US12263827B2
A processor unit (3) for model-based predictive control of a vehicle (1) taking into account an arrival time factor is configured to calculate a trajectory for the vehicle (1) based at least in part on at least one arrival time factor, with the trajectory including an entire route (20) to a specified destination (19) at which the vehicle (1) is to arrive, and with the at least one arrival time factor influencing an arrival time of the vehicle (1) at the specified destination (19). Additionally, the processor unit (3) is configured to optimize a section of the trajectory for the vehicle (1) for a sliding prediction horizon by executing a model-based predictive control (MPC) algorithm (13), where the MPC algorithm (13) includes a longitudinal dynamic model (14) of a drive train (7) of the vehicle (1) and a cost function (15) to be minimized.
US12263824B2
A novel wheel slip control device and method improve upon conventional anti-lock brake systems by providing a user interface device which allows the vehicle operator to manipulate the slip ratio threshold of the anti-lock brake system on demand as he or she executes a slide or drift maneuver—thus preventing the system from interrupting the maneuver while also retaining the safety benefits of the anti-lock brake system during ordinary vehicle operation.
US12263820B2
A brake pipe pressure monitoring system evaluates the flow of pressure in the brake pipe and alerts the train driver when the brake pipe flow indicates a brake system failure. The system has a brake pipe pressure module coupled to computer controlled brake as well as to a brake pipe pressure transducer, a main reservoir pressure transducer, and a flow transducer that determines the amount of pressure flow from the main reservoir to the brake pipe. The brake pipe pressure module is programmed to calculated and track the flow in the brake pipe over time and to determine whether the flow in the brake pipe over time exceeds a predetermined threshold. In the even that flow exceeds the predetermined threshold, the computer controlled brake is signaled to alert the train driver of the failure condition.
US12263817B2
A cooling system is for cooling a sensor cleaning system of a vehicle. the cooling system includes a collector configured to accommodate water, which reaches a windshield of the vehicle, a pump providing a flow force for moving the water accommodated in the collector along a conduit, and a cooling module to which water moving along the conduit flows and which surrounds a cooling target.
US12263813B1
A vehicle seat-top storage device has a lower layer formed from a flexible material configured to overlay and conform to portions of a vehicle seat. An upper layer of a flexible sheet material is coupled along side edges to the lower layer to define an interior space between the lower and upper layers. An opening of the device allows access to the interior space through the opening. A closure device is provided for selectively opening and closing the opening. Securing straps are coupled to the device to secure the device to the vehicle seat.
US12263809B2
A communication device according to one aspect of embodiments includes a controller. In a case where vibration of the communication device is detected, the controller allows execution of a communication process with a communication target device.
US12263800B2
Protection devices provide operational safety for vehicles. The efficiency of a safety device is enhanced by improving operational reliability in frontal and lateral collisions and simplicity of restoring its structural integrity after collision. A vehicle protection device has a base, and a barrier located in front of the base and fastened to the base by at least two struts having one end attached to the barrier and the other end to the base. Each strut has at least two separate rod-shaped elements featuring holes along their longitudinal axes; and containing detachable joints at their ends; the elements can stay connected with each other by a flexible element passing through the holes of all rod-shaped elements. The struts can be mutually disconnected under axial or lateral load. The flexible element is configured to interact with a base-mounted mechanism for activating the sensor of the vehicle stopping system.
US12263798B2
An electric supply system for a vehicle system includes two or more electric energy storage devices. Two or more buses each conductively couple an energy storage device with a corresponding load of plural loads. A controller controls conduction of current from one or more of the energy storage devices to one or more other buses to transfer energy to other energy storage devices or other loads. A method includes directing a first energy storage device of a first power supply assembly to supply electric current to a first bus conductively coupling the first energy storage device to one or more first loads onboard the vehicle system. The method further includes conducting the electric current from the first energy storage device to one or more second buses of one or more second power supply assemblies to recharge one or more second energy storage devices or power one or more second loads.
US12263791B2
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera having a field of view that includes at least a driver's head region within a cabin of a vehicle. The camera includes an imager having a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements. The camera includes a lens array of lens elements disposed at the array of photosensing elements of the imager. The lens elements are disposed over respective sub-arrays of photosensing elements for imaging light onto the respective sub-arrays of photosensing elements. With an illumination source operated to emit near infrared light to illuminate at least the driver's head region, and responsive at least in part to image processing by an image processor of image data captured by the sub-arrays of photosensing elements associated with the respective lens elements of the lens array, the system determines the head of a driver of the vehicle and the driver's facing direction.
US12263787B2
An exterior rear view mirror assembly for road vehicles includes a frame structure configured to be attached to a vehicle body, a case bezel for casing a rear mirror glass and attaching to the frame structure, and a motor adaptor to couple the frame structure with a mirror actuator. The motor adaptor includes a first form-coding element and the case bezel includes a second form-coding element, which are formed and arranged such that they engage with each other when the case bezel and the motor adaptor are attached to the frame structure such that the case bezel and the motor adaptor cannot be assembled if the first and second form-coding elements do not correspond. The configuration provides a corresponding assembly system for left and right hand drive road vehicles and a method of manufacturing.
US12263783B2
A vehicle control system includes a plurality of zone ECUs and a central processing unit. Each zone ECU outputs a blinking timing signal for blinking a blinker installed in a vehicle on the basis of a blinking control signal received from the central processing unit. Furthermore, the zone ECUs are configured to be connected to each other via a local network, share blinking timing information of the blinker with another zone ECU via the local network, and adjust a blinking timing signal of the zone ECUs on the basis of the shared information.
US12263780B2
A variable spoiler apparatus including a spoiler unit movably provided in a rear section of a vehicle and configured to extend or be tilted toward a direction opposite from a forward traveling direction of the vehicle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle and a rear lamp provided in the spoiler unit and configured to emit light toward the direction opposite from the forward traveling direction.
US12263779B2
A vehicle including a lamp body that irradiates surroundings of the vehicle, comprising a control unit configured to control an irradiation range of the lamp body according to a speed of the vehicle, wherein the control unit controls the irradiation range according to the speed to be different when the speed increases and when the speed decreases.
US12263775B2
A camper trailer assembly includes a trailer that has a hitch and a pair of wheels for towing by an all terrain vehicle. A pair of panels is hingedly coupled to a box of the trailer and each of the panels is positionable to extend laterally away from the box such that each of the panels defines a pair of sleeping areas. A canopy is attached to the box and the canopy is urgeable into a raised condition when the panels are in the deployed position such that the canopy and the box define a camper. A lifting unit is movably integrated into the box and the lifting unit urges the canopy into the raised condition when a hand crank is cranked in a first direction. The lifting unit urges the canopy to collapse into the box when the hand crank is cranked in a second direction.
US12263773B2
A container holder configured to hold a container includes a holder body including a container receiver that contains the container and has an opening and a bottom surface, and a container-holding mechanism that stably holds the container contained in the container receiver. The container-holding mechanism includes a swing member that is swingable around a first support shaft relative to the holder body, a turning member that is turnable around a second support shaft relative to the swing member, and a first biasing member that biases the swing member. In a process of putting or taking the container in or out of the container receiver, an outer surface of the container abuts on a part of an outer surface of the swing member or the turning member, and the swing member swings around the first support shaft or the turning member turns around the second support shaft.
US12263772B2
Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.
US12263768B2
A seat assembly has a seating cushion defining a first surface to support an occupant and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first surface further defining a trench. A fastener has a longitudinal body with a central region positioned between a first end region and a second end region, and a base extending outwardly from the second end region and transversely to the body. The first end region tapers in a direction away from the second end region, and the central region of the body defines a recess intersecting a side wall of the body and angled inwardly and towards the first end region to form a hook. The fastener extends through the seating cushion with the base abutting the second surface, and the first end region of the body extending into the trench.
US12263763B2
A seat reclining brake device for a vehicle includes a socket housing having an accommodating space, a locking plate inserted into accommodating space and coupled to a rotating shaft, a fixing portion formed at a position facing the locking plate and the socket housing, engaged with each other to block a relative rotation of the locking plate and socket housing or disengaged with each other, an elastic body inserted into accommodating space to apply an elastic force to locking plate in the direction in which the fixing portion is engaged, and a lever that is rotatably fastened to socket housing and includes a fixing release portion extending toward socket housing, having an inclining portion, and when the lever is rotated, moving along an inclining portion of the locking plate in the direction opposite the direction in which the elastic body applies the elastic force to disengage the fixing portion.
US12263757B2
A battery equalization system, a vehicle, a battery equalization method, and a storage medium. The battery equalization system includes: a collection circuit; and equalization circuit; a controller, connected to the collection circuit and the equalization circuit; and a power supply branch circuit, controlled by the controller to get connected to a power supply unit and the battery equalization system when a vehicle is in an OFF gear and a cell needs enabling of equalization, so that the power supply unit supplies power to the battery equalization system.
US12263756B2
An electric vehicle battery disconnect bracket configured disconnect one or more battery cells or modules experiencing a thermal event within a battery pack to mitigate propagation of the thermal event throughout the battery pack, including a bracket body formed of a first material on a first major surface of the body, and a second material on an opposing second major surface of the body, the first material having a larger coefficient of thermal expansion than the second material, such that an increase in temperature above a defined threshold experienced by the body causes the first material to expand more than the second material, thereby transitioning the body from a first equilibrium state representing a closed, conductive position to a second equilibrium state representing an open, isolation position.
US12263748B2
A big data based central control charging system according to the present includes an electric vehicle charging unit which charges an electric vehicle using a plurality of charging modules; and a central control unit which collects state-of-charge data by performing the communication with the electric vehicle, by means of the electric vehicle charging unit, the central control unit converts state-of-charge data received from the electric vehicle, by means of the electric vehicle charging unit into big data, extracts a feature item for every electric vehicle model and a data value of the feature item by analyzing and learning the big data of the state-of-charge data, builds or updates a vehicle model identification model for identifying the electric vehicle model based on the extracted feature item and the feature item data value.
US12263738B2
The present invention is an electronic gear-shifting system with sound effects and display, adapted to be mounted on an electric motorcycle, and including an electronic shift unit, an electronic clutch unit, a throttle position sensor, correspondingly outputting a shift signal, a clutch signal and a throttle position signal according to the operation of the rider, a control unit receiving the aforementioned signals to determine a target gear position of the electric motorcycle and control a power motor of the electric motorcycle. The electric motorcycle converts the real speed of the power motor into a virtual speed through an algorithm and lets a dashboard and a sound effect controller of the electric motorcycle output according to the virtual speed. In addition to simulate the power performance of a general gear-shifting-type motorcycle, the electric vehicle also has visual and auditory variations.
US12263730B2
A fuel-tank control valve includes: casing; main float; plate with upper surface that constitutes bottom portion of casing, and that includes first gas-storage chamber formed of plate and peripheral wall portion that is provided upright from rim of upper surface to lower side; sub float arranged above the plate; second gas-storage chamber formed of a part including gas supply hole of first gas-storage chamber among parts of upper surface, and partition-wall portion which is away from peripheral wall portion, and that is provided in first gas-storage chamber; and clearance which is formed between casing and peripheral wall portion, and through which fuel in fuel tank can flow in, second gas-storage chamber and clearance being provided for sub float. Upper surface includes protruding seating portion that forms inflow space through which gas through gas supply hole can flow in under state in which sub float is seated on protruding seating portion.
US12263726B2
A vehicle (e.g., a class-2 vehicle) with an improved cab door is disclosed. The vehicle can have a vertical plane that bisects the vehicle into a driver's side and an opposed side. The vehicle can comprise a chassis and a body supported by the chassis. The body can define a cab. The cab can define an opening configured to provide operator access to the cab. The cab door can be configured to travel about and between an open position and a closed position along a linear axis. In the closed position, the cab door can at least partially cover the opening of the cab. The linear axis can form an acute angle with the vertical plane that bisects the vehicle.
US12263725B2
A vehicle door is provided having an outer panel reinforced by a panel reinforcement and which is configured to generate low-frequency sound dominantly at the time of closing the door. The door has an outer panel openably/closably attached to a vehicle body by a front hinge; and a panel reinforcement extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an inner side of the outer panel. The outer panel and the panel reinforcement are fixed by plural adhesion sections. The number of the adhesion sections in an upper area of the outer panel is larger than the number of the adhesion sections in a lower area of the outer panel. The number of the adhesion sections provided in a front lower area near the front hinge in the lower area is larger than the number of adhesion sections in a rear lower area away from the front hinge in the lower area.
US12263724B2
An antireflective switchable laminated glass construction having a switchable functional film formed of a switchable material layer, a first polymer substrate with a first transparent conductive coating, and a second polymer substrate with a second transparent conductive coating. The switchable functional film is sandwiched between first adhesive polymer interlayer and glass substrate and second adhesive polymer interlayer and glass substrate. The switchable laminated glass construction in an ON (transparent) state has a total light transmittance higher than 50% and a reflectance equal to or less than 13%, as measured from at least one side of the switchable laminated glass construction.
US12263723B2
The glass run includes: a bottom wall; a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall, and is configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass. In the glass run, a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall. The hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip.
US12263713B2
An air conditioner for a vehicle may include a first air conditioner provided on the engine compartment side with respect to a dash panel, and including an intake unit of suctioning internal or external air and blowing same to the vehicle interior side; and a second air conditioner provided on the vehicle interior side with respect to the dash panel, and including a duct for discharging conditioned air to the vehicle interior side. The dash panel has a through hole formed therein, and has an air guide which connects the first air conditioner and the second air conditioner to each other through the through hole.
US12263712B2
A wheel-side device provided for each of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle includes: a drive mechanism provided on a suspension arm connecting a wheel support member that supports the wheel and a body-side member of the vehicle and including a drive actuator, an output shaft of the drive actuator being connected to the wheel via a constant velocity joint to rotationally drive the wheel; and a steering actuator provided between the suspension arm and the wheel support member without a link member interposed therebetween and configured to steer the wheel.
US12263711B2
A sway bar system is described. The sway bar system includes a sway bar having a first end and a second end. An electronically controlled connector to provide a remotely controllable physical connection and disconnection capability between a first location on a vehicle and the first end of the sway bar; and the second end of the sway bar coupled to a second location on the vehicle.
US12263708B2
One or more example vehicle adaptive ride height (ARH) systems to provide semi-active damping and ARH functionality. Each example ARH system is operable to dynamically control the vehicle, in response to dynamic detection of one or more operational parameters, between a raised vehicle state or position (e.g., ride height) and a lowered vehicle state or position. Such dynamic control facilitates greater reach-to-ground when in the lowered vehicle state and automatically controls vehicle ride height when in the raised vehicle state for dynamic loading conditions.
US12263700B2
Systems are provided for an axle arm including a lubricant reservoir and a driveshaft. In one example, system may include a lubricant reservoir of an axle arm comprising a fill line at an edge of a driveshaft, wherein a central axis of the lubricant reservoir is misaligned with a central axis of the driveshaft.
US12263697B1
A system for stamping ice includes a housing, a stamping area, a loading tray, and a pusher mechanism. The housing has an opening extending into an interior volume of the housing. The stamping area positioned within the interior volume of the housing is configured to receive an ice body. The loading tray is couple to the housing and is configured to receive a removable stamp and a heating element. The heating element is configured to maintain the stamp at a set temperature. The pusher mechanism positioned within the interior volume of the housing is configured to push the ice body against a surface of the stamp.
US12263680B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a head configured to eject a liquid from nozzles being open in a nozzle surface, a liquid absorbing wiper, and a support supporting the liquid absorbing wiper. The supporter is movable relative to the head, between a first position where the liquid absorbing wiper is in contact with the nozzle surface, and a second position where the liquid absorbing wiper is away from the nozzle surface, the supporter has a flow channel for a liquid cleaner to flow therethrough, and the liquid absorbing wiper sucks in the liquid cleaner from below by way of contact with the liquid cleaner flowing in the flow channel.
US12263658B2
A system and method to be used to close an opening. In particular, the system may include a kit that seals the opening around a window air conditioning unit which is mounted in a window. The system includes a left side panel which may be placed in a first opening between a side of the air conditioner and a left side jamb of the window. The system further includes a right side panel which may be placed in a second opening between a right side of the air conditioner and a right side jamb of the window. The system also has a top panel which may be placed in the opening between the left side jamb and the right side jamb on the top of the unit. The top panel also includes a first side flap, a second side flap, and a central flap which extend down and over an upper section of the side panels and seal the opening around the unit.
US12263657B2
A method for assembling an integrated wind turbine blade shell, comprising: attaching and distributing cleats onto the first wind turbine shell part at a distance from the first edge of a first wind turbine blade part, wherein a ledge surface and a rail of each cleat define, together with the interior surface, a ledge for supporting a glue flange; securing a clamp tool to the anchor of each cleat; resting the separately manufactured glue flange on the ledge surface of each cleat; closing the first and second wind turbine blade shell parts; actuate the clamp tools to clamp the glue flange between the clamp head of each clamp tool and interior surface; and detaching and removing the clamp tools from the cleats.
US12263655B2
Disclosed is a method for the manufacturing of an optical element having a refractive index above 1.59 by additive manufacturing to the optical element obtained by such a method and to an ophthalmic lens including such an optical element.
US12263654B2
A system and a method for securing a panel insert to a panel include a main housing, a heater within the main housing, a coupling rod extending from the main housing, and a clamp assembly coupled to the coupling rod. The clamp assembly is configured to clamp the panel insert to the panel. The heater is configured to cure an adhesive applied to the panel insert to bond the panel insert to the panel.
US12263645B1
A system and method for a 3D printer with one time use files that incorporates a software and a 3D printer to perform the method. In a first phase the software is used to configure a machine ID number, a file ID number and create an OBJ file and a number of prints for the OBJ file in a modified OBJ file. In a second phase the modified OBJ file is encrypted to a G file. In a third phase the G file is introduced to the 3D printer. The 3D printer validates the machine ID number and the file ID number of the G file. In a fourth phase the 3D printer prints a design contained in the G file the predetermined number of times that G file indicates. The 3D printer stores the file ID number to prevent the G file being printed again.
US12263643B2
A method includes flowing gas within a chamber for first process parameters at a predetermined point in a laser focal plane and simulating the step of flowing gas within the chamber based on the value of the flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point in the laser focal plane so that a value of a simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point away from the laser focal plane is identified. The method comprises comparing the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane to a desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic and flowing gas within the chamber for second differing process parameters, when the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane differs from the desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic is outside a predetermined range.
US12263639B2
An improved apparatus and method are provided to remove powder from a web, for example, in a 3D printing apparatus. A flexible blade is provided to contact and move across a first portion of the web located between adjacent portions of the web to scrape powder from the first portion without removing powder deposited on the adjacent portions. A pair of edge vacuum nozzles and a central vacuum nozzle are also provided to move with the flexible blade to remove powder from both edges of the first portion and a central region of the first portion.
US12263638B2
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device and a build platform suitable for use within an additive fabrication device are provided. The build platform may include a build surface on which material may be formed by the additive fabrication device when the build platform is installed within the additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, the build platform may include a flexible build layer and at least one removal mechanism configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible build layer. Such actuation may cause the flexible build layer to deform, thereby enabling separation of material adhered to the build surface from the build platform. According to some embodiments, the build platform may comprise a restorative mechanism that acts to return the flexible build layer to a flat state so that subsequent additive fabrication may form material on a flat build surface.
US12263626B2
A method is disclosed for manufacturing connectable or non-connectable elongate porous plastic profiles 12 from substantially continuous randomised extruded plastic strands made of recycled thermoplastics. Current manufacturing processes can manufacture similar products, comprising short partially melted plastic particles melded together forming planks. These planks, however, are inherently friable, easily broken and not readily connectable. These shortcomings are caused by the manufacturing method used, being friction plate agglomeration. This invention utilises an extrusion process, which produces substantially endless random strands of thermoplastic 13 which drop and are welded together to form a porous mass, which is then compressed into boards or planks by pulling the mass through a forming tool 6 and 7. The profile can be adjusted to form edge recesses allowing the planks to be fitted together, for instance to form area coverings, or they can simply be laid end to end to form drainage channels.
US12263614B2
There is disclosed a method of providing through-thickness reinforcement in a laminated material. A guide foot is moved to a datum location relative the laminated material, at which the guide foot abuts a reinforcement zone on a surface of the laminated material. An insertion operation is conducted by inserting an insertion element through the guide foot into the laminated material along an insertion direction when the guide foot is in the datum location. The insertion element comprises a needle for forming a hole in the laminated material; a reinforcement rod to be received in the laminated material; or a tamping pin for tamping a reinforcement rod received in the laminated material. A corresponding insertion apparatus is disclosed.
US12263610B2
The present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacturing. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacture which limit user exposure to associated cutting edges.
US12263602B1
A robot calibration method based on pose constraint and force sensing includes the following steps: establishing a kinematic model, a geometric error model, and a non-geometric error model; installing an end calibration device to an end of a robot, and installing to the geometric constraint device into a working space of the robot; dragging the robot, constraining various calibration spheres of the end calibration device into various V-shaped grooves on the geometric constraint device to achieve pose constraint; then dragging the calibration spheres to V-shaped grooves on different surfaces, and calibrating a geometric parameter error of the robot using a deviation between a nominal end pose measured twice and an actual value; reading an end force by a force sensor to calibrate the non-geometric error model; identifying kinematic model parameters of a corresponding robot; and compensating an identified kinematic model parameter error to a controller of the robot.
US12263599B2
Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases include techniques for training or using a model to control a robot. A method may include identifying a set of action primitives applicable to a set of robots, receiving information corresponding to a task (e.g., a collaborative task), and determining at least one action primitive based on the received information. The method may include training a model to control operations of at least one robot of the set of robots using the received information and the at least one action primitive.
US12263598B2
An trajectory information generating unit for generating trajectory information defining a trajectory for which a picking hand picks a work at a first position and arranges the work at a second position, an execution control unit for operating a picking apparatus based on trajectory information generated by the trajectory information generating unit, and an execution time estimating unit for estimating a period of time from when the picking apparatus receives an instruction for starting an operation on a work to a time when the operation of the picking apparatus on the work is ended are included. The trajectory information generating unit may adjust an amount of calculation based on an estimation result of the execution time estimating unit.
US12263597B2
A method of localizing a robot includes receiving odometry information plotting locations of the robot and sensor data of the environment about the robot. The method also includes obtaining a series of odometry information members, each including a respective odometry measurement at a respective time. The method also includes obtaining a series of sensor data members, each including a respective sensor measurement at the respective time. The method also includes, for each sensor data member of the series of sensor data members, (i) determining a localization of the robot at the respective time based on the respective sensor data, and (ii) determining an offset of the localization relative to the odometry measurement at the respective time. The method also includes determining whether a variance of the offsets determined for the localizations exceeds a threshold variance. When the variance among the offsets exceeds the threshold variance, a signal is generated.
US12263596B2
Systems and methods for performing a task in an operation environment of an aerial device with an autonomous or semi-autonomous robot are described. In some embodiments, a robot is disposed at an end of a boom of an aerial device. The robot may comprise cameras, actuators, sensors, processors, and manipulators that work together to perform tasks fully autonomously or semi-autonomously. Furthermore, the robot may comprise tools for performing the tasks and computer-executable instructions for performing the tasks may be based on the various sensory inputs, the tools, and the tasks to be performed.
US12263584B2
A robot includes a lubricant chamber in which a fluid lubricant can be stored, wherein the lubricant chamber is provided with three or more through-holes that extend through wall surfaces of the lubricant chamber, and the through-holes are disposed such that, in a state in which any one of the through-holes is disposed at a lowest level of the lubricant chamber so as to allow a utilization thereof as an oil discharge hole in two or more orientations of the lubricant chamber, another one of the through-holes is disposed at a position corresponding to a liquid level of the lubricant when a required amount of the lubricant is stored in the lubricant chamber or above the liquid level so as to allow a utilization thereof as a vent hole, and a remaining through-hole is disposed at a position that allows a utilization thereof as an oil supply hole from which the lubricant is supplied into the lubricant chamber.
US12263574B2
The manipulator of embodiments of the present disclosure is configured to transfer a wafer and includes a finger structure and a plurality of support members. The plurality of support members are arranged at the finger structure and distributed at intervals on a same circumference. Each support member is configured to contact an edge of the wafer to support the wafer to prevent the wafer from contacting the finger structure. With the manipulator of embodiments of the present disclosure, the wafer is prevented from contacting the finger structure to avoid scratches and contact marks generated at the surface of the wafer.
US12263573B2
A robot service providing system includes a table monitoring terminal associated with one of a plurality of tables in a venue, a central control terminal, and a movable waiter robot. The central control terminal includes a communication interface, a display, an operation panel, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the display to display a screen including an image including a consumable item captured by a camera of the table monitoring terminal based on image data received by the communication interface, and control the communication interface to transmit a service instruction in response to a user operation on the operation panel. The movable waiter robot is configured to move to said one of the tables based on the service instruction.
US12263564B2
A wrench comprises a handle, a tube, an actuating-part and a scale mark area; the handle comprises a hollow rotation handle, a movable plug, a screw rod drive component and a locking component, an end of the hollow rotation handle engages with a tail end portion of the scale mark area by rotation, the screw rod drive component comprises a rotary portion and a screw rod portion, and an adjusting threaded-sleeve is sleeved over the screw rod portion; a tube positioning piece engaging with the rotary portion by rotation is provided on the rotary portion; the locking component comprises a handle insert and positioning pins, the handle insert is installed on the rotary portion via a key and an outer surface of the handle insert is connected with an inner surface of the hollow rotation handle, and positioning pins are provided at a front end portion of the movable plug.
US12263560B1
An anti-slip torque tool that utilizes a pair of teeth designed to virtually eliminate slippage and facilitate torque transfer to a fastener. The tool includes a wrench torque-tool body and at least one engagement element. The wrench torque-tool body includes a plurality of internal sidewalls, an engagement first base, and an engagement second base. The engagement element is laterally integrated into a specific sidewall to provide additional gripping action. To perform this function, each engagement element further includes a first tooth and a second tooth. Both the first tooth and the second tooth are positioned offset from each other, along a sidewall base surface. The first tooth is the anchoring tooth, designed to grip the fastener specifically from off the corner off a male hex fastener. In contrast, the second tooth is the releasing tooth, designed to release the tool from the fastener.
US12263556B2
An abrasive composition including a substrate with perforations. The perforations may have curved edges and different shapes. Abrasive particles to be brazed to the substrate are sprinkled over the molten braze on the surface of the substrate, including on the curved edges of the perforations. The perforations provide a view of the work surface for the user and reduce noise, and also provide places for work surface debris to collect for later removal. The shape of the substrate itself may include particular surface areas intended for specific abrasion tasks, such as flat surfaces with different grades of abrasive particles and small radius edges for use as a cutting tool.
US12263555B2
A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.
US12263552B2
Apparatus for machining hubs for vehicles, comprising a first machining group (11) having a first number (n1) of first stations, an inbound transfer station (11a), an outbound transfer station (11b), a loading station (117) and an unloading station (118); a second machining group (12) having a second number (n2) of second stations, an inbound transfer station (12a) and an outbound transfer station (12b); a first rotating table (13) having a number of first workpiece-holder sectors (131) equal to the first number (n1); where the first sectors (131) face the first stations; a second rotating table (14) having a number of second sectors (141) equal to said second number (n2); the second sectors (141) face the second stations; a first transfer group (15) for transferring workpieces between the first machining group (11) and the second machining group (12).
US12263549B2
Typically, fluids used in fracking operations erode valve seats in the fluid end of the reciprocating pump. Thus, these valve seats must frequently be replaced by new valve seats. Accordingly, a remanufacturing process is disclosed that successively cleans and/or grinds manually or mechanically at least the carbide inserts from used valve seats until the inserts are reusable. This reduces material costs and promotes efficiency and sustainability.
US12263548B2
The invention relates to a mounting press for automatically mounting metallographic samples in mounting material, comprising: a pressing unit with the press cylinder, a feeding device for feeding mounting material, e.g. plastic granules, a sample loading table with a plurality of loading stations, on each of which the operator can place a sample to be mounted, a control device, a grinder and/or polisher, comprising: a device housing, at least one processing station for processing the underside of the sample, wherein the processing station comprises a grinding plate with a grinding disc for grinding the underside of the sample or a polishing plate for polishing the underside of the sample, a sample feeder with a sample removal position for providing the samples for a grinding and/or polishing process, a sample deposit position for depositing the samples after the grinding and/or polishing process, a grinding-/polishing head with a sample gripper for gripping a sample, wherein the grinding/polishing head with the sample gripper moves to the sample removal position and the sample gripper grips a sample, wherein the grinding-/polishing head with the sample gripper conveys the sample to the at least one processing station and the underside of the sample is ground or polished in the processing station, and wherein the grinding-/polishing head with the sample gripper moves the sample to the sample deposit position after the grinding or polishing process and possibly further processing steps and deposits the sample there, as well as an automated production line for mounting a plurality of samples and for processing the thus mounted samples by grinding and/or polishing samples in a program-controlled overall system comprising an automated mounting press and an automated grinder and polisher.
US12263547B2
A method for automated device disassembly includes, at a computerized demanufacturing system, receiving a target electronic device for disassembly. Using a set of one or more sensors of the computerized demanufacturing system, a set of sensor data is collected that quantifies one or more physical properties of the target electronic device. Based at least in part on the set of sensor data, correspondences are identified between one or more effectors of the computerized demanufacturing system and one or more interactable elements of the target electronic device. The interactable elements are automatically manipulated using the one or more effectors to at least partially disassemble the target electronic device.
