US12265342B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device, an exposure device, a developing device, a development voltage power supply, and a control section. The developing device includes a development container which contains a non-magnetic one-component developer and a developer carrying member which includes a rotary shaft and a roller portion stacked on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, and the resistance value of the roller portion is 9 to 11 [Log Ω], and when the amount of toner conveyed on the developer carrying member is Md [g/m2], the amount of toner adhered on the image carrying member in a solid image is Mp [g/m2], the peripheral speed of the developer carrying member and the image carrying member are Sd [mm/sec] and Sp [mm/sec], 0.8×Sd/Sp
US12265340B2
An image-forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second image-forming portion including first and second development rollers configured to bear developers composed of first and second toner particles and organosilicon protrusions formed on surfaces of the first and second toner particles, an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is to be transferred in first and second contact portions in contact with the first and second photosensitive drums, and a transfer member configured to transfer the developer image to a recording material in a transfer portion. The first contact portion is formed downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the second contact portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member. A protrusion formed on the second developer has a lower height than a protrusion formed on the first developer.
US12265338B2
An image forming apparatus includes a controller that performs a first adjusting operation and thereafter performs a second adjusting operation. In the first adjusting operation, a voltage applied to a first grid electrode by a first voltage applying portion is set so that a surface potential of an image bearing member charged by a first corona charger becomes a first target value. In the second adjusting operation, a voltage applied to a second grid electrode by a second voltage applying portion is set so that a surface potential of the image bearing member charged by the first corona charger and a second corona charger becomes a second target value whose absolute value is greater than the first target value.
US12265333B2
The composition contains: a compound which has a group represented by formula (1); and a solvent. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 30 ring atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and * denotes a bonding site to a part other than the group represented by the following formula (1) in the compound.
US12265331B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit (A) represented by formula (1) and a structural unit (B) having an acid-dissociable group; a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. R1 is a halogen atom-substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X is —O— or —S—; La1 is a halogen atom-substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and RP is a monovalent organic group having at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a lactone structure, a cyclic carbonate structure, and a sultone structure.
US12265299B1
The invention provides a method for preparing a nanosized mixed crystal of cyanuric acid-coated halide perovskite, and use thereof. The method includes: (1) dispersing cesium halide, a lead salt, and urea in water, and stirring to obtain a mixed solution; and (2) adding phosphoric acid to the mixed solution, and subjecting to microwave heating, to obtain a solid after water is evaporated off, which is allowed to stand to obtain the nanosized mixed crystal of cyanuric acid coated halide perovskite. The method is simple, reproducible, and low in cost, with which mass production is achievable, and the emission wavelength of the obtained product is adjustable within a certain range through heat treatment. Due to the passivation and protection effects of cyanuric acid on halide perovskite, the prepared nanosized mixed crystal has excellent luminescence performance and stability, and is useful in the preparation of a high-color-point quantum dot brightness enhancement film.
US12265295B2
An electronic device includes pixel regions and pixel spacing regions, and includes: a display layer disposed in the pixel regions and the pixel spacing regions, and including a liquid crystal material and a dye material; and reflective layers respectively disposed in the pixel regions, and at one side of the display layer. The display layer is in a scattering state under a non-display state, and light is scattered by the liquid crystal material and absorbed by the dye material when the light passes through the display layer. The display layer in the pixel regions is in a transmissive state and the display layer in the pixel spacing regions is in a scattering state under a display state, and light passes through the liquid crystal material and the dye material in the pixel regions and is reflected by the reflective layers when the light passes through the display layer.
US12265292B2
A display module and a seamless splicing display device are disclosed. The display module includes: a display panel including a central display area and a bezel area adjacent to the central display area, wherein the display panel is provided with a bezel driving circuit and an array substrate driving circuit; a compensation display component disposed on the display panel, located in the bezel area, and electrically connected with the bezel driving circuit; and a metal wiring located on a lateral surface of the display panel and connected with the bezel driving circuit and the array substrate driving circuit.
US12265291B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame which is disposed at a rear of the display panel, and to which the display panel is coupled; a board mounted on one surface of the frame; a source PCB disposed on the one surface of the frame and electrically connected to the display panel and the board; a rib protruding from the frame and by which one side of the source PCB is caught; and a holder opposite to the rib with respect to the source PCB and by which the other side of the source PCB is caught, wherein the holder is detachably coupled to the frame.
US12265283B1
An ophthalmic lens (1), a film for use in an ophthalmic lens (1) and a method (500) of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens (1) are described. The lens (1) has an optical axis. The lens (1) comprises a layer (3) provided on a surface of a substrate (5). The layer (3) has a base refractive index and includes at least one gradient index optical element (7a, 7b) having an asymmetric refractive index profile. The at least one gradient index optical element (7a, 7b) focuses light from a distant point source on the optical axis to a point that is a first distance from the optical axis (2).
US12265277B2
An imaging lens module has an optical axis, an object side and an image side. The imaging lens module includes a plastic barrel, an optical lens assembly, an image-side assembled element and a light blocking element assembly. The plastic barrel includes a first contacting surface, which is close to an image-side end of the plastic barrel. The image-side assembled element is disposed close to the image-side end of the plastic barrel. The image-side assembled element is in a tube shape and extends from the object side to the image side. The image-side assembled element includes a second contacting surface and an inner protruding portion, and the second contacting surface is disposed close to an object-side end of the image-side assembled element and correspondingly to the first contacting surface. The plastic barrel and the image-side assembled element contact each other via the first contacting surface and the second contacting surface.
US12265276B2
A lens unit includes a first lens disposed on an object side in an optical axis direction, a plurality of image-side lenses (second lens through seventh lens) comprising a second lens facing the first lens on an image side in the optical axis direction and disposed on the image side with respect to the first lens, a lens barrel coaxial with the optical axis to hold the first lens and the plurality of image-side lenses radially inside, a first sealing member to seal a gap between the first lens and the lens barrel, and a second sealing member to seal a gap between an image side surface (flange surface) of the first lens and the lens barrel radially inside the first sealing member.
US12265275B2
A patch panel may include a tray that is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position on tray supports and features for holding the tray in the retracted position and in the extended position. The patch panel may also include a cassette that is slidable on cassette supports, latches for engaging the cassette to block movement of the cassette and features for disengaging the latches.
US12265269B2
A fiber optic connector that includes a connector body comprising a ferrule retaining portion, a pusher engagement portion and a body cable passage extending through the pusher engagement portion and the ferrule retaining portion. The connector includes a ferrule assembly structurally configured to be retained by the ferrule retaining portion with an optical fiber bore of the ferrule assembly in alignment with the body cable passage. The connector includes a pusher structurally configured to axially engage the pusher engagement portion with a pusher cable passage in alignment with the body cable passage, and a seal component with superabsorbent properties.
US12265268B2
A multi-fiber fiber optic connector is provided having features that allow for changeability with respect to gender. A pin retention structure is configured to retain a pair of alignment pins and includes a pin-holder body with a pair of pin openings and a U-shaped spring clip. The spring clip including a base portion and two opposing legs, and is movable between a pin retaining position and a pin release position. When the spring clip is in the pin retaining position, the two opposing legs engage with outer sides of each of the alignment pins, and when the spring clip is in the pin release position, the base portion flexes inwardly and the two opposing legs disengage with the outer sides of each of the alignment pins.
US12265265B2
An optical fiber feed-through connector for optically coupling an end portion of an optical fiber cable with a non-feed-through optical fiber connector includes a feed-through duct engaging portion having a body member and a compression fitting portion configured to radially compress a portion of the body member around the free end portion of the duct and a feed-through housing portion configured to be operatively coupled to the feed-through duct engaging portion so as to allow the end portion of the optical fiber cable to be slidingly fed through the feed-through housing portion. The feed-through engaging portion is configured to permit the end portion of the optical fiber cable to be slidingly fed through both the duct and the feed-through duct engaging portion, and the feed-through duct engaging portion and the feed-through housing portion are configured to permit the optical fiber cable to be pushed or pulled through the duct and the feed-through housing portion after the feed-through duct engaging portion is operatively coupled to the feed-through housing portion.
US12265261B2
An apparatus for fusion welding one or several parallel optical fibers (102) to the same number of waveguides (101) includes a fiber guiding device and a highly reflective surface (104) located below the fiber for each fiber-waveguide pair, and a laser beam (103) whose wavelength is chosen such that its light is strongly absorbed by the fiber material and its shape is properly adjusted.
US12265247B2
In an embodiment, there is provided a light guide for an edge-lit light panel. The light guide includes a first light coupling surface; a second light coupling surface; a first light output surface; and a second light output surface. The second light coupling surface opposes the first light coupling surface. The second light output surface opposes the first light output surface. The first light output surface and the second light output surface are coupled between the first light coupling surface and the second light coupling surface. Each light coupling surface is configured to receive incident light from a respective light source and to produce at least a portion of a batwing light beam inside the light guide. The at least a portion of the batwing light beam is concentrated adjacent the first light output surface, the first light output surface corresponding to a first light extraction surface.
US12265238B2
A sun protection device is provided, which includes a main body and an S-type polarizer. The main body has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite to each other, and the outer surface is configured to face sunlight, and the main body has a plurality of voids disposed inside the main body, on the inner surface of the main body or a combination thereof, in which when the sunlight irradiates the outer surface of the main body, a first reflected light and a first refracted light are formed, and the first refracted light enters the main body, and when the first refracted light arrives at a surface of one of the voids facing the outer surface, a second reflected light is formed. The S-type polarizer is adjacent to the inner surface of the main body.
US12265236B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides an optical module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The optical module includes: a substrate; a black matrix arranged on the substrate and a plurality of optical lenses spaced apart from each other, wherein an orthogonal projection of a gap between adjacent optical lenses onto the substrate is located within an orthogonal projection of the black matrix onto the substrate, and the black matrix is made of a ferrous metal oxide.
US12265234B2
A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFLw and EFLT and respective total track lengths TTLw and TTLT and wherein TTLw/EFLw>1.1 and TTLT/EFLT<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFLZF, where EFLZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length.
US12265223B2
Eye-tracked head-mounted displays are provide which, in one aspect, may utilize the same optics for eyetracking and image viewing, with a selected portion of the optics used for an eyetracking optical path and a selected portion of the display optics used for an image viewing optical path.
US12265219B2
A display apparatus (500) for displaying a virtual image (VIMG1) includes an expander device (EPE1) to form light beams (B3P1,R, B3P2,R) of output light (OUT1) by expanding light beams (B0P1,R, B0P2,R) of input light (IN1), the expander device (EPE1) including a waveguide plate (SUB1), an in-coupling element (DOE1) to form guided light (B1) by coupling input light (IN1) into the waveguide plate (SUB1), and an out-coupling element (DOE3) to form output light (OUT1) by coupling the guided light (B1) out of the waveguide plate (SUB1), wherein the display apparatus (500) includes a base (BASE1) and an actuating mechanism (MOTOR1) to cause rotary and/or oscillatory motion of the waveguide plate (SUB1) with respect to the base (BASE1).
US12265214B2
Disclosed are monolithic optical systems using an aerogel molded around a mandrel. A method of manufacturing an optical system includes applying a reflective coating to at least a portion of a surface of a mandrel, placing the mandrel in a tank and subsequently filling the tank with aerogel to a predetermined depth below a top of the mandrel. The method includes adding a separation layer to the tank on top of the aerogel at the predetermined depth, catalyzing the separation layer into a solid, and adding aerogel on top of the separation layer filling the tank with aerogel above a height of the mandrel, and removing the aerogel and mandrel from the tank, drying the aerogel into a solid aerogel structure, catalyzing the reflective coating to bond the reflective coating with the aerogel, and removing the mandrel from the aerogel structure to produce the aerogel structure having a hollowed-out interior.
US12265210B2
A surgical microscope includes an optical assembly to image an object plane with a microscope main objective system, through which a first stereoscopic partial beam path with a first optical axis and a second stereoscopic partial beam path with a second optical axis pass. An illumination device includes a light source assembly to provide illumination light in a luminous plane, with a radiant field stop, and an illumination optical unit which at least partially images a luminous object arranged in the luminous plane in the illumination beam path into a luminous image plane located in the microscope main objective system or for the vertical distance z of which from the microscope main objective system on the side facing the object region or the side facing away from the object region, in relation to a focal length f of the microscope main objective system, the following applies: z/f<10%.
US12265206B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes two cemented lenses and each of the two cemented lenses includes a positive lens. Predetermined conditions are satisfied by the zoom lens.
US12265198B2
An in-situ rock mass elastic modulus measurement system includes a controller, a telescopic rod, and a protective barrel; the telescopic rod is fixedly connected to the protective barrel; in-hole supporting structures are arranged at upper and lower ends in the protective barrel which is internally fixedly connected with a base; the base is slidably connected with a feeding sliding plate which is driven by a feeding cylinder and provided with a right-angle transmission diverter, a driving motor, and a grinding cylinder; the diverter is in transmission connection with the driving motor; two ends thereof are connected with grinding pressure heads; the diverter is driven by the grinding cylinder to translate horizontally, and drives the grinding pressure heads to outwards grind a borehole wall; a hydraulic oil cylinder is fixedly arranged on the feeding sliding plate; a displacement sensor is arranged on a cylinder body of the hydraulic oil cylinder.
US12265197B2
A sensor and a locking device therefore are disclosed. The locking device may comprise: a bracket including a first part and a second part bent and extending from the first part; a body coupled to the sensor part to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the second part of the bracket; and a cover pivotally connected to the body, wherein: the cover includes a center plate and a plurality of bridges which extend from the center plate to have a long shape in one direction and include a first bridge extending in the one direction and a second bridge extending in the one direction and spaced apart from the first bridge; the body is positioned between the plurality of bridges; and the plurality of bridges are pivotally connected to the body.
US12265196B2
A method and system for correlating two or more logs. The method may include reviewing an openhole log to identify one or more depths within a wellbore for testing, disposing a fluid sampling tool into the wellbore, creating a correlation log with the fluid sampling tool, depth-matching the correlation log to the openhole log to create a relative shift table, and moving the fluid sampling tool to the one or more depths within the wellbore based at least in part on the relative shift table. The system may include a fluid sampling tool disposed in a wellbore to create a correlation log and an information handling system connected to the fluid sampling tool.
US12265195B2
Processes utilize collected resistivity data from an ultra-deep resistivity tool located downhole a borehole. A machine learning system (MLS) can be utilized to analyze and process the resistivity data. Directions can be generated using the resistivity data that is communicated to other systems, such as a geo-steering, an evaluation, or other borehole systems. In some aspects, a recommendation can be generated that includes subterranean formation characteristics with the directions. The recommendation can be used by a user system to approve or reject the directions prior to being communicated to a borehole system or geo-steering system. In some aspects, a confidence level can be generated with the directions or recommendation, and the confidence level can be evaluated whether it satisfies a confidence level threshold. In some aspects, when the confidence level threshold is satisfied, the directions can be automatically communicated to the geo-steering system without user review.
US12265192B2
A method of enhancing a gross depositional environment (GDE) map of a subsurface formation. The method includes obtaining the GDE map of the subsurface formation, including a lithology map of a plurality of lithotypes and obtaining a paleo-bathymetric map of the subsurface formation. The method further includes assigning an inverse mobility for each of the lithotypes and determining, using a computer processor, an enhanced GDE map based, at least in part, on the GDE map, the paleo-bathymetric map, and the inverse mobility for each of the lithotypes.
US12265190B2
Provided is a particle detection device and method of fabrication thereof. The particle detection device includes a scintillator array that includes a plurality of scintillator crystals; a plurality of detectors provided on a bottom end of the scintillator array; and a plurality of prismatoids provided on a top end of the scintillator array. Prismatoids of the plurality of prismatoids are configured to redirect particles between top ends of crystals of the scintillator array. Bottom ends of a first group of crystals of the scintillator array are configured to direct particles to a first detector of the plurality of detectors and bottom ends of a second group of crystals of the scintillator array are configured to direct particles to a second detector substantially adjacent to the first detector.
US12265189B2
The present disclosure provides a radiation detector, including a substrate, a pixel array formed on the substrate, a perovskite thick film formed on the pixel array and having a cubic crystal phase, a first electrode formed on the perovskite thick film and is opposite to the pixel array, and a readout circuit. The radiation detector has significantly reduced dark current density and high sensing sensitivity. The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing the perovskite thick film.
US12265179B2
A three-dimensional structure sensing system includes an image sensor that receives a reflected light from an object irradiated by an emitted light, the reflected light being converted into image data representing an image of the object; and a depth processing unit that generates depth data according to the image data. It is determined whether the depth data is affected by a reflective surface according to the image data and the depth data.
US12265177B2
In an embodiment, a method for testing a millimeter-wave radar module includes: providing power to the millimeter-wave radar module; performing a plurality of tests indicative of a performance level of the millimeter-wave radar module; comparing respective results from the plurality of tests with corresponding test limits; and generating a flag when a result from a test of the plurality of test is outside the corresponding test limits, where performing the plurality of tests includes: transmitting a signal with a transmitting antenna coupled to a millimeter-wave radar sensor, modulating the transmitted signal with a test signal, and capturing first data from a first receiving antenna using an analog-to-digital converter of the millimeter-wave radar sensor, where generating the flag includes generating the flag based on the captured first data.
US12265175B2
It is suggested to process radar signals including: (i) receiving reception signals via at least one antenna of a first receiving circuit; (ii) determining an interim result by processing the reception signals via a frequency transformation; (iii) determining an error compensation vector based on the interim result and an expected characteristic; and (iv) applying the error compensation vector on other reception signals that have been processed via the frequency transformation.
