US12271206B1
A method is disclosed that includes the step of: responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein transitioning comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode.
US12271200B1
An artificial intelligence system is enabled for an autonomous vehicle to calculate a plurality of trajectory paths. The system is enabled to identify and recognize objects. The autonomous vehicle is enabled using a convolutional neural network to determine various paths associated with the autonomous vehicle and also of other moveable objects in the environment. The autonomous vehicle is further enabled to use a cloud based server or edge computing device to pre calculate environments including predictions of environments. Upon an threshold of paths available an aggressive driving move may be authorized to proceed by the autonomous vehicle. The system is enabled to identify and recognize objects using a plurality of sensors including vision-based sensors, image sensors, video sensors, camera sensors, LIDAR, and sensor fusion. Data from various sensors may be combined and fused together to provide enhanced input to the autonomous vehicle.
US12271198B2
Various systems and methods for providing autonomous driving within a restricted area are discussed. In an examples, an autonomous vehicle control system can include an interface for receiving data from multiple sensors for detecting an environment about the vehicle, a security processor coupled to the configured to receive sensor information from the sensor interface, and autonomous driving system including one or more virtual machines configured to selectively receive information from the security processor based on a security request from infrastructure of the restricted area.
US12271187B2
A method of monitoring a propulsion system of a vehicle includes determining a health indicator from a diagnostic signal based on electrical outputs from a resolver connected to an electric motor of the propulsion system, the diagnostic signal related to a resolver offset and/or a resolver wobble, calculating a reference value based on values of the health indicator determined during a first time period, and monitoring the health indicator over a second time period, where the monitoring includes continuously or periodically calculating a trend value of the health indicator over a plurality of cycles. The method also includes comparing each trend value to the reference value and estimating a difference between the trend value and the reference value for each cycle, predicting whether a fault will occur based on the difference, and based on the predicting indicating that a fault will occur, outputting a fault indication.
US12271183B2
A controller is a controller forming, with another controller, a redundant controller. The controller includes a communication function unit that performs communication with an external device capable of executing control calculation needed for process control for a plant, and a redundancy management unit that switches states of the controller between an active state where a result of the control calculation obtained from the external device via the communication function unit is reflected in the process control and a standby state where the result of the control calculation is not reflected in the process control. The redundancy management unit switches the states of the controller to bring one of the controller and the another controller into the active state.
US12271181B2
A cloud-based edge-as-as-service (EaaS) system allows edge gateways to be easily configured and deployed on the cloud for collection, contextualization, and egress of industrial data to downstream applications, including analytic applications, work order management systems, or visualization systems. The EaaS system uses predefined device profiles to automatically discover relevant data items on plant floor devices and present these data items to a user. Model configuration interfaces served by the EaaS system allow the user to map selected data items to predefined models for organizing or contextualizing the selected data, and for egressing the contextualized data to the target applications. These model configurations can be deployed on the cloud platform as edge gateways that use the resulting information models to collect and contextualize relevant items of device data during runtime and to export the modeled data to the target application.
US12271180B2
A system may include a control system for controlling one or more operations of one or more industrial devices in an industrial system. The control system may receive streaming data comprising one or more visualizations representative of one or more live operational parameters associated with one or more industrial devices. The streaming data may include multiple image frames. The control system may also identify multiple datasets associated with the streaming data and generate multiple machine-readable images based on the multiple datasets. In addition, the control system may embed the multiple machine-readable images within the multiple image frames of the streaming data to generate updated streaming data and send the updated streaming data to a computing system that may extract the multiple machine-readable images from the updated streaming data.