US12263544B2
A welding power supply having an adjustable cover is disclosed. The welding power supply includes an enclosure housing an engine, a porous radiator thermally coupled to the engine, and a fan configured to propel air through the radiator. A ventilation opening is in fluid communication with the fan and radiator. The fan is configured to move heated air along an air path and out of the ventilation opening. The air may be heated by the welding power supply components (e.g. engine, radiator, charge air cooler, oil cooler, compressor, generator, weld circuitry, and/or other components), for example. The adjustable cover is positioned over the ventilation when in a fully closed and/or partially open/closed position. The adjustable cover may be moved between fully closed, partially open/closed, and fully open positions. The amount of air that is allowed to exit the enclosure, and the amount of air that is recirculated within the enclosure, may be altered by adjusting the position of the adjustable cover.
US12263543B2
A worktable for laser processing includes a lower plate, internal blocks, and external blocks. The lower plate includes a first area, a second area surrounding the first area, and a third area surrounding the second area. The internal blocks are disposed on the lower plate in the first area and the external blocks are disposed on the lower plate in the third area. The external blocks surround the internal blocks.
US12263541B2
A laser processing device includes a laser oscillator, optical fiber (90), beam control mechanism (20), and a laser light emitting head. The laser oscillator includes first and second laser oscillation units that generate first and second laser light rays (LB1) and (LB2), respectively. Beam control mechanism (20) includes optical path changing and holding mechanism (40) that is disposed between second condenser lens (32) that condenses second laser light (LB2) and dichroic mirror (33) that multiplexes first and second laser light rays (LB1) and (LB2) and causes the multiplexed light to be incident on optical fiber (90). Beam control mechanism (20) changes an incident position of second laser light (LB2) on optical fiber (90).
US12263539B2
There is provided a manufacturing method of a wafer. The manufacturing method of a wafer includes a preparation step of preparing a wafer that includes a substrate and a stacked body disposed on the front surface side of the substrate and that has a device region and an outer circumferential surplus region, the device region having a plurality of devices disposed in a plurality of regions marked out by a plurality of planned dividing lines arranged to intersect each other, the outer circumferential surplus region surrounding the device region, and a laser processed groove forming step of forming laser processed grooves along the planned dividing lines through executing irradiation with a first laser beam with a wavelength having absorbability with respect to the stacked body, along the planned dividing lines from the side of the stacked body of the wafer.
US12263538B2
A connector and labeling forming method thereof is provided. The method includes: a laser engraving device generating a laser beam, and controlling the laser beam to engrave a label on a labeling part of a metal shell of a connector. The connector includes a metal shell and a label. The metal shell has a labeling part and the label is engraved on the labeling part by a laser beam. As such, the invention can engrave the label on the labeling part of the metal shell of the connector by using the laser engraving technology to replace the traditional self-adhesive label, thereby being able to solve all the problems caused by the self-adhesive label.
US12263537B2
A control device for controlling an annealing apparatus that performs laser annealing by causing a laser beam to be incident on a surface of a semiconductor wafer and moving a beam spot of the laser beam on the surface of the semiconductor wafer, the control device making a sweep speed of the beam spot of the laser beam faster than twice a value obtained by dividing a thermal diffusivity of the semiconductor wafer by a thickness of the semiconductor wafer.
US12263531B2
An optical measuring and/or presetting method for a combined measuring and/or presetting of a set of profile machining tools comprises a plurality of individual profile machining tools is proposed, wherein the individual profile machining tools of the set of profile machining tools are configured for a successive machining of side edges of stone slabs, with at least one tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus, by means of which in at least one first tool measuring step an at least partly and/or at least section-wise concave-curved work contour, in particular milling contour or polishing contour, of a first profile machining tool of the set of profile machining tools is optically captured in an at least semi-automated manner, wherein in a first tool presetting step profile coordinates are assigned to the work contour of the first profile machining tool captured in the first tool measuring step, said profile coordinates being stored in a memory unit of the tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus.
US12263523B2
A method is provided for producing a bonding composition containing copper particles and a second liquid medium. In this production method, the copper particles are produced in a first liquid medium using a wet reduction method, and thus a dispersion of the copper particles is prepared. Subsequently, the first liquid medium in the dispersion is ultimately, finally or eventually replaced with the second liquid medium while the dispersion is kept wet. It is also preferable that the first liquid medium is replaced with another liquid medium one or more times, and the second liquid medium is used in the final replacement. The liquid media are preferably replaced at a temperature of lower than 100° C. The second liquid medium preferably includes one or more of water, alcohol, ketone, ester, ether, and hydrocarbon.
US12263518B1
A system for producing parts from a strip of sheet material wound in a coil may have a plurality of stations, including a preliminary station for holding the coil, a first leveling station for receiving the unwound portion of the strip from the preliminary station to manipulate the strip in a manner to reduce an initial curvature of the strip, a cleaning station for cleaning at least a region of one of the strip, and a cutting station positioned along the material path and configured to cut the strip of sheet material, the cutting station being configured to cut the strip of sheet material to form the parts.
US12263512B2
Techniques are provided for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill. The techniques include obtaining a measurement of concentrations of oxygen, carbon, and methane in a sample of landfill gas. At least one processor may be used to determine based on the measurement of the concentration of oxygen in the sample, the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample, and the measurement of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the sample, a balance gas concentration in the sample. Further, the at least one processor may be used to determine whether the determined balance gas concentration in the sample is greater than a balance gas concentration threshold. Responsive to determining that the determined balance gas concentration in the sample is greater than the balance gas concentration threshold, an actuator controls the flow control mechanism to decrease the flow rate of the landfill gas being extracted from the landfill.
US12263511B2
Techniques are provided for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill. The techniques include receiving user input indicating an upper methane concentration threshold and a lower methane concentration threshold, and obtaining a measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample of landfill gas. At least one processor may be used to determine whether to control an actuator to control the flow control mechanism to adjust the flow rate of the landfill gas being extracted from the landfill. The determining whether to adjust the flow rate may be performed by determining whether the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample is greater than the upper methane concentration threshold and determining whether the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample is less than the lower methane concentration threshold. The flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from the landfill may be adjusted based on the determining.
US12263508B2
A spray wand for use with a chemical or chemical formulation in solid form. The wand hose end has a wand hose end valve for control of water flow from a hose. A refill cartridge having a swirl chamber may be attached to the hollow tube. The refill cartridge has at least one nub, indent and/or external channel or groove on its external surface.
US12263506B2
An ultrasound transducer device made by a process that includes the steps of forming depositing a first layer on a substrate, depositing a second layer on the first layer, patterning the second layer at a region corresponding to a location of a transducer cavity, depositing a third layer that refills regions created by patterning the second layer, planarizing the third layer to a top surface of the second layer, removing the second layer, conformally depositing a fourth layer over the first layer and the third layer, defining the transducer cavity in a support layer formed over the fourth layer; and bonding a membrane to the support layer.
US12263505B2
An applicator and method of use is disclosed for applying coatings and paints to various surfaces. As shown, the sprayer may have an undercarriage frame that supports three-wheels. All three wheels may run parallel with the first wheels and second wheels attached to the sprayer frame via an undercarriage with the third wheel positioned behind and between both the first and second wheels on a separate arm or frame. The width of the sprayer booms may be adjusted. The undercarriage may be folded entirely or only a portion therein. The arm of the third wheel may be folded or telescope, as required by a particular application. A handle, which may be adjustable, may be positioned between the sprayer frame and the undercarriage. Use of the applicator according to the method discussed herein reduces operator fall exposure and increases application efficiency.
US12263504B2
An adhesive applicator head, having a heated block (1) to which an adhesive feed (2) is connected; linked to the heated block (1) is a nozzle (4) determining an outlet for the laminar projection of the adhesive to be applied from the heated block (1), where the nozzle (4) has a body (6) and a cover (7) between which there is a space (8) leading to an adhesive outlet groove (9); with regard to the space (8), and externally, there being a plate (10) covering the groove (9), the plate (10) being displaceable between different attachment positions of the plate (10) to the nozzle (4) determining variable lengths of laminar adhesive outlet through the groove (9).
US12263502B1
A paint roller with trim guard including a handle assembly, a roller assembly, and a shield assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle. The roller assembly includes a roller. The roller is connected to the handle. The roller is dipped in paint. The roller absorbs paint. The roller is capable of painting a predetermined surface. The shield assembly includes a shield. The shield is pivotally attached to the roller to protect the top portion, the left portion, and the right portion of the roller from accidentally painting trim.
US12263501B2
A compound applicator includes a nozzle assembly including a nozzle opening and a plug movable relative to the nozzle opening between a first position in which the nozzle assembly is in a closed state, and a second position in which the nozzle assembly is in an open state, a spring configured to bias the plug into the first position, a cylinder configured to receive and store a compound material, a main housing, a handle rotatable relative to the main housing, a pull rod having a first end coupled with the plug, and an input mechanism located at least partially within the handle and/or the main housing and configured to convert rotational motion of the handle into axial movement of the pull rod, thereby moving the plug from the first position toward the second position. The spring pulls the pull rod such that the pull rod is biased into tension.
US12263499B2
A nozzle lance for exhaust gas treatment, a combustion plant with nozzle lances for exhaust gas treatment and a method for exhaust gas treatment in a combustion plant are proposed, wherein an admixing fluid is admixed to the active fluid in the nozzle lance and atomized via three nozzles.
US12263498B2
A well support assembly for a fragrance dispenser includes an upper cover including a plurality of chambers, a well support engaged with the upper cover proximate to the plurality of chambers, and a plurality of wells engaged with the well support. Each of the plurality of wells extends into a respective one of the plurality of chambers and is configured to receive a fragrance therein.
US12263493B2
A sand separator and method of manufacturing a sand separator, of which the sand separator includes an insert defining a vortical flow chamber therein. The insert comprises a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, and the insert is made at least partially from a ceramic material. The separator also includes an inlet extending through the insert in the cylindrical portion and configured to introduce a sand-laden fluid into the vortical flow chamber, a first outlet extending through vertically upward from the cylindrical portion and configured to receive a fluid portion of the sand-laden fluid from the vortical flow chamber, and a second outlet extending vertically downward from the conical portion and configured to receive a sand portion of the sand-laden fluid from the vortical flow chamber.
US12263490B2
An exchangeable separation insert for a centrifugal separator includes a feed inlet, a light phase outlet and a heavy phase outlet. Two of the feed inlet, light phase outlet and heavy phase outlet are arranged at a first axial end of the rotor casing. A first seal assembly seals and connects the two inlet/outlets to a corresponding inlet conduit and/or outlet conduits in the first stationary portion. The first seal assembly includes a rotatable part and a stationary part. The rotatable and stationary part are axially aligned and seal against each other. A first of the two inlet/outlets is arranged axially at the axis of rotation and a second of the two inlet/outlets is arranged axially outside of the first of the two inlet/outlets in such a manner that both the first and second of the two inlet/outlets are led through the rotatable part and the corresponding inlet conduit and/or outlet conduits are led through the stationary part of the first seal assembly.
US12263488B2
In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12263476B2
Described herein are embodiments of a microfluidic device configured to facilitate conceptualization of scientific principles and uses thereof.
US12263472B2
The present invention provides a highly effective method of removal of gases from the chemical reactor (01) by use of a suction unit employed near the inlet, outlet or both ends of the chemical reactor. The suction of entrapped air from the reaction mixture helps avoid fluctuation in the temperature or pressure requirement or formation of other by-products in the reaction mixture.
US12263471B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst based on a zeolite of AFX structural type and on at least one transition metal, comprising at least the following steps: i) mixing, in an aqueous medium, of at least one source of silicon in oxide form SiO2, of at least one source of aluminium in oxide form Al2O3, of an organic nitrogen-comprising compound R, of at least one source of at least one alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal M until a homogeneous precursor gel is obtained; ii) hydrothermal treatment of said precursor gel to obtain a crystallized solid phase, iii) at least one ion exchange with a transition metal; iv) heat treatment. The invention also relates to the catalyst capable of being obtained or directly obtained by the process and to the process for the selective reduction of NOx employing the catalyst.
US12263467B2
The subject invention pertains to proteins are purified by a mixed-mode chromatography system formed by attaching a ligand with cation exchange and hydrophobic 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl group functionalities to a large-pore support matrix, the only linkage between the ligand and the support matrix being a chain having a backbone of one, two, three, four, or five atoms between the hydrophobic group and the support matrix.
US12263465B2
The phosphazene covalent organic framework (COF) is a material with high efficiency to improve the removal of iodine from nuclear waste. The COF can be obtained by a solvothermal reaction of hexa (4-formyl-phenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene and 1,3,6,8-tetra(aminophenyl)pyrene. The resulting three-dimensional phosphazene COF has iodine uptakes as high as 9.4 g g−1 due to its 3D framework with higher specific surface areas and interconnected channels.
US12263461B2
A synthetic fuel production system and related techniques are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the disclosed system may be configured to produce a liquid fuel using carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen generated from aqueous solutions by electrochemical means (e.g., water electrolysis). In production of the fuel, the disclosed system may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to react the carbon dioxide and hydrogen, for example, to form methanol. The disclosed system also may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to utilize one or more subsequent reaction steps to produce a given targeted set of hydrocarbons and partially oxidized hydrocarbons. For example, the disclosed system may be used to produce any one (or combination) of: ethanol; dimethyl ether; formic acid; formaldehyde; alkanes of various chain length; olefines; aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds; and mixtures thereof, such as gasoline fuels, diesel fuels, and jet fuels.
US12263460B2
The invention is directed to a chemical reactor (100) having (a) two or more gas reactor elements (12) with each gas reactor element (12) having (i) a first reaction chamber (38), and (ii) a feed assembly unit (36), (b) a second reaction chamber (20) coupled with each of the two or more gas reactor elements (12) and configured to independently receive two or more product streams from the two or more gas reactor elements (12); and optionally, (c) a gas converging section (40) located downstream to the second reaction chamber (20). The invention is further directed to a method of producing chemical products using the chemical reactor (100) of the present invention.
US12263455B2
A high pressure processing device is configured to simplify batch processing. The high pressure processing device includes a processing module configured to reduce a particle size of a material or achieve a desired liquid processing result for the material, a pump configured to pump the material to an inlet of the processing module, a recirculation pathway configured to recirculate the material from an outlet of the processing module back to the pump, an input device configured to receive at least one user input variable, and a controller configured to (i) determine a number of pump strokes for the pump based on the user input variable, and (ii) control the pump according to the determined number of pump strokes so that the material makes a plurality of passes through the processing module.
US12263449B2
A tangential flow filtration manifold takes a modular form for interconnection in a manifolded arrangement for aggregating a total filtration area of the aggregate filter (membrane) surface. A plurality of modular TFF cassette filters may be or stacked on the TFF manifold such that it allows the number of interconnected filters, as well as the membrane surface area within each cassette, to be readily reconfigured. A single output, or filtrate connection on the TFF manifold simplifies fluidic plumbing connections for directing and gathering the filtrate (permeate) produced as output.
US12263448B2
A separation membrane module 100 of the present invention includes: a container 10; a degassing membrane element 20 that is disposed inside the container 10; and a separation membrane element 60 that is disposed inside the container 10, is located upstream or downstream of the degassing membrane element 20 in a flow direction of a liquid to be treated, and filters the liquid. The separation membrane element 60 is for example, an NF membrane element or an RO membrane element.
US12263446B2
Provided are electrodialysis systems for removing silica from a desalinated water stream and methods for removing silica from a desalinated water stream. For example, described are bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for removing silica from water comprising one or more anion exchange membranes; one or more bipolar membranes; and a pair of electrodes comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode. Also described are electrodialysis systems comprising: one or more electrodialysis devices for the removal of dissolved ions and one or more bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices, wherein a product inlet stream of the one or more bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices comprises the product outlet stream of the one or more electrodialysis devices.
US12263432B2
A filter assembly, has: a housing defining an internal volume and an outlet fluidly connectable to an oil system; a filter cartridge removably received within the internal volume of the housing; and an inlet conduit defining an inlet fluidly connectable to the oil system, the inlet conduit being in fluid flow communication with the internal volume of the housing, the inlet conduit having: a wall circumscribing a main flow passage from the inlet to the internal volume, and a sedimentation pocket defined by the wall, the sedimentation pocket extending downwardly away from the main flow passage and in a direction having a component parallel to a direction of a gravity when the filter assembly is in use.
US12263423B2
A method for filtering magnetic particles includes spinning a filter including a plurality of pores within a substrate. The method further includes applying, subsequent to spinning the filter, an external magnetic field to the filter. The method includes disposing a solution including a first particle and a second particle onto the filter. The first particle includes a magnetic particle of interest. The method further includes separating the first particle from the second particle by capturing the first particle within a pore of the plurality of pores within the substrate.
US12263420B2
A gravity-based filter cartridge having a cup-shaped upper part and a cup-shaped lower part, the upper part having a main axis (X), a first rim at a first axial end, a hole-free section at a second axial end, and at least one water inlet between the hole-free section and the first rim, the lower part having a second rim and at least one water outlet, wherein filter media is arranged in the lower part, the filter cartridge further including a mesh fixated to the upper part along a closed path, wherein the mesh is further fixated to the hole-free section radially inwards of the closed path as well as a method for manufacturing the same.
US12263418B2
A rotary evaporator for evaporating a substance contained in an initial substance comprises an evaporation flask (2) for receiving the initial substance, a device (3) for heating the substance, a condenser (4) for condensing the vaporized substance, a collection container (6) for receiving the re-liquefied substance and at least one device (5) for generating a low pressure and/or an excess pressure. In order to remove the re-liquefied substance an excess pressure can be generated at least within the collection container (6) and/or in order to remove residues of the initial substance an excess pressure can be generated at least within the evaporation flask (2).
US12263415B2
A toy for figure play includes: a shaft portion; a rotating body; and a suspension body. The rotation body includes: a bearing portion supported by the shaft portion so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction of the rotating body around the shaft portion; a suspension portion; and a protrusion portion provided on an outer side than the suspension portion in a radial direction of the rotating body. The suspension body includes: a suspension connecting portion connected to the suspension portion to allow the suspension body to swing at least in the radial direction; a figure placement portion; and an abutting portion configured to be allowed to abut with the protrusion portion.
US12263411B2
Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a sponsor matching system in which players and sponsors can be matched. Upon a match based at least in part on stored sponsorship criteria and/or player preferences, a first sponsor can select a set of players to receive permission to select an advertisement associated with the first sponsor. Once a first player of the selected players selects an advertisement and an advertisement placement location associated with the first sponsor, the sponsor matching system can generate game rendering instructions for a first player system associated with the first player.
US12263399B2
The invention provides an input apparatus, a games controller for a games console and an analogue control stick. The analogue control stick comprises a shaft pivotally mounted for movement about at least two orthogonal axes and a target surface disposed at a proximal end of the shaft. The analogue control stick comprises at least one light source and a sensor, for capturing images of the target surface illuminated by the light source at a polling interval. A processing unit compares a current image of the target surface with the immediately preceding image of the target surface captured by the sensor to determine magnitude and direction of any incremental movement of the target surface relative to the sensor between capturing the compared images. The processing unit accumulates data, in a memory cache, indicative of the incremental movements to calculate an absolute position of the target surface relative to a predefined or origin position. The analogue control stick comprises an origin position detection system for determining return of the target surface to a predefined origin position. The processing unit is configured to clear the cache of accumulated incremental movement data upon detection of the target surface being disposed at the predefined origin position.
US12263394B2
A treadmill includes a frame and a running belt coupled to the frame. The running belt is configured to rotate relative to the frame. The treadmill includes at least one sensor configured to collect information regarding a rotation of the running belt and a use of the treadmill by a user of the treadmill. The treadmill also includes a light source coupled to the frame and configured to emit a light at least partly away from a front of the treadmill to at least partly illuminate a rear of the treadmill.
US12263389B1
The present application is directed to a Family Combo Game which is played by putting billiard balls into sparkling two sided, numbered, relocatable game traps. The Combo Family Game disclosed herein is a combination of golf, croquet and billiards. The Combo Family Game Club described herein is a combination of a putting club, a pitching or chipping club resembling one or more golf type clubs, and a tapping club resembling a croquet mallet. The game is played on a turf surface of varying heights. The playing surface utilizes an elevated perimeter turf edged boarder to keep the balls in play. The game can be played on grassy area such as a lawn, backyards and in public recreation areas or parks. An optional lighting system is disclosed to light the game traps for playing at night or indoors. Optional game trap decorations and flags are also described herein.
US12263387B1
Adjustable pickleball paddle includes a paddle body comprising a flat planar core permanently attached to and positioned in between a pair of identical external faces on both flat sides thereof, and a handle configured to hold and manipulate the paddle, the handle extending from the core and oriented to be co-planar therewith. The flat core is configured to removably accept a first insert or additional inserts to fit within a thickness of the flat core, the first and/or additional inserts are configured to increase the stiffness of the flat core when placed therein, as well as the weight of the paddle. Individual adjustments to the twist weight and swing weight allow customization of the paddle for the individual needs of the player.
US12263386B2
A golf cup is installed in artificial turf which includes an aggregate base with a hole in the base by inserting an additional sleeve in the hole so that the sleeve is held in place against side to side movement and at a fixed height by engagement with the aggregate. The upper circular edge of the sleeve is positioned at the level top prepared surface of the aggregate. A layer of artificial turf is applied over the level top prepared surface and over the hole and the sleeve and an opening is cut matching the inside diameter of the sleeve. A cup portion is inserted into the sleeve and engages a stop shoulder in the sleeve so that an upper lip of the cup portion stands above the upper circular edge of the sleeve by a distance substantially equal to a thickness of the backing layer of the turf.
US12263381B2
In a pole climbing fall prevention assembly having a pole strap, lanyard, and cam assembly that permits adjustment of the pole strap, a lever is attached to the sidewall of a cam assembly to ease the task of a climber needing to adjust the pole strap. A second lever can be attached to the second sidewall of the cam assembly to provide easier access to the lever regardless of the orientation of the cam assembly relative to the climber.
US12263379B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a system for delivery of a personalised dose of exercise to subjects, comprising a computing device configured to obtain information pertaining to the subjects. The system further includes a fitness program determining device configured to: store information about the subjects; determine a personalised dose of exercise for a subject based on the information of the subject; and schedule the personalised dose of exercise to one or more exercise zones and points in time in a physical gym. The system furthermore includes an instruction device for providing personalised instructions to the subject based on the personalised dose of exercise at the points in time. The personalised instructions includes instructions for performing activities in the exercise zones, an order in which the activities to be performed in the exercise zones, and a workout sequence and a timing in which the exercise zones are to be completed.
US12263375B2
Disclosed is an extensible electrode array (102) for accurately locating a pelvic floor muscle, and its design method and an extensible pelvic floor electrode. The design method includes: (1) obtaining a three-dimensional muscle anatomy map of a pelvic floor muscle, dividing a muscle according to the three-dimensional muscle anatomy map and determining a muscle fiber trend, and for each muscle, determining a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate points for marking each muscle along the muscle fiber trend (S101); (2) after projecting all three-dimensional coordinate projects onto a two-dimensional plane unfolded in a shape of an elastic cavity (101), taking each two-dimensional coordinate point in the two-dimensional plane as a location to dispose an electrode plate (S102); (3) simulating a mechanical property of the elastic cavity (101), and determining a deformation rate of an extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate when the extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate is arranged along a muscle fiber direction of the pelvic floor muscle (S103); and (4) according to a design result, mounting the electrode plate and the extensible electrode wire (105) on the elastic cavity (101) to form the extensible electrode array (102) (S104). The design method enables each electrode plate to locate the pelvic floor muscle before and after expansion, thereby improving accuracy in collecting a myoelectric signal of the pelvic floor muscle.
US12263373B1
A shoulder exercise device preferably includes a central handle, a stationary origin post, at least two stationary posts and a resistance line. The central handle preferably includes an upper pivot ring, a lower pivot ring, a rotating handle and a plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes. The rotating handle is rotatably retained between the upper and lower pivot rings. A plurality of pivot extensions extend from an outer perimeter of the upper and lower pivot rings to pivotally retain the plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes. Each first pivoting pulley yoke rotatably retains a line pulley. The stationary origin post includes a line retainer and a line retention projection. Each stationary post includes a second pivoting pulley yoke. The resistance line is fixed to the stationary origin post and then inserted through the plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes of the central handle, the second pivoting pulley yokes of the at least two stationary posts, respectively, and back to the stationary origin post.
US12263372B1
An exercise apparatus is disclosed. The exercise apparatus includes an elongate bar, a rolling member including an outer surface and a centrally-located axial aperture that extends through the rolling member, and at least one pair of apertures disposed within the elongate bar, each aperture of the pair of apertures being configured to receive a locking pin. A distance between the at least one pair of apertures is slightly greater than a length of the centrally-located axial aperture, and at least one pair of apertures is disposed entirely on a right or left side of a midpoint of the elongate bar.
US12263368B2
Systems and methods for adjusting resistance on an exercise cycle having a frame and a flywheel include calibration, homing and auto-follow routines. A resistance apparatus comprising an actuator is configured to selectively position the resistance apparatus relative to the flywheel, wherein a distance between the resistance apparatus to the flywheel corresponds to resistance applied to the flywheel. Control components are configured to control operation of the resistance system in response to instructions, and a computing device is configured to output media for an exercise class to a user, the exercise class comprising one or more target resistance ranges corresponding to a segment of the exercise class. The computing device is further configured to selectively implement auto-follow logic configured to determine a target resistance value for a current segment of the exercise class and instruct the control components to adjust the resistance system to the target resistance value.
US12263363B2
A system which is composed of a blower unit for a powered air purifying respirator and an electrically powered accessory. The blower unit has a blower device and a battery for powering the blower device. And the accessory is equipped with a power connector. The blower unit provides a power outlet for connection with the power connector. The power connector has a plug. Furthermore the power connector has an unplug lever for retracting the plug for unplugging. The unplug lever and the plug are connected by a pivot joint that forms a pivot axis. The unplug lever forms a handle arm and a counter arm that extend away from the pivot joint in opposite directions.
US12263359B2
This invention offers a fully protective cowl neck garment with various fasteners designed to attach additional protective gear, such as gloves and shoe coverings. Additionally, a temperature sensor shield is located on the hat and protective mask. This allows the clients or patients the ability to see and to monitor the temperature of their caregivers. The caregiver's temperature is visible on the hat, as well as the face mask. This makes the caregivers accountable to their clients or patients, as well as their colleagues and coworkers. This invention eliminates the worry of contact with infectious diseases or dangerous liquids, by utilizing elastic manual ties and hook-and-loop fasteners to ensure the garment is secured fully on a user's body. Overall, this invention ensures medical professionals, firemen, emergency medical personnel, government workers, and so forth, are protected fully from contagious and infectious diseases, liquids, and so forth.
US12263354B2
A radiotherapy treatment plan for grid therapy in which a patient is radiated from a source of radiation with a set of spatially fractionated beams of charged particles such as protons, including varying the direction of each beam in the set of beams. Generating the plan comprises the steps of determining a first path through the patient to a first Bragg peak position and determining a second path through the patient, at least a part of the second path being directed at an angle from the first path to a first deflected Bragg peak position. The beam directions may be varied by means of magnetic fields or by varying the relative angle between the gantry and the patient.
US12263353B2
The invention describes method for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes. The method uses encapsulating free flowing medicament into a leak proof vehicle and positioning the vehicle into the body. Also provided is a system for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes into the body, the system comprising fluid radio-isotope encapsulated in a leak proof material and/or absorbable material.
US12263344B2
A kit of parts and method for the control of a delivery of an electric or electromagnetic pulse to a vagus nerve by an implanted stimulating device is provided. The kit of parts includes an implantable stimulating device (10) that includes a cuff electrode/optrode for being coupled to a vagus nerve (Vn) of a patient to be treated, and an encapsulation unit (50) suitable for being subcutaneously implanted at a location separated from the vagus nerve coupling unit (60), and enclosing an energy pulse generator (51s), for delivering electrical or optical energy pulses, and coupled to the cuff electrode/optrode by one or more electrical conductors (41e) and/or optical fibres (41f), an external controller device (100) of the kit includes laryngeal electrodes (161) suitable for being coupled to a laryngeal region (Lx) of a patient for measuring a laryngeal electrical activity at the laryngeal region, the laryngeal electrodes being coupled to an external control unit (150). The unit includes a setting unit (151) for entering control pulse parameters of a control energy pulse an external emitter (153e) configured for sending a signal to the implanted controller (54) to deliver to the cuff electrode/optrode one or more control energy pulses defined by the control pulse parameters entered in the setting unit, and a visual (155) or acoustic (157) display indicative of the intensity of the laryngeal electrical activity.
US12263340B2
Providing stimulation signals for an implanted auditory prosthesis including receiving first and second sound signals at first and second sound input devices, each of the first and second signals having a signal-to-noise ratio; determining a signal parameter related to said signal-to-noise ratio of each of the first and second signals; selecting one of the first and second signals which has the greater signal-to-noise ratio; and generating stimulation signals for the implanted auditory prosthesis based on said selected sound signal.