US12265159B2
Disclosed is reducing starting time for a GNSS receiver that has an imprecise initial starting location by requesting starting assistance from a CDN that caches predictive data including first data indicated predicted LOS visibility from the receiver to individual satellites, wherein the request includes the imprecise initial staring location, receiving, from the CDN, data that includes a first block of the predictive data for the imprecise initial staring location and further adjoining second blocks of predictive data for areas surrounding the imprecise staring location, determining, by the GNSS receiver, commonly available satellites that have visibility from locations in both the first block and the second block, and calculating a first starting position using weighted values for the satellites, the commonly available satellites having higher weighted value than satellites without visibility in both locations, whereby position uncertainty of the first starting position is reduced from the imprecise initial starting location.
US12265157B2
An imaging device includes: a solid-state image sensor that is exposed to reflection light from an object and accumulates signal charges; and a control arithmetic device that controls irradiation by an infrared light source and exposure of the solid-state image sensor. The solid-state image sensor includes: photoelectric converters that convert the reflection light from the object into the signal charges; and charge accumulators that accumulate the signal charges. The imaging device performs, within one frame period, m types of exposure sequences (m is an integer greater than or equal to four) for controlling the irradiation and the exposure; assigns the charge accumulators exclusively to the m types of exposure sequences; accumulates, into the charge accumulators, the signal charges obtained from n (n is an integer greater than or equal to three) of the photoelectric converters in at least one type of exposure sequence among the m types of exposure sequences.
US12265137B2
A method for use in a magnetic field sensor, including: in each of a plurality of calibration periods, generating a reference magnetic field based on a different one of a plurality of drive codes; storing, in a memory, a plurality of values of a reference magnetic field signal that is generated in response to the reference magnetic field, each of the values of the reference magnetic field signal being generated by sampling the reference magnetic field signal in a different one of the plurality of calibration periods; calculating a calibration gain coefficient based on the plurality of values of the reference magnetic field signal; and storing the calibration gain coefficient in the memory and using the calibration gain coefficient to adjust an output of the magnetic field sensor.
US12265136B2
A tester apparatus is provided. Slot assemblies are removably mounted to a frame. Each slot assembly allows for individual heating and temperature control of a respective cartridge that is inserted into the slot assembly. A closed loop air path is defined by the frame and a heater and cooler are located in the closed loop air path to cool or heat the cartridge with air. Individual cartridges can be inserted or be removed while other cartridges are in various stages of being tested or in various stages of temperature ramps.
US12265135B2
The present disclosure discloses a battery monitoring data management system. According to an embodiment, the system may comprise charge-discharge apparatuses to be connected to batteries and to collect state information of the batteries; charge-discharge apparatus controllers to control the charge-discharge apparatuses and to generate monitoring data from the collected state information; and a monitoring data management device to receive monitoring data generated by the charge-discharge apparatus controllers, to create message groups based on the received monitoring data, to extract alarm data from the message groups, to generate alarm messages based the extracted alarm data, and to transmit the generated alarm messages to at least one of a monitoring server and an administrator terminal.
US12265132B2
A method for battery management, the method including determining an amount of charge Qchg delivered to the battery during a portion of a charging cycle. The method can also include measuring state of charge (SoCfull) of the battery subsequent to the charging cycle, and determining an amount of charge Qdsg produced by the battery during a discharging cycle of the battery to a depth of discharge (DoD) threshold. The method can also include measuring state of charge (SoCempty) of the battery subsequent to discharging the battery. The method can include determining total battery capacity based on the values determined in previous operations. Apparatuses and systems for battery management are also described.
US12265127B2
A method of detecting and positioning an insulation failure of an aircraft generator is provided, comprising: S1, for each stator slot in the aircraft generator, wrapping one semiconductor layer on a surface of an external insulation layer of each copper conductor in the stator slot; S2, for each semiconductor layer, partitioning the semiconductor layer to obtain a plurality of zones, disposing a resistor-inductance branch network in each zone, and connecting the resistor-inductance branch networks to form an insulation failure detection circuit; S3, supplying power to a three-phase winding of the aircraft generator from an external power source; S4, determining whether an unearthed voltage is present in four end corners of the insulation failure detection circuit; if not, returning to S3 for further powering; if yes, outputting a detection result and collecting an insulation failure position with potential change and difference in the insulation failure detection circuit as a positioning result.
US12265121B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method for operating a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (PRPG) based scan test system includes: generating test patterns using a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (PRPG), generating the test patterns including clocking the PRPG using a first clock signal; loading the test patterns into a plurality of scan chains coupled to the PRPG; modifying a bit distribution of the generated test patterns with respect to the plurality of scan chains by freezing at least one clock cycle of the first clock signal while a second clock signal is active or freezing at least one clock cycle of the second clock signal while the first clock signal is active; shifting the loaded test patterns using the second clock signal; applying the test patterns to a circuit under test (CUT) through the plurality of scan chains; and capturing response patterns generated by the CUT in the plurality of scan chains.
US12265110B2
A radio frequency antenna measurement system (10) of the present invention includes a receiving antenna (14) that receives a radiated radio wave from an on-chip radio frequency antenna (AUT). The receiving antenna (14) includes a waveguide (14A) in which a connector (14B) for outputting a reception signal to the power sensor (15) is integrally formed at a rear end. Accordingly, in a state where a microscope (MS) necessary for position adjustment of a feed probe (12) is installed, it is possible to construct a reception system that receives the radiated radio wave from the AUT and measures a radiation characteristic on a stage (11), and to measure the radiation characteristic such as a gain and radiation pattern of the AUT with high accuracy.
US12265105B2
The invention is directed to electrical load grouping based on measurements of an electrical parameter at electrical load sensors (120A, 120B). An electrical load grouping device (110) is configured for receiving a changed value of the electrical parameter from one or more of the electrical load sensors (120A, 120B) in reaction to a changed power consumption of a respective electrical load (132A, . . . , 134C). The electrical load grouping device (110) is further configured for assigning the respective electrical load (132A, . . . , 134C) to a group (130A, 130B) of electrical loads associated to an electrical load sensor (120A, 120B) or groups of electrical loads associated to electrical load sensors based on which electrical load sensor (120A, 120B) or which electrical load sensors measured the changed value of the electrical parameter received in reaction to the changed power consumption of the respective electrical load (132A, . . . , 134C).
US12265089B2
A method is provided for distinguishing between and/or diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD) or multiple system atrophy (MSA) in a subject who is exhibiting symptoms associated with both PD and MSA. The method comprises: (A) contacting a biological sample obtained from the subject and comprising soluble, misfolded alpha-synuclein (αS) protein with a pre-incubation mixture comprising a monomeric αS substrate and an indicator to form an incubation mixture; (B) conducting an incubation cycle two or more times on the incubation mixture to form misfolded αS aggregates; (C) subjecting the incubation mixture to excitation and detecting via indicator fluorescence emission the misfolded αS aggregates; and (D) diagnosing the subject has having PD or MSA depending on the fluorescence emission intensity. In some aspects, the incubation cycles are conducted in the presence of a bead.
US12265088B2
This disclosure provides for devices, methods, and systems for generating a plurality of droplets within a collecting container at an extremely high rate (e.g., of at least 1 million droplets per minute, etc.), each of the plurality of droplets comprising an aqueous mixture for a digital analysis, wherein upon generation, the plurality of droplets is stabilized in position within a region of the collecting container. The inventions enable partitioning of samples for digital analyses at unprecedented rates, where readout of signals from targets within such partitions can still be achieved in accordance with various assays.
US12265079B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for selecting biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) based on specific binding to a substrate and single-biological particle measurement of analytes from the substrate-bound biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei). Single biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) from a population of biological particles are captured through their binding to biological particle- (e.g., cell- or nucleus-) and/or molecule-specific biological particle (e.g., cell or nucleus) capture moieties on a substrate. Analytes are released from the single captured biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) and bind to analyte-specific barcode molecules associated with the specific biological particle (e.g., cell or nucleus) capture moieties to which a biological particle (e.g., a cell or nucleus) has bound. Analysis of the barcode molecules identifies the bound analytes. The systems and methods are used to select and capture immune cells, such as T-cells that bind specific peptide epitopes through their T-cell receptors (TCRs) or B-cells that bind antigen through their B cell receptors (BCRs). Detection and analysis of barcode molecules that have bound cellular analytes comprising rearranged V(D)J-expressing RNAs from the T-cells or B-cells allows identification of the specific TCR sequences that recognize and bind the specific peptide epitopes or specific BCR sequences that recognize and bind specific antigens.
US12265078B2
A system for screening compounds for therapeutic cardiac effects in the cells, tissues and organoids (1) of patients having diseases such as neurological diseases or disorders with significant cardiac comorbidities. The system comprises a medical device apparatus that can be suitable for a single-tier screen for cardio-active compounds that comprises a human ventricular cardiac anisotropic sheet (hvCAS) and human ventricular cardiac tissue strip (hvCTS), a two-tier system further comprising human ventricular cardiac organoid chamber (hvCOC) (20), or a three-tier system still further comprising a medical device comprising multiple organoids (20), which include tissues or organoids (1) of the same or different type (e.g., heart, liver, pancreas, kidney). Another aspect of the disclosure is the methods suitable for use with the systems, comprising screens for identifying compounds having cardiac effects on cells, tissues or organoids (1) of patients having a non-cardiac disease exhibiting a cardiac effect, such as neurological diseases. The methods are further useful in assessing the toxicity of compounds to various cells, tissues or organoids (1) of such patients.
US12265072B2
The invention relates to a device for crumbling root crops into substantially equal sized pieces and homogenizing the flow of crumbled pieces for analysis. The device can have a crumbling device with a main frame and at least one crumbling shaft rotatably supported in the main frame. The crumbling shaft can have a plurality of curved hooks for interlaced movement with recesses in at least one non-rotating cutting rake and at least one cleaning rake. A transport device can move the stream of crumbled root crops from the crumbling device where the stream can be leveled with a leveling rake and compressed into a substantially flat and uniform flow with a roller. The roller can have one or more scrapers positioned to clean the roller surface of residual root crop product and distribute the cleaned material in locations away from the stream to be analyzed to avoid contamination.
US12265064B2
In one embodiment, a concrete strength testing system includes a core drill having a core barrel, a press associated with the core drill that is configured to drive the core barrel into concrete to be tested, a force sensor associated with the core drill that is configured to measure a force with which the core barrel is driven into the concrete by the press, and a depth measurement device configured to measure a depth into the concrete to which the core barrel is driven by the press.
US12265062B2
Methods to perform through tubing cement evaluation using converted multipole resonance modes. A first acoustic transmission is emitted outward toward the cement such that a portion of the first acoustic transmission penetrates the cement. The receiver array detects the first acoustic response derived from the first acoustic transmission. The system then determines the multimode wellbore resonance based on the first acoustic response. In response to the first acoustic transmission penetrating the cement, a first mode of the multimode wellbore resonance is converted into a second mode different from the first mode. The receiver array detects a second acoustic response derived from the converted mode of the multimode wellbore resonance. The system determines the converted mode using the second acoustic response. A property of the cement is evaluated based on the multimode wellbore resonance and the converted mode.
US12265059B2
A system comprising a computer readable storage device readable by the system, tangibly embodying a program having a set of instructions executable by the system to perform the following steps for indication confirmation for detecting a sub-surface defect, the set of instructions comprising: an instruction to initialize a transducer starting location and a transducer orientation responsive to a prior determination of a potential flaw location; an instruction to optimize an observation point of the transducer responsive to the transducer starting location and the transducer orientation responsive to a flaw response model; an instruction to move the transducer to the observation point location and orientation; an instruction to collect the scan data at the observation point location and orientation; and an instruction to analyze the scan data to extract a measure of the flaw response model; and an instruction to update the flaw response model.
US12265056B2
A method of analysing ions is disclosed comprising: (i) subjecting ions of an analyte molecule to different activation levels at different times so as to cause the ions to have different mobilities at said different times, wherein the activation level is varied in a plurality of cycles, and wherein the activation level is varied between said different levels during each of the cycles. The method uses an ion mobility separator or scanned ion mobility filter to determine the mobilities of the ions for said different activation levels; and correlates the determined mobilities with their respective activation levels so as to thereby obtain a fingerprint for the analyte molecule.
US12265050B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for detecting neurotransmitters. A non-limiting example of the system includes a porous electrode. A system can also include a pH sensor attached to the porous electrode, wherein the pH sensor includes a sensing electrode and a reference electrode. The system can also include electronic circuitry in communication with the pH sensor.
US12265046B2
An example heterostructure semiconductor for sensing a gas comprises a substrate made of nanosheets of a compound of a first metal, wherein the compound of the first metal is sensitive to the gas to be sensed; one or more 1-Dimensional (1D) components fabricated on a surface of the substrate, the 1D components comprising a compound of a second metal, wherein the compound of the second metal is selective to the gas to be sensed; and a 2-Dimensional (2D) layer formed on the surface of the substrate in portions excluding the 1D components, wherein the 2D layer comprises compounds of the first and second metal. Method of fabrication of the heterostructure semiconductor and a chemiresistive sensor made thereof are also disclosed.
US12265041B2
A risk of breakage of a sample holder can be reduced and a biochemical sample or a liquid sample can be observed easily and with a high observation throughput. A sample holder 101 holding a sample includes: a sample chamber including a first insulating thin film 110 and a second insulating thin film 111 that sandwich and hold the sample 200 in a liquid or gel form and face each other, a vacuum partition wall inside which the sample chamber holding the sample is fixed in a state in which the thin film is exposed to a surrounding atmosphere, and whose internal space is kept at a degree of vacuum at least lower than that of the sample room at the time of observation of the sample, a detection electrode 820 disposed to face the second insulating thin film in a state in which the sample chamber is fixed to the vacuum partition wall, and a signal detection unit 50 connected to the detection electrode. Before the surrounding atmosphere of the sample holder is evacuated from an atmospheric pressure to a vacuum, the charged particle beam device receives a detection signal from the signal detection unit via a connector and detects an abnormality of the sample chamber based on the detection signal.
US12265040B2
A device for measuring the amount of moisture in a medium that includes a transmission antenna that sends a signal as an electromagnetic wave, a reception antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave sent from the transmission antenna and transmitted through a medium, a measurement section that measures the electromagnetic wave propagated to the reception antenna, and a sensor casing. The sensor device further includes a transmission substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers and a reception substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers, or a first covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the transmission substrate and a second covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the reception substrate The coverings are formed of an electromagnetic wave absorption material. The sensor casing includes a transmission probe casing that accommodates the transmission substrate and a reception probe casing that accommodates the reception substrate.
US12265035B2
A method for detecting, on the finish of containers, defects in a horizontal mold seal of the container includes the steps of disposing the container between a light source and a camera and ensuring the rotation of the container on itself according to one rotational revolution. The camera acquires, at each increment of rotation of the container, an image so that the number of images per rotational revolution is greater than 36. The images captured for each container are analyzed such that the profile of the finish edge is detected in each image, the profiles of the finish edge of the images are compared with a reference profile of the finish edge so as to detect deviations between these profiles, and a defect in the horizontal mold seal for a container is detected when at least one image of said container has a deviation.
US12265034B2
Provided is a detection tool that detects a temperature of air. The detection tool includes a detection section that detects a temperature of air released from an air turbine handpiece, and a main body that includes a surface. The detection section is provided on the surface to allow the air turbine handpiece to be brought close to the detection section.
US12265024B2
The present invention addresses to a multidirectional dynamic phase shifting interferometry (DPSI) shearography and interferometry sensor. The present invention uses a configuration with three fixed prisms, or a single fixed three-facet optical prism constructed so as to achieve the same effect as three prisms and thus simultaneously obtain three images with phase shifting. The present invention also encompasses a method of inspection and measurement of vibration modes using said sensor.
US12265019B2
Disclosed is an optical system for interrogating a sample, an optical system for measuring the spectrum of a beam of light, an optical system for measuring the spectrum of two beams of light, a compact imaging-based sensor or sensors, and combinations thereof.
US12265018B2
The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen.
US12265017B2
The disclosure provides a method for establishing a hydrogen charging model for pipeline steel in an equivalent wet hydrogen sulfide environment and an application thereof, which belongs to the field of corrosion electrochemistry. The method includes the following steps: using a cathode hydrogen charging method and a wet hydrogen sulfide environment method respectively to perform hydrogen charging on each sample to be tested under different reaction conditions to obtain several first hydrogen charging samples and second hydrogen charging samples; measuring the hydrogen content of each of the first hydrogen charging sample and the second hydrogen charging sample; performing curve fitting on the variables in the two methods respectively according to the obtained hydrogen content, and the hydrogen charging model for pipeline steel in the equivalent wet hydrogen sulfide environment is obtained according to the fitting result.
US12265011B2
A method for determining a physical property related to a charge of a constituent of a sample, from field flow fractionation measurements with an additional electrical field, comprising the steps of obtaining a first fractogram of a first sample and a second fractogram of a second sample, wherein the first sample and the second sample are samples of a same substance, the first fractogram has been generated using a first electrical field, the second fractogram has been generated using a second electrical field, and a strength of the first electrical field and a strength of the second electrical field are different from each other; determining, by using a first mapping, from a first intensity value of the first fractogram, a first value and determining, by using a second mapping, from a second intensity value of the second fractogram, a second value; and determining, based on the first value and the second value, a physical property related to a charge of a constituent of at least one of the first sample and the second sample; wherein the first mapping maps the first intensity value to the first value of a first bijective function over time and the second mapping maps the second intensity value to the second value of a second bijective function over time.
US12265005B2
An eDNA sample collection device having a rigid housing with openings to allow contact between the interior of the housing and the external environment. The housing includes membrane retaining portions for holding flexible membranes in the housing of the device, and membrane holders are used to secure membranes within the housing.