US12271171B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for asset health assessment and fleet management. An example method may include classifying a first power system asset into a first sub-system and a second sub-system. The example method may also include measuring, by a processor of a protection relay and from a first power system asset, electrical, thermal, and/or mechanical data associated with the first power system asset. The example method may also include identifying a first fault feature for the first sub-system, wherein the first fault feature is influenced by load oscillations in the first power system asset. The example method may also include comparing the first fault feature to a second fault feature of a third sub-system in a second power system asset, wherein the second fault feature is the same as the first fault feature, and wherein the second fault feature is not associated with load oscillations. The example method may also include adjusting a threshold value based on the comparison of the first fault feature to the second fault feature of the third sub-system. The example method may also include calculating, by the processor and for a first sub-system of the first power system asset, a first value based on the electrical, thermal, and/or mechanical data. The example method may also include calculating, by the processor, based on the first value, and using recent measurement data, a second value associated with the first sub-system. The example method may also include calculating, by the processor and using historical average data, a third value associated with the first sub-system. The example method may also include determining, by the processor and based on the second value and the third value, a fourth value associated with the first power system asset. The example method may also include determining, by the processor, that the fourth value is greater than a threshold value. The example method may also include generating, by the processor, a warning based on the determination that the fourth value is greater than the threshold value.
US12271165B2
To provide enhanced search capabilities in a process control system, a knowledge repository is generated that includes both contextual data and time series data. The contextual data organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the knowledge repository. The contextual data categorizes process parameters so that users can search for a particular process parameter category. Users can tag previous searches to execute them once again at a later time. Users can also execute queries for predicted or future states of process plant entities, batch queries regarding batch processes, soft sensor analytics and monitoring applications, parameter lifecycle applications, perturbation applications, step testing applications, or batch provisioning and scheduling applications using the knowledge repository.
US12271163B2
A system includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving building information model (BIM) data associated with a building comprising one or more building assets, identifying one or more BIM objects within the BIM, identifying one or more object relationships between the one or more BIM object, applying a semantic description to each of the one or more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships, and generating a hierarchy structure for the building based on the one of more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships. The one or more BIM objects are associated with the one or more building assets and the hierarchy structure includes the semantic description of each of the one or more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships.
US12271162B2
A system and method of simulating and optimizing industrial and other processes includes a computer that performs multivariate analysis of input variables and output variables to generate a data model of the operation of the process. For industrial applications, the input variables include process variables and the output variables include result variables from the operation of the industrial process. The data model determines contributions to changes in the output or result variables by the respective input or process variables and is provided to a predictive algorithm to identify parameter values for input or process variables expected to have a most significant impact on the output or result variables during performance of the process. The outputs of the predictive algorithm are parameter values that are provided as input or process variables to the industrial process for simulation or performance optimization or product recommendations/optimizations.
US12271158B1
An example system may include a controller having a processor and memory, wherein the processor is configured to: receive output data from at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors; analyze the output data to determine an operation of the device corresponding to the output data; generate an operation output data based on the operation of the device; and provide the operation output data to the device to cause the device to execute the operation.
US12271156B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a hybrid smartwatch that incorporates digital technology with an analog timepiece in a wristwatch form factor. A digital display layer of a non-emissive material is configured to present notices, data, content and other information. An analog display layer includes one or more hands of the timepiece, and overlies the digital display layer. The hands may be controlled by a processor through micro-stepper motors or other actuators. Physical motion of the hands is simultaneously coupled with arrangement of content or other elements on the display layer, which results in numerous types of hybrid visualizations. This includes temporal presentations using hourly, daily, monthly or other time scales. Shape-shifting of the watch hands between 2D and 1D arrangements can linearly focus on certain information. And various content-aware layouts can highlight, bracket, occlude or otherwise emphasize or deemphasize displayed information.
US12271150B2
A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, a crystalline material A, and a crystalline material B, wherein the binder resin contains a resin M in an amount of 70 mass % or more relative to the binder resin, the crystalline material A has a melting point of 50.0° C. to 100.0° C., and when, the difference between the SP value of the resin M and material A is designated as ΔSPAM, the difference between the SP value of the resin M and crystalline material B is designated as ΔSPBM, the difference between the SP value of the crystalline material A and crystalline material B is designated as ΔSPAB, the peak molecular weight of the crystalline material A and crystalline material B is designated as MpA and MpB each, the formulae (1) to (3) are satisfied: 50≤MpB×ΔSPBM2−MpA×ΔSPAM2≤450 (1) MpA×ΔSPAM2≤800 (2) ΔSPAB≤0.26 (3).