US12263339B2
An apparatus for delivering tumor treating fields to a subject's body. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of electrically coupled electrode elements to be located on a subject's body and able to deliver tumor treating fields to the subject's body, wherein at least one electrode element of the plurality of electrically coupled electrode elements comprises a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer has a first surface to face the subject's body and a second surface opposite the first surface, and at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the dielectric layer is a non-planar surface.
US12263332B2
A system and method for determining the proper dynamic strain profile of an elastomeric construct. The strain characteristics of a deficient heart are determined and compared to the normal strain characteristics of a healthy heart. A construct having elastomeric elements is provided that can expand along multiple axes. In an unloaded condition remote from the deficient heart, the elastomeric elements are pressurized to determine the pressure differential being experienced. Furthermore, optimal strain characteristics are calculated along a first axis and a second axis as a function of the pressure differential. The first optimal strain characteristic and the second optimal strain characteristic are used to estimate the dynamic strain characteristics that will be applied to the heart. The dynamic strain characteristics are compared to the optimal strain characteristics required by the heart to determine if the construct is proper using an automated drive.
US12263331B2
A system for assisting a circulation of blood inside a body of a patient includes a pump including: a housing having an upstream portion and a downstream portion; an inducer positioned in the upstream portion of the housing, the inducer including one or more helically-wound inducer blades to rotate around a longitudinal axis of the pump; an impeller positioned downstream of the inducer in the housing, the impeller including one or more impeller blades to rotate around the longitudinal axis of the pump; and a diffuser positioned in the downstream portion of the housing, to direct blood through at least one aperture in a circumference of the housing.
US12263320B2
An improved method and device are provided for forming and/or maintaining a percutaneous access pathway. The device generally comprises at least one of three type of components: access pathway, insertion device, and attachment device. In one embodiment, the device is used to form and/or maintain a percutaneous access pathway into the pleural cavity (i.e. tube thoracostomy). The provided assembly substantially reduces the possibility of iatrogenic infection while accessing and/or re-accessing a body space.
US12263316B2
Elongate blood flash flow paths can be detrimental to the operation of catheter placement systems by delaying the indication time, reducing the efficacy of the vacuum, or increasing the chance of clotting. Catheter placement systems with reduced blood flash fluid paths include blood flash indicators having a proximally slidable syringe barrel and plunger that is fixedly attached to the system housing. By reversing the operation of the blood flash indicator syringe, the clinician maintains the advantages of a visual and tactile feedback while shortening the blood flow path between the needle tip and syringe barrel. Catheter placement systems also include a needle interface structure configured to further shorten the blood flash fluid path.
US12263314B2
A catheter, comprising: a drive cable having cylindrical opening extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis thereof; an imaging probe having an optical fiber arranged inside the drive cable and a distal optics assembly fixedly attached to the drive cable at the distal end thereof; a first radiopaque marker arranged at a distal end of the drive cable at a position distal and parallel to the distal optics assembly; and a second radiopaque marker arranged at a predetermined distance from the distal end of the drive cable at a position proximal to the distal optics assembly. The second radiopaque marker is arranged concentric or coaxially to the longitudinal axis in a space between the longitudinal axis and an outer surface of the drive cable.
US12263311B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for providing a mental massage to help treat anxiety and depression. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a massage device for providing a mental massage to help treat anxiety and depression is disclosed, the device including: a mental state determination unit for determining a mental state on the basis of a biosignal of a user; a mental massage pattern determination unit for determining a mental massage pattern on the basis of the determined mental state; and a mental massage provision unit for providing a massage on the basis of the mental massage pattern.
US12263310B2
Bilateral stimulation devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bilateral stimulation device can include a housing, a tactile stimulator coupled to the housing, a communications module configured to receive wireless communication from a remote device; and a controller module configured to independently and selectively control at least one tactile setting of the tactile stimulator based on wireless communication received from the remote device.
US12263306B2
A respiratory mask system is provided. The respiratory mask system has a patient interface that is secured to a user's head by a headgear. The patient interface comprises a seal, a frame and a gas delivery conduit. The frame is configured to secure the seal and gas delivery conduit together. The frame comprises a recessed channel and/or headgear retaining features configured to connect the headgear to the patient interface. The frame can include an inlet collar that connects to a gas delivery conduit. The inlet collar can include bias flow holes. The headgear comprises a top strap, a pair of side arms, a yoke and a rear strap. The yoke is configured to connect to the recessed channel of the frame. The top strap, side arms and yoke form an integrally formed closed loop. The top strap can include two portions adjustably connected to each other.
US12263304B1
The face mask impregnated with medicine is adapted for use with a patient. The face mask impregnated with medicine covers the mouth and nose on the face of the patient. The face mask impregnated with medicine filters the air that is inhaled and exhaled by the patient. The face mask impregnated with medicine removes particulates, including microorganisms, from the air that is inhaled and exhaled by the patient. The face mask impregnated with medicine comprises a mask structure, a fastening structure, and a medical coating. The mask structure filters the air that is inhaled and exhaled by the patient. The fastening structure attaches the mask structure to the patient. The medical coating is a pharmacologically active media that treats medical conditions that are caused or exacerbated by the mask structure.
US12263303B2
Various control methods can indirectly determine incorrect connections between components in a respiratory therapy system. For example, incorrect connections can occur between a patient interface, a humidifier and/or a gases source. The methods can indirectly detect if reverse flow conditions or other error conditions exist. A reverse flow condition can occur when gases flows in a direction different from an intended direction of flow. The methods can be implemented at the humidifier side, at the gases source side, or both.
US12263297B2
A nebulizer includes a main body (1), a spraying head (2) and an engagement structure (4). The main body (1) includes a body (11). The spraying head (2) includes a spraying seat (21) assembled to the body (11). The engagement structure (4) includes a notch (41) formed on one of the body (11) and the spraying seat (21), a T-shaped trench (42) formed on an inner wall of the notch (41), an engaging trench (43) formed on another one of the body (11) and the spraying seat (21), and a movable member (44) received in the notch (41). The movable member (44) is extended with a handle (441) exposed from the notch (41), a T-shaped block (442) slidably received in the T-shaped trench (42) and an engaging block (443) embedded in or separated from the engaging trench (43).
US12263287B2
A medical fluid delivery system comprises: (i) a medical fluid delivery machine including a pneumatic manifold having pump and valve actuation areas and a pumping gasket overlaying the pump and valve actuation areas, sources of positive and negative pneumatic pressure, plural pneumatic valves located between the pneumatic sources and the pump and valve actuation areas, and a control unit in operable communication with the plural pneumatic valves; and (ii) a disposable cassette including a fluid pump chamber that aligns with the pump actuation area when the disposable cassette is mated with the pneumatic manifold, the disposable cassette including sheeting overlaying the fluid pump chamber, wherein the control unit is configured to operate the pneumatic valves to perform a conditioning routine that moves the pumping gasket and the cassette sheeting while mated in an attempt to remove small air pockets from between the pumping gasket and the cassette sheeting.
US12263283B1
A wearable device takes potentially contaminated air from the environment, sterilizes it with UVC light, and transports the sterilized air to a headgear. In the headgear it provides an air curtain at a slight overpressure, flowing from the top down. Used air exits the headgear at its bottom. The headgear includes a helmet or a full-face mask. An inline system connects to the headgear using an air hose. The inline system has two or more connecting pipes on the inside of which are UVC light sources. Air flows from an air inlet filter through the connecting pipes, where it is disinfected by the UVC light, to the air hose and headgear. Mounting brackets mount the connecting pipes, and may include fans, and brackets for the UVC light sources.
US12263266B2
Systems and methods for robotic disinfection and sanitation of environments are disclosed herein. The robotic devices disclosed herein may detect and map locations of pathogens within environments. The robotic devices disclosed herein may utilize data from sensor units to sanitize objects using desired methods specified by operators. The robotic devices disclosed herein may sanitize environments comprising people.
US12263264B2
A trolley assembly includes a trolley housing defining an internal cavity. The assembly includes at least one ultra-violet (UV) illumination system contained within the internal cavity in a stowed position. The UV illumination system configured and adapted to extend outward from the internal cavity in a deployed position. The trolley assembly includes a battery in electrical communication with the at least one UV illumination system.
US12263258B2
The present invention provides a sanitiser (10) for sanitising a user, having a plasma generator (20), for generating a plasma (22), a reservoir (30), for storing plasma (22) generated by the plasma generator 20 and having one or more inlets (32) connected to the plasma generator (20) and a first and second outlet (34), (36). One or more fluid movers (40), (42) cause movement of the plasma (2) from the first and second outlets under the control of a controller (50) such as to cause the flow of plasma (22) out of one or other or both of said outlets (34), (36).
US12263245B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer of a body cavity, including urinary tract cancer, by way of a combination of at least one immunomodulatory agent, such as a CTLA-4 antibody or TLR agonist, and optionally one chemotherapeutic agent, wherein one or more of the therapeutic agents are embedded in, and slowly released from, a biocompatible hydrogel composition.
US12263242B2
A container containing a powder system including a first plurality of particles having a particle size of about 10 micrometers or less, and a second plurality of particles having a particle size of about 20 micrometers or greater, and a single aperture extending through the container. A system including an inhaler article and the container is disclosed also.
US12263237B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one oxidation coupler chosen from 6-hydroxybenzomorpholine of formula (I), one of its addition salts, its solvates and/or the solvates of its salts, at least one oxidation coupler chosen from 2-amino-5-ethylphenol of formula (II), one of its addition salts, its solvates and/or the solvates of its salts, at least one oxyethylenated C8-C30 fatty acid ester of sorbitan, and at least one C8-C30 fatty acid. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, preferably the hair, comprising the application of the composition to said keratin fibres.
US12263231B2
Provided is a novel gene therapy means for neurological diseases including epilepsy. The present invention provides: a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector for use in the treatment of neurological diseases including epilepsy, which comprises a polynucleotide encoding a protein capable of improving the excitation-inhibiting function of an inhibitory synapse in vivo, preferably neuroligin-2 protein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said recombinant vector; and others. The present invention also provides a method for treating a disease such as epilepsy using the recombinant vector.
US12263226B1
The present invention discloses a composition comprising neratinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, a method for preparing same, and use thereof. Study results show that the present invention can not only significantly improve the bioavailability of the active ingredient, but also eliminate food effects and adverse event diarrhea.
US12263215B2
The present invention relates to particles comprising RNA, in which the RNA is associated with a cationic polymer or lipid or with both a cationic polymer and lipid, wherein the RNA comprises a cytotoxic nucleotide or cytotoxic nucleotide analog and/or the RNA is covalently attached to a cytotoxin, pharmaceutical compositions containing said particles and pharmaceutical uses of the particles and pharmaceutical compositions. The particles of the present invention are particularly useful as an immunostimulating medicament capable to block proliferation or induce death in dividing cells such as tumor cells.
US12263211B2
Provided are compositions and methods that include a K. pneumoniae yidR protein or an antigenic segment of the protein, and homologous of the protein, and antigenic segments of the homologs. The compositions can be provided as vaccine formulations for use with humans and non-human animals, including but not limited to dairy cows. The compositions and methods are useful for prophylaxis and/or therapy of conditions associated with Gram negative bacteria that include K. pneumonia, E. coli, and other pathogenic Gram negative bacteria. The conditions include such bacterial infections generally, and include specifically mastitis and metritis. The compositions and methods can also improve fertility and milk production. Administration of the compositions can improve the likelihood of a first service conception.
US12263207B2
The present invention provides engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved stability under both acidic (pH<4.5) and basic (pH>7) conditions. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides for therapeutic purposes.
US12263203B2
Provided are methods of treating a tumor in a subject with a BTNL9-binding antibody. Also provided are methods of treating a tumor in a subject with an ERMAP-binding antibody. A fusion protein comprising a BTNL9 or ERMAP and related compositions and encoding nucleic acids are also provided.
US12263195B2
The present invention relates to a biotechnological process for the production of a fermented pollen comprising the inoculation of pollen with at least one lactic bacterium of the species Lactobacillus kunkeei and the fermentation of the pollen inoculated with the lactic bacterium. The fermented pollen obtained has nutritional and organoleptic properties similar to bee bread naturally produced inside the honeycomb of the beehive and finds application in the food and nutraceutical field.
US12263186B2
This disclosure provides a method of administrating to a subject a two-portion solution system in a specific ingesting order to yield a water-insoluble cross-linked hydrogel mass in the stomach. The volume of the formed water-insoluble cross-linked hydrogel mass is at least 50% v/v of the total volume of the two-portion solution system. The method is useful for preventing and treating overweight and obesity.
US12263180B2
Provided herein are a variety of methods that involve administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having or suspected of having a COVID-19 infection. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having, suspected of having or expected to develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, and/or thrombosis. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having, suspected of having or expected to develop symptoms associated with a cytokine response. Aspects of the methods may further include identifying a patient with kidney malfunction, e.g., acute kidney injury, and/or thrombosis.
US12263163B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that are Syk inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or co-crystals thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cancer and inflammatory conditions. In particular embodiments, a Syk inhibitor is a crystalline monomesylate salt of 6-(6-aminopyrazin-2-yl)-N-(4-(4-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazin-1-yl)phenyl)imidazo-[1,2-a]pyrazin-8-amine of formula 2:
US12263162B2
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions, devices, their combinations, and their uses thereof for example in treating or preventing headaches.
US12263149B2
The invention is a method for treating patients with Parkinson's disease, primary parkinsonism/idiopathic parkinsonism, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, parkinsonism that may follow carbon monoxide intoxication, or parkinsonism that may follow manganese intoxication and provides an improvement of a patient's total post-dose “Off” time compared to post-dose of treatment regimens with oral immediate release levodopa tablets.
US12263142B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating subjects suffering from estrogen receptor positive cancer of the brain by administering a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERM). Also disclosed are methods of treating a cancer that is resistant to an estrogen receptor modulator by administering a SERM.
US12263134B2
A pulmonary expansion therapy (PXT) device may be a handheld or wearable device that covers specific lung fields and may generate negative pressure fields locally. The device also may provide vibratory/percussion therapy for airway clearance. The PXT may generate a localized negative pressure field non-invasively to the exterior of the chest wall, thereby increasing the functional residual capacity in underlying lung fields. As a result, increased ventilation and perfusion to the targeted internal lung field may be achieved by creating a decrease in the external barometric pressure relative to the more positive intrinsic airway pressures. The PXT device also may improve lung compliance by elevating the chest wall to compensate for the dysfunction of the respiratory musculature responsible for lifting the chest wall. In some embodiments, once a targeted functional residual capacity (FRC) has been established, vibration or percussion may be applied.
US12263132B2
A peristaltic device and a massager are provided. A mounting base is mounted on a side of a sliding seat facing away from a main body. A transmission rod has one end connected to an end of a driving rod away from the main body and the other end passing through the mounting base. A peristaltic sheet group is movably arranged on a side of the mounting base facing away from the sliding seat. The driving rod can rotate relative to the main body, such that the sliding seat drives a peristaltic assembly to move, and the transmission rod rotates and drives the peristaltic sheet group to wriggle. The peristaltic device of the present disclosure can perform telescopic motion in a peristaltic process, thereby promoting user experience.
US12263128B2
A method for performing a surgical procedure includes: positioning a patient in a surgical patient interface device that includes: a base, a platform coupled to the base, and a first abutment and a second abutment each coupled to the platform; rotating the platform between a first position and a second position, where, in the first position, the platform extends in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the base, and the first and second abutments are separated by a first distance, and in the second position, the platform extends in a substantially vertical direction relative to the base; adjusting one or both of the first and second abutments relative to the platform such that, in the second position, the first and second abutments are separated by a second distance different from the first distance; and accessing a target portion of skin of the patient for the surgical procedure.
US12263125B2
Goggles and eyewear with various features may be described herein. Such goggles and eyewear may include lenses that allow for the installation of larger roll-off films, adjustable nose sections to increase comfort of a wearer, sweat management systems that include a permeable gasket and a gutter, lens attachment systems, and co-molded frames of multiple different materials.
US12263122B2
Systems and methods for optimizing the application of pulse width modulation (PWM) in a voltage signal for delivering a current in a valve used to alternatively deliver pressurized gas to and vent from chambers in a vitrectomy probe used to drive a cutter.
US12263120B2
An ophthalmic infusion support and associated methods are shown. The ophthalmic infusion support devices include a base unit, a fixation device coupled to a bottom surface of the base unit, and an infusion tube holding device configured to hold a loop of an infusion tube at an angle projecting upward from a patient.
US12263114B2
A therapeutic device and a method of making a therapeutic device. The therapeutic device has a body portion having a first end, a second end, a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion interposed between the first and second end portions. Extending inward into at least a portion of the body portion of the therapeutic device from at least a portion of the first end of the therapeutic device is a receiving portion. At least a portion of a surface defining the receiving portion has a shape needed to apply a suction force onto another object needed to secure at least a portion of the object within the receiving portion of the therapeutic device.
US12263111B2
A brace is provided including an upper support arm, a lower support arm, a hinge assembly configured to rotatably couple the upper support arm to the lower support arm, a plurality of cuffs, each coupled directly or indirectly to the upper support arm or the lower support arm and configured to receive a respective strap for securing the brace to an appendage of the subject, and a plurality of buckles, each configured to be coupled to a respective one of the plurality of cuffs and to receive one of the respective straps.
US12263107B2
A system for treating a bifurcation includes first and second delivery catheters. The first catheter has a first shaft, a first expandable member adjacent the distal end of the first shaft, an auxiliary expandable member disposed under the first expandable member, and a first radially expandable stent disposed over both the first expandable member and the auxiliary expandable member. The second delivery catheter has a second shaft, and a second expandable member adjacent the distal end of the second shaft. A portion of the second catheter is disposed under a portion of the first stent, and a portion of the second delivery catheter passes through a side hole in the first stent. The first stent is crimped over the first and second catheters such that the first stent remains attached to the first and the second catheters during advancement of the catheters through a blood vessel.
US12263098B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods of removing a core from an intervertebral prosthetic disc. The method may include: securing a multipart prosthetic disc to a distal end of a removal instrument by grasping at least a portion of the multipart prosthetic disc between a pair of core removal arms on the placement instrument; inserting the pair of core removal arms between two prosthetic disc plates of the intervertebral prosthetic disc to distract the plates away from one another; and removing the core from the intervertebral prosthetic disc with the removal instrument. The removal instrument may include: an inner shaft connected to the pair of core removal arms; and an outer shaft movable with respect to the inner shaft and including an activation mechanism for causing the arms to grasp the core for removal.
US12263094B2
In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.
US12263093B2
A vertebral body system and method having a polyaxial fastener receiving member, adjustable width plates and a pedicle screw having a pedicle threaded portion and a threaded portion for fastening to the vertebral body.
US12263089B2
The present disclosure discloses an artificial femoral prosthesis (100) for knee arthroplasty, a tibial prosthesis (150), a medial femoral unicompartmental prosthesis (201), a lateral femoral unicompartmental prosthesis (301), and a femoral trochlear prosthesis (401). The femoral prosthesis (100) comprises: a medial condyle portion (51) and a medial trochlear portion (131), wherein an articular surface of the medial condyle portion appears in a sagittal section as an arc of a first ellipse (38), and an articular surface of the medial trochlear portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a second ellipse or circle (40); and lateral members (91, 141), comprising a lateral trochlear portion (141) and a lateral condyle portion (91), wherein an articular surface of the lateral trochlear portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a third ellipse or circle (80), and an articular surface of the lateral condyle portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a fourth ellipse (78). The prostheses according to the above embodiments of the present disclosure can better conform to geometric shapes of normal femoral condyles of humans, thereby simplifying greatly design of parameter values for different models of femoral prostheses.
US12263084B2
The devices and methods of this disclosure relate to a heart valve prosthesis that is configured to be implanted within a native heart valve having a smaller perimeter annuli with a generally elliptical shape.
US12263083B2
Aspects of the disclosure include systems including a delivery device having a handle assembly, a shaft assembly having a distal portion, and a helical elongated member positioned at least partially over the shaft assembly and interconnected to the handle assembly. The system also includes a prosthesis positioned over the distal portion. The prosthesis has a stent frame having an inner surface and an outer surface, a valve structure positioned within the stent frame, and a track formed by one or more guides positioned on and extending from one of the inner or outer surfaces of the stent frame. The helical elongated member is configured to be moved in and out of the track to selectively compress or allow the prosthesis to expand. Methods of loading and delivering the prosthesis using systems of the disclosure are also disclosed.
US12263076B2
An embolic protection device comprises a tubular filter body attached to a sheath. The tubular filter body has an open upstream end and a generally closed downstream end for capturing emboli. A self-opening passage through the emboli capture end of the tubular filter body allows multiple catheters to be advanced from the sheath or otherwise into the filter body simultaneously or sequentially. The sheath is attached to a peripheral support structure near the emboli capture end of the filter body to facilitate deployment and retrieval of the filter body through a restraining delivery catheter.
US12263070B2
Protective underwear including a chassis having an absorbent core, a backsheet, and a cover, and gathered elastic side panels attached to the chassis. The protective underwear is made by attaching the side panels along respective edge portions of the chassis while both the chassis and the elastic panels are moving in the machine direction.
US12263060B2
A system for correcting malocclusions may include a maxillary appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a maxilla and a first elastic coupling at gingival line of the maxillary appliance. The first elastic coupling may be configured for receiving an elastic. The system may also include mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a mandible. The system may also include a corrective appliance having a first coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance at a first location on a first side of incisors of a patient and a second coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance on a second side of the incisors, and having an arm extending from the corrective appliance towards the gingival line of the maxillary appliance and being shaped to receive the elastic.
US12263051B1
A dental prophylaxis tool handpiece includes a motor section having a first connector; a sleeve section having a second connector with a first end extending over a portion of the motor section and engaging a prophylaxis tool at a second end; the first and second connector configured for engagement with each other and configured to limit relative axial movement of the sleeve section relative to the motor section while allowing for free rotational movement of the sleeve section relative to the motor section; and upon engagement of the sleeve section with the motor section, a portion of the motor portion is covered to substantially isolate the portion of the motor section from contaminants. Other embodiments incorporate a positive air pressure feature and/or an ozone generator. Associated methods of preventing contamination of at least a distal portion of a motor section of a prophylaxis tool handpiece are also described.
US12263048B2
A biopsy site marker configured to expand upon deployment into a biopsy cavity, and visible under several different imaging modalities, comprises a superabsorbent hydrogel component and a radiopaque element. The hydrogel is in a compressed, dehydrated state prior to deployment to facilitate placement of the marker within the biopsy site, and thereafter expands upon deployment in the biopsy site. Such expansion limits migration of the site marker.
US12263047B2
In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a probe that a cylindrical marker band defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end and a second end and having a band length, the inner surface defining a marker band bore, the cylindrical marker band includes a radiopaque material; a molded unitary lens defining an elongate optical fiber receiving section having a fiber section length and a beam directing surface, wherein the fiber section length and the band length overlap along an overlap distance; and an optical fiber, wherein a first section of the optical fiber is disposed in the optical fiber receiving section, wherein a portion of the first section of the optical fiber is disposed within the marker band bore.
US12263026B2
Systems, methods, and devices for capturing a single image with multiple exposures is provided. An imaging device may be provided comprising a source configured to emit a wave for a time period and a detector configured to receive a signal indicative of the wave. A wave may be emitted for a time period and a signal may be received indicative of the emitted wave. A first image dataset may be saved with a first timestamp referencing a first time within the time period. A second image dataset may be saved with a second timestamp referencing a second time within the time period. The second time may occur after the first time.
US12263025B2
A dental or medical CT imaging apparatus including a first longitudinally extending frame part. A support construction extends substantially perpendicularly from the longitudinally extending frame part. An X-ray source and an image detector which together form an X-ray imaging assembly are mounted to the support construction. A first driving mechanism is provided to move the X-ray imaging assembly about a virtual or physical rotation axis. A control system having at least one operation mode that simultaneously controls the first driving mechanism and the X-ray imaging assembly is provided. The support construction includes at least one guiding mechanism configured to enable laterally moving at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector in relation to the support construction. A range of the lateral movement of at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector includes a base position and a first and a second extreme position.
US12263023B2
A 3D X-ray device including an X-ray detector, an X-ray source and a computer. The X-ray detector and the X-ray source are moved about an object volume to be recorded on movement paths with a rotation of at least 185°. A number of X-ray projection images are recorded from different directions. X-rays irradiate the object volume in one of the irradiation directions and are captured by the detector. A 3D X-ray image of the object volume is calculated from the recorded X-ray projection images by a reconstruction method. The X-ray detector is arranged asymmetrically relative to a central axis through a center of rotation of the 3D X-ray device. A first fan beam and an opposite second fan beam rotated 180° form an overlap region. At least one X-ray filter is placed between the X-ray source and the object volume for attenuating an X-ray dose inside the overlap region.
US12263022B1
A medical waste grinding and separation system configured to safely neutralize and dispose of a portion of a medical sharp. The medical waste grinding and separation system comprises an outer casing, a sharps aperture, a grinding head, a rotary grinding tool motor, a debris reservoir, a power system, a debris channel, a drive shaft the grinding head comprises a grinding surface. The grinding surface comprises a portion of the grinding head being closest to the sharps aperture. The outer casing 200 forms the main structural body of the system, housing the internal components the grinding head and the rotary grinding tool motor is aligned with one another and the sharps aperture. The grinding head is configured to grind down the tip of a syringe when it is inserted into the aperture. The grinding head is driven by the rotary grinding tool motor.
US12263016B2
A hospital bed may include a bed frame, a first bed board and an auxiliary component. The first bed board is connected to the bed frame. The auxiliary component may include a connecting frame, a first moving and supporting mechanism and a second bed board. The connecting frame is detachably connected to the first bed board. The first moving and supporting mechanism is connected to the connecting frame. The second bed board is connected to the first moving and supporting mechanism and can carry an object along the bearing direction. The second bed board is arranged on one side of the first bed board along the bearing direction. The first moving and supporting mechanism can drive the second bed board to move relative to the first bed board along an adjustment direction, where the adjustment direction is perpendicular to the bearing direction.
US12263012B2
Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.
US12263011B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant.
US12263002B2
An EKG monitor and cable management system, including a carrying case type housing, a plurality of retraction reels operably mounted in said housing; and a plurality of EKG leads, each including wires having electrodes disposed at a terminal end, each spooled on one of said reels. The leads deploy and retract in pairs, with the frontal leads retracting as a group of three pairs onto three separate retraction reels. Transport and use of the system is in the same upright orientation, and the front side of the housing is configured to accommodate and secure a Bluetooth enabled and network-connectable tablet computer.
US12263000B2
A device for determining a physiological or psychological state of a mammal is disclosed. The device has at least one earpiece with a main body having a body of revolution with an axis of revolution, and an endpiece configured to be inserted into an ear canal. The endpiece has a cylindrical channel intended to receive a body of revolution for detachably mounting the endpiece on the main body, the endpiece being arranged to be movable in rotation about the axis of revolution in order to allow at least one electrode to be oriented toward a zone of the brain of the mammal, and the endpiece having a plurality of electrodes arranged on an outer surface of the endpiece, each electrode being configured to pick up an electrical signal in the ear canal of the mammal.
US12262998B2
A medical diagnostic device that includes: electrocardiogram leads configured to make contact with a body of a user; a microphone configured to detect, record, transmit, or a combination thereof internal sounds from the body of the user; a blood pressure cuff; and a pulse oximeter, wherein the chair is configured to provide a medical physical examination of the user based upon medical data collected with the electrocardiogram leads, the microphone, the blood pressure cuff, the pulse oximeter, or a combination thereof.
US12262992B2
A method of estimating hemoglobin concentration, may comprise: receiving a skin image of a subject; determining a formula into which the skin image is introduced; and estimating a hemoglobin concentration of the subject by introducing the skin image into the determined formula.
US12262990B2
A method for stimulating and sensing sweat includes dosing a sweat stimulant to skin effective to generate sweat at a generation rate of at least 0.1 nL/min/gland for a duration of six hours or more per dose of the sweat stimulant, and sensing generated sweat using a device placed on the skin comprising at least one sensor specific to an analyte in sweat. The dosing comprises at least one of: applying a charge density of less than 320 mC/cm2/day or applying a one-time dose of the sweat stimulant.
US12262986B2
An apparatus for measuring lesion volume, for example, in laboratory animals, provides a mirror box allowing a camera to simultaneously acquire profiles of the lesion along at least two crossing axes from which accurate volume may be approximated at low cost.
US12262980B2
A bio-electrode composition contains particles having surfaces with an N-carbonyl sulfonamide salt shown by the following general formula (1). R1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally having an aromatic group, ether group, or ester group, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms. Rf represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and optionally has a fluorine atom. M+ represents an ion selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, and silver ions. This invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and prevents significant reduction in electric conductivity even when wetted with water or dried.
US12262976B2
An exemplary tissue detection and location identification apparatus can include, for example, a first electrically conductive layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding a lumen, an insulating layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electrically conductive layer circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer, where the insulating layer can electrically isolate the first electrically conductive layer from the second electrically conductive layer. A further insulating layer can be included which can at least partially surrounding the second electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second electrically conductive layer can form a structure which has a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side with respect to the lumen, where the first side can be longer than the second side thereby forming a sharp pointed end via the first side at a distal-most portion. The exemplary configuration can be used for (a) determination/detection of a tissue type using impendence of the electrically conductive layers, and/or (ii) determination of a location of at least one portion of the insertion device/apparatus. Another exemplary apparatus can include, for example, a base structure comprising a lumen extending along a length thereof, and at least one optically-transmissive layer circumferentially surrounding the base structure and provided at least at a distal end of the base structure. For example, in operation, the optically-transmissive layer can be configured to transmit a particular optical radiation at the distal end thereof toward a target tissue.