US12264996B2
A system, apparatus and method directed to detecting damage to an optical fiber of a medical device. The optical fiber includes one or more core fibers each including a plurality of sensors configured to (i) reflect a light signal based on received incident light, and (ii) alter the reflected light signal for use in determining a physical state of the multi-core optical fiber. The system also includes a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing a broadband incident light signal to the multi-core optical fiber, receiving reflected light signals, receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the broadband incident light by one or more of the plurality of sensors, identifying at least one unexpected spectral width or a lack of an expected spectral width, and determining the damage has occurred to the optical fiber based on the identification.
US12264987B2
The present invention enables the measuring and evaluating of variations in vehicle fuel consumption and emission test results due to differences in driving style. An automatic operation device that automatically operates a test part based on a command vehicle speed includes a receiving unit, a command vehicle speed shaping unit, and an operation control unit. The receiving unit receives a driving mode set or changed by a user. The command vehicle speed shaping unit shapes a command vehicle speed r(t) based on the driving mode received by the receiving unit. The operation control unit controls an operation of the test part by a shaped command vehicle speed r′(t) obtained by the command vehicle speed shaping unit.
US12264986B1
A hydrodynamic bearing fault prediction, detection, diagnosis, and response system for combustion ignition engines, machines and/or coupled components of a combustion ignition engine and/or machine; a plurality of transducers, each disposed proximally or about each of the engine/machine components or engine itself; with at least one transducer with capacitance sensing abilities, each of the transducers disposed to react to changes in the dielectric constant of a nanosuspension circulated about the monitored component.
US12264976B2
A three-phase load is powered by an SPWM driven inverter having a single shunt-topology. During operation, drain-to-source resistances of transistors of each branch of the inverter are determined. Interpolation is performed on assumed drain-to-source resistances of the transistors for different temperatures to produce a non-linear model of drain-to-source resistance to temperature for the transistors, and the drain-to-source resistances determined during operation and the non-linear model are used to estimate temperature values of the transistors. Driving of the inverter can be adjusted so that conductivity of each branch is set so that power delivered by that branch is as high as possible without exceeding an allowed drain current threshold representing a threshold junction temperature. In addition, driving of the inverter can be ceased if the temperature of a transistor exceeds the threshold temperature.
US12264962B2
An infrared sensor cover includes a decorative layer, a transparent first base, and a transparent second base. The decorative layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first base is made of a resin molded body and disposed on the first surface of the decorative layer. The second base is made of a resin molded body and disposed on the second surface of the decorative layer. An absolute value of a difference between refractive indices of a first resin material of the first base and a second resin material of the second base is less than or equal to 0.05. An absolute value of a difference between heat deflection temperatures of the first resin material and the second resin material is greater than or equal to 15 degrees.
US12264959B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a weighing device in which dropping of articles from gripping means and reductions in weighing precision are suppressed. In a weighing device (100), when at least one of an operation state of grippers (30) and weighing results from weighing units (40) fulfills any condition from among “a weight value of articles (A) weighed by the weighing units (40) not being a preset target weight value,” “an operating distance in an operation in which the articles (A) are held by gripping members (32) being greater than a prescribed range,” and “the operating distance in the operation in which the articles (A) are held by the gripping members (32) being less than the prescribed range,” the articles (A) gripped by the grippers (30) are returned to an article group accommodation container (52) by a control unit (70) without said articles (A) being discharged to a discharge chute. As a result, a situation where the grippers (30) operate while still holding “articles for which the weight value is not the target weight value” is avoided.
US12264956B2
A system is provided that comprises an inlet fluid conduit, an outer frame, and an inner frame coupled to the outer frame via at least one mass measurement device, where the inner frame includes an opening. A bi-directional scale is pivotally connected to the inner frame along an axis of rotation, where the bi-directional scale comprises filter media positioned between a first material receiving receptable and a second material receiving receptable. The first material receiving receptacle is configured to receive a fluid mixture from the inlet fluid conduit. The system comprises a separator pivoting system coupled to the bi-directional scale. The separator pivoting system is configured to: rotate the bi-directional scale about the axis of rotation, wherein following rotation of the bi-directional scale, the second material receiving receptacle is positioned to receive the fluid mixture from the inlet fluid conduit.
US12264949B2
A flow rate of a gas is determined based on a predetermined relational expression including, as parameters: the flow rate of the gas; diameter and length of a hole; upstream and downstream pressures; and temperature, molecular weight, viscosity coefficient, and specific heat ratio of the gas. Additionally, setting conditions for a type and temperature of the gas, the length of the hole, and the pressures upstream and downstream from the hole are set; the relational expression is used to obtain the correspondence relationship between the diameter of the hole and the flow rate of the gas flowing through the hole; an approximation function approximating the obtained correspondence relationship is determined; the flow rate of a gas passing through a test piece having a hole of an unknown diameter is measured; and the diameter of the hole is estimated, based on the measured flow rate and the approximation function.
US12264948B2
Some embodiments provide an irrigation flow sensor system, comprising: a housing forming a fluid channel to cooperate with conduits of an irrigation system; a paddle wheel device with at least a first blade of a set of the blades comprises a magnetic element; the paddle wheel device is positioned with at least a portion of the blades extends into the fluid channel as the blades rotate about an axis; a magnetic sensor proximate a pathway of the magnetic element as it rotates configured to provide a sensor output every time the magnetic element passes the magnetic sensor; a switch coupled to the magnetic sensor and a current loop, wherein the switch in an activate state is configured to temporarily change the current in the current loop in response to the sensor output, with a rate of change in current corresponding to a flow rate of the fluid flowing.
US12264947B2
A measuring system according to an exemplary embodiment acquires a measurement value indicating electrostatic capacitance between a measuring device and a transport fork for transporting the measuring device. The transport fork includes a target electrode. The measuring device includes a first sensor provided on a base board. The first sensor includes a central electrode and peripheral electrodes. The central electrode acquires electrostatic capacitance for reflecting a distance with the target electrode. The peripheral electrodes are disposed around the central electrode to acquire electrostatic capacitance for reflecting an amount of deviation in a horizontal direction with respect to the target electrode of the transport fork.
US12264944B2
A system for measuring the rotation of a throttle knob of a vehicle such as a motorcycle, snowmobile, personal watercraft or the like is disclosed, including a knob fitted onto a handlebar and capable of rotating around it. The knob has a magnet, provided for a fixed sensor suitable to detect the angular movement of the magnet following a rotation of the knob for the vehicle throttle control. The magnet has two sectors (N, S) with opposite polarity and different length, with the magnet therefore having asymmetric polarities.
US12264942B2
A fastening element for a sensor is disclosed, which fastening element can be fastened to a structure by means of a light-curing adhesive. The light-curing adhesive is cured within the cavities provided for receiving the light-curing adhesive by direct and/or indirect illumination. Furthermore, a sensor unit having a sensor and a fastening element, an arrangement having a sensor unit and a structure, and a method for providing an arrangement is disclosed.
US12264933B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining a plurality of available locations for a vehicle to pick up or drop off a user in an area based on sensor data that is captured by the vehicle and is associated with physical characteristics of the area. The method includes calculating a viability value for each of the plurality of available locations. The viability value is calculated based on the physical characteristics of the area as determined from the sensor data. The method includes ranking the plurality of available locations according to the viability values of the plurality of available locations. An available location with a higher viability value is ranked above an available location with a lower viability value. The method includes sending instructions to present, on a computing device, one or more selectable locations of the plurality of available locations based on the ranking.
US12264928B2
There is provided a decentralized system and method for distributed traffic management comprising: a plurality of intersection computing agents connected across a communication network, each intersection computing agent located at a particular intersection communicating with a plurality of corresponding local link computing agents comprising sensors located on each respective road link directly connected to the particular intersection, to receive a link status report comprising speed and number of vehicles on said each respective road link; and said each intersection computing agent calculating an estimated travel time for said each respective road link from said link status report and receiving link information packet comprising the estimated travel time for said each respective road link from a first plurality of intersection computing agents located at a first plurality of intersections physically located downstream to create a network travel time matrix for routing vehicles at said particular intersection.
US12264916B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a sensor element, a housing provided around the sensor element, and a processor. The sensor element includes a base body including first and second base body regions, and first and second sensor parts. The first sensor part is provided in the first base body region, and includes a first sensor movable part. The second sensor part is provided in the second base body region and includes first and second beams. The processor can derive a rotation angle and an angular velocity based on a signal obtained from the first sensor movable part. The processor can detect acceleration and a temperature based on a first resonance frequency of the first beam and a second resonance frequency of the second beam. The processor can correct one of the rotation angle or the angular velocity based on one of the temperature or the acceleration.
US12264913B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring the mechanical angular position of a rotor including, during a calibration phase and then a setting phase: acquiring Ns measurement signals, at measurement locations offset by a corresponding mechanical angle, modulo 2Pi/Nc radians of angle, to Pi/(2×Nc) radians for Ns=2 and 2Pi/3Nc radians for Ns=3; compute an instantaneous electrical angular position value taking into account the arctangent of the ratio of the values of the two measurement signals for the time under consideration, or the arctangent of the ratio of the values of the two transforms obtained by a Clarke transform, applied to three measurement signals; determine electrical calibration (SIGcb) and setting (Sigi) signatures; determine an angular measurement offset value by an operation of resetting the signatures.
US12264904B2
A variable cutting diameter arrowhead includes a first blade, a second blade, and a ferrule, where the first blade and the second blade have a stowed position and a deployed position. The first blade and the second blade may be pivotally attached to the ferrule. In addition, a resilient member may be within a ferrule cavity, where the resilient member applies a force to a blade locking member that engages the first blade and the second blade to retain the blades in a stowed position. When the blades are in a deployed position, the distance between a distal end of the first blade and an outer surface of the ferrule is greater than the distance between the distal end of the first blade and the outer surface of the ferrule is in the stowed position.
US12264898B2
A remote weapon system structured to be interfaced with aerial, ground and sea vehicles or platforms for operation in mission critical conditions, allows for mounting and control of single or multi-shot anti-armor rocket launcher systems and provides optical sighting, laser range finding and fire control to adjust vertical elevation, sight of target and trigger of the ignition system. A tactical gimbal controlled by a high torque motor with dual shafts allows for high positional accuracy and target hold that is stable. A frame shrouds and secures rocket launcher tubes causing them to move in unison with the tactical gimbal as a single or multi-shot system. Ignition of the rocket(s) is achieved by a remote-controlled ignitor.
US12264896B2
An example shot tracking system may perform receiving, by a shot analysis module, a shot recoil signal from a shot tracking device, obtaining, by the shot analysis module, a density of pellets at a clay target position and a pellet velocity, calculating, by the shot analysis module, a probability of the pellets striking the clay target based on the density of the pellets, computing, by the shot analysis module, a probability of a breakage of the clay target based on the pellet velocity and the probability of the pellets striking the clay target, and providing the probability of breakage to a display device to be rendered to a user.
US12264894B2
An optical aiming device for mounting on a firearm is provided, having a housing defining a barrel axis; an optical element received in the housing; an illumination device being arranged to project light onto the optical element to display a reticle, the reticle having a first light intensity; a light sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor defining a first effective detector angle of view and providing a first sensor signal and a second sensor defining a second effective detector angle of view and providing a second sensor signal, the light sensor arrangement being arranged to cooperate with the illumination device to enable adjustment of the light intensity of the reticle to a second light intensity as a function of the first and second sensor signals; and a processor configured to communicate with the light sensor arrangement to adjust the light intensity of the reticle as a function of the first and second sensor signals.
US12264882B2
The invention relates to a modular assembly (E) for storing heat by phase-change material including a plurality of heat-storage modules (M1) attached to one another, the heat-storage assembly comprising a vessel (2). At least two adjacent modules are disposed so that a porous external wall (6b) of one of the modules (M1) is arranged facing a porous external wall (6b) of the other of the modules (M1), and so that a solid external wall (6a) of one of the modules (M1), forming one of the parts of the vessel, is attached to a solid external wall (6a) of the other of the modules (M1), forming another part of the vessel.
US12264881B2
The present invention discloses a mobile energy storage internet system. The mobile energy storage internet system comprises distributed energy harvesting devices, mobile cold storage/heat storage devices, an energy system dispatching and monitoring center, and cold supply/heat supply terminals. The distributed energy harvesting devices are used for harvesting industrial waste cold energy/heat energy. The energy system dispatching and monitoring center is used for monitoring the residual energy of the distributed energy harvesting devices and the energy demand of the cold supply/heat supply terminals respectively, and mobilizing the mobile cold storage/heat storage devices to the distributed energy harvesting devices to store residual energy or to the cold supply/heat supply terminals to release the stored residual energy. The mobile energy storage internet system disclosed by the present invention can make full use of various waste industrial residual energy, and nest electricity of renewable energy power stations and nuclear power stations, realizes long-distance cold supply and heat supply without pipe network, and reduces energy consumption in construction industries.
US12264877B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for an automated temperature logging and predictive alerting system for monitoring items that are being cooled or heated. In one embodiment, a predictive logging application may compare a predicted temperature curve of an item to a predefined slope to predict whether or not the item will meet a target threshold. The target threshold may be a target temperature or duration rule that can be aggregated discontinuously over a single day or multiple days. If the projected temperature curve is predicted to not meet the target threshold, the logging application may send alerts notifying a client of available corrective actions. In projecting the predicted slope, the predictive logging application may train machine learning models to analyze historical data associated with the item and the user.
US12264876B2
A guide member extends from an opening of a casing toward an internal space. The guide member guides the temperature sensor to the internal space. The detector and the lead wire of the temperature sensor are held by the guide member.
US12264867B2
A cryostat socket for holding an ion trap device mounted on a substrate in a cryostat includes a housing frame provided for pre-assembly in the cryostat. A pin insert is arranged in the housing frame. The pin insert includes a base plate and contact pins. The contact pins are arranged in an array. A housing cover has a receptacle for the substrate. The housing cover, when assembled with the housing frame, exerts a compressive force on a front side of the substrate by which a rear side of the substrate is pressed onto the contact pins.
US12264862B2
The refrigerator according to the present invention may comprise: a first tray assembly forming a part of ice-making cells; and a second tray assembly forming the other part of the ice-making cells. In order that ice can be produced in the direction of ice-making cells formed by any one of the first and second tray assemblies to ice-making cells formed by the other tray assembly, following the start of an ice-making process, the one tray assembly comprises a first part, and the first part comprises: a first surface forming a part of the ice-making cells; and a first deformation-resistant reinforcement part extending from the first surface in the vertical direction away from a heater.
US12264852B2
An example centrifugal compressor includes a first stage and a second stage, a flow path within the centrifugal compressor between the first and second stages, an impeller, and a labyrinth seal. The labyrinth seal comprises a plurality of teeth, a lumen through a thickness of the labyrinth seal, and a lumen inlet disposed between adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth.
US12264847B2
A multi-split type air-conditioning device includes an indoor hot water unit, an indoor air unit, and an outdoor unit to which the indoor hot water unit and the indoor air unit are connected. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor unit-control unit configured to control a refrigerant circuit and transmits control commands for the indoor hot water unit and the indoor air unit via transmission signal lines. The outdoor unit-control unit executes an indoor hot water unit-determination process of causing the refrigerant circuit to perform a heating operation, and determining the branch port to which the indoor hot water unit is connected and an indoor air unit-determination process of causing the refrigerant circuit to perform a cooling operation, and determining a connection relationship between the branch port to which the indoor air unit is connected and the indoor air unit.
US12264842B2
A zoning system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a temperature control device configured to monitor a temperature in a zone of a structure for conditioning by the HVAC system and configured to send a wireless control signal including data based on the temperature, and a damper actuator configured to be associated with the zone and configured to adjust a position of a damper to control an airflow into the zone, where the damper actuator is configured to receive the wireless control signal from the temperature control device and configured to adjust the position of the damper based on the data.
US12264841B2
A silencer for installation in an air duct, in particular in a flat duct, having at least one sound-absorbing damping element extending essentially in a longitudinal direction (X), and having at least one holding device which accommodates the damping element at least in sections and has a fastening device for fixing the silencer in the air duct. An assembly comprising an air duct and such a silencer is further described.
US12264814B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of candles. More specifically, the present invention relates to a tapered candle base device preferably comprised of at least one grip mat and at least one candle base that receives the grip mat within an opening. The grip mat can be wrapped around a tapered or non-tapered candle, wherein the candle and grip mat can then be placed within the candle base such that the candle is secured within the candle base via the grip mat.
US12264813B2
The luminaires of the present disclosure provide a slim profile and simple construction for use in a variety of lighting applications. A circuit board can have a plurality of light sources thereon, and a lens can at least partially encapsulate the circuit board to protect and electrically insulate the circuit board. When used, for example, in a lighted shelf application, power can be provided to the luminaire through shelf brackets along the side of the shelf panel.
US12264803B2
In some embodiments, optical systems with a reflector and a lens proximate a light output opening of the reflector provide light output with high spatial uniformity and high efficiency. The reflectors are shaped to provide substantially angularly uniform light output and the lens is configured to transform this angularly uniform light output into spatially uniform light output. The light output may be directed into a spatial light modulator, which modulates the light to project an image.
US12264797B2
The utility model discloses an inflatable product with a light-emitting positioning structure, including: a main body provided with an inflation chamber inside, and an external bin disposed on the main body, and configured to receive a luminous body; wherein the luminous body received in the external bin can be fixed relative to the external bin when the inflation chamber is in an inflated state; and the external bin and/or the main body can transmit light. The main body of the inflatable product with a light-emitting positioning structure according to the utility model is provided with a self-contained external bin, after the inflatable product is inflated, a light bar located in the external bin can be driven to be attached relative to the external bin, so that the fixing of the light bar is more convenient, and the light bar is not easy to fall off, and the safety is high; at the same time, different light bars can be selected and replaced according to the user's own needs, and the degree of freedom is high; and the light bar is disposed in the external bin capable of transmitting light, which has a good light transmitting effect.
