with time information for performed training and a moving distance during the performed training; a calculation unit configured to perform at least two types of different calculation for a cumulative total of the moving distance for each training type, based on the training history information stored in the storage unit; and a display controller configured to display an image indicating the cumulative total of the moving distance for each training type calculated by the calculation unit.
US12263385B2
The golf club head described herein can have a metal body and a non-metal insert. The insert forms an entire toe end of the club head. The insert can have an offset surface, located behind the strike face of the body, wherein the insert and strike face form a gap therebetween. The insert offset surface can comprise a backstop that temporarily restricts bending of a center of the strike face during a golf ball impact. The gap between the strike face and the insert allows the strike face to flex while the backstop prevents the strike face from over flexing. In one embodiment, the golf club head can comprise a body having an interior cavity that opens towards a toe end. The insert can form an outermost surface of the toe end and fill a portion of the cavity.
US12263382B2
A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on a surface thereof is disclosed herein. At least a first group of the plurality of dimples has a cross-sectional dimple profile defined by a superposed function resulting from a sum of at least a first function and a second function. The first function can be defined by at least one of: a circular arc or a catenary curve, and the second function can be defined by a decaying sinusoidal function.
US12263376B1
A microsensor module includes: one or more microsensors; a power supply; communication circuit; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to: receive data measured by the one or more microsensors; process the measured data to determine a plurality of different performance parameters related to technique of an athlete when performing a sport; and output, using the communication circuit, real-time information about the correctness of technique and performance level of the athlete performing the sport, wherein the microsensor module is encapsulated in a water-proof package that is attachable or adjoinable to the athlete's body.
US12263370B2
The invention relates to a machine for sports training, which comprises a frame pivotably connected to a lever actuated by a user's arms, the at least one lever being connected to two main coupling elements situated parallel to each other, such that when the elements move, they describe an identical path at the same time, transmitting the movement of the at least one lever to resistance means. The machine provides continuous resistance to the actuation of the lever by the user, and a moment of inertia that prevents stops and jerks at the end of the stroke of the lever. The machine is provided with means for supporting the user, such as a platform, solidly fixed to the frame such that while the user trains the upper body, he or she can also train the lower body, at will, by performing exercises on the platform.
US12263351B2
This disclosure relates to methods for modulating activity of a cell capable of being activated by light and treating diseases with such methods. The disclosure also provides systems suitable for use in such methods, particularly systems having silicon nanostructures.
US12263349B2
Method of treating biological surfaces with electromagnetic radiation in the form of light of two different energy levels, a first light with photons having a majority energy in the range from 3.5 eV to 2.8 eV and a second light with photons having a majority energy in the range from 1.24 eV to 2.48 eV. The photons of the first light and the second light are simultaneously directed against the biological surface. The invention also contemplates the use of sensitizers in topical treatments of infections using the method. The treatment will achieve good tissue penetration. It makes it possible to give antibacterial treatment to different areas of pathogen at the same time as two or more different energy photons can target molecules in different areas.
US12263347B2
In a medical device system, a computer apparatus is configured to receive body surface electrical signals from an electrode apparatus including multiple external electrodes. The computing apparatus generates electrical dyssynchrony data from the body surface electrical signals during delivery of His bundle pacing pulses and identifies effective His bundle capture based on the electrical dyssynchrony data. The computing apparatus generates an indication of His bundle capture in response to identifying the effective His bundle capture.
US12263343B2
A method of neurostimulation titration includes titrating a neurostimulation signal from a first set of parameters toward a target set of parameters according to a titration aggressiveness profile having a titration hold point. The method further includes receiving a hold indicator indicating that the titration has reached the titration hold point. The method further includes initiating an intermediate hold of the titrating of the neurostimulation signal in response to receiving the hold indicator. The method further includes receiving an indication of a titration resumption that discontinues the intermediate hold.
US12263342B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope, wherein the IMU is configured to detect chest and/or abdominal movement by a patient during the inspiration and expiration stages of a respiratory cycle and to generate positional data based on the detected movement. Positional data generated by the IMU is used by an implanted stimulation system to determine when to deliver electrical stimulation to a nerve which innervates an upper airway muscle, such as the hypoglossal nerve, to treat sleep apnea.
US12263338B2
Flexible high-density mapping catheter tips and flexible ablation catheter tips with onboard high-density mapping electrodes are disclosed. These tips can be used for diagnosing and treating cardiac arrhythmias. The flexible, distal tips are adapted to conform to tissue and comprise a plurality of microelectrodes mounted to permit relative movement among at least some of the microelectrodes. The flexible tip portions may comprise a flexible framework forming a flexible array of microelectrodes (for example, a planar or cylindrical array) adapted to conform to tissue and constructed at least in part from nonconductive material in some embodiments. The flexible array of microelectrodes may be formed from a plurality of rows of longitudinally-aligned microelectrodes. The flexible array may further comprise, for example, a plurality of electrode-carrying arms or electrode-carrier bands. Multiple flexible frameworks may be present on a single device. A delivery adapter having an internal compression cone is also disclosed.
US12263336B2
Electrostimulation systems and methods are contemplated in which a high current level, charge balanced alternating current electrical signal is generated for delivery to the cortex region of a patient's brain for treating opioid use disorder and substance use disorder. By stimulating this region of the brain with a charged balanced stimulation current with a stimulation current envelope defining one or more series of pulses at particular frequencies and durations designed to evoke metabolic response in the neurons, significant improvements in efficacy and reductions in patient discomfort may be achieved relative to earlier methods of transcranial electrical stimulation. Further advantages, especially in promoting neural entrainment, may be realized as well via utilizing multiple series of pulses at different frequencies, and via the dynamic adjustment of the stimulation waveform via incorporation of feedback signals in order to maintain charge balance in real-time.
US12263329B2
A device for delivery of medicament is presented that has an elongated housing, a container mounted within the housing and adapted to contain liquid medicament, a stopper slidably arranged within said container, and a delivery mechanism comprising a resilient member, a plunger assembly having one end connected to the stopper and a second end being operably connected to the resilient member, a rotatable latch for releasably retaining the plunger assembly in a first position where the resilient member has an accumulated energy, where rotation of the latch releases the plunger assembly such that the accumulated energy is transferred to the plunger assembly for driving the stopper within the container whereby the medicament within said container is delivered to an injection site. After delivery of the medicament a rotator having a hard stop feature aligns with a rib on the protective shield to prevent retraction of the protective shield.
US12263328B2
A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.
US12263325B2
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US12263323B2
The invention relates to methods of treating baldness, treating alopecia, promoting hair growth, and/or promoting hair follicle development and/or activation or stimulation on an area of the skin of a subject (for example, a human) by subjecting said area of the skin to integumental perturbation. Integumental perturbation can be used in combination with other treatments for promoting hair growth. The invention provides devices for integumental perturbation for promoting hair growth, and provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in combination with integumental perturbation for promoting hair growth.
US12263319B2
The invention relates to a method for reducing the outer diameter of the balloon (1) of a balloon catheter in the non-expanded state, wherein at least one restriction element (3) is applied to at least a portion of the balloon (1) of the balloon catheter. In this way, the outer diameter of the balloon (1) is thus reduced and, moreover, its flexibility increased.
US12263313B2
A urinary system catheter is covered by an ethanol extract of propolis on a surface of the urinary system catheter. The EEP is used as a coating material of the urinary system catheter to prepare an antimicrobial urinary system catheter. The EEP serving as a surface coating can enhance surface hydrophilicity of the urinary system catheter, and clinical operation of the urinary system catheter is facilitated. Meanwhile, the EEP serving as the surface coating can prevent a bacterial biofilm from being formed on the surface of the urinary system catheter, thereby possessing antimicrobial and anti-infective effects, and a high anti-scab capacity. In addition, propolis is a natural substance, has the advantages of good biocompatibility and low cost, and is suitable for mass production. The urinary system catheter prepared by using the EEP as the coating has a good application prospect.
US12263308B2
An apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient, includes a respiratory pressure therapy device that generates a flow of air at positive pressure for treating the respiratory disorder. An air circuit transports the flow of air generated by the respiratory pressure therapy device to a patient interface. A nebuliser module is located at or adjacent to a proximal end of the air circuit to nebulise a liquid to form a nebula of the liquid. The nebula is admitted into the flow of air generated by the respiratory pressure therapy device. A vaporiser is located at the distal end of the air circuit to receive and vaporise the nebula to form a humidified flow of air.
US12263296B2
The disclosure relates to a laminar evaporator including an electrical resistance heating element for pulse heating and evaporation of an inhalationally receivable material distributed or distributable on the heating element surface by an electric heating current flowing or flowable in a laminar manner with at least two electrical contacts or poles for introducing the heating current into the resistance heating element, wherein the resistance heating element has at least one slot-shaped recess constricting lines of flux of an original electric field forming or formable between the at least two electrical contacts or poles and comprises a porous structure having a porosity of 70% or greater holding or capable of holding the material.
US12263294B2
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy devices and methods for controlling and operating such devices are disclosed. A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source, a pressure sensor, and an electronic control circuitry. The negative pressure source can couple via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing covering a wound and provide negative pressure to the wound. The electronic controller circuitry can operate the negative pressure source, detect a presence of blockage in the fluid flow path based on comparing one or more peak-to-peak measurments of pressure in the fluid flow path measured by the pressure sensor to a threshold, and adjust the threshold responsive to a determination that the housing is positioned in a moving transporter. The moving transporter can be an automobile, train, or airplane.
US12263291B2
In one general aspect, the present disclosure provides a drainage system. The drainage system may include a container having an interior and a mouth, the mouth having an outer surface and an opening. A frangible seal may cover the opening. A cap may be secured to the mouth, and the cap may be in fluid communication with a drainage line. The cap may have an inner surface for engaging with the outer surface of the mouth. The drainage system may further include a retention ring with a collar having an inner surface configured to engage an outer surface of the cap, where the retention ring includes a bead for at least partially concentrating a restriction force provided by the retention ring on an adjacent area of the outer surface of the cap.
US12263288B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing a medical procedure within a patient's body that involves a thoracic duct including an ostium communicating with the patient's venous system. A distal end of a catheter is introduced through the patient's venous system into a body lumen adjacent the ostium of the thoracic duct. An expandable member on the distal end of the tubular member may be expanded adjacent the ostium, e.g., within the body lumen or the thoracic duct itself, and used to isolate the thoracic duct from the body lumen, whereupon a medical procedure may be performed via the thoracic duct. For example, lymphatic fluid may be removed from the thoracic duct through a lumen of the tubular member and/or one or more agents may be introduced into the thoracic duct through the tubular member.
US12263280B2
A processing technique for creating nanowires and hierarchically porous micro/nano structures of ceramic materials is provided. The process includes evaporation of micron-sized water droplets containing dissolved organic salts on heated substrates followed by thermal decomposition of the deposited material. The micron-sized droplets may be generated by supercritical CO2 assisted nebulization, in which high-pressure streams of aqueous solution and supercritical CO2 are mixed, followed by controlled depressurization through a fine capillary. Rapid evaporation takes place on the heated substrates and structures are generated due to CO2 effervescence from the droplets and evaporation of water, along with the pinning of the three phase contact line. Depending on the mass deposited, a mesh of nano-wires or membrane-like structures may result. Sintering of the membrane-like scaffolds above the decomposition temperature of the organic salt creates nanopores within the structures, creating a dual hierarchy of pores.
US12263274B2
The present invention provides surface-modified medical implants having one of more layer of gold nanoparticles, wherein, for example, the surface of a medical implant body could be immobilized with a single of double layers of GNPs. The implants could have a superior biocompatibility and superior osteogenic differentiation.
US12263267B2
A lamellar arrangement for shielding radiation acting on a fluid which flows through an interior of a device, comprises two or more lamellae aligned substantially parallel to one another and respectively defining an intermediate space between them, wherein at least one subset of the lamellae is respectively subdivided into at least three lamella sections comprising a first lamella section, a second lamella section next to the first lamella section and a third lamella section next to the second lamella section. The first lamella section and the second lamella section in this case enclose a first angle between them, and the second lamella section and the third lamella section enclose a second angle between them. The first angle has a magnitude in a range of from 20° to 45° and the second angle has a magnitude in a range of from 20° to 45°.
US12263262B2
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is for automatically managing a helmet. Because the inside of a helmet may be sterilized and dried in a short time, a comfortable safety helmet may be ensured even during a short break time. Also, because charging may be performed without removing attachments such as an IoT device, an electronic device, and an illumination light from the helmet, the inconvenience of time and effort spent on attaching and detaching the attachments may be eliminated. Also, because the attachments such as the IoT device, the electronic device, and the illumination light may be charged at every break in the middle of work, a required capacity of a rechargeable battery may be reduced, a weight of the attachments may be reduced, and thus, the burden on the user to use the helmet may be reduced.
US12263259B1
The present invention relates to split type sterilization electrolytic silver ion spray device in the field of cosmetics technology, which comprises sprinkler head, bottle body and electrolytic device comprising anode, decorative cover, cathode, electrolytic device shell, circuit board, lithium battery and electrolytic device base. The electrolytic device is equipped with resin tank, effectively capturing and adsorbing free silver ions, and greatly preventing them released by the anode during the electrolysis process from being reduced to silver metal by stacking at the cathode. The adsorbed silver ions can be soaked in hot water to increase the porosity of the resin, so that they are released, and help increase the content of silver ions in the preparation solution. This device is suitable for various occasions and uses, whether it is home, office, hospital or public places, this device can be used for air disinfection and sterilization. Moreover, it can be used for surface disinfection treatment to meet the disinfection requirements of different places and needs.
US12263257B2
A UV-C sanitizing apparatus includes a main body defining an opening configured for receiving an item to be exposed to UV-C light emission. A plurality of UV-C light emitting diodes (LEDs) are positioned within the main body and are configured to emit UV-C light to form a field for treatment. The LEDs are positioned on lower and upper internal surfaces of the main body. The plurality of LEDs are configured to emit light at a wavelength between 205 and 210 nm. The UV-C light is configured to kill, destroy, or reduce growth of microorganisms and germs without damaging human tissue. The UV-C light can be configured to disinfect a surface of human hands or gloves or ocular tissue. The main body can include a partition configured to form separate chambers and each chamber includes a plurality of LEDs positioned on the lower and upper surfaces of the main body.
US12263252B2
A method of treatment or prevention of HIV and other viral infection comprising the administration of a biopolymer-based hydrogel nanoparticles and/or microparticles. In preferred embodiments, the particles comprise chitosan, hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), and linseed oil polyol. These biopolymer-based hydrogel nanoparticles and/or microparticles are antiviral agents that can be employed alone or in combination with other drugs for treatment of the viral infection. Further, the pre-treatment with the particles is highly effective at inhibiting viruses. Therefore, this antiviral biopolymer-based hydrogel nanoparticles and/or microparticles may also be employed as a prophylactic.
US12263251B2
Methods of making orally available softgels includes pre-wetting a probiotic with an edible oil to produce a wetted supplement, wherein the edible oil is present in a range of 25% to 75% by weight of a total weight of the probiotic and edible oil, heating the wetted supplement to a temperature in a range of 35° C. to 40° C., blending the wetted supplement and a molten chocolate component together to produce a liquid fill material, encapsulating the liquid fill material in a softgel coating to produce an orally available softgel, and cooling the orally available softgel to have a softgel capsule shell comprising 5% to 15% by weight water. The fill material is a solid at room temperature in the cooled orally available softgel.
US12263248B2
The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US12263247B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhalable immunosuppressive macrocyclic active ingredient for use in the prevention or treatment of a pulmonary disease or condition in a subject, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered to the subject by inhalation in form of an aerosol, and wherein the aerosol is generated by nebulization of the pharmaceutical composition using a nebulizer (100), the nebulizer comprising: a) an aerosol generator (101) comprising: —a fluid reservoir (103) for holding the pharmaceutical composition or an interface configured to connect a fluid reservoir, and a vibratable membrane (110) having a plurality of apertures, the apertures being adapted to produce an aerosol comprising droplets having a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of up to about 4.0 gm as measured with a 0.9% (w/v) aqueous solution of sodium chloride; b) a chamber (105) for temporarily accommodating the aerosol generated by the aerosol generator (101), the chamber having an inner lumen with a volume in the range of from about 50 to about 150 ml; and c) a mouthpiece (40) for delivering the aerosol supplied by the nebulizer (100) to the subject, the mouthpiece having an exhalation filter (30).
US12263244B2
Implantable devices and methods for delivery of lidocaine or other drugs to a patient are provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a first drug portion which has a first drug housing which contains a first drug formulation in a solid form which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of lidocaine; and a second drug portion which includes a second drug housing which contains a second drug formulation which includes lidocaine base. In another embodiment, the device includes a drug reservoir component which has an elastic tube having at least one lumen bounded by a porous sidewall having an open-cell structure, a closed-cell structure, or a combination thereof; and a drug formulation contained within the at least one lumen, wherein the device is deformable between a low-profile deployment shape and a relatively expanded retention shape.
US12263243B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating and delivering medicinal formulations using an inhaler. The composition includes a space filled flocculated suspension having one or more flocculated particles of one or more active agents and a hydrofluoroalkane propellant. A portion of the one or more flocculated particles is templated by the formation of hydrofluoroalkane droplets upon atomization and the templated floc compacts upon the evaporation of the hydrofluoroalkane propellant to form a porous particle for deep lung delivery.
US12263241B1
The disclosed technology includes cannabinoid oral products, and methods for making same. In some embodiments, the oral products are pouches including cannabinoid infused wafers. In some embodiments, the method of making the cannabinoid oral products includes preparing an emulsion, preparing a spray dry solution, spray drying solution into cannabinoid and carbohydrate particles, preparing a paste, preparing a wafer in a heated vacuum oven, fragmenting the wafer into cannabinoid infused wafer fragments, mixing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments with starch, and dispensing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments into pouches. The methods may also include labeling the oral products, for example, with a THC warning symbol.
US12263240B1
A single-dose cosmetic product and process of manufacturing thereof. The single-dose cosmetic product contains a solid portion of parenchyma of an aloe vera plant, a coating with waxy properties completely enclosing the solid portion and at least one tear tape located between the coating and the solid portion. The cosmetic product allows a better handling and application of the aloe vera and also preserves the properties and stability of a 100% aloe vera product without the use of additives. The manufacturing process of this cosmetic product allows the properties of the aloe vera parenchyma to remain intact.
US12263239B2
The present invention provides an external composition superior in stability and use feeling. According to the present invention, an external composition is prepared which includes (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ascorbic acid and an ascorbic salt, (B) a diol having 3 carbon atoms, (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of a low-molecular-weight betaine, an organic acid salt, an inorganic acid salt, a basic amino acid, a basic amino acid salt, 3-O-ethylascorbic acid, and a 3-O-ethylascorbic acid salt, and (D) water, and a content of ethoxydiglycol of said composition is less than 30 mass %.
US12263221B2
The present application relates to functionally improved third generation BCMA-CARs comprising modified intracellular co-stimulatory domains, which can be used in adoptive cell therapy, e.g., in treatment of diseases and disorders such as cancer.
US12263217B2
Chemical compositions and/or mixtures that allow nucleic acid to remain stable at ambient temperatures. The disclosed technology includes a solution and manufacturing methods thereof. The solution includes a chelating agent, a buffering agent, and a salt. The solution is configured to protect RNA and/or an RNA-based vaccine added to the solution and prevents or reduces degradation of the RNA and/or the RNA-based vaccine for a duration of 2 to 180 days over a temperature range of −20 degrees C. to +38 degrees C. The chelating agent can comprise ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The buffering agent can comprise tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS). The salt can comprise NaCl. The solution is configured to preserve an injectable mRNA vaccine added to the solution, and the solution is safe for injection into mammals.
US12263216B2
There are disclosed inter alia polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides which are useful in the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of cancer, particularly melanoma, especially cutaneous melanoma and uveal melanoma.
US12263197B2
It is an object of the present invention to develop a virus preparation comprising an oncolytic HSV having, in vivo, more effective cancer cell-killing activity than the antitumor effects of existing oncolytic HSVs. Specifically, the present invention relates to a virus preparation for the treatment of a cancer, comprising an HSV (herpes simplex virus) having a receptor-retargeted gD mutation and at least one membrane fusion activity-promoting region on the genome, and a method for treating cancer using the aforementioned virus preparation.
US12263192B2
Effective and economical compositions and methods are disclosed for the treatment, and prevention of diseases and disorders associated with inflammation and/or damage to the gastrointestinal tract, including environmental enteric dysfunction. Compositions are provided comprising a synergistic combination of colostrum, immune egg, and optionally one or more additional active agents.
US12263185B2
A hemostatic material and a method of treating a bleeding wound of a human or an animal include a hemostatic powder for application to the wound. The hemostatic powder comprises a first part consisting of a native chitosan base and a second part consisting of a chitosan salt, where the first and the second parts form the main component of the hemostatic powder, or at least 50% of a total weight of the hemostatic powder, and the second part forms a layer that at least partially coats the first part. The hemostatic powder may be provided in a hemostatic spray formulation that comprises a mixture of the hemostatic powder dispersed in a liquefied gas for release from a cannister onto the wound. A treatment method involves applying the hemostatic spray formulation directly to the wound. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US12263184B2
This document provides compositions containing arabinoxylan, methods for making compositions containing arabinoxylan, and methods for using compositions containing arabinoxylan as, for example, a food ingredient, dietary supplement ingredient, or pharmaceutical ingredient. In particular, the document discloses the use of lignocellulosic biomass with water at temperatures and pressures to provide the disclosed products.
US12263176B2
The present invention relates to stable injectable compositions comprising meloxicam or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, wherein the composition is provided in a sealed container, e.g., an ampoule, vial and pre-filled syringe. Further, the present invention relates to a stable injectable solution comprising meloxicam or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, suitable for subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular administration. The invention relates to methods for manufacturing stable injectable solutions of meloxicam. The present invention further relates to a method of treating pain by parenterally administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising a stable solution of meloxicam, wherein said solution provides rapid onset of action for pain relief compared to a reference composition.
US12263174B2
Provided herein are methods for treating pulmonary hypertension. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a vasodilator, wherein the vasodilator is administered to the subject via inhalation pro re nata using a portable inhaler. In some embodiments, the vasodilator is a PDE5 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions for pro re nata administration of vasodilators are also described.
US12263173B2
Provided include methods, compositions and kits for treating metastatic cancer in a subject. The method can comprise administrating a treatment comprising inhibiting angiogenesis and a PLK1 inhibitor (for example, onvansertib) to the subject that has not received prior anti-angiogenic treatment, in a manner sufficient to reduce or inhibit progression of the metastatic cancer.
US12263170B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of treating cancer, the method comprising providing a subject having cancer cells, and contacting the cancer cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a G2/M checkpoint inhibitor. Embodiments of the invention also provide a method of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a sample of the cancer cells from the subject; (b) determining if at least a portion of the sample of the cancer cells is LKB1 deficient; and (c) contacting the cancer cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a G2/M checkpoint inhibitor. Embodiments of the invention also provide a method of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprising contacting the cancer cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a Wee1 inhibitor and a therapeutically effective amount of a second pharmaceutical composition. Embodiments of the invention also provide a method of prognosing or determining the severity of cancer in a subject comprising (a) determining the presence or absence of LKB1 in the cancer cells of the subject; and (b) prognosing the severity of cancer based on the presence of LKB1 deficiency in the cancer cells of the subject.
US12263169B2
Applicant discloses methods for treating a glucocorticoid receptor positive (GR+) neuroepithelial tumor in a subject, comprising administering a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM) in an amount effective to reduce the tumor load in a subject. The GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF 2) tumor; the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a schwannoma, meningioma, or ependymoma. In embodiments, the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor is not an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumor. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a steroidal backbone. In embodiments, the SGRM is mifepristone. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a non-steroidal backbone, such as, e.g., a cyclohexyl pyrimidine, a fused azadecalin, a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin, or an octahydro fused azadecalin backbone. The SGRM may be administered orally. The SGRM may be administered alone. In embodiments, the SGRM is administered with at least one non-SGRM therapy, e.g., a chemotherapy, a radiation therapy, or other therapeutic agents.
US12263167B2
The compound of formula (1a) wherein p is 1 or 2, R1-R4 are hydrogen atom or the like, and a-d are 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an antitumor effect by inhibiting the binding between a MLL fusion protein that is infused with AF4, AF9, or the like, which is a representative fusion partner gene causing MLL leukemia, and menin.
US12263158B2
A tizanidine liquid preparation and use of the tizanidine liquid preparation in the preparation of a medicament for treating muscle spasm, wherein the tizanidine liquid preparation comprises an active ingredient, disodium EDTA and other pharmaceutical excipients, wherein the active ingredient is one or more of tizanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate and hydrate thereof.
US12263157B2
The present invention relates to treatment of chronic kidney disease by administering to patients in need thereof a compound of formula (1): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Cy, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds of formula (1) in combination with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.
US12263155B2
Disclosed are methods of treating a subject having a disease or disorder by administering a monoamine oxidase inhibitor in combination with a serotonin receptor agonist, which in some embodiments is a deuterated serotonin receptor agonist. In some aspects, the disclosure further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and a serotonin receptor agonist. In some embodiments, the monoamine oxidase inhibitor is a MAO-A-selective inhibitor such as CX157, and the serotonin receptor agonist is a serotonin 2A receptor agonist such as N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), or deuterated DMT.
US12263151B2
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US12263148B2
The invention is a method for treating patients with Parkinson's disease, primary parkinsonism/idiopathic parkinsonism, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, parkinsonism that may follow carbon monoxide intoxication, or parkinsonism that may follow manganese intoxication and provides an improvement of a patient's total post-dose “On” time or “Good On” time compared to post-dose of treatment regimens with oral immediate release levodopa tablets.
US12263143B2
The invention presents use of ion channel modulator to manipulate expression of the Tmem176b gene, also known as TORID (TOlerance Related and InduceD), to treat tumors.
US12263141B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating one or more tumors by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of RAD1901 or solvates (e.g., hydrate) or salts thereof and one or more second therapeutic agent(s) (e.g., everolimus). The cancer is an estrogen-dependent cancer, such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, or prostate cancer.
US12263140B1
A method of reducing production of carbon dioxide or methane from farmed animals, including administering to an animal a formulation of carbon dioxide or methane reducing concentrations of vitamin K. The method reduces the carbon dioxide and/or the methane in one or more of breath exhalant of the animal, faeces of the animal, and from soil on which the faeces have been deposited. M ethane production is reduced by at least 20% by volume and carbon dioxide production is reduced by at least 20% by volume. The vitamin K is formulated to be isolated until the vitamin K reaches to gut of the animal whereupon it is formulated to be released and mix with stomach or rumen fluid. The method increases animal weight gain over time, inhibits or prevents production of skatole compounds production from metabolism of the animal over time, and reduces production of offensive odours from animal faeces.
US12263126B2
A protective system for a patient transport apparatus includes the patient transport apparatus with a base arranged for movement along floor surfaces and an intermediate frame coupled to the base and supporting a patient support deck. A mattress is disposed on the patient support deck. The protective system further includes a keeper coupled to the intermediate frame and further includes a cover having a first side configured to absorb fluid and a second side configured to at least partially limit fluid from transferring through the cover towards the first side. The cover is movable by a caregiver between three positions: (i) a stowed position secured within the keeper, (ii) an environmental deployed position with the first side facing towards the mattress, and (iii) a patient deployed position with the first side facing away from the mattress.
US12263123B2
An inserter device is provided for use with a glaucoma drainage device including a tube having a proximal end and a distal end with a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The inserter device includes an elongate member having a distal end defining a stop surface, and a stylus extending beyond the distal end of the elongate member. The stylus is sized and configured to be received within the lumen of the glaucoma drainage device with the stop surface interfacing to and limiting proximal movement of the glaucoma drainage device. The stylus has a first length that extends beyond the stop surface that is less than a second length of a portion of the lumen of the tube of the glaucoma drainage device that extends beyond the stop surface. Systems and methods are also described and claimed.
US12263116B2
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying region of skin.
US12263113B2
A limb support fastening arrangement for fastening a limb support to a limb of a wearer is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a first and second fastening portion, the first portion comprising an inflatable chamber comprising an upper and lower chamber wall and a first fastener disposed proximate the upper chamber wall, the lower chamber wall being arranged in use, to extend proximate the limb of the wearer. The second portion similarly comprises an inflatable chamber comprising an upper and lower chamber wall and a second fastener disposed proximate the upper chamber wall, the lower chamber wall being arranged in use, to extend proximate the limb of the wearer. The fastener associated with the first portion is arranged to detachably couple with the fastener associated with the second portion to detachably couple the first and second portions together, by positioning the lower chamber wall of one portion over the upper chamber wall of the other portion.
US12263112B2
A finger brace is configured for disposition about a lengthwise portion of a human finger between a brace proximal and distal ends. When installed for bracing, the proximal end is anchored at least partially about the outer side of the finger at a location behind the PIP joint. The distal end includes a shank configured for coextension along a lengthwise portion of the outer side of the finger between the PIP joint and the finger nail. Situated between and connecting the support proximal and distal ends is a PIP-joint support that at least partially encircles and supports the PIP joint. In various configurations, a finger brace is incorporated into each glove finger of a sports glove to define a larger overall finger support system. The shanks may be articulated to promote finger bending while preventing rearward hyperextension.
US12263108B2
A sleeve has a tubular body formed from an elasticized textile and has first and second ends. The first end defines a locking cuff having a tacky band extending about an exterior surface of the sleeve; a non-tacky band located adjacent to and extending distally from the tacky band; and a receiving band located adjacent to and extending distally from the non-tacky band. The textile body further defines a central portion adjacent to and extending distally from the receiving band to the second end. The central portion includes an anatomical band arranged to contour to the anatomy of a user having at least one different elastic property different from an elastic property of the central portion outside of the anatomical band.