US12262967B2
One embodiment provides an assistive robot apparatus, the assistive robot apparatus including: a sensor system including at least one sensor that obtains input related to a health characteristic of a person under care of the assistive robot apparatus; an actuator system including at least one actuator that causes at least a portion of the assistive robot system to move and interact with an environment of the assistive robot apparatus; an analysis system that analyzes the input and provides instructions to the actuator system based upon the input; and an output system including at least one output device that communicates with at least one other system. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12262963B2
Provided is a surgical imaging apparatus that includes a multi-link, multi-joint structure including a plurality of joints that interconnect a plurality of links to provide the multi-link, multi-joint structure with a plurality of degrees of freedom, at least one video camera being disposed on a distal end of the multi-link, multi-joint structure; at least one actuator that drives at least one of the plurality of joints; and circuitry that detects a joint force experienced at the at least one of the plurality of joints in response to an applied external force, and controls the at least one actuator based on the joint force so as to position the video camera.
US12262962B2
Systems and methods for providing orientation data to a user during a medical procedure performed on a subject are provided. The system can include a medical device, an electrical component and a display device. The medical device is configured to engage a portion the subject and includes a handle. The electrical component is disposed within the handle and is configured to generate data related to an orientation of the medical device during the medical procedure. The display device is physically separate from the medical device and in communication the electrical component. The display device also includes a processor configured to receive and process the data related to the orientation of the medical device, and display information related to the orientation of the medical device to the user based on the data.
US12262956B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an MRI-compatible robot comprising one or more fiducial markers, a first planar stage comprising a first joint configured to receive a surgical tool and a first mechanism configured to move the surgical tool, a second planar stage comprising a second joint configured to receive the surgical tool and a second mechanism configured to move the surgical tool, and wherein the second planar stage is generally parallel with the first planar stage.
US12262954B2
Devices, Systems, and Methods for changing the trajectory of a surgical implant from an initial trajectory when first penetrating the skin of a patient to a final trajectory when the surgical implant is to be inserted into a bone of the patient. A surgical robotic system may be used to determine the initial and final trajectories and to move the surgical instrument from the initial trajectory to the final trajectory.
US12262945B2
A virtual reality display system including at least one optical alignment subsystem optically aligned with at least one eye of a subject and at least one virtual reality display device optically aligned with the at least one optical alignment subsystem for displaying to the subject at least one virtual reality object undergoing virtual motion, wherein the virtual motion of the at least one virtual reality object as viewable by the subject is operative for inducing and relaxing accommodation by the at least one eye of the subject.
US12262943B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, apparatus, and methods for creating a shunt in a patient. In some embodiments, a shunting catheter includes a puncture element and an expandable ablation mechanism for creating the shunt in the patient.
US12262938B2
An electrically energized medical instrument uses one or more drive cables to both actuate mechanical components of a wrist mechanism or an effector and to electrically energize the effector. Electrical isolation can be achieved using an insulating main tube through which drive cables extend from a backend mechanism to the effector, an insulating end cover that leaves only the desired portions of the effector exposed, and one or more seals to prevent electrically conductive liquid from entering the main tube. Component count and cost may be further reduced using a pair of pulleys that are shared by four drive cables.
US12262929B2
The present subject disclosure provides a novel design for devices and methods for straightening a curved spine by using a reduction tool to move the spine with respect to an attached bone plate.
US12262928B2
A system for varying distance between bone segments comprises an intramedullary nail (100) and a driving shaft (210). The intramedullary nail (100) comprises a head (110) attached relative to a first bone segment (410); a housing (120) attached with the head (110); a rotational to linear motion convertor mechanism (140) having an input part and an output part (160); and a transmission (130) having an input member (131) & an output member (133), operatively coupled with input part (150) of rotational to linear motion convertor mechanism (140) and configured to transmit rotational motion and power at an angle. Further, at least a portion of the rotational to linear motion convertor mechanism (140) is contained in the housing (120) and the output part (160) is attached relative to a second bone segment (420). Additionally, the driving shaft (210) is configured to detachably connect with an input member (131) of the transmission.
US12262923B2
A polyaxial bone device includes a screw, a screw housing, and a spring. The screw includes a screw head and a shaft that extends from the screw head. The screw housing defines a longitudinal axis and a bore that extends along the longitudinal axis. The screw housing includes a basewall and opposed sidewalls that extend from the basewall. The basewall defines a notch that receives the shaft to increase pivotal movement between the screw and the screw housing relative to the longitudinal axis of the screw housing. The opposed sidewalls define a rod-receiving channel. The screw housing defines a transverse hole in communication with the bore. The spring is supported in the transverse hole and extends therethrough. The spring extends into the bore to frictionally engage the screw head while the screw head is seated in the bore.
US12262922B2
A system for correcting a spinal deformity includes an implant fixed to one side of a vertebra and a rod extending along an axis of the spine on a second side of the vertebra. An adjustment member, which may include a reel, is coupled to the rod. A force directing member, such as a cable, extends between the rod and the adjustment member. The force directing member is retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member. A method of correcting spinal deformity includes providing an implant, a rod, an adjustment member coupled to the rod, and a force directing member extending between the rod and the adjustment member. The adjustment member can be retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member.
US12262920B2
A method of assembling a pivotal bone anchor assembly includes positioning an insert and a two-part retainer into a central bore of a receiver having a seating surface proximate a bottom opening, a closure mating structure proximate a top opening, and integral engagement structures protruding inwardly between the closure mating structure and the seating surface. The insert includes an upper surface for engaging a rod and side surfaces engageable with the integral engagement structures to restrict motion of the insert with the central bore. The retainer includes two separable retainer parts together defining outer retainer surfaces engageable with the seating surface and inner retainer surfaces. The method also includes uploading a shank head of a shank through the bottom opening and into the retainer, with the two retainer parts operable to separate and then move back together to capture the shank head, after which a downwardly-directed force is configured to drive the outer retainer surfaces into frictional engagement with the seating surface to lock the angular orientation of the shank with respect to the receiver.
US12262917B2
Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.
US12262915B2
A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
US12262913B2
The present invention relates to surgical access devices (or surgical access ports) and related methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to such devices that are advantageously adapted for use in single-incision laparoscopic surgical (“SILS”) procedures The present invention also relates to kits and methods involving such surgical access devices.
US12262911B2
An arterial access device has an internal lumen and a proximal port, the arterial access device sized and shaped to be inserted directly into an arterial access site in the common carotid artery such that the lumen provides a passageway for an interventional device to be inserted via the proximal port into the carotid artery. The arterial access device has a distal portion that is configured to be inserted into an arterial pathway through the access site, and a proximal portion configured to extend outward from the access site when the distal portion is in the arterial pathway.
US12262905B2
Provided is a bending structure and a joint function part, capable of ensuring sufficient flexibility and rigidity in an axial direction. The bending structure is provided with an outer coiled part formed of a wire wound in a coiled shape and an inner coiled part formed of a wire wound in a coiled shape and arranged in the outer coiled part, wherein the outer coiled part has a plurality of gaps to distance adjacent coils, and coils of the inner coiled part are provided so as to correspond to the gaps of the outer coiled part and fit between the adjacent coils while being in contact with the adjacent coils of the outer coiled part.
US12262903B2
A method includes receiving at an aspiration module of a pump assembly an input associated with a catheter parameter of a catheter coupled to the pump assembly. An aspiration profile associated with the catheter parameter is selected via the aspiration module from a list of preset aspiration profiles associated with different catheters and include upper and lower pressure limits, an aspiration speed, and an infusion speed. A first signal is sent to actuate the pump based on the aspiration profile to operate the pump in a first mode. A pressure signal is received at the aspiration module and a second signal is sent to actuate the pump based on the aspiration profile to operate the pump in a second mode, in which the pump is cycled between the aspiration speed and the infusion speed such that the catheter pressure cycles between the upper pressure limit and the lower pressure limit.
US12262902B2
A method for removing a stone from a patient comprising the steps of: providing a suction evacuation assembly which includes a sheath and one or more side arms; inserting and positioning a distal end of the sheath into a lumen or cavity of a patient's body containing a stones; connecting a tube to one of the side arms and to a collection bottle; connecting another tube to the collection bottle and a negative pressure system; visualizing the stone or foreign body using a scope inserted through the assembly; activating the negative pressure system in order to remove the stone from the cavity if the diameter of the stone is narrower than an inside diameter of the sheath and the side arm, or performing a lithotripsy on the stone to create fragments with a decreased diameter which allow the passage through the assembly; and collecting the stone in the collection bottle.
US12262892B2
In one general aspect, various embodiments of the present invention can include a motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument having a drive shaft, a motor selectively engageable with the drive shaft, and a manual return mechanism configured to operably disengage the motor from the drive shaft and retract the drive shaft. In at least one embodiment, a surgeon, or other operator of the surgical instrument, can utilize the manual return mechanism to retract the drive shaft after it has been advanced, especially when the motor, or a power source supplying the motor, has failed or is otherwise unable to provide a force sufficient to retract the drive shaft.
US12262891B2
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument, such as a tissue sealing instrument, having a staple cartridge with a staple pusher and a staple; and a drive member configured to translate distally through the instrument. The drive member includes a lateral projection configured to engage the staple pusher and drive the staple into tissue. The lateral projection of the drive member has a height substantially less than the height of the staple cartridge, thereby requiring less clearance as it translates through the staple cartridge. In addition, the lateral projection has a smaller footprint than conventional drive members resulting in a more compact distal tip on the staple cartridge, which allows for a more compact and maneuverable surgical instrument.
US12262886B2
An orthopedic stabilization device is provided having a first button and a suture. The first button includes a base portion and a locking loop extending from a distal surface thereof, and a locking member slidably receiving the locking loop. At least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop superior the locking member in the axial direction and at least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop inferior the locking member in the axial direction such that a portion of said suture is frictionally retainable between said locking member and said locking loop when the suture is tensioned. The device may include a second button with the suture disposed between the first and second buttons such that the suture may be held in tension therebetween.
US12262877B2
A device for inhibiting condensation distortion on an optical element of a medical instrument configured for insertion into a body cavity is provided. The device may include a housing; a cavity within the housing, the cavity being sized to removably retain at least a portion of the medical instrument therein, wherein the portion includes the optical element; a plasma activation zone within the cavity and arranged such that when the at least a portion of the medical instrument is retained within the cavity, the optical element is located within the plasma activation zone; a plasma generator configured to be activated to cause formation of a plasma cloud in the plasma activation zone in a vicinity of the optical element; and a controller configured to activate the plasma generator for a time period sufficient to cause the optical element to become hydrophilic prior to insertion into the body cavity.
US12262874B2
An endoscope apparatus includes comprises a processor. The processor causes the light source device to produce narrow band light as illumination light, and the narrow band light has a peak wavelength between a wavelength band including a local maximum of a hemoglobin absorption characteristic and a wavelength band including a local minimum of the hemoglobin absorption characteristic. The processor receives an image signal from the imaging device that outputs the image signal based on return light. The processor uses an image produced in response to the image signal to identify a state of the living body by identifying at least one of whether or not stomach mucosa is in a sterilized state, or whether or not the stomach mucosa is inflamed mucosa, outputs state identifying information indicating the state of the living body, and controls wavelength characteristics of the illumination light based on the state identifying information.
US12262871B1
A swallowable capsule has a primary magnet along a long axis that aligns between movable electromagnets in a magnetic endoscopy machine. A flip magnet is orthogonal to the long axis. The capsule is rolled around the long axis to flip orientation of a side camera on a side of the capsule. An external base electromagnet below the patient's feet is energized to roll the capsule. The base magnet acts on the flip magnet but not on the orthogonal primary magnet when the long axis is orthogonal to a magnetic axis of the base electromagnet. Most components such as a controller, the side camera, a side laser, batteries, and an antenna, are mounted to a long Printed Circuit Board (PCB) along the long axis, while a front camera and laser are mounted to a front PCB that is mounted orthogonally to a front edge of the long PCB.
US12262865B2
Systems and methods related to combing multiple images are disclosed. An example method of combining multiple images obtained by an endoscope includes obtaining a first input image formed from a first plurality of pixels, wherein a first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a first characteristic having a first value. The method also includes obtaining a second input image formed from a second plurality of pixels, wherein a second pixel of the second plurality of pixels includes a second characteristic having a second value. The method also includes subtracting the first value from the second value to generate a motion metric and generating a weighted metric map of the second input image using the motion metric.
US12262855B2
A bathing wall system including a back wall, an end wall, and a coupler connecting the back wall and the end wall. The coupler includes a U-shaped receiving slot supported by the back wall, and a male connector supported by the end wall and received within the U-shaped receiving slot.
US12262846B2
A heating device having a burn chamber that includes at least one opening, a conduction chamber adjacent to the burn chamber and including at least one aperture, a heat manifold including a first port and a second port, and at least one source vent extending between and coupling the first port of the heat manifold to the at least one opening of the burn chamber, and at least one exhaust vent, protruding from a surface of the heat manifold and extending between and coupling the second port of the heat manifold to the at least one aperture of the conduction chamber.
US12262829B2
A donning and doffing aid is used for donning and doffing a stocking, in particular a compression stocking. The donning and doffing aid comprises a support element (1) which is adapted in such a way that the stocking can be spanned on it in a tubular manner. Furthermore, the donning and doffing aid has at least one protrusion (4) on which the stocking (6) can be spanned for doffing.
US12262828B2
A shoe cover dispenser device for installing a plurality of shoe covers includes a frame, an installation assembly installed on the frame, and the locking assembly installed on the frame and is capable of locking the installation assembly, so that the installation assembly can facilitate the installation of the shoe covers on or the removal of the shoe covers from the installation assembly.
US12262818B2
An adjustable chair may include a frame, a seat pan, a backrest, a pair of arm rests, at least two legs each comprising an inner leg configured to telescope out of an outer leg, and a leg locking system for locking the outer leg to the inner leg.
US12262814B2
A storage shelf moving device is disclosed herein and may include a plurality of moving devices. Each of the plurality of moving devices includes a main body and a wheel assembly. The main body includes an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion. The elongate portion may be operable to selectively couple to the storage shelf. The wheel assembly may be coupled to the main body and include an extendable support and a wheel rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support. The storage shelf moving system may be operable to lift the storage shelf from the ground surface when the extendable supports of each of the plurality of moving devices are extended.
US12262812B1
An apparatus and method for a releasably lockable desktop in a modular cubicle. The apparatus includes a pair of support brackets that releasably secure to at least one cubicle wall. Each bracket includes a horizontal flange that includes a plurality of projections thereon. These plurality of projections fit into corresponding chambers in corresponding receptacle brackets that are installed on the bottom of a desktop element. Each receptacle bracket includes a release device with a release button that is compressed and rides along the horizontal flanges of the support brackets. When the desktop element is pulled back towards the user, the release buttons are seated in respective apertures in the support brackets, thereby releasably locking the desktop element on the support brackets. Each support bracket secures to a respective C-shaped mounting bracket that have an upper lip that gets trapped between two respective vertically-stacked cubicle tiles.
US12262808B2
A device stand may include a base having a support portion and a connector portion. An upper surface of the connector portion may include at least one coupling mechanism that is configured to engage with a corresponding feature of a keyboard housing to secure the base with the keyboard housing. The device stand may include a first support member coupled with the support portion. The device stand may include a second support member coupled with the support portion and laterally spaced apart from the first support member to form a channel between the first support member and the second support member. The channel may be sized to receive a computing device.
US12262797B2
A quick-release latch may include a male component and a female component. The male component may include an insertable male portion comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more sidewalls. The male component may also include a first strap attachment portion defining a first plurality of strap openings each having a laterally extending strap slot and a mouth positioned off-center of and providing exterior access to the respective strap slot. The female component may include a female receptacle portion comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more sidewalls collectively forming a receptacle configured to receive and releasably lock to the insertable male portion of the male component. The top wall of the female receptacle may include a cantilever wall partially surrounded by one or more slots. The cantilever wall may extend proximate a same plane as the top wall.
US12262796B2
The present invention relates to a decorative functional closure device that is sewn into and applied to clothing. In one embodiment, a method of converting cultured pearls from a strand or necklace to the functional closure device is described. The method includes removing a pearl from a strand, drawing a thread through the pearl using a threader from a first side of the pearl, using a wire protector to create a horseshoe or loop shape at the other side of the pearl such that both ends of the thread are sticking out of the first side of the pearl, tying off and trimming the thread ends, and optionally attaching a seed bead, sewing the horseshoe or loop shape to the clothing such that the pearl can be used to pass through a buttonhole for securing one side of the clothing to another side of the clothing.
US12262791B2
An upper for an article of footwear may include a knitted component having a knit element and an inlaid strand. The knit element may extend seamlessly from a first side of the upper, through a heel area of the upper, and to a second side of the upper. The inlaid strand may also extend continuously through the knit element from the first side of the upper, through the heel area of the upper, and to the second side of the upper.
US12262790B1
A footwear heel assembly coupling a top lift and heel, comprises a shaft having opposite ends, a top lift insert coupled to the top lift, a heel insert positioned in the heel, a stop positioned in the heel, and a compressible elastic member positioned in the heel between the heel insert and the stop. The shaft ends are received in the top lift insert and stop. The top lift insert and the heel insert are slidingly coupled by the shaft, and have complementary teeth configured for interlocking engagement. The compressible elastic member biases the stop away from the heel insert, and urges the top lift insert teeth toward interlocking engagement with the heel insert teeth which prevents rotation of the top lift relative to the heel.
US12262789B2
An adjustable heel support member includes a base portion and an extended portion. The extended portion comprises a lateral portion, a medial portion and a rearward portion. The heel support member further includes a fastening member that can be used to adjust the lateral portion, the medial portion and the rearward portion to resize the heel support member. In some cases, the fastening member may be an elastic ring.
US12262786B2
Systems and methods of manufacturing a shoe outsole are provided wherein at least a portion of the resulting shoe outsole includes embedded particles. An example method includes applying adhesive to at least one region of the shoe outsole, depositing selected particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a first coat of particles, and at least partially curing the adhesive. The method continues by applying additional adhesive over the first coat of particles, depositing additional particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a second coat of particles, and at least partially curing the subsequent application of adhesive.
US12262783B2
Airsoles or bladders for articles of footwear comprising multi-layered films are provided herein. In one aspect, the airsoles or bladders comprise a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein a first side of the first sheet faces a second side of the second sheet, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded together to form an internal cavity in a space between the first side of the first sheet and the second side of the second sheet, forming a bladder capable of retaining a gas in the internal cavity at a pressure above atmospheric pressure, at atmospheric pressure, or below atmospheric pressure; and wherein each of the first sheet and the second sheet comprise a multi-layered film comprising: a core region comprising at least 20 gas barrier layers and a plurality of elastomeric layers, wherein the gas-barrier layers alternate with the elastomeric layers.
US12262777B2
A shoe upper having a plurality of arms that expand the shoe opening when the topline of the upper is compressed toward the sole portion of the shoe.
US12262770B2
Custom-fit versions of knitted articles are produced according to digital representations of objects for which the articles are to be manufactured. The digital representations, optionally augmented by surface fitting algorithms, allow for accurate scaling of pattern-specified stitch counts for pattern elements representing the article taking into account wales and courses densities for the material(s) from which the article is to be made. Displayed dimensionally-accurate representations of the custom-fit articles allow for user-specified style and fit preferences to be made and a final digital pattern of the article to be produced. Machine instructions representing pattern pieces to be knitted are automatically produced from the final digital pattern of the article for a target computerized knitting machine and the custom-fit article is then manufactured according to the machine instructions.
US12262768B1
The four color waistbelt may comprise a strap, a buckle, and a twist coupling. The four color waistbelt may be a belt that may be reconfigured to display any one of four colors. In a first configuration, the strap may be folded in half to reveal two initial colors on opposing sides of the strap. The belt may display one side of the strap as a first color and may be reversed to display the opposite side of the strap as a second color. In a second configuration, the strap may be folded in half in the opposite direction to reveal two additional colors on the opposing sides of the strap. The belt may display one side of the strap as a third color and may be reversed to display the opposite side of the strap as a fourth color.
US12262763B2
An under support for a breast support cup in a brassiere. The under support is rigid and has varying widths and differing radii to accommodate the bottom portion shape of a natural breast or a breast implant. The under support is configured to keep the proximal edge in proximity with bottom portion of the breast tissues or implant and the ribs. The under support has its largest width, thereby the largest contact surface with the implant or breast tissues, closest to the lateral end causing the breast tissues or implant to be supported upward and medially. The under support has openings or anchors extending therefrom with openings to allow a foam or other brassiere material to surround and go through the under support to secure it in place in the brassiere.
US12262760B1
An underwear garment system may include a main underwear garment, including a wearable body portion having an inner side facing the wearer. A first pocket and a second pocket, each having a top opening, may be carried by the body portion on the inner side, concealed from sight. The second pocket may be formed of a fluid impermeable material and may be suspended from the body portion in a pivotable manner with respect to the body portion. The body portion may be deformable and pivoted about the pivot point to fit within the second pocket. The main underwear garment may be configured to selectively adopt a wearable, first configuration and storage or second configuration. In the second configuration, the body portion may be deformed, pivoted, and fluid-tightly received within the second pocket. A compressed, elastic strip may retain the body portion within the second pocket in the second configuration.
US12262751B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a carb cap for a portable electronic vaporizing device for use in the vaporization of substances. The carb cap comprises a vaporization assembly attachment, a movable gas introduction stem, and a flexible diaphragm extending between the movable gas introduction stem and the vaporization assembly attachment. Methods of using such carb cap with a portable electronic vaporizing device and a vaporization assembly that is compatible with the device are provided.
US12262749B2
A cartridge for an aerosol provision system comprising the cartridge and a control unit. The cartridge comprises: an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region; a heating element for heating aerosolizable material, such as liquid, from a reservoir to generate aerosol in the aerosol generation region; and a valve located in the air channel upstream of the aerosol generating region. The cartridge is configured such that air passing through the air channel is configured to pass from the air inlet, past the air valve, into the aerosol generating region, and then out from the aerosol outlet.
US12262746B2
The invention relates to an ultrasonic mist inhaler, comprising: a liquid reservoir structure comprising a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, a capillary element arranged between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber wherein the capillary element is a material at least partly in bamboo fibers as depicted in FIG. 3.
US12262739B2
An aerosol-generating system includes a cigarette and an aerosol-generating apparatus. The cigarette includes a medium part including a tobacco material, a flavor unit including a flavoring material and a moisturizer, and a wrapper configured to wrap the medium part and the flavor unit. The aerosol-generating apparatus includes a first heater arranged on a portion corresponding to the medium part and configured to directly heat the medium part and indirectly heat the flavor unit by using heat transmitted through the wrapper, and a processor configured to control the first heater to make the aerosol-generating apparatus operate in a smoke-free mode in which no visible smoke is generated.
US12262737B2
A lavatory door including an ashtray is disclosed herein. The lavatory door includes a door panel having a first side and an opposing second side and the ashtray disposed within the door panel. The ashtray includes a first outer panel disposed along the first side of the door panel and configured to move away from the door panel, a second outer panel, opposite the first outer panel, disposed along the second side of the door panel and configured to move away from the door panel, and a bottom surface extending from the first outer panel to the second outer panel.
US12262732B2
A smoking product using splined leaves orientated and configured to achieve a unique cylindrical/tubular structure wherein the splines (e.g., the veins of a leaf structure) are arranged to achieve a burning chamber that creates a non-laminar airflow resulting in an enhanced burning environment.
US12262730B2
A machine for making plant material smoking articles is provided having a feeding assembly that is configured to feed plant material to a combustible material rolling assembly. The combustible material rolling assembly includes a continuous stream of paper and a forming chute having a semispherical channel at a length and at least one adjustable guide. The combustible material rolling assembly is configured to roll the plant material in the continuous stream of paper at a wrapping rate within the semispherical channel to make at least one plant material smoking article. In some embodiments, the feeding assembly is either driven via gravity or a pneumatic delivery system. In one embodiment, at least one adjustable guide includes a tapered conical guide configured to additionally adjust the wrapping rate.
US12262727B2
Techniques described include methods, systems, products, devices, and/or apparatuses related to food processing systems related methods, and food items produced therewith. For example, the food processing system may be configured to fabricate food aggregates from multiple food elements. The food processing system includes a first press body and a second press body. The second press body is positioned and oriented opposite to the first press body and reconfigurable from a first configuration to a second, non-planar configuration. The second, non-planar configuration of the press body is different from the first configuration. At least one of the first or second press bodies is movable in a manner that decreases space between the first and second press bodies, to compress the food elements and form the food aggregate. A dispenser of the food elements is positioned and configured to dispense the food elements between the first and second press bodies.
US12262723B2
The present invention provides: a feed for reducing lipid peroxide or improving meat quality in a tissue in an edible portion of a domestic animal, the feed comprising a spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium and/or a spore-bearing thermophilic bacterium not corresponding to the spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium; and a food for reducing lipid peroxide in a human body, the food comprising a spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium and/or a spore-bearing thermophilic bacterium not corresponding to the spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium.
US12262721B2
In order to provide a means for preventing a full-fat textured protein from being degraded through oxidation at the time of storage, provided are a full-fat textured protein excellent in storage stability and a method of producing the full-fat textured protein. The full-fat textured protein includes, as a raw material, a soybean having an oil content of from 15 mass % to 30 mass %, has an oil content of from 15 mass % to 30 mass %, and is in a textured form. A suitable full-fat textured protein includes, as a raw material, a soybean having a protein content of from 25 mass % to 60 mass %, has a protein content of from 25 mass % to 60 mass %, and is in a textured form.
US12262713B2
A method for controlling weeds in a cultivation area of soybean, which includes applying trifludimoxazin and saflufenacil to growing weeds in the cultivation area of soybean, wherein an application rate of trifludimoxazin is approximately 10 to approximately 12.5 g/ha and an application rate of saflufenacil is approximately 20 to approximately 25 g/ha.
US12262703B2
A system (10) for remote detection of pests, in this case as applied to a domestic dwelling (11) where a base station (12) communicates with eight detector or monitor units (13). The dotted (lines (14) indicate wired or wireless communication between the units (13) and the base station (12). As used herein the expressions “monitor” and “detector” are used interchangeably or where the detector is used as part of a box or cartridge where the detector is part (and may be reusable and separable) the whole unit including the detector part may be referred to as a monitor.
US12262702B2
Fishing equipment carriers include a rod housing and a support coupled to the rod housing. The support defines an aperture configured to receive a fishing rod therethrough.
US12262701B1
A portable bait tube system integrated into a compact, self-contained system that merely requires a simple electrical connection to function when submerged within a body of water. A submersible DC powered pump has a water inlet and a water outlet connected in fluid communication with an inlet of a manifold, the manifold further including a plurality of upwardly disposed outlets. A corresponding plurality of bait tubes are provided for removable connection to the corresponding manifold outlets. Each bait tube comprises an elongate, hollow structure defining a generally oval cross section. Upon activation, water is pumped upward through each bait tube and allowed to overflow from the top thereof for recirculation. As should be apparent, live baitfish are placed into each bait tube in a head down orientation whereby water entering the tube inlet flows through the bait's gills thereby maintaining the bait in a live condition.
US12262697B2
Embodiments herein are generally related to apparatus and methodologies for improved screening of important biological states in animals. The apparatus and methodologies comprise the use of high-resolution infrared thermography images collected about an animal to obtain both thermal information and behavioural information about the animal, wherein both thermal and behavioural information can be used to generate a comprehensive thermal prolife value that is indicative of the biologically important state in the animal.
US12262694B1
A pet waste catcher including a handle assembly with a bag container cup assembly and, a dispensing base assembly and an electric system assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle that has a telescopic body. The container assembly includes a container mounted to a second ending of the handle which comprises an external threaded portion at a bottom portion of the container and an outlet is placed in an internal face of the container to pull disposable bags thereof. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser which has an internal threaded portion to screw to the bottom of the external threaded portion of the container and store disposable bags that are pulled out thought the inlet of the dispenser to wrap the dispenser and catch pet waste. Electric system assembly includes an electric system mounted proximal to a first distal end of the handle assembly.
US12262690B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US12262685B2
A soybean cultivar designated 16201325 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 16201325, to the plants of soybean cultivar 16201325, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 16201325, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 16201325. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 16201325. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 16201325, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 16201325 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262684B2
A soybean cultivar designated 15240717 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 15240717, to the plants of soybean cultivar 15240717, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 15240717, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 15240717. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15240717. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15240717, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 15240717 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262679B2
A soybean cultivar designated 01450070 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01450070, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01450070, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01450070, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01450070. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01450070. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01450070, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01450070 with another soybean cultivar.
US12262678B1
A novel maize variety designated X00V052 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00V052 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V052 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00V052, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00V052 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00V052 and methods of using maize variety X00V052 are disclosed.
US12262673B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4H09 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4H09 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4H09 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4H09 or a locus conversion of PH4H09 with another maize variety.
US12262660B2
An agricultural implement for collecting, pulverizing and dispersing straw that has been windrowed during a harvesting operation. A frame carries a pickup mechanism at a front end thereof, and first and second straw-processing stages therebehind, and each featuring a rotor and accompanying concave having static teeth fixed thereon. The first rotor likewise has fixed teeth, and the second rotor has flailing knives, whereby the straw is gradually broken down in the two sequential stages before discharge back into the field.