US12271145B2
An image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge and developing cartridge. The drum cartridge may include a photosensitive drum rotatable about a first axis extending in an axial direction. The developing cartridge may include a developing roller rotatable about a second axis extending in the axial direction. The image forming apparatus may include a main casing including a slot extending in the axial direction. The image forming apparatus may include a first inner surface positioned inside of the slot, and a second inner surface positioned inside of the slot farther from the cover in the axial direction than the first inner surface from the cover in the axial direction. The first and second inner surfaces may be configured to press the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum.
US12271143B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing apparatus configured to fix onto a sheet-shaped recording medium a toner image formed on a surface of the recording medium, the fixing apparatus is detachable from an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus, and the fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member configured to fix the toner image onto the recording medium; a case that houses the fixing member; a cable whose first end is connected to the fixing member; and a connector that is connected to a second end on a side opposite to the first end of the cable, and the connector is fixed to an outer wall surface of the case that faces in a direction opposite to an attaching direction in which the fixing apparatus is attached to the apparatus main body.
US12271142B2
A developing cartridge includes: a housing accommodating developing agent; a developing roller including a developing-roller shaft extending in a first direction; an electrode made of an electrically conductive resin; and a first collar made of an electrically non-conductive resin. The electrode is positioned at one end portion of the housing in the first direction. The electrode is electrically connected to the developing-roller shaft. The first collar covers one end portion of the developing-roller shaft in the first direction. The first collar includes: a first arm extending in the first direction; and a first pawl configured to engage with the electrode. The first pawl protrudes from the first arm in a direction away from the developing-roller shaft. The first pawl is movable between: a first position at which the first pawl is in engagement with the electrode; and a second position at which the first pawl is separated from the electrode.
US12271136B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer bearing member, a discharge unit, a stacking tray including a stacking surface on which the recording material is stacked, a replenishment port, a cover capable of moving between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and constitutes at least part of the stacking surface and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, and an information display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container.
US12271132B2
Whether a first heating region is actually a passing heating region or a non-passing heating region which a recording material does not pass through, is detected by the temperature detected by a temperature detecting portion, based on a difference between a detected temperature by a temperature detecting portion in a reference heating region, which is specified to a heating region including a conveyance reference position of the recording material, and a detected temperature in a first heating region which does not include the conveyance reference position and is specified to a passing heating region which the recording material passing through. In a case where it is determined that the first heating region is the non-passing heating region, a prevention control, to prevent overheat of the first heating region is performed in the heating processing of the recording material that passes the nip portion after the determination.
US12271120B2
A toner refill cartridge includes a housing having an opening; a toner storage portion arranged inside the housing and to store a toner; a toner discharge portion at an end of the toner storage portion and to discharge the toner; a pump including a variable volume member capable of retracting and expanding, the pump to provide pressure, through a volume change of the variable volume member, for discharging the toner; a driving force input portion rotatable by a driving force received from outside; and a driving force transmission portion to receive a rotational force of the driving force input portion, convert the rotational force into driving force for changing a volume of the variable volume member, and transmit the driving force to the pump.
US12271108B2
An apparatus including: a first gripping member having a first magnetic element and moveable between a first position and a second position; a first biasing member configured to bias the first gripping member toward the first position; and a second magnetic element selectively operable in a first mode, in which the second magnetic element interacts with the first magnetic element to overcome the first biasing member and move the first gripping member to the second position, and a second mode, in which the second magnetic element does not overcome the first biasing member such that the first gripping member rests in the first position.