US12263099B2
A kit for preparing an intervertebral disc space for receiving an implant (100) includes a plurality of trials (152) having different sizes. Each trial (152) includes a body (154) insertible into an intervertebral disc space, the body (154) having a leading end (162), a trailing end (164), a top surface (156) and a bottom surface (160), the top surface of the body having a first groove (176) formed therein. Each implant also includes a flange (166) secured to the trailing end (164) of the body (154), the flange (166) having a first channel (180) aligned with the first groove (176), wherein each of the different sized trials has a different flange thickness. The flange thickness controls advancement of a cutting tool such as a chisel (192) into the first groove at the top surface of the trial body, which controls the depth of the cut into vertebral bone.
US12263097B2
A method of ankle replacement includes forming an anterior cut in a bone and forming a stem hole in a distal end of the bone. The stem hole is formed using a plurality of broaches positioned against the distal end of the bone through the anterior cut. A first portion and a second portion of a stem implant are inserted into the stem hole through the anterior cut in the bone. The first portion is coupled to the second portion using a coupling device inserted through the anterior cut in the bone. The stem implant is impacted into the stem hole using an offset impactor.
US12263091B2
A spinal interbody device (IBD) includes a solid wall that at least partially defines a boundary of the IBD and a porous body connected to the solid wall. The porous body includes a plurality of sections that form at least a portion of both a superior and inferior bone interface side of the IBD. Each section of the porous body has a different porosity than an adjacent section such that the porosities increase toward a center of the IBD.
US12263087B2
An augment device for a joint endoprosthesis, the device comprising: a sleeve having a top and a bottom, a distance between said top and said bottom defining an entire height of said sleeve, wherein the sleeve surrounds a channel extending through the sleeve from the top to the bottom of the sleeve wherein the channel is configured to receive a stem of the joint endoprosthesis; the sleeve comprising an inner face and an outer face, the inner face defining the channel, and a distance between the inner face and the outer face defining a thickness; the sleeve further comprising a porous material configured for ingrowth of bony material.
US12263078B1
A customized dermatome skin graft transplantation system is provided and configured to photograph a trauma wound using a photo-optical digital imaging device to digitize an image, to determine a spatial coordinate pattern from the digital photographic image representing an ideal skin graft shape customized to the photographed trauma wound, and to operate a computer-controlled three-dimensional printer to manufacture a dermatome customized to the spatial coordinate pattern for placement on donor skin or a polymeric material to act as a guide for the cutting of a graft flap. The skin graft flaps are customized to the shape of the trauma wound to increase the resultant perimeter-to-area ratio of the surgically applied graft, with associated healing and aesthetic benefits. Computer-assisted embodiments of the present invention can incorporate image processing and/or artificial intelligence elements.
US12263072B2
A disposable absorbent article includes a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, and a surge layer disposed between the bodyside liner and the absorbent body, the surge layer having an X-Y plane, a Z-direction, and a longitudinal direction, and a barrier extending substantially through the surge material in the Z-direction, wherein the barrier is configured to block at least one linear longitudinal fluid flow path. The surge layer can alternatively have a plurality of barriers extending substantially through the surge material in the Z-direction, wherein the plurality of barriers is configured to block a plurality of linear longitudinal fluid flow paths or all linear longitudinal fluid flow paths while allowing non-linear fluid flow paths in the longitudinal direction.
US12263067B2
Wound closure devices and related methods. In one example, a wound closure device includes a release liner and several wound closure meshes held in a removable fashion to the release liner. The release liner includes a main body and several tabs, with the tabs secured in a detachable fashion to the main body. Each wound closure mesh is held in a removable fashion to the main body of the release liner and at least one of the tabs, with the tab including a portion that extends outwardly from an outer perimeter of the mesh to which it is held.
US12263063B2
Methods and apparatuses for generating and displaying a model of a subject's teeth. Described herein are intraoral scanning methods and apparatuses for generating a three-dimensional model of a subject's intraoral region (e.g., teeth). These methods and apparatuses may be used for identifying and evaluating lesions, caries and cracks in the teeth.
US12263056B2
Methods for providing results of orthodontic realignment simulations comprising: obtaining three-dimensional virtual models of dental arches, the models compiled from intraoral scans of a mouth; based on the shapes of the modeled dental arches, selecting matching predefined archforms; obtaining at least one of: a first set of rules that define anterior and posterior molar movement, a second set of rules that determine a path of tooth movement to the matching predefined archforms, or a third set of rules that define simulation mechanics for moving at least one tooth to a final position based on known endpoint data and the matching predefined archforms; and based on results from implementing at least one set of rules, determining final positions of the teeth in relation to the matching predefined archforms.
US12263055B2
A dental curing light includes a thermally conductive device body that efficiently conducts heat away from a light emitting diode (LED) assembly. The thermally conductive device body extends between a proximal end and a light emitting distal end to which the LED assembly is thermally coupled. The thermally conductive device body includes a handle portion extending to the proximal end and that is sized and configured for a dental practitioner to hold and manipulate with the hand. The thermally conductive device body acts as a heat sink to efficiently conduct heat away from the LED assembly during use. An electronics assembly and a rechargeable battery are disposed within a cavity of the thermally conductive device body. A sleeve or collar can be attached to the proximal end of the thermally conductive device body.
US12263053B2
A bypass flow assembly of an oral irrigator is provided. The oral irrigator may include a handle positionable between a first mode and a second mode and a valve assembly including a bypass valve movable between first and second positions and an inlet valve movable between open and closed positions. The first position of the bypass valve may be associated with the first mode of the handle and the second position of the bypass valve may be associated with the second mode of the handle, such that the bypass valve moves from the first position to the second position when the handle is positioned in the second mode and remains in the second position until the handle is positioned in the first mode. The inlet valve may move between the open and closed positions when the bypass valve is positioned in the first position and the second position.
US12263049B2
A method and system are provided for manufacturing a physical dental model. A virtual model is provided representative of at least a portion of the intra-oral cavity including at least one dental implant implanted therein, and the virtual model includes a virtual portion representative of each dental implant. The virtual spatial disposition of each such virtual portion is determined with respect to the virtual model, corresponding to a real spatial disposition of the respective implant with respect to the intra oral cavity. A physical model is then manufactured based on the virtual model, the physical model including a physical analog corresponding to each implant at a respective physical spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the respective virtual spatial disposition of the respective virtual portion with respect to the first virtual model as already determined. In some embodiments, a jig is provided configured for maintaining a desired physical spatial disposition between the physical analog and a cavity of the physical dental model at least until the physical analog is affixed in the cavity.
US12263045B2
A surgical robot includes a controller configured or programmed to control a display to superimpose guide information indicating a moving direction of a medical cart based on a steering angle of a steering device on an image captured by an imaging device and display the guide information.
US12263042B2
A system for selective spectral illumination in an operating room includes a housing, at least one light source disposed within the housing, the at least one light source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavelengths, and a controller coupled to the at least one light source and configured to control the at least one light source to emit electromagnetic radiation at one or more of the plurality of wavelengths based on a status of operation of an optical imaging system in the operating room.
US12263035B2
An intraluminal device is provided. In on embodiment, an intraluminal device includes a flexible elongate member including a proximal portion and a distal portion; an imaging component coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; and a plurality of radiopaque markers positioned at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers are separated from each other, wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers are arranged on the flexible elongate member at two different orientations with respect to the imaging component, and wherein at least a first radiopaque marker of the plurality of radiopaque markers includes an arc-shaped portion and an extended portion extending from the arc-shaped portion.
US12263033B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for medical procedures include receiving a first ultrasound slice from an ultrasound transducer, the first ultrasound slice corresponding to a first ultrasound position. A second ultrasound slice is received from the ultrasound transducer, the second ultrasound slice corresponding to a second ultrasound position. The first ultrasound slice and the second ultrasound slice are stored in memory. A first catheter position of a catheter is received. The first catheter position is determined to correspond to the first ultrasound position and the first ultrasound slice is provided based on the determination. The determination that the first catheter position corresponds to the first ultrasound position may be made based on locations, orientations, or may be based on the number of voxels that overlap between the first catheter position and ultrasound positions.
US12263031B2
This document relates to technologies of determining a configuration of a medical imaging system comprising an x-ray source and an x-ray detector mounted on a gantry and an x-ray source collimator for shaping the x-ray beam emitted by the x-ray source, wherein at least one of the x-ray source and the x-ray detector is movable along the gantry. The configuration of the medical imaging system comprises the position of the x-ray source, the position of the x-ray detector and the settings of the x-ray source collimator and is to be used for capturing a marker image, wherein the position of the marker device can be calculated using the marker image.
US12263029B1
A gantry of a computed tomography system is rotated relative to a fixed base body of the computed tomography system. During the rotation of the gantry, digital data is transmitted between the gantry and the base body from a data source via a modulator, a transmission channel and a demodulator to a data sink. A transmission signal generated by the modulator by modulating a data stream supplied to the modulator from the data source is pre-distorted by a pre-distortion facility. The pre-distorted transmission signal is supplied to the transmission channel. Alternatively, or in addition, a transmitted signal transmitted via the transmission channel is post-distorted by a post-distortion facility and the post-distorted signal is supplied to the demodulator. The pre-distortion rule and/or the post-distortion rule are repeatedly reset by a setting facility during the rotation of the gantry.
US12263024B2
A medical imaging system includes a CT imaging system including a gantry having a bore, rotatable about an axis of rotation. The CT imaging system includes a table configured to move a subject to be imaged into and out of the bore, a radiation source mounted on the gantry and configured to emit an X-ray beam, and a detector configured to detect the X-ray beam. The medical imaging system includes a LiDAR scanning system physically coupled to the CT imaging system. The LiDAR scanning system is configured to acquire data of the subject from different angular positions relative to the axis of rotation. The medical imaging system includes processing circuitry configured to receive the data acquired with the LiDAR scanning system, to generate a three-dimensional (3D) measurement of the subject, and to utilize the 3D measurement in a subsequent workflow process for a CT scan of the subject.
US12263020B2
A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. The sensor device can include electrodes configured to be disposed at the back of the patient's neck or base of the skull. The electrodes can detect electrical signals corresponding to brain activity in the P3, Pz, and/or P4 brain regions or other brain regions. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and analyze it to indicate whether the patient has suffered a stroke.
US12263019B2
An apparatus for the generation of a plurality of personal targets is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to extract a user profile from a user, wherein a user profile comprises a plurality of user data. The memory then instructs the processor to extract a user profile from a user, wherein a user profile comprises a plurality of user data. The memory instructs the processor to determine tenure data as a function of the user data. The memory instructs the processor to predict forecast data as a function of the tenure data and the user data. The memory instructs the processor to generate a plurality of personal targets as a function of the forecast data. The memory then instructs the processor to display the data using a display device.
US12263018B2
A portable spot-check system configured to assess the validity of a measured physiological parameter. The spot-check device can take into consideration a variety of factors to determine whether a valid measurement exists. For instance, the considerations can include signal stability, interference, signal IQ, patient movement, sensor position, timing of that measurement, comparison to previous or acceptable measurements, cancellation of measurement by the patient, confidence of the measurement, etc. The spot-check device can track a number of valid measurements. In some instances, the spot-check device is configured to provide a specified number of available measurements. If a valid measurement is recorded, the spot-check device can decrement the remaining number of available measurements.
US12263017B2
The present disclosure relates to use of a workflow for automatic prescription of different radiological imaging scan planes across different anatomies and modalities. The automated prescription of such imaging scan planes helps ensure contiguous visualization of the different landmark structures. Unlike prior approaches, the disclosed technique determines the necessary planes using the localizer images itself and does not explicitly segment or delineate the landmark structures to perform plane prescription.
US12263006B2
Methods and devices to diagnose and treat male urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction are provided. A multiple sensor-enabled catheter for rectal insertion in a male patient allows for the visualization and manipulation or positioning of the bladder. A multiple sensor-enabled catheter for rectal insertion in a male patient allows for the visualization and implementation of efficient and effective exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles.
US12263004B2
A cognitive function determination method includes applying a load including a sensory stimulus (5a) or tasks with different degrees of difficulty a plurality of times (S1), measuring a change in brain activity of a subject (P) when the load is applied and acquiring measurement data (S2), and determining a degree of cognitive function of the subject (P) (S3).
US12262993B2
Some embodiments are directed to a system and method monitoring oxygenation in biological tissue, comprising a control unit configured and operable to receive data indicative of light response from a region of the biological tissue being subjected to illumination and/or collection at two separate wavelengths in two selected wavelength ranges and processing the data by comparing data indicative of each selected wavelength range to determine an oxygenated/deoxygenated status of the biological tissue. The two wavelength ranges include a first wavelength range in which the absorbance of the deoxyhemoglobin within the tissue is higher than the oxyhemoglobin, and a second wavelength range in which the absorbance of the oxyhemoglobin within the tissue is higher than the deoxyhemoglobin or vice versa. The two wavelengths in the two wavelength ranges include first and second wavelengths satisfying a predetermined condition of a ratio between the absorbance of the deoxyhemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin for each wavelength.
US12262983B2
A method for detecting blood-tissue barrier breakdown or disruption is provided. The method includes acquiring first image data of a target region of a subject with a predetermined spatial resolution; administrating exogenous or endogenous tracer into the subject; acquiring second image data of the target region with the predetermined spatial resolution after administration of the tracer; differentiating healthy tissue and pathological tissue with blood-tissue barrier breakdown in the target region based on the first image data and the second image data; and visualizing or analyzing the blood-tissue barrier breakdown of pathological tissue based on the differentiation.
US12262975B2
An intraoral scanner having a tomography function capable of setting a tomography area using shape information of an oral cavity includes a shape measurement light projector that irradiates shape measurement light for obtaining a shape image of an oral structure; a shape measurement camera that obtains a surface shape image of the oral structure by detecting reflected light; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) body that transmits tomography measurement light to the oral structure and detect reflected light to obtain an internal cross-sectional image of the oral structure; an OCT scan probe that irradiates the tomography measurement light emitted from the OCT body onto a desired position of the oral structure and transfer the reflected light to the OCT body; and a beam splitter that superimposes optical paths of the shape measurement light irradiated from the shape measurement light projector and the tomography measurement light irradiated from the OCT scan probe.
US12262972B2
A drape adaptor configured for coupling to a first component of a medical device and for receiving a medical tool. The first component of the medical device including a non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism. The drape adaptor comprises a sealing member configured for passing therethrough at least a portion of at least one component of a sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The drape adaptor is configured to enable transmission of torque from the first component of the medical device to the medical tool via direct engagement between the at least one component of the sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism, through the sealing member, without compromising the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor.
US12262969B2
Disclosed is a reusable surgical instrument (1) with an articulated end-effector (3), such as a dissector, scissor or grasper, to enhance a surgeon's performance during various surgical procedures. The longitudinal axis of the instrument is defined by a shaft (2), comprising an internal structural element (2″) covered by an external tube (2′), which may be inserted through a surgical incision into the body of a patient, optionally through a trocar. The articulated end-effector (3) is mounted on the distal extremity of the shaft's internal structural element and comprises a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely actuated by the surgeon's hands. This remote actuation is accomplished via mechanical transmission (5, 6, 7), mainly composed of flexible elements, which are able to deliver motion from a set of actuation elements, placed at a proximal extremity of the shaft (2), to the instrument's articulated end-effector (3). The external tube (2′) can be easily and individually detached from the shaft (2) after each procedure, so that the instrument (1) can be more effectively cleaned and sterilized.
US12262968B2
Translational instrument interface for surgical robot and surgical robot systems comprising the same
Surgical instruments for use in a surgical robot are provided herein. The instruments are preferably part of a translational instrument interface and are removably coupled to the surgical robot. In one aspect, the translational instrument interface has a slave hub mounted on a distal end of the slave unit, a sterile shield insertable within the slave hub, and an instrument having an end-effector for contacting tissue insertable within the sterile shield. The instrument may be disposable after a single use. The handle of the surgical robot is preferably coupled to the translational instrument interface such that actuation at the handle causes movement of the end-effector for performing surgery.
US12262960B2
A system and method for providing image guidance for placement of one or more medical devices at a target location. The system can be used to determine one or more affected regions corresponding to the operation of one or more medical devices and display at least a portion of the one or more affected regions. The affected regions can correspond to predicted affected regions and/or dynamic affected regions and can be based at least in part on a variance parameter of the medical device.
US12262959B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the spatial position of objects, in particular medical objects. First position data is acquired that describes a spatial position of an object in a first coordinate system. First transformation data is acquired that transforms the object's position from the first coordinate system to a second coordinate system. Based on the foregoing data, second position data is acquired that specifies the spatial position of the object in the second coordinate system. Second transformation data is acquired that transforms the object's position from the second coordinate system to an inertial coordinate system. Based on the second position data and the second transformation data, inertial position data is determined that specifies a position of the object in the inertial coordinate system.
US12262950B2
A microfluidic strain sensing device for monitoring intraocular pressure. The device has a contact lens and a closed microfluidic network embedded with the contact lens. The network has a volume that is sensitive to an applied strain. The network distinguishes: (i) a gas reservoir containing a gas, (ii) a liquid reservoir containing a liquid that changes volume when the strain is applied, and (iii) a sensing channel able to hold the liquid within the sensing channel. The sensing channel connects the gas reservoir on one end and connects the liquid reservoir on another end. The sensing channel establishes a liquid-gas equilibrium pressure interface and equilibrium within the sensing channel, which would fluidically change as a response to radius of curvature variations on a cornea, or as a response to mechanical stretching and release of the cornea. The liquid-gas equilibrium pressure interface and equilibrium are used for measuring the intraocular pressure.
US12262949B2
A solution for imaging an eye of a patient is described. An illumination device can illuminate a linear volume of aqueous fluid of the eye of the patient with visible and/or infrared light from a location in a range between 25 to 65 degrees from a line of sight of the eye. At least one imaging device can acquire image data of the eye while it is being illuminated by the illumination device. The image data can be evaluated to determine one or more attributes of an aqueous fluid in an anterior segment of the eye delimited by the posterior surface of the cornea and the most anterior surfaces of the iris or lens and/or one or more attributes of the iris, eye, or surrounding tissues.
US12262948B2
The present disclosure provides a microscope including a first optical member configured to guide light from a light source in a first optical axis direction; a first reflecting member configured to guide the light guided in the first optical axis direction in a second optical axis direction substantially orthogonal to the first optical axis direction; a second optical member configured to relay the light guided in the second optical axis direction; a second reflecting member configured to guide the light relayed by the second optical member in a third optical axis direction substantially orthogonal to the second optical axis direction; and a function expansion objective lens disposed on the third optical axis direction and configured to radiate the light guided in the third optical axis direction onto a predetermined portion of the observation target.
US12262947B1
Systems and methods for retinal imaging are provided. A heads-up display (HUD) can be integrated with advanced retinal imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundoscopy (e.g., fluorescence fundoscopy). The HUD can serve as a crucial component of this approach, offering several key functionalities (e.g., a fixation target and/or a means for dark adaptation).
US12262942B2
An electrosurgical device comprises an electrically conductive elongate member for traversing body vasculature defining a hollow lumen with one or more apertures at or near its distal end, wherein electrical energy can flow through the wall of the elongate member; and an energy delivery device in electrical communication with the elongate member is located distal to the end of the elongate member. The energy delivery device includes an electrode for delivering energy. Methods of using the electrosurgical device include cutting through occlusions and creating transseptal punctures.
US12262933B2
A method for performing bronchial denervation, the method comprising an electromyography system having a cryoablation device with at least two recording electrodes. The electromyography system being configured to calculate a difference between a first electromyogram signal received from the first recording electrode and a second electromyogram signal received from the second recording electrode to generate a recorded electromyogram and compare the recorded electromyogram to a reference electromyogram.
US12262921B2
A spinal fixation device includes a modular head assembly and a bone screw having a head and a shank. The modular head assembly includes a housing defining proximal and distal surfaces and a throughhole therethrough; an anvil slidable within the throughhole; a biasing member circumferentially surrounding the anvil; an assembly cap secured to the housing and defining an inner surface having a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; a retaining ring movable from the first portion of the assembly cap to the second portion of the assembly cap to transition the retaining ring between a first configuration in which the retaining ring is sized to receive the head of the bone screw and a second configuration in which the retaining ring is compressed about the bone screw to fix the bone screw relative to the modular head assembly.
US12262918B2
Orthopedic fixation devices including a pre-assembled double headed tulip assembly, having two tulip elements to receive rods, wherein the assembly may receive a bone fastener in at least one of the tulip elements. At least one of the tulip elements may include a saddle and a ring to attach the double headed tulip to a bone fastener.
US12262916B2
A device for removing a breast implant, fill material, and/or a capsule from a patient is provided. The device includes a housing having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and a suction port. Together, the distal and proximal portions define an interior chamber for receiving the breast implant. A ring is attached to an end of the proximal portion and the ring and the end of the proximal portion define an orifice through which the breast implant passes during removal. A related method includes the steps of exposing the breast implant and fill material, positioning a ring attached to an end of a housing against the exposed breast implant and fill material, the ring and the end of the housing defining an orifice through which the breast implant passes during removal, and applying suction to the housing sufficient to draw the breast implant through the orifice.
US12262901B2
A kit of tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools include a metatarsal multi-tool, a first ray multi-tool, a cuneiform cut guide, and a joint compressor-distractor. The metatarsal multi-tool is configured for securement to a first metatarsal establishing an anatomic reference for carrying out a surgical procedure and guiding a surgeon to perform the metatarsal base cut. The first ray multi-tool is configured for securement to the first metatarsal using a fixation method. The first ray multi-tool is also configured to be secured to the medial cuneiform. The cuneiform cut guide is configured for removable attachment to the first ray multi-tool and is configured to guide the surgeon to perform the cuneiform head cut. The compressor-distractor is configured to apply a force to the first ray multi-tool such that the position of the first metatarsal may be adjusted toward or away from the medial cuneiform.
US12262885B2
A tissue repair assembly is disclosed, including a soft anchor body and at least a first suture operably coupled to the anchor body. Tensioning on first and/or second ends of first suture may deploy the anchor body to a second configuration, in which the anchor body is axially compressed and radially extended. The tissue repair assembly may also include a means to cinch around a portion of a first and/or second suture and knotlessly lock the tissue repair assembly. Some embodiments may include a pre-formed knot. In some embodiments, the preformed knot may be a nail knot, provided wrapped around an insertion instrument and configured to receive and cinch around a suture extending therethrough.
US12262882B2
A medical device for sealing a defect in a body includes a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires that form a first occluding member and a second occluding member, the wire frame including a defect-occupying portion disposed between the first occluding member and the second occluding member. The defect-occupying portion is adapted to fill a wide range of potential defect sizes, such that no more than five devices of a range of sizes are required to effectively seal a range of nominal defect sizes of approximately 8 to 35 mm.
US12262881B2
A medical device that includes a sheath, a tool within the sheath and movable relative to the sheath, and a handle including a rotation assembly configured to rotate the tool relative to the sheath in response to rotation of the rotation assembly relative to a portion of the handle. The rotation assembly rotates the tool relative to the sheath at predefined angular intervals and inhibits movement at each of the predefined angular intervals.
US12262870B2
An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall.
US12262867B2
According to one aspect, a hand assist device may be configured for use with an endoscope. The hand assist device may comprise a body configured to removably couple to a handle of the endoscope. The body may comprise a recess configured to receive the handle of the endoscope. The recess may extend from a proximal end of the body to a distal end of the body. The body may also comprise a palm support portion and a finger support portion proximal to the palm support portion. The body may further comprise a base support portion distal to the palm support portion.
US12262866B2
A visualization system includes an observation apparatus having a first image recording device to observe an operation region with a first observation plane, and an endoscope having a probe and a second image recording device to observe the operation region with a second observation plane. A display device represents a first image recorded by the first image recording device in a first orientation and a second image recorded by the second image recording device in a second orientation. The visualization system further includes a tracking system to determine an orientation of the endoscope relative to the observation apparatus and a controller configured to transform the second image based on the orientation of the endoscope relative to the observation apparatus.
US12262862B2
A cleaning apparatus is provided, including at least one noise source and an air guidance device having at least one flow deflection element, wherein the at least one flow deflection element has a first duct arm and a second duct arm, wherein the second duct arm is oriented transversely to the first duct arm, and wherein the first duct arm and the second duct arm have a common edge at an external corner region, characterized in that arranged in an interior of the at least one flow deflection element is a built-in wall which covers the edge in the interior, in that the built-in wall faces a through-flow region in the interior, and in that the built-in wall takes a form such that it guides flow and is sound-permeable.
US12262851B2
Disclosed are a container assembly and a food processing system (20) comprising thereof. The container assembly includes a sealable body including a chamber (32), a chamber opening (56) formed in the sealable body, and a vacuum sealing assembly (52) mounted to the sealable body adjacent the chamber opening (56). The vacuum sealing assembly (52) includes a needle valve (60) having a needle valve opening formed therein. The needle valve (60) is movable relative to the chamber opening (56) such that the needle valve opening is movable into and out of the chamber (32). A biasing mechanism (74) is operably coupled to the needle valve (60) to move the needle valve opening out of the chamber (32).
US12262849B2
The present invention is directed to a hand-held modular kitchen multitool having a universal powerhead capable of being used with a variety of kitchen appliance attachments, such as a blender, a whisker, a wine opener, a can opener, and a spice grinder. A dual spice grinder attachment is also disclosed that can select one of two spices to grind. Also disclosed is a wine opener that automatically removes a cork from a bottle.
US12262848B2
A rocker arm structure of a hand-operated bean grinder includes a crank rocker arm and a folding mechanism. The crank rocker arm has first and second sections of rod body, and the folding mechanism is assembled between the first and second sections of rod body. The folding mechanism includes a first and second bodies assembled with each other. A spring is assembled between the first and second rod bodies, and a guide rail seat and a guide pin are respectively arranged on the first and second bodies. The guide rail seat is arranged on the second assembly port, and is arranged with a guide rail, a positioning groove, and at least one assembly notch. The guide rail has a position for guiding the first section of rod body to rotate 180 degrees from the position to be ground.
US12262835B2
A sleeping bag comprising a bed sheet and a cover sheet secured together at a first end and at a portion of the sides to form a sleeping pocket. The bed sheet includes at least one of reversible pockets and a set of slits for securing the sleeping bag to a support. The cover sheet includes a reversible pocket at one end to secure the cover sheet in certain modes of operation. The sleeping bag further comprises a blanket sheet disposed between the bed sheet and a cover sheet to provide added comfort. The sleeping bag further comprises a holding member removably attached to at least one of the bed sheet and the cover sheet to support shoulders or lower body of a child such that the child is on the back while sleeping and the child is unable to slide entire body inside the sleeping pocket.
US12262830B1
The present utility model discloses a supporting and locking structure for a cloth frame, which pertains to the technical field of articles for daily use. It comprises a hard base, a cloth frame, a positioning frame, supporting structures, a flip cover, and lifting openings. The cloth frame is fixed on the hard base. The positioning frame is fixed at a cloth frame opening of the cloth frame. Four supporting structures are arranged between the hard base and the positioning frame. The flip cover is sewn on one side on the cloth frame. The lifting openings are arranged on left and right ends of the cloth frame. It is featured with reasonable structure design, beautiful appearance, novel and unique shape, simple operation, convenient utilization, and glue-free fixation. As clamping is adopted as the fixing manner, it is not only simple in production process, but also environmentally friendly for consumers to use. As the three-dimensional support is realized through the supporting structures, it is flatter and more stereoscopic when articles are placed therein. As the lifting openings are arranged on the left and right sides of the cloth frame, it is convenient for people to take, which meets consumers' usage needs.
US12262825B2
An adaptable multi-use mirror is shown and described. The adaptable multi-use mirror includes a puck. In one example the puck is comprised of a first part and a second part. The second part of the puck is removably secured to a toilet. The first part of the puck is removably secured to the second part via at least one magnet. A mirror is secured to the first part of the puck. In additional examples the adaptable multi-use mirror may include any number of lights, sensors, and attachment devices as desired.
US12262824B1
The sports memorabilia rack is a display rack. The sports memorabilia rack incorporates a pedestal structure, a plurality of sport figurines and a plurality of connecting structures. Each connecting structure selected from the plurality of connecting structures forms an attachment that either: a) attaching an initial sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines to a subsequent sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines; and, b) attaching a sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines to the pedestal structure. The plurality of connecting structures align the plurality of sport figurines along a vertically oriented axis. The pedestal structure is a load bearing structure. The pedestal structure forms the final link of the load path that transfers the load of the sports memorabilia rack to a supporting surface.
US12262822B1
A luminous glass display shelf which includes a plurality of upright posts and a plurality of mounting frames mounted with supporting plates. The plurality of mounting frames are vertically distributed at intervals and are respectively connected among the plurality of upright posts. Each of the plurality of mounting frames includes a hollow tube body, and a LED strip electrically connected with a power supply assembly is mounted in the tube body. A tube wall of the tube body is at least partially formed with a light-transmitting surface to transmit light of the LED strip and generate luminous effect. The connector is inserted and connected with the frame, and the light-transmitting surface is made of the light-transmitting material, thus ensuring lighting effect of the display shelf when powered on. The connector and the upright post are fixed through the groove, which improves rigidity of the whole display frame structure.
US12262819B2
A modular chair including a support portion to allow the support of a user on it and including a frame and a fabric. The fabric defines a surface suitable to support the user and a perimetral area defined by the edges of the surface. The frame defines, in use, a closed profile and is suitable to support the fabric in tension along at least part of the perimetral area, and comprises at least two parts separate and reciprocally loosely connected by two hinges arranged respectively at the ends of said parts to define a configuration of use in which the parts form the frame and a configuration of rest in which the parts are folded together. The hinges define two respective axes of rotation mutually aligned. The frame tensions the fabric only when the parts are in the configuration of use.