US12262656B2
A system for detecting material accumulation relative to basket assemblies of an agricultural implement includes a frame assembly, and a basket assembly configured to be supported by the frame assembly relative to a surface of a field. The system also includes a load sensor configured to detect a load indicative of a draft load associated with the basket assembly, and a computing system communicatively coupled to the load sensor. The computing system is configured to monitor the load based on data provided by the load sensor, compare the monitored load to a load threshold, and determine that field materials have accumulated relative to the basket assembly when the monitored load differs from the load threshold.
US12262654B2
An upper link for a three-point power lift of an agricultural tractor including a cylindrical connecting sleeve, a first fastening element rotated into a first open end of the cylindrical connecting sleeve and configured to be attached to the agricultural tractor, a second fastening element rotated into a second open end of the cylindrical connecting sleeve and configured to produce a releasable connection to an attachment, and a retaining bar attached to the first fastening element. The retaining bar includes a bar portion having a locking region for receiving a retaining catch and runs spaced apart along the cylindrical connecting sleeve. The retaining bar includes a support element encompassing the cylindrical connecting sleeve such that the connecting sleeve is rotationally displaceable, and the length of the upper link is varied by rotating the cylindrical connecting sleeve.
US12262651B1
A hand tiller has an elongated handle with a left tiller wheel and a right tiller wheel coupled to an axel and configured to rotate about the axel to till the ground. Each of the tiller wheels has a plurality of tines that have a curved geometry, wherein the tines curve circumferentially toward the extended end that is paddle shaped to more effectively penetrate the soil and lift the soil while tilling. Also, the tines taper toward the connected end. The tiller wheels are retained on the axel by tiller wheel retainers that couple with the axel, such as by being threaded into or onto the axel. The handle extends a handle length from the handle-end to the axel-end. The handle has a thumb flange on both the top side and bottom side to provide a resting place for a person's thumb when operating the hand tiller.
US12268100B2
A superconducting quantum interference apparatus comprising a planar array of loops where each loop constitutes a superconducting quantum interference device, and a magnetic shield disposed over part of one of the loops so to protect the covered part of the loop from exposure to a magnetic field.
US12268098B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an array region defined thereon, a ring of magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region surrounding the array region, a gap between the array region and the ring of MTJ region, and metal interconnect patterns overlapping part of the ring of MTJ region. Preferably, the array region includes a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) region and a logic region and the ring of MTJ region further includes a first MTJ region and a second MTJ region extending along a first direction and a third MTJ region and a fourth MTJ region extending along a second direction.
US12268085B2
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the emission layer includes a first host compound represented by Formula 1, a second host compound represented by Formula 2, and a dopant compound comprising an organometallic complex including Pt, Au, or Cu as a central metal element, and may show improved life characteristics.
US12268083B2
The present disclosure relates to a luminescent compound having the following structure of Formula 1, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and an organic light emitting device that includes the luminescent compound. The OLED and the organic light emitting device including the luminescent compound can improve their luminous efficiency and luminous lifespan.
US12268081B2
A display device including a folding area includes a display panel, a cover window disposed above the display panel, and a protective film disposed on the cover window, where the protective film includes a first region and a second region including a same material as each other and having different moduli from each other. A modulus of the second region of the protective film is less than a modulus of the first region, and the second region is disposed in the folding area.
US12268076B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate; a bank on the first substrate, the bank including first openings, second openings, third openings, and auxiliary openings, wherein a thickness of a partition wall defining the first openings, the second openings, and the third openings is greater than a thickness of an auxiliary partition wall arranged in the auxiliary opening; a first quantum dot layer in the first openings; and a second quantum dot layer in the second openings.
US12268064B2
A display apparatus includes: a first driving voltage line extending in a first direction on a substrate; a first common voltage line extending in the first direction on the substrate; a driving transistor connected to the first driving voltage line; a storage capacitor connected to the driving transistor; a light-emitting diode connected to the driving transistor and the storage capacitor; a second driving voltage line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and connected to the first driving voltage line through a contact hole; and a first intermediate layer at an intersection region between the first common voltage line and the second driving voltage line. The first intermediate layer is located between the first common voltage line and the second driving voltage line.
US12268060B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the substrate and including an oxide semiconductor, a first gate insulating film on the first semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer on the first gate insulating film, a first interlayer insulating film on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first interlayer insulating film and connected to the first semiconductor layer through a through-hole. The through-hole includes a first through-hole passing through the first interlayer insulating film, and a second through-hole overlapping the first through-hole and passing through the first semiconductor layer. The second conductive layer is in contact with a side surface of the first semiconductor layer exposed at the second through-hole.
US12268059B2
A display panel includes: a substrate; a transistor on the substrate; a planarization layer on the transistor, and defining at least one recess; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode on the planarization layer, with the recess therebetween in a plan view; a metal pattern on the planarization layer, and adjacent to the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode; a pixel defining layer on the metal pattern and filling the recess; and a spacer on the pixel defining layer and overlapping with the metal pattern.
US12268047B2
The display device includes a substrate, a transistor, a leveling film, a display element, a partition wall, and at least one dam. The substrate has a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The transistor is located over the display region. The leveling film is located over the display region and covers the transistor. The display element is located over the leveling film and includes a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor. The partition wall covers an edge portion of the pixel electrode. The at least one dam is located over the peripheral region, is spaced away from the leveling film, and surrounds the display region. The at least one dam has a base and stopper. The base includes a material included in at least one of the leveling film and the partition wall.
US12268031B2
A device comprises a first interconnect structure, a second interconnect structure, a first cell comprising a first transistor, a second cell comprising a second transistor, a first contact connecting a source/drain element of the first transistor to the first interconnect structure, and second contact connecting a source/drain element of the second transistor to the second interconnect structure. The first cell is disposed adjacent to the second cell with the first transistor disposed adjacent to the second transistor. The first and second cells are disposed between the first and second interconnect structures.
US12268030B2
A self-aligned C-shaped vertical field effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate having an uppermost surface and a fin structure on the uppermost surface of the semiconductor substrate. The fin structure has two adjacent vertical segments with rounded ends that extend perpendicularly from the uppermost surface of the semiconductor substrate and a horizontal segment that extends between and connects the two adjacent vertical segments. An opening is located between the two adjacent vertical segments on a side of the fin structure opposite to the horizontal segment.
US12268018B2
GaN vertical trench MOSFETs and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. One example embodiment is a vertical trench MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a semiconductor transistor that has a first surface and a second surface, and a trench that extends from the first surface into the semiconductor transistor along a first direction perpendicular to the first and second surfaces. The semiconductor transistor includes a body region having a channel region arranged along the first direction along at least a portion of a wall of the trench. The doping concentration of the channel region is non-uniform. As a non-limiting example, two-step doping is conducted for forming asymmetric or non-uniform channel of a GaN vertical trench MOSFET. In some embodiments, multiple-step doping other than the two-step doing (such as doping in three steps, four steps, or more), linearly scaled doping, other proper asymmetric doping can be used.
US12268017B2
Shielded gate trench MOSFETs with gate trenches separated from termination trenches are disclosed, wherein at least one termination trench surrounds outer periphery of gate trenches and does not surround the gate metal pad area. The shielded gate electrode inside each of the gate trenches is connected to a source metal through at least one shielded gate trench contact which is spaced apart from at least one gate metal runner with a distance larger than 100 um. A breakdown voltage enhancement region and an avalanche capability enhancement region in the device structures are also disclosed.
US12268009B2
Disclosed are a memory device including a vertical stack structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and/or an electronic device including the memory device. The memory device including a vertical stack structure includes an oxygen scavenger layer on a base substrate, a recording material layer on the oxygen scavenger layer and in direct contact with the oxygen scavenger layer, a channel layer on the recording material layer, a gate insulating layer on the channel layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer. The oxygen scavenger layer includes an element that forms oxygen vacancies in the recording material layer and does not include oxygen.
US12268006B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and extend in a second direction, and have different lengths on the second region, channel structures that penetrate the gate electrodes, extend in the first direction, and respectively include a channel layer on the first region, support structures that penetrate the gate electrodes and extend in the first direction on the second region, and a separation region that penetrates the gate electrodes and extend in the second direction. The substrate has a recess region that overlaps the separation region in the first direction and extends downward from an upper surface in the second region, adjacent to the first region. The separation region has a protrusion that protrudes downward to correspond to the recess region.
US12267995B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a bit line structure positioned on the substrate; a plurality of first bit line spacers positioned on sidewalls of the bit line structure; a plurality of second bit line spacers positioned on the plurality of first bit line spacers. The plurality of first bit line spacers include one or more species of vanadium oxide. The plurality of second bit line spacers include silicon nitride, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon oxynitride.
US12267990B2
A shielding cover and a display device are provided. The shielding cover includes: a shielding cover body; and a shielding cover accessory fixedly connected to the shielding cover body. The shielding cover accessory includes: an accessory bottom including a flat bottom; a connecting arm through which the shielding cover accessory is connected to the shielding cover body; and a positioning arm. The connecting arm and the positioning arm are connected to two opposite ends of the accessory bottom, and protrude in opposite directions from the accessory bottom. The shielding cover accessory further includes a plurality of card slots arranged at positions of the flat bottom close to the positioning arm, each card slot penetrates the flat bottom in a direction perpendicular to the flat bottom, and the plurality of card slots are arranged at intervals in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the positioning arm.
US12267985B2
A method for controlling a venting system, in particular a venting system for cooling electronic control devices. The venting system has a first ventilator and a second ventilator. The first ventilator is controlled via a first channel and the second ventilator is controlled via a second channel. The two ventilators are mechanically independent of each other and controlled separately from each other.
US12267983B2
An impeller with different blades with different lengths for suppressing noise is disclosed. The impeller includes a fan hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are positioned at intervals around the fan hub and arranged in a circular array. The blades extend radially from the fan hub, and two opposite ends of each of the blades are a root portion and a head portion respectively. All root portions of the blades are connected to a peripheral side of the fan hub, and all head portions of the blades are located on a same circle. Every two adjacent blades are different in length in a longitudinal direction from the root portion thereof to the head portion thereof.
US12267981B2
Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To mitigate some risk associated with heating, the data processing system may proactively validate the operation of hardware and/or software used to manage the components that provide the heat.
US12267975B1
A rack apparatus for module attachment/detachment in a modular control and monitoring system is disclosed. In the rack apparatus, individual functional modules configured to perform control and monitoring functions and terminal block modules connected to external devices or external systems by cables and configured to perform input/output interface functions of respective individual functional modules are implemented such that attachment and detachment of the individual functional modules and the terminal block modules are achieved in a separate manner and such that attachment and detachment of the terminal block modules are achieved on the basis of respective individual functional modules. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and conveniently replace a failed one of the individual functional modules with a new one without requiring a cable connection task.
US12267968B2
An example display assembly includes: a continuous display including: a first rigid segment attached to and substantially coplanar with an inner surface of a first assembly of the folding device; a second rigid segment attached to and substantially coplanar with an inner surface of a second assembly of the folding device; a primary flexible segment; a third rigid segment disposed between the second rigid segment and the primary flexible segment; and a fourth rigid segment disposed between the first rigid segment and the primary flexible segment; a primary supporting plate attached to the continuous display; a first supplemental supporting plate attached to the primary supporting plate adjacent to the third rigid segment; and a second supplemental supporting plate attached to the primary supporting plate adjacent to the fourth rigid segment.
US12267967B2
A splicing display device includes a back plate, and a plurality of splicing display units disposed on the back plate; wherein the back plate has a plurality of splicing areas arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of splicing display units; each of the splicing areas is defined with at least one limit slot opening toward the splicing display unit; each of the splicing display units includes a display panel corresponding to the splicing area and at least one connection mechanism fixed on a side of the display panel close to the back plate; the at least one limit slot is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one connection mechanism; each of the connection mechanisms is located in the corresponding limit slot, and is detachably connected to a bottom of the corresponding limit slot.
US12267964B2
An electronic component module includes a plurality of components having terminals and arranged along a plane, a sealing resin portion that covers and seals these components and has a plane as one plane of an outer surface, and a shield layer that covers the outer surface of the sealing resin portion. Terminals of the plurality of components are exposed in a state of protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion, and the terminals of these components protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion are used as mounting terminals of the electronic component module.
US12267955B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of suppressing displacement of an electronic component and a solder ball without using a jig. A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, an electronic component, and solder. A metal pattern and a semiconductor element are disposed on the insulating substrate. The metal pattern has a first recess and a second recess that are provided side by side. A part of the electronic component is disposed in the first recess. The solder connects the metal pattern disposed on the insulating substrate and the electronic component.
US12267952B2
A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a flexible printed wiring board including a base film and a plurality of wiring lines disposed on a front surface of the base film. Each of the wiring lines has a front end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the wiring line and two side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, and the side surfaces have an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 0.05 μm to 2.0 μm. The wiring lines have an average height of 40 μm to 120 μm. The wiring lines have an average spacing of 1 μm to 30 μm.
US12267950B2
A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect includes a base film, a conductive pattern disposed on one surface of the base film, and an extra length absorbing portion protruding from the base film and disposed in a direction of a plane, the extra length absorbing portion including a pattern connected portion connected to the conductive pattern, a coupling portion having a first linear wiring portion, a first arcuate wiring portion, and a second linear wiring portion coupled in this order continuously from the pattern connected portion, and a connecting terminal connected to the coupling portion, the pattern connected portion and the connecting terminal being opposite to each other in a direction in which the extra length absorbing portion protrudes.
US12267945B2
An electronic component protection structure and a switch device capable of protecting an electronic component from static electricity charged on or within a case member are achieved with a simple configuration. An electronic component protection structure includes a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted, a base member supporting the circuit board, a case member covering the circuit board and fixed to the base member, and a conductive ground member connected to the circuit board. The ground member includes an exposed portion at least a part of which is exposed to the inside of the case member.
US12267943B2
A method of generating electromagnetic fields comprises the step of using the interaction between a laser source and an appropriate target, as the source for generating high-intensity electromagnetic fields. A strong positive charge is generated in the target hit by the laser. The target has a structure consisting of at least two different elements. The method can be used to obtain the acceleration, deceleration, deflection, focusing or selection of moving charges. Such charges have been previously accelerated by a completely separate process, and therefore the two processes of pre-acceleration and subsequent processing of the beam of particles are completely separate and therefore separately tunable and optimizable Such electromagnetic fields can be used in other fields than those previously indicated, such as—merely by way of example—medicine, biology, studies on materials, electromagnetic compatibility, and generation of terahertz radiation.
US12267938B2
A self-baking electrode includes a cylindrical shroud having a longitudinal central axis A. The shroud is made of an electrically-conductive material and disposed vertically on top of a vat of the furnace over one length of the self-baking electrode. The electrode includes a central column disposed within the shroud, substantially aligned on the longitudinal axis A. The central column is suspended from a device independent of the shroud such that the central column is adapted to slip in vertical translation within the shroud and a crude carbonaceous paste disposed around the central column in a top portion of the shroud. The paste is softened and baked under an effect of heat into a stiff carbonaceous paste sticking to the central column in a bottom portion of the shroud. The central column includes a series of electrically-conductive carbonaceous elongate elements. The carbonaceous elongate elements are flexible.
US12267926B2
To provide a vehicular lamp system and a vehicular lamp which can reduce a replacement frequency of the vehicular lamp. The vehicular lamp system includes a vehicular lamp having a plurality of elements capable of irradiating a corresponding irradiation region with light and a detection unit that detects presence or absence of an abnormality in the plurality of elements, and a notification unit that notifies abnormality information concerning occurrence of an abnormality when the abnormality is detected in a target element capable of irradiating a predetermined irradiation region with light among the plurality of elements.
US12267924B2
A bleeder current control method. The bleeder current control method includes the following steps: The rectifier bridge transmits a post-bridge input signal to the power system. The shaping circuit obtains the post-bridge input signal and shapes it into a bleeder current reference signal, the bleeder current reference signal is inversely correlated with the initial post-bridge input signal. Acquiring a current sampling signal representing the bleeder current, and comparing the error of the current sampling signal with the bleeder current reference signal to obtain an error signal. The current sampling signal is controlled according to the error signal, so that the current sampling signal is output based on the waveform of the bleeder current reference signal. Thus, a reliable and full-time sine wave envelope signal is provided to the power system, so as to reduce the loss caused by the bleeder current to the power system.
US12267922B2
An anode line control circuit provided corresponding to each of anode lines includes a first resistor connected to a control terminal of a first switching element, which controls the supply of a power supply voltage to the anode line, and a second switching element connected to a second resistor connected to one end of the anode line. When the first switching element changes from an OFF state to an ON state, the second switching elements corresponding to the anode lines other than the anode line connected to the first switching element are maintained in the OFF state.
US12267916B2
A communication apparatus and a communication method for performing wireless data transmission using multiple channels are provided. The communication apparatus operating as a base station includes: a communication section that transmits and receives a wireless signal; and a control section that controls a channel used by a subordinate wireless terminal, the control section designates a first transmission scheme to a first wireless terminal that uses a specific primary channel, and designates a second transmission scheme different from the first transmission scheme to a second wireless terminal that uses a non-primary channel that does not include the primary channel. The second transmission scheme has a lower data rate or higher transmission power than that of the first transmission scheme.
US12267906B2
Light and/or Inactive state connectivity and/or autonomous mobility techniques are contemplated. A WTRU may, for example, have an inactive/idle mode, a light connected/loosely connected/Inactive mode and/or a connected/fully connected/Active mode. A WTRU in light connected mode may have a WTRU context stored in a RAN. A WTRU may perform an area monitoring procedure while in light connected state. A WTRU may engage in autonomous mobility during light connectivity. A WTRU may move within a logical area (e.g., a RAN paging area), perhaps without notifying the network. The WTRU may provide notice when it has moved outside a logical area (e.g., update RAN paging area). Mobility in light connected state may be network controlled (e.g., to enable handover when data transfer may be allowed and/or ongoing). A WTRU may be reachable during a light connectivity state. A WTRU may engage in autonomous mobility during light connectivity and/or an Inactive state.
US12267889B2
In a service processing method, a capability exposure network element receives a first message from an application function network element, where the first message carries a terminal identifier and first network information of a first virtual network, the first network information includes a first virtual network identifier, and the first message is used to request to add a terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier to the first virtual network corresponding to the first virtual network identifier; and the capability exposure network element determines, based on the first network information, a first service management device serving the first virtual network, and sends a second message to the first service management device, where the second message carries the terminal identifier and the first network information, and the second message is used to request to add the terminal to the first virtual network.
US12267881B2
An operating method of a communication node in a wireless communication network includes: performing a first monitoring operation on a first link and a second link during a preset period; performing a first random backoff operation in the first link for a first random backoff period, if the first link and the second link are in an idle state according to the first monitoring operation; performing, in the second link, a second random backoff operation for a second random backoff period which is different from the first random backoff period in length; and transmitting a frame at a same point in time in the first link and the second link, if the first link is in the idle state according to the first random backoff operation, and if the state of the second link is an idle state according to execution of the second random backoff operation.
US12267872B2
Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a first communication node, first information sent from a second communication node, where the first information includes configuration information of a transmission resource.
US12267870B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein disclose a method for performing random access channel procedure by a UE (300). The method includes determining a first measurement metric value and a second measurement metric value for one of a plurality of SSBs and a plurality of CSI-RSs. The method includes selecting one of a first set of SSBs and a first set of CSI-RSs from one of the plurality of SSBs and the plurality of CSI-RSs based on the first measurement metric. The method selects a second set of SSBs and a second set of CSI-RSs from one of the first set of SSBs and the first set of CSI-RSs based on the second measurement metric and determines a selection criteria and selects one of at least one candidate SSBs and at least one candidate CSI-RS from one of the second set of SSBs and the second set of CSI-RSs based on the selection criteria.
US12267867B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a wireless LAN system. A method performed by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a restricted-target wake time (R-TWT) service period (SP) from an access point (AP); and setting at least one R-TWT traffic identifier (TID) for the R-TWT SP. Here, whether to perform a back-off operation for an access category (AC) in the R-TWT SP may be determined on the basis of a mapping relationship between the at least one R-TWT TID and the AC.
US12267861B2
A method is disclosed for transmitting data in push mode by a transmitter device (100), comprising: (a) obtaining a value of an indicator (S) of the quality of the transmission conditions; (b) if the value indicates a quality of the transmission conditions greater than a quality threshold (S_Q, S_H), transmitting a frame, (c) and otherwise, if a remaining time period (T) for carrying out the transmission of the data is less than a time threshold (S_T, S_T1, S_T2); transmitting the data, (d) and if the remaining time duration (T) is greater than the time threshold (S_T, S_T1, S_T2), implementing a timeout before a repetition of steps (a) to (c). The invention also relates to an implementation device and a storage medium.
US12267852B2
This invention concerns concepts for signaling resource allocation information to a terminal that indicates to the terminal assigned resources for the terminal. The terminal can receives downlink control information (DCI), which comprises a field for indicating the resource allocation information of the terminal. This resource assignment field within the DCI has a predetermined number of bits. The terminal can determines its assigned resource allocation information from the content of the received DCI, even though the bit size of the resource allocation field in the received DCI is insufficient to represent all allowed resource allocations. According to an embodiment, the received bits that are signaled to the terminal in the DCI represent predetermined bits of the resource allocation information. All remaining one or more bits of the resource allocation information that are not included in the field of the received DCI are set to predetermined value.
US12267851B2
A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for explicitly linking repeated physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). The UE receives the repeated PDCCHs from a network. Each of the repeated PDCCHs include downlink control information (DCI) that schedules reception of a same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) at the UE. The UE links the repeated PDCCHs having common PDCCH candidate numbers across search space (SS) sets of a control resource set (CORESET). The repeated PDCCHs are received in accordance with the UE and the network communicating using a multi-transmission and reception point (TRP) repetition scheme or a multi-TRP multi-chance scheme.
US12267845B2
This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. The communication method and apparatus are applicable to an Internet of Vehicles, or are applicable to fields such as D2D, intelligent driving, and intelligent network connected vehicles. The method includes: A network apparatus determines an ith sidelink transmission resource of an ith cooperation terminal apparatus, where the ith cooperation terminal apparatus belongs to N cooperation terminals, the ith sidelink transmission resource belongs to the 1st sidelink transmission resource to an Nth sidelink transmission resource, the ith sidelink transmission resource is different from a jth sidelink transmission resource, the jth sidelink transmission resource is a sidelink transmission resource that is of a jth cooperation terminal apparatus and that is determined by the network apparatus, the ith sidelink transmission resource is used by the ith cooperation terminal apparatus to send second data to a target terminal apparatus, the second data is determined based on first data sent by the network apparatus to the ith cooperation terminal apparatus, and the N cooperation terminal apparatuses and the target terminal apparatus belong to a same cooperative transmission group. The network apparatus sends the ith sidelink transmission resource to the ith cooperation terminal apparatus and the target terminal apparatus.
US12267839B2
This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies. An AP generates a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes a first user information field, a part or all of a frequency domain resource indicated by a resource unit allocation subfield in a fourth user information field before the first user information field is located on a primary 160 MHz channel, and a part or all of a frequency domain resource indicated by a resource unit allocation subfield in a fourth user information field after the first user information field is located on a secondary 160 MHz channel. Then, the AP sends the trigger frame.
US12267837B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a high priority uplink control information (UCI) message, a low priority UCI message, and an uplink shared channel message overlap. The UE may select a first set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel for the high priority UCI message then select a second set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel for the low priority UCI message. The second set of resources may be non-overlapping with the first set of resources. The UE may transmit the high priority UCI message on the first set of resources, the low priority UCI message on the second set of resources, and the uplink shared channel message on a third set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel.
US12267834B2
The disclosure relates to a communication device, a base station and respective methods for a communication device and a base station. More specifically, the base station transmits (S930) and the communication device receives (S1030) downlink control information, DCI, signaling. The DCI signaling includes (S1040) an indication that is related to the dormancy behavior of a secondary cell, Scell. The Scell is configured with a plurality of bandwidth parts, BWPs, and the plurality of BWPs includes a dormant BWP and one or more normal BWPs. If the indication indicates transitioning from dormancy behavior to non-dormancy behavior, a target BWP for performing non-dormancy behavior is determined (S1060). The determination of the target BWP is performed, in particular, in accordance with at least one of: a priority order of the one or more normal BWPs, a predefined or preconfigured BWP, a legacy BWP indicator field in the DCI signaling, a most recently active normal BWP, and the dormant BWP.
US12267832B2
Aspects described herein relate to repetitions of uplink transmissions. In an example, a network entity may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of repetitive scheduling of a downlink control channel, wherein the indication triggers a correspondence between the repetitive scheduling of the downlink control channel and one or more repetition factors for an uplink control channel, each of the one or more repetition factors corresponding to a repetition count for uplink control messages on the uplink control channel; and receive, from the UE on the uplink control channel, repetitions of an uplink control message according to a first repetition factor of the one or more repetition factors for the uplink control channel.
US12267829B2
This application provides a parameter configuration method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, an indication of a first mapping relationship from a network device, where the first mapping relationship is a mapping relationship in a preconfigured first mapping relationship group, and the first mapping relationship group includes at least one mapping relationship, to indicate at least one correspondence between a reporting quantity of spatial domain vectors and a reporting quantity of frequency domain vectors; and determining, by the terminal device, the reporting quantity of spatial domain vectors and the reporting quantity of frequency domain vectors based on the first mapping relationship.
US12267827B2
Aspects relate to wireless communication at a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may include a transmitter configured to communicate using a first communication protocol, a receiver configured to communicate using a second communication protocol, different from the first communication protocol, a first antenna coupled to the transmitter, a second antenna coupled to the receiver and physically separated from the first antenna by a variable distance. The wireless communication device transmits, via the first antenna, a first transmission within a first frequency range, and receives via the second antenna, a second transmission within a second frequency range that overlaps the first frequency range. To receive the second transmission, the device may perform a radio frequency coexistence mitigation procedure based on the variable distance between the first antenna and the second antenna in response to detection of a concurrency in time between the first transmission and the second transmission.
US12267822B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a control signal (for example, PDCCH signal) in an asymmetric multicarrier environment. The method for transmitting a control signal for an asymmetric multicarrier in a wireless connection system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: determining the size of a carrier indicator field (CIF) indicating a downlink component carrier (DL CC) by which downlink data is transmitted, on the basis of a maximum value of the number of DL CCs and of the number of uplink component carriers (UL CCs) being managed in a base station; transmitting the CIF on a 1st DL CC to a terminal through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and transmitting downlink data on a 2nd DL CC indicated by the CIF to the terminal through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
US12267820B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting, by a first device, information on an SL resource. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, TDD-UL-DL configuration information; obtaining information on an SL resource, on the basis of the TDD-UL-DL configuration information; and transmitting, to a second device over a PSBCH, the information on the SL resource.
US12267818B2
The present application discloses an information sending method and receiving method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving, by a terminal, a first downlink channel; determining, by the terminal, a first time domain unit according to a time domain unit occupied by the first downlink channel and time offset information; determining, by the terminal, a second time domain unit, where the second time domain unit is after the first time domain unit; and transmitting, by the terminal, feedback information corresponding to the first downlink channel on the second time domain unit. An embodiment of the present application provides a new means of sending feedback information, such that when there is no one-to-one configuration between downlink channel and uplink channel resources, it is still possible to ensure that feedback information can be accurately transmitted between a terminal and a base station.
US12267813B2
In one example method, an access network device sends a plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information to a terminal, where each of the plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information indicates one time division multiplexing mode, and in the time division multiplexing mode, time division multiplexing is performed on a first uplink time domain resource and a second uplink time domain resource, the first uplink time domain resource is an uplink time domain resource of a first carrier, and the second uplink time domain resource is an uplink time domain resource of a second carrier. The access network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information activates one of the plurality of time division multiplexing modes indicated by the plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information.
US12267812B2
A method and system to dynamically reassign RF spectrum from a first access node to a second access node, where the first access node provides service on a first carrier having a carrier bandwidth. An example method includes (i) selecting a frequency portion of the carrier bandwidth to reassign, the selecting being based on the frequency portion having higher determined noise than one or more other frequency portions of the carrier bandwidth, and (ii) based on the selecting, reassigning the selected frequency portion from the first access node to the second access node to be used by the second access node as at least part of a second carrier on which to provide service. Upon reassigning of the selected frequency portion, the second access node could then provide service on the reassigned portion and the first access node could continue to provide service on a remainder of the first carrier.
US12267809B2
Provided are a wireless communication method and apparatus. One example method includes: receiving, by a first terminal device, a first paging early indication (PEI), wherein the first terminal device belongs to a first subgroup and a second subgroup, and the first PEI comprises an indication indicating whether to perform paging detection by the first subgroup and whether to perform paging detection based on the second subgroup; and determining, by the first terminal device based on the indication, whether to perform paging detection based on at least one of the first subgroup or the second subgroup, wherein the first subgroup corresponds to a radio access network (RAN)-initiated paging message, and the second subgroup corresponds to a core network (CN)-initiated paging message.