US12271102B2
It consists of a frame (1) for fixing the camera body (2), from whose sides emerge two forks (5) that end in respective articulations (6) for a bridge (7-7′) with an inverted “U” configuration, so that the imaginary axis that joins the two joints coincides with the focal plane or sensor of the camera (2). The articulations (6) include means for regulating the inclination of the bridge (7-7′), as well as guiding means (9) for axial displacement of the lateral arms (7′) of the bridge, while the beam (7) has longitudinal guiding means (11) for a carriage (12) that is associated below a rotary base (14), whose axis of rotation coincides with the focal plane or sensor of the chamber (2). The rotary base (14) has guide means for a support (17) on which the lens (18) is fixed.
US12271099B2
A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array on a base member; and a lens that includes at least one lens part disposed above the base member and including a first surface that faces the plurality of light-emitting elements, the first surface including a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first light-emitting element having a center that faces a lens center of the lens in a top view, and a second light-emitting element having a center offset from the lens center of the lens in the top view. A red component of light emitted from the second light-emitting element is greater than a red component of light emitted from the first light-emitting element.
US12271098B1
A device includes a housing, a camera at least partially disposed within the housing, one or more microphones at least partially disposed within the housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a switch. The switch has a lever that is transitionable between a displaced position and a non-displaced position. A privacy cover couple to the housing and includes a rib disposed on an interior surface of the privacy cover. The privacy cover is transitionable between a first position in which the camera is obstructed and the rib is engaged with the lever to transition the lever to the displaced position, and a second position in which the camera is unobstructed and the rib is disengaged with the lever such that the lever is permitted to transition to the non-displaced position.
US12271094B2
An optical modulators is disclosed. The optical modulator includes a substrate, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a signal electrode formed on the optical waveguide via a first buffer layer and applying a modulation signal to the optical waveguide, and a bias electrode formed on the optical waveguide via a second buffer layer and applying a DC bias to the optical waveguide, the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer are formed in such a way that either one of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer covers an end surface of the other one of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer at a boundary part of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer. Accordingly, an optical modulator with high reliability can be provided.
US12271088B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a first metal layer on the insulating substrate, a first insulating layer on the insulating substrate and the first metal layer, a semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer, a second metal layer on the second insulating layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The first metal layer overlaps the second metal layer. A third metal layer contacts a top surface of the second metal layer and a top surface of the first metal layer.
US12271087B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided by the present disclosure. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealing structure. The sealing structure includes an inner retaining wall, an outer retaining wall, and a frame adhesive. The inner retaining wall is located in a frame area and surrounds a display area. The outer retaining wall surrounds the inner retaining wall and is disposed at intervals with the inner retaining wall. An accommodating space is provided between the outer retaining wall and the inner retaining wall. A bottom of the accommodating space is provided with a groove surrounding the inner retaining wall. The frame adhesive is located in the accommodating space.
US12271082B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. The first substrate includes a first base and a planarization layer disposed on a side of the first substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. A side of the planarization layer adjacent to the liquid crystal layer includes a textured structure, which includes at least one groove path. The first substrate further includes a bottom edge. An extending direction of the at least one groove path forms an included angle with the bottom edge, the included angle being greater than or equal to 45 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees. A liquid crystal material in the liquid crystal layer diffuses along the extending direction of the groove path through the groove path based on capillary phenomenon.
US12271079B2
A circuit board for a light-emitting diode assembly according to an embodiment includes a substrate layer, dimming zones formed on one surface of the substrate layer, each of the dimming zones comprising a predetermined number of LED landing pads, and a wiring bundle disposed between the dimming zones neighboring in a row direction to extend in a column direction, the wiring bundle including wirings connected to the LED landing pads at the same level.
US12271076B2
A display device includes a first display unit emitting a red light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device and a second display unit emitting a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. The first output spectrum has a main wave with a first peak. The second output spectrum has a main wave with a second peak and a sub wave with a sub peak. The second peak corresponds to a main wavelength, the sub peak corresponds to a sub wavelength, and the main wavelength is less than the sub wavelength. An intensity of the second peak is greater than an intensity of the sub peak, and an intensity of the first peak is greater than the intensity of the sub peak.