US12262815B2
A hang standard, for mounting vertically and connecting with cantilevered brackets, is elongated and has an approximately U-shaped cross-section with a front portion and two rearwards extending leg portions. The front portion comprises a plurality of slots located in a recess between first and second protruding portions, which are located on first and second side of the slots. The recess is laterally continuous from the first to the second protruding portion and over two columns of slots.
US12262807B2
A belt mounted paint and applicator holder apparatus adapted for stability and convenience comprising of a bucket portion, a top portion being nestable on the bucket portion upper open end, a pair of opposing toggle latches to cooperate with corresponding toggle latches on the bucket outer surface to form a clasped position wherein the bucket and top portion are nestled together, a buckle belt coupler having a pair of first vertical slots for insertion of a belt therethrough, and a quick-connect self-leveling coupling mechanism between the top and bucket portion, when in the clasped position, to maintain stability and self-leveling.
US12262806B2
There is disclosed is a cosmetic-product packaging. The cosmetic-product packaging includes an outer container, an inner container and a lid. The lid is pivotally coupled to the outer container. The outer container and the lid are provided with at least one lid projecting tab and at least one container projecting tab, such that a distal end of the lid projecting tab clips onto a distal end of the container projecting tab to secure the lid in a closed position to the outer container. The inner container is mountable within outer container. Furthermore, the inner container, in operation, accommodates a cosmetic product. The inner container is user-accessible when the lid is in open position, i.e. the distal ends of projecting tabs are spatially mutually separated, for accessing the cosmetic product. The inner container comprises customizable holding tabs and a planar side panel of the outer container is reflective.
US12262805B2
A refill unit includes a lift shell and a holder. The lift shell includes: a shell cylinder, which is shaped as a hollow column to form a shell space with an insertion hole formed in a lower surface, and a shell coupler part, which extends downward around the insertion hole to form an enclosing space and has an outwardly protruding shell curb formed on a lower portion. The holder includes: a holder body arranged within the shell space; and a holder coupler part extending downwards from the holder body to be inserted through the insertion hole into the enclosing space. The holder coupler part has a holder space formed on the inside and an inwardly protruding holder curb formed on a lower portion, with the holder coupler part open towards the first direction.
US12262801B2
An umbrella is provided that includes a hollow pole, a shade assembly, a counterweight system, and a locking device. The shade assembly includes a guide rod coupled with an upper hub. The guide rod has a stop surface. The counterweight system has a ballast and a cord that has a first end coupled with the ballast and a second end coupled with a lower hub. The locking device has pushrod mechanism. When closing the umbrella, the pushrod mechanism moves upward disengaging a moveable locking surface from the guide rod to allow the lower hub to move downward and the ballast to move upward.
US12262799B2
A fixing belt adjusting mechanism and a wearable device are provided. The fixing belt adjusting mechanism includes a fixing base, a ratchet wheel, a driving member, a knob, a reset piece and a transmission wheel. The driving member may be rotated by the knob, so that a pawl drives the ratchet wheel to rotate in a first direction. Both ends of the reset piece are respectively connected with the fixing base and the ratchet wheel, so that the ratchet wheel may be driven to rotate and reset in a second direction. The transmission wheel coaxially and fixedly connected with the ratchet wheel may drive a first fixing belt and a second fixing belt to move towards or away from each other through rotation. Therefore, the fixing belt adjusting mechanism may achieve the effect of synchronously adjusting two fixing belts using a simple structure, which facilitates improving the user experience.
US12262784B2
An article of footwear includes a strobel that has a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the interior cavity. A tensile component is disposed in the interior cavity. The tensile component is secured to opposing inner surfaces of the polymeric bladder. The peripheral flange defines a groove extending along the peripheral flange. The groove serves as a guide path for an operator or for a machine to follow when stitching or otherwise securing the strobel to the upper. A method of manufacturing footwear is included.
US12262780B2
A multi-purpose safety shoe, comprising an upper assembly provided, at the shoe toe, with a safety toe cap and a layered sole associated with the upper assembly. The layered sole comprises a lower layer adapted to come into contact with the ground, an intermediate layer associated with the upper assembly and the lower layer, respectively, and an upper layer. Below the upper layer and in the intermediate layer, exclusively at the rear zone of said multi-purpose safety shoe, is an antifatigue insert made of a material having a resilience greater than 25% and less than 35%. The intermediate layer is made of polyurethane having a resilience greater than 35% and less than 45%.
US12262776B2
A multiple component system is provided for mounting on a safety helmet and includes a first component housing carrying a first component, and a second component housing carrying a second component. Each housing has a first mount connector and a second mount connector located on opposing faces of the housing. The first mount connectors are configured to be compatible with the second mount connectors to provide quick release mount connections between the housings.
US12262774B2
A batting helmet system includes sockets facing the interior region of the helmet shell to receive clip elements for holding a chin strap or to receive plate elements for supporting a face protector. A clip element includes a base portion, a hook portion extending from the base portion, and a projection positioned on an end of the hook portion and extending toward the base portion. The base portion may include a strap retainer. When the clip element is installed, the clip element extends from the interior of the helmet to the exterior of the helmet through an opening in the helmet shell, so that the strap retainer is positioned outside the helmet shell. A face protector may include plate elements for positioning in one or more of the sockets. Plate elements and sockets may have corresponding geometries that limit rotation of the face protector relative to the helmet shell.
US12262772B2
The present invention provides a helmet, comprising first and second components having a sliding interface between them, wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first and second components, and the first component comprises a polyketone.
US12262769B2
A fastener connecting two materials, with a first material having a strap aperture. A second material had an edge, and a strap extending past the edge toward the first material. The strap has a top and bottom side affixing mechanisms. The second material has a second material affixing mechanism and a hinged material panel disposed proximate the second material affixing mechanism comprising a hinged panel affixing mechanism. The fastener has a fastened where the strap passes through the strap aperture, reverse back upon itself and passes the edge. The bottom side affixing mechanism is affixed to the second material affixing mechanism; and the top side affixing mechanism is affixed to the hinged panel affixing mechanism. The strap is interposed between both the second material affixing mechanism and the hinged panel affixing mechanism resulting in a secure, protected independent double-sided material fastener which can be engaged and disengaged repeatedly and adjusted.
US12262766B2
A protective vest device that will adequately secure an infant from the ability to self-dislodge medical life-sustaining supply lines or equipment, while also supporting proper body alignment. The protective device mitigates self-dislodgement while allowing for free movement and proper alignment of infant's arms and hands and which are allowed to touch one another, thereby not inhibiting the ability to explore and expand brain development through tactile stimulation and therefore fostering healthy neuronal pathways of the infant. The fostering healthy neuronal pathways is provided by, for example, allowing the hands to touch one another as the infant develops a sense of where it is in space and time as it continues to grow outside of the womb. By maintaining proper body alignment of infant in the device and the configuration of the device, the device supports healthy musculoskeletal development with a stretchy womb like material to mimic the spring back effect of the uterine wall when a fetus pushes against a uterus.
US12262761B2
Provided is an adaptive strap for brassieres having at least one adaptive material layer (10) having a first strength modulus x during static loading and a second strength modulus of at least 2× during dynamic loading of at least approximately 3 Hz oscillation. The adaptive layer (10) is sandwiched between two or more elastic fabric layers (20). The adaptive strap is extendable up to 100% of its initial length during low wearer activity but is extendable not more than 50% during vigorous wearer activity, providing support during exercise and comfort during daily use. In one aspect the adaptive material is a reaction product formed by reacting a silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane, polymer matrix, boric acid and optional fillers. The adaptive material (10) is cured in situ within the elastic fabric layers (20).
US12262758B2
Aspects herein are directed to a knit sock having a leg portion and an integrally knit ankle welt extending around a circumference of the leg portion and positioned at a lower end of the leg portion. The knit sock further includes an integrally knit tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt.
US12262757B2
A tobacco pipe comprising a tobacco burning chamber, a stem having a bore communicating with the interior of the chamber, wherein the chamber comprises a brass musical instrument mouthpiece, and the stem comprises the lead tube of a brass musical instrument.
US12262756B2
The present invention improves and enhances the delivery of one of an aerosolized micellized formula by use of an aerosol pressurized inhalation delivery device. The device may include one or more replaceable or reusable components, including but not limited to a canister and an actuator. Methods for using the device to deliver a continuous dosage via the delivery device are also described herein.
US12262752B2
A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device that supplies electric power to a load that generates aerosol including a sensor that is in an operating state among a normal state and a plurality of abnormal states, and detects an aerosol generation request while the power supply unit is in an active state, a control unit that detects a state of the sensor, and generates an error signal capable of distinguishing between a first and second abnormal states when the sensor is in at least one of the first and second abnormal states included in the plurality of abnormal states, and a notification unit that makes a notification in a different mode for each type of the error signal, wherein the control unit causes the power supply unit to undergo a transition from the active state to a sleep state after generating the error signal, and the plurality of abnormal states include a state in which supply of electric power to the load is unnecessary for detection by the control unit.
US12262748B2
The present application discloses a heater and an aerosol generating device. The heater includes: a base, having an inner surface; an infrared electrothermal coatings, being disposed on the inner surface of the base; a conductive module, comprising a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion arranged on the base, both the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion being electrically connected with the infrared electrothermal coating; wherein each of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion includes a conductive portion coating section arranged on the inner surface of the base and a conductive portion electrode section arranged on an outer surface of the base.
US12262742B2
The embodiments disclose a method including creating a dual product vaporizer for use in vaping two different types of products at the same time, atomizing the two different types of products using two heaters for allowance of different burn temperatures for each of the two different types of products, wherein the two heaters are configured to operate at two different temperatures, wherein the two heaters are configured to operate at the same temperature, wherein the dual product vaporizer is configured to operate with only one product cartridge inserted, using at least one rechargeable battery to power the two heaters and an LED light battery indicator, and using two individual draw holes for drawing atomized product vapors from two individual product cartridges at the same time.
US12262741B2
An aerosol generating device includes a first cartridge including a first material and a delivery hole, a second cartridge including chambers for accommodating a second material through which an aerosol passes, a position of the second cartridge with respect to the first cartridge being changeable, a remaining amount sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of the first material, and a controller configured to determine a consumption amount at which the first material is consumed with respect to a usage chamber that currently passes the aerosol based on the detected remaining amount of the first material and to compare the consumption amount of the first material with a pre-set reference consumption amount of the first material with respect to the usage chamber, thereby determining a position changing time at which changing of a position of the second cartridge is required.
US12262735B2
Disclosed herein is a degradable cellulose ester. The cellulose ester may be formed into tow for use in cigarette filters or into articles, such as molded articles. A basic material, an enzymatic material, or combinations thereof is included in the cellulose ester in order to degrade the cellulose ester.
US12262734B2
An aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system, which include a composite heat source, are provided. An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion including a composite heat source; a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including at least one of an aerosol generating material and a tobacco material; a third portion including a cooling material; and a fourth portion including a filter material, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.
US12262733B2
Provided herein is a smoking article from which sound is generated. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a filter portion and a smoking material portion, and a sound-generating material including a carbohydrate material may be added to the smoking material portion. The sound-generating material may generate sound as the material burns, and the sound may further provide an auditory effect during smoking. In this way, an improved smoking experience may be provided to the smoker.
US12262729B2
The present disclosure provides aerosol generating substrates and aerosol source members comprising aerosol generating substrates, as well as methods of manufacturing thereof. In an example implementation, an aerosol generating substrate may comprise a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate is formed as a sheet, and wherein the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet. The heat conducting constituents may be incorporated within the sheet, or may be formed on a surface of the sheet. In another example implementation, an aerosol source member may comprise a substrate portion formed of a collection of intermingled pieces cut from an aerosol substrate sheet. In addition, or alternatively, a substrate portion may be formed of a series of overlapping layers of an aerosol substrate sheet.
US12262728B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a control method for water supply during loosening and conditioning based on a neural network model and a dual parameter correction. The method comprises: establishing a neural network-based model for predicting the amount of water supplied during loosening and conditioning; predicting and distributing the total water supplied; and correcting the model based on material balance calculation and deviation. In the present application, when there is a large deviation in outlet moisture, the dual correction control system combining the material balance calculation and the moisture deviation is used for correction to improve the stability and precise control of the outlet moisture during the loosening and conditioning process.
US12262726B2
Protein formulations with high protein content are included. Also included are methods of using the provided protein formulations.
US12262720B2
Provided herein are fermentation methods that improve the nutritional value and physical properties of microbial oil. Specifically, provided is a method of producing oil with increased omega-7 fatty acids. The method comprises culturing oil-producing microorganisms in a fermentation medium with less than 0.3 mg/L zinc, wherein the culturing produces an oil comprising fatty acids, wherein the oil comprises increased omega-7 fatty acids compared to a control oil. Optionally, the oil is isolated from the microorganisms of the culture.
US12262718B2
A system and method to control the power supplied to heating elements of a conveyor oven. The conveyor oven includes a plurality of heating elements to evenly distribute heat in an oven compartment. During peak-loads, the current draw of the heating elements may exceed available power of a power supply. Therefore, a system and method to reduce the total current draw of the plurality of heating elements is provided. The system includes a controller configured to perform the methods disclosed herein. The methods effectively lower the total current draw by rapidly cycling a plurality of relays connected to each of the plurality of heating elements to achieve even distribution of heat and reduced current draw during peak-loads.
US12262715B2
The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
US12262714B2
Provided are both a superabsorbent polymer capable of continuously and safely exhibiting an improved bacterial growth inhibitory property and a deodorant property without deterioration in the physical properties of the superabsorbent polymer, such as water retention capacity, absorption under pressure, etc., as well as a preparation method for the superabsorbent polymer.
US12262712B2
The present invention discloses an oxime ether compound with novel structure. The structure is shown in general formula I. The definition of each substituent in the formula is provided in the description. The compound of general formula I has excellent microbicidal 1 activity, and has good control effects on plant bacterial diseases and fungal diseases. The present invention comprises an application of the compound of the general formula I as a microbicide in agriculture and other fields.
US12262710B2
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.
US12262709B2
This disclosure relates to scale-down systems for freezing and thawing aqueous liquid mixtures of thermo sensitive substances. In at least one aspect, the system can comprise a first container that has a head-space and a liquid-space, with a substantially constant average transversal cross-section area in the liquid-space that does not change substantially with height. The first container holds a volume of liquid for a height of liquid, has a lateral active heat transfer area having an insulated lateral area ALIM, and has an equivalent radius sized to reproduce the equivalent radius of a second container. The first container further has a lateral heat transfer area in contact with the liquid-space. The first container is smaller than the second container, and the insulated lateral area is equal to or greater than the lateral active heat transfer area.
US12262704B2
An easy-to-clean visual grain monitoring device includes a housing. A circuit board is provided within the housing and is connected with a monitoring unit; an insect collecting pipe, which is provided within the housing, includes multiple first entrances; the housing includes multiple second entrances which are corresponding to the first entrances respectively; an execution element, which is installed on a base, is connected with a lower end of the insect collecting pipe for driving the insect collecting pipe to move up and down; an insect leaking passage, which is provided at an upper end of the base, extends downwards along a side wall of the base; a tail end of the insect leaking passage has a first insect leaking hole for discharging pests, the housing has a second insect leaking hole in a position corresponding to the first insect leaking hole.
US12262700B2
A harvesting mechanism for a fishing device includes an actuator, a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless signal to control the actuator, and a rope securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the actuator. The rope securing mechanism secures a rope. In response to receiving the wireless signal, the wireless receiver activates the actuator to cause the rope securing mechanism to release the rope.
US12262693B1
A barking control device includes a dog training module, a pickup module and a control module. The pickup module and the dog training module are both electrically connected to the control module. The dog training module is driven by the control module to output stimuli to a target dog. The control module stores barking control audio data. The control module obtains a voice of a user through the pickup module and matches the voice with the barking control audio data. When the voice is consistent with the barking control audio data, the control module drives the dog training module. So that when the target dog does something wrong and is going to be punished, a user may directly speak. The pickup module picks up the voice and transmits it to the control module. The control module processes the voice and matches it with the barking control audio data.
US12262692B2
The application belongs to the technical field of pet appliances, and particularly relates to an intelligent electric pulse expelling and isolating pet training structure, which includes a carrier, conductive wires and a driving source, and the conductive wires are disposed on the carrier; the driving source is electrically connected with the conductive wires; the conductive wires form an electric pulse capable of driving pets away from the carrier on the carrier after powered by the driving source; the conductive wires are made by a composite conductive material, and the conductive wires may make a non-fracture deformation with the carrier. When the pet training structure needs to be stored and cleaned or deforms due to impact of external force, the conductive wires may realize winding, unwinding, coiling, rolling and other non-fracture deformation with the carrier, which is conductive to improving the market reputation of the product.
US12262689B2
A soybean cultivar designated 11220250 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11220250, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11220250, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11220250, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11220250. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220250. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220250, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11220250 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262683B2
A soybean cultivar designated 11430334 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11430334, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11430334, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11430334, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11430334. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11430334. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11430334, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11430334 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262680B2
A soybean cultivar designated 4826007 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 4826007, the plants of soybean 4826007, to plant parts of soybean 4826007, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 4826007 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 4826007, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 4826007, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 4826007 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262675B1
A novel maize variety designated X03V406 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03V406 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03V406 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03V406, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03V406 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03V406 and methods of using maize variety X03V406 are disclosed.
US12262666B2
A reusable wreath frame assembly for supporting and retaining wreath material. The reusable wreath frame assembly includes a frame and a multi-link fastening assembly. The frame forms a wreath back and is configured to extend adjacent the wreath material. The multi-link fastening assembly extends from the frame. The multi-link fastening assembly is operative to assume a fastened mode and an unfastened mode. The multi-link fastening assembly secures the wreath material to the frame when in the fastened mode. When the multi-link fastening assembly is in the unfastened mode, the wreath material can be placed on the frame.
US12262662B2
A baler twine tension control assembly including a displacement detector and elements defining a twine path. The twine path enters and exits the twine tension control assembly and within the twine tension control assembly extends across a first fixed location and a second fixed location as well as across an intermediate displaceable location located between the first fixed location and the second fixed location. The displacement detector is connected to the intermediate displaceable location and generates a signal indicative of the displacement of the displaceable location.
US12262661B1
An agricultural combine has a cleaning shoe including an upper sieve or chaffer over a lower sieve. The lower sieve is over a clean gain chute. A return chute open to a return opening is under the clean grain chute. The clean grain chute receives clean grain from the chaffer and the lower sieve. The return chute receives unclean grain and tailings from the cleaning shoe through the return opening. The chaffer's rear extremity extends beyond the lower sieve's rear extremity configured with a sieve chute. The sieve chute is spaced under the chaffer's rear extremity and extends rearward and angularly upward above the return opening toward the chaffer's rear extremity from the lower sieve's rear extremity, allowing the sieve chute to intercept grain from the chaffer and divert it forward to the lower sieve and away from the return opening.
US12268102B2
The present disclosure relates to a memory device that includes a bottom electrode, a data storage structure overlying the bottom electrode, a top electrode overlying the data storage structure, a mask overlying the top electrode, and a sidewall spacer extending alongside the data storage structure and alongside the mask. The sidewall spacer extends to a height above an upper surface of the mask. A top electrode via (TEVA) extends through the mask to the top electrode and extends into the sidewall spacer, where a first curved portion of the sidewall spacer extends along a top surface of the mask and is spaced apart from the TEVA.
US12268086B2
Provided are a compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic electric element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic material layer comprised the compound represented by Formula 1, and the driving voltage of an organic electronic device can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency, color purity and life time of an organic electronic device can be improved by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer.
US12268082B2
The present disclosure provides a stretchable display substrate and a manufacturing method. The stretchable display substrate includes: a base substrate, a plurality of opening patterns being distributed on the base substrate, a plurality of bridges being formed between adjacent ones of at least a part of opening patterns in the plurality of opening patterns to define islands; a plurality of display units, at least one display unit being arranged on each island; a plurality of wiring units each coupled between the display units on the islands and arranged on the bridge; and a thin film encapsulation layer including a first encapsulation portion covering a side of each display unit away from the base substrate and a second encapsulation portion at least covering a side of each display unit adjacent to the opening pattern. Each of at least a part of opening patterns has different opening sizes at a side of the base substrate adjacent to the display unit and a side of the base substrate away from the display unit, and the opening pattern has at least one step-like structure at a side adjacent to the island. According to the present disclosure, it is able to improve the reliability of a display element.
US12268078B2
A display device includes a substrate, a light-emitting layer, a light wavelength conversion element, a color filter element, a shielding layer, a protection layer and a light. The light-emitting layer is disposed on the substrate. The light wavelength conversion element is disposed on the light emitting layer. The color filter element is disposed on the light wavelength conversion element. The shielding layer is disposed on the light-emitting layer and includes a plurality of shielding elements. The protection layer is disposed on the light emitting layer. A part of the protection layer is disposed between two of the plurality of the shielding elements. The light passes through the light wavelength conversion element and the color filter element.
US12268075B2
A color transformation substrate comprises: a base portion having first and second light-blocking areas and first to third light-transmitting areas, where the light-transmitting areas are successively positioned along a first direction; first to third color filters positioned in the first to third light-transmitting areas, respectively; a light-blocking member positioned in the first light-blocking area, and including part contacting the base portion; a color pattern positioned in the second light-blocking area so as to contact the base portion; a first wavelength conversion pattern positioned on the second color filter so as to wavelength-convert light having a first color into light having a second color; and a second wavelength conversion pattern positioned on the third color filter so as to wavelength-convert light having the first color into light having a third color different from light having the second color. The color pattern and the first color filter comprise the same color material.
US12268073B2
A display device includes a display panel including a peripheral region adjacent to a light-emitting region, and a reflection preventing facing the display panel. The reflection preventing layer includes a light-blocking pattern corresponding to the peripheral region and defining an opening corresponding to the light-emitting region, a color filter in the opening of the light-blocking pattern, and a protruding pattern corresponding to the light-blocking pattern.
US12268068B2
A display device includes: a base layer including a first surface, and a second surface; a plurality of pixels on the first surface; and a plurality of first lines on the first surface. The base layer includes: a first base layer; an etch stop layer on the first base layer; a plurality of second lines on the etch stop layer; and a second base layer on the etch stop layer and the second lines. The first base layer, the etch stop layer, the second lines, and the second base layer are sequentially stacked, and the first lines are electrically connected to the second lines through first contact holes.
US12268067B2
A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, a pixel disposed on the substrate in the display area, the pixel including a pixel circuit, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit, an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode disposed on the emission layer, a power supply line disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area, the power supply line for supplying a power voltage to the pixel, an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit and the power supply line, the insulating layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the power supply line, and a dummy pattern including a same material as the pixel electrode, the dummy pattern covering a sidewall of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.
US12268058B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate; a pixel definition layer on the base substrate, the pixel definition layer defining subpixel apertures; and a spacer layer on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the base substrate, wherein the spacer layer includes first spacers arranged in a first array and second spacers arranged in a second array. Centers of subpixel apertures of two subpixels directly adjacent to an individual first spacer of the first spacers are arranged along a first spacer direction. Centers of subpixel apertures of two subpixels directly adjacent to an individual second spacer of the second spacers are arranged along a second spacer direction. The first spacer direction is different from the second spacer direction. A plurality of subpixels are arranged in an array of a plurality of rows along a first direction and a plurality of columns along a second direction.
US12268046B2
Disclosed herein are sealed devices comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, an inorganic film between the first and second substrates, and at least one weld region comprising a bond between the first and second substrates. The weld region can comprise a chemical composition different from that of the inorganic film and the first or second substrates. The sealed devices may further comprise a stress region encompassing at least the weld region, in which a portion of the device is under a greater stress than the remaining portion of the device. Also disclosed herein are display and electronic components comprising such sealed devices.
US12268040B2
The invention relates to a μLED light-emitting and display device with single-ended electrical contact and single-ended carrier injection, and a manufacturing method of the μLED light-emitting and display device. The μLED light-emitting and display device comprises more than one pixel unit, and each pixel unit sequentially comprises a lower pixel electrode, μLED chips, an insulating layer, and an upper pixel electrode from bottom to top, wherein the μLED chips directly contact with the lower pixel electrode, external carriers are injected into the μLED chips through the lower pixel electrode, the insulating layer prevents the external carriers from being injected into the μLED chips through the upper pixel electrode, and the μLED chips are lit by an alternating electric field applied between the upper pixel electrode and the lower pixel electrode. The invention avoids the complicated bonding process, and is expected to improve the market competitiveness of the μLED light-emitting and display device.
US12268028B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A semiconductor channel layer is formed on the substrate. A semiconductor barrier layer is formed on the semiconductor channel layer. An etching process is performed to expose a portion of the semiconductor channel layer. A dielectric layer is formed to cover the semiconductor barrier layer and the exposed semiconductor channel layer. A first electrode is formed after forming the dielectric layer, where the first electrode includes a body portion and a vertical extension portion, the body portion is electrically connected to the semiconductor barrier layer, and a bottom surface of the vertical extension portion is lower than a top surface of the semiconductor channel layer.
US12268023B2
A semiconductor device includes a source/drain feature over a semiconductor substrate, channel layers connected to the source/drain feature, a gate structure between adjacent channel layers and wrapping the channel layers, and an inner spacer between the source/drain feature and the gate structure and between adjacent channel layers. The source/drain feature has a first interface with a first channel layer of the channel layer. The first interface has a convex profile protruding towards the first channel layer.
US12268022B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region extending in a first direction; a gate structure disposed on the substrate, intersecting the active region, and extending in a second direction; channel layers disposed on the active region to be spaced apart from each other in a third direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and to be surrounded by the gate structure; source/drain regions disposed on both sides of the gate structure and connected to the channel layers; air gap regions located between the source/drain regions and the active region and spaced apart from each other in the third direction; and semiconductor layers alternately disposed with the air gap regions in the third direction and defining the air gap regions, wherein lower ends of the source/drain regions are located on a level lower than an uppermost air gap region.
US12268021B1
An apparatus includes a drain and a source on opposing sides of an epitaxial layer, a plurality of gates formed in the epitaxial layer, a source contact connected to the source, a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates, a gate-source electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode connected between the gate contact and the source contact, and a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure formed underneath the gate-source ESD diode structure.
US12268008B2
Disclosed are a 3D non-volatile memory, an operating method thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof. The 3D non-volatile memory includes a bit line formed to extend in a vertical direction and horizontal structures contacting the bit line while being formed to extend in a horizontal direction and being space in the vertical direction. Each of the horizontal structures includes a ferroelectric layer contacting the bit line, a middle metal layer surrounded by the ferroelectric layer, a dielectric layer surrounded by the middle metal layer, and a word line surrounded by the dielectric layer.
US12267999B2
Methods of manufacture and memory cells manufactured according to the methods are described. The manufacture has a lower thermal budget and experiences less heating by including a blocking layer including MgO. The method of manufacture may include annealing following deposition of the MgO, with the annealing occurring at temperatures below 900° C. or below 800° C. The blocking layers may be a first blocking layer made of SiO2 and a second blocking layer made of MgO. The memory cells may have a CMOS Under Array (CuA) structure. The memory cells may be part of a three-dimensional NAND memory device.
US12267997B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device including a first stack structure comprising alternating levels of insulative structures and other insulative structures, forming strings of memory cells through the first stack structure, forming a second stack structure over the first stack structure, based at least partially on observed amount of pillar bending within the first stack structure, forming a first tailored reticle specific to the observed amount of pillar bending, utilizing the first tailored reticle to form openings extending through the second stack structure and over some of the strings of memory cells, wherein centers of the openings over the strings of memory cells are at least substantially aligned with the centers of uppermost surfaces of the strings of memory cells in a direction of the observed pillar bending, and forming upper pillars extending through the second stack structure and over some of the strings of memory cells.
US12267996B2
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device may include an array of DRAM cells, with each DRAM cell configured to store a high logic voltage and a low logic voltage. The DRAM device may further include a precharge circuit configured to selectively provide a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage to a first line and a second line, respectively, and a sense amplifier comprising a cross-coupled transistor sensing circuit coupled between the first line and second line. The sense amplifier may include at least one transistor including a superlattice channel. The DRAM device may further include a refresh circuit configured to selectively couple a third reference voltage to a corresponding DRAM cell via the first line and based upon a voltage difference between the first line and the second line, with the third reference voltage being greater than the high logic voltage of the DRAM cell.
US12267992B2
A memory device having a capacitor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of capacitor structures respectively disposed in the dielectric layer. Each capacitor structure includes: a cup-shaped lower electrode; a first upper electrode conformally covering an outer surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode; a first capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the outer surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode and the first upper electrode; a second upper electrode conformally covering an inner surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode, wherein the second upper electrode is electrically connected to the first upper electrode by at least one connection via; and a second capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the inner surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode and the second upper electrode.
US12267984B2
A heat dissipation assembly is disclosed and includes a frame and a fan. The frame includes a heat conduction channel and an airflow intake. The heat conduction channel is communication with an exterior through airflow intake. The frame includes a first plane, a second plane and an inclined plane. The first plane is disposed adjacent to the airflow intake. The inclined plane is connected between the first plane and the second plane. The second plane includes an inlet. The heat conduction channel is in communication between the airflow intake and the inlet. A cross-section area of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the airflow intake is greater than that of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the inlet. The fan is spatially corresponding to the inlet, and assembled with the frame to form an outlet in communication with the airflow intake and the heat conduction channel through the inlet.
US12267974B2
An electronic unit for a missile comprising a potted electronics in a housing: the unit being adapted to compensate for a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the potted electronics and the housing, the unit further comprising: a first ramp; and a second ramp slidably arranged against the first ramp, wherein the first and second ramps are disposed within the housing, the first or the second ramp abutting the potted electronics so as to provide an interference fit between the potted electronics and the housing; wherein the first ramp and second ramp each comprise a coefficient of thermal expansion selected to maintain the interference fit between the potted electronics and the housing throughout a temperature range.