US12267805B2
Example embodiments relate to methods for estimating a location of at least one mobile network node and respective network. An example method for estimating a location of at least one mobile network node of a wireless communication network including the at least one mobile network node and at least two static network nodes includes performing initial range measurements between the at least two static network nodes in a pairwise manner. The method also includes determining an initial location estimate. Additionally, the method includes determining an estimate for corresponding noise samples. Further, the method includes estimating corresponding initial parameters of a Gaussian mixture noise model. In addition, the method includes determining a weighted sum of respective refined parameters of the Gaussian mixture noise model and the corresponding initial parameters of the Gaussian mixture noise model.
US12267804B2
An information processing system comprising a portable information device, a relay apparatus that connects the portable information device to a network, and a server. The server includes a library in which, for each relay apparatus, an area where the relay apparatus is present is registered in association with relay apparatus identification information. The portable information device obtains connection authentication from the relay apparatus installed in an area where the own device is present, and when the authentication is successful, the relay apparatus that provides the authentication transmits the relay apparatus identification information to the server.
US12267794B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) comprising a plurality of symbols. The UE may obtain, during a plurality of measurement windows, a plurality of measurements associated with a beam group of a plurality of reception beams corresponding to a plurality of symbols of the SSB, wherein the beam group is associated with a serving cell and comprises a first set of beams and a second set of beams, wherein each beam of the beam group corresponds to a measurement window having a window size that is less than a size of a corresponding symbol of the plurality of symbols of the SSB. The UE may perform a wireless communication task based on the plurality of measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12267789B2
Disclosed are a communication technique which merges, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security-and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
US12267787B2
Wireless networks with plural nodes having a respective transceiver and a processor configured to, and methods to, obtain current state data, calculate a reward, store such state data and rewards in a collected parameters database, provide such current state data and data from such collected parameters database to a reinforced neural network, select an action using the reinforced neural network, and output the action to the respective transceiver so as to selective modify its transmit power level.
US12267783B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes obtaining UE side information. The method includes, based on the obtained UE side information, detecting a service type of an application executing on the UE and estimating a supportable throughput. The method includes determining a UE-preferred configuration based on the detected service type and the estimated supportable throughput. The method includes determining whether the UE-preferred configuration is different from a current UE configuration. The method includes controlling transmission of the UE-preferred configuration to an external network device, based on a result of the determination of whether the UE-preferred configuration is different from the current UE configuration.
US12267778B2
In one aspect, a method includes: enabling, via a controller of a network device, a receiver of the network device for a plurality of receive fragments during a receive duration; analyzing a signal fragment received during at least one of the plurality of receive fragments to identify possible presence of a wake-up frame sent by a coordinator device; and in response to the identification of the possible presence of the wake-up frame, enabling the receiver to receive and detect another wake-up frame.
US12267770B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining a network slice identifier. In the method, a wireless access device receives a first service packet sent by a terminal; the wireless access device obtains a second service packet based on the first service packet, where the second service packet includes the first service packet and a network slice identifier; and the wireless access device sends the second service packet to a forwarding device.
US12267768B2
A terminal device may, in a case where a first type of related information including a public key is obtained due to a first type of communication device outputting the first type of related information, send first connection information to the first type of communication device. The first type of communication device may be capable of executing a wireless communication complying with a predetermined rule of Wi-Fi scheme. The terminal device may, in a case where a second type of related information different from the first type of related information is obtained due to a second type of communication device outputting the second type of related information, send second connection information to the second type of communication device. The second type of communication device may be incapable of executing a wireless communication complying with the predetermined rule.
US12267763B2
The present disclosure relates to a first type node (AP1) in a wireless communication system, wherein the first type node (AP1) is adapted to: communicate with at least one neighboring first type node (APO, AP2) via a corresponding backhaul channel (H10, H21); receive communication from at least one overheard second type node (U3k) via a corresponding overheard access channel (h3k_1), the overheard second type node (U3k) being adapted to normally communicate with a serving first type node (AP3); instruct at least one overheard second type node (U3k) to pause transmission to the serving first type node (AP3) at time instants (T+2) when the first type node (AP1) is going to receive a certain signal (x3k(T)) from the neighboring first type node (AP2), where the certain signal (x3k(T)) is intended to be received by the first type node (AP1) without interference from said overheard second type node (U3k).
US12267761B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for identifying and managing event notifications. An event notification manager may determine whether the received data corresponds to an occurring or a false event. The event notification manager may cause one or more user devices to output an event notification by at least partially interrupting output of other content.
US12267745B2
During operation, an access point aggregates communication-performance information and behavior information in a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to an electronic device, where the communication-performance information and the behavior information are aggregated over a time interval that is longer than an instance of a connection or association of the electronic device to the WLAN. Then, the access point provides the communication-performance information and the behavior information to a second electronic device. After receiving information about another instance of a connection or association of the electronic device to the WLAN, the access point provides a request to the second electronic device for historical information about communication performance and behavior of the electronic device in the WLAN. Moreover, after receiving the historical information, the access point selectively provides the transition recommendation in the WLAN to the electronic device, where the transition recommendation is based at least in part on the historical information.
US12267741B2
The present disclosure relates to network switching methods and apparatuses. In one example method, a beam that currently provides a service for a terminal device is a first beam. The first beam is generated by a first network device. The first network device obtains user information of the terminal device, and obtains switching information based on the user information. After the first network device sends the switching information to the terminal device, the terminal device can perform beam switching based on the switching information.
US12267733B2
A communication control device that causes a second communication device to generate a switching response frame indicating a response of connection switching that is to be transmitted to a communication terminal configured to switch a connection destination from a first communication device to the second communication device, on the basis of information regarding a connection between the first communication device and the communication terminal.
US12267731B2
A method and device for resource coordination are provided. The method comprises an operation as follows. A terminal device sends a first request message to a network device to which a first subscriber identity card is connected. The first request message is used for requesting the network device to configure or reserve a first resource, and the terminal device having the first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card.
US12267727B2
A method for managing resources of a converged fixed access and mobile radio telecommunications network is disclosed. Each operator of a plurality of mobile operators has at least one base station connected to a mobile radio part of the network. According to such a method, a centralized resource allocation management module carries out: receiving at least one request for resources, called mobile client request, emitted either by a mobile radio resource management module of each of the mobile operators, or by a first centralized resource request management module from at least one mobile radio service request previously received from the mobile radio resource management module of each of the mobile operators; and sending at least one resource allocation offer to the mobile radio resource management modules according to the at least one mobile client request and at least one predetermined resource allocation offer rule.
US12267719B2
The described technology is generally directed towards location selection for disaggregated radio access network (RAN) network functions. Disaggregated RAN network functions include, for example, RAN distributed units (DUs) and RAN central units (CUs) that are associated with RAN cells and RAN radio units (RUs). When multiple viable equipment locations are available, of equipment that can host DUs and/or CUs, the disclosed techniques can be used to select preferred location(s). The DU(s) and/or the CU(s) can be moved to equipment at the selected location(s) to improve network performance. Disclosed techniques can account for inter-cell delay requirements of different RAN cells, to place network functions in a manner that supports effective coordination between multiple cells.
US12267718B2
A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, sidelink control information comprising a field with a value indicating to transmit a report message comprising preferred radio frequency resources of a sidelink between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. In response to the value of the field indicating to transmit the report message, the first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device and via a physical sidelink shared channel of the sidelink, the report message indicating radio frequency resources preferred by the first wireless device. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, sidelink transport blocks via one or more resources of the preferred radio frequency resources.
US12267717B2
Methods, systems, and devices for invalidating a measurement report are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating of a set of parameters associated with transmission of a measurement report and may receive one or more reference signals. The UE may transmit, in accordance with the set of parameters, the measurement report indicating a set of measurements associated with the one or more reference signals received by the UE. Additionally, the UE may transmit an invalidation message indicating that at least a portion of the measurement report is invalid based on a subsequent measurement associated with the one or more reference signals differing by a threshold amount from a corresponding measurement of the set of measurements.
US12267716B2
A victim user equipment (UE) may experience cross-link interference (CLI) from transmissions from an aggressor UE. The present disclosure provides for configuration of a CLI report that accurately characterizes the CLI experienced by the victim UE for different beams. A base station may transmit to the victim UE, a configuration for CLI reporting associated with a plurality of measurement resources, the configuration identifying a quasi-co-location (QCL) information associated with each measurement resource. The victim UE may measure interference metrics on the plurality of measurement resources based on the configuration for CLI reporting and the QCL information associated with each measurement resource. The victim UE may transmit a CLI report to the base station, the CLI report including a subset of the interference metrics associated with reported measurement resources and identifying the QCL information associated with the reported measurement resources.
US12267707B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a method for optimizing processing of application requests.
US12267700B2
Methods and systems to commission building environmental sensors are disclosed. The system includes a device that will move about the environment of a building (inside and/or outside) and detect building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment. For each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device, the system will retrieve an identifier for the sensor device, and it will determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system. If the sensor device is registered with the control system, the system will not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device. If the sensor device is not registered with the control system, the system will automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device.
US12267699B2
The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a relay mode configuration method and apparatus, a relay communication method, and a device. The method comprises: a core network device sends a terminal device first configuration information, the first configuration information comprising at least one relay mode configured by the core network device for a terminal device. In embodiments of the present application, the core network device configures a relay mode for a terminal device having a Prose capability, such that the terminal device is clear about a connection mode of relay communication, thereby ensuring that the terminal device can implement relay communication.
US12267697B2
A message can be communicated from a base station to a user equipment (UE) device. In the message, a unified TCI state can be provided. The TCI state can support two QCL types, wherein the QCL types are based on QCL-TypeA and QCL-TypeD. Other aspects are described.
US12267694B2
A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of pieces of configuration information indicating a plurality of control resource sets, and a control section that, when the plurality of pieces of configuration information do not include a control resource set pool index for one or more control resource sets of the plurality of control resource sets, determines a value of the control resource set pool index for the one or more control resource sets. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine an operation for multiple panels/TRPs.
US12267690B2
A system and method for managing interference between different enterprises operating over the same spectrum. The system includes a central unit of a first enterprise associated with a first cell site; a central unit of a second enterprise associated with a second cell site; and an interface for connecting the central unit of the first enterprise to the central unit of the second enterprise and configured to transmit load information; wherein a central unit of either enterprise is configured to share load information without requiring a standard form between each enterprise via the interface to minimize interference between each enterprise when both enterprises are operating in the same spectrum and an overlapping coverage region between each cell site.
US12267685B2
Lawful interception (LI) of electronic communications includes receiving, by a triggering function (TF), a task request including a task identifier (ID) from a LI provisioning function (LIFP). The TF receives an indication of a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment applicable to the received request, and then triggers (including a POI task ID) each point of interception (POI) applicable to the request. The TF receives a task response indicating a status of the task at the triggered POI. The TF reports, to the LIPF, a TF task issue request indicating the status, the TF task ID, the POI task ID, and a network entity ID of the POI.
US12267684B2
A communication system including a host computer is provided herein. The host computer may include processing circuitry configured to provide user data and a communication interface configured to forward the user data to a cellular network for transmission to a user equipment (UE). The cellular network comprises a base station having a radio interface and base station processing circuitry. The base station processing circuitry configured to store a previously active security context for the UE, receive from the UE an RRCResumeRequest message including a security token, generate a temporary security context for the UE, use the temporary security context to verify the security token, send an RRC message to the UE, if no response to the RRC message is received from the UE, discard the temporary security context and retrieve the previously active security context. Thereafter, the base station transmits the user data for a host application.
US12267680B2
A data communication network connects a user application in a wireless User Equipment (UE) to a user application server. An edge application server exchanges user data between the user application in a wireless UE and a wireless network slice. The wireless network slice exchanges the user data between the edge application server and the user application server. The data communication network determines a trust level for the exchange of the user data between the user application in the wireless UE and the user application server. In some examples, a distributed ledger in the data communication network determines the trust level for the exchange of the user data between the user application in the wireless UE and the user application server.
US12267679B2
There is disclosed an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for performing: initiating establishment of an N32-c transport layer security connection with an entity, the apparatus located in a first public land mobile network and the entity located in a second public land mobile network; sending from the apparatus to the entity on the N32-c transport layer security connection an N32-c handshake signalling message comprising domain name information of the apparatus to be used by the entity for establishing an N32-f transport layer security connection towards the apparatus; receiving a reply from the entity, the reply comprising domain name information of the entity to be used by the apparatus for establishing the N32-f transport layer security connection towards the entity; and using the domain name information received in the reply to establish the N32-f transport layer security connection towards the entity.
US12267671B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing registration information that includes a criterion for allowing receiving notifications based on location information of a communication device, accessing a location request of equipment of a location requestor that includes a notification location, accessing encrypted information representative of identification information, the location information, and time information of the communication device that has been stored in a database where the time information corresponds to the location information, identifying a positive result for the location request, and causing a notification to be provided to the communication device responsive to the positive result, where the notification is associated with the location requestor, and wherein the notification is provided to the communication device without providing the identification information of the communication device to the equipment of the location requestor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12267669B2
An apparatus, method and computer program for signaling change events at an audio output device are disclosed. The apparatus may include circuitry for detecting, during an audio communications session between a first user device and a second user device, a change event at a first earphones device associated with the first user device, the first earphones device included of first and second earphones. The apparatus may also include circuitry for signaling the detected change event to the second user device and/or a second audio output device associated with the second user device.
US12267668B2
An audio signal processing method includes dividing a virtual sound source representing a reflected sound of a target acoustic space into (i) a first virtual sound source located between a position of a speaker and a position of a sound receiving point, the first virtual sound source representing a first sound source of the reflected sound of the target acoustic space, and (ii) a second virtual sound source located such that the speaker is disposed between the second virtual sound source and the sound receiving point, the second virtual sound source representing a second sound source of the reflected sound of the target acoustic space, and, only in a case of the first virtual sound source, moving a position of the first virtual sound source to a reproducible position based on a position of the speaker.
US12267667B2
An electronic eyewear device includes a display and a speaker system adapted to present augment reality objects and associated sounds in a scene being viewed by the user. A processor receives one or more audio tracks respectively associated with one or more augmented reality objects, encodes the audio tracks into an aggregated audio track including the audio tracks, a header for each audio track that uniquely identifies each respective audio track, and an aggregate header that identifies the number of tracks in the aggregated audio track. The processor transfers the aggregated audio track to an audio processor that uses the header for each audio track and the aggregate header to separate the audio tracks from the aggregated audio track. The audio processor processes the audio tracks independently in parallel and provides the audio tracks to the speaker system for presentation with the augmented reality objects.
US12267665B2
An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal, the at least one spatial audio signal comprising at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter; determine at least one first audio signal based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial audio signal and the at least one of the user position or orientation; obtain at least one augmentation audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal has a different audio format than an audio format of the at least one spatial audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal provides a different type of media content; determine at least one second audio signal based, at least partially, on at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal; and mix the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal.
US12267662B2
A speaker device comprising two membranes facing each other, and two drive units arranged for driving the two membranes in opposite direction in operation. A vented frame element and a closed frame element are positioned outward on either side of the two membranes. At least one bellows element is connected on a first side to the membrane which is positioned closest to the closed frame element, and connected on a second side to the closed frame element.
US12267657B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, the display panel including a first area, a second area, and a third area; a first sound generating device in the first area, the first sound generating device including two sub-sound generating devices; a second sound generating device in the second area, the second sound generating device including two sub-sound generating devices; a third sound generating device in the third area; a first partition between the first area and the third area; a second partition between the second area and the third area; a third partition in a periphery of the display panel; and a fourth partition between the two sub-sound generating devices in each of the first area and the second area.
US12267653B2
A noise reduction system for actively compensating background noise generated by a noise source in a noise reduction area in a passenger transport area of a vehicle. The system includes a microphone array having a reference microphone. An averaging unit is configured to calculate an average error signal, which is calculated based on at least the error signal of a virtual microphone and a direct residual signal of a directed monitor microphone.
US12267633B2
A projector according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light modulation section that has a pixel region containing a plurality of unit pixels segmented by a black matrix, a projection system, and a pixel shifting device that shifts the optical path of image light output from the light modulation section. One of the plurality of unit pixels in the pixel region is set as a reference unit t pixel, and the pixel shifting device superimposes the image light output from the reference unit pixel at a shifted display position on the region corresponding to the black matrix and surrounding the reference unit pixel at a reference display position in such a way that the image light does not overlap with other unit pixels adjacent to the reference unit pixel out of the unit pixels.
US12267630B1
A radar monitoring dash cam includes a shell assembly, a camera assembly, a control assembly and a radar assembly. The shell assembly includes a first outer shell with a first accommodating chamber. The camera assembly includes a first camera module. The first camera module is arranged in the first outer shell. The control assembly includes a first circuit board arranged in the first accommodating chamber. The first circuit board is electrically connected to the first camera module. The radar assembly includes a radar module. The radar module is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The camera assembly is configured to be turned on when the radar module detects that a moving object or a person approaches a preset distance.
US12267629B2
A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container.
US12267621B2
According to one aspect, a web optimized user device is provided. The web optimized device reduces complexity and facilitates interaction with web-based services and content. The web optimized device can be configured without a hard drive, facilitating integration of web-based services into a computing experience. The web optimized device presents a user interface that integrates video functionality into every aspect of the computer content accessed. In particular, a display manager manages the user interface presented and integrates video displays and features into the content displays in a content and/or context aware manner. These displays permit a user to intuitively interact with the video content and features while the user changes content, for example, web-based services, web-based applications, and other media content, without interruption of or interference from the video content.
US12267611B2
Solid-state imaging devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array with unit pixels that accumulate charge in a floating diffusion (FD) region. A pixel signal reading circuit reads a pixel signal based on the charge from the FD region of a unit pixel. The pixel signal reading circuit includes an AD converter that performs AD conversion on the pixel signal, and a determination circuit that performs brightness/darkness determination of light received by the unit pixel on the basis of the pixel signal. The determination circuit selectively controls executing or stopping of the AD conversion on a pixel signal to be subsequently read according to a result of the brightness/darkness determination.
US12267610B2
An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixel circuits and a controller. The plurality of pixel circuits each includes: a light-receiving circuit that generates a pixel signal corresponding to an amount of received light; a comparator that generates a first comparison signal by comparing the pixel signal with a reference signal having a ramp waveform; a delay circuit that generates a second comparison signal by delaying the first comparison signal; a selection circuit that selects one of the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal and outputs a selected signal as a third comparison signal; and a latch that latches a time code at a timing based on the third comparison signal. The controller controls an operation of the selection circuit in each of the plurality of pixel circuits.
US12267605B2
Structures are disclosed for a binned set of two or more pixels of a pixel array that share a same readout circuit. The binned pixel design provides space-saving benefits on the chip and also improves the overall image quality. According to some embodiments, each of the binned pixels includes a photodetector and its own transfer gate. The readout circuit is coupled to the transfer gates of each of the binned pixels and includes its own second transfer gate that separates the pixels from a gain mode select block. The gain mode select block may include capacitors of different sizes and one or more switches to control which capacitors are to receive the charge from any one of the binned pixels. The readout circuit may also include a potential barrier (such as a diode), which allows for pumping charge onto the one or more capacitors of the gain mode select block.
US12267600B2
The invention discloses a method for processing image data of an image sensor, said image sensor comprises a sensor area of a pixel matrix providing image pixel data, wherein the pixel matrix comprises phase detection pixels at pre-defined locations, and wherein a set of image pixel data comprises phase detection information of said phase detection pixels, and wherein a step of calculating image pixel data for the pre-defined locations of the phase detection pixels as a function with either symmetric or asymmetric positioning of the respective phase detection in the colour channel is performed.
US12267598B2
The present invention relates to a method of image fusion, which uses the brightness difference of the current frame and the previous frame to determine whether the pixel in a frame image is static or dynamic. If the current pixel is static, the previous corresponding pixel is superimposed onto the current pixel; if the current pixel is dynamic, the previous corresponding pixel is replaced with the current pixel.
US12267596B1
A camera system that captures an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image with an improved burst duration time and faster frame rate. The camera system determines a set of different exposure settings for creation of an HDR image. The camera system provides the set of exposure settings to the camera sensor in a series of sequential timing windows. A sensor of the camera system outputs a plurality of stale frames in sequential timing windows for receiving the set of different exposure settings. The plurality of stale frames are followed by a set of image frames in sequential timing windows, with each image captured at a different exposure setting of the set of different exposure settings. The camera system may generate a HDR image using the captured sequence of images.
US12267592B2
A processing apparatus that generates a movie in which hearing states of sounds from sound sources are linked to a looking state of an image during zoom image capturing. Sounds are collected by sound collection devices. A video image is captured by an image capturing device. Position information of a sound source with respect to the image capturing device is obtained. A control unit determines an estimated standing position at which a looking state becomes equivalent to a captured image when an image capturing field angle is changed, and determines a direction and volume in synthesizing the sounds based on the estimated standing position. The control unit determines the direction coincident with a direction of the sound source viewed from the estimated standing position, and determines the volume so as to increase as a distance from the estimated standing position to the sound source decreases.
US12267587B2
An electronic apparatus including a first lens and a second lens at a first side, the second lens having a angle of view different from that of the first lens, includes a switching unit configured to switch first imaging via the first lens and second imaging via the second lens, and a control unit configured to control display of items corresponding to a plurality of respective imaging modes, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the second imaging is being performed, control display of a first item and a second item in different display modes, the first item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and the second imaging, the second item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and disables the second imaging.
US12267579B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provided a method, electronic device and storage medium for capturing. The method includes: while displaying a capturing page, determining a current key part proportion information based on a current preview image collected by a camera, wherein the current key part proportion information is information on proportion of key parts of a subject in the current preview image collected by the camera; generating current capturing prompt information based on the current key part proportion information, and presenting the current capturing prompt information in the capturing page, the current capturing prompt information comprising at least one of capturing angle prompt information or capturing distance prompt information; and in response to a capturing instruction, controlling the camera to capture the subject.
US12267578B2
A control apparatus includes a search unit that performs object search using image data that has been acquired from an image pickup apparatus and a control unit that controls the search unit. The control unit controls a focal length of the image pickup apparatus according to a specified search distance in a search distance range in which the object search is available, and a size of a search target object.
US12267577B2
Apparatus and method for imaging fundus of eye. The apparatus (100) includes an optical system (116), an image sensor (114) to capture a still image or a video through the optical system (116), a user interface (102) including a display (104) to display data to a user of the apparatus, and one or more processors (106). The one or more processors (106) cause performance of at least the following: setting the image sensor (114) to capture an aiming video; detecting a retina of the eye in the aiming video; setting the display (104) to display the aiming video with a highlight of the detected retina; and setting the image sensor (114) to capture one or more final still images of the fundus or a final video of the fundus.
US12267575B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a driving device comprising: a second guide part; a first guide part disposed in the second guide part; an optical unit disposed in the first guide part; a first driving part disposed in the optical unit; and a second driving part disposed opposite to the first driving part, wherein the first guide part comprises: a first fixing part coupled to the second guide part; a first moving part connected to the optical unit; and a first connection part for connecting the first fixing part to the first moving part, and the optical unit is tilted about the first connection part by the first moving part.
US12267572B1
This optical element driving device is provided with: a movable part capable of holding an optical element; a housing housed the movable part; a driving part that includes an ultrasonic motor and drives the movable part; a boosting part having an inductor that boosts input voltage inputted to the driving part and supplies the boosted input voltage to the ultrasonic motor; and a board part on which the inductor is disposed. The ultrasonic motor includes piezoelectric elements generating vibration by the input voltage and a resonant portion resonating with the vibration of the piezoelectric elements, the inductor is covered by a cover portion, and the housing is cut out at a location corresponding to the inductor.
US12267560B2
A video playback method includes detecting a playback location of a first video, and prompting, when a start location of a first video clip in the first video is played, a user whether to watch a second video clip having a same plot as the first video clip at the same time; sending a same plot clip request of the first video clip to a video cloud platform in response to a confirmation operation of the user; receiving, from the video cloud platform, a video corresponding to the second video clip, a start location and an end location of the second video clip; and playing a part or all of the second video clip and the first video clip on a same interface.
US12267554B2
Disclosed example audience measurement apparatus determine a first audience metric based on set-top box return path tuning data obtained from set-top boxes located in a first geographic area; determine a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a second geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second set-top box characteristics that correspond with first set-top box characteristics of the set-top boxes located in the first geographic area; determine ratios of (i) respective first audience metrics determined for respective demographic stratifications to (ii) corresponding second audience metrics determined for the respective demographic stratifications; and combine the ratios after multiplication with third audience metrics determined, for the respective demographic stratifications, from the audience measurement data to determine an audience exposure metric that estimates exposure to media in the first geographic area.
US12267549B2
A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device may include: a memory comprising one or more executable instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: monitor a use state of the display device, based on at least one of an individual usage indicator configured for a current viewing mode among a plurality of viewing modes of the display device, and a universal usage indicator configured to be used for the plurality of viewing modes identify a current power saving level among a plurality of power saving levels of a phased power saving mode of the display device determine a next power saving level based on the use state and the current power saving level, and apply the next power saving level to the display device.
US12267547B2
Provided is an input device which allows a user to select desired contents more quickly and intuitively in selection of contents. The input device includes: a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions; a touch unit which is manipulated by a user to input rotation while the user touches the touch unit with a portion of the body; and a control unit which controls movement on a user interface screen of a target device based on one or more direction inputs corresponding to the navigation key and a rotation input on the touch unit, wherein the navigation key and the touch unit are coupled with each other in a stacked structure.
US12267542B2
Systems and methods are provided for recommending and dynamically scheduling content. A time when a request to consume a content item is likely to be received is identified and an identifier of the content item is displayed on a device. Prior to the identified time, an option to consume, at the identified time, the content item is also displayed on the device. In response to the option being selected, the device stops displaying the identifier of the content item until the identified time.
US12267536B2
This application provides an online streamer image picture transmission method and computing device in live interaction. The method applied to a server, the method includes: receiving an online streamer image picture sent by a first online streamer end, and obtaining a target obfuscation key; performing encryption processing on the online streamer image picture based on the target obfuscation key and picture information of the online streamer image picture, to obtain an encrypted online streamer image picture; and in response to determining that a live interaction request for the first online streamer end and a second online streamer end is received, sending the encrypted online streamer image picture and the target obfuscation key to the second online streamer end.
US12267534B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for increasing content insertion opportunities. A prediction input is received that characterizes utilization of content stream utilization channels (CSUCs). Schedule parameters are automatically predicted for the prediction input using prediction models obtained via machine learning based on grouped historic data related to CSUCs, where grouping is based on an operational mode in which the prediction models operate. Using the predicted schedule parameters, insertion opportunity may be identified with respect to CSUCs and insertion schedules are generated specifying insertions of content streams into identified CSUCs at respective insertion times.
US12267530B2
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for encoding video. The method includes: determining whether a coded video sequence (CVS) contains equal number of profile, tier and level (PTL) syntax structures and output layer sets (OLSs); and in response to the CVS containing equal number of PTL syntax structures and OLSs, coding the bitstream without signaling a first PTL syntax element specifying an index, to a list of PTL syntax structures in the VPS, of a PTL syntax structure that applies to a corresponding OLS in the VPS.
US12267529B2
A method and apparatus to improve compression efficiency in a video compression scheme enables use of new tools with multiple transform selection. In one embodiment, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms. In another embodiment, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms and on a flag indicative of matrix-based intra prediction. In another embodiment, when an implicit multiple transform selection mode is used, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms. Bitstream syntax is used to convey the flags.
US12267524B2
A method for encoding video data is provided that includes determining whether or not a parent coding unit of a coding unit of the video data was predicted in intra-prediction block copy (IntraBC) mode and, when it is determined that the parent coding unit was not predicted in IntraBC mode: computing activity of the coding unit, determining an IntraBC coding cost of the coding unit by computing the IntraBC coding cost of the coding unit using a two dimensional (2D) search when the activity of the coding unit is not than an activity threshold, and computing the IntraBC coding cost of the coding unit using a one dimensional (1D) search when the activity of the coding unit is less than the activity threshold, using the IntraBC coding cost to select an encoding mode from one of a plurality of encoding modes, encoding the coding unit using the selected encoding mode.
US12267515B2
A video decoder is provided for the decoding of a video bitstream encoded in a temporal interpolated prediction (TIP) mode. First and second motion vectors pointing to respective reference frames, or reference pictures within those frames, are generated for a block of a current picture. The motion vectors are then refined by application of a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) process, based on a bilateral matching process, and the refined motion vectors are used to decode the block. The refinement may more specifically involve consideration of candidates for the refined motion vectors, selected by the bilateral matching. The refinement may be applied at both block and sub-block divisions of the current picture.
US12267514B2
According to an example embodiment, a video decoding apparatus may be provided. The video decoding apparatus may include a central processing unit (CPU) configured to parse first header data included in an input bit-stream and generate a first register set based on the parsed first header data; and a decoder configured to decode the input bit-stream based on input parameters obtained through the first register set, wherein CPU is configured to parse second header data included in a second bit-stream of the input bit-stream of a second frame subsequent to the first frame while the decoder decodes a first bit-stream corresponding to the first frame.
US12267510B2
The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.
US12267506B2
Techniques are disclosed for deriving prediction pixel blocks for use in intra-coding video and combined inter- and intra-coding video. In a first aspect, the techniques may include deriving value(s) for pixel location(s) of the prediction pixel block by, when a prediction direction vector assigned to the prediction vector points to quadrants I or III of a Cartesian plane, deriving the pixel location's value from pixel values in two regions of previously-decoded pixel data intercepted by extending the prediction direction vector in two opposite directions through the pixel location. When the prediction direction vector points toward quadrants II of the Cartesian plane, deriving the pixel location's value from pixel values in one region intercepted by the prediction direction vector through the pixel location, and from a second region intercepted by a vector that is orthogonal to the prediction direction vector.