US12271075B2
The present application discloses a splicing panel. The present application is provided with a dimming layer on a light-emitting diode lamp plate, and then the dimming layer is provided with a plurality of first light shading parts arranged in an array. A visual effect of the light-emitting diode lamp plate on both sides in a first direction can be adjusted through the plurality of the first light shading parts, so as to improve a visual difference between display panels of the splicing panel and the light-emitting diode lamp plate on both sides in the first direction.
US12271073B2
A back cover and a processing method thereof, and an electronic device are disclosed, which relate to the field of electronic product technologies, so as to resolve a problem that air bubbles may be easily generated between a cover plate and an electrochromic film layer when the electrochromic film layer is laminated to the cover plate. The electronic device includes a back cover, and the back cover includes: a transparent cover plate, the electrochromic film layer, and a shielding part. The electrochromic film layer and the transparent cover plate are laminated. The shielding part is disposed between an edge part of the electrochromic film layer and the transparent cover plate, and a thickness of the shielding part is less than 4 microns.
US12271072B2
A ubiquitously mountable image display system includes a shape-reconfigurable display screen component to which is attached a plurality of circuit modules each having at least one light source. The shape-reconfigurable display screen component is formed of a material that accommodates flexing of the display screen component without creating a perceivable aberration in separation distance between two or more picture elements of an image that is rendered upon a viewing plane of the display screen component when light from the plurality of light sources is directed towards the viewing plane.
US12271066B2
An electroactive optical device that includes an optical substrate; a layer that includes an electroactive material capable of linearly polarizing electromagnetic radiation; at least two transparent electrodes, spaced one from the other, and each independently in contact with the layer containing the electroactive material; a source capable of applying an electric potential between the at least two electrodes; and a birefringent layer. Electromagnetic radiation transmitting through the device includes a first polarization state in the absence of an electrical potential between the at least two electrodes and the electromagnetic radiation transmitting through the device includes a second polarization state that is different from the first polarization state, in the presence of an electrical potential between the at least two electrodes. The electroactive optical device is operable to circularly polarize or elliptically polarize transmitted radiation.
US12271060B2
An ophthalmic lens incorporating an array of microlenses.
US12271058B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function, comprising the step of providing a starting optical system of the lens, having a basic optical function and the step of additively manufacturing an additional optical element of the lens, by deposition of multiple predetermined bulking components made of at least one material having a predetermined refractive index, directly onto the front surface and/or the rear surface of the starting optical system; wherein the additive manufacturing step comprises the step of determining a manufacturing guideline for the additional optical element on the basis of the characteristics of said at least one optical function to be provided to the lens, the characteristics of said at least one basic optical function, the geometric characteristics of the starting optical system, and the predetermined refractive index of the material.
US12271057B1
The present disclosure is directed to methods of tuning chromatic aberration of the eyes of a subject for the treatment of myopia. Refractive errors of an eye of the subject are assessed in the presence of one or more of red, blue, or green colored light, individually. A hybrid achromatic lens having a refractive portion and a diffractive portion is then designed, with the hybrid lens having a distribution of power varied between the refractive portion and diffractive portion. As such, the hybrid lens produces a state of chromatic aberration for the eyes of the subject capable of reducing or eliminating myopia advancement for the eyes of the subject.
US12271055B2
Eyewear including a voltage controller in the frame that generates dynamic analog control signals to control voltage regulators in the temple. The voltage regulators include a voltage rail for each electronic component in the temple. A separate analog control loop is coupled to each voltage regulator and receives the respective analog control signal. Each voltage regulator generates a rail voltage on the respective voltage rail that is controlled by the respective analog control signal. The analog control loop configures the respective voltage regulator as a voltage follower regulator such that the respective rail voltage follows a voltage of the analog control signal. A power source, such as a battery, is included in the temple and provides the operating power to each electronic component, and power is not communicated across a hinge to the temple electronic components.