US12267971B2
A monitor stand provides a self-aligning and self-orientating swivel lock mechanism for desktop monitors so the monitor stand can be easily locked at the center position to provide better user experience and easier manufacturing. A base of a monitor stand has a die cast plate and a swivel plate attached thereto to allow the monitor stand to rotate from the center position. A lock plunger of a swivel lock mechanism travels along a circular guided cam profile on the swivel plate when the swivel lock mechanism is engaged and the monitor stand is rotated. When the swivel lock mechanism rotates to the center position, a recessed portion of the circular guided cam profile receives the lock plunger of the swivel lock mechanism to thereby lock the swivel plate at the center position. The user engages/disengages the swivel lock mechanism by pushing an engagement button that extends from the base.
US12267970B2
A thermal dissipation holder for a handheld electronic device is provided. The thermal dissipation holder includes a main structure, a movable element, an elastic element, and a locker. The main structure has a front surface and a rear surface. The movable element is movably connected to the main structure along a first direction and has a clamp portion at a side away from the carrier. One end of the elastic element is connected to the main structure. The other end of the elastic element is connected to the movable element. The elastic element drives the movable element to move along the first direction. The locker is disposed in the main structure and has a locking portion, where a position of the locking portion corresponds to that of the clamp portion, and the locker is selectively engaged with the clamp portion through the locking portion to lock the movable element.
US12267966B2
The present application relates to a spliced box and a spliced display screen. In the process of splicing and assembling a plurality of boxes, when there is a height difference between a second surface of a certain box and a second surface of other boxes, the first adjusting member at the box is adjusted to raise or lower the box so that the height of the second surface of the box is adjusted. As a result, the second surface of the box is on the same plane as the second surface of other boxes so that the display units on the second surface of the boxes are on the same plane.
US12267963B2
A circuit board with anti-corrosion properties, a method for manufacturing the circuit board, and an electronic device are provided. The circuit board includes a circuit substrate, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer. The circuit substrate includes a base layer and an outer wiring layer formed on the base layer. The circuit substrate further defines a via hole connected to the outer wiring layer. The first protective layer is formed on the outer wiring layer and an inner sidewall of the via hole, and is made of a white oil. The second protective layer is formed on the first protective layer.
US12267962B2
A wiring board includes an insulating layer having a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other, upper wiring patterns on the first surface of the insulating layer, lower wiring patterns on the second surface of the insulating layer, intermediate wiring patterns, which are disposed in the insulating layer and are electrically connected to the upper wiring patterns and the lower wiring patterns, and a capacitor wire connected to corresponding wiring patterns of the upper wiring patterns, the lower wiring patterns, and the intermediate wiring patterns. The capacitor wire includes a core electrode line having a wire shape, an outer electrode line covering at least a portion of the core electrode line, and a dielectric line interposed between the core electrode line and the outer electrode line.
US12267961B2
A manufacturing method of an embedded component package structure includes the following steps: providing a carrier and forming a semi-cured first dielectric layer on the carrier, the semi-cured first dielectric layer having a first surface; providing a component on the semi-cured first dielectric layer, and respectively providing heat energies from a top and a bottom of the component to cure the semi-cured first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer to cover the component; and forming a patterned circuit layer on the second dielectric layer, the patterned circuit layer being electrically connected to the component.
US12267960B2
An electronic component sub-mount includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a supporting surface. The top and bottom surfaces are located on opposite sides of the body. The supporting surface is located on one side of the body, and an angle that is not equal to 0 degrees is formed between the supporting surface and the bottom surface. A first conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface and includes multiple first conductive lines. A second conductive layer is disposed on the supporting surface, extending to the top surface, and includes multiple second conductive lines. The second conductive lines on the supporting surface have a first pin layout, and the second conductive lines on the top surface have a second pin layout different from the first pin layout. The second pin layout matches the pin layout of first conductive lines on the bottom surface.
US12267944B2
The present invention relates to a support assembly for an electronic component, at least including a metallic heat sink, and a plastic element with a receiving section for accommodating the electronic component. The plastic element is connected to the heat sink in a form-fit manner. The receiving section of the plastic element covers a heat input side of the heat sink. The plastic element includes a thermosetting plastic with fillers for increasing the thermal conductivity.
US12267942B2
A beam accelerator system operable to produce a medical isotope, including an ion accelerator that generates an ion beam; a low-pressure chamber; an anode adjacent and fluidly connected to the low-pressure chamber; a plasma window adjacent and fluidly connected to the anode; and a cathode housing adjacent and fluidly connected to the plasma window. The plasma window has a plurality of plates, each plate having an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in one or more adjacent plates to form a plasma channel. One or more plates in the plurality of plates includes a unitary plate having an aperture therein, and one or more cooling channels entering the unitary plate at a first side of the unitary plate and exiting the unitary plate at a second side of the unitary plate. The one or more cooling channels run through a thickness of the unitary plate.
US12267935B2
An emergency wayfinding device includes a lighting circuit constructed and arranged to change at least one property of a light emitted from a light emitting element, and an electrical conduit including a plug. The plug of the electrical conduit is constructed configured to be received in a socket and to draw electricity from the socket to power the lighting circuit via the electrical conduit.
US12267925B2
In an example embodiment, the controller is designed with a single current sensing circuit that is able to measure the current on multiple LED channels, eliminating the need for each LED channel to have its own current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit may further be utilized with a control unit, which has an LED control model selection multiplexor (MUX) that switches between real-time closed-loop control and open-loop control.
US12267921B2
A luminaire includes a first light source and a second light source, the first and second light source operatively configured to provide amounts of light independently controllable during operation; and an optical system having an input aperture system and an output aperture system. The output aperture system is displaced by a predetermined distance along a forward direction from the input aperture system. The optical system is operatively coupled with the first and second light source and configured to direct light received at the input aperture system to the output aperture system. The output aperture system is configured to output light from the first light source in first directions and light from the second light source in second directions at least in part different from the first directions.
US12267917B2
The system (1) of the invention is configured to receive information relating to relay devices (11, 17-19) present in a certain spatial area and determine relay configuration information for the relay devices from the information. The relay configuration information instructs the relay devices when to receive and/or relay data units and when not to receive and/or relay data units. The system is further configured to transmit the relay configuration information to the relay devices. The relay device of the invention is configured receive a data unit from a further device (21) or not in dependence on the received relay configuration information and/or relay a received data unit to the cellular communication network (31) or not in dependence on the received relay configuration information.
US12267915B2
A network infrastructure component determines a risk measurement associated with a wireless client device's use of a device address, and provides an advisory with respect to an address rotation strategy of the wireless client device based on the risk measurement. In some embodiments, the risk measurement is based on one or more of an exposure, by the wireless client device, of information on the wireless network that identifies the wireless client device and/or a characterization of a security of the wireless network environment in which the wireless client device operates.
US12267909B2
A first user equipment (UE) is capable of serving as a relay for a second UE using a sidelink connection. The first UE determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition associated with the first UE operating as a relay for a second UE, transmits a discovery message and monitors for a signal from the second UE in response to the discovery message.
US12267908B2
A computer device generates a response to an emergency being reported by a plurality of sensor devices. The memory contains a sensor data engine and a determinant code calculator. The computer device determines the likelihood of an emergency based on received sensor data and, in some embodiments, answers received from an information provider. The sensor data engine receives external sensor data, determines data values associated with the external sensor data, and calculates an emergency likelihood based on the data values. The determinant code calculator generates a determinant code based on the calculated likelihood, and provides the code to an emergency responder system to generate an emergency dispatch response.
US12267901B2
Disclosed herein is a wireless mesh network comprised of ultra-high-capacity nodes that are capable of establishing ultra-high-capacity links (e.g., point-to-point or point-to-multipoint bi-directional communication links) using a millimeter wave spectrum, including but not limited to 28 Ghz, 39 Ghz, 37/42 Ghz, 60 Ghz (including V band), or E-band frequencies, as examples. The higher capacity and/or extended range of these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be achieved via various advanced signal processing techniques. Further, these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be used in conjunction with other types of point-to-point and/or point-to-multipoint links to build a multi-layer wireless mesh network.
US12267896B2
Provided are a wireless communication method and a remote terminal. The method includes that: a first remote terminal determines a first relay terminal for point-to-point communication; and the first remote terminal performs end-to-end communication with a second remote terminal through the first relay terminal. End-to-end communication is converted into point-to-point communication through the first relay terminal, so that when the distance between a sending end and a requesting end is too far, relaying may be performed on a communication link between the first remote terminal and the second remote terminal through the first relay terminal, so as to realize end-to-end communication.
US12267894B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for sidelink (SL) based multi-hop UE relaying, for example, to support tracking applications are provided. One method may include determining, at a user equipment (UE), to which tier of a sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying the user equipment (UE) belongs. The method may also include determining at least a relaying mode and arrangement of transmit and receive occasions for sidelink (SL) transmission and reception in dependence on the determined tier that the user equipment (UE) belongs, and performing, on the determined transmit and receive occasions, transmit and receive operations for the sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying based on the determined relaying mode and arrangement.
US12267893B2
A method and apparatus for control SL BSR based on different direct links in sidelink communication system is provided. A first wireless device establishes a sidelink between a second wireless device. A first wireless device triggers a sidelink (SL) buffer status report (BSR) based on data available for transmission via the sidelink. A first wireless device detects a failure on the sidelink. A first wireless device cancels the triggered SL BSR based on the failure on the sidelink.
US12267886B2
A system (700) and method (720) for enabling a vehicle (710) utilizing electrical propulsion to selectively commence a re-charging session based on one or more variables determined by an assigning authority (1105 that is connected to the vehicle through a mobile network (1110) is disclosed herein. The system (1100) comprises an assigning authority engine (1105), a mobile device (110) for an electric vehicle (1000), and a charging station (715).
US12267883B2
A session management method includes obtaining, by a terminal, terminal media access control (MAC) address information related to an existing Ethernet session of the terminal. The method also includes determining, by the terminal based on the terminal MAC address information related to the existing Ethernet session of the terminal, that a new Ethernet session needs to be established for the terminal. The method further includes initiating, by the terminal, establishment of the new Ethernet session for the terminal.
US12267871B2
Providing coverage enhancements for a user equipment (UE) includes decoding a random access channel (RACH) preamble received from a user equipment (UE) via a physical random access channel (PRACH). A number of repetitions associated with transmitting a random access response (RAR) over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) may be determined in response to the RACH preamble. A transmission for the UE to be sent over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may be encoded. The transmission may indicate the number of repetitions to the UE using one or more reserved bits of a downlink control information (DCI).
US12267866B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a channel access method and a related product. The method is applied to a network device. The network device includes a plurality of panels. An example method includes: generating a backoff count value of each of the plurality of panels; and if a backoff count value of any one of the plurality of panels backs off to zero, sending a frame.
US12267859B2
Embodiments of a method in a network node for resource allocation are disclosed. The method includes selecting a user set of wireless devices from available predefined user sets; estimating expected data rates for the wireless devices in the selected user set for a selected radio resource; computing a weighted sum of the expected rates of the wireless devices in the user set; and assigning a given the selected radio resource to the user set with the highest weighted sum. A criterion for dynamic resource allocation that can opportunistically exploit the channel variations towards achieving the optimal trade-off between the network capacity and wireless device-fairness is also disclosed.
US12267838B2
A method performed by a base station includes transmitting configuration information indicating a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) and one or more thresholds associated with a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) bits to be included in the UCI. Each of the plurality of PUCCH resources is associated with at least one PUCCH format and a respective number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The base station transmits a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission indicating to transmit the UCI. The base station receives a PUCCH transmission that includes the UCI, using one of the PUCCH resources and an associated PUCCH format. The UCI includes a number of HARQ bits that satisfies one of the indicated thresholds, and the PUCCH transmission includes a number of OFDM symbols corresponding to the PUCCH format.
US12267836B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of the UE to perform bandwidth-limited envelope tracking or a capability of the UE to compensate for bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortion. The UE may receive a request for the UE to activate bandwidth-limited envelope tracking or a request for the UE to compensate for bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortion. In some examples, the UE may transmit an uplink message using a bandwidth-limited envelope tracking configuration. In other examples, the UE may receive a downlink message and use digital post distortion (DPoD) to correct bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortions in the downlink message. Aspects of the present disclosure may enable the UE to use bandwidth-limited envelope tracking and DPoD for wideband signal transmissions, which may result in lower power consumption at the UE.
US12267819B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine to not support one or more downlink control information communications for dynamic slot format determination, and determine a slot format based at least in part on radio resource control signaling from a network. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12267817B2
Techniques for dynamic slot and anchor allocation include accessing allocation data representing at least one time slot allocated for transmission of a radio frequency signal over a wireless communication channel to a wireless device, assigning the at least one time slot to an anchor of a location system, and causing transmission of the radio frequency signal from the anchor to the wireless device in the at least one time slot.
US12267816B2
A communication control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding one or more communication devices; a determination unit that determines a medium reservation scheme for the one or more communication devices to share a predetermined channel based on the acquired information; and a notification unit that notifies the communication device of the determined medium reservation scheme.
US12267810B2
The present disclosure relates to direct link management wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: allocating a link identifier (ID) to a second wireless device for a link between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; generating a data unit from one or more logical channels associated with the link ID; transmitting, to the second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) scheduling the data unit, wherein the SCI includes at least part of the link ID; and transmitting, to the second wireless device, the data unit.
US12267803B2
An example method includes a method performed by a wireless device for sending a message relating to location services. The method includes establishing a user plane connection with a location management function, and sending a message relating to location services to the location management function using the user plane connection.
US12267796B2
A method performed by a first base station for positioning in a cellular communication system includes receiving, at the first base station, a signal transmitted by a second base station and estimating a Time of Arrival (TOA) of the received signal at the first base station according to a clock of the first base station. The method further includes determining a delta value that is a function of an amount of time between the TOA of the received signal at the first base station and a time reference at the first base station and performing either, (a) providing the delta value to a positioning estimation entity within the cellular communications system or (b) using the delta value at the first base station to reduce a time synchronization error between the first base station and the second base station, or (c) passing the delta value to a User Equipment (UE).
US12267788B2
A method and a device in nodes used for wireless communication. A first node transmits a first reference signal and a second reference signal respectively in a first time-domain resource block and a second time-domain resource block. The first node maintains power consistency and phase continuity among multiple first-type signals belonging to a reference time window in time domain; a duration of the reference time window is no larger than a first threshold; the first reference signal and the second reference signal respectively belong to different transmission occasions; whether the first node maintains power consistency and phase continuity between the first reference signal and the second reference signal is related to whether a first condition set is satisfied; the first condition set comprises a first condition; the first condition comprises: the first reference signal and the second reference signal being identified by a same index.
US12267784B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for adjusting target wake time (TWT) parameters, and in particular a TWT interval. An apparatus comprises a transceiver and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive WI-FI traffic for an application in a target wake time (TWT) operation. The processor is configured to identify whether a state of the electronic device is idle or active based on at least one of a traffic statistic related to the WI-FI traffic or an application identifier of the application and adjust a TWT interval of the TWT operation based on the state.
US12267782B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a processing method and a device. The method includes: obtaining a report configuration of first channel state information, and if a terminal is not indicated to monitor a physical downlink control channel within onduration, reporting channel state information based on the report configuration of the first channel state information.
US12267777B2
Provided is a terminal wakeup control method, belonging to the technical field of wireless communication. The method includes that: a base station monitors a channel state of an unlicensed band; the unlicensed band is occupied according to a monitoring result of the channel state of the unlicensed band; and a wakeup signal is sent to a terminal through the unlicensed band at a plurality of first-time points in a band occupation time period. When the base station supports the unlicensed band, the base station, after successfully occupying the unlicensed band, sends the wakeup signal to the terminal through the unlicensed band at the plurality of first-time points in the present time period during which the unlicensed band is occupied.
US12267764B2
A user equipment, a method for controlling the user equipment, and a network side device are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes transmitting broadcast-type signals and channels to the user equipment through a dedicated resource unit so that the user equipment can access a network; wherein the dedicated resource unit is only configured to transmit the broadcast-type signals and channels and is continuous in a frequency domain and a time domain. The present disclosure can control the user equipment to access the network.
US12267760B2
A geolocation system includes at least two items to be geolocated, each item including a first wireless proximity communication means, able to communicate with wireless proximity communication means of another item; a long-range communication means; a geolocation device; and a processing unit. The system implements a computer platform including communication means able to communicate with the long-range communication means of the items. The processing unit of one item is configured to open a channel of communication with another item by way of wireless proximity communication means, and transmit to the computer platform the geolocation data supplied by the processing unit of the other item.
US12267757B2
Systems and methods are described to automate managing of relationships between IoT entities (e.g., devices, apps, users) and offloading the burden of managing these relationships from users. A Relationship Management Service (RM Service) is described herein for the autonomous establishment, modification, and tear-down of relationships between IoT entities.
US12267754B2
A first device determines, based on a location of the first device and a quality of service parameter of first data, an identity of a first zone in which the first device is located, where the first data is data sent by the first device. The first device sends indication information, where the indication information includes first information, and the first information indicates the identity of the first zone.
US12267749B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobility handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility command for a target cell including a mobility condition, and a legacy mobility command; initiating a legacy mobility procedure upon receiving the legacy mobility command; and stopping an evaluation of the mobility condition during the legacy mobility procedure after the legacy mobility procedure is initiated.
US12267743B2
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
US12267730B2
A method for notification control in a communication system performed by a core network is presented. The method comprising: establishing a PDU session; enabling a radio access network, RAN, to send a notification that notifying a UE, of the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS, for a QoS Flow in the PDU session using an AN-signaling based notification. The AN-signaling based notification including the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS parameters as defined in a QoS Flow description. The AN-signaling based notification further including expected QoS figures, an expected time interval and an accuracy of the notification. The UE/AF may further adapt their behavior according to the expected QoS provided by the AN.
US12267724B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first E-UTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI) associated with an aerial base station (ABS), determining a location of the ABS, and determining that a terrestrial base station (TBS) is within a distance threshold of the location of the ABS. Further embodiments include providing the first ECGI of the ABS to the TBS, and providing instructions to the TBS to indicate to each terrestrial communication devices (TCDs) communicatively coupled to the TBS to add a cell individual offset (CIO) factor to a first signal strength associated with a first signal received from the ABS. The TBS provides instructions to each of the TCDs to add a CIO factor to the first signal strength associated with the first signal received from the ABS. The second instructions includes the first ECGI associated with the ABS. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12267713B2
Systems and methods are described for configuring cell identification requirements for a user equipment (UE). The systems and methods can include at least determining a number of measurement objects (MOs) that collide with a target MO for the UE, determining a scaling factor to be used for an inter-frequency cell identification requirement, and transmitting to the UE an indication of the scaling factor.
US12267712B2
An apparatus of a management service equipment includes processing circuitry. To configure the management service equipment for E2E performance measurements in a 5G network with a plurality of network functions (NFs), the processing circuitry is to decode RAN latency received from a RAN within the 5G network. The RAN latency is associated with transmission of an Internet protocol (IP) packet between a UE and a data network (DN) via the RAN. A user plane function (UPF) latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the RAN and a UPF within the 5G network is determined. A DN latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the UPF and the DN is determined. An E2E performance measurement calculation is performed to determine an E2E latency associated with communicating the IP packet between the UE and the DN based on the RAN latency, the UPF latency, and the DN latency.
US12267696B2
Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience.
US12267695B2
A number of repetitions equal to a first number and a number of spatial relations equal to a second number can be determined (210) to transmit an uplink channel with a plurality of uplink channel repetitions and with a plurality of spatial relations. A total number of the plurality of uplink channel repetitions can be the first number of repetitions and a total number of the plurality of spatial relations can be the second number of spatial relations. The plurality of spatial relations for transmission of the plurality of uplink channel repetitions can be determined (220) based on a plurality of quasi-co-location assumptions associated with downlink reception. The plurality of uplink channel repetitions can be transmitted (230) based on the determined plurality of spatial relations.
US12267688B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable to utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12267687B2
A method of optimizing the utilization of white space based on the enhancement of the adjacent frequency, comprising: obtaining an available white space channel; and separately and correspondingly compensating an upper adjacent frequency and/or a lower adjacent frequency of the channel according to a relationship between the coverage of authorized signals of adjacent frequencies of the channel and the coverage of a white space device, the white space device obtain the maximum number of selectable channels and the maximum transmission power without affecting the authorized signals currently used in the adjacent frequencies; enhancing emission intensities of TV broadcast signals or other authorized signals of respective adjacent frequencies of a white space channel, a white space device operating over the white space channel meet the predetermined requirements of transmission power and coverage without adversely affecting the coverage and reception of authorized signals currently used in the adjacent frequencies.
US12267683B2
A non-SI device is arranged for wireless communication and cooperates with an SI device having access to a subscriber identity. The non-SI device has a transceiver to communicate in a local network and a processor to establish an association with the SI. A non-SI public key is provided to the SI device via a first communication channel. A verification code is shared with the SI device via a second communication channel. The channels are different and include an out-of-band channel. Proof of possession of a non-SI private key is provided to the SI device via the first or the second communication channel. From the SI device, a certificate is received that is related to the SI and comprises a signature computed over at least part of the non-SI public key. The certificate reliably enables the non-SI device to access the core network via the local network and a gateway between the local network and the core network.
US12267676B2
Methods and systems for authentication and establishment of secure connection for accessing edge computing services are provided. The method includes dynamically deriving a pre-shared key (PSK) and use the dynamically derived PSK for the authentication, while performing or before performing a secure connection establishment or while or before establishing a secure interface between a user equipment (UE), and a server, wherein the UE includes an Edge Enabler Client (EEC), and the server is an Edge Configuration Server (ECS). The method further includes deriving the PSK based on an Authentication and Key Management for Applications (AKMA) application key.
US12267675B2
In certain aspects, methods include, responsive to receiving verification that credentials associated with an organization device (OD) is authenticated, requesting the OD to create a token comprising a private and public key. The method includes receiving, subsequent to the OD initiating creation of the token, the public key from the OD. The method includes associating the public key with an UPN of the OD, and includes requesting the organization credentials from a secondary device (SD), responsive to detecting a request therefrom. The method includes requesting, responsive to authentication of the organization credentials, a challenge response from the SD. The method includes receiving the challenge response from the SD, which signed the challenge response with the private key that was transferred via the OD. The method includes determining, with the public key, whether the challenge response is valid, and includes validating enrollment of the SD when the challenge response is validated.
US12267670B2
A network device includes at least one memory storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network device to output information indicating occurrence of a specific event in the network device to a predetermined display region, check approval or disapproval of transmission of information regarding the specific event to a management server in accordance with selection of the predetermined display region, enable mobile communication if transmission of the information regarding the specific event to the management server is approved, and transmit the information regarding the specific event to the management server through the enabled mobile communication, wherein the mobile communication enables communication between the network device and the management server via a WAN, and wherein, if the mobile communication is not enabled, the network device does not connect to the WAN.
US12267659B2
A waterproof microspeaker includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit provided below the frame and including a yoke, inner and outer magnets, and a top plate; a voice coil located between the magnets and configured to vibrate by a magnetic field of the magnetic circuit and mutual electromagnetic force when an electric signal is applied; and a diaphragm housing provided above the frame. The diaphragm housing includes: a sidewall portion provided above the frame and having a predetermined height; an edge dome portion protruding upwardly or downwardly along an inner circumference of the sidewall portion; and a diaphragm provided inside the edge dome, allowing an upper end of the voice coil to be fixed thereto, and configured to generate sound by vibration of the voice coil. The diaphragm includes a polymeric material including metal or plastic and is inserted into an inner circumferential portion of the edge dome portion.
US12267654B2
A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. According to embodiments of the method, magnitude response information of a prototype filter is determined. The magnitude response information includes a plurality of gain values, at least one of which includes a first gain corresponding to a first frequency. The magnitude response information of the prototype filter is stored. The magnitude response information of the prototype filter at the first frequency is retrieved. Gains are computed for a plurality of control frequencies based on the retrieved magnitude response information of the prototype filter at the first frequency, and the computed gains are applied to the audio signal.
US12267649B2
A microphone chip is provided and includes a substrate and a capacitive system. The capacitive system includes a diaphragm and a back plate. The diaphragm includes an inner membrane portion, an outer membrane portion, and at least one supporting portion. The inner membrane portion and the outer membrane portion of the microphone chip are separated by a slit, and the at least one supporting portion is connected with the fixing portion to fix the diaphragm, so that the diaphragm is in a cantilever state. By arranging the sealing element between the back plate and the diaphragm, the inner membrane portion is attracted and adsorbed on the sealing element by electrostatic force, and the sealing element is configured to support the inner membrane portion to reach an operating state, thereby reducing the low attenuation of the microphone.
US12267641B2
A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines a first chamber, a second chamber and an acoustic opening from the first chamber or the second chamber; and an electroosmotic flow valve operable to open and close the acoustic opening.
US12267638B2
Electrical equipment includes a badge positioned over a hole of the housing, the badge comprising a first portion made at least of a first material that is transparent or translucent to visible light, and a second portion made at least of a second material that is opaque to visible light and transparent or translucent to infrared light, the first and second portions forming respectively a pattern and a background distinct from the pattern on an outside surface of the badge; an emitter arranged to emit visible light signals through the badge so as to illuminate the pattern without illuminating the background, and a receiver arranged to receive infrared communication signals emitted by a device that is distinct from the electrical equipment and passing through the badge.
US12267637B2
The present disclosure relates to dome-type inserts, or simply domes, for a hearing aid. The dome is intended to be attached to a housing, such as an in-the-ear housing, and abut the ear canal. The dome-type insert comprises one or more vent channels for alleviating air pressure built-up and/or occlusion.
US12267636B2
The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including a housing body with a containment space, a sound hole penetrating the housing body, a MEMS microphone chip, an ASIC chip and a subtractor accommodated in the containment space. The MEMS microphone chip includes at least a first MEMS microphone chip and a second MEMS microphone chip. the first MEMS microphone chip is different from the frequency response droop characteristic of the second MEMS microphone chip. the first MEMS microphone chip and the output signal of the second MEMS microphone chip are output to the subtractor, and are output to the ASIC chip after the subtractor performs subtraction processing. Compared with the related art, the MEMS microphone of the present invention has good anti-interference performance and good sensitivity.
US12267627B2
A method for teletransmitting to a processing site a captured video stream of a remote intervention scene comprises modifying the captured video stream so as to erase defined zones, then transmitting this stream thus modified to the processing site. The teletransmitting method is employed to remotely assist a field operator with an intervention on a site that is sensitive in terms of confidentiality. The video stream may be captured directly by the operator or from a drone, for example.
US12267625B2
Systems and methods presented herein generally provide for the compensation of asset providers and/or communications network providers for the non-consumption of assets provided with programming. In this regard, when users elect not to consume the assets associated with the programming, the asset provider loses the opportunity to present their assets to such non-consuming users and is thereby injured in relation to the price they have paid for the delivery of their assets. In one arrangement, a reporting module at a customer device is operative to identify when a user skips an asset and report that skip event to the network. This information may then be utilized to adjust the bill of the asset provider and/or to bill the user associated with the skip event.
US12267624B2
A method for creating a non-riggable model of a face of a person, the method includes obtaining video and depth information regarding the face of the person, wherein different images of the video are acquired by a camera at different camera locations; and for each image of the different images repeating the steps of: separating face information from background information; determining translation and rotation parameters that represent the different camera locations; and generating the non-riggable model of the face of the person based on the face information and the translation and rotation parameters.
US12267615B2
A system and method for establishing a dynamic privacy zone for an object. In operation, an electronic computing device receives a request from an electronic tag associated with an object to establish a dynamic privacy zone for the object. The request includes location data indicating a real-time location of the object. The electronic computing device identifies a camera having a field of view overlapping with the real-time location of the object. The electronic computing device converts the real-time location of the object into a corresponding pixel location on the field of view of the camera. The electronic computing device then establishes a dynamic privacy zone for the object within the field of view of the camera as a function of the corresponding pixel location.
US12267604B2
An image acquisition apparatus includes: a first image sensor configured to acquire a first image based on a first wavelength band; a second image sensor configured to acquire a second image based on a second wavelength band of 10 nm to 1,000 nm, and a processor configured to register the first image and the second image, which are respectively output from the first image sensor and the second image sensor, to obtain a registration image based on the first image and the second image, and perform color conversion on the registration image by using an illumination value estimated from the second image.
US12267599B2
An electronic device includes: a plurality of image sensors including a first image sensor and a second image sensor; a processor; a display connected to the processor; and memory storing instructions being executable by the processor, which cause the electronic device to at least: execute a camera application; activate all of the plurality of image sensors, based on at least one of a specified event executed through the camera application, determine a first image sensor among the plurality of image sensors as an image sensor outputting image data to be displayed on the display, set a resolution of first image data acquired through the first image sensor as a first resolution, and in response to the determination, set a resolution of second image data acquired through a second image sensor among the plurality of image sensors as a second resolution lower than the first resolution.
US12267595B2
There is provided a method for controlling exposure level for a digitally zoomed image included in a wide angle image First statistics concerning a luminance level in the digitally zoomed image and second statistics concerning a luminance level in the wide angle image are acquired, it is estimated whether an exposure level for the digitally zoomed image should be compensated, by using the first and second statistics, and a target exposure level for the digitally zoomed image is determined based on the estimation result.
US12267593B2
A system for automatically maintaining focus while tracking remote flying objects includes an interface and processor. The interface is configured to receive two or more images. The processor is configured to determine a bounding box for an object in the two or more images; determine an estimated position for the object in a future image; and determine an estimated focus setting and an estimated pointing direction for a lens system.