US12267495B2
An affine prediction method, a computing device and a non-transitory storage medium are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a current coding block comprising a plurality of sub-blocks arranged in an array; dividing the current coding block into at least two areas, wherein each area of the at least two areas comprises two or more of the sub-blocks; setting a corresponding control point motion vector (CPMV) for one or more control points in the each area, respectively; and affine-predicting motion vectors (MVs) of the two or more of the sub-blocks in the each area, using the corresponding CPMV.
US12267479B2
In a stereoscopic image recording method (34), it is provided to transform depth information (13) with respect to an image pair (40) of a stereoscopic image (24) based on an alignment angle (23) in order to generate an aligned stereoscopic image (29), the transformed depth information (26) being used in order to generate a complementary image (27) of the stereoscopic image (40) in a computer-aided manner.
US12267476B2
A property display device includes: a search content acquirer that acquires search variables and search data; a property value acquirer that acquires property values of a compound corresponding to the search data; a priority setter that sets a priority of the search variables; a display format determiner that determines a display format of the property of the compound by assigning search variables of high priority to coordinate axes A1 and A2 of color maps Ma and assigning search variables of lower priority than the search variables of high priority to array direction axes A3 and A4 of a first array map Mb1; and an image processor that generates at least one first array map Mb1 as a single image on the basis of the search data, the property values, and the display format.
US12267471B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to perform image formation on a sheet, a casing configured to house the image forming unit, an operation unit configured to receive an operation performed by a user, an electric wire extending from the casing to be connected to the operation unit and configured to transmit an electrical signal, a reinforcing member provided separate from and independent of the electric wire, the reinforcing member interconnecting the casing and the operation unit, and a covering configured to enclose therein the electric wire and the reinforcing member, wherein the reinforcing member is fixed to the casing and the operation unit in such a manner that a distance between a portion fixed to the casing and a portion fixed to the operation unit in the reinforcing member is shorter than a total length of the electric wire.
US12267467B2
An image processing apparatus, communicable with a first server and a second server, obtains, from the first server, transmission possibility information indicating transmission possibility of operation information on the image processing apparatus, wherein the transmission possibility information of the operation information is set in the first server according to a screen category displayed on the image processing apparatus, and transmits operation information in a screen category corresponding to the allowance of the transmission to the second server on a condition that the obtained transmission possibility information indicates the transmission is allowed.
US12267466B2
A print image generation unit is configured to perform a first rasterization process for printing and thereby generate print image data, and perform a second rasterization process for inspection and thereby generate reference image data, on the basis of a print request. A print unit is configured to perform printing based on the print image data onto a print paper sheet and thereby produce a print product. An image scanning unit is configured to perform image scanning of the print product and thereby generate scan image data. An inspection processing unit is configured to compare the scan image data and the reference image data and thereby perform inspection of the printed matter. Further, the second rasterization process is a rasterization process performed in a rendering condition different from a rendering condition of the first rasterization process.
US12267465B2
An inspection apparatus that reads an image formed on a printed material to generate a reference image of an inspection target, and specifies each region including an object in the reference image, and displays the regions such that the regions are selectable. Also, the inspection apparatus batch-sets inspection conditions for a plurality of regions selected by the user via the displayed reference image. Further, the inspection apparatus disables batch setting of an inspection condition in a case where a plurality of regions selected by the user include different regions that include objects of different inspection types. On the other hand, in a case where a plurality of regions selected by the user do not include such different regions, the inspection apparatus enables batch setting of an inspection condition.
US12267455B2
A new charging solution is proposed for D2D direct communication based on 5GS, which allows the network to charge UE's usage accurately and flexibly.
US12267453B2
The number of conversational tests required for evaluation of acoustic quality of the ICC system is reduced. An evaluation value converting device 3 evaluates the quality of a conversation made across a near-end acoustic area 100 and a far-end acoustic area 200 inside a vehicle in which a plurality of acoustic areas are predetermined. A voice signal collected by a microphone M2 disposed in the far-end acoustic area 200 is emitted from a speaker S1 disposed in the near-end acoustic area 100. An objective evaluation value acquisition unit 33 acquires an evaluation value using, as an evaluation target sound, a voice signal obtained by adding a voice signal obtained from a first voice signal emitted from a sound source in the far-end acoustic area 200, collected by the microphone M2, and emitted from the speaker S1 to a voice signal obtained from the first voice signal transmitted through a space inside the vehicle and reaching the near-end acoustic area 100, with the first voice signal being used as a reference sound.
US12267447B2
Disclosed in the present application is a mobile terminal having a flexible display. The present application may provide the mobile terminal comprising: a first frame; a second frame movably attached to the first frame and configured to move in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first frame to form a predetermined stroke; a third frame movably combined with the second frame and configured to move in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second frame; a flexible display arranged on the front surface of the mobile terminal; a driving unit configured to move the second frame in the first or second direction with respect to the first frame and move the third frame in the first or second direction with respect to the second frame; a detecting apparatus configured to detect the extent of movement of the second frame in the first direction or the second direction; and a control apparatus configured to control the operation of the mobile terminal on the basis of the extent of movement of the second frame measured by the detecting apparatus.
US12267445B2
A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a third housing, a first folding unit configured to allow the first and second housings to be folded in a first folding manner, a second folding unit configured to allow the second and third housings to be folded in a second folding manner, a flexible display disposed across the first to third housings, and a metal plate disposed to face the flexible display to support the folding operation of the flexible display, and including a first folding area in which a first pattern is disposed and a second folding area in which a second pattern different from the first pattern is disposed.
US12267444B2
A blockchain system is capable of reducing the generation of isolated blocks and unfairness among miners resulting from block propagation delays caused by an increase in block data size. Each block is divided into part A and part B, and transaction information is stored in part B. After the miner receives Part A of a certain block and before the reception of Part B is completed, the miner determines the transaction data to be included in the next block after the received block from the information stored in Part A and starts mining the next block after the received block. In addition, the miner maintains multiple blockchains in case the reception of part B is not completed, and switches the blockchain to be mined according to the conditions.
US12267442B2
In general, embodiments relate to a method for establishing trust between supervisors in a network device, the method including obtaining, by a first supervisor, signed platform configuration register (PCR) values from a second supervisor, wherein the first supervisor and the second supervisor are located in the network device, comparing the signed PCR values with stored PCR values, where the stored PCR values were previously obtained by the first supervisor from the second supervisor, and establishing, based on the comparison, trust with the second supervisor.
US12267440B2
A device for use in a storage network including storage network memory distributed amongst a plurality of storage units. The device includes a processing module operably couple to a memory that stores operational instructions. The processing module is configured to execute the operational instructions to determine storage parameters associated with encoded data slices generated from data to be stored in the plurality of storage units. The storage parameters include information indicating a read threshold number of encoded data slices required to recover the data. The method further includes facilitating distributed storage of the encoded data slices among the plurality of storage units such that the number of the error-encoded data slices stored in any particular storage unit is chosen so that in the event of an unavailability of any individual storage unit, at least a read threshold number of encoded data slices are still accessible from the remaining storage units.
US12267432B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of registering a user device with a cloud-based management service using an intermediate cloud storage. For instance, the intermediate cloud storage may store an encrypted data blob including information that identifies the user device. The intermediate cloud storage or a registration system may decrypt the encrypted data blob so that the registration system may use the decrypted data blob to register the user device with the cloud-based management service. For instance, the registration system may retrieve the encrypted or decrypted data blob from the intermediate cloud storage by providing a requisite secret to the intermediate cloud storage. The requisite secret may be provided to the registration system by the user device (e.g., via a matrix barcode, such as a QR code).
US12267429B2
A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for issuing a vehicle title that guards against title washing by utilizing blockchain technology. The method includes determining a Global Asset Registry Ledger (GRL) entry for the vehicle title and obtaining a Predictive Validation Index (PVI) value based on the GRL entry. The title registration process is performed using the PVI value, which involves instantiating, deploying, and executing a plurality of smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network. These smart contracts are deployed by digitally signing with a cryptographic private key and are executed to commit the transaction based on proof of attestation policies, resulting in the issuance of the vehicle title. The system further facilitates verifying the authenticity of the title and determining the owner of the vehicle through blockchain queries.
US12267415B2
Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for cryptographic key migration. A tenant host may determine a first Key Management Service (KMS) indicated as storing a cryptographic key associated with the tenant host from a new KMS mapping. The tenant host may send a request for the cryptographic key associated with the tenant host to the first KMS. The tenant host may receive an indication from the first KMS that the first KMS does not store the cryptographic key. The tenant host may determine a second KMS indicated as storing the cryptographic key associated with the tenant host from an original KMS mapping. The tenant host may receive the cryptographic key associated with the tenant host from the second KMS. The tenant host may send a request to the second KMS that the cryptographic key associated with the tenant host be replicated from the second KMS to the first KMS.
US12267414B2
There is provided a method of permitting one or more features on a computer program. The computer program executing on a hardware with a hardware identifier. The method comprises, at the authentication server, receiving an authentication key indicating authorised features of the computer program, generating a server key based on the hardware identifier and a feature list, and comparing the authentication key with the server key. The method further comprises, at the authentication client, receiving a feature request comprising one or more features to be permitted on the computer program, generating a feature verification message based on the one or more features, and transmitting the feature verification message to the authentication server. The method further comprises, at the authentication server, receiving the feature verification message, verifying that the one or more features are within the feature list, generating a response key if the one more or more features are within the feature list and the authentication key matches the server key, and transmitting the response key to the authentication client. The method further comprises, at the authentication client, receiving the response key, and permitting the one or more features on the computer program.
US12267413B2
An integrated circuit module functioning for information security includes: a secure circuit unit, which has passed a security evaluation as a cryptographic module and stores therein at least one digital key for providing a digital key service; and a controller unit set which is in communication with the secure circuit unit and includes a fast service unit and a trusted zone unit. The trusted zone unit and the secure circuit unit respectively use a first channel establishment key and a second channel establishment key dependent on each other to establish a secure signal channel. The secure circuit unit transmits a specific data to the fast service unit via the security signal channel to perform a fast service.
US12267404B2
A network appliance is configured to provide inline traffic inspection for all flow through the device, to selectively intercept based on traffic content or policy, and to modify intercepted traffic content, all without connection termination and re-origination. Content modification may involve substitution of traffic content with smaller or larger content, in which case the device provides appropriate sequence number translations for acknowledgements to the endpoints. This streaming rewrite may occur on a byte-at-a-time basis, while keeping the session alive and without a need to proxy it. The appliance enables transmitted TCP data to be modified inline and then reliably delivered without the overhead of forwarding packets through a full-blown TCP stack. Rather, the approach relies upon an initiator entity's TCP stack for congestion control, as well as the receiving entity's re-transmission behavior to determine how the device manages packets internally.
US12267402B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for compressing metadata in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system. A metadata compression service operating on a computing device detects one or more global properties in entity metadata of each tenant in a plurality of tenants. The metadata compression service partitions the plurality of tenants into one or more groups and identifies common properties in each group. The metadata compression service compiles the one or more global properties in a global-level list and the one or more common properties for each group in a group-level list. The metadata compression service obtains one or more tenant-specific properties in the entity metadata of each tenant in the plurality of tenants and defines a data structure of an entity object for the tenant using the global-level list, the group-level list for the group that contains the tenant, and the one or more tenant-specific properties.
US12267398B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for injecting content into a webpage at or local to a network access gateway. For example, in an embodiment, a network access gateway is provided for accessing the internet. A user logs onto the internet through the network access gateway and request a webpage. The gateway requests the webpage from the webpage provider. Before the gateway delivers the webpage to the user, the gateway, or a content injection engine local to the gateway, injects content, such as, for example, advertisements or other useful information, into the webpage and then sends the altered webpage to the user.
US12267396B2
Systems and methods for periodically modifying data privacy elements are provided. The systems and methods may identify a set of data privacy elements. A data privacy element can characterizes a feature of a computing device and can be detectable by a network host. A first artificial profile can be generated by modifying a first data privacy element based on an artificial profile model that defines a relationship associated with one or more constraints between the set of data privacy elements. Subsequent to generating the first artificial profile, a second artificial profile can be generated by periodically modifying a second data privacy element in accordance with the relationship defined by the artificial profile model. The computer device can be masked from being identified by the network host by sending the second artificial profile including the second data privacy element to a requested network location.
US12267389B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to dynamically control devices based on distributed data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a comparator to compare a first measurement measured by a first peer device to a second measurement, the second measurement being measured locally by the apparatus; and an operation adjuster to, when the comparison satisfies a threshold, adjust a measurement protocol of the first peer device.
US12267369B2
Cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and scoring uses distributed, cloud or edge-based pools of computing services to provide sufficient scalability for analysis of IT/OT networks using only publicly available characterizations. An in-memory associative array manages a queue of configuration and vulnerability search tasks through at least one public-facing proxy network which uses configurable search nodes to approach the target network with search tools in a desired manner to control certain aspects of the search in order to obtain the desired results, especially when target network behavior adjusts based on counterparty characteristics. A data packet modifier reveals IP addresses of threat actors behind port scans and subsequently block the threat actors.
US12267367B2
A network intrusion system for a protected network includes a ruleset module configured to receive metadata for rules. The metadata describes, for each of the rules, a set of associated network vulnerabilities. The ruleset module is configured to access vulnerability information describing a set of cumulative vulnerabilities that each is present in at least one network device within the protected network. The network intrusion system includes a rule management module configured to, for each rule of the plurality of rules: identify the set of associated network vulnerabilities described by the metadata for the rule, determine whether there is a match between any of the set of associated network vulnerabilities and the set of cumulative vulnerabilities, and, in response to determining that there is no match, transmit a first command signal to a network security module. The first command signal instructs the network security module to disable the rule.
US12267361B2
A method of determining an adversarial attack playbook includes receiving, from an adversarial actor, an electronic communication intended for a target user. The method includes engaging in a deep dialog with the adversarial actor by deploying a synthetic persona dynamically during the electronic communication. The deep dialog includes multiple rounds of communication exchanges. The method includes determining a length and type of the deep dialog to obtain attributes related to the adversarial actor. The method includes identifying a conversational pattern from the deep dialog. The conversational pattern comprises dialog interaction elements utilized by the adversarial actor. The method includes dynamically producing, based on the conversational pattern, the playbook associated with the adversarial actor. The playbook is indicative of a dialog interaction strategy implemented by the adversarial actor. The method includes providing the playbook to a social engineering attack (SEA) system in order to detect, avoid and/or mitigate future attacks.
US12267360B2
Systems and methods are described for Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) pattern-based high-risk browsing and anomaly detection. In an example, a user device can compare URLs in a browser's history to URL patterns in a provided list to identify matches. The user device can calculate a browsing risk score based on the percentage of entries in the browsing history that match each URL pattern and a risk score associated with the URL pattern. Security policies can be enforced at the user device if the browsing risk score exceeds a threshold. The user device can also detect potentially dangerous anomalous browsing behavior. The user device can calculate a deviance score based on variations between recent browsing history and historical browsing behavior at the user device. Security policies can be enforced at the user device if the deviance score exceeds a threshold.
US12267351B2
Systems and methods for dynamically updating firewall rules for a vehicle network are disclosed herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor having a cyber health engine module. The cyber health engine module includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive health status information from one or more nodes of the vehicle network, calculate a risk factor for the one or more nodes of the vehicle network based on the health status information, and in response to determining that the risk factor for the one or more nodes of the vehicle network indicates increased risk, update the firewall rules to address the increased risk.
US12267348B2
A network traffic correlation engine monitors inbound and/or outbound connection information received from on each host computer system on a network. Each host device on the network store data logs corresponding to information corresponding to communications sent by the device and received by the device. The network traffic correlation engine correlates connections between different hosts throughout the network. If the network traffic correlation engine identified unmatched outbound and inbound connections, the network traffic correlation engine generates an alert to initiate further investigation and may also provide a mapping of the communications showing a possible start device for the connection and/or a type of access that the connections may now be providing.
US12267347B2
A system and method to identify and prevent cybersecurity attacks on modern, highly-interconnected networks, to identify attacks before data loss occurs, using a combination of human level, device level, system level, and organizational level monitoring.
US12267346B2
A server of a distributed cloud computing network receives, over a tunnel established between a customer-premises equipment and the compute server, traffic from an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device that is connected to the CPE. The server enforces an egress traffic policy to determine whether the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination. If the traffic is not permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server drops the traffic. If the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server transmits the traffic to the destination.
US12267330B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for continuously renewing credentials in application development and testing environments that include application products from third-party vendors. A notification indicating that an existing credential associated with a developer account of a third-party application will expire is received via a webhook. A credential renewal request for a new set of credentials for the developer account is sent using a request method specified for the third-party application and the new set of credentials for the developer account are received within the expiration period via the webhook.
US12267322B2
A method for authenticating a user for performing a transaction comprises receiving unique knowledge of the user such as photoauthentication, and receiving a hardware profile associated with the user. The unique knowledge and the hardware profile are compared against previously stored data representing unique knowledge of the user and a hardware profile associated with the user. If both the received data representing the unique knowledge of the user and the received hardware profile are authenticated, the transaction is allowed to go forward.
US12267317B2
Web browser control by configuring a web browser to send to a second computer server, in response to a request by a user of the web browser to access a resource at a first computer server, an authentication token and the request to access the resource, where the second computer server is configured to determine whether the authentication token is valid, and if the authentication token is valid, whether the request to access the resource is authorized, and send to the first computer server, if the request to access the resource is authorized, the request to access the resource, and where the request sent by the second computer server is sent via an intermediary configured to block attempts to access the first computer server that are received from a sender network address that is not a predefined valid network address of the second computer server.
US12267313B2
This disclosure is directed to synchronizing or matching users using a timing network application to modify electronic timing data in a computing network. An exemplary method comprises providing a timing network application utilizable by users registered with a computing network, wherein the timing network application is used to modify first electronic timing data. At least a first portion of the first electronic timing data comprises a first open time, wherein the first open time is presented in a first visual state. The exemplary method further comprises receiving a request to close the first open time in the first electronic timing data, and, in response to the request, closing the first open time in the first electronic timing data, wherein the first closed time is presented in a second visual state. The exemplary method further comprises transmitting a notification, associated with the first closed time, to at least one user.
US12267310B2
A system disclosed herein may receive, from an application associated with a client identification, a request to perform a cryptographic operation with a specified application key, identify a gateway associated with the client identification, identify a respective characteristic of each self-encrypting key management service of a plurality of self-encrypting key management services that correspond to the gateway, identify a self-encrypting key management service with a characteristic satisfying a threshold criterion, and send the request to the identified self-encrypting key management service.
US12267306B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for device independent secure messaging. The systems and methods generate an encrypted message by encrypting message content, designated for a specified recipient, with an encryption key. The systems and methods select a set of recipient keys, associated with the specified recipient, from a plurality of member keys. For each recipient key, the systems and methods encrypt the encryption key to generate a set of encrypted keys and transmit the encrypted message and an encrypted key of the set of encrypted keys to one or more client devices associated with the specified recipient. The systems and methods then receive an acknowledgement indicating a termination status of the encrypted message.
US12267288B2
A computing system may determine audio data representing a message that is to be provided to a first user, wherein the first user is associated with at least a first device and a second device. First data corresponding to an audio characteristic of a first physical environment in which the first device is located and second data corresponding to the audio characteristic of a second physical environment in which the second device is located may be determined, wherein the second physical environment is different than the first physical environment and the second data is different than the first data. The computing system may determine, based at least in part on the first data and the second data, that the second physical environment is better suited for outputting audio corresponding to the message than the first physical environment, and may send the audio data to the second device via a network to cause the second device to output the audio based at least in part on the second physical environment being better suited for outputting the audio than the first physical environment.
US12267287B2
The subject technology retrieves, by a client device from a storage device, first image data captured by the client device at a previous time. The subject technology receiving first metadata corresponding to a selected image processing operation. The subject technology generates second image data based on the first metadata and the image processing operation performed on the first image data. The subject technology generates second metadata comprising information related to the image processing operation, the second metadata including a first identifier associated with the first image data, and second identifier associated with the second image data. The subject technology generates a message comprising the second metadata, the second image data, and the first image data.
US12267281B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more symbols, associated with downlink communication of a first radio access technology (RAT), that are Impacted by antenna switching used to transmit an uplink reference signal of a second RAT. The UE may perform a mitigation action to mitigate downlink performance degradation associated with the first RAT based at least in part on identifying the one or more symbols. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12267279B2
This disclosure describes implementations of a modified ARQ/HARQ procedure that deviates from normal wait-and-stop ARQ/HARQ procedure. In particular, a series of messages to be transmitted may be organized in a predetermined number of message groups. By using various control parameters, the different groups of messages may be independently transmitted without having to wait for acknowledgement of another group of messages. In addition, within each of the message groups, the receiving device is allowed to store and hold acknowledgement of messages until a later time specified through control messages. A control message may trigger transmission of stored acknowledgement for one or more message groups identified. Multiple pending acknowledgements of multiple groups of messages may be triggered and subsequently transmitted in a single acknowledgement message. The pending acknowledgements may include acknowledgements for successful receipt of both initially transmitted message and retransmitted message.
US12267255B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying criteria pertaining to at least one resource in a network, wherein the criteria include first criteria that specifies at least one service that is eligible to access the at least one resource as part of a restoration path, and based on the identifying, distributing the criteria to a node of the network that manages the access to the at least one resource by services provisioned by the network, the services including the at least one service. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12267253B2
Techniques discussed herein include providing a cloud computing environment in which applications are deployed by a deployment orchestrator using virtual-machine-based virtualization with a static pool of computing nodes (e.g., substrate nodes, overlay nodes) and container-based virtualization with a dynamic pool of computing nodes (e.g., nodes managed by a container orchestration platform). Components of a data plane may be used to deploy containers to micro-virtual machines. A container runtime interface (CRI) may receive a deployment request from the deployment orchestrator. A container networking interface of the data plane may configure network connections and allocate an IP address for the container. A container runtime of the data pane may generate and configure the container with the IP address and run the container within a micro-virtual machine that is compatible with the container orchestration platform.
US12267249B1
A circuit and corresponding method employ directional link (DL) credit pools. The circuit comprises the DL credit pools and transmit (TX) port logic. The DL credit pools are associated with neighboring node (NBN) TX ports of a NBN on a chip. The NBN is coupled to a node on the chip via the circuit. The node includes the circuit. The TX port logic admits a received packet to the circuit based on routing information in the received packet and produces a TX packet by updating the routing information, in the received packet admitted, to indicate a NBN TX port of the NBN TX ports. The TX port logic transmits the TX packet produced to the NBN based on a DL credit pool of the DL credit pools that is associated with the NBN TX port indicated. Use of the DL credit pool mitigates head-of-line blocking under bursty traffic conditions.
US12267246B2
Bandwidth-dependent selection of a packet routing node (e.g., user plane function (UPF) for 5G, packet data network gateway user plane function (PGW-U) for 4G) includes determining, for each of a plurality of packet routing nodes, a bandwidth capacity to an access network (e.g., a radio access node); receiving a request for a data traffic session; determining whether the data traffic session comprises a bandwidth priority; identifying a subset of the plurality of packet routing nodes having a higher bandwidth capacity than others of the plurality (e.g., the packet routing node having the highest capacity, or the top percentage); based on at least determining that the data traffic session comprises a bandwidth priority data traffic session, selecting a packet routing node for the data traffic session from the subset; and establishing the data traffic session through the selected packet routing node.
US12267244B2
In general, the invention relates to a method for programming a network device to perform routing of data packets between and/or within networks. More specifically, the method provides a more efficient process for updating the forwarding equivalence class (FEC) table with minimal impacting of the mappings in the forward information base (FIB) of the network device.
US12267243B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for reducing network latency. A first network device establishes a plurality of connections with a second network device. After that, determining non-congesting latency of each of the plurality of connections. Assigning a weighting to each of the plurality of connections. Decreasing the weighting of a connection when the performance of the connection deteriorated according to a first criteria. The first network device may perform weight decreasing again after a time interval. Last, sending data packets through the plurality of connections according to the weightings.
US12267239B2
In one embodiment, a cloud connection appliance features a processor and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium comprises management control logic, that when executed by the processor, controls registration with a controller adapted to control data traffic between gateway instance and to establish a communication path including a reverse tunnel with the controller. The controller and cloud connection appliance operate in a client-server relationship with the cloud connection appliance operates as a client when establishing the communication path and operates as a server when receiving control information through the reverse tunnel. The reverse tunnel enables the cloud connection appliance to directly receive the control information from the controller despite the cloud connection application lacking a publicly routable Internet Protocol (IP) address.
US12267238B2
Techniques for group-based classification and policy enforcement at a network fabric edge for traffic that is being sent to external network destinations are disclosed herein. The techniques may include receiving, at a control plane of a network and from an edge node of the network, a request to provide mapping data associated with sending a packet to a destination. Based at least in part on an address prefix value associated with the destination, the control plane may determine that the destination is located in an external network. Additionally, a group identifier that is associated with the destination may be determined. In this way, an indication of the group identifier may be sent to the edge node such that the edge node may determine, based at least in part on the group identifier, a policy decision for routing the packet to the external network.
US12267230B2
An identifier can indicate whether local protection is allowed is added to a packet. In a process in which a packet that carries a protection flag is transmitted along a primary path, if a node along the path determines that the primary path is faulty, but the protection flag indicates that local switching to a protection path is not allowed, the node along the path does not perform local protection, so that the packet is not switched by the node along the path to the protection path. This prevents the packet from passing through a protection path with the node along the path as an ingress when the primary path is faulty, helps traffic on the primary path to be switched to an end-to-end protection path in time, and helps a packet sending side to switch the traffic on the primary path to the end-to-end protection path in time.
US12267225B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service function chaining in wireless networks. A communications system may include a communication control function to select one or multiple communication service functions associated with establishing service function chaining (SFC) services for telecommunications; a service orchestration and chaining function (SOCF) to establish the SFC services; and a service orchestration exposure function (SOEF) to expose the SFC services to an application function (AF) of the system.
US12267222B2
A circuit and corresponding method perform timestamp filtering. The circuit comprises input format-conversion logic that converts a received timestamp from an original timestamp format to an intermediate timestamp format. The circuit further comprises recursive filter logic coupled to the input format-conversion logic. The recursive filter logic generates a filtered timestamp in the intermediate timestamp format by filtering the received timestamp in the intermediate timestamp format. The circuit further comprises output format-conversion logic coupled to the recursive filter logic. The output format-conversion logic converts the filtered timestamp from the intermediate timestamp format to the original timestamp format and outputs the filtered timestamp in the original timestamp format. Converting the received timestamp into a different format avoids use of complex logic to handle rollover of input values, thereby reducing area and power consumption of the circuit.
US12267221B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses provide for collecting end-to-end (e2e) one way latency measurements and solutions for performance data streaming. The e2e performance measurements and performance data streaming (real-time performance measurements) may be used for performance assurance of 5G networks including network slicing.
US12267220B2
Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for detection and monitoring of available uptime which measures both how accessible a computer system is and how well it is functioning. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes determining a number of health check ping responses to a health check ping that are received from a computer system during an allotted timeframe, determining a number of non-error responses measured by the computer system during the allotted timeframe, aggregating the number of health check ping responses and the number of non-error responses to determine a number of partially to fully functioning periods associated with the computer system over a larger time interval, and outputting a system health metric based upon overall functionality of the system over the larger time interval.
US12267213B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first information indicative of one or more historical operating characteristics of a network; obtaining second information indicative of one or more current operating characteristics of the network; comparing, via a first computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the first information to the second information to make a prediction of a potential future network event, resulting in a predicted future network event; classifying, via a second computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the predicted future network event into one of a plurality of classes of network events; and responsive to the classifying, facilitating, via a third computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, an action to at least partially avoid an occurrence of the predicted future network event. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12267207B2
A system and a method to dynamically reprovision network devices may include a first network device configured to reprovision a second network device in accordance with a specific location of the second network device in a predefined area. The first network device may be configured to sense the second device at the specific location in the predefined area, identify reprovisioning parameters associated with the specific location, and provide the reprovisioning parameters to the second network device. In turn, the second network device may be configured to perform one or more roles associated with the specific location in the predefined area based at least in part upon information in the reprovisioning parameters.
US12267206B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques for adjusting a network connection of an accessory. In some examples, the computing device can determine that the accessory is not connected to a network (e.g., the same network to which the computing device is connected). The network may utilize a first connection type. Using a second type of connection, the computing device may determine an appropriate network for connection with the accessory. The computing device may then transmit instructions to the accessory, using the second type of connection, to adjust its network connection to be connected to the determined network. The determined network may use the first connection type.
US12267203B2
A first address resolution request may be received by a first access switch from a first device and the address resolution request may be resolved by the first access switch with a central database of a network. Then a second address resolution request may be sent to a sensor by the first access switch in response to resolving the first address resolution request. An address resolution response may then be sent by the sensor to the first device in response to the sensor determining that the first device is a bad endpoint. A session may then be established between the sensor and the first device in response to the sensor sending the address resolution response. The first device may then be prompted by the sensor via the established session to resolve issues that lead the sensor to determine that the first device is a bad endpoint.