US12264782B2
In order to enlarge a tank volume of a hydrogen powered aircraft, an aircraft tank for storing cryogenic H2 is configured as a non-circular dorsal tank. The aircraft tank may be configured as a conformal fuel tank fitted to an outer contour of an aircraft fuselage. Further, an aircraft is provided with such an aircraft tank.
US12264777B2
A flexible mobile holder includes a base assembly, a support rod, and a clamping assembly for clamping an electronic product. One end of the support rod is connected to the base assembly. The clamping assembly is connected to another end of the support rod. The base assembly includes an upright post, a clamping mechanism, and a movable seat. An upper end of the upright post has a mounting hole. A plurality of first positioning teeth are provided on an inner wall of one end of the mounting hole. The clamping mechanism is disposed at a lower end of the upright post.
US12264768B2
A fluid connector comprises a body, an assembly interface arranged on and in the body, a pressure sensor, a cover, and a resilient element positioned between the cover and one face of the pressure sensor. The body has two fluid connection end pieces and an internal duct. The assembly interface comprises an orifice placing the internal duct in communication with the outside of the body, a first receiving area extending around the orifice, a second receiving area extending around the first receiving area, and attachment regions. The pressure sensor is in contact with the first receiving area via a first gasket. The cover is positioned on the pressure sensor and is in contact with the second receiving area via a second gasket to isolate the pressure sensor from the outside environment. The cover comprises side wings configured to cooperate with the attachment regions.
US12264765B2
A coupling device for fluid lines includes a female part having an annular wall with an aperture, a locking arm with a cam, and a male part having an annular wall with an outside surface with a circumferential groove and defining a longitudinal channel extending into the groove. The male part can be inserted into and rotated within the female part. The locking arm has a cam, and can be rotated between a locked position in which the cam is in a locked position and an unlocked position in which the cam is in an unlocked position. When the cam is in either the locked or unlocked position, the cam engages the groove to retain the male part within the female part, unless the male part is rotationally positioned relative to the female part such that cam is aligned with the channel, in which case the male part is releasable from the female part.
US12264754B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for controlling opening and closing of at least one water outlet of an electromagnetic distributor, the method comprising: detecting, by at least one sensor, a current position, relative to the at least one water outlet, of at least one solenoid valve core; determining, by a controller, a current state of the at least water outlet according to the detected current position of the at least one solenoid valve core; generating, by an electromagnetic coil, a magnetic field force on the at least one solenoid valve core; adjusting, by the controller, a direction and an amount of the magnetic field force on the at least one solenoid valve core according to the determined current state of the at least one water outlet; and controlling, by the controller, a movement, relative to the at least one water outlet, of the at least one solenoid valve core.
US12264751B2
A control valve (1) for regulating a water flow to or from a device in a HVAC system, having a valve body (2), a shaft (15,25) rotatable about a valve axis X, a first ceramic plate (16,26) and a second ceramic plate (17,27) mounted about the shaft (15,15′,15″), the first ceramic plate (16,26) being stationary, while the second ceramic plate (17,27) is coupled to the shaft (15,15′,15″) to rotate with the shaft (15,15′,15″), the first ceramic plate (16,26) having first- and second through-going openings (31,32,41,42), the second ceramic plate (17,27) having one through-going opening or recess (33,43), first-, second- and third, ports (11,21,12,22,13,23), wherein the second ceramic plate (17,27) is rotatable: to a first range of angular positions in which the first port (11, 21) is in fluid communication with the third port (13, 23), and to a second, different range of angular positions in which the second port (12, 22) is in fluid communication with the third port (13, 23).
US12264740B2
A claw-type gearshift has a sliding sleeve which is adapted to be axially displaced on a hub body and a clutch body of a speed change gear. The hub body has at least one thrust piece arranged thereon which includes a friction surface that cooperates with a mating friction surface on the clutch body, the at least one thrust piece being displaceable in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions that are located on either side of the release position. A first locking structure on the at least one thrust piece cooperates with a second locking structure on the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve. The locking structures are configured such that in each of the locking positions, the locking structures rest against each other such that a further axial movement of the sliding sleeve is blocked. For shifting a gear, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced.
US12264736B2
A lubricant device is configured for supplying lubricant to a planetary carrier of a planetary gearset. A planetary bolt passes through and extends beyond an opening in the planetary carrier to form an axially projecting end area. A collecting tray is configured for guiding lubricant to flow along the collecting tray to the planetary bolt during use. The collecting tray has an annular intermediate element fixed to the collecting tray when assembled, and which faces axially toward the planetary carrier. The intermediate element has first and second radial projections that are spaced axially. At its projecting end area, the planetary bolt has corresponding spaced first and second fixing contours, enabling the first radial projection to be latched into the first fixing contour and the second radial projection to be latched into the second fixing contour to form an axially secure arrangement of the collecting tray and the planetary bolt.
US12264724B2
A tension member has fibres straightened such that they are substantially parallel. The fibres are then held in the base of mould. A curable resin such as castable synthetic polymer resin, is applied around the fibres.
The side of mould is then placed on base trapping compression tool as part of the mould. The cylindrical cavity defined by the mould is filled with curable resin, The curable resin is then allowed to set, and the mould removed to form a rigid rod on the end of the tension member.
US12264718B2
A brake device for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes: a caliper body configured to surround a brake disc; a pair of brake pads disposed in the caliper body so as to face each other and respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the brake disc; a screw bar installed in the caliper body and configured to be rotatable by power from a motor unit; a nut unit configured to be rectilinearly moved by a rotation of the screw bar; a piston unit configured to surround an outer portion of the nut unit and press any one of the pair of brake pads by moving together with the nut unit; a bearing unit configured to support a rotation of the screw bar and be moved by a repulsive force of the screw bar; and a load switch unit installed in the caliper body, disposed to face the bearing unit, and configured to operate by being pressed by the bearing unit.
US12264714B2
An adjustor for a secondary pump of a brake is provided, including: a main body, being integrally formed of one piece, including a cylinder and a handle connected to the cylinder, the cylinder having a chamber thereinside, the handle having a passage in communication with the chamber; a piston, movably received in the chamber; a blocking member, connected to the cylinder; and a rod, connected to the piston and extending through the cylinder.
US12264712B2
The present application relates to a friction brake system (1) for a vehicle. The friction brake system (1) comprises a braking member (12) connectable to first and second brake pads and configured for pressing the first and second brake pads against a friction surface. The system (1) further comprises a transmission unit (2) configured for converting a rotary motion generated by an electric motor (30) into a braking motion of the braking member (12). The transmission unit (2) comprises a ball-in-ramp assembly (3) having a first plate (9) with at least one groove (23), a second plate (10) with at least one groove (22) facing the groove (23) of the first plate (9), and at least one ball (11) arranged between the first plate (9) and the second plate (10). The ball (11) is retained by the groove (23) of the first plate (9) and the groove (22) of the second plate (10). Further, the ball-in-ramp (3) assembly is configured to convert a rotary motion of the first plate (9) into a translational motion of the second plate (10) with respect to the first plate (9). The first plate (9) is configured to be rotated by the electric motor (30). Further, at least one of the first plate (9) and the second plate (10) is mechanically coupled with the braking member (12). The first plate (9) is rotatably supported by a brake bolt bracket (16) coupled to a braking bolt (13), and the second plate (10) is operably connected to a caliper housing bolt (14) connected with a caliper housing (33) such that the caliper housing (33) and the braking bolt (14) are configured to press the first and second brake pads against opposing surfaces of a brake disc when the braking member (12) executes the braking motion.
US12264707B2
A hydrodynamic bearing for accommodating and supporting a rotating element includes an unloaded sliding surface, a loaded sliding surface downstream of the unloaded sliding surface, a first injection pocket arranged within the unloaded sliding surface and a second injection pocket arranged within the loaded sliding surface. A radial recess arranged within the unloaded sliding surface and the loaded sliding surface extends in a circumferential direction such as to overlap the first and second injection pockets in the circumferential direction upstream and downstream. The radial recess defines or delimits an active area of the unloaded and loaded sliding surfaces. Each of the first and second injection pockets has an axial length which is smaller than an axial extension of the active area upstream or downstream in a corresponding circumferential sliding section of the unloaded sliding surface and loaded sliding surface in which the first and second injection pockets respectively are arranged.
US12264704B2
A foil journal bearing, having: a shaft; a top foil surrounding the shaft in a circumferential direction; a corrugated bump foil surrounding the top foil in the circumferential direction, wherein the corrugated bump foil includes a plurality of adjacent corrugations that each include sidewalls that extend from a radial inner end to a radial outer end of the corrugated bump foil; and a bearing sleeve surrounding the corrugated bump foil, wherein: at least one of the sidewalls of at least one of the corrugations includes an undulation disposed between the outer and inner radial ends of the sidewall; and the undulation is defined by an undulation outer end and an undulation inner end.
US12264701B2
An attachment portion facilitates attachment to an attachment object such as a vehicle. The attachment portion includes a first fastening portion, a second fastening portion to be screwed with the first fastening portion, a detent portion (a connection portion, a holder) provided between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and a deformable member (a claw washer) provided between the first fastening portion and the detent portion. The detent portion suppresses that at least one of the first fastening portion and the deformable member rotate(s) when the second fastening portion rotates. After the first fastening portion and the deformable member are inserted into an attachment hole into which the attachment portion is to be inserted, of the attachment object, the deformable member sandwiches the attachment object with the second fastening portion by rotating the second fastening portion so as to be screwed with the first fastening portion.
US12264690B2
Damping devices, turbomachines, and methods of damping vibration are provided. For example, a damping device for damping vibration of a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation is provided. The damping device defines radial and axial directions. The damping device comprises a bearing, a housing, and a damper element. The housing and damper element define a cavity therebetween for receipt of a damping fluid. The cavity has a length along the axial direction that is curved away from the axis of rotation. As another example, a turbomachine comprising a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a damping device positioned annularly about the shaft. The damping device comprises a housing and a damper element defining a cavity therebetween for receipt of a damping fluid that has a curved shape. The cavity is curved in a plane extending along the radial and axial directions and including the axis of rotation.
US12264686B1
A ceiling fan assembly for mounting to a structure, the ceiling fan assembly comprising: a motor having a rotor assembly, which rotates about a rotational axis, and a stator assembly that is stationary relative to the rotational axis; at least one blade assembly having a root assembly; and a connector assembly comprising: a pocket carried by the rotor assembly, a tab carried by the at least one blade assembly and received within the pocket, and a tensioner to secure the tab within the pocket.
US12264682B2
A centrifugal compressor that includes: a rotary shaft; a compressor impeller mounted on the rotary shaft and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft to compress a fluid; a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller; and a thrust bearing supporting the rotary shaft in a thrust direction such that the rotary shaft is rotatable. The housing includes: an impeller chamber in which the compressor impeller is accommodated; a thrust bearing accommodation chamber in which the thrust bearing is accommodated; and a partition wall separating the impeller chamber from the thrust bearing accommodation chamber. The partition wall has therein a cooling gas passage through which cooling gas flows to cool the thrust bearing and a cooling water passage through which cooling water flows to cool the partition wall.
US12264672B2
A motor vehicle oil pump, including: a pump body, an external rotor having a first plurality of lobes, an internal rotor having a second plurality of lobes configured to engage the first plurality of lobes of the external rotor, and a driving body rotatable with respect to the pump body about a first axis of rotation. The external rotor is constrained to the driving body. An idle shaft is rotatably connected to the pump body about a second axis of rotation parallel and eccentric to the first axis of rotation. The external rotor rotates about the first axis of rotation and is rotated by the driving body. The driving body is rotated by a motor. The internal rotor is fitted onto the idle shaft for rotating about the second axis of rotation and is rotated by the external rotor.
US12264660B2
There is provided a wobble plate piston water pump including: a pump body defining a plurality of channels; a rotatable wobble plate disposed in the pump body; a plurality of pistons each located in a respective one of the plurality of channels, the pistons being reciprocatable within the channel along a piston axis; a water passage defined by a water inlet and a water outlet; and a plurality of inlet check valves, each associated with one of the channels, and positioned between the water inlet and the associated channel, the inlet check valves reciprocate along an axis parallel to the piston axis to transition between closed states and open states.
US12264652B2
Techniques for controlling the yaw of a wind turbine system by controlling a plurality of yaw drive actuators. Based on a requested motor speed reference as an input signal, and a mean motor speed reference as a feedback signal, the method determines a required motor torque reference as an output signal for the plurality of yaw drive actuators. The plurality of yaw drive actuators rotates a nacelle or a structure comprising a plurality of nacelles such that an even load distribution is provided for the plurality of yaw drive actuators.
US12264650B2
The invention relates to a control method for controlling an offshore floating tower wind turbine and to various systems and a wind turbine that use said method. The invention is mainly based on the control of the pitch angle of the blades of the wind turbine by means of power levels different from rated power, depending on the movement conditions to which the wind turbine is subjected at sea, and for above rated operating conditions wind speed. Owing to the described method, the invention allows the movements experienced by the wind turbine to be reduced, using the energy performance thereof more efficiently, without detriment to the service life thereof.
US12264640B1
A reusable vapor canister having a hollow body section having two opposed ends and a media cavity, two end caps, wherein at least one of the end caps is configured to removably couple to one of the opposed ends of the body, each end cap having at least one hole disposed therethrough, at least two fine mesh screens, at least two support structures, and at least two O-rings. The canister can have media within the media cavity comprising charcoal, activated charcoal, and/or activated carbon. A method of using the vapor canister comprises the steps of a) providing the vapor canister; and b) coupling the vapor canister to a vent line of a fuel tank. A method of assembling same.
US12264610B1
An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a main exhaust aftertreatment system with a main catalytic converter configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and a turbocharger turbine selectively rotatable in a first direction for a normal operation and an opposite second direction for a reverse rotation operation. A light-off catalyst bypass system with a bypass passage and a bypass catalytic converter is configured to selectively receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and bypass the turbine. During cold start, long idle, and/or low main catalytic converter temperature conditions, the turbine is rotated in the second direction to restrict or prevent exhaust gas from flowing through the turbine to facilitate directing the exhaust gas through the bypass passage and the bypass catalytic converter.
US12264604B2
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed that during cylinder deactivation, including skipfire, at low engines speeds and low engine loads maintain adequate oil pressure of valvetrain components or hardware required for CDA and/or skipfire operation.
US12264601B2
A fluid storage tank can be configured to store a cooling fluid in a liquid state and a gas state. A first heat exchanger can be configured to release heat into the fluid storage tank. A second heat exchanger can be disposed fluidly downstream of the fluid storage tank and configured to exchange heat between the cooling fluid and a heat load. A pressure control device can be disposed fluidly downstream of the second heat exchanger. One of the first cooling fluid that has been heated by the second heat exchanger or a second cooling fluid different than the first cooling fluid can pass through the first heat exchanger and thereby heat upstream first cooling fluid resident in the fluid storage tank.
US12264596B2
The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, assemblies, and systems can include the use of turbine blades that operate with a blade velocity that is significantly reduced in relation to conventional turbines used in typical power production systems. The methods and systems also can make use of a recycled circulating fluid for transpiration protection of the turbine and/or other components. Further, recycled circulating fluid may be employed to provide cleaning materials to the turbine.
US12264595B2
An aircraft engine, has: a turbine including a turbine rotor rotatable about a central axis; a scroll case having an inlet fluidly connected to a source of combustion gases and an outlet fluidly connected to the turbine, and a conduit extending around the central axis from the inlet to the outlet, the conduit spiraling towards the central axis; a bearing housing extending around the central axis; an exhaust case disposed downstream of the turbine; and a turbine support case secured to the bearing housing and to the exhaust case, the turbine support case having spokes distributed around the central axis and extending along a direction having an axial component relative to the central axis, the spokes extending through the conduit of the scroll case and radially supported by the bearing housing.
US12264591B2
A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit.
US12264582B2
An in-situ stress measurement device for ultra-deep non-vertical drilling adopts a technical route of single channel and bidirectional rolling of in-hole equipment, and its related functions are mainly realized by a bidirectional rolling device and a split-type axial-force-free circuit switching valve. The bidirectional rolling device can drive the in-hole equipment to move freely in a circumferential direction and back and forth, which changes sliding friction between the in-hole equipment and a hole wall into rolling friction during an in-situ stress measurement of non-vertical drilling. The split-type axial-force-free circuit switching valve provides a technical solution for a single-pipe test in the non-vertical drilling. The device greatly reduces wear of the in-hole equipment and the hole wall when the in-hole equipment is installed and withdrawn, can effectively protect markings of an impression measurement, and is suitable for high-efficiency in-situ stress measurement by a hydraulic fracturing method in the non-vertical ultra-deep drilling.
US12264580B2
In an example method a system obtains first data regarding a first oil well, including one or more first thermal images of the oil well generated by one or more first thermal cameras. The system determines, using computerized neural network, a presence of a gas leak at one or more locations on the first oil well based on the first data. The one or more locations include at least one of a first location along a pipeline configured to convey gas to a flare area of the first oil well, or a second location at a rig floor of the first oil well. In response to determining the presence of the gas leak at the one or more locations, the system generates a notification indicating the presence of the gas leak at the one or more locations.
US12264577B2
As a wellbore is extended into a formation, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures change due to variations in drilling mud weight, fluid density, etc. Strain gauges downhole measure forces experienced by drilling equipment. During drilling, a strain gauge measures strain applied between the drill string and the formation. When off bottom, the strain gauge measures forces experienced by the drill string other than drilling forces. A pressure calculator converts off bottom strain gauge measurements into measurements of hydrostatic pressure for periods without fluid flow (i.e., when drilling motors are paused) and into measurements of hydrodynamic pressure for periods with fluid flow (i.e., when mud motors are operating). The pressure calculator correlates strain measurements (usually in voltages) to pressure based on a predetermined relationship for a given wellbore geometry (e.g., hole diameter, drill bit diameter, drill pipe diameter, etc.).