US12267591B2
This application provides a video processing method and a related electronic device. The video processing method includes: When generating a video, the electronic device may perform image zooming based on a change in a zoom ratio, or may perform audio zooming on an audio based on a change in a zoom ratio. That the electronic device performs audio zooming on the audio includes: When the zoom ratio increases and an angle of view decreases, suppressing a sound of an object outside a photographing range and enhancing a sound of a photographed object within the photographing range; when the zoom ratio decreases and the angle of view increases, suppressing a sound of an object outside the photographing range and weakening a sound of a photographed object within the photographing range.
US12267590B1
A substation inspection device includes a rack, an anti-vibration mechanism, a camera apparatus and a lock-stop apparatus. The anti-vibration mechanism is mounted on the rack. The camera apparatus includes a first mounting seat and a camera assembly. The first mounting seat is mounted on the rack through the anti-vibration mechanism. The camera assembly is mounted on the first mounting seat. The lock-stop apparatus is mounted on the rack and is configured to fix the camera apparatus.
US12267589B1
One or both of a camera and a lighting fixture are auto-focused on one of a plurality of microphones in a venue. A plurality of persons in the venue are wearing, or carrying, or holding, or speaking into a respective microphone at the venue. Only one microphone of the plurality of microphones is active at a time. The venue includes a real-time location system (RTLS) having a plurality of RTLS tags and a RTLS receiver for locating a position of each of the RTLS tags in three-dimensional space. Each of the RTLS tags is fixed to a respective microphone and transmits a signal that is received by the RTLS receiver. One of the plurality of microphones is detected as being active. The position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone is identified in three-dimensional space in the venue by using the signal transmitted from the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone and received by the RTLS receiver to calculate the position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space. The position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue is presumed to be the same position as the active microphone that the RTLS tag is fixed to. One or both of the camera and the lighting fixture are auto-focused on the identified position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue. When a different one of the microphones is detected as becoming active, the auto-focusing of one or both of the camera and the lighting fixture is switched to the identified position of the RTLS tag fixed to the newly detected active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue.
US12267586B2
This document describes techniques and systems that enable an interface for communicating a threshold in a camera. An electronic device recognizes an in-camera, drag gesture that triggers a camera application to switch modes from a real-time display mode (displaying real-time preview images in a viewfinder) to a buffer-display mode, which displays frames recorded in the camera buffer. During the motion of the drag gesture, the electronic device provides dynamic visual feedback indicating a relation between a drag distance of the drag gesture and a target threshold for the drag gesture. For simplicity and conciseness, the visual feedback can be combined with the virtual shutter control. After meeting the threshold, the user releases the touch input of the drag gesture and the system triggers the camera application to switch modes. This allows capture of a “missed” moment that was recorded in the camera buffer but not stored in non-volatile memory.
US12267582B2
A system is disclosed that includes an image sensor, a depth sensor, and at least one processor. The image sensor acquires images within a first field-of-view. The depth sensor includes a plurality of photosensitive cells that acquires distance information within a second field-of-view. The second field-of-view at least partially overlaps the first field-of-view. The at least one processor is programmed to transition from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in response to satisfaction of a specified criteria based on object information associated with the distance information for an object within the second field-of-view.
US12267580B2
Systems and techniques for operating system integrated image capture guidance are described herein. An indication may be received of an object to be captured for completing a transaction. Configuration data may be obtained for an image of the object. The configuration data may indicate an orientation of the object in the image. An image of the object may be obtained from an imaging sensor of a device. A discrepancy may be determined between the orientation of the object in the image using the configuration data. Orientation guidance may be generated that indicates repositioning of the object in the image. It may be determined that the discrepancy between the orientation of the object in the image has been eliminated. Capture guidance may be generated for output via the device based on a set of commands determined based on detection of an operating system executing on the device.
US12267576B2
A vehicle and a control method thereof may increase a shooting angle of a camera mounted on the vehicle to photograph without limitation of the shooting angle. The method of controlling a vehicle including at least one camera, the control method including: adjusting a direction of a vehicle body to adjust a shooting direction of the at least one camera to a target direction thereof; and controlling the at least one camera to photograph in the adjusted shooting direction.
US12267568B2
A radiation imaging control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a subject, a foreign matter detection unit configured to detect, in a case where a radiation image of the subject is to be acquired, a foreign matter which is likely to appear in the radiation image from the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a warning information generation unit configured to generate warning information regarding image capturing of a radiation image based on the foreign matter detection unit having detected a foreign matter in the captured image, and a display control unit configured to issue a notification based on the warning information.
US12267566B2
A method of and system for enabling a distributed entertainment system over a computing device is described herein. When implementing a distributed entertainment system wherein the entertainment system is directly correlated to live events or televised programs, there are a number of issues that must be addressed such as differing timing and channels of television programs and separate state laws. Furthermore, there are a plethora of varying computing device models possibly requiring model-specific software. An “Activity Client” is provided to handle such concerns. Furthermore, since time is of the essence for activities based on live or televised events, it is necessary to ensure a computing device is able to receive the necessary updates for the program before the event begins. By providing only the needed components instead of entire data packages, the present invention is able to much more efficiently prepare users' computing devices in time.
US12267563B2
A display device includes a receiver that receives at least video data and genre information, an acquirer that acquires image quality information corresponding to the genre information, a genre detector that detects a change in the genre information, and a controller that performs, when a change in the genre information is detected, control such that image quality of the video data is set based on image quality information corresponding to the changed genre information when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a time point when the genre information is changed.
US12267556B2
A data processing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving an input of video contents including a video stream and an audio stream; detecting music data from the audio stream; and filtering the audio stream so that the music data detected from the audio stream is removed.
US12267551B2
An image display device including a tuner configured to receive a RF broadcast signal; a display; a first input configured to receive a first image signal input from a first external device connected to the image display device; a second input configured to receive a second image signal input from a second external device connected to the image display device; and a controller coupled with the display, the first input and the second input, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display, a plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon, wherein the first icon comprises a first default image identifying the first input and the second icon comprises a second default image identifying the second input, change the first default image to a first video image currently being played on the first external device and corresponding to the first image signal received from the first external device in response to the first icon being selected if the first external device is connected to the image display device, and change the first video image back to the first default image in response to the second icon being selected, wherein the first video image is displayed at a position corresponding to an area where the first icon is displayed, and wherein the controller is further configured to change the second default image to a second video image currently being played on the second external device and corresponding to the second image signal received from the second external device in response to the second icon being selected if the second external device is connected to the image display device.
US12267546B2
A system for creating a localized wireless network zone for a passenger on a commercial passenger vehicle is provided. The system comprises: a first media playback device and a second media playback device that are respectively disposed on a first passenger seat and a second passenger seat in the commercial passenger vehicle, each of the first media playback device and the second media playback device operable as a seat hotspot by creating a localized wireless network zone covering passenger seats located in a vicinity of the first passenger seat and the second passenger seat, respectively; and an onboard server communicatively coupled to the first media playback device and the second media playback device and configured to monitor a number of requests for a wireless connection in the commercial passenger vehicle and control at least one of the first media playback device and the second media playback device to turn on the seat hotspot based on a result of the monitoring.
US12267538B2
In a real-time video transmission system for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on an adaptive bitrate provided by the present disclosure, an on-board computer is loaded and configured on the UAV, such that the UAV can provide multiple video streams with different bitrates for retrieval. A client with a bitrate adaptation unit is set up, allowing the system to adjust the bitrate of the video stream according to network conditions in each time interval. Intranet penetration and port mapping are implemented on the cloud server, enabling the client to obtain, from the cloud server, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. The present disclosure allows a remote user to watch, through a cellular network, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV.
US12267533B2
A method to provide a custom interstitial transition video includes identify a base media item comprising a display area to be customized for a user of a client device to provide a transition between a first video to be played on the client device and a plurality of second videos playable on the client device after the first video, causing the first video to be played on a screen of the client device, causing the display area of the base media item to be automatically customized to transform the base media item into a custom transition media item that presents information about each of the plurality of second videos playable after the first video, and causing the base media item with the customized display area to be presented on the screen of the client device before playing any of the plurality of second videos, wherein the customized display area is overlaid with metadata content items of the plurality of media content items each comprising information about the respective one of the plurality of second videos.
US12267528B2
A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring residual information about the current block; deriving residual samples of the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
US12267527B2
An example device for coding point cloud data includes a memory configured to store point cloud data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine whether inter prediction data is coded for a current node of an octree of the point cloud data; determine whether planar mask data is coded for the current node; when at least one of the inter prediction data or the planar mask data is coded for the current node, avoid coding a single occupancy value for the current node, the single occupancy value indicating whether only a single sub-node of the current node includes a point; and code the current node. The processors may also be configured to determine a context for entropy coding the planar mask data according to planar mask data for a collocated node in a reference frame when the planar mask data is coded.
US12267525B2
A video processing method is provided. In the method, a video bit stream is obtained. Configuration information of the video bit stream is determined. The configuration information includes reference image information. The reference image information indicates (i) whether a video track corresponding to the video bit stream includes a reference image and (ii) whether the video track requires reference to the reference image. The video bit stream and the configuration information are encapsulated to obtain the video track.
US12267517B2
An image encoding/decoding method of the present invention constructs a merge candidate list of a current block, derives motion information of the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list and a merge candidate index, and performs inter prediction on the current block on the basis of the derived motion information, wherein the merge candidate list can improve encoding/decoding efficiency by adaptively determining a plurality of merge candidates on the basis of the position or size of a merge estimation region (MER) to which the current block belongs.
US12267504B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for receiving content related to geometry-based point clouds. A client device may receive a media presentation description (MPD) file from a content server, A set of pre-selection elements may be identified from the MPD file. One or more adaptation sets associated with at least one pre-selection element of the set of pre-selection elements may be identified. The adaptation set(s) may be indicated by an attribute associated with one of the pre-selection elements. A geometry-based point cloud compression (GPCC) tile identifier associated with a viewport may be determined. The GPCC tile identifier may be determined based on a first descriptor received in the MPD file. One or more adaptation sets associated with the GPCC tile identifier may be selected using a second descriptor. A point cloud component associated with the selected one or more adaptation sets may be requested. Point cloud component may be received.
US12267489B2
A coding algorithm encodes consecutive frames of a video sequence and realizes distributed Gradual Decoding Refresh. The consecutive frames include a first frame, a second frame, and a third frame, and each frame is composed of (X+Y+Z) columns of coding tree units. The algorithm includes: coding X columns of the first frame in an intra coding manner and coding the other columns of the first frame in an inter coding manner and/or the intra coding manner; coding X columns of the second frame in the inter coding manner, coding Y columns of the second frame in the intra coding manner, and coding Z columns of the second frame in the inter and/or intra coding manner(s); and coding X and Y columns of the third frame in the inter coding manner, and coding Z columns of the third frame in the intra coding manner. The X/Y/Z columns (intra-coded columns) are inconsecutive.
US12267488B2
A method of decoding video data from a bitstream, the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to multiple slices, wherein the video bitstream comprises a picture header; the method includes determining a coding mode for at least one slice; determining a set of syntax elements to be used for said coding mode from said picture header; and decoding said at least one slice using said determined syntax elements.
US12267486B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a video image coding method. The method includes: dividing an image frame to be coded into a plurality of sub-blocks, and assigning coordinates to each sub-block; calculating a hash value corresponding to an i-th sub-block according to a content of the i-th sub-block; performing a search in a first hash table by using the hash value corresponding to the i-th sub-block; in response to the coordinates of the first reference block being valid, acquiring a content of the first reference block according to the coordinates of the first reference block, and comparing the content of the first reference block with the content of the i-th sub-block; and in response to the content of the first reference block being consistent with the content of the i-th sub-block, performing Intra Block Copy (IBC) coding on the i-th sub-block.
US12267484B2
Encoding and decoding using warped reference list includes generating a reconstructed frame from an encoded bitstream by, for decoding a current block for the reconstructed frame, obtaining a dynamic reference list, obtaining a warped reference list, decoding a warped reference list index value, obtaining optimal predicted warped model parameters from the warped reference list in accordance with the index value, decoding differential warped model parameters, obtaining, as optimal warped model parameters, a result of adding the optimal predicted warped model parameters and the differential warped model parameters, obtaining predicted block data in accordance with the optimal warped model parameters, decoding residual block data, and obtaining, as decoded block data for the current block, a result of adding the residual block data and the predicted block data.
US12267482B2
A display device presents volumetric content comprising a volumetric video. The volumetric video comprises a volumetric representation of one or more elements a three-dimensional space. Input indicative of a control operation associated with the presentation of the volumetric video is received. The presentation of the volumetric video by the display device is controlled by executing the control operation. While the control operation is being executed, the volumetric representation of the one or more elements of the three-dimensional space are displayed from multiple perspectives based on movement of a user.
US12267480B2
A stereo imaging device is capable of detecting a target with a high precision, while photographing a wide range. The stereo imaging device has an imaging unit 5 including a lens and an imaging sensor. The lens has a low distortion region and a high distortion region, the low distortion region being a portion having a distortion smaller than a predetermined amount, the high distortion region being a portion having a distortion larger than the low distortion region. A cutout unit outputs an image from which a range including a detection target has been cut out from an area photographed through the low distortion region, such output being performed for image photographed by a pair of imaging units when a detection target is present within an area photographed through the low distortion region. A detection unit detects a detection target based on the cutout image.
US12267475B2
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for adopting analogue decor templates in decor printing, including the similarity comparison between at least one of 1 to n hyperspectral digital reference images of the analogue decor template and at least one of 1 to n hyperspectral digital actual images of a substrate with decor. A decor-specific profile target is adjusted such that the digital template of the analogue decor template can be output on a substrate by way of an output medium in such a way that the colour deviation between at least one of 1 to n reference images of the analogue decor template and at least one of 1 to n actual images of the substrate with decor is below a specified target value.
US12267473B2
Provided is an industrial printing system that enables output with the attribute of a printing apparatus at the distributed destination of production printing in a peer-to-peer manner. An attribute acquisition unit acquires other attribute information supported by other printing apparatus at distributed destination. A table generation unit compares acquired other attribute information with own attribute information supported by own printing apparatus to generate a conversion table that is set with a conversion rule for a mismatched attribute. A processing management unit sends the job to the other print server to request for processing based on generated conversion table so that the job is to be printed by the other printing apparatuses.
US12267463B2
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an adaptive filter and a double talk detector in communication with the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter is to calculate a transfer function with coefficients for a particular time that is applied to an output signal of a microphone to cancel echoes caused by a reference signal in the output signal of the microphone. The double talk detector is to determine a peak of the coefficients, detect double talk based on a location of the peak of the coefficients, and transmit a pause signal to the adaptive filter in response to detection of the double talk, wherein the pause signal is to pause a calculation of updates to the coefficients by the adaptive filter.
US12267461B2
A computer-implemented method for dynamically prioritizing inbound interactions in a digital multi-channel contact center. The computer-implemented method includes for each inbound interaction via a digital channel: (i) operating an interaction analyzer module to extract one or more metadata parameters from the inbound interaction; (ii) operating a prioritization module to calculate a Digital Interaction Priority Score (DIPS) of the inbound interaction based on the one or more metadata parameters; and (iii) forwarding the DIPS to an interaction distribution module to route the inbound interaction to an agent based on the DIPS. The DIPS is periodically updated until the interaction is assigned to the agent.
US12267459B2
Techniques for managing electronic user profiles are presented herein. An example method includes accessing, from a data structure, a user profile. The user profile can include a profile identifier and a plurality of data fields. The method also includes displaying, on a display device, an interactive user interface. The user interface can include a plurality of user interface action elements. Each of the user interface action elements can be associated with a data field in the data structure. Each of the user interface action elements can also be individually selectable by a respective user action to transmit the associated data field to a remote device. In response to receiving a selection of a user interface action element, the method can further include transmitting the associated data field and the profile identifier to a router configured to send, based on the profile identifier, the associated data field to the remote device.
US12267458B1
A system and method for call placement over a public switched telephone network the system. The system comprising a server designed and configured to: associate, to a first device a second telephone number, wherein the second telephone number is dialed on the first device to establish a first audio call between the first device and the server via a public switched telephone network (PSTN); receive data from the first device; and place a second audio call to a first destination device having a first destination device telephone number, wherein the second audio call is communicated from the server to the first destination device via the PSTN, the second audio call connects the first destination device with the first device and the second audio call causes a predetermined caller ID to be displayed on the first destination device, wherein the predetermined caller ID differs from the first caller ID.
US12267448B2
Provided are a display device and an electronic apparatus. The display device includes a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a sealing member and a fixing member. The fixing member includes a side portion, and the sealing member is clamped with an end of the side portion proximate to the display panel.
US12267446B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing rotates about a first axis of rotation parallel to a first axial direction and the second housing rotates about a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axial direction. The first housing and the second housing form an angle. The hinge structure includes a first arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the first housing, the first arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, a second arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the second housing, the second arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, and a torque structure.
US12267443B2
Methods and devices to enable the splitting of storage and validation functions from mining function in a blockchain network. The storage and validation nodes create candidate blocks and collect block rewards from successfully mined blocks. The mining nodes provide hash power for mining the candidate blocks and received resources from the storage and validation node for successful mining of a candidate block. Atomic exchange mechanisms are described for preventing loss and fraud and minimizing the use of bandwidth by mining nodes.
US12267441B2
Systems, devices, and methods for managing operation of data processing systems are disclosed. To manage operation of the data processing systems, onboarding processes may be performed to conform the operation of the data processing systems to meet the expectations of owners of the data processing systems. During onboarding, keys usable to verify subsequently issued commands may be obtained by the data processing systems. The data processing systems may perform verifications processes for issued commands that rely on a root of trust established with the keys rather than identifies of entities that may issue the commands for command verification.
US12267436B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of data protection on a distributed data storage (DDS) protection network using a distribution protocol. One method includes receiving a digital asset including a dataset and generating a plurality of data structures and a data object based on the dataset. The method further includes storing at least one of the plurality of data structures on a first network node of a plurality of network nodes and configuring the data object in a first block on a network ledger. The method further includes receiving a request associated with the digital asset and generating a new data object associated with the request. The method further includes updating the network ledger to include the new data object, wherein updating includes generating a second block comprising at least the new data object, creating a sub-chain within the network ledger, and updating a present state of the network ledger.
US12267435B2
A cryptocurrency miner includes compute modules and a controller. Each compute module includes a stats store, a manager, and compute engines. The controller is coupled to the compute modules via a serial bus and distributes one or more jobs to the compute modules via the serial bus. Each manager distributes jobs received by its respective compute module among the compute engines of its respective compute module. Each compute engine processes a job and reports a candidate hit found by processing the job. Each manager validates a candidate hit reported by one of the compute engines of its respective compute module, reports the validated candidate hit to the controller; and updates statistical information in the stats store of its respective compute module based on validation of the candidate hit.
US12267434B2
A method includes creating a sample of the generated work, generating a unique identifier, associating the unique identifier with the registration, generating a physical copy of the unique identifier, attaching the physical copy to the sample, taking an image of the sample with the physical copy attached to the sample, and registering the image. The method may further include encrypting a representation of the generated work with a public key. The method may further include transmitting a licensed identifier to a remote data computer system, receiving an occurrence from the remote data computer system, and executing a compensation routine based on the occurrence.
US12267428B2
A mobile device performs authentication with blinded tokens and swaps its international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) value. For authentication with blinded tokens, the mobile device generates a blinded token and provides it to a server to encrypt. To redeem the token, the mobile device unblinds the encrypted blinded token and provides it to the server along with a public key. To complete authentication, the mobile device receives, from the server, a nonce encrypted with the public key and decrypts the nonce with a private key. For swapping its IMSI value, the mobile device retrieves two eSIM profiles with corresponding IMSI values and configures the first of the two profiles as active. In response to a trigger, the mobile device changes the active profile from the first to the second, swaps the first IMSI value with a new IMSI value, and changes the active profile back to the first profile.
US12267410B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing access to tape cartridges at a tape archival service provider. A determination is made as to whether a non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores a key encryption key comprising an encrypted user encryption key associated with a user. In response to determining that the non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores the key encryption key, the key encryption key is decrypted to produce the user encryption key. The user encryption key, resulting from the decrypting, is provided to an encryption engine of the tape drive to encrypt plain-text data read from the tape medium in the tape cartridge with the user encryption key to return to a read request.
US12267409B2
One or more examples relate, generally, to systems, methods and devices for performing authenticated encryption that provides assurance of the authenticity of data through the encryption and decryption processes.
US12267406B2
An automation system includes a first system area including a transmitting redundancy handling device and a second system area including a receiving redundancy handling device. Device obtains a first communication protocol packet with automation application data and a sequence number linked thereto, extracts the sequence number and places it in a destination option header of a first IPv6 packet, which also includes the first communication protocol packet, sends packet to the receiving redundancy handling device, obtains a second communication protocol packet having the same automation application data and sequence number, places the sequence number in a destination option header of a second IPV6 packet also including the second communication protocol packet, and sends packet to device. Device receives the packets, analyses the destination option headers, determines that the sequence number is the same in the packets and discards the first or the second IPv6 packet based on the determination.
US12267401B2
Disclosed is the technology for computer-based “Daily Brief” service, which includes methods and corresponding systems for proactively providing push notifications for users of chat information systems. The push notifications are dynamically generated and presented to the user based on identification of one or more triggering events, which may include predetermined time/date, current geographical location, activity of peers and friends in social media associated with the user, scheduled events, appointments, meetings, emails, instant messages, and many more. The described technology improves the interaction interface between the user and chat information system.
US12267395B2
A system allowing user/system interaction sessions on voice-enabled computing devices (VECDs) to be shifted from a voice-based interface to a non-voice-based (such as a text/web-based) interface. Accordingly, easy and convenient data input, receipt and recognition is provided in a manner that is not likely to frustrate users, that accommodates a broad range of data needs, and/or that avoids confidentiality issues associated with the use of voice input and data security issues associated with the storage of medical/health or other sensitive data. The system recognizes a platform-shifting command via a voice-based interface, gathers any required information (such as a telephone number or e-mail address) for continuing the communications session on another platform, and then sends a text/email/other message including a URL/hyperlink usable to initiate a communications session on a different communications platform and continue a voice-based interaction session on a non-voice-based communications platform.
US12267393B2
A method including receiving, by a processor during communication between a first device and a second device in a mesh network, a first request from the first device to determine a current first communication parameter associated with the first device; determining, by the processor based at least in part on receiving the first request, the current first communication parameter associated with the first device; and transmitting, by the processor to the first device utilizing the current first communication parameter, information indicating the current first communication parameter. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12267385B2
Systems and methods include a system comprising a cloud hub located in a premises. The cloud hub comprises adapters coupled to premises devices, and the cloud hub is configured as a gateway for the premises devices. A virtual gateway is located in a cloud server environment and coupled to the cloud hub. The virtual gateway is configured as a server-side abstraction of the cloud hub. The cloud hub and the virtual gateway are configured as an automation platform that maintains state data of the premises devices, controls interaction among the premises devices, and monitors and manages the premises devices. A security system coupled to the virtual gateway. The security system includes security system components.
US12267383B2
The present disclosure proposes a device. The device according to the present disclosure may include a communication circuit, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The communication circuit may communicate with a server and one or more user terminals on a local network. The one or more memories may store files transmitted to the one or more user terminals via the communication circuit. The one or more processors may control the communication circuit so as to receive information indicating a first file from a first terminal among the one or more user terminals and transmit the information to the server, receive path information regarding a device in which the first file is stored from the server and transmit the path information to the first terminal, and transmit the first file to the first terminal via the local network, in response to a request from the first terminal.
US12267381B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to accessing and interacting with requested web content using a modified web farm framework. A computing platform may receive a consumer request to connect to a virtual workspace. The computing platform may parse the consumer request to identify a cookie that contains server connections details associated with the virtual workspace. The computing platform may transmit the cookie to the consumer and may receive, from the consumer, a request to connect to a pod and a server that host the virtual workspace. The computing platform may monitor a server connection between the consumer and the virtual workspace to determine whether the server connection was lost and/or terminated. Based on determining the server connection was lost and/or terminated, the computing platform may transmit a notification to the consumer indicating the same. The computing platform may receive, from the consumer, a request to initiate a server re-connection loop.
US12267372B2
Methods and systems are described herein for enabling permissible interactions with applications shared during communication sessions. The system may detect, by a communication application on a first device during a communication session, activation of a sharing function on a second device. The sharing function may enable sharing of a shared application via the communication application. The system may determine one or more permissible interactions for the first device to perform with one or more portions of the shared application. Based on user input received by the first device, the system may detect an interaction with a portion of the shared application. The system may determine whether the interaction is a permissible interaction for the shared application. In response to determining that the interaction is permissible, the system may perform an action on the portion of the shared application on the first device.
US12267371B2
A session border controller has a processor operable to receive a message from a connected peer node. The processor inputs the message to a Message Manipulation Function, MMF, which identifies the message as a SIP message, and in response obtains external state data associated with the message from a source independent from the message. The external state data is provided to the MMF. The SIP message is modified using the MMF according to one or more conditions or rules associated with the received external state data; and the modified message is output.
US12267364B2
A software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) environment that leverages network virtualization management deployment is provided. Edge security services managed by the network virtualization management deployment are made available in the SD-WAN environment. Cloud gateways forward SD-WAN traffic to managed service nodes to apply security services. Network traffic is encapsulated with corresponding metadata to ensure that services can be performed according to the desired policy. Point-to-point tunnels are established between cloud gateways and the managed service nodes to transport the metadata to the managed service nodes using an overlay logical network. Virtual network identifiers (VNIs) in the metadata are used by the managed service nodes to identify tenants/policies. A managed service node receiving a packet uses provider service routers (T0-SR) and tenant service routers (T1-SRs) based on the VNI to apply the prescribed services for the tenant, and the resulting traffic is returned to the cloud gateway that originated the traffic.
US12267352B2
Methods and systems for securing an application programming interface (API) are presented. The method comprises: receiving API workflow data associated with an API testing tool and generating a scan configuration file using the API workflow data; crawling the collection of API requests by identifying and retrieving a link associated with the collection of API requests; and crawling the link to generate a crawled link response. The method also includes executing one or more vulnerability tests on the crawled link response including applying at least one passive detection rule to the crawled link response and fuzzing the link. The fuzzed link may be transmitted in a request to an application server following which scan data indicative of at least one vulnerability associated with a response from the application server may be generated. The scan data may be used to generate a vulnerability report.
US12267345B1
Using user feedback for attack path analysis in an anomaly detection framework, including: performing an attack path analysis for a cloud deployment; receiving, from a user, user feedback for an attack vector of the attack path analysis; and initiating, based on the user feedback, a workflow for modifying one or more parameters for generating the attack path analysis.
US12267341B2
A method including analyzing affected data known to include harmful content, and clean data known to be free of the harmful content; determining, based on analyzing the affected data and the clean data, harmful traits that appear in the affected data with a frequency that satisfies a threshold frequency, and clean traits that appear in the clean data with the frequency that satisfies the threshold frequency; mixing the harmful traits and the clean traits to determine a mixed set; analyzing the affected data based on utilizing the mixed set to determine a harmful pattern that indicates characteristics associated with the harmful traits and the clean traits; and transmitting pattern information indicating the harmful pattern to enable the user device to determine whether given data includes the harmful content is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12267336B2
Dynamic multi-network security controls are provided herein. A method can include receiving a report of malicious network traffic observed by first network equipment operating in a first communication network, where the report indicates a second communication network distinct from the first communication network as an originating network of the malicious network traffic, identifying second network equipment operating in the second communication network as a source of the malicious network traffic, and based on the identifying, blocking communications from the second network equipment for a defined time interval.
US12267334B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating self-managed trust in Internet-of-Things networks are disclosed herein. An example method of trust management at a network manager includes enrolling a network endpoint with a network managed by the network manager. The example method also includes receiving trusted reference information for the network endpoint based on enrolling the network endpoint. Additionally, the example method includes performing verification of the network endpoint based on at least one of the trusted reference information or an attestation received from the network endpoint. Further, the example method includes enforcing policies to the network endpoint based on a result of the verification. Such trust management may improve privacy and security at the network, as well as reduce latency in responding to trust incidents.
US12267332B1
Methods and systems are described herein for generating and assigning resources based on timestamps. A plurality of permission messages associated with a plurality of authorization events may be received with each permission message including an authorization timestamp indicating a generation time of a corresponding permission message. In addition, a plurality of data records may be received with each data record including a corresponding plurality of parameters. Based on the permission messages and the data records, a resource multiplier is generated, and resources assigned to each data record are multiplied based on the resource multiplier.
US12267326B2
A system and method for performing authorization based active inspection of network paths for a resource, deployed in a cloud computing environment, includes receiving at least one network path to access the resource, wherein the resource is a cloud object deployed in the cloud computing environment, and potentially accessible from a network which is external to the cloud computing environment; and actively inspecting the at least one network path to determine if the resource is accessible through the at least one network path from a network external to the cloud computing environment and requires access authorization.
US12267325B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: initiating, by an executable agent within a secure executable container executed by a network device, a monitoring of a network-based service between the network device and a second network device having a two-way trusted relationship with the network device within a secure peer-to-peer data network, the network-based service based on a securely-stored secure data structure or a securely-transmitted secure data structure in the secure peer-to-peer data network; executing, by the executable agent, a secure machine learning operation based on one or more user actions associated with the network-based service, wherein the secure executable container prevents any access of any unencrypted data structure, or accessing the secure peer-to-peer data network, without authorized access via a prescribed Application Programming Interface (API); and autonomically executing, by the executable agent, an improved operation for the network-based service based on the machine learning.