US12267201B1
There is provided a method and a circuit for estimating symbol timing in one or more received data frames of a nominal constant envelope signal. The circuit may include an envelope detector and a symbol timing estimator. The envelope detector may be configured to generate an envelope detection output for the received data frames, the envelope detection output having an amplitude ripple associated with the symbol timing in the received data frames. The symbol timing estimator may be configured to receive the envelope detection output and generate a symbol timing estimation output based on the amplitude ripple.
US12267200B2
Techniques for receiving a PUSCH and a PUCCH transmitted by a high speed transmitter are provided including calculating a phase difference of OFDM symbols of the PUCCH from: OFDM symbols of a first and second DM-RS, OFDM symbols of the second and third DM-RS, and OFDM symbols of the first and third DM-RS. Correlating the OFDM symbols across all the DM-RS. Determining a doppler shift which is reported to Layer 2. Compensating channel estimates and data symbols with the doppler shift. Performing a first level of phase correction on the PUSCH by correcting the phase on output samples of an IDFT from the doppler shift received from Layer 2. Measuring a phase deviation on the output of the first level of phase correction, and accumulating the measured phase deviation and the received doppler shift. Reporting the accumulated phase correction to Layer 2, and performing a second level of phase correction.
US12267193B2
Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device and a division number determination method that improves the frequency diversity effect while maintaining channel estimation accuracy regardless of the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. A determination unit determines the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. Here, the determination unit increases the number of divisions in the frequency domain of the transmission signal from the wireless communication terminal device as the number of pilot blocks included in the transmission signal increases. In addition, a scheduling unit schedules allocation to the frequency resources of the divided transmission signal according to the number of divisions determined by the determination unit.
US12267186B2
Disclosed is a method comprising generating a preamble matrix comprising a plurality of entries, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of entries indicate random-access preambles; obtaining a sequence encoded with the preamble matrix; and transmitting the sequence to one or more user devices.
US12267183B2
A method and slave devices are disclosed in which an address assignment to slave devices takes place with the aid of a collision detection. The slave device receives an initialization signal, transmits an identifier over a bus in response to the initialization signal, checks whether a collision occurs on the bus when transmitting the identifier, and if a collision occurs, places the slave device into an inactive state, and if no collision occurs, receives an address for the slave device after the transmission of the identifier.
US12267182B2
A receiver circuit includes a feedback loop including a device. The receiver circuit also includes a register and a sequencer. The sequencer is configured to, responsive to an error signal being below a threshold value, cause the register to store a value indicative of the state of the feedback loop. The sequencer is also configured to cause the feedback loop to transition to a lower power state, and, responsive to a detected wake-up event, cause the previously stored value indicative of the state of the feedback loop to be loaded from the register into the device and enable the feedback loop.
US12267170B2
A method for performing wireless communication by a first device is provided. The method may include: receiving, from one or more second devices, one or more physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs); receiving, from the one or more second devices, one or more physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) related to the one or more PSCCHs; and performing one or more hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process related to the one or more PSSCHs with the one or more second devices.
US12267167B2
The present application discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling group, the first signaling group being used to indicate a first signature sequence group and a second signature sequence group; transmits a first signature sequence in a first time interval; and transmits a second characteristic sequence in a second time interval; whether the first signature sequence belongs to the first signature sequence group or the second signature sequence group is used for selecting the second signature sequence; any signature sequence in the first signature sequence group is associated with a shared channel resource unit in a first period. The present application avoids the situation where the first node persistently selects random access preambles without being associated with a shared channel resource unit, thus ensuring that the requirement on access delay for UE is satisfied.
US12267164B2
Provided are a wireless data communication method and device, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: performing an interleaving operation on first elements in a first data set and second elements in a second data set, wherein the interleaving operation includes: arranging the first elements and the second elements such that there is exchange of data between at least a part of the first elements and at least a part of the second elements, the first data set belongs to a first frequency band, the second data set belongs to a second frequency band, and there is at least one second frequency band.
US12267159B2
There are provided a channel coding method, a processing device, a communication method and a device. The channel coding method includes: using a generating matrix or a check matrix of QC-LDPC codes to channel-encode or channel-decode a code stream, wherein a code rate of the generating matrix or the check matrix is 1/6, 1/4 or 1/3. The method can be used in a transmission environment with a low signal-noise ratio and a long distance.
US12267155B2
A method includes determining, based at least in part on parameters of a software defined radio (SDR), waveform data descriptive of an electromagnetic waveform. The method also includes obtaining sensor data distinct from the waveform data. The method further includes generating feature data based on the sensor data and the waveform data and providing the feature data as input to a first machine learning model and initiating a response action based on an output of the first machine learning model.
US12267153B2
A network station scheduling a frame to be transmitted by a transmitter of the network station at a transmit time. The transmit time is based on a first clock. A request is then issued to a direct memory access (DMA) circuit to retrieve the frame from a system memory. An advance time offset associated with the first clock is determined based on an estimated DMA latency of the DMA circuit. A frame retrieved by the DMA circuit is provided to a staging circuit. When a time of a second clock reaches the transmit time of the frame in the staging circuit, the frame is transmitted at the transmit time. In an example, a time of the first clock is ahead of a time of the second clock by the advance time offset.
US12267146B2
A satellite system operates at altitudes between 100 and 350 km relying on vehicles including a self-sustaining ion engine to counteract atmospheric drag to maintain near-constant orbit dynamics. The system operates at altitudes that are substantially lower than traditional satellites, reducing size, weight and cost of the vehicles and their constituent subsystems such as optical imagers, radars, and radio links. The system can include a large number of lower cost, mass, and altitude vehicles, enabling revisit times substantially shorter than previous satellite systems. The vehicles spend their orbit at low altitude, high atmospheric density conditions that have heretofore been virtually impossible to consider for stable orbits. Short revisit times at low altitudes enable near-real time imaging at high resolution and low cost. At such altitudes, the system has no impact on space junk issues of traditional LEO orbits, and is self-cleaning in that space junk or disabled craft will de-orbit.
US12267145B2
A highly sensitive RADAR system comprising a plurality of ground stations, where each ground station includes a plurality of ground-based directional antennae, each ground-based directional antenna having a beam width associated with a particular area of the sky above the ground station and, for each ground-based directional antenna, a least one software defined radio is coupled to the directional antenna in such a manner as to enable the ground-based directional antenna to transmit radio frequency signals generated by the software defined radio at one or more frequencies and to provide to the software defined radio frequency signals received by the ground-based directional antenna at one or more frequencies; and where each of a plurality of the ground stations is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal into a specific defined area of space in such a manner that the various transmitted radio signals will arrive in the defined area of space at substantially the same time; and wherein, each of the plurality of ground stations are further configured to detect reflected radio signals from an object within the defined area of space; and wherein the system further includes a processor for processing any reflected signals received by is the plurality of ground stations to identify the presence of objects within the defined space.
US12267136B2
The apparatus may be a first UE. The first UE may determine a first set of candidate BPLs associated with a first SL and a second set of candidate BPLs associated with a second SL. The first UE may further determine a configuration for FD beam training based on the determined first set of candidate BPLs and the determined second set of candidate BPLs, the FD beam training configuration may include multiple instances for which the first UE transmits and receives RS at a same time. The apparatus may also select, based on the determined FD beam training configuration, a first BPL in the first set of candidate BPLs for the first SL and a second BPL in the second set of candidate BPLs for the second SL. The first UE may establish FD communication with the second UE based on the selected first BPL and the selected second BPL.
US12267127B2
Termination circuits for backscatter communication in an integrated wake-up receiver tag device. A reflective termination circuit includes a first branch having an open load and a shorted load with first branch offset reflection coefficients and with a connection to an antenna. A second branch has a capacitive load and an inductive load with second branch offset reflection coefficients and with a connection to an antenna. A MIMO termination circuit includes plurality of transmission lines each providing a unique delay that is offset compared to other ones of the plurality of transmission lines. Switched connections to a corresponding array of antennas introduce a delay between a received and backscattered signal at each antenna in the array of antennas.
US12267121B2
During operation, an electronic device may perform measurements associated with an environment. Then, the electronic device may create a model that represents the environment, where the model specifies a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) geometric layout of the environment and/or estimated parameters associated with radio-frequency properties of at least a portion of the environment. Moreover, the electronic device may design a wireless network for use in the environment, where the designing includes determining radio-frequency characteristics in a band of frequencies associated with the wireless network based at least in part on the model, and the wireless network is predicted to achieve one or more target communication-performance metrics. Next, the electronic device may provide the design information associated with the design that specifies the wireless network, where the design information includes one or more wireless-network components and one or more locations of the wireless-network components in the environment.
US12267115B2
The present disclosure provides a method for determining a target initial phase, including: acquiring a voltage amplitude of a system direct-current offset signal of a phased array system corresponding to N target channels to be calibrated; respectively acquiring voltage amplitudes of a total direct-current offset signal under different initial phases; and calculating voltage amplitudes of a mixed direct-current offset signal of the N target channels under the different initial phases, and taking an initial phase of the N target channels, when the voltage amplitude of the mixed direct-current offset signal reaches the maximum value, as a target initial phase of the N target channels. The present disclosure further provides a phase calibration method, an apparatus for determining an initial phase, and an antenna system.
US12267112B2
A communication apparatus, a communication system, a communication method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of reducing differences among receiving characteristics of a plurality of quadrature amplitude-modulated signals and optimizing the capacity of transmission signals are provided. A communication apparatus (1) according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting unit (2) capable of transmitting a plurality of types of quadrature amplitude-modulated signals, and an addition unit (3) that adds error correction codes to the quadrature amplitude-modulated signals. Further, the communication apparatus (1) includes a control unit (4) that changes the number of bits of the error correction code according to the type of the quadrature amplitude-modulated signal.
US12267103B2
This invention relates to an electromagnetic field receiver controller including a first and second optical transmitter, a transmission medium and an optical receiver. The first optical transmitter is configured to transmit a probe signal to the optical receiver via the transmission medium at a probe frequency and the second transmitter is configured to transmit a coupling signal via the transmission medium at a coupling frequency, wherein the probe frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium from a ground state to a first excited state and the coupling frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium to a predetermined excited state so as to induce an Electromagnetic Induced Transparency (EIT) effect in the electromagnetic field receiver such that an incident electromagnetic field at the transmission medium causes a detectable change in power of the probe signal at the optical receiver.
US12267102B2
Systems and methods include receiving a list of prioritized optical restoration paths for each of a plurality of failures in a multi-layer network, wherein each list of prioritized optical restoration paths for a corresponding failure of the plurality of failures is determined based on modeling impact of the given failure on a higher layer, relative to an optical layer; and, responsive to a failure of the plurality of failures, utilizing a corresponding list of prioritized optical restoration paths for the failure to restore services in the optical layer. The modeling impact can include determining new routes and link utilization in the higher layer, prioritizing links in the higher layer, and utilizing the prioritized links to determine the list of prioritized optical restoration paths, for the given failure. The higher layer can be an Internet Protocol (IP) layer.
US12267087B2
There is provided a method for generating a burst error correction code. The method comprises: setting a mother code; defining a syndrome set corresponding to each burst error pattern for at least two burst error patterns to be corrected based on the mother code; shortening a column of a PCM (parity check matrix) of the mother code so that the defined syndrome sets are relatively prime; and designing an error correction code for the each burst error pattern based on an optimal generator polynomial maximizing a length of the shortened code within a range of a length of a parity bit of the mother code or a syndrome vector included in the syndrome set that is relatively prime.
US12267085B2
Methods and devices for processing a signal. The methods include supplying to a first modulator a first RF signal and a first optical signal, wherein the first modulator is configured to output a first output signal; generating a first intensity signal that is based on the first output signal, wherein the first intensity signal is further based on a first biasing parameter; and providing a first intensity signal to a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to create a first digital signal processable by a signal processing unit.
US12267078B2
A device includes a local oscillator, an all-digital phase-locked loop, a digital signal generator, sampling circuitry, and an interface. The local oscillator generates a local clock signal. The all-digital phase locked loop generates a sampling control signal. The ADPLL includes a phase-error detector, a digital filter and a sigma-delta modulator. The phase detector generates a phase error signal based on a loop clock signal and a received reference signal. The digital filter generates a signal indicative of a frequency ratio between a frequency of the reference clock signal and the local clock frequency based on the phase error signal. The sigma-delta modulator generates a modulated signal based on the signal indicative of the frequency ratio. The sampling control signal is based on the modulated signal. The sampling circuitry samples digital signals generated by the digital signal generator at a sampling frequency, which is a function of the sampling control signal.
US12267076B2
The present disclosure discloses a clock and data recovery circuit. A sampling circuit performs burst mode over-sampling on an input analog data signal according to a sampling timing in a burst mode to generate over-sampling results. A selection circuit determines neighboring two of the over-sampling results having opposite logic states in the burst mode to select data edge sampling results and data center sampling results interlaced with each other and having the same time period with input analog data signal from the over-sampling results accordingly to be output sampling results. A phase detection circuit performs phase detection according to the output sampling result to generate a phase locking direction. A phase adjusting circuit adjusts the sampling timing of the sampling circuit according to the phase locking direction to track the input analog data signal.
US12267069B1
A resilient majority driver accepts triple-redundant input signals and provides a robust output signal unaffected by static errors on one of the input signals or by single-event transients caused by radiation within the driver. Data, clock, and asynchronous input signals to DICE (Dual Interlocked storage CEll) flip-flops in a register are driven by resilient majority drivers to construct an input-protected DICE register. Static errors are corrected using triple-redundant inputs and majority voting, while single-event strikes are largely corrected by the DICE architecture within each flip-flop and by the resilient majority drivers. Remaining errors in the input-protected DICE registers, such as those caused by single-event transients occurring during clock transitions, are corrected by error-correction encoders and decoders, whose output transients are suppressed by glitch filters. A resulting single-event effect tolerant register is more compact than a triple-redundant DICE register and requires no continuous external clock to correct errors.
US12267062B2
There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The piezoelectric plate and the IDT are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary shear acoustic mode in the diaphragm. The interleaved fingers comprise a first layer proximate the diaphragm, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer, wherein adjacent layers are different materials.
US12267053B2
Speed enhancement of data reading is achieved while suppressing an influence of an offset voltage of a differential amplifier. The differential amplifier includes: a current source that is connected to a first power supply in which a suppliable current is a first current; an active element pair that is connected to the current source, and amplifies a signal input to an input terminal pair to output an output signal pair; a load element pair that is connected to a second power supply different in power supply voltage from the first power supply, the load element pair serving for outputting the output signal pair to an output terminal pair; and a capacitance element pair that is inserted between an external input terminal pair and the input terminal pair; a switching element pair that charges the capacitance element pair to generate a voltage, which is obtained by converting an offset voltage of the input terminal pair into an input voltage, in the capacitance element pair by short-circuiting corresponding terminals between the output terminal pair and the input terminal pair; and a current control circuit that controls a current suppliable by the current source to a second current larger than the first current at a time of performing the charge.
US12267031B2
A superconducting rotating machine, including: a stator that has a tubular stator iron core and stator windings wound around the stator iron core and generates a rotating magnetic field; a superconducting rotor having: a superconducting squirrel-cage winding that is held rotatably with the rotating magnetic field of the stator on an inner peripheral side and has one or more rotor bars and end rings each made of a superconducting material; and a rotor iron core that has a plurality of slots to accommodate the rotor bars; a pulse voltage output unit that outputs a pulse voltage to shift the superconducting squirrel-cage winding to a magnetic flux flow state; a drive voltage output unit that applies a drive voltage to the stator windings to rotationally drive the superconducting rotor, wherein the pulse voltage output from the pulse voltage output unit is superimposed on the drive voltage.
US12267027B2
This application relates to simulation equipment, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for simulating a line running state of magnetic levitation. The apparatus includes a levitation-guidance mechanism, a moving mechanism and a magnetic guideway fluctuation simulated mechanism. The levitation-guidance mechanism is configured to detect a force on a single Dewar of a maglev train to be simulated. The moving mechanism is configured to move the levitation-guidance mechanism. The magnetic guideway fluctuation simulated mechanism is arranged below the levitation-guidance mechanism, and is configured to apply a variable force to the levitation-guidance mechanism. The variable force is configured to simulate a constantly-variable electromagnetic force applied to the levitation-guidance mechanism by a real track.
US12267020B2
An isolated DC-DC converter is provided. The isolated DC-DC converter includes a full-bridge switching stage, a resonant network, a transformer, an output stage, an isolated charge sensor and a switch controller. The full-bridge switching stage has at least four active switches. The resonant network has a plurality of inductors and plurality of capacitors. The transformer is connected to the resonant network. The output stage is connected to the transformer and is configured to generate an output voltage or current. The isolated charge sensor is connected to the resonant network to generate a resonant inductor current charge signal. The switch controller generates and provides control signals to the at least four active switches based on at least the resonant inductor current charge signal and the output voltage or current.
US12267013B2
A power converter circuit is disclosed. In one aspect, the power converter circuit includes a first top buck converter circuit coupled in parallel to a second top buck converter circuit at a first connection node and at a second connection node, and a bottom buck converter circuit coupled in series to each of the first and second top buck converter circuits at the second connection node, a power input terminal coupled to the first and second top buck converter circuits, and a power output terminal coupled to the bottom buck converter circuit and to the first connection node.
US12267005B2
A voltage converter (110, 210) having a first bidirectional voltage line (112, 212), a second bidirectional voltage line (114, 214), a power storage element (L1) arranged between the first bidirectional voltage line and the second bidirectional voltage line, a switch element electronically coupled to the power storage element, a controller (141) for controlling the switch, and the controller configured and arranged to adjust a current flow between the first voltage line and the second voltage line such that a voltage level on the second bidirectional voltage line is substantially maintained at a target DC voltage.
US12267004B2
PFC converters. One example is a method of operating a power converter, the method comprising: charging a first-phase inductance of a first boost converter, and then discharging the first-phase inductance, the charging and discharging defines a first switching period of the first boost converter; asserting, during the first switching period, a sync-two signal based on a duration of a prior switching period of the first boost converter and an offset value; asserting, during the first switching period, a valley-two signal when current through a second-phase inductance of a second boost converter reaches a predetermined valley current; responsive to the assertion of the sync-two signal and the valley-two signal, charging the second-phase inductance, and then discharging the second-phase inductance; and responsive to relative timing of the assertion of the sync-two signal and assertion of the valley-two signal, modifying the offset value.
US12266999B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of digital feedback based adaptive delay time control for a high efficiency active rectifier. According to the present invention, provided is an apparatus for digital feedback based adaptive delay time control, which adaptively compensates a driving delay of a switch by controlling a time of a delay circuit through a digital feedback-based compensation technique, and operate the switch at an appropriate timing in spite of changes in operation environments such as an input voltage and a load to increase the efficiency of an AC-DC rectifier.
US12266986B2
A brushless motor is an inner rotor type brushless motor. The brushless motor includes a plurality of phase coils of multiple phases arranged around a rotation axis, and a plurality of terminals configured to connect the plurality of phase coils of multiple phases to a switching circuit. The plurality of terminals are located inside a circumscribed circle of the plurality of phase coils of multiple phases.
US12266983B2
The present invention involves in the technical field of resolver transformers, specifically in a motor-integrated resolver transformer simulation device and the simulation method thereof. The present invention obtains the current sinusoidal and cosinusoidal signals of a motor module through a resolver transformer module provided therein, and compare them with the excitation signals inputted by a motor controller, so as to determine whether the resolving circuit of the motor controller is faulty, and, by improving the brush device of the motor module, the service life of the motor module is increased and the testing cost is reduced.
US12266970B2
A pump includes an electric motor with a rotor rotatably supported about an axis of rotation and circumferentially surrounding a stator. The stator includes a stator core and coils wound on the stator core. The windings are defined by a winding wire including winding wire end sections that are electrically contacted with a printed circuit board by a crimp connection.
US12266969B2
A solution to the challenge of maintaining uninterrupted power supply to the load while charging batteries simultaneously from a power source such as renewable energy. This is achieved by arranging batteries in a series-pack configuration connected to the load and allowing parallel charging of a subset of batteries within the series-pack. The incorporation of interchangeability using low frequency switching ensures a seamless and uninterrupted flow of electrical energy.
US12266964B2
A charging/discharging apparatus, a method for charging a battery and a charging/discharging system, the charging-and-discharging apparatus including a bidirectional AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, and a control unit, where the first DC/DC converter is a bidirectional DC/DC converter; and where the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current sent by a BMS of a battery, control the bidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter according to the first charging current to charge the battery through an AC power; receive a first discharging current sent by the BMS and discharging a power of the battery according to the first discharging current; and receiving a second charging current sent by the BMS and control the bidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter according to the second charging current to charge the battery through the AC power.
US12266953B1
A dual chemistry battery system is disclosed that preserves the voltage of the primary battery in a vehicle while connected in parallel to a secondary battery. The system utilizes batteries with different chemistry and voltage output characteristics to maintain at least the necessary charge in the primary battery for starting the vehicle. Preferred embodiments utilize a lithium-ion Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) to preserve the charge of the vehicle's primary lead acid battery.
US12266946B2
An antenna device includes: an array antenna having antenna elements; phase shifters to adjust a phase of a power transmission signal supplied to each antenna element in a first axis direction; a camera to obtain an image through a fisheye lens; a memory; and a processor to execute converting a first position of a marker in the image, into a second position in polar coordinates on a first plane including the first and second axes; obtaining, from the second position, an elevation angle of the first position projected onto a second plane including the first and third axes, with respect to the third axis; storing in the memory, sets of phase data corresponding to elevation angles, representing phases adjusted to be aligned upon power transmission to a power receiver, for controlling the phase shifters to make a beam radiated by the array antenna directed at the elevation angle.
US12266944B2
A power supply assembly is disclosed comprising a power supply unit adapted to provide power to a user's device in accordance with power requirements of the user's device, a power connection control unit and an AC controllable switch, configured to connect and disconnect AC power source from the power supply unit in response to respective control provided by the power connection control unit, wherein the power connection control unit and the AC controllable switch are configured to maintain one of two states without consuming electrical power, wherein the two states of the power connection control unit are set state adapted to switch on the AC controllable switch and unset state adapted to switch off the AC controllable switch and wherein when the power supply assembly is in its unset state it is completely disconnected from the AC power source.
US12266932B1
A method may include receiving equipment parameters of the PV power plant including PV parameters of one or more PV arrays and inverter parameters of one or more inverters, and generating a prediction of the output of the PV power plant by generating a prediction of an output of the one or more PV arrays based on the PV parameters and environmental factors including solar irradiance and weather, selecting a first inverter response curve from a first set of inverter response curves and a second inverter response curve from a second set of inverter response curves, and generating, using the first inverter response curve, the second inverter response curve, the one or more of the environmental factors, and the prediction of the output of the one or more PV arrays, a prediction of the output of the one or more inverters.
US12266931B2
A calculation device 20 is linked with an electric power system 1 and optimizes energy utilization efficiency of a grid S1 including a power storage device 15. The calculation device 20 determines the range of a final charge state of a prediction target section of the power storage device 15 on the basis of power demand prediction for the next and following sections, and assesses, through the optimization calculation for the prediction target section, whether or not the final charge state of the section falls within the range.
US12266927B2
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is provided in circuits which use of a tunneling field effect transistor (TFET) or an impact ionization MOSFET (IMOS). These circuits are supported in silicon on insulator (SOI) and bulk substrate configurations to function as protection diodes, supply clamps, failsafe circuits and cutter cells. Implementations with parasitic bipolar devices provide additional parallel discharge paths.
US12266926B2
The present invention discloses an electrical discharge circuit having stable discharging mechanism is provided. A voltage division circuit generates a detection signal based on a voltage input terminal such that a first inverter outputs an inverted detection signal. First PMOS and NMOS circuits are coupled in series between a voltage input terminal and a ground terminal through a first terminal. Second PMOS and NMOS circuits are coupled in series between the voltage input terminal and the ground terminal through a second terminal. A first and a second PMOS control terminals are coupled to the second terminal and the first terminal respectively. A first and a second NMOS control terminals receive the inverted detection signal and the detection signal respectively. A second inverter receives an inverted boost detection signal from the second terminal and outputs a boost detection signal. AN ESD transistor is turned off due to the boost detection signal to discharge the voltage input terminal.
US12266921B2
In an installation including a stored energy source and an electric motor which can be fed by an inverter, and a method for operating an installation, the stored energy source forms an electrical series circuit with a first fuse and further fuse(s). A controllable contact, e.g., a switch, a contactor, etc., is connected in parallel to the further fuse, or a respective controllable contact, e.g., a switch, a contactor, etc., is connected in parallel to each of the further fuses. The series circuit feeds the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter, and a device for detecting the voltage applied to the series circuit is connected to control electronics which generate a control signal for the contact or control signals for the controllable contacts. For example, the respective contact is opened when the voltage falls below a respective voltage threshold.
US12266914B2
A method for processing an interphase short circuit is provided, including: when a two-phase or three-phase interphase short circuit occurs in a line, maintaining a fault phase of the line to be conducted and tripping off the remaining fault phases, and artificially grounding another fault phase connected to the fault phase or directly utilizing an existing grounding point; connecting a neutral point or a charged phase of a three-phase ineffectively grounded power supply system other than the fault phase to the ground, so as to form a closed loop with the fault phase and generate a current, and detecting a current duration by a controlled switch. When a certain controlled switch reaches a trigger condition and cuts off the line, a fault is cleared.
US12266913B2
An abnormal current protection device includes an overcurrent protector and a controller, and the overcurrent protector includes a short-circuit detection unit and an overcurrent detection unit. The short-circuit detection unit is configured to detect whether there is a short-circuit event within a period of debounce time of a protection cycle. The overcurrent detection unit is configured to detect whether there is an overcurrent event after the period of debounce time within the protection cycle. The controller is configured to disable a converter when the short-circuit event is detected, and disable a power stage when the overcurrent event is detected.
US12266905B2
A pulsed laser diode array driver includes an inductor having a first terminal configured to receive a source voltage, a source capacitor coupled between the first terminal of the inductor and ground, a bypass capacitor connected between a second terminal of the inductor and ground, a bypass switch connected between the second terminal of the inductor and ground, a laser diode array with one or more rows of laser diodes, and one or more laser diode switches, each being connected between a respective row node of the laser diode array and ground. The laser diode switches and the bypass switch are configured to control a current flow through the inductor to produce respective high-current pulses through each row of the laser diode array, each of the high-current pulses corresponding to a peak current of a resonant waveform developed at that row of the laser diode array.
US12266901B2
The invention relates to a laser device comprising a laser source (1), which is configured to emit pulsed laser radiation (2) with a spectrum in the form of a frequency comb having a plurality of equidistant spectral lines, an optical modulator (3), which is configured to shift the frequency of the laser radiation (2), and a control unit (10), which is configured to control the modulator (3) by means of a control signal (6). It is the object of the present invention to demonstrate an improved way, compared to the prior art, of generating an optical frequency comb that is stabilized in terms of the CEO frequency, in which the CE phase is also adjustable. To this end, the invention proposes that the laser radiation (2) emitted by the laser source (1) is stabilized in terms of the carrier-envelope frequency. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of generating an optical frequency comb.
US12266899B2
A fiber applied to an optical amplifier, where the fiber includes a rare earth-doped core and a cladding. The core includes a gain equalization unit. The core is configured to separately amplify optical signals of all wavelengths in a received multiplexing wave. The gain equalization unit is configured to equalize gains of the optical signals of all the wavelengths, such that gains of optical signals that are of all the wavelengths and that are transmitted from an egress port of the fiber all fall within a preset range. The gain of the optical signal of each wavelength in the optical signals of all the wavelengths is determined based on a ratio of power of an amplified optical signal to power of the unamplified optical signal.
US12266897B2
A terminal to be connected to a front end part of a wire in an extending direction is provided with a terminal body for sandwiching the wire, and a slide member slidable with respect to the terminal body along the extending direction of the wire. The terminal body is formed by a worked metal plate material and includes a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire. The sandwiching portion includes a first holding protrusion formed by folding the metal plate material on a side edge intersecting the extending direction of the wire, projecting toward the wire and configured to contact the wire and a second holding protrusion formed to be located forward of the first holding protrusion in the extending direction of the wire by folding the metal plate material on a side edge along the extending direction of the wire, projecting toward the wire and configured to contact the wire.
US12266892B2
An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector is suited to connectorizing exactly two conductors. The connector includes a forward connector body, a rear connector body, a metal frame and exactly two electrical contacts. The rear connector body interfaces with the forward connector body. Further, the metal frame, which includes a shielding interface, surrounds at least a portion of both the forward and rear connector bodies. The electrical contacts extend from the rear connector body into the forward connector body. A first of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a first conductor of a shielded cable and the second of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a second conductor of the shielded cable. The shield interface of the metal frame is electrically coupled to the shield of the shielded cable.
US12266887B2
The sealing element of the waterproof connector has a shape in which a family seal portion that waterproofs the peripheries of electric wires which are sandwiched between an inner housing and an outer housing 40, and which are not illustrated, and a seal ring portion that performs waterproofing between the seal ring portion and a mating housing are integrated. The standing board portions of the inner housing penetrate the long openings of the sealing element, and the portion to be caught of the outer housing is caught by catch protrusion portions that are formed in upper portions of the standing board portions and each have a hook shape, whereby the inner housing and the outer housing are assembled in a state in which the family seal portion of the sealing element is sandwiched between the inner housing and the outer housing. The mating housing comes into contact with the third waterproof portion of the sealing element, which acts as the seal ring portion.