US12271053B2
An image capturing optical system includes four lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The image capturing optical system further includes an aperture stop located between the second lens element and the third lens element.
US12271052B2
A lens barrel includes first and second rack members that movably support the first and second holding members in the optical axis direction, and first and second driving members that drive the first and second holding members. The first and second guide shafts that guide the movement of the first and second holding members and the first and second guide shafts that drive the third holding member in the first and second directions orthogonal to each other in the optical axis direction and orthogonal to each other. It has a two-coil unit and a correction unit including first and second urging members that urge the third holding member in the optical axis direction, and has a first rack member, a first drive member, a first guide shaft, and a correction unit. A predetermined arrangement is satisfied.
US12271049B2
A vehicular camera includes a PCB having an imager disposed thereat, a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a lens barrel support structure that protrudes from the PCB and at least partially circumscribes the imager. The lens barrel has an outer surface between the ends of the lens barrel. The outer surface of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the lens barrel support structure via adhesive. The outer surface of the lens barrel opposes the inner surface of the lens barrel support structure. With the adhesive in its uncured state and contacting the opposed surfaces, the imager is aligned with the lens accommodated at the lens barrel. With the imager aligned with the lens, the adhesive is cured to adhesively attach the lens barrel at the lens barrel support structure.
US12271047B2
A telecommunications chassis comprises a cable sealing portion defining at least one cable opening configured to sealably receive a cable and a module mounting portion extending from the cable sealing portion, which further comprises a housing defining an open front closable by a door to define an interior, a rear wall, a right wall, and a left wall. A plurality of module mounting locations is provided in a vertically stacked arrangement, each configured to receive a telecommunications module through the open front. An exterior of the housing includes a first column of radius limiters defining curved profiles for guiding cables from the front toward the rear with bend control. A second column of radius limiters in the form of spools is spaced apart and generally parallel to the first column of radius limiters and a third column of radius limiters, at least some of which are in the form of spools, is also spaced apart and generally parallel to the first and second columns of radius limiters. The rear wall defines an opening for accessing from the exterior of the housing rear ends of modules to be mounted in the housing for signal input, wherein the exterior also includes a plate at least partially overlapping the opening for protection of cables entering the opening.
US12271026B2
A resin composition for secondary coating of an optical fiber is a resin composition comprising: a photopolymerizable compound comprising a urethane (meth)acrylate having a number average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 40000 or less; and a photopolymerization initiator, the content of the urethane (meth)acrylate is 0.05 parts by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less based on the total amount of the resin composition of 100 parts by mass, and the urethane (meth)acrylate is a reaction product of a polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1800 or more and 4500 or less, a diisocyanate, and a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate.
US12271023B2
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a middle bezel, a backlight module, and a display device thereof. The method includes: providing a bezel body, a film layer, and a hot-melt adhesive; heating the hot-melt adhesive, coating a heated hot-melt adhesive on a side of the bezel body, and then covering the heated hot-melt adhesive with a film layer to obtain a film-covered bezel body; and curing the heated hot-melt adhesive in the film-covered bezel body to obtain the middle bezel.
US12271002B1
A head-mounted display a housing, two display modules, and a head support. The two display modules ae coupled to the housing. Each of the two display modules includes a display for outputting light that forms graphical content, a lens for refracting the light output by the display, and an eye illuminator. The eye illuminator includes a light-emitting diode, a flexible circuit to which the light-emitting diode is coupled, and a stiffener laminated to the flexible circuit with one or fewer layers of adhesive. The lens is removably coupled to the display indirectly by the stiffener. The head support is coupled to the housing for supporting the housing on a head of a user with the two display modules positioned to provide the graphical content to eyes of the user.
US12271001B2
An optical