US12264575B2
A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body.
US12264573B2
A method of using a quill to steer a bit when elongating a wellbore, with the method including receiving real-time data associated with elongating the wellbore, wherein the real-time data associated with elongating the wellbore comprises data associated with: actual toolface orientation; surface-measured mud motor ΔP; surface-measured quill torque; surface-measured weight-on-bit (“WOB”); and surface-measured quill position; learning, based on the real-time data, relationships between: surface-measured mud motor ΔP and surface-measured torque; changes in surface-measured WOB and surface-measured torque; and changes in surface-measured quill position and actual toolface orientation; accessing, after learning the relationships, a desired toolface orientation; comparing, by the controller, the desired toolface orientation and the actual toolface orientation; and affecting, by the controller and based on the comparison and the learned relationships, a first change of the quill position and one or more of: mud motor ΔP; surface-measured quill torque; or WOB.
US12264572B2
A method may include obtaining a plurality of historical drilling signals for a plurality of wells and generating a plurality of drilling parameters from the plurality of historical drilling signals of drilling activities of the plurality of wells into one real-time database of a computer processor. The method further includes applying Fourier Transform to decompose a plurality of functions into the plurality of drilling parameters and determining an optimum drilling parameter based on one or more optimized drilling parameters. The method further includes recomposing the plurality of functions to automate drilling activities for new wells by generating trends of the one or more optimized drilling parameters and using the trends in the drilling activities. The method further includes creating Key Performance Indexes (KPIs) for the plurality of optimized drilling parameters to evaluate performance and monitor the drilling activities in real time using machine learning algorithms.
US12264569B2
Materials for manipulating hydraulic fracture geometry. In one embodiment, the materials comprises a tip screen-out mixture, which comprises water; a hydrophilic polymer of anionic polyacrylamide, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is hydrolized at least in part; and one or more crosslinking agents selected from a group of compounds consisting of polyvalent metal cations.
US12264567B2
A plugging device for use in multistage fracturing a subterranean formation. The plugging device includes a plug body having a distal end, a proximate end, and an outer surface. There are a plurality of grooves disposed on the outer surface, and an index sleeve movingly disposed on the outer surface, the index sleeve configured to engage the plurality of grooves. The index is incrementable with respect to the plurality of grooves from the distal end toward the proximate end.
US12264563B1
A system can be used to recover hydrogen from a geological formation. The system can include a first flow control device and a second flow control device. The first flow control device can be positioned in a wellbore, which can be positioned in a geological formation, to control flow of a first material based on one or more first fluid properties of the first material. The second flow control device can be positioned in the wellbore offset from the first flow control device to control flow of a second material based on one or more second fluid properties of the second material. The second material can be different than the first material and can include hydrogen. The flow of the first material and the flow of the second material can be controlled in response to wellbore fluid being injected into the geological formation to enhance a hydrogen-producing reaction.
US12264559B2
A method of subsurface sequestration of CO2 in a subsurface formation, the method including: producing formation water and hydrocarbons from a first well located within the first region while concurrently injecting an aqueous CO2 solution into a second well located within the second region, wherein the subsurface formation comprises a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region being fluidly connected, and the second region is at a greater depth than the first region and comprises at least one of the subsurface sequestration locations; and allowing the aqueous CO2 solution to sink as a negatively buoyant fluid below the formation water and the hydrocarbons, thereby sequestering the CO2 in the second region of the subsurface formation and wherein the aqueous CO2 solution has a greater density than the formation water and the hydrocarbons, making the aqueous CO2 solution negatively buoyant in the subsurface formation.
US12264556B1
A well system includes a wellhead installation positioned above and extending over a wellbore, the wellhead installation including a low pressure wellhead (LPWH) providing a body having opposing upper and lower ends, and an internal through-bore defined within the body and extending between the upper and lower ends, two or more fluid outlets defined through a sidewall of the body to facilitate fluid communication with the internal through-bore, and a load shoulder defined within the internal through-bore axially uphole from the two or more fluid outlets. Conductor casing is secured to the lower end of the body of the LPWH, and a casing hanger is operatively coupled to an extension of casing and extends concentrically within the conductor and into the wellbore, the casing hanger defining a hanger shoulder engageable with the load shoulder when the casing hanger is lowered into the LPWH.
US12264551B2
A downhole tool comprises a heater including a container enclosing a volume of compacted thermite. A volume of flowable alloy is provided above the heater. A fusible bulkhead may be provided between the heater and the alloy and provides for direct conduction of heat from the heater to the alloy. A housing containing the alloy may be separated from the heater by heating a fusible socket that anchors an end of a tensioned support member. The thermite may define an internal volume adapted to receive alloy. The heater may be activated to melt the alloy and the alloy may then solidify to form a bore-sealing plug.
US12264547B2
The present disclosure relates to a system including: a wellhead including: a landing base; a wellhead pipe, wherein the wellhead pipe extends from the landing base; and a surface casing, wherein the surface casing at least partially surrounds the wellhead pipe; a hydrophobic sand pack including a hydrophobic sand, the hydrophobic sand pack at least partially surrounding: the landing base, the wellhead pipe, the surface casing, or any combination thereof.
US12264538B1
A sunrise wake system includes a sunrise shade assembly that includes a sunrise shade, a blackout shade, configured over a window to block out exterior light and then produce emitted light that mimics the natural light of a sunrise. A person may set a wake time and a sunrise profile and the system will activate at the wake time and run the selected sunrise profile. A mobile phone operating a system APP may interface with the sunrise shade assembly to provide instructions to the shade controller to activate a light strip to emit light that changes in wavelength and temperature according to the sunrise profile. A light strip may include a plurality of light devices that emit different wavelengths of light including a red light device. The light strip may be extended around a portion of the blackout shade to provide a large length and area of light emission.
US12264536B2
A motorized roller shade configured to connect to a power over Ethernet network includes a motor for rotating the shade to roll and unroll shade material to and from a roller tube to raise and lower the shade. A rechargeable battery positioned in the roller tube provides power to the motor and to logic and control circuitry also positioned within the roller tube. The logic and control circuitry charges the battery though power derived from the power over Ethernet network, and controls the operation of the motor to achieve a desired target velocity. Synchronized operation of multiple motorized roller shades is achieved though autonomous operation of the shades by their corresponding logic and control circuitry. In exemplary embodiments, a lighting element controlled by the logic and control circuitry allows controlled lighting of the shade.
US12264535B2
An elongated support member is adapted to be connected to a wall portion or roof portion defining a space for housing an extendable or movable covering, wherein the support member is adapted for supporting a plate shaped cover in a way that the cover projects from the support member so that it at least partly can conceal the space for the covering. The support member includes a pivot arrangement for forming a pivot axis so that the cover may be pivoted between a non-connected state and a connected state in relation to the support member.
US12264529B2
A system for automatically closing a trunk lid of a vehicle. The system comprises a trunk sensor system configured for detecting items in a luggage trunk, a trunk lid actuator for automatic closing of the trunk lid, and a control unit connected to the trunk sensor system and to the trunk lid actuator. The control unit is arranged for statistically determining, based on a set of observations of a trunk interior space by means of the trunk sensor system in connection with termination of a set of vehicle travels, one or more items or combination of items that are frequently remaining in the luggage trunk after completed travel, while preferably taking into account the one or more items stored in the luggage trunk during the travel, detecting opening of the trunk lid, detecting current items in the luggage trunk by means of the trunk sensor system, and controlling the trunk lid actuator for automatic closing of the trunk lid when the current items correspond to said one or more items or combination of items that are frequently remaining in the luggage trunk after a journey. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding computer-implemented method for automatically closing a trunk lid of a vehicle luggage trunk.
US12264527B2
A door system comprises a door, the door including a latch assembly configured to latch the door to a door frame to maintain the door in a closed position and to unlatch to allow the door to open to an opened position. A foot pedal is operatively connected to unlatch the latch assembly upon actuation by a user's foot. In certain embodiments, a handle can be operatively connected to unlatch the latch assembly upon actuation a user. The door system further includes the door frame and set of hinges operatively connecting the door to the door frame.
US12264521B2
A door hanger system includes a housing and a bearing assembly that includes a cage and plural bearings within the cage. A slider is coupled with the bearing assembly and includes a bearing interface portion disposed within the bearing assembly and a door interface portion that is coupled with a door panel. The slider and the bearing assembly move in a first direction to move the door panel toward a closed position, or in a second direction to move the door panel toward an open position. A reset device is disposed within the bearing assembly and positioned between an end of the housing and the slider. The reset device interferes with the cage to move the cage toward the first end of the housing responsive to the slider moving in the second direction interfering with the reset device.
US12264516B2
An interlock assembly for a door of a cap configured to cover a bed of a vehicle includes a strike assembly coupled with a structural component of the cap and including a strike. The interlock assembly further includes a latch assembly coupled with the door. The latch assembly comprising a latch selectively engaging the strike, a cam configured to move the latch between an extended position in which the latch engages the strike and a retracted position in which the latch is disengaged from the strike, a biasing member operably coupling the latch with the cam, the biasing member configured to bias the latch toward the extended position, and a first handle proximate an inside of the bed and mechanically linked with the latch, wherein the first handle is configured to move the latch between the extended position and the retracted position.
US12264510B2
An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. A shroud may at least partially enclose a portable electronic device. A dock may releasably engage the shroud such that the shroud and portable electronic device are locked to the dock when engaged with the dock. A key may engage activate a lock mechanism to release the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock.
US12264508B2
An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device has a pedestal with a quick-release interface. The pedestal has an appendage positioned within a slot of the display counter. An actuation module is positioned underneath the display counter and couples to the appendage of the pedestal. A securing bracket attaches to merchandise and has a latch plate configured to couple to the quick-release interface of the pedestal. A latch disposed within the pedestal engages the latch plate to lock the securing bracket relative to the quick-release interface. An electromechanical actuator is housed within an actuation module and is operatively connected to the latch. Upon actuation, the electromechanical actuator disengages the latch from the latch plate, thereby releasing the securing bracket from the pedestal.
US12264490B2
A method for manufacturing a tower structure, the method including printing and depositing, with at least one variable-width deposition nozzle of a printhead assembly, one or more layers of at least one wall element of the tower structure, the at least one wall element having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The method also including forming, with the at least one variable-width deposition nozzle, at least one void into the at least one wall element. The method also including placing at least one reinforcement member within the at least one void so as to position the at least one reinforcement member closer to a neutral axis of the at least one wall element than at least one of the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
US12264483B2
A fastener unit and related method for securing a board to a support is provided. The fastener unit includes a spacer block, a grip element extending from the spacer block and configured to fit in and engage a groove of the board, and one or more board engagement elements extending from a portion of the spacer block. The board engagement elements can clamp the board, between an upper and/or lower surface of the board and a groove of the board, thereby securing the spacer block in a position adjacent the groove to establish a gap between the board and another board. Related methods of use also are provided.
US12264479B2
A panel and panel system for wall cladding is disclosed. The panel comprises an exterior face; and a reveal face, comprising: a top reveal plane extending at a top edge of the exterior face; and a side reveal plane extending at a side edge of the exterior face, the side reveal plane having a top alignment tab at a top end of the side reveal plane and a bottom alignment tab at a bottom end of the side reveal plane, the exterior face elevated from the reveal face. The panel further comprises a top protrusion extending from the top reveal plane; and a bottom protrusion extending at a bottom edge of the exterior face.
US12264478B1
A baluster stabilizer and method of installing a stabilized baluster between a floor and a rail. The stabilizer includes a planar base and a transverse projection(s). The base has a transverse primary opening therethrough configured and arranged for press fit insertion of an end of a baluster therethrough. The projection(s) extend in a first transverse direction from the lower major surface of the base proximate each of at least three sides of the primary opening for extension into a drilled hole into which the end of the baluster is to be inserted. The projection(s) are configured to allow unimpeded insertion of an end of a baluster from the upper major surface through the primary orifice and past the projections.
US12264475B2
A method of laying one or more concrete topping slabs over an existing concrete structure includes providing a concrete form defining an area on a surface of the concrete structure, drilling a hole into the surface of the concrete structure within the area, the hole being closer to a first border of the concrete form than to a second border of the concrete form opposite the first border, attaching first and second slip-dowel receiving sheaths respectively to the first and second borders, securing a first end portion of a bent metal bar in the hole with a second end portion of the bent metal bar extending parallel to the surface and the slip-dowel receiving sheaths toward the second border, and pouring a concrete mixture over the surface of the concrete structure and about the first and second slip-dowel receiving sheaths and the second end portion of the bent metal bar.
US12264465B1
A faucet fixing mechanism and a faucet kit are provided. The faucet fixing mechanism is configured for fixing a faucet on a countertop; and the faucet fixing mechanism includes a threaded tube configured to be inserted into a pre-installed hole on the countertop, a side wall of the threaded tube is provided with an opening hole; a movable slider provided in the threaded tube and clamped onto the opening hole. Without external force, the movable slider is received in the threaded tube to ensure that an outer diameter of the threaded tube is smaller than the pre-installed hole. When the push rod is inserted into the threaded tube and abuts against the movable slider, the movable slider is expanded and moved along a sliding groove on the push rod, rendering the outer diameter of the movable slider larger than a diameter of the pre-installed hole the faucet.
US12264461B2
A heel shroud includes a bottom leg, and a side leg extending orthogonally from the bottom leg, forming an interior corner with the bottom leg. The heel shroud defines a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and the bottom leg includes a curved interior surface extending from the first lateral surface to the second lateral surface at least partially forming the interior corner. The first lateral surface defines a stress reduction geometry positioned at the interior corner, or includes a wear member that is attached to the side leg, or the bottom leg.
US12264457B2
According to the remote operation system or a remote operation server 20 included in the remote operation system, a “communication resource allocation process” is performed according to the skill or the like of the operator to allocate communication resources to a plurality of remote operation devices 10. When the “environment information control process” is performed, a data amount of environment data is reduced such that a reduction in the information amount of one or a plurality of low environment information factors is greater than the reduction in the information amount of one or a plurality of high environment information factors (meaning the reduction in the information amount of the environment information due to a change in the environment information factor). The environment information control process is performed in different modes according to a difference in an allocation resource.
US12264453B2
A pneumatic excavator includes: a barrel with an ingress configured to be fluidly connected to a supply of compressed air and an egress; an actuator; a releasable coupling to lock the actuator to the barrel in a plurality positions; and a flow valve fixedly arranged to the barrel, the flow valve in a communicative coupling with the actuator by an actuation conduit. The actuation conduit is flexible and slaved by an adjustment movement of the releasable coupling and actuator along the barrel to thereby maintain the communicative coupling therebetween. When the actuator is actuated, the actuation conduit sends causes the flow valve to open and the compressed air passes through the flow valve and exits the pneumatic excavator, and when the actuator is released, the actuation conduit sends a signal to the flow valve to close to prevent the compressed air from passing through the flow valve.
US12264445B2
A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame.
US12264433B2
A cloth spreading apparatus includes: a spreading unit having spreading clamps that spread an upper-side part of a fed cloth in a right-left direction; and an ejection unit having an intermediate movable body that releases the upper-side part of the cloth that the intermediate movable body has received from the spreading clamps in the forward position and held onto an upper surface by sucking, and a belt conveyor that receives the upper-side part of the cloth released by the intermediate movable body and ejects the entire cloth backward. The ejection unit has: a large number of suction holes that are dispersedly disposed in the intermediate movable body's upper surface; a negative pressure source that sucks out air inside the intermediate movable body to form a negative pressure region inside the intermediate movable body; and sucking force maintaining means that maintains a sucking force of the suction holes
US12264429B2
A laundry washing machine and a method for operating the washing machine offer ways to load a unit dose package into a compartment of the washing machine. A control unit controls the washing machine to add water to a compartment having a unit dose package. The tub is then filled with hot or cold water depending on the temperature of the water in the tub, or whether a sanitizing cycle of a washing program has been selected.
US12264427B2
Disclosed herein is a washing machine that includes a tub disposed in a main body of the washing machine to store water. A circulation apparatus includes a circulation pump operable to circulate the water in and out of the tub. A detergent supply apparatus is coupled to the circulation apparatus to discharge detergent to the circulation apparatus so that operation of the circulation pump causes the discharged detergent to be supplied to the tub.
US12264424B2
Sewing workpiece holders for sewing machines and associated methods are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a sewing workpiece holder includes a first frame that defines an opening. A second frame defines an opening. The second frame is configured to attach to the first frame and to hold a sewing workpiece therebetween. The openings of the first frame and the second frame substantially align when the second frame is attached to the first frame such that a portion of the sewing workpiece is exposed within the aligned openings when the sewing workpiece is held. A first bracket is attached to a first side of the first frame or the second frame. The first bracket is attachable to the sewing embroidery machine. A second bracket is attached to a second side of the first frame or the second frame. The second bracket is attachable to the sewing embroidery machine.
US12264417B2
Apparatuses and associated methods of manufacturing are described that provide for an anti-bacterial fiber. The method of manufacturing includes adding a ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene structure into an extrusion device. The method of manufacturing also includes providing an anti-bacterial low-density polyethylene (LDPE) into the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene at a predetermined temperature to create a combined filament. The method of manufacturing further includes passing the combined filament through a bath. The bath is configured for coagulating the combined filament and extracting a solvent. The method of manufacturing still further includes drying the combined filament via an oven. The method of manufacturing also includes hot-drawing the combined filament. The combined filament is heated during the hot-drawing within the oven and the combined filament generated has anti-bacterial qualities. A corresponding anti-bacterial fiber is also provided.