US12267324B2
Authorization for access to an application server and associated communication service can be desirably managed. When a device attempts to access an application server and service, an authorization server generates an encrypted token, comprising device identifier information, and communicates the token to the device. The device communicates the token to the application server. The application server communicates the token to the authorization server. The authorization server determines whether the device is validated to access the application server and service based on the encrypted token, private decryption key, and initialization vector, and based on subscriber-related information. The authorization server does not share the private decryption key or initialization vector with the application server. If validated, the authorization server communicates validation-related information, including a permitted portion of subscriber-related information, to the application server. If not validated, the authorization server communicates not-validated information to the application server.
US12267323B2
A vehicle authentication control apparatus comprises an information acquisition unit for acquiring, via an in-vehicle communication network, authenticated information, which is first format information generated by a first authentication method transmitted by at least one vehicle control unit mounted on a vehicle, authentication processing unit for executing authentication processing on the authenticated information, and an information transmitting unit for transmitting, via the in-vehicle communication network to another vehicle control unit, a result of the authentication processing, wherein the in-vehicle communication network has a plurality of vehicle control units physically connected thereto, and authenticated information generated by the first authentication method and second format information generated by a method different from the first authentication method are communicated therethrough, and the first authentication method is for executing authentication processing based on an actual data portion and an authenticator portion included in the authenticated information, and a preset encryption key.
US12267320B2
In some implementations, a system may receive interaction request data indicating a request by a first user to perform a requested interaction via a user account, wherein the first user is associated with the user account. The interaction request data may indicate a first user identifier and first user biometric authentication data associated with the first user. The system may identify a second user identifier associated with a second user associated with the user account. If the system determines that an authorization condition is satisfied, the system may transmit, to a second user device associated with the second user, a second user authentication. The system may receive, from the second user device, second user biometric authentication data associated with the second user. The system may authorize the requested interaction based on receiving the second user biometric authentication data within a time threshold after a request time associated with the request.
US12267318B2
A method for securing operations is described. In this method a user requests that a service provider device perform an operation, the service provider device transmitting to a certification device a request to validate the requested operation while indicating a key associated with the user. The certification device identifies the user associated with the key and transmits a dynamic code request to the user. A device that generates dynamic codes assigned to the user generates a first version of the dynamic code and transmits it to the certification device, which compares it with a second version of the code in order to decide whether it would or would not be appropriate to inform the service provider device that the requested operation has been validated.
US12267308B2
A method and system for transmission of digital content via e-mail with point of use digital rights management is disclosed. The secured access rights to the digital content may be customized for individual recipients by the sender, and may evolve over time. The access rights are enforced according to a time-dependent scheme. A key server is used to arbitrate session keys for the encrypted content, eliminating the requirement to exchange public keys prior to transmission of the digital content. During the entire process of transmitting and receiving e-mail messages and documents, the exchange of cryptographic keys remains totally transparent to the users of the system. Additionally, electronic documents may be digitally signed with authentication of the signature.
US12267303B2
A structural encoding unit and an error correction decoding unit are divided. The structure encoding unit is divided into input branch processor and an input proxy processor; and the error correction decoding unit is divided into an output routing processor, an output proxy processor, an adjudication branch processor, an adjudication proxy processor and a voting processor. The input branch processor is used for duplicating and distributing messages, the arbitration branch processor is used for duplicating and distributing data, the voting processor is used for performing voting, and the output routing processor is used for selecting an output result from processing results of the output proxy processor according to a voting result of the voting processor.
US12267301B2
A method for automatically securing endpoint device data communications includes establishing, between a first server and an endpoint device, a persistent virtual private network (VPN) connection, the endpoint device configured to automatically establish the persistent VPN connection upon establishing network connectivity. The first server provides, for the endpoint device, a network address translation (NAT) firewall service. The first server receives a plurality of data packets from a third computing device. The first server inspects each of the received plurality of data packets. The first server determines whether to block one of the plurality of data packets or to forward the one of the plurality of data packets to the second computing device. The first server blocks the one of the plurality of data packets based upon a determination that the one of the plurality of data packets fails to satisfy a security rule.
US12267299B2
A device configured to receive a data sample about a configuration for one or more network devices in a public network. The device is further configured to compare one or more threat indicators to the data sample where each threat indicator is associated with a configuration setting. The device is further configured to identify a first network device in the public network that comprises a configuration that matches a threat indicator and to generate a bad actor profile for the first network device. The device is further configured to receive data traffic for a second network device in a private network and to block data communications between the second network device in the private network and the first network device in the public network in response to determining that the first network device is associated with the bad actor profile.
US12267298B2
Techniques for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions includes encapsulating an original traffic header for a monitored flow from/to a host or a container; rerouting the flow from the host or the container to a security platform of a security service; performing security analysis at the security platform using the original traffic header; and rerouting the flow back to the host or the container for routing to an original destination based on the original traffic header.
US12267297B1
A security apparatus for a local network is in communication with an external electronic communication system and a first electronic device. The apparatus includes a memory device configured to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor in operable communication with the memory device. The processor is configured to implement the stored computer-executable instructions to cause the apparatus to determine a complexity score for the first electronic device, establish a behavioral pattern for the first electronic device operating within the local network, calculate a confidence metric for the first electronic device based on the determined complexity score and the established behavioral pattern, and control access of the first electronic device to the external electronic network according to the calculated confidence metric.
US12267296B2
A relay node may detect conflicts regarding media access control (MAC) addresses. A source node may send a request to the relay node. The request may be a request to establish communications with a target node. The source may send, to the relay node, an indication of the MAC address of the source node. The source node may receive a reject message from the relay node. The reject message may comprise an indication of a conflict associated with the MAC address of the source node.
US12267295B2
A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving context information from infrastructure equipment and selecting a SLAP quadrant for MAC address allocation. The selecting may be based on the context information received from the infrastructure equipment, which may be a bootstrapping server for the WTRU. The method may further comprise transmitting, to a DHCP server, a DHCP message indicating the selected SLAP quadrant. In response to the transmitted DHCP message, a MAC address may be received and configured to the WTRU. Context information includes, but is not limited to, a number of nodes in a network, a type of network deployment, a type of network, a mobility configuration, a type of device management, a battery lifetime, a location or privacy configuration.
US12267290B2
An electronic information system which enables email based transactions comprises an information database storing information regarding a plurality of individuals in a group and selections available to individuals in the group. A first email message with a mailto hyperlink having a plurality of fields including actionable parameter is generated and sent. A reply email message is received in response to selection of the mailto hyperlink. The received email message includes the plurality of fields and the actionable parameter that indicates that a specific selection has been made. A processor performs the action indicated by the actionable parameter in response to the received email message, including updating the information database to indicate the specific selection that has been made.
US12267284B2
In an example embodiment a mechanism for consumer group versioning is introduced. Here, each application runtime provides a version for any consumer group during its deployment and keeps increasing the version whenever there is an enhancement or bug fix. Thus, both the application and the consumer group will have a version. Once it is recognized that a consumer group assigned to partitions in a topic has an outdated consumer group version number (i.e., a consumer group with the same name/application but a later consumer group version number has been registered with the message broker), the old consumer group is disconnected immediately. This allows the message broker to immediately assign partitions to the consumers in the newer consumer group, thus avoiding the aforementioned delays and associated technical problems.
US12267275B2
A reference signal configuration determining method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: a network device determines a first configuration for sending an aperiodic reference signal by a to-be-positioned terminal; and the network device sends the first configuration to a location management function. The network device is a serving base station of a terminal. The serving base station of the terminal may determine an aperiodic reference signal configuration of the terminal at any time. The first configuration of the aperiodic reference signal is sent to the location management function, so that the location management function can be notified of the aperiodic reference signal configuration in time. According to the application, the location management function obtains positioning measurement information from a measurement network element based on the first configuration, thereby optimizing an uplink positioning technology and improving uplink positioning accuracy.
US12267272B2
A scheduling method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes: sending downlink control information DCI for scheduling N physical channels, where the DCI includes first indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate a resource allocation set, the resource allocation set is used to determine transmission parameters of the N physical channels, configuration of the resource allocation set includes a dedicated transmission parameter group corresponding to a physical channel, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US12267271B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for discontinuation of repetitions of downlink communications based on an indication provided as part of a network access procedure. The discontinuation or repetitions may be responsive to a presence of one or more enhancement techniques that provide for higher likelihood of successful communications with fewer instances of downlink transmissions, such as one or more reference signal transmissions that are associated with the network access procedure. A base station may transmit an indication of a termination of a downlink communication, which reduces a number of repetitions of the downlink communication. The indication of the termination may be an indication that a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a sounding reference signal (SRS) is scheduled before or during the network access procedure.
US12267254B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for distributing decentralized compute resources. Compute resource metadata that identifies a set of decentralized compute resources can be received. A request to use one or more compute resources can be received. A digital twin can be generated. The digital twin can facilitate identification of a particular compute resource, and the digital twin can be representative of potential interactions between a receiver entity and a set of provider entities. An interaction can be initiated between the receiver entity and a particular provider entity. The interaction may involve allocating the particular compute resource from the particular provider entity to the receiver entity in response to the request.
US12267252B2
Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
US12267251B2
Methods and apparatus for identifying multiple resources of a storage network for data retrieval are disclosed. In various embodiments, a determination is made to retrieve an encoded data slice from the storage network. Based on configuration information for the storage network, one or more configurations are identified, including a current configuration. For the identified configurations, ranked scoring information relating to the encoded data slice is determined for a plurality of resources associated with the identified configurations. Based on the ranked scoring information, a resource is selected for each of the identified configurations. In addition, a retrieval likelihood level for the data slice is determined for each of the selected resources. Based on the likelihood levels for the selected resources, one or more of the selected resources are identified for encoded data slice retrieval and read slice requests are issued to the one or more selected resources.
US12267250B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for WAN (wide area network) optimization for a WAN that connects multiple sites, each of which has at least one router. At a gateway router deployed to a public cloud, the method receives from at least two routers at least two sites, multiple data streams destined for a particular centralized datacenter. The method performs a WAN optimization operation to aggregate the multiple streams into one outbound stream that is WAN optimized for forwarding to the particular centralized datacenter. The method then forwards the WAN-optimized data stream to the particular centralized datacenter.
US12267245B2
Described embodiments improve the performance of a computer network via selectively forwarding packets to bypass quality of service (QoS) processing, avoiding processing delays during critical periods of high demand, increasing throughput and efficiency may be increased by sacrificing a small amount of QoS accuracy. QoS processing may be applied to a subset of packets of a flow or connection, referred to herein as “lazy” processing or lazy byte batching. Packets that bypass QoS processing may be immediately forwarded with the same QoS settings as packets of the flow for which QoS processing is applied, resulting in tremendous overhead savings with only minimal decline in accuracy. In case of backlog, packets may be collected together into an aggregated or ‘uber’ packet, with QoS processing applied based on a virtual size of the aggregated packet.
US12267234B2
Transmitting sampled flows in datagrams to a collector includes adding entropy to the headers of the UDP packets that encapsulate the datagrams. The entropy, for example, can be a timestamp associated with a sampled data packet contained in the datagram. Each UDP packet is transmitted on a data patch selected from among a plurality of data paths using at least the UDP header. The entropy in each UDP header serves to spread the transmission of UDP packets across the plurality of data paths.
US12267229B2
Data-driven intelligent networking systems and methods are provided. The system can accommodate dynamic traffic with fast, effective endpoint congestion detection and control. The system can maintain state information of individual packet flows, which can be set up or released dynamically based on injected data. Each flow can be provided with a flow-specific input queue upon arriving at a switch. Packets of a respective flow can be acknowledged after reaching the egress point of the network, and the acknowledgement packets can be sent back to the ingress point of the flow along the same data path. As a result, each switch can obtain state information of each flow and perform flow control on a per-flow basis.
US12267219B2
Assigning support tickets to support agents is described. A system receives support tickets and trains a machine-learning model to identify support agents who had experiences resolving support tickets of multiple complexities. The system receives a support ticket, identifies a topic of the support ticket, and estimates a complexity of the support ticket. The system identifies support agents who have skills handling the topic of the support ticket. The machine-learning model identifies support agents who have experiences resolving support tickets of the estimated complexity. The system projects workload availabilities, of identified support agents, for the support ticket. The system generates support agent scores based on the skills handling the topic, the experiences resolving support tickets of the estimated complexity, and the projected workload availabilities for the support ticket. The system assigns, based on the support agent scores, the support ticket to an identified support agent.
US12267210B2
Technologies for optimizing post-FEC bit error rate performance of a Forward Error Correction (FEC) system are described. A controller is coupled to an FEC circuit and a receiver circuit. The controller receives FEC symbol error data from the FEC circuit and determines, using the FEC symbol error data, a post-FEC correlated performance metric indicative of an estimated post-FEC BER of the FEC circuit. The controller adjusts, based on the post-FEC correlated performance metric, at least one of a FEC parameter of the FEC circuit or a link parameter of the receiver circuit to decrease the estimated post-FEC BER. This improves the post-FEC BER performance of the FEC circuit.
US12267195B2
A computer-implemented method for operating a receiving device includes receiving a configuration for a first signal, wherein the first signal is configured for transmission in a first subcarrier spacing, wherein symbols of the first signal are each repeated an integer number of times, and wherein the integer number is equal to a ratio of a second subcarrier spacing to the first subcarrier spacing, and receiving the first signal in accordance with the second subcarrier spacing.
US12267191B2
Proposed are an apparatus and a method for correcting a communication frequency of an electronic detonator, and the apparatus includes a communication packet reception part configured to receive communication packets generated at a preset frequency transmitted from a main control device, an oscillation frequency determination part configured to determine an oscillation frequency of an oscillator mounted in an MCU of an electronic detonator by referring to received communication packets, and an oscillation frequency correction part configured to analyze the communication packets by correcting a shift of a determined oscillation frequency.
US12267188B2
Methods and systems are presented for correcting interference to audio transmissions containing data. In one embodiment, a method is presented that includes receiving an audio transmission that includes data modulated onto an audio carrier signal. A first portion of the audio transmission may be detected that includes predetermined frequencies that are produced at predetermined times. The method may further include determining a frequency distribution for the predetermined frequencies and identifying magnitudes of the predetermined frequencies within the frequency distribution. A second portion of the audio transmission may then be equalized according to the magnitudes of the predetermined frequencies.
US12267187B1
This disclosure provides a split-path equalizer and a clock recovery circuit. More particularly, clock recovery operation is enhanced, particularly at high-signaling rates, by separately equalizing each of a data path and an edge path. In specific embodiments, the data path is equalized in a manner that maximizes signal-to-noise ratio and the edge path is equalized in a manner that emphasizes symmetric edge response for a single unit interval and zero edge response for other unit intervals (e.g., irrespective of peak voltage margin). Such equalization tightens edge grouping and thus enhances clock recovery, while at the same time optimizing data-path sampling. Techniques are also disclosed for addressing split-path equalization-induced skew.
US12267185B2
A method for verifying an alarm condition in an environmental sensing system includes monitoring data received from environmental sensors; detecting anomalous data received from one of the plurality of environmental sensors; determining the context in which the anomalous data was acquired is consistent with typical usage activities; and providing an alarm condition alert when the determined context is not consistent with typical activities. A system for intelligently monitoring environmental conditions includes environmental sensors configured to monitor first and second environmental conditions and to communicate with an intelligent analysis module. The intelligent analysis module is configured with logic to determine whether anomalous data has been collected by the environmental sensors, to determine the context in which the anomalous data was collected, to determine whether the anomalous data can be attributed to a routine activity, and to provide an alarm condition if the anomalous data cannot be attributed to a routine activity.
US12267161B2
Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media are disclosed. In an example method, segmentation of to-be-encoded information bits of a length N into respective quantities of different types of segments is performed. The different types of segments are among (b−a+1) types of segments that correspond to (b−a+1) different segment code lengths. The (b−a+1) types of segments comprise a minimum-length segment that has the minimum segment code length of 2{circumflex over ( )}a and a maximum-length segment that has the maximum segment code length of 2{circumflex over ( )}b. The respective quantities of the different types of segments are determined based on the length N and a code rate in an orderly manner, wherein the orderly manner comprises firstly determining a quantity of the maximum-length segments and lastly determining a quantity of the minimum-length segments. Polar code encoding is performed on the respective quantities of the different types of segments of the to-be-encoded information bits.
US12267158B2
A service packet transmission method and apparatus, the method including receiving, by the source mobile edge computing network element, after a source mobile edge computing network element receives a second uplink service packet, a first uplink service packet sent by a source user plane network element and that is from a target user plane network element, where the second uplink service packet is the last uplink service packet sent by the source mobile edge computing network element to a source application server, sending, by the source mobile edge computing network element, the first uplink service packet to a target mobile edge computing network element, and sending, by the source mobile edge computing network element, first indication information to the target mobile edge computing network element, the first indication information indicating that the sending of the first uplink service packet by the source mobile edge computing network element ends.
US12267152B2
The present disclosure provides a synchronization circuit, including M group synchronization signal generating circuits and a node synchronization signal generating circuit. For the synchronization circuit provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, synchronization indication signals can be separately generated by a plurality of group synchronization signal generating circuits, so as to drive a node synchronization signal generating circuit to generate synchronization signals, thereby efficiently implementing synchronization control over a plurality of nodes in a multi-node environment.
US12267149B2
A method of providing channel content in a broadcast content reception and distribution system includes: receiving, by a broadcast content reception device, information that identifies a channel that provides channel content, from a content player device; receiving, by the broadcast content reception device, a signal that transmits the channel content, from an antenna; receiving, by the broadcast content reception device, information that indicates a signal strength corresponding to the channel based on the signal that transmits the channel content received from the antenna; determining, by the broadcast content reception device, that the signal strength is less than or equal to a threshold value based on the information that indicates the signal strength; and transmitting, by the broadcast content reception device, a message to the content player device in response to the determining that the signal strength is less than or equal to the threshold value.
US12267148B2
The invention refers to wireless safety systems and it relates to a method for transmitting data by a sensor of a wireless safety system that enables to transmit massive data to large distances (up to 2000 m). Also, a wireless safety system for implementation of the described method is proposed.
US12267138B2
A method performed by a node, for handling beamforming beams. The node operates in a wireless communications network. The node establishes that at least two beams in a first set of beams transmitted by one or more first radio network nodes are overlapping. The establishing is based on information comprising at least one of: i) a first indication of a first result of one or more measurements performed by one or more wireless devices on the first set of beams, and ii) a report having a second result of a determination that the at least two beams in the first set of beams are overlapping. The node also provides a second indication to at least one of: the node, the one or more second radio network nodes, and the one or more wireless devices. The second indication is based on the established overlap.
US12267135B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communications apparatus. One example method includes determining a plurality of frequency domain units on which reporting of a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) is based in reporting bandwidth. The plurality of frequency domain units include one or more first frequency domain units and third frequency domain units obtained by dividing one or more second frequency domain units. A granularity of the first frequency domain unit is less than a preconfigured first granularity, a granularity of the second frequency domain unit is a first granularity, and a granularity of the third frequency domain unit is a predetermined second granularity. The first granularity is a granularity preconfigured for reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI), a second granularity is a granularity predetermined for reporting the PMI, and the second granularity is less than the first granularity.
US12267134B2
A terminal, as disclosed, includes: a processor that, for a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) transmitted from a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs), respectively, controls transmission of capability information for indicating a first maximum number regarding a number of layers per PDSCH and a second maximum number regarding a total number of layers of the plurality of PDSCHS; and a receiver that receives the plurality of PDSCHs. The processor controls reporting of a single channel state information (CSI) for the plurality of TRPs, the single CSI indicating a first rank and a second rank that are determined according to a set of ranks based on higher layer signaling. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
US12267132B2
This application provides channel state information reporting methods and communications apparatuses. One method includes: generating first indication information and a plurality of groups of second indication information, where the first indication information indicates a plurality of frequency domain component vectors, each group in the plurality of groups of second indication information corresponds to a spatial layer and a plurality of spatial domain component vectors and constructs precoding vectors of the spatial layer in a plurality of frequency bands, and each piece of second indication information in each group corresponds to a spatial domain component vector in the plurality of spatial domain component vectors and indicates at least one of the plurality of frequency domain component vectors that corresponds to the spatial domain component vector; and sending the first indication information and the second indication information.
US12267116B2
OFDM-BPSK symbol sequences are used for mutual-coupling based phase array calibration. Such substitution allows phase to be estimated more accurately using a given estimation duration without compromising other estimates (amplitude and group delay) accuracies.
US12267113B1
An optical power and data delivery system includes an optical base station and an autonomous wireless hotspot device. The optical base station includes routers, a media converter device, a optical data transceiver configured to transmit the received data laser light beams; one or more power laser devices configured to transmit a plurality of power laser light beams, a beam combining device to generate and transmit combined power and data laser light beams through a first optical antenna. The autonomous wireless hotspot device includes a second optical antenna configured to receive the combined data and power laser light beams, an optical dividing device, a optical data transceiver, a media converter device and wireless communication transceivers to transmit wireless data signals and one or more laser power converters to receive the power laser light beams and to convert the power laser light beams into electrical energy.
US12267108B2
A system for routing signals in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes one or more Base Band Units (BBUs). Each of the one or more BB Us has one or more digital outputs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Multiplexer Units (DMUs) coupled to each other and operable to route signals between the plurality of DMUs. Each of the plurality of DMUs is operable to receive one or more digital inputs from the one or more BBUs. The system further includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DMUs and operable to transport signals between the plurality of DRUs and one or more of the plurality of DMUs.
US12267106B2
A method including transmitting an intensity-modulated light through a mode conditioner to generate a mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light in one or a plurality of launch conditions and transmitting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light through a multimode optical fiber under test (FUT) to excite a plurality of modes of the FUT. The method further includes converting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light transmitted through the FUT into an electrical signal, measuring, based on the electrical signal, a complex transfer function CTF(f) of the FUT, and obtaining an output pulse based on the measured complex transfer function CTF(f) from one or a plurality of launch conditions and an assumed input pulse using the equation: Pout (t)=−1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))). Wherein, Pout (t) is the output pulse, −1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))) is the inverse Fourier transform of the function CTF(f)*(Pin (t)), and (Pin(t)) is the Fourier transform of the assumed input pulse. Additionally, the method includes calculating modal bandwidth of the FUT based on Pout(t).
US12267101B2
Access Point ranging and placement on a floorplan may be provided. A host AP may range each neighbor AP of the host AP. One or more neighbor APs that failed ranging with the host AP may be categorized in a failed neighbor AP list. The host AP may re-range each of the one or more neighbor APs in the failed neighbor AP list with a modified ranging parameter. At least one neighbor AP of the one or more neighbor APs may be categorized in the failed neighbor AP list that succeeded in re-ranging with the host AP in an extended range neighbor AP list.
US12267095B2
The present invention is an architecture and method for radio frequency (RF) simultaneous transmit and receive applications that uses linear and nonlinear modeling to generate a very accurate, wideband analog signal that cancels self-interference before it is digitized by the receiver. In addition to this digitally assisted analog cancellation, another layer of signal cancellation is provided with digital blind source separation. Adaptive signal processing continuously monitors the level of cancellation and updates the processing to provide optimal performance in changing conditions (e.g., rapidly changing frequency content, signal power, temperature, etc.). Signal cancellation can be performed on extremely broadband signals providing high levels of cancellation, enabling a full-duplex RF transceiver. Furthermore, the present invention optionally includes an external signal canceller for cancelling unknown interference such as jamming.
US12267091B2
A system for communicating pitch selections wirelessly from a wireless transmitter has a coded signal generator that generates coded signals in accordance with selected pitch types. A receiver decodes the received coded signals, selects an audio file based on the received coded signal and generates an audio signal announcing the selected pitch type based on the transmitted selected pitch type in accordance with the received coded signal. The audio signal is transduced by a bone conductor transducer so that the player can hear the announced selected pitch type through bone conduction.
US12267089B2
A computer-implemented method for compressing computer-readable data having improved efficiency can include obtaining, by a computing system including one or more computing devices, input data associated with the computing system; and encoding, by the computing system, the input data and added noise from a noisy channel to produce encoded data based at least in part on an encoder model, wherein encoding the input data and added noise includes additively combining the added noise and the input data to obtain noisy input data and rounding the noisy input data by a soft rounding function, the soft rounding function having a sharpness, to produce the encoded data, wherein the machine-learned encoder model is trained on training data, wherein the training data is encoded with the added noise from the noisy channel.
US12267083B2
A sampling assembly and a sampling method are provided. A self-calibration unit controls a first switch to be turned on, to enable a first sampling signal to be input to a sampling unit. The sampling unit processes the first sampling signal to obtain a second sampling signal, and outputs the second sampling signal to the self-calibration unit. The self-calibration unit controls the first switch to be turned off, controls a second switch to be turned on, and outputs a first calibration signal to the sampling unit. The sampling unit processes the first calibration signal to obtain a second calibration signal, and outputs the second calibration signal to the self-calibration unit. The self-calibration unit determines an error signal based on the first calibration signal and the second calibration signal. The self-calibration unit obtains a calibrated third sampling signal based on the second sampling signal and the error signal.
US12267071B2
Methods and apparatus for a desaturation circuit having a temperature compensated voltage threshold for protecting a power transistor, such as a FET. A comparator module has a first input compared to a voltage source associated with current through the FET and a second input coupled to the voltage threshold circuit. As a resistance of the FET changes due to temperature changes, the voltage threshold changes to compensate for the resistance change of the FET.
US12267068B2
A detection method includes: obtaining periodically and repeatedly sensor values output from a capacitive sensor; determining whether the sensor values obtained exceed threshold Th1; calculating, as first difference value Δ1X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between target sensor value CX and sensor value CX+1 immediately before the target sensor value; calculating, as second difference value Δ2X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between (i) first difference value Δ1X of target sensor value CX and (ii) first difference value Δ1X+1 of sensor value CX+1 immediately before target sensor value CX; comparing each of second difference values Δ2X calculated and threshold Th2, and selecting one sensor value CRet based on a result of the comparing; and outputting the one sensor value CRet selected.
US12267064B2
Acoustic filters are disclosed. A filter device includes a plurality of resonators connected in a ladder filter circuit, each resonator of the plurality of resonators comprising an interdigital transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers disposed on a respective piezoelectric diaphragm. A first frequency setting dielectric layer having a first thickness is disposed over the interleaved fingers of one or more IDTs of a first subset of the plurality of resonators. A second frequency setting dielectric layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness is disposed over the interleaved fingers of one or more IDTs of a second subset of the plurality of resonators, wherein the first subset and the second subset are not identical.
US12267063B2
An apparatus is disclosed for harmonic reduction with filtering. In example aspects, the apparatus includes a filter circuit with first and second filter ports, first and second lattice filters, and first and second signal manipulator circuits. The first signal manipulator circuit includes a first port, a second port, and a third port coupled to the first filter port. The first signal manipulator circuit splits an input signal into multiple split signals, shifts a phase thereof to produce at least one phase-shifted split signal, and provides the phase-shifted split signal to the first and second ports. The first lattice filter is coupled to the first port, and the second lattice filter is coupled to the second port. The second signal manipulator circuit includes a first port coupled to the first lattice filter, a second port coupled to the second lattice filter, and a third port coupled to the second filter port.
US12267046B2
A power amplifier system having a carrier amplifier having a first supply node, a peaking amplifier having a second supply node, and envelope tracking (ET) circuitry is disclosed. The ET circuitry has a first tracking amplifier that generates a first voltage signal at the first supply node, a second tracking amplifier that generates a second voltage signal at the second supply node, and a transistor coupled between the first supply node and the second supply node. A control circuit has a first input coupled to an output of both or either of the first tracking amplifier and the second tracking amplifier and a control output terminal coupled to a control input terminal of the transistor, wherein the control circuit is configured to progressively turn on the transistor to pass current from the first supply node to the second supply node as the peaking amplifier progressively becomes active.
US12267036B2
A method for controlling fans arranged in different working areas comprises: presetting a plurality of fan operation frequencies, receiving a fan operation request and adjusting a frequency of a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller to a first objective frequency based on the fan operation request, and sending the first objective frequency to the fans arranged in different working areas, to drive a first fan arranged in a first objective working area to run. Each of the plurality of fan operation frequencies corresponds to different working areas, the first objective frequency is one of the plurality of fan operation frequencies, and the first objective working area is one of the plurality of working areas corresponding to the first objective frequency. A system for controlling fans and an electronic device are also disclosed.
US12267034B2
In response to a rising edge on an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a method includes starting a first counter, resetting a second counter, and forcing a second PWM signal to a logic low level. In response to the first counter reaching a first match value, the method includes asserting a rising edge on a first PWM signal. In response to a falling edge on the input PWM signal, the method further includes causing a falling edge of the first PWM signal, resetting the first counter, and starting the second counter. In response to the second counter reaching a second match value, the method includes asserting a rising edge of the second PWM signal.
US12267033B2
A motor drive system includes a battery, double-stator axial gap motors, inverter circuits configured to control power running drive and regenerative drive of the double-stator axial gap motors, step-up/step-down circuits configured to adjust at least voltage of regeneratively generated power of the double-stator axial gap motors, and one or more control devices configured to control drive of the inverter circuits and the step-up/step-down circuits. Each of the double-stator axial gap motors includes two stators. Each of the inverter circuits are connected to a respective one of the two stators. The inverter circuits are connected in series. A single step-up/step-down circuit among the step-up/step-down circuit is provided for each of the axial gap motors. The single step-up/step-down circuit provided for each of the axial gap motors is connected to one of two inverter circuits connected to the two stators among the inverter circuits.
US12267032B2
A dual inverter open winding machine for a vehicle. The machine may include an electric motor, a first energy source, a first inverter, a second energy source, and a second inverter. The first inverter may include a plurality of first switches independently operable between an opened position and a closed position to selectively connect and disconnect a first direct current (DC) port and a first alternating current (AC) port with one or more of the first energy source, the first inverter, and the motor. The second inverter may include a plurality of second switches independently operable between an opened position and a closed position to selectively connect and disconnect a second DC port and a second AC port with one or more of the second energy source, the second inverter, and the motor.