US12264415B2
A polymeric material fiber includes a polymeric material which is a homopolymer of caprolactone or a copolymer of at least 90% by weight of caprolactone and one or more additional monomers. An implantable mesh includes this fiber alone or combined with one or more additional fiber materials. Methods for treating patients involve implanting the fiber material, for example incorporated in a mesh.
US12264413B2
A system and method for providing a plurality of fibers from a spinneret; subjecting the fibers to quench air; attenuating the fibers through a closed stretching unit; reducing a velocity of the plurality of fibers in a diffuser that is spaced apart from an exit of the closed stretching unit in a direction of travel of the fibers, the diffuser having opposed diverging sidewalls; and subjecting the fibers to an applied electrostatic charge before the fibers enter the diffuser, wherein the electrostatic charge is applied by one or more electrostatic charging units.
US12264412B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing lyocell filament yarn with improved mechanical properties and an apparatus thereof. The process involves washing of filament yarn with sequential decrease in NMMO concentrations and filament yarn drying under relaxed conditions. Additionally, the present invention also provides a compact washing and drying apparatus that uses controlled air gap spinning thereby resulting in production of LFY under relaxed conditions and also having a higher mechanical properties & productivity.
US12264400B2
An electrochemical apparatus includes a separator having a first reaction region and a second reaction region; a first reaction layer disposed to correspond to the first reaction region; a second reaction layer disposed to correspond to the second reaction region; a first partition wall portion protruding from one surface of the separator, disposed along a boundary between the first reaction layer and the second reaction layer, and including a first connecting flow path configured to connect the first reaction region and the second reaction region so that the first reaction region and the second reaction region fluidically communicate with each other through the first connecting flow path; and a first sealing member disposed at an end portion of the first partition wall portion and configured to seal a portion between the first reaction layer and the second reaction layer, enlarging a reaction region without increasing a size of a reaction layer.
US12264394B1
A method for densifying porous annular substrates having a central passage by chemical vapor infiltration, the method including providing stacks of porous annular substrates, providing a plurality of individual modules including stacks disposed on a support plate having a perforated injection tube each mounted on a gas inlet opening, forming a stack of individual modules, aligning the individual modules of the stack in a sealed manner by means of an annular seal disposed between the injection tube of a second individual module and the gas inlet opening of a first individual module with which it cooperates, and injecting into the internal volume of each stack of porous annular substrates a gas phase including a gaseous precursor of a matrix material to be deposited within the porosities of the substrates.
US12264385B2
Disclosed are a high-entropy alloy (HEA) coating and a preparation method and use thereof. Laser cladding is conducted with an HEA powder to obtain the HEA coating, where the HEA is a FeCoCrNiAl0.5Ti0.5 alloy, and the HEA includes the following chemical components in atomic percentage: Al: 10.01% to 12.30%, Co: 18.1% to 22.5%, Cr: 18.05% to 20.12%, Fe: 18.77% to 21.02%, Ni: 19.21% to 20.99%, and Ti: 8.43% to 11.5%. The HEA material with high hardness and wear resistance provided by the present disclosure is suitable for laser cladding of a surface of a precision mold, an offshore component, or a drilling rod. A powder is prepared from the above alloy components and then prepared into a corresponding HEA coating with high strength, high hardness, and prominent wear resistance through laser cladding. The material has prominent weldability and is a special nickel-based HEA material suitable for laser additive manufacturing.
US12264380B2
A method for recovering precious metal from an acidic aqueous solution containing dissolved precious metal and free chlorine, comprising the following successive steps: (1) combining a salt of a non-precious metal present in a low oxidation state as a solid or as an aqueous solution with the acidic aqueous solution to consume the free chlorine and form an acidic aqueous mixture, and (2) adding non-precious metal to the acidic aqueous mixture formed in step (1) to precipitate elementary precious metal.
US12264376B2
The invention is intended to provide a duplex stainless steel and a method for manufacturing same. A duplex stainless steel pipe is also provided. A duplex stainless steel of the present invention has a specific composition, and has a microstructure containing an austenitic phase and a ferrite phase. The duplex stainless steel satisfies the following contents for C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, N, Cu, and W in the formula (1) below, and has a yield strength YS of 655 MPa or more, and an absorption energy vE−10 of 40 J or more as measured by a Charpy impact test at a test temperature of −10° C. 0.55[% C]−0.056[% Si]+0.018[% Mn]−0.020[% Cr]−0.087[% Mo]+0.16[% Ni]+0.28[% N]−0.506[% Cu]−0.035[% W]+[% Cu*F]≤0.94 (1)
US12264373B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, what is provided is a rail including, by mass %: C: 0.75% to 1.20%; Si: 0.10% to 2.00%; Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%; Cr: 0.10% to 1.20%; V: 0.010% to 0.200%; N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%; P≤0.0250%; S≤0.0250%; Mo: 0% to 0.50%, Co: 0% to 1.00%; B: 0% to 0.0050%; Cu: 0% to 1.00%; Ni: 0% to 1.00%; Nb: 0% to 0.0500%; Ti: 0% to 0.0500%; Mg: 0% to 0.0200%; Ca: 0% to 0.0200%; REM: 0% to 0.0500%; Zr: 0% to 0.0200%; Al: 0% to 1.00%; and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which a structure ranging from an outer surface of a head portion as an origin to a depth of 25 mm includes 95% or greater of a pearlite structure by area ratio, the hardness of the structure is in a range of Hv 360 to 500, and in ferrite of the pearlite structure at a position at a depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion as the origin, the number density of a V nitride having a grain size of 0.5 to 4.0 nm and including Cr is in a range of 1.0×1017 to 5.0×1017 cm−3.
US12264372B2
Methods and systems for sorting hides are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a tanning control system that enhances the traceability of hides by capturing and utilizing data related to the unloading, tanning, sorting, and packaging of hides. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the tanning control system to improve efficiency by sorting hides based, at least in part, on data generated during prior tanning processes. Additionally, one or more embodiments facilitate the tanning control system in customizing the sorting and packaging of hides based, at least in part, on one or more hide characteristics and/or customer specifications.
US12264371B2
Provided are methods of detecting replication competent virus, e.g., replication competent retrovirus such as gammaretrovirus or lentivirus, in a sample containing a cell transduced with a viral vector particle encoding a recombinant and/or heterologous molecule, e.g., heterologous gene product. The methods may include assessing transcription of one or more target genes, such as viral genes, that are expressed in a retrovirus but not expressed in the viral vector particle. Replication competent retrovirus may be determined to be present if the levels of RNA of the one or more target genes is higher than a reference value, which can be measured directly or indirectly, including from a positive control sample containing RNA from the respective target gene at a known level and/or at or above the limit of detection of the assay.
US12264358B2
Methods of selectively sequencing amplicons in a biological sample are provided.
US12264355B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing ammonium (meth-) acrylate, aqueous ammonium (meth-) acrylate solutions obtainable by such process, and (meth-) acrylic acid homopolymers or copolymers obtainable by polymerizing such ammonium (meth-) acrylate. The invention furthermore relates to a modular, relocatable bioconversion unit for manufacturing aqueous ammonium (meth-) acrylate solutions.
US12264348B2
Provided herein is a genetically engineered microorganism comprising knock-in of DNA at an acetolactate decarboxylase gene locus. Replacement of the acetolactate decarboxylase gene with DNA encoding one or more native or nonnative enzymes confers certain advantages, including fermentation stability and increased production of native and nonnative products from gaseous substrates.
US12264344B2
The present disclosure is directed to core-shell nanoparticles, compositions comprising core-shell nanoparticles, and methods of their use.
US12264343B2
The present disclosure provides improved genome editing compositions and methods for editing a TCRα gene.
US12264341B2
Engineered versions of Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) and SpCas9 variants that have improved on-target editing capabilities, and methods of use thereof.
US12264339B2
The disclosure provides polypeptides comprising an engineered p27, or a fragment thereof such polypeptides may be used to form trimeric protein complexes with a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4) (or a variant thereof) or Cdk6 (or a variant thereof), and a cyclin D (CycD) or a variant thereof.
US12264332B2
This invention relates to methods and devices that improve cell culture efficiency. They include the use of gas permeable culture compartments that reduce the use of space while maintaining uniform culture conditions, and are more suitable for automated liquid handling. They include the integration of gas permeable materials into the traditional multiple shelf format to resolve the problem of non-uniform culture conditions. They include culture devices that use surfaces comprised of gas permeable, plasma charged silicone and can integrate traditional attachment surfaces, such as those comprised of traditional tissue culture treated polystyrene. They include culture devices that integrate gas permeable, liquid permeable membranes. A variety of benefits accrue, including more optimal culture conditions during scale up and more efficient use of inventory space, incubator space, and disposal space. Furthermore, labor and contamination risk are reduced.
US12264322B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for reprogramming minimal volumes of mononuclear cells. In particular aspects, the invention provides methods and compositions for reprogramming minimal volumes of umbilical cord blood obtained from cord blood segments from cryopreserved cord blood segments.
US12264311B2
Provided is a nucleic acid isolation method whereby it becomes possible to extract a nucleic acid in a simple manner without the need to use an alcohol. A nucleic acid isolation method, comprising the steps of: mixing a specimen containing a nucleic acid with an extraction solution to disperse the nucleic acid in the extraction solution; bringing the extraction solution containing the nucleic acid into contact with an anionic adsorbent; bringing a washing solution into contact with the anionic adsorbent; and bringing a collection solution into contact with the anionic adsorbent, the extraction solution containing a protein denaturant, the washing solution containing a basic compound and having a pH value equal to or less than a pKa value of a conjugate acid of the basic compound, and the collection solution having a pH value equal to or more than the pKa value of the conjugate acid of the basic compound.
US12264308B2
This invention discloses a three-dimensional (3D) bioreactor for large scale expansion of immune cells and methods of use. The 3D bioreactor comprising at least one packed bed chamber comprising at least one porous scaffold; at least one porous scaffold coated with one or more extra cellular matrix protein (ECM); at least one container comprising a fluid media, the fluid media is configured to flow through said packed bed chamber with at least one porous coated scaffold; and at least one population of immune cells suspended in the fluid media, wherein, the at least one porous scaffold coated with said ECM is creates a stationary niche having low shear forces that imitate the natural growth environment of the immune cells and allows expansion of the immune cells population that flow through the coated porous scaffold in large scale.
US12264300B2
A novel binder and/or disintegrant for obtaining a compressed solid composition for non-oral use, the binder and/or disintegrant being fermented molasses, a process for preparing the compressed solid composition and also a binding and/or disintegrating composition, which includes at least fermented molasses. The fermented molasses advantageously makes it possible to replace synthetic binders conventionally used in compressed solid compositions, while also being able to act as a disintegrant on contact with a liquid, especially water. Thus, a novel way is proposed for utilizing a product which was hitherto solely used in the field of agriculture and livestock farming.
US12264288B1
An improved process for removing acid gases from raw biogas streams, such as biogas from landfills or biogas from controlled anaerobic digestion, provides for efficient H2S removal combined with carbon dioxide removal. The biogas is treated in a biological hydrogen sulfide removal system integrated with a multi-stage membrane gas separation system. The combined system provides for efficient acid gas removal while simultaneously limiting oxygen carryover into the treated product stream by beneficially utilizing oxygen in the biological desulfurization system.
US12264285B2
A process for the enhancement of the byproducts of a process for the regeneration of exhaust oils is described, wherein said process for the regeneration of exhaust oils which includes at least one of the following steps: a) passing of the oil to be regenerated into one or more centrifuges, b) storage of the oil, before treatment, in suitable containers, c) desiloxanation and d) filtering. The byproducts of one or more of steps a) to d) are treated, gathered and mixed with one another and added to the bitumen coming out as tail of a fractioned distillation step of the above-said regeneration process of exhaust oils.
A plant for the carrying out of a process according to any one of the preceding claims is also described, comprising a processing unit for each of the byproducts coming from steps a) to d) and a mixer (6) with stirring (7).
US12264284B2
A method of treating a contaminated oil comprising preparing a brine solution, adding ozone to the brine solution to produce ozonated brine solution, adding a volume of ozonated brine solution to a volume of the contaminated oil, mixing the volumes of contaminated oil and ozonated brine solution with coagulant and surfactant at a shear rate sufficiently high so as to cause formation of an emulsion of the contaminated oil and the brine solution, stopping the mixing, thereby causing the emulsion to separate into an aqueous brine liquid phase and an oil liquid phase, separating the brine liquid phase from the oil liquid phase, and separating at least one contaminant from the oil liquid phase to produce a volume of purified oil.
US12264283B2
A well stimulation method based on a self-dispersible and non-surface functionalized dispersion fluid to recover hydrocarbons from subterranean formation in conventional and non-conventional mode is described and claimed. The method includes introducing a self-dispersible, non-functionalized, three-dimensional (3D) crumpled graphene balls/structures into a water slug, a gas slug, a liquefied gas slug, a natural gas liquid slug, or a diesel slug. The resulting fluid containing self-dispersible, 3D crumpled structures is introduced into the subterranean hydrocarbon bearing formation. The said self-dispersion fluid may also contain a cocktail based on varying degree of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of 3D crumpled graphene balls, where the role of 3D hydrophilic crumpled graphene balls is to keep dispersion stable whereas, the role of hydrophobic 3D crumpled graphene balls is to interact with hydrocarbons and thus stimulating their dislodging or desorption from the rocks of subterranean hydrocarbon formation. The recovery fluid containing self-dispersible, non-functionalized stimulating agent is inserted into the underground formation containing hydrocarbons before, during or after the introduction of water, gas, liquefied gas, vaporized gas. This self-dispersible, and non-functionalized dispersion fluid provides a lower-cost, higher efficiency, environmentally friendly method for EOR and IOR.
US12264280B2
A cement slurry including graphene, a cement, and water; the graphene comprises bioderived renewable graphene (BRG). The cement slurry has reduced transient gel formation relative to a same cement slurry absent the graphene. Methods of mitigating transient gels in cement are also provided.
US12264279B1
A high-temperature and high-salt resistant hyperbranched lubricant for a water-based drilling fluid, and preparation and application thereof are provided, belonging to the technical field of oilfield chemistry. The preparation method includes the steps of: mixing tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), diethanolamine (DEA), and triethanolamine (TEA) for a transesterification and polycondensation reaction to obtain highly reactive hyperbranched polysiloxane; adding an acrylamide (AM) monomer, an anionic monomer, and a polar ester monomer into deionized water to obtain a monomer solution; adjusting the pH of the monomer solution to 5-9, and then adding highly reactive hyperbranched polysiloxane; introducing nitrogen to remove oxygen, adding an initiator, and thermally initiating a polymerization reaction; and after the reaction is completed, vacuum-drying and crushing an obtained product to obtain the high-temperature and high-salt resistant hyperbranched lubricant for a water-based drilling fluid.
US12264278B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide an ultra-low temperature phase change gel including a phase change matrix, a temperature regulator and a nucleating agent. In some embodiments, the phase change matrix is used as a host material for phase change to store and release cooling capacity, the temperature regulator is used for regulating the phase change temperature of the phase change matrix, and the nucleating agent is used for reducing a supercooling degree of the phase change matrix. The phase change matrix includes a temperature control material and water. The temperature control material includes sodium silicate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate and aluminum sulfate, and the temperature regulator comprises polyethylene glycol. The nucleating agent includes a composite material formed by free radical polymerization of a reaction monomer and a macroinitiator. The composite material includes polyacrylic acid grafted with silica hybrid nano particles.
US12264274B2
A europium-doped β-sialon phosphor, in which, when the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 8 nm from the surface of the phosphor, which is obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is indicated by P8 [at %], and the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 80 nm from the surface of the phosphor is indicated by P80 [at %], P8/P80≤0.9 is satisfied. A light emitting device containing this β-sialon phosphor.
US12264268B2
Provided are semi -interpenetrating optically clear adhesives, methods of use, and methods of manufacture. An example semi-interpenetrating optically clear adhesive comprises a transparent polymer network comprised of at least two or more interpenetrating polymer networks, wherein at least one polymer network is a thermoset material and at least one other polymer network is a thermoplastic material, yielding an optically clear adhesive with a transparency above 80% and an elastic toughness above 1 MJ/m3.
US12264267B2
The purpose is to provide a resin composition and a film for lid material which excel in sealability and adhesiveness to plastic containers, especially containers made of polyethylene terephthalate, polylactic acid, polystyrene, or polypropylene, and are suitably usable as sealant layers of lid materials for containers. Provided is a resin composition including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) by 60-95 parts by weight, the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) having a vinyl acetate content (VA) of 3-13% by weight, and having a ratio Qw between a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 1.5-4.5; and a tackifier resin (B) by 5-40 parts by weight, where a total amount of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight.
US12264265B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a unit capable of improving redispersibility in a concentrated liquid of a polishing composition containing alumina as abrasive grains. There is provided a concentrated liquid of a polishing composition which includes: particulate alumina; colloidal alumina having an aspect ratio of more than 5 and 800 or less; at least one phosphorus-containing acid selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid condensates, organic phosphoric acids, phosphonic acids, and organic phosphonic acids; and water, where a pH of the concentrated liquid of the polishing composition is 2 or more and 4.5 or less.
US12264264B2
Described herein is a building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, a coating applied to at least one of the first major surface, the second major surface, or the side surface, the coating comprising a binder, and a pigment composition comprising titanium dioxide, an alkali metal silicate, and a clay; wherein the titanium dioxide is present in an amount ranging from about 3.0 wt. % to about 15.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the pigment composition.
US12264262B2
Nanoscale colorants are introduced to adjust the hue of transparent conductive films, such as to provide a whiter film. The transparent conductive films can have sparse metal conductive layers, which can be formed using silver nanowires. Color of the film can be evaluated using standard color parameters. In particular, values of color parameter b* can be reduced with the nanoscale colorants without unacceptably changing other parameters, such as haze, a* and transparency.