US12267030B2
Techniques for managing a distributed control system for a motor control switch are described. A request to implement a first controller for a motor control switch is received. Embodiments determine a plurality of functional modules for the first controller. Each of the plurality of functional modules comprises an instance of computer logic configured to perform a respective function. A respective Motor Control Function Set (MCFS) for performing the respective function of each of the plurality of functional modules is determined. One or more of a plurality of configurable hardware blocks are allocated to each of the plurality of functional modules. Embodiments configure each of the plurality of configurable hardware blocks based on the MCFS of the functional module to which the respective configurable hardware block is allocated. The configured plurality of configurable hardware blocks is executed as a distributed system to control the motor control switch.
US12267025B2
An energy generation device Including: a surface for supporting movement of a work material, and an energy converter. The surface is operable to induce movement of the work material relative to the surface. The energy converter is arranged to generate electrical energy based on the induced movement of the work material relative to the surface.
US12267018B2
Provided by the present disclosure are a power supply circuit and a charging device. The power supply circuit comprises a pulse transformer circuit and a first power supply conversion circuit. The pulse transformer circuit comprises a pulse transformer and a switch control circuit; a primary winding of the pulse transformer is connected to a power supply and is connected to the switch control circuit, and the switch control circuit is used to modulate the voltage on the primary winding into a pulse voltage; and the input terminal of the first power supply conversion circuit is connected to a secondary winding of the pulse transformer, and is used to transform the voltage on the secondary winding of the pulse transformer into a first preset voltage range when the voltage outputted by the secondary winding exceeds the first preset voltage range, and then output the voltage.
US12267017B2
The monitoring device is configured for monitoring a converter comprising a first and a second input terminals, two output terminals, a first filter branch connected between the input terminals, a second filter branch connected in parallel with the first branch, two switching branches connected in parallel with the second branch, each switching branch including two switching half-branches connected in series and in an intermediate point forming an output terminal. The monitoring device comprises a detection impedance configured for being connected between the first and the second branches, and a detection module configured for comparing the voltage across the detection impedance with a predefined threshold, then for generating a detection signal as soon as said voltage is greater than said threshold.
US12267016B2
A buck-boost converter for converting an input voltage at an input node into an output voltage at an output node, the converter comprising: first and second inductor nodes for connection of an inductor therebetween; a first converter stage coupled between the input node and the first inductor node; and a second converter stage coupled between the second inductor node and the output node, wherein one or more of the first converter stage and the second converter stage comprises a switching network, comprising: a first switch for selectively connecting a first flying capacitor node to a stage input node; a second switch for selectively connecting the first flying capacitor node to a stage output node; a third switch for selectively connecting a second flying capacitor node to the stage output node; and a fourth switch for selectively connecting the second flying capacitor node to a reference voltage, the first and second flying capacitor nodes for connection of a flying capacitor therebetween.
US12267009B2
An air conditioning device includes a buck converter which comprises a switching device, an inductor, a diode and at least one capacitor. The diode is a SiC diode, and the buck converter further includes an attenuator associated to the SiC diode and a ferrite bead associated to the switching device.
US12267008B2
The system response time of a factorized power architecture may be reduced using a high bandwidth accelerator connected in parallel with a low bandwidth switching regulator to feed one or more downstream high bandwidth current multipliers, e.g. at the point of load. The accelerator may use a high speed linear amplifier to drive the factorized bus using stored energy derived from the bus or a low voltage bias supply. The accelerator may alternatively be connected in series between the switching regulator and the downstream current multipliers.
US12267003B2
A power converter that properly copes with the wiring defects on a feedback path is shown. According to a control signal, a power driver couples an input voltage to an energy storage element to provide an output voltage that is down-converted from the input voltage. The output voltage is further converted into a feedback voltage by a feedback circuit, and is entered to an error amplifier with a reference voltage for generation of an amplified error. A control signal generator generates the control signal of the power driver according to the amplified error. The power converter specifically has a comparator, which is enabled in a soft-start stage till the output voltage reaches a stable status. The comparator compares the amplified error with a critical value. When the amplified error exceeds the critical value, the input voltage is disconnected from the energy storage element.
US12266998B2
A stator cooling assembly for a linear motor includes a stator and a modular cooling arrangement. The modular cooling arrangement comprises: a U-shaped fluid cooling pipe having first and second linear segments extending along first and second opposite longitudinal sides of the stator; an inlet and outlet port connected to a free end of the first and second linear segments, respectively, for circulating a cooling fluid; a central cooling arrangement comprising primary cooling units mounted into recesses of the stator; and connecting members connecting the central cooling arrangement to the fluid cooling pipe. Each primary cooling unit comprises a heat pipe having first and second portions extending along a recess of the stator and along a portion of the fluid cooling pipe, respectively. The connecting members connect the second portion of the heat pipe of each primary cooling unit to corresponding portions of the fluid cooling pipe.
US12266997B2
An electric machine includes a housing having an inner surface; and a stator including a stator core mounted in the housing. The stator core includes a plurality of stator windings, a thermal bridge extends between the stator core and the inner surface of the housing. The thermal bridge is formed from a non-magnetic material and includes a plurality of individual thermal bridge elements.
US12266996B2
The present disclosure relates to electrical machines, such as liquid-cooled motors. The liquid-cooled motors can include a stator with cooling tube channels (e.g., corrugated channels) having tubes inserted and expanded. Lamination holes for each lamination in the lamination stack of the stator can have varying diameter along the axial direction to achieve a corrugated internal feature. The tubes for cooling liquid can be fitted in the lamination holes of the stator. In some embodiments, hydraulic expansion expands and plastically deforms the tubes to the contour of the corrugated internal feature of the corrugated channel. In some embodiments, the tube can also be inserted in the corrugated channel and a stator head plate, thereby helping create a compact stator by removing the need for tube connections to connect the corrugated channels.
US12266993B2
A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal.
US12266991B2
Provided is an easily assembled motor. In series coils in a first coil group and a third coil group, a direction of forming a plurality of coils is a first direction (A), and in a series coil in a second coil group, a direction of forming a plurality of coils is a second direction (B). Winding end parts of series coils in the first coil group and winding start parts of series coils in the second coil group are connected, winding end parts of series coils in the third coil group and winding start parts of the series coils in the first coil group are connected, and winding end parts of the series coils in the second coil group and winding end parts of the series coils in the third coil group are connected.
US12266985B2
A motor assembly can include a motor shaft, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, and can include a cooling jacket. The cooling jacket can include an inner wall facing radially inwardly towards the stator assembly and an opposite outer wall facing radially outwardly, a circumferential internal fluid passageway for allowing a cooling fluid to be pumped through an interior of the cooling jacket, the internal fluid passageway being disposed between the inner and outer walls and extending between an inlet and an outlet, a mounting pad receiving, at an opening in the outer wall, a heat generating component associated with the motor assembly, the opening being in fluid communication with the internal fluid passageway such that the cooling fluid can provide cooling to the heat generating component.
US12266959B2
A battery stack includes a plurality of battery management system (BMS) nodes and a controller. Each BMS node includes a battery, an isolation switch configured to selectably isolate the battery of the BMS node from the batteries of the other BMS nodes, and a bypass switch configured to selectably provide a path for electrical current flowing through the battery stack to bypass the battery of the BMS node. The batteries of the BMS nodes are electrically coupled in series. The controller is configured to control the isolation switch and the bypass switch of each BMS node such that the battery of each BMS node can be individually connected to and disconnected from an electrical power source/sink.
US12266957B2
The safety is ensured in such a manner that an abnormality of a secondary battery is detected, for example, a phenomenon that lowers the safety of the secondary battery is detected early and a warning is given to a user. A first protection circuit and a second protection circuit are provided for one secondary battery. The first protection circuit includes a memory circuit including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor. Combination of a plurality of protection circuits enables a complementary double protection system in charging, and the safety can be further enhanced.
US12266955B2
The present application relates to a battery system and a parallelization method and apparatus thereof. The parallelization method of the battery system includes: acquiring voltages of the battery packs respectively; setting a charging priority of each of the battery packs according to a preset rule and the voltages of the battery packs; and controlling the switching circuit corresponding to the battery pack in the highest charging priority to be turned on to connect a charging loop of the battery pack for charging, and if the voltage of the battery pack currently charged is increased to a value close to the voltage of the battery pack in a next charging priority, controlling the switching circuit corresponding to the battery pack in the next charging priority to be turned on.
US12266943B2
A processing unit of a command generation device which is provided separately from a general-purpose inverter, performs following processing. A rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor of a virtual power generator when the virtual power generator is driven according to an active power command based on a rotor model that simulates a driving of the virtual power generator and calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and an active power command. A target determination unit determines a target value of a voltage frequency and a target value of an active power based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. A command generation unit generates a control command for the inverter based on the determined target value of the voltage frequency and the target value of the active power. A time constant relating to a synchronization power of the rotor model matches a time constant relating to a synchronization power of the AC power generator.
US12266934B2
Systems and methods are described herein that improve grid performance by smoothing demand using thermal reserves. The smoothed demand can reduce peak loads as well as the ramp rate of demand that will otherwise require the use of inefficient, expensive generation sources. These improvements are tied to the selective switching on or off electrical loads that are coupled to thermal reserves, effectively using the thermal reserves as an energy storage mechanism. Historical data of past usage can be used to create load model and ensure that effects on customer comfort are minimized while still accomplishing the beneficial effects for the overall grid, which enables grid owners to both reduce their operational cost by avoiding expensive generation and improve system reliability by achieving more predictable power demand.
US12266930B1
A process automation system includes a central controller, a four-conductor, multi-drop bus, 1 to 16 1-5 V field devices, and 1 to 16 coupler boxes, each coupler box connecting a respective field device with the bus. The central controller includes a dual-tone, multiple-frequency (DTMF) encoder and each coupler box includes a DTMF decoder. Each coupler box isolates its associated field device's 1-5 V signal from the bus unless the coupler box is addressed by the central controller via a DTMF signal.
US12266923B2
Systems and methods are provided for a battery management system (BMS) having a protection circuit. In one example, a vehicle battery system may include the BMS, the BMS including a cutoff circuit coupled to a short-circuit protection circuit, and a battery pack, wherein the short-circuit protection circuit may include a diode array, cathodes of the diode array being coupled to a positive terminal post of the battery pack and anodes of the diode array being coupled to a negative terminal post of the battery pack. In some examples, the cutoff circuit may further be coupled to a reverse bias protection circuit including a switchable current path arranged between a control input of the cutoff circuit and an output of the cutoff circuit. In this way, the vehicle battery system may be protected from unexpected voltage conditions via the BMS redirecting and dissipating excess current away from the cutoff circuit.
US12266920B2
The present invention discloses a thermal protection and warning method and system based on junction temperature prediction for a power device of an offshore wind power converter. The method includes: calculating a thermal resistance and a thermal capacitance corresponding to each layer inside the power device, and establishing a corresponding Cauer thermal network model; calculating power consumption at n future moments according to state variables at the n future moments corresponding to a minimized cost function, that is, calculating a variation trajectory of a heat flux parameter; calculating a variation trajectory of a junction temperature of the power device according to the Cauer thermal network model and the variation trajectory of the heat flux parameter; and comparing the calculated variation trajectory of the junction temperature with a warning temperature, and determining a current operating state of the power device.
US12266919B2
The present application relates to a method, circuit, and motor driving system for adaptively adjusting a PWM duty cycle, comprising: sampling a direct current bus voltage and performing a low-pass filtering; determining whether the direct current bus voltage is under-voltage; if yes, entering an under-voltage protection state; and if not, executing the next step; calculating a new duty cycle and a new amplitude; determining whether the new duty cycle is greater than 100%; if yes, applying a weak magnetic control; and if not, adjusting a duty cycle of PWM signals through the new amplitude. Without altering the core current loop, torque loop, or speed loop of the motor driving system, this application adaptively adjusts the PWM duty cycle based on existing sine wave generators and PWM generators, effectively mitigating the impact of direct current bus voltage fluctuations on motor performance, ensuring straightforward operation, and significantly reducing costs.
US12266909B2
Motor control centers have units or buckets with an extendable/retractable power connection (stab) assembly and one or more operating lever interlocks that include a unit latch to latch to a cabinet and a power connection position interlock that blocks the handle of the units or buckets based on position of the power connection assembly, optionally also including a shutter cam that slides a shutter right and left.
US12266908B2
A device includes a multiple-wavelength (e.g., dual wavelength) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array including a first VCSEL set including one or more first VCSEL to emit first VCSEL radiation at a first wavelength, and a second VCSEL set including one or more second VCSEL to emit second VCSEL radiation at a second wavelength different than the first wavelength. The device includes upstream optics to upstream optics to (a) collimate the first VCSEL radiation emitted by the first VCSEL set and (b) collimate the second VCSEL radiation emitted by the second VCSEL set. The device also includes a vapor cell to receive the collimated first VCSEL radiation and the collimated second VCSEL radiation and to provide an output beam as a function of the received collimated first VCSEL radiation and collimated second VCSEL radiation, and measurement circuitry to analyze the output beam provided by the vapor cell.
US12266904B2
A laser device for use with a display including a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The laser device includes a gain section and a modulator. The gain section is electrically coupled with a first current or voltage source. The gain section is configured to selectively amplify an optical power of light reflecting within the gain section based on a first drive current or voltage supplied from the first current or voltage source to the gain section. The modulator is optically coupled with the gain section. The modulator is electrically coupled with a second current or voltage source. The modulator is configured to selectively attenuate or amplify an optical power of light received from the gain section based on a second drive current or voltage supplied from the second current or voltage source to the modulator. Light emitted from the modulator is provided to the display.
US12266903B2
A light emitting device includes: a substrate that is provided with at least a part of a resonant circuit in which resonance occurs; and a light emitting element that emits light in a case where a current in the resonant circuit is supplied, in which the substrate has an electric accumulation layer provided in the resonant circuit and accumulating electric charge, and the resonant circuit is not provided with an electric accumulation element having a thickness larger than a thickness of the electric accumulation layer and accumulating electric charge.
US12266896B2
A connector device includes a connector housing including a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, a plurality of terminals accommodated in the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, and a plurality of electric wires configured to be welded to the respective one of the plurality of terminals. A laser radiation through hole is formed in side walls, each forming the terminal accommodating chambers, the laser radiation through hole being configured to allow the plurality of terminals and the plurality of electric wires to be welded with each other inside the terminal accommodating chambers, and the laser radiation through hole is configured to allow laser light emitted from a laser welding machine disposed outside the connector housing to enter one of the plurality of terminal accommodating chambers.
US12266886B2
A connector assembly includes a connector, a housing having an insertion port, and a waterproof cap detachably attached to the housing to close the insertion port, the waterproof cap having a cap body, a first protruding portion continuously surrounding an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the cap body, and a second protruding portion disposed on a front end side of the cap body in a fitting direction from a position at which the first protruding portion is disposed, when the waterproof cap is attached to the housing, the first protruding portion being press-fitted to the insertion port and contacting an entire periphery of an inner peripheral surface of the insertion port while being elastically compressed, the second protruding portion being inserted into the connector and contacting at least two inner surfaces of the connector facing each other while being elastically compressed.
US12266885B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a plurality of terminal cavities in which electrical terminals attached to wire cables are received, a mat seal formed of a compliant material and having a plurality of seal apertures through which the electrical terminals are inserted into the plurality of terminal cavities, and a seal retainer. The mat seal is disposed between the seal retainer and the connector housing and wherein the seal retainer is connected to the connector housing by a flexible member configured to urge the mat seal into contact with the connector housing and allow longitudinal movement of the seal retainer relative to the connector housing. A method of assembling such an electrical connector is also provided.
US12266878B2
An apparatus comprising an interconnect comprising a conductive core; a first conductive layer connected to the conductive core and extending parallel to the conductive core towards a first end of the conductive core; a second conductive layer connected to the conductive core and extending parallel to the conductive core towards a second end of the conductive core; a first non-conductive layer between the conductive core and the first conductive layer; and a second non-conductive layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US12266876B2
First terminals and second terminals are alternately arranged in the pitch direction. The first terminal has a first mount portion, and the second terminal has a second mount portion. Each of the supporting portions is resiliently deformable at least in part and extends from the first contact portion to support the second contact portion. The second contact portion of each of the first terminals and the second terminals faces the first contact portion in a width direction and is movable in the width direction due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion. In the second terminal, the extension portion extends from the second contact portion, and the second mount portion is formed in a part of the extension portion. The second mount portion is located apart from the first mount portion in the width direction.
US12266868B2
An omni-directional small cell base station antenna includes at least one array of a first frequency on a lower portion of the antenna, at least one second array of a second frequency on an upper portion of the antenna, and at least one third array of a third frequency on the upper portion of the antenna. The second frequency is higher than the first frequency, and the third frequency is higher than the second frequency. The at least one second array at a second frequency includes a plurality of reflector plates with antenna elements of the second frequency thereon, and the at least one third array at a third frequency includes a plurality of reflector plates with antenna elements of the third frequency thereon. The reflector plates of the at least one second array are interspersed between the reflector plates of the at least one third array such that the reflector plates of the second and third arrays alternate around the circumference of the upper portion of the antenna.
US12266863B2
A dielectric substrate includes a plurality of pattern layers. A ground plate to be used as a ground plane is formed in a first pattern layer of the dielectric substrate. A functional unit includes a plurality of conductive patches that are parasitic patterns formed in a second pattern layer different from the first pattern layer. The conductive patches are periodically arranged, and sides of the conductive patches along at least one direction are set at a length to cause resonance of a radio wave that propagates through a surface of the dielectric substrate.
US12266859B2
This specification relates to systems and methods for determining eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a covariance matrix, for example for use in eigen-beamforming in MIMO systems. According to a first aspect of this specification, there is describes a method comprising: receiving an input covariance matrix; and determining one or more eigenvalues and/or eigenvectors of the matrix iteratively using gradient ascent, wherein each iteration of the gradient ascent has a step size, μ, that maximises a Rayleigh quotient along the gradient.
US12266850B2
A system for communicating data over a transmission line is disclosed. In one example implementation, the system may include a transmitter configured to modulate a control signal onto an RF signal using amplitude-shift keying modulation to generate a transmit signal. The system may include a receiver and a transmission line coupling the transmitter to the receiver. The transmitter may be configured to transmit the transmit signal over the transmission line to the receiver, and the receiver may be configured to de-modulate the control signal and extract clock information associated with the transmitter. In some embodiments, the system may include a tuning circuit and a modal antenna, and the tuning circuit may be or include the receiver. The receiver may be configured to adjust a mode of the modal antenna based on the control signal transmitted by the transmitter.
US12266841B2
An antenna for high-frequency based measuring devices for determining a dielectric value of media is based on a high-frequency waveguide. The high-frequency signal is coupled in or out via a coaxial conductor that runs orthogonally through the axis of the high-frequency waveguide for this purpose. The conductor termination for the coaxial conductor extends extensively beyond the high-frequency waveguide in such a way that the coaxial conductor forms a defined capacitance in this region. In this way, the coaxial conductor is optimally matched to the high-frequency waveguide without having to integrate additional electrical components for this purpose.
US12266830B2
Provided is a system for deploying a container from a vehicle. The system includes a container; a reservoir configured to store a substance to be dispensed to the container; and a deployment device configured to transition the container between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, the container is placed external to the vehicle, and in the retracted position, the container is placed internal to the vehicle. The system may further include a dispensing device connected to the reservoir and configured to dispense the substance from the reservoir to the container. Preferably, the vehicle is a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) including a fuel cell stack, and the substance includes wastewater exhaust form the fuel cell stack.
US12266828B2
A composite coating layer for a solid oxide fuel cell member according to the present disclosure includes a nickel layer that coats at least a portion of the surface of the solid oxide fuel cell member, and a lanthanum oxide layer that coats at least a portion of the surface of the nickel layer, and thereby, has an effect of suppressing the volatilization of chromium from the solid oxide fuel cell member even under high temperature and long-term conditions.
US12266826B2
Disclosed are a button battery and an electronic device. The battery includes: a battery cell; at least one tab with one end thereof connected to one collector of the battery cell; and a shell including a first housing and a second housing hermetically connected onto each other to enclose and form a cavity in which the battery cell and the tab are positioned, wherein the at least one tab is connected with the other end thereof to an inner wall of the first housing or to an inner wall of the second housing before the first housing and the second housing are hermetically connected.
US12266820B2
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode; a gelled anode having an anode active material and an electrolyte; and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the separator includes a non-conductive, porous material having a mean pore size of about 1 micron to about 5 microns, a maximum pore size of about 19 microns, and an air permeability of about 0.5 cc/cm2/s to about 3.8 cc/cm2/s at 125 Pa.
US12266816B2
A battery transporting apparatus includes a frame member configured to support a battery cell; a frame supporting adjustable member coupled to a lower side of the frame member to be adjustable in a width direction of the battery cell among length, width and thickness directions of the battery cell; a widthwise mover coupled to the frame supporting adjustable member to move the frame supporting adjustable member; and a support coupled to the frame supporting adjustable member.
US12266807B2
A rectangular secondary battery includes: an electrode body; a current collector connected to an edge of the electrode; and an external terminal connected to the current collector. The current collector includes a first connector and a second connector integrated into a single member, the first connector being connected to the external terminal, the second connector being connected to the edge of the electrode body. The first connector penetrates through-holes of the sealing plate and the external terminal, and has a tip crimped so as to be connected to the external terminal and to fix the current collector and the external terminal to the sealing plate.
US12266801B2
An active material component of a composition for forming an electrode of a battery in a dry process is provided. The active material component includes a dry powder including a plurality of grains of an active material. The active material component further includes an electrically conductive filler material attached to each of the plurality of grains.
US12266798B2
A negative electrode plate comprising a substrate, which comprises a current collector and negative electrode active material bonded on the current collector; first lithium bands arranged on a front surface of the substrate; second lithium bands arranged on a back surface of the substrate; the first lithium bands and the second lithium bands are mutually staggered; adjacent ones of the first lithium bands are spaced apart and adjacent ones of the second lithium bands are spaced apart, respectively.
US12266791B2
A hydrogen storage alloy suitable for a negative electrode of an alkaline storage battery is provided. The hydrogen storage alloy provided is a hydrogen storage alloy used for an alkaline storage battery that has, as a main phase, one or two crystal structures selected from an A2B7-type structure and an AB3-type structure, and that is represented by a general formula: (La1−a−bCeaSmb)1−cMgcNidAleCrf (where suffixes a, b, c, d, e, and f in this formula (1) meet the following conditions: 0
US12266787B2
A composite electrode includes two or more types of fibers forming a fiber network, comprising at least a first type of fibers and a second type of fibers. The first type of fibers comprises a first polymer and a first type of particles. The second type of fibers comprises a second polymer and a second type of particles. The second polymer is same as or different from the first polymer. The second type of particles are same as or different from the first type of particles.
US12266786B2
A negative electrode includes silicon-based particles and graphite particles, where a quantity of graphite particles present within a vertical distance of about 0 to 6 μm to respective edges of the silicon-based particles is N, and based on a total quantity of the silicon-based particles, more than about 50% of the silicon-based particles satisfy: 6≤N≤17. The negative electrode has good cycle performance, and a battery prepared by using the negative electrode has good rate performance and a low deformation rate.
US12266783B2
A blended expander formula for use in the preparation of lead acid battery electrodes is disclosed. The mixture comprises fine particle barium sulfate, a first oxylignin, a second oxylignin, and a carbonaceous material. A method, a negative paste, and a negative electrode including the blended expander mixture are also disclosed. A lead-acid absorbent glass mat battery is further disclosed.
US12266781B2
Systems and methods for all-conductive battery electrodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer comprises more than 50% silicon, and where each material in the electrode has a resistivity of less than 100 Ω-cm. The silicon may have a resistivity of less than 10 Ω-cm, less than 1 Ω-cm, or less than 1 mΩ-cm. The electrode coating layer may comprise pyrolyzed carbon and/or conductive additives. The current collector comprises a metal foil. The metal current collector may comprise one or more of a copper, tungsten, stainless steel, and nickel foil in electrical contact with the electrode coating layer. The electrode coating layer comprises more than 70% silicon. The electrode may be in electrical and physical contact with an electrolyte. The electrolyte may comprise a liquid, solid, or gel. The battery electrode may be in a lithium ion battery.
US12266778B2
A multilayer sheet disposed at least between a plurality of heat sources and capable of conducting heat from the heat sources includes: a rubber sheet made of a rubber-like elastic body; heat insulating sheets laminated on both surfaces of the rubber sheet and capable of reducing heat conduction between the plurality of adjacent heat sources; and first heat conductive sheets laminated outside the heat insulating sheets in a separated manner and having more excellent heat conductivity than the rubber sheet and the heat insulating sheets, in which the heat insulating sheets have a bag shape wrapping the rubber sheet, and a cell unit including the multilayer sheet.
US12266768B2
An electrochemical cell for testing a battery, wherein the electrochemical cell includes two electrodes, preferentially made of vitreous carbon, intended to be in electrical contact with the battery to be tested.
US12266755B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a secondary battery capable of concurrently securing a vibration characteristic and an insulation function of an electrode assembly by using one finishing tape. To this end, a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a can for receiving the electrode assembly; a cap assembly for sealing the can; a first current collection plate provided above the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the first electrode plate and the cap assembly, respectively; a second current collection plate provided under the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second electrode plate and the can, respectively; and a finishing tape having a first region which has an adhesive layer formed thereat to surround the circumferential surface of the electrode assembly, and a second region which can surround a space beyond the upper end of the electrode assembly.
US12266747B2
The present disclosure discloses a light-emitting substrate, a method for forming the light-emitting substrate and a display device. The light-emitting substrate includes: a base substrate; a first signal line located at one side of the base substrate; an insulation layer located at one side of the first signal line away from the base substrate; an electrode layer located at one side of the insulation layer away from the base substrate and including a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal and a second signal line, where the first electrode terminal is electrically connected to the first signal line via a first through hole penetrating the insulation layer; and at least one light-emitting element bound and connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal.
US12266746B2
A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor diode structure, a reflector, a wavelength-converting layer, and an intermediate spacer between the diode structure and the wavelength-converting layer. The diode structure emits diode output light at a vacuum wavelength λ0 to propagate within the diode structure. The reflector is on the back diode structure and internally reflects diode internally incident output light. The wavelength-converting layer is positioned with its back surface facing and spaced-apart from a front surface of the diode structure, and absorbs diode output light at λ0 and emits down-converted light at a vacuum wavelength λ1>λ0, which exits the wavelength-converting layer through its front surface. The intermediate spacer includes one or more transparent dielectric layers and has an effective refractive index less than that of the wavelength-converting layer, so that the wavelength-converting layer acts as an optical waveguide supporting one or more laterally propagating optical modes at λ0 and λ1.
US12266741B2
A light emitting element includes: a light emitting stack pattern including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are sequentially stacked along one direction; and an insulating film surrounding an outer surface of at least one of the first semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second semiconductor layer. The insulating film including a zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film layer.
US12266740B2
The present disclosure relates to a full-color light-emitting diode (LED) display, and more particularly, to a full-color LED display using an ultra-thin LED element and a manufacturing method thereof.
US12266730B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer above the substrate; a high-resistance layer above the nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer above the high-resistance layer; a first opening penetrating through the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the high-resistance layer to the nitride semiconductor layer; an electron transport layer and an electron supply layer covering an upper portion of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the first opening; a gate electrode above the electron supply layer; a source electrode in contact with the electron supply layer; a second opening penetrating through the electron supply layer and the electron transport layer to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; a potential fixing electrode in contact with the p-type nitride semiconductor layer at a bottom part of the second opening; and a drain electrode.
US12266710B2
Provided are a thin film structure, a semiconductor device including the thin film structure, and a semiconductor apparatus including the semiconductor device. The thin film structure includes a substrate, and a ferroelectric layer on the substrate. The ferroelectric layer includes a compound having fluorite structure, in which a <001> crystal direction is aligned in a normal direction of a substrate, and having an orthorhombic phase and including fluorine. The ferroelectric layer may have ferroelectricity.
US12266707B2
A semiconductor device comprises: a substrate including first and second buried source/drain layers; a first nano sheet stack including first nano sheets stacked in a direction vertical to the substrate; a second nano sheet stack including second nano sheets stacked in a direction vertical to the substrate; an isolation wall disposed between the first nano sheet stack and the second nano sheet stack; first gate covering portions of the first nano sheet stack and extending in a direction vertical to the substrate; second gate covering portions of the second nano sheet stack and extending in a direction vertical to the substrate; first common source/drain layers connected to end portions of the first nano sheets and to the first buried source/drain layers; and second common source/drain layers connected to end portions of the second nano sheets and to the second buried source/drain layers.
US12266700B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a stack of semiconductor nanostructures over a base structure and a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure sandwiching the semiconductor nanostructures. The semiconductor device structure also includes a gate stack wrapped around each of the semiconductor nanostructures and a backside conductive contact connected to the second epitaxial structure. A first portion of the backside conductive contact is directly below the base structure, and a second portion of the backside conductive contact extends upwards to approach a bottom surface of the second epitaxial structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes an insulating spacer between a sidewall of the base structure and the backside conductive contact.
US12266699B2
Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack structure of a quantum dot device, wherein the quantum well stack structure includes an insulating material to define multiple rows of quantum dot formation regions; and a gate that extends over multiple ones of the rows.
US12266698B2
According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor includes a base body, and a nitride member. The nitride member includes a first nitride region including Alx1Ga1-x1N (0
US12266697B2
Various forms of MgxGe1-xO2-x are disclosed, where the MgxGe1-xO2-x are epitaxial layers formed on a substrate comprising a substantially single crystal substrate material. The epitaxial layer of MgxGe1-xO2-x has a crystal symmetry compatible with the substrate material. Semiconductor structures and devices comprising the epitaxial layer of MgxGe1-xO2-x are disclosed, along with methods of making the epitaxial layers and semiconductor structures and devices. Also disclosed is single crystal MgxGe1-xO2-x, with x having a value of 0≤x<1. The single crystal MgxGe1-xO2-x may comprise a dopant chosen from Ga, Al, Li+, N3+. The single crystal MgxGe1-xO2-x may comprise a p-type conductivity.