US12264261B2
Disclosed are antimicrobial sacrificial floor coatings systems including an antimicrobial sacrificial floor coating composition capable of reducing and/or preventing gram positive and gram negative bacterial growth on floors.
US12264241B2
A hydrogenated copolymer containing a hydrogenated copolymer (a) prepared by hydrogenating a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound, and a hydrogenated copolymer (b) prepared by hydrogenating a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound, wherein a mass ratio (a)/(b) of a content of the hydrogenated copolymer (a) to a content of the hydrogenated copolymer (b) is 5/95 to 95/5, the hydrogenated copolymer (a) has a hydrogenated polymer block (B1) and a hydrogenated polymer block (B2), the hydrogenated polymer block (B1) consists of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound and has a content of the vinyl aromatic compound of 40 to 80 mass %, and the hydrogenated polymer block (B2) mainly contains a conjugated diene compound and has a vinyl bond content of 60 to 100 mol % before hydrogenation.
US12264232B2
Disclosed herein area process for preparing a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, and tires having a component made using the modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer. The processes make use of a functionalizing compound of formula (I) to prepare the modified high-cis polybutadiene from a quantity of 1,3-butadiene monomer using a specified catalyst system.
US12264231B2
Provided is a polyamide-imide film including: a polyamide-imide resin and a porphyrin-based dye. The polyamide-imide film has excellent optical properties, and, in particular, may maintain an excellent yellow index even in a repeated temperature change environment.
US12264228B2
A graphite composite includes a graphite sheet having a void inside and a resin member. The void is partially filled by at least a part of the resin member in its entirety. The proportion of the resin member to the sum of the graphite sheet and the resin member is equal to or greater than 5% by mass. The graphite composite has a porosity equal to or greater than 50% by volume and equal to or less than 95% by volume.
US12264227B2
The present invention relates to a foam formed solid composite, comprising: a matrix phase consisting of a mixture of nanocellulose, at least one foaming agent, and optional additives, and a dispersed phase consisting of solid low-density particles having a density of less than 1.2 kg/dm3. The present invention further relates to a method and a liquid foam composition for manufacturing the solid composite.
US12264220B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing high-purity hydrosilylation products, and also to the products that may be produced by this process and to the use thereof as surfactants.
US12264211B2
A method for preparing a super absorbent polymer is directed to appropriate control of the water content of the super absorbent polymer by hydration to suppress crushing during transfer. The method also provides suppression of deterioration of physical properties of the super absorbent polymer such as production of giant particles and nonuniformity of water content during a hydration step.
US12264207B2
A rotary engine that generates electricity using differences in relative humidity. A water-responsive material expands and contracts as water evaporates which drives the rotation of two wheels. The rotary motion drives an electrical generator which produces electricity. In another embodiment, the water-responsive material is used to actuate an artificial muscle of a robotic device.
US12264194B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating subjects colonized with S aureus with an anti-alpha toxin antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. The methods can decrease the incidence of infection attendant to the presence of S. aureus in the subject.
US12264189B2
This document provides methods and materials for generating T cells expressing a selected antigen receptor (e.g., a chimeric antigen receptor) in vivo. For example, viral particles containing nucleic acid encoding a selected antigen receptor, cells capable of producing such viral particles, and methods for administering such viral particles and/or cells to a mammal to generate T cells expressing that selected antigen receptor within the mammal are provided.
US12264187B2
Provided herein are polypeptides comprising a therapeutic targeted for delivery to an organ or tissue, and uses thereof.
US12264176B2
Allulose crystals are efficiently produced from an allulose syrup using seed crystals.
US12264168B2
The present invention provides a ruthenium compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2), a thin-film forming raw material containing the ruthenium compound, and a method of producing a thin-film including using the thin-film forming raw material: where R1 to R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom-containing group, and “n” represents an integer from 0 to 2, provided that at least one of R1 to R12 represents the fluorine atom-containing group; where R13 to R17 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a total number of the carbon atoms of R13 to R17 is 3 or more.
US12264166B2
An asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which includes a structure represented by formula (I). Formula (I) is defined as in the specification. A use of the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which is used as a photocatalyst. A hydrogen production device, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group. An optoelectronic component, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group.
US12264163B2
The present application provides methods for treating or preventing diseases and conditions associated with tissue fibrosis.
US12264161B2
Heterocyclic compounds useful as antagonists of adenosine receptors, and methods of treatment of diseases using antagonists of adenosine receptors are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration of heterocyclic antagonists of adenosine receptors and processes for producing heterocyclic antagonists of adenosine receptors.
US12264158B2
The invention relates to pyrazolo-pyridine compounds which inhibit mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MKK4) and in particular, selectively inhibit MKK4 over protein kinases JNK1 and MKK7. The compounds are useful for promoting liver regeneration or reducing or preventing hepatocyte death. They are further useful for treating osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, or CNS-related diseases.
US12264157B2
The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially inhibitors of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides.
US12264154B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, R8 and n are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US12264152B2
The present disclosure provides CDK9 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of treating a disease or a disorder comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment one of the CDK9 inhibitors disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the disease or disorder to be treated is cancer. In some embodiments, the disease or disorder is liver cancer.
US12264140B2
A method of producing refined oils and/or fats whereby the content of, e.g., glycidol, can be reduced and reductions in the content of tocopherols can be inhibited, and a method for producing low-impurity tocopherols. The method includes a first distillation step of subjecting raw material oils and/or fats to thin film distillation under a first condition; a second distillation step of subjecting a first distillate fraction obtained after the first distillation step to thin film distillation under a second condition; a third distillation step of subjecting a second residual fraction obtained after the second distillation step to thin film distillation under a third condition; and a mixing step of obtaining a mixed oil by mixing a first residual fraction obtained after the first distillation step, with a third distillate fraction obtained after the third distillation step. The first, second, and third conditions include specified temperature conditions and pressure conditions.
US12264132B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US12264124B2
A process for producing syngas and olefins including the steps of feeding a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) reactant mixture (oxygen, first hydrocarbons, steam) to a CPO reactor (CPO catalyst); wherein the CPO reactant mixture reacts, via CPO reaction, in CPO reactor to produce a CPO reactor effluent (H2, CO, CO2, water, unreacted first hydrocarbons). The process further includes feeding a cracking unit feed (second hydrocarbons) to a cracking unit to produce a cracking unit product (olefins), a hydrogen-rich stream (hydrogen, CH4), and a hydrocarbon recovery stream (C4+ hydrocarbons); wherein the first and the second hydrocarbons are the same or different; recovering a hydrogen-enriched stream (hydrogen) and a hydrocarbon-enriched stream (CH4) from the hydrogen-rich stream; and contacting the CPO reactor effluent with the hydrogen-enriched stream to yield hydrogen-enriched syngas, and wherein the M ratio ((H2—CO2)/(CO+CO2)) of the hydrogen-enriched syngas is greater than the M ratio of the CPO reactor effluent.
US12264119B2
A process and a device for continuous flow side-chain alkylation which relate to the technical field of organic synthesis. In this process and the device for continuous flow side-chain alkylation, an ibuprofen raw material is prepared with alkylbenzene as a raw material. This raw material alkylbenzene is easily available and has a low cost, and is suitable for scale-up production. Moreover, an entire preparation process adopts continuous chemical synthesis, and a reaction time of each stage can be precisely controlled, which is beneficial to control a total reaction time and reduce an amount of impurities produced. In this way, a purity and a yield of the ibuprofen raw material are improved. In summary, a continuous synthesis method for side-chain alkylation of alkylbenzene provided by the present disclosure shows a low cost and a high yield.
US12264114B2
A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.
US12264109B1
A method of manufacturing essentially crack-free carbon foam structures and carbon foam structures made in single-piece flow through a continuous kiln under inert atmosphere at atmospheric pressure. This process greatly reduces the cost to manufacture by reducing manufacturing time and increasing the ability to integrate automation equipment.
US12264108B2
It relates to zirconia particles containing molybdenum and each having a polyhedron shape. The molybdenum is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the zirconia particles. It also relates to a method for producing the zirconia particles. The method includes mixing a zirconium compound and a molybdenum compound to form a mixture and firing the mixture.
US12264098B2
A curing oven for curing a mineral wool web includes an air permeable conveyor for advancing the mineral wool web through a substantially closed cabinet from a mineral wool web inlet provided at one end of the cabinet to a mineral wool web outlet provided at another end of the cabinet. The curing oven also includes a heated air inlet arranged for directing a flow of heated air through the conveyor. The curing oven includes at least one wool deformation detector.
US12264096B2
A lift-up roller arrangement for electronic float glass, including a plurality of lift-up rollers rotatably arranged on the inner wall of an annealing kiln, wherein a plurality of boron nitride rings are fixedly sleeved on the outer side wall of each lift-up roller; a heat-resisting steel tubes is arranged on each of both sides of each lift-up roller; a plurality of exhaust holes are arranged on an outer side wall of the heat-resisting steel tube; the heat-resisting steel tube is in communication with an external hot gas supply case; and a plurality of cleaning assemblies used in cooperation with the lift-up rollers are arranged at the inner bottom of the annealing kiln.
US12264093B2
An ion removal system includes: an electrolysis device configured to generate alkaline water and acidic water by electrolysis; a first flow path and a second flow path through which the alkaline water and the acidic water generated by the electrolysis device are alternately allowed to flow; a hard water flow path connected to the electrolysis device to supply the electrolysis device with hard water; and a fine bubble generation device configured to generate fine bubbles in a flow path upstream or downstream of the electrolysis device, wherein a first flow-rate adjustment valve is connected to the first flow path, and a second flow-rate adjustment valve is connected to the second flow path.
US12264088B2
A water savings system and method for reducing the amount of water needed for adiabatic cooling including the use of a softener and a reverse osmosis device, in which tap water, softened if necessary, is delivered to a reverse osmosis device and softened water alone, reverse osmosis reject water, or softened water combined with reverse osmosis reject water is delivered to spray nozzles for cooling, and reverse osmosis pure water is stored and used periodically to flush the coils to inhibit and/or prevent corrosion from dissolved salts and other solids in the spray water.
US12264076B2
A process for the production of a zeolitic material comprising one or more zeolite intergrowth phases of one or more zeolites having a CHA-type framework structure comprising SiO2 and X2O3, and one or more zeolites having an AFT-type framework tructure comprising SiO2 and X2O3, wherein X is a trivalent element, and wherein said process comprises: (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for SiO2, one or more sources for X2O3, and seed crystals comprising a zeolitic material, said zeolitic material comprising SiO2 and X2O3 in its framework structure and having a CHA-type framework structure; (2) heating the mixture prepared in (1) for obtaining a zeolitic material comprising one or more zeolite intergrowth phases; and (R) subjecting the zeolitic material obtained in (2) to a procedure for removing at least a portion of X from the framework structure of the zeolitic material.
US12264073B2
Provided is a composite material that has improved dispersibility of an exfoliated layered substance in a resin or the like and can thus significantly improve the properties, such as impact resistance, of a synthetic resin. A composite material in which the surface of an exfoliated layered substance is coated with a compound having a reactive group, wherein the compound having a reactive group is a compound having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, an oxetanyl group, an isocyanate group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, a vinyl ether group, a vinyl ester group, and a hydrolyzable silyl group, and the compound having a reactive group is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 100 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the exfoliated layered substance.
US12264072B2
Provided is a process for manufacturing a graphene material, the process comprising (a) injecting a rust stock into a first end of a continuous reactor having a toroidal vortex flow, wherein the first stock comprises graphite and a non-oxidizing liquid (or, alternatively, graphite, an acid, and an optional oxidizer) and the continuous flow reactor is configured to produce the toroidal vortex flow, enabling the formation of a reaction product suspension or slurry at the second end, downstream from the first end, of the continuous reactor; and (b) introducing the reaction product suspension/slurry from the second end back to enter the continuous reactor at or near the first end, allowing the reaction product suspension/slurry to form a toroidal vortex flow and move down to or near the second end to produce a graphene suspension or graphene oxide slurry. The process may further comprise repeating step (b) for at least one time.
US12264063B2
A stress-sensitive device includes a substrate having a first surface with a cavity defined therein and a three-dimensional deformable material extending along the first surface and into the cavity. The three-dimensional deformable material has an electrical characteristic responsive to deformation. A method of forming a three-dimensional stress-sensitive device includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, forming a cavity in the substrate, wherein the cavity is open to the first surface, depositing a sacrificial layer in the cavity, depositing a deformable material on the sacrificial layer, and removing at least a portion of the sacrificial layer to form an interstitial space between the deformable material and the substrate in the cavity.
US12264062B1
The present invention relates to a dispensing valve for dispensing a fluid, having a housing (13), a main channel (14) which extends therein for the fluid, a main valve which is arranged in the main channel (14) for controlling a fluid throughflow through the dispensing valve, a control device (15) for activating the main valve (20), a component receiving member (16, 16′) which is connected to the housing (13) and which is provided with an inner thread and having an attachment (17, 17′) which is provided with an outer thread, wherein between the inner thread and the outer thread, a thread connection is produced and wherein an axial position of the attachment (17, 17′) can be adjusted by the inner thread being rotated relative to the outer thread. According to the invention the component receiving member (16, 16′) and the attachment (17, 17′) have angular positioning elements (21, 22) which cooperate and which are configured prior to the thread connection being produced to enable an axial approach of a beginning of the thread of the outer thread to a thread entrance of the inner thread in at least one predetermined relative angular position between the inner thread and the outer thread and to prevent this in those angular positions which are different from the at least one relative angular position. As a result of the angular positioning elements, the screwing-in operation can be significantly simplified and an axial adjustment path can be adjusted in a significantly more precise manner.
US12264058B2
The application discloses a separate type electric wine dispenser and preserver, including: a wine dispensing main unit and a stopper component. The lower part of the wine dispensing main unit is provided with a connector. A liquid guide chamber and an air guide chamber are arranged in the connector. The upper part of the stopper component is provided with a stopper valve. The upper part of the stopper valve is provided with an air inlet hole and a liquid guide hole protruding out of the stopper valve. The air inlet hole corresponds to the air guide chamber in position. The liquid guide hole is inserted in the liquid guide chamber. After wine dispensing, the separate type electric wine dispenser and preserver can seal a bottle for preservation by simply removing the wine dispensing main unit while the stopper component remains being kept on the bottle.
US12264051B2
The present invention relates to an autonomous omnidirectional drive unit including a chassis (40) defining a front third (41), which contains a first drive wheel (11) with a first gearbox (13), a second drive wheel (21) with a second gearbox (23) coaxial with a horizontal geometric axis (EH), and a battery (30) between same, an intermediate third (42) which contains a first motor (12) and a second motor (22) connected to the first and second drive wheels (11, 21) and a vertical housing (70) between same concentric with a vertical geometric axis (EV); and a rear third which contains at least one caster wheel (50), the first and second motors (12, 22) being controlled by a control device (80) which generates control commands considering the distance (D) existing between the horizontal and vertical geometric axes (EH, EV).
US12264047B2
The present invention relates to a mobile crane having a travelable undercarriage, a superstructure rotatably supported on the undercarriage, and a counterweight device couplable to the superstructure, wherein the counterweight device comprises a carrier plate on which one or more counterweight elements can be stacked, and at least one connection element extending substantially perpendicular to the carrier plate for coupling the carrier plate to the superstructure.
US12264030B2
A sticking device implements high-speed automatic processing of base-sheet-attached shrink-film packaging using a half-cut double-faced adhesive tape. A sticking device rolls a half-cut double-faced adhesive tape over a first sticking object that is transported on a conveyor device to stick the adhesive tape to the first sticking object and then places a second sticking object on the first sticking object and applies pressure to stick the first sticking object and the second sticking object together. The sticking device includes: a feeder device that feeds the first sticking object; a conveyor device; an adhesive-tape sticking device that has a roll body attaching part for rotatably supporting a half-cut double-faced adhesive tape with a peel-off liner, a rotary-sticking roll pressure part, and a peel-off liner collecting part; and a second sticking object sticking device that places a second sticking object on the sticking portion of the first sticking object and applies pressure.
US12264028B2
A sheet stacker for use in a device including a stacker portion, a fence, and a guide face. The stacker portion includes a stacker face that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal plane and receives a plurality of sheets ejected from above and stack the plurality of sheets on the stacker face. The fence includes an angled face to contact an end of the plurality of sheets stacked on the stacker face. The angled face rises in a direction in which the plurality of sheets is stacked, with respect to a lower side of the stacker face. The guide face guides the sheet conveyed along the lower side toward an outlet port to a lower end of the outlet port, the outlet port opening in an exterior of the device to remove the sheet to an outside of the device.
US12264025B2
A roll changing apparatus, a winding device, and a gluing device are disclosed in the present application. The roll changing apparatus includes an unwinding assembly including a first unwinding mechanism and a second unwinding mechanism; and a roll changing assembly including a first adsorption mechanism, a second adsorption mechanism, and a cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism is used to cut off a first material strip between the second adsorption mechanism and a first adsorption area or a second material strip between the second adsorption mechanism and a second adsorption area.
US12264021B2
A carrying system is provided for use in carrying hazelnut from one location to another location while hazelnut is being processed. The carrying system comprises at least one flow pipe wherein said hazelnut can be carried, at least one blower which can realize air flow in said flow pipe, at least one air lock which can load hazelnut to the flow pipe and at least one separator which can provide separation of hazelnut from the air before discharge of the hazelnut from the flow pipe.
US12264014B2
A spiral conveyor for positively driving a conveyor belt along a helical path. The spiral conveyor includes a rotating cylindrical tower with parallel drive members extending from the bottom to the top of the tower on its periphery. Each drive member includes an outwardly protruding ridge that varies in height from the bottom to the top of the tower. The variations in height facilitate the belt's entry onto and exit from the tower and robust, positive driving engagement with the inside edge of the belt along the majority of its path along the tower.
US12264008B2
Provided is a roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head, including a protective shell, a mounting shell, a sensor, connecting blades and a coupler. A sliding groove is provided between the protective shell and the mounting shell; the connecting blades and a first baffle are arranged in the sliding groove in a limited manner; the sensor is provided at a front end of the protective shell of the roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head, and a rear end of the sensor is electrically connected to a rotating motor by means of a connecting line; the sensor senses an upper end and controls the rotating motor to rotate stably so as to drive two sets of reel pipes to synchronously rotate under an action of the coupler. At this time, by means of the mesh connection between limiting recesses on the outer sides of the reel pipes and limiting blocks on the outer sides of the connecting blades, the connecting blades and the first baffle can be driven to be stably and automatically wound outside the reel pipes. In this process, the overall convenience is high, the collision between a cover and a hand in a using process can be effectively avoided, better use experience is provided, and the applicability of the device in a narrow space is improved.
US12264003B2
A cable tie comprises a strap has a lock at a first end and a second end configured to be threaded through the lock such that teeth on the strap are engaged by the lock. The strap has a first portion extending from the lock and a second portion joined to the first portion by a pre-formed curve in the strap. The second portion extends from the curve to the second end, with at least a distal section of the second portion adjacent the second end being angled away from the first portion at an acute angle. When measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first portion there is a first distance between the curve's turning point and the first end of the strap and a second distance between the curve's turning point and the second end of the strap. The first distance is at least 5 times greater than the second distance.
US12264001B2
A container with an opening for receiving items for later disposal is disclosed. The container includes a container body with a bottom and a sidewall extending upwards from the bottom, as well as a removable lid to close the container. The container also includes a lock to lock the lid to the container. An engagement structure is provided on a side opposite the lock to prevent separation of the lid from the container body. The container may be stackable by including complementary male and female structures on the bottom and the lid. The container may also include a handle adjacent the bottom that contacts the ground when the container rests on the ground.
US12263999B2
A packaging tray including a folded body formed of paper board having an exterior top surface having one or more apertures each configured to accommodate and retain a container therein. The folded body having at least one structural tube. Each structural tube includes a plurality of interior surfaces forming the structural tube and the structural tube includes a stability panel formed in a folding surface. The folding surface being one of the plurality of interior surfaces forming the structural tube. The stability panel including a plurality of sides. One of the plurality of sides being a fold line and the other of the plurality of sides being cut through the folding surface such that the stability panel is configured to be folded into an interior of the structural tube into a predetermined position to prevent the structural tube from changing a predetermined cross-sectional shape.
US12263994B2
A tamper evidence closure assembly is provided for engaging with a finish of a container for sealing contents within an interior of a container. The assembly includes a finish and a tamper evidence closure configured to threadably engage with the finish. The finish comprises a cylindrical portion of the container that begins at an opening to the interior of the container and extends to and includes a support ledge. Threads are configured to engage with the finish. The tamper evidence closure includes a tamper evidence band that is attached to closure by way of a multiplicity of thin connections. The tamper evidence band includes a cam configured to engage with the finish during removal of the tamper evidence closure. The cam causes the thin connections to break such that the tamper evidence band remains disposed on the finish after removal of the tamper evidence closure.
US12263990B2
A system for securing containers together includes posts, legs or support features that protrude from a panel of a first container and that fit into matched apertures on an adjacent panel of a second container. The posts, legs or support features are secured within or through the matched apertures or within matched apertures on interlock blocks that are on or attached to the adjacent panel of a second container through braces, brackets, clamps and pins (magnet or spring loaded) that engage the posts, legs or support features.
US12263979B2
An article processing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment discharges an article to a downstream apparatus (2) disposed downstream. The article processing apparatus includes: a display (110); a capturing unit (100) that captures a picture including at least part of the downstream apparatus; and a controller (30) that displays, in a case where a processing operation of the article remains stopped in the article processing apparatus, on the display, the picture captured by the capturing unit.
US12263967B2
Having as its objective to take flight safety measure per satellite group, a space information recorder (101) is mounted in a mega-constellation satellite business device being a business device that manages a satellite constellation of 100 or more satellites, or in a constellation satellite business device being a business device that manages a satellite constellation of 10 or more satellites. The space information recorder (101) is provided with a category of a satellite group ID (112) which identifies a satellite group in which a group of a plurality of satellites having the same nominal orbital altitude cooperate with each other to fulfill a mission. The category of the satellite group ID (112) includes flight safety measure information (115) expressing flight safety measure of the satellite group.
US12263965B1
A frangible manifold is used in connection with flight termination operations and stage separation. The manifold has a first portion and a second portion separated by a frangible portion. An aperture extends through the first, second and third sections. A first ordnance termination line is positioned in at least the first section of the first portion of the manifold. A second ordnance termination line is positioned in at least the second section of the second portion of the manifold. In the event of a flight termination, detonation of one ordnance line causes detonation of the second ordnance line. In the event of stage separation, the manifold splits at the frangible portion and the two ordnance lines are safely separated.
US12263961B2
An attitude control system for a satellite is presented that can determine on time values for attitude control thrusters without use of attitude rate sensors, such as those based on gyros. The attitude control systems uses the attitude values from a star tracker to determine both attitude adjustment values and attitude adjustment rate values directly from the star tracker values, where the processing is performed using quaternions. From the attitude adjustment values and attitude adjustment rate values, a set of thruster on time values are determined.
US12263953B2
Hybrid aircraft power plants are provided together with associated systems and methods for operating such hybrid aircraft power plants. A hybrid aircraft power plant includes a thermal engine, an electric motor and one or more controllers operatively connected to the thermal engine and to the electric motor. The thermal engine and the electric motor are drivingly connected to an air mover of an aircraft via a combining gear train. The one or more controllers are configured to govern an actual output torque of the electric motor to reduce an error between a target operating speed for the air mover and an actual operating speed of the air mover, and govern an output of the thermal engine to reduce an error between a target output torque for the electric motor and the actual output torque of the electric motor.
US12263950B2
An aircraft refrigeration system comprises an ambient air line, through which ambient air flows and which is connected to conduct ambient air to an aircraft, an ambient air compressor, arranged in the ambient air line, for compressing the ambient air in the ambient air line, a cabin exhaust air turbine, connected to a cabin exhaust air line and coupled to the ambient air compressor in the ambient air line and configured to expand cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and to drive the ambient air compressor, a transmission, configured to couple the cabin exhaust air turbine to the ambient air compressor and to set a speed of the ambient air compressor, and a motor, coupled to the transmission and configured to drive the ambient air compressor.
US12263948B2
A primary structural assembly for an aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger, the assembly comprising an outer-skin portion which defines an outer shape of the aircraft and forms a portion of a hull of the aircraft, wherein the outer-skin portion comprises at least one recess, a thermal-transfer fluid connection which is designed to convey a thermal-transfer fluid into the recess, a component which closes the recess, and at least one retaining element which is arranged in or on the recess and is configured to hold the component closing the recess, in the recess. Further, an aircraft including such a primary structural assembly and a method for attaching the aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger are disclosed.
US12263945B2
A multi-purpose on-board system for automating the process of releasing different biological precision pest control materials using, but not limited to, unmanned aerial vehicles (or drones). The system includes multi-purpose high-performance electronic equipment (hardware), a dedicated or shared GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO in the aircraft and four different dedicated electromechanical release assemblies, specifically: a loose parasitic egg release assembly (BioBOT), a loose mass release assembly (BioCOTe), a live material (mite) release assembly (BioMITe), and a powdered beneficial fungus release assembly (BioFUNgus). The system enables full compliance throughout the biological control chain, including production, monitoring, integrated digital planning, controlled precision release and generation of reliable reports.
US12263944B2
The present disclosure provides rolling release launching system that is operative to receive and retain a drone or other payload in a protected launcher. The launcher helps to reduce the drag of the payload and to protect the payload from environmental factors. The payload is launched when a rotating door opens to expose the payload in a bay area. The rotating door may be parallel or concentric to a longitudinal axis of the body portion of the device. The payload may be launched using a biasing and fastening mechanism, which may include detachably coupling bracket, to induce an angular moment and releasing force on the payload during launch.
US12263941B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example locking assembly for an arresting hook system includes a track coupled to a frame of an aircraft. The track includes a forward end and an aft end opposite the forward end. The track includes a first lock positioned at the forward end and a second lock positioned at the aft end. The locking assembly includes a guide coupled to a hook shank of the arresting hook system. The guide is to move along at least a portion of the track, engage the first lock when the hook shank is in a stowed position, and bypass the second lock as the hook shank moves from the stowed position to a deployed position.
US12263939B2
An apparatus is for attaching an aerodynamically functional film to a surface of a body around which flow passes. The apparatus includes: a self-adhesive, redetachable positioning film having positioning aids for the exact positioning of the positioning film on the surface of the body around which flow passes and having at least one application area for the aerodynamically functional film that is to be applied.
US12263938B1
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for controlling an aircraft is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a source processor, a first copy of a signal corresponding to an input device; sending a second copy of the signal to all other processors; receiving a number of second copies of the signal from all other processors, the number of second copies being equal to the number of all other processors excluding the source processor; determining a consensus signal based on the first copy and the second copies of the signal; and determining a command signal for an effector of the aircraft based on the consensus signal, and wherein no two processors are configured to receive signals from a same input device.
US12263931B2
Provided is a radar and communications enhanced sail for a sailboat, sail ship, or sail drone. The sail includes a first sail section comprising an active communication system, a second sail section comprising a passive communication system, or a combination thereof. The active communication system includes an antenna array (transceiver) and a software-defined radio (SDR), while the passive communication system comprises a reflective panel or sections and/or array of reflector panels or sections. The active system utilizes its SDR and transceiver to communicate back and forth with an onshore SDR and transceiver to provide information as necessary. The passive system receives a radar signal via the reflective material on the sail and reflects the signal back at the radar, which produces a radar cross section indicating that there is an object (in this case the sailboat) in the ocean.
US12263909B2
The cast swing arm is a cast swing arm including: pivot portions; left and right arm portions extending on a rear side from the pivot portions; and a crossing portion connecting the left and right arm portions, in which the arm portions include upper walls, lower walls, outer walls, and inner walls and include an inner space with a hollow inside, and recessed portions recessed toward the inner space are formed in the outer walls of the arm portions.
US12263901B2
A method and device for controlling a rear-axle steering system, in particular a rear-axle steering system of a motor vehicle, determines a current physical condition of the rear-axle steering system on the basis of a detected current operating state and a pre-determined reference operating state of the rear-axle steering system. The method defines a maximum permissible steering angle of the rear-axle steering system depending on the estimated physical condition of the rear-axle steering system and depending on at least one of the operating parameters of driving speed, steering angle and steering angle speed of the vehicle, and actuates the rear-axle steering system such that the steering angle of the rear-axle steering system does not exceed the assigned defined maximum permissible steering angle for the current operating parameter(s) of the vehicle.
US12263896B2
A steering system for controlling a direction of travel of a work machine includes a steering device controllable by an operator of the work machine. The steering device is coupled to an axle of the work machine for controlling an angular orientation of the wheels. A brake is coupled to the steering device and is controllably applied to apply a first amount of resistance to the steering device. A motor is coupled to the steering device and is controllably activated to apply a second amount of resistance to the steering device. A controller controls the steering system of the work machine in at least a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the controller controls the brake between an applied position and an unapplied position, whereas in the second operating mode, the controller controls the motor between an active position and a de-activated position.
US12263893B2
An air guide device for a motor vehicle having an air guide element and a movement mechanism. The air guide element forming a rear side part of a body of the motor vehicle so as to be movable relative to the remaining body. The air guide element is movable between an inoperative position and at least one operating end position. The air guide element, in its inoperative position, is flush with the remaining body. The rear side part has a flow guide surface which faces an environment of the motor vehicle and along which air flows. The air guide element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guide surface. The air guide element, in its operating end position, is configured to extend the flow guide surface along a body longitudinal axis (X) of the body.
US12263891B2
The invention relates to a vehicle characterized in that it comprises a tractor having a chassis extending along a longitudinal axis supported by wheels, a cab mounted on a chassis, an air deflecting assembly installed on a roof of the cab, the air deflecting assembly having a shield and an adjustment mechanism configured adjust a rear height of the shield, a semi-trailer configured to be removably attached to the tractor, a mechanical measuring device comprising a first portion configured to be disposed on a semi-trailer roof, second and third portions adjacent to the semi-trailer front wall, the third portion configured to indicate an optimal position of the air deflecting assembly selected from among predetermined positions.
US12263890B2
Provided herein are novel, high-forming multi-layer aluminum alloy packages that include a core layer and one or more cladding layers. The alloy packages have excellent bake-hardening properties and are highly recyclable. The packages also display exceptional bendability and elongation properties. Also provided herein are novel aluminum alloy compositions for use as cladding layers. The compositions contain up to 0.6 wt. % Fe and one or more of Mn, Ni, Ti, Co, Nb, Cr, V, Zr, Hf and Ta.
US12263882B2
An embodiment vehicle intermediate structure includes a first intermediate crossmember connecting a pair of side sills in a width direction of a vehicle, wherein each end face of the first intermediate crossmember is attached to an inboard side surface of the corresponding side sill, and wherein a cross section of the first intermediate crossmember is uniform in a longitudinal direction thereof.
US12263878B2
A carrier is provided in the present disclosure. The carrier includes a frame, and the frame includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle portion, a canopy rod, and a protective cover. The lower handle portion and the upper handle portion form parts of the frame, and a lower end of the upper handle portion is connected to an upper end of the lower handle portion, such that the upper handle portion is pivotable between an unfolded position relative to the lower handle portion and a collapsed position. The canopy rod is pivotally connected to the lower end of the upper handle portion, and is pivotable between an unfolded position and a folded position. The protective cover is sleeved on the canopy rod. When the canopy rod is in its folded position, the protective cover is located between the canopy rod and the lower handle portion.
US12263877B2
An electronic cart includes a frame, an electrically powered rotary motor, a rechargeable battery, and an electrical charging plug-in. The frame comprise a container with an open top end, a bottom end defining the floor, opposite side walls, and a rear wall with an opposite front wall. The container is foldable and has at least one wheel at the front. The frame has at least two wheels at the bottom thereof and a handlebar having control elements. The motor is mounted to the frame on which the container is provided. The motor is configured to drive at least one wheel provided on the frame and is operable and controllable by the handlebar control elements. The battery provides a power supply powering the motor. The battery is approximately attached to the frame. The plug-in is in communication with the battery for charging the battery.
US12263868B2
A method includes receiving sensed vehicle-state data, actuation-command data, and surface-coefficient data from a plurality of remote vehicles, inputting the sensed vehicle-state data, the actuation-command data, and the surface-coefficient data into a self-supervised recurrent neural network (RNN) to predict vehicle states of a host vehicle in a plurality of driving scenarios, and commanding the host vehicle to move autonomously according to a trajectory determined using the vehicle states predicted using the self-supervised RNN.
US12263865B1
A method includes obtaining, by a processing device, radar sensor data from a driving environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV). The radar sensor data corresponds to a field-of-view (FOV) of a radar sensor of the AV. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device from the radar sensor data, a potential occlusion within the driving environment, obtaining, by the processing device, non-radar sensor data from the driving environment, the non-radar sensor data corresponding to a FOV of a non-radar sensor of the AV, determining, by the processing device from the non-radar sensor data, whether the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, and in response to determining that the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, removing, by the processing device, the false occlusion from the FOV of the radar sensor.
US12263863B2
An attention attracting system includes an attention attracting device that transmits, to a driver, a possibility of contact between a subject vehicle and an object and that includes a risk identification section identifying a risk position which is a position having a strong possibility of contact occurring between the subject vehicle and the object and a risk level which is a degree of the possibility of the contact occurring at the risk position, and a transmission section which transmits the risk position and the risk level to the driver, which provides a tactile stimulus or an auditory stimulus to the driver through a tactile HMI device or an auditory HMI device at a remarkableness level corresponding to height of the risk level, and which transmits, to the driver through a visual HMI device, visual information indicating a direction of the risk position viewed from the driver.
US12263837B2
An apparatus includes: a first sensor configured to provide a first input; a second sensor configured to provide a second input; and a processing unit configured to receive the first input from the first sensor, and a second input from the second sensor; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a first probability of a first predicted event, and a second probability of a second predicted event, wherein the first predicted event and the second predicted event are associated with an operation of the vehicle; and wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate a risk score based on the first probability of the first predicted event, and based on the second probability of the second predicted event.
US12263830B2
A method is provided for controlling an air conditioning compressor in a hybrid powertrain of a motor vehicle. The hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a first electric machine, and a second electric machine electric machines and the internal combustion engine are selectively connected to the air conditioning compressor so as to function as a drive of the air conditioning compressor. At least one of the first electric second electric machine, or the internal combustion engine is selected as the drive is selected based on a selection by an occupant of the motor vehicle. The selected drive is actuated to drive the air conditioning compressor.
US12263828B2
A system for improving fuel efficiency of a fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell that provides driving energy to a vehicle, an information collection unit that collects travel route information of the vehicle including at least one of the altitude, speed limit and traffic condition of the road between the departure and the destination, and a controller that divides the travel route of the vehicle into a plurality of sections through the travel route information of the vehicle collected in the information collection unit, individually establishes the power generation strategy of the fuel cell for the plurality of sections divided, and controls the power generation of the fuel cell according to an established power generation strategy of the fuel cell when the vehicle arrives at each section, and control method thereof.