US12266694B2
A silicon carbide device includes: a transistor cell having a stripe-shaped trench gate structure extending from a first surface into a silicon carbide body, the gate structure having a gate length along a lateral first direction, a bottom surface and a first gate sidewall of the gate structure being connected via a first bottom edge of the gate structure; at least one source region of a first conductivity type in contact with the first gate sidewall; and a shielding region of a second conductivity type in contact with the first bottom edge of the gate structure across at least 20% of the gate length. No source regions of the first conductivity type are in contact with a second gate sidewall of the gate structure.
US12266693B2
A method of manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer in which a SiC epitaxial layer is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate, the method including identifying a total number of large-pit defects caused by micropipes in the SiC single crystal substrate and large-pit defects caused by substrate carbon inclusions, both of which are contained in the SiC epitaxial layer, using microscopic and photoluminescence images. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer in which a SiC epitaxial layer is formed on a single crystal substrate, the method including identifying locations of the large-pit defects caused by micropipes in the SiC single crystal substrate and the large-pit defects caused by substrate carbon inclusions in the SiC epitaxial layer, using microscopic and photoluminescence images.
US12266691B2
An embodiment relates to a n-type planar gate DMOSFET comprising a Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrate. The SiC substrate includes a N+ substrate, a N− drift layer, a P-well region and a first N+ source region within each P-well region. A second N+ source region is formed between the P-well region and a source metal via a silicide layer. During third quadrant operation of the DMOSFET, the second N+ source region starts depleting when a source terminal is positively biased with respect to a drain terminal. The second N+ source region impacts turn-on voltage of body diode regions of the DMOSFET by establishing short-circuitry between the P-well region and the source metal when the second N+ source region is completely depleted.
US12266686B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a p-type well over the substrate and having a p-type anti-punch-through (APT) layer, an n-type source feature and an n-type drain feature over the p-type APT layer, and multiple first channel layers suspended over the p-type APT layer and connecting the n-type source feature to the n-type drain feature. The multiple first channel layers are vertically stacked one over another and are undoped. The semiconductor device further includes a high-k metal gate wrapping around each of the first channel layers, a first source contact disposed over and electrically coupled to the n-type source feature, and a drain contact disposed over and electrically coupled to the n-type drain feature. A bottom surface of the n-type source feature is about 5 nm to about 25 nm below an interface between the high-k metal gate and the p-type APT layer.
US12266684B2
A method of forming a capacitor is disclosed. The method includes forming a portion of a metallization layer on a substrate, forming a via layer on the substrate, and forming a first electrode between the metallization layer and the via layer, where the first electrode is electrically connected to the metallization layer. The method also includes forming a second electrode between the metallization layer and the via layer, where the second electrode is electrically connected to the via layer, and forming a dielectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the first electrode is not electrically connected to any other conductors other than through the metallization layer, and where the second electrode is not electrically connected to any conductors other than through the via layer.
US12266678B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area located around the display area; a circuit element layer including a circuit element in each of the pixel areas and a reference voltage wiring in the non-display area, the reference voltage wiring being electrically coupled to the circuit element; and a display element layer including a first pixel electrode on the circuit element layer in each of the pixel areas, a second pixel electrode located opposite to the first pixel electrode, a plurality of light emitting elements between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and a first wiring on the circuit element layer in the non-display area, wherein the first wiring is directly coupled to the reference voltage wiring in the non-display area.
US12266666B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels arranged in a matrix; a vertical signal line provided for each column, conveying a pixel signal; a power line provided for each column, proving a power supply voltage; and a feedback signal line provided for each column, conveying a signal from a peripheral circuit to a pixel, in which each of the pixels includes: an N-type diffusion layer; a photoelectric conversion element above the N-type diffusion layer; and a charge accumulation node between the N-type diffusion layer and the photoelectric conversion element, accumulating signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, the feedback signal line, a metal line which is a part of the charge accumulation node, the vertical signal line, and the power line are disposed in a second interconnect layer, and the vertical signal line and the power line are disposed between the feedback signal line and the metal line.
US12266664B2
An embodiment of a display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a second gate insulating layer, a first storage electrode, a first interlayer insulating layer, a second interlayer insulating layer, a data line, and a driving voltage line. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first gate insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is positioned on the first insulating layer. The second gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The first storage electrode is positioned on the second gate insulating layer. The first interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the first storage electrode and has an opening surrounding the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and the first storage electrode. The second interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer and fills the opening. The data line and the driving voltage line are positioned on the second interlayer insulating layer. The semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and the storage electrode are included in a pixel region. The display device includes a plurality of pixel regions. The data line and the driving voltage line cross the pixel circuit region. A portion of the semiconductor layer is in contact with the second interlayer insulating that fills the opening.
US12266653B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device formed over a substrate. The first semiconductor device includes a first source/drain feature over the substrate, a first gate structure over the substrate, a first conductive feature over the first source/drain feature, and a first insulation layer between the first gate structure and the first conductive feature, wherein the first insulation layer comprises a first contact etching stop layer (CESL) in contact with the first source/drain feature. The semiconductor structure includes a second semiconductor device formed over the substrate, including a second source/drain feature over the substrate, a second gate structure over the substrate, a second conductive feature over the second source/drain feature, and a second insulation layer between the second gate structure and the second conductive feature, the second insulation layer comprises a second CESL in contact with the second source/drain feature, wherein a thickness of the first CESL is less than a thickness of the second CESL.
US12266644B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first semiconductor device having a first surface, an interconnection element having a surface substantially coplanar with the first surface of the first semiconductor device, a first encapsulant encapsulating the first semiconductor device and the interconnection element, and a second semiconductor device disposed on and across the first semiconductor device and the interconnection element.
US12266642B2
The present disclosure provides a light-emitting substrate, a backlight and a display device. The light-emitting substrate includes a light-emitting region and a peripheral region surrounding the light-emitting region. The peripheral region includes a first area, the first area is located between a first side of the light-emitting substrate and the light-emitting region, the light-emitting substrate further includes a first signal line, the first signal line includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the first signal line extends along a first direction in the first area, the second portion of the first signal line extends into the light-emitting region, the first portion and the second portion of the first signal line are connected when the first signal line includes the first portion and the second portion.
US12266633B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor package, a second semiconductor package, a heat spreader and an dielectric layer. The first semiconductor package includes a plurality of first semiconductor chips and a first dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of the first semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor package is disposed over and corresponds to one of the plurality of first semiconductor chips, wherein the second semiconductor package includes a plurality of second semiconductor chips and a second dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of second semiconductor chips. The heat spreader is disposed over and corresponds to another of the plurality of first semiconductor chips. The dielectric layer is disposed over the first semiconductor package and around the second semiconductor package and the heat spreader.
US12266626B2
A radar device includes: a substrate including multiple high-frequency conductor layers arranged on a front surface; a semiconductor component in contact with the high-frequency conductor layers via conductive members; and an adhesive that bonds the semiconductor component to the front surface of the substrate. The semiconductor component has a bottom surface and a first side surface facing in a first direction. All the multiple high-frequency conductor layers include at least high-frequency conductor layers bending in a plane of the front surface and thereby extend, on the front surface, from inside ends facing the bottom surface to outside ends positioned in the first direction from the first side surface. The adhesive is in contact with the front surface except for the sites of the multiple high-frequency conductor layers formed and in contact with the side surfaces of the semiconductor component.
US12266616B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package structure includes a chip, a redistribution layer (RDL) structure, a molding compound structure and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding structure. The RDL structure is formed on the chip and electrically connected thereto. The molding compound layer is provided on outer surfaces of the chip and the RDL structure. The EMI shielding structure is provided on outer surfaces of the molding compound structure. The molding compound structure layer provided on outer surfaces of the chip and the RDL structure provide protection and reinforcement to multiple faces of the IC package structure; and the EMI shielding structure provided on outer surfaces of the molding compound structure provides EMI protection to multiple faces of the chip and the RDL structure.
US12266610B2
A semiconductor package device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package device are provided. The semiconductor package device includes a substrate, a first electronic component, a first dielectric layer, and a first hole. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first electronic component is disposed on the first surface. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the second surface and has a third surface away from the substrate. The first hole extends from the first dielectric layer and the substrate. The first hole is substantially aligned with the first electronic component.
US12266607B2
Bottom barrier free interconnects are provided. In one aspect, an interconnect structure includes: metal lines embedded in a dielectric; an interlayer dielectric (ILD) disposed over the metal lines; interconnects formed in the ILD on top of the metal lines; a barrier layer separating the interconnects from the ILD, wherein the barrier layer is absent in between the interconnects and the metal lines; and a selective capping layer disposed on the interconnects.
US12266605B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for fabricating a semiconductor device and the resulting structure. A metal line is formed on a bottom liner, a sacrificial hardmask on a top surface of the metal line. Portions of the sacrificial hardmask are selectively removed that that do not correspond a desired location of a top via. The remaining sacrificial hardmask is replaced with the top via, the top via and the metal line each tapered such that a width at each respective bottom surface is greater than a width of each respective top surface.
US12266604B2
An interfacial layer is provided that binds a hydrophilic interlayer dielectric to a hydrophobic gap-filling dielectric. The hydrophobic gap-filling dielectric extends over and fill gaps between devices in an array of devices disposed between two metal interconnect layers over a semiconductor substrate and is the product of a flowable CVD process. The interfacial layer provides a hydrophilic upper surface to which the interlayer dielectric adheres. Optionally, the interfacial layer is also the product of a flowable CVD process. Alternatively, the interfacial layer may be silicon nitride or another dielectric that is hydrophilic. The interfacial layer may have a wafer contact angle (WCA) intermediate between a WCA of the hydrophobic dielectric and a WCA of the interlayer dielectric.
US12266601B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate, and the fin structure includes a plurality of nanostructures stacked in a vertical direction. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate structure formed over the fin structure, and an S/D structure formed adjacent to the gate structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first via formed adjacent to the S/D structure, and a first contact structure formed over the S/D structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a second contact structure formed below the S/D structure, and the first via is in direct contact with the first contact structure and the second contact structure.
US12266595B2
In a described example, an apparatus includes: a lead frame having a first portion and having a second portion electrically isolated from the first portion, the first portion having a side surface normal to a planar opposite surface, and having a recessed edge that is notched or chamfered and extending between the side surface and a planar device side surface; a spacer dielectric mounted to the planar device side surface and partially covered by the first portion, and extending beyond the first portion; a semiconductor die mounted to the spacer dielectric, the semiconductor die partially covered by the spacer dielectric and extending beyond the spacer dielectric; the second portion of the lead frame comprising leads coupled to the semiconductor die by electrical connections; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the electrical connections, the spacer dielectric, and partially covering the first portion and the second portion.
US12266594B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes manufacturing a first transistor over a first side of a substrate. The method further includes depositing a spacer material against a sidewall of the first transistor. The method further includes recessing the spacer material to expose a first portion of the sidewall of the first transistor. The method further includes manufacturing a first electrical connection to the transistor, a first portion of the electrical connection contacts a surface of the first transistor farthest from the substrate, and a second portion of the electrical connect contacts the first portion of the sidewall of the first transistor. The method further includes manufacturing a self-aligned interconnect structure (SIS) extending along the spacer material, wherein the spacer material separates a portion of the SIS from the first transistor, and the first electrical connection directly contacts the SIS.
US12266586B2
A semiconductor package includes an encapsulant body; a first electrically conductive element having an outwardly exposed metal surface; a first carrier substrate having a first electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive layer having an outwardly exposed surface, and an electrical insulation layer; a first electrically conductive spacer between the first electrically conductive element and the first electrically conductive layer; a power semiconductor chip between the first electrically conductive element and the first electrically conductive layer; and a second electrically conductive spacer between the first electrically conductive element and the power semiconductor chip, a first carrier region of the first electrically conductive layer is connected to a first power terminal, a second carrier region of the first electrically conductive layer is alongside the first carrier region and is connected to a second power terminal, a first region of the first electrically conductive element is connected to a third power terminal.
US12266581B2
An electronic substrate may be formed having at least one dielectric layer that is heterogeneous. The heterogeneous dielectric layer may comprise three separately formed materials that decouple the critical regions within a dielectric layer and allow for the optimization of desired interfacial properties, while minimizing the impact to the bulk requirements of the electronic substrate.
US12266578B2
A chips bonding auxiliary structure includes a first chip, an auxiliary pattern and a second chip. The first chip has a first surface. The auxiliary pattern is form on the first surface. The second chip has a second surface bonding to the first surface to form at least one gap space surrounding the auxiliary pattern.
US12266573B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: an isolation region on a substrate; a first semiconductor fin protruding above the isolation region; a second semiconductor fin protruding above the isolation region; and a dielectric fin between the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin, the dielectric fin protruding above the isolation region, the dielectric fin including: a first layer including a first dielectric material having a first carbon concentration; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer including a second dielectric material having a second carbon concentration, the second carbon concentration greater than the first carbon concentration.
US12266572B2
A method includes forming a semiconductor fin, forming a gate stack on the semiconductor fin, and a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack. The method further includes recessing the semiconductor fin to form a recess, performing a first epitaxy process to grow a first epitaxy semiconductor layer in the recess, wherein the first epitaxy semiconductor layer, and performing a second epitaxy process to grow an embedded stressor extending into the recess. The embedded stressor has a top portion higher than a top surface of the semiconductor fin, with the top portion having a first sidewall contacting a second sidewall of the gate spacer, and with the sidewall having a bottom end level with the top surface of the semiconductor fin. The embedded spacer has a bottom portion lower than the top surface of the semiconductor fin.
US12266566B2
A method includes forming a first conductive feature on a substrate, forming a via that contacts the first conductive feature, the via comprising a conductive material, performing a Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) process to a top surface of the via, depositing an Interlayer Dielectric (ILD) layer on the via, forming a trench within the ILD layer to expose the via, and filling the trench with a second conductive feature that contacts the via, the second conductive feature comprising a same material as the conductive material.
US12266556B2
A method of adjusting a tilt between a bonding tool assembly and a support structure assembly of a bonding system is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) bringing a bonding tool assembly of a bonding system into contact with a support structure assembly of the bonding system; (b) sensing a vacuum leakage at an interface between the bonding tool assembly and the support structure assembly; and (c) adjusting a tilt of at least one of (i) the bonding tool assembly and (ii) the support structure assembly in response to the vacuum leakage sensed in step (b).
US12266546B2
The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a support unit configured to support a substrate; and a liquid supply unit configured to supply a treating liquid onto the substrate supported on the support unit, and wherein the liquid supply unit comprises: a tank configured to have an accommodation space for storing the treating liquid therein; a circulation line configured to circulate the treating liquid stored in the accommodation space; a supplementary line configured to supply the treating liquid to the accommodation space, and at which a valve is installed; a heater installed at the circulation line, and for heating the treating liquid; and a controller is configured to control the valve and the heater.
US12266537B2
A method for selective barrier metal etching includes performing a hydrogen implantation process, in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etch chamber, to chemically reduce an oxidized portion of a barrier metal layer formed within a feature in a metal layer on the barrier metal layer, and performing an etch process, in the ICP etch chamber, to remove the hydrogen implanted portion of the barrier metal layer.
US12266535B2
A tool and method for processing substrates by encapsulating a mask to protect from degradation during an etch-back to prevent a feature liner material from pinching off an opening during deposition-etch cycles used to fabricate high aspect ratio features with very tight critical dimension control.
US12266534B2
In certain embodiments, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate having an etch mask layer that includes features for preserving corresponding portions of an underlying hard mask layer to be etched during an etching process. The method includes patterning the hard mask layer using the etch mask layer to gradually form a recess in the hard mask layer, the recess having a depth greater than a width of a top surface of a first feature of the etch mask layer, by performing the etching process. The etching process includes alternating between: depositing, using a first plasma, a silicon-containing protective layer over the etch mask layer and the hard mask layer such that the protective layer covers exposed surfaces of the hard mask layer; and subsequently etching, using a second plasma that comprises oxygen, the hard mask layer to form an incremental portion of the recess.
US12266530B2
A manufacturing method of an anchorage element of a passivation layer, comprising: forming, in a semiconductor body made of SiC and at a distance from a top surface of the semiconductor body, a first implanted region having, along a first axis, a first maximum dimension; forming, in the semiconductor body, a second implanted region, which is superimposed to the first implanted region and has, along the first axis, a second maximum dimension smaller than the first maximum dimension; carrying out a process of thermal oxidation of the first implanted region and second implanted region to form an oxidized region; removing said oxidized region to form a cavity; and forming, on the top surface, the passivation layer protruding into the cavity to form said anchorage element fixing the passivation layer to the semiconductor body.
US12266526B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a template layer disposed over a substrate and having a trench therein, a buffer structure disposed over a bottom surface of the trench and comprising a metal oxide, a single crystal semiconductor structure disposed within the trench and over the buffer structure and a gate structure disposed over a channel region of the single crystal semiconductor structure.
US12266512B2
According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a housing including a space accommodating a wafer therein, a gas supply member configured to supply gas into the housing, a plasma source generating a plasma from the gas supplied into the housing, and a magnetic field generating member disposed on the housing and configured to generate a magnetic field inside the housing, wherein the magnetic field generating member includes a first magnet unit disposed on the housing, and a second magnet unit disposed on the first magnet unit, wherein the second magnet unit is rotatable to change the magnetic pole of the upper portion and lower portion of the second magnet unit.
US12266508B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber in which plasma processing is performed on a wafer, a DP that reduces a pressure in the processing chamber via an evacuating pipe connected to the processing chamber, a TMP that performs evacuation such that a degree of vacuum of the processing chamber becomes a high degree of vacuum, and a stage on which the wafer is placed. Further, the plasma processing apparatus includes a He evacuating pipe that is a flow channel of a heat-transfer gas that transfers heat of the stage subjected to temperature adjustment to the wafer, a first gas supplying mechanism that supplies a gas to a portion of the evacuating pipe which is exposed to atmosphere, during venting a processing chamber to atmosphere, and a control device that controls the first gas supplying mechanism. The control device is provided to communicate with the evacuating pipe.
US12266502B2
A sample milling apparatus includes an ion source, a swinging mechanism for swinging a sample, a positioning camera for bringing a target milling position on the sample into coincidence with the impact point of an ion beam, and a display section for displaying an image captured by the positioning camera. The adjustment method starts with observing the trace of the impinging ion beam left on the sample with the positioning camera while the position of the positioning camera is held relative to the swing axis of the swinging mechanism and capturing an observation image. Then, a display image to be displayed on the display section is extracted from the observation image based on the position of the trace, thus bringing the beam impact point and the position of the field of view of the display image into coincidence.
US12266485B2
A switch device includes: a printed circuit board; a rubber sheet configured to cover the printed circuit board; an operating knob; an operating mechanism; an operating mechanism plate; and a housing having a side surface provided with an insertion hole, and a bottom surface provided with a discharge hole for discharging liquid entering an inside of the housing; and a back cover that is fitted from a back side of the housing and sandwiches an entire periphery of the rubber sheet with a stepped portion formed inside the housing. The printed circuit board is stored in a space between the back cover and the rubber sheet. The discharge hole is located in a lower portion of a space between an inner surface of the housing and the rubber sheet. A bottom portion exists between the discharge hole and the rubber sheet.
US12266483B2
A cathode and an electrolytic capacitor including the cathode which can suppress production of hydrogen gas are provided. The cathode of the electrolytic capacitor comprising cathode foil formed of valve action metal, and a conductive layer formed on a surface of the cathode foil. When current in a range of current density of leakage current of the electrolytic capacitor flows by electrochemical polarization, potential corresponding to said current is at a higher side than a natural immersion potential of reference cathode foil formed of the valve action metal with purity of 99.9%.
US12266479B2
A multilayer electronic component has a body and a non-conductive resin layer. The non-conductive resin layer includes a body cover portion disposed in a region of an external surface of the body in which an electrode layer of an external electrode is not disposed, and an extending portion extending from the body cover portion between the electrode layer and a conductive resin layer of the external electrode, to thereby suppress arc discharge, improve bending strength, and improve moisture resistance.
US12266478B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes disposed alternately with the dielectric layers in a first direction; a first external electrode including a first connection electrode, disposed on the third surface, and a first band electrode disposed on the first surface to be connected to the first connection electrode; a second external electrode including a second connection electrode, disposed on the fourth surface, and a second band electrode disposed on the first surface to be connected to the second connection electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the first connection electrode; a second insulating layer disposed on the second connection electrode; a first plating layer disposed on the first band electrode; and a second plating layer disposed on the second band electrode, The first and second band electrodes include a conductive metal and a resin.
US12266476B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other and alternately stacked with the respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrodes; a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrodes; and a protective layer disposed on the ceramic body, the first external electrode, and the second external electrode, wherein the protective layer includes an adhesion assisting layer and a coating layer, an average thickness of the protective layer is 70 nm or more and/or less than 400 nm, and a ratio of an average thickness of the coating layer to the average thickness of the protective layer is 0.25 or more and/or 0.75 or less.
US12266474B2
A capacitor structure and a power converter are provided. The capacitor structure includes a parallel cell combination, and the parallel cell combination includes a plurality of cells and a plurality of current collectors. In the parallel cell combination: the cells are connected in parallel, and the poles connected in parallel are respectively connected with other devices through corresponding confluence points. Same poles of two adjacent cells are connected through a corresponding current collector, and the current-carrying specifications of each current collector is lower than the current-carrying requirements of a confluence point of a corresponding pole. That is to say, a conductor that implements the parallel connection of the cells is no longer a whole copper plate, but the individual current collectors, thus realizing the reduction of the cost of the conductor material.
US12266472B2
The present disclosure relates to a mounting jig for manufacturing a tiling display device and a manufacturing method of a tiling display device using the same. A mounting jig for manufacturing a tiling display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a supporting member; a plurality of jig magnets fixed to the supporting member; a hinge structure configured to rotate the plurality of jig magnets; and a guard rail rotating in response to rotation of the plurality of jig magnets and reducing damage caused during detachment or attachment. Therefore, when the mounting jig is attached to a display device, a safety distance can be secured by the guard rail disposed between the display device and the jig magnets and the mounting jig can be slowly attached to the display device without giving an impact to the display device.
US12266469B2
A three-phase autotransformer including three output groups and three inputs each connected to each of the outputs of a respective output group by windings, the windings being configured so that, when each input has a respective input voltage applied thereto, the three input voltages having the same input amplitude, being 120° out of phase with each other and defining a neutral point: for each output group, a main output voltage, taken between a main output of said output group and the neutral point, has an amplitude greater than the input amplitude; and output voltages of the autotransformer belong to a same Reuleaux polygon, each output voltage being associated with a respective output and being equal to a voltage between said output and the neutral point.
US12266467B2
A surface-mounted transformer includes an adhesive layer and a winding product. The winding product is disposed inside the adhesive layer; the winding product includes an I-shaped magnetic core and a coil wound on a middle pillar of the I-shaped magnetic core; leading-out ends of the coil are connected to electrodes; the electrodes are exposed on the surface of the adhesive layer; and the adhesive layer is obtained through compression molding forming of a magnetic molding material. Compared with a surface-mounted transformer in the prior art, which has equal performance indexes, the surface-mounted transformer has a smaller size with a decrease proportion of over 50%; and a BOBBIN and an insulating rubber tape do not need to be used in processing. The winding product in the surface-mounted transformer is completely covered by the adhesive layer, so that the product is high in reliability and can support a PSIP plastic package environment.
US12266462B2
A reactor includes a first core, a first coil and a second coil. The first and second coils each have terminals a and c, and terminals b and d, and are further wound such that a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the first core when a current flows from the terminal a to the terminal b of the first coil and a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the first core when a current flows from the terminal c to the terminal d of the second coil are opposite to each other. A second core is provided on an outside of the first coil and the second coil, and a leakage magnetic flux, which is generated from one of the first coil and the second coil and is not interlinked to the other coil, passes through the second core and circulates around one of the coils.
US12266461B2
A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, electrode portions provided in the flange portions, a wire wound around the winding core portion, and a magnetic plate fixed to the flange portions. The magnetic plate includes an annular first planar portion, a second planar portion that is located inside the inner circumference of the first planar portion and has a step between the first and the second planar portions, and a connection surface portion connecting the inner circumference of the first planar portion to the outer circumference of the second planar portion. The connection surface portion is configured by annularly disposing at least three slopes inclined with respect to the direction orthogonal to the first planar portion and has chamfered portions each being disposed between adjacent slopes.
US12266458B2
A common mode choke (64) comprises a magnetic core (58) and a first (Wab) and a second (Wcd) winding of insulated wire having the same number of turns wound on the magnetic core. The turns of each winding are numbered consecutively and arranged in at least two layers, of which a first layer of turns is wound directly on the magnetic core and a second layer of turns is wound around a section of the first layer. The two layers are arranged such that the difference between the highest number of a turn in the second layer and the lowest number of a turn in the section of the first layer on which the second layer is wound is less than or equal to 50% of the number of turns in the first layer. In this way, the effect of the parasitic capacitance between the layers is minimized.
US12266450B1
Apparatus for generating electro-anatomical mapping and methods used therein include a processor and a memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive input data, generate, using at least a machine learning model, an electro-anatomical mapping as a function of the input data, and display the electro-anatomical mapping using a user interface, wherein receiving the input data includes receiving, from an imaging device, at least a medical image and receiving, from a signal capturing device, at least an electrogram, wherein the at least a machine learning model is trained using electro-anatomical mapping training data including exemplary medical images and exemplary electrograms as input correlated to exemplary electro-anatomical mappings as output.
US12266443B2
The present invention relates to a method for registering a virtual representation of a patient anatomy with a coordinate system of a physical patient anatomy, comprising displaying first overlap data in a head-mounted device, wherein the first overlap data describe from a first perspective onto the physical patient anatomy a first visual overlap between the virtual representation of the patient anatomy and the physical patient anatomy, identifying at least a first area in the first visual overlap and/or at least a first anatomical feature of the patient anatomy in the first visual overlap having at least a minimum degree of alignment between the virtual representation and the physical patient anatomy, displaying second overlap data in the head-mounted device, wherein the second overlap data describe from a second perspective onto the physical patient anatomy a second visual overlap between the virtual representation of the patient anatomy and the physical patient anatomy, and taking into account, during the displaying of the second overlap data, the alignment of the identified first area and/or anatomical feature of the patient anatomy that was identified in the first visual overlap as having at least a minimum degree of alignment between the virtual representation and the physical patient anatomy.
US12266442B2
For decision support in a medical therapy, machine learning provides a machine-learned generator for generating a prediction of outcome for therapy personalized to a patient. Deep learning may result in features more predictive of outcome than handcrafted features. More comprehensive learning may be provided by using multi-task learning where one of the tasks (e.g., segmentation, non-image data, and/or feature extraction) is unsupervised and/or draws on a greater number of training samples than available for outcome prediction alone.
US12266441B2
Disclosed are an implant surgery planning method using automatic placement of an implant structure, a user interface providing method therefor, and a teeth image processing device therefor. One embodiment provides an implant surgery planning method using automatic placement of an implant structure, a user interface providing method therefor, and a teeth image processing device therefor, wherein during planning, placement of an implant structure is automatically performed with respect to all missing-tooth areas as well as a single missing-tooth area in a teeth image, and placement of an implant structure is automatically performed on the basis of information on relation with a surrounding structure of the missing-tooth area, whereby the present invention increases a user's convenience.
US12266433B2
A system for tracking adverse events may include at least one processing device programmed to receive a request from a user to record an adverse event experienced by a patient; receive a search term input by the user; identify, in an adverse event database and based on the search term, at least one database record for an adverse event, wherein the at least one database record includes an adverse event type and at least one characteristic; receive, via an input field, a rating of the at least one characteristic for the patient; generate an adverse event record based on the adverse event type and the rating; and store the adverse event record in an adverse event log.
US12266418B2
Provided is a memory device, including a plurality of memory banks. Each of the memory banks includes a memory array and a driver circuit. The driver circuit is coupled to the memory array, arranged to operably write data to the memory array according to write signals. The driver circuit includes a plurality of row driver circuits each coupled to a row of the memory cells. A global driver power circuit coupled to the row driver circuits in the plurality of memory banks to provide a global driver power. Each of the memory banks further includes a local driver power circuit coupled to respective row driver circuits in each of the memory banks to provide a local driver power. The local driver power circuit includes a first P-type MTCMOS coupled to a supply voltage and a control signal, controlled by the control signal to provide a local multi-threshold power signal to the respective row driver circuits.
US12266413B2
A method for testing a chip includes writing, by a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit of the chip, a first row of a memory of the chip with a first set of values and reading, by the BIST circuit, a second row of the memory a first plurality of times. The second row is adjacent to the first row. The method also includes reading, by the BIST circuit, the first row to extract a second set of values from the first row and based on determining that at least one of the second set of values differs from a corresponding one of the first set of values, designating the first row as a vulnerable row.
US12266412B2
A content addressable memory (CAM) and a CAM cell are provided. The CAM includes a memory cell array and a disabling circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of CAM cells, wherein each of the CAM cells includes a memory cell circuit and a comparison circuit. When the CAM cells in a first column of the memory cell array are normal, the disabling circuit enables the comparison circuits of the CAM cells in the first column, so that the comparison circuits in the first column respectively present the comparison results on different match lines. When any one of the CAM cells in the first column is defective, the disabling circuit disables the comparison circuits of the CAM cells in the first column, so that the disabled comparison circuits does not affect the different match lines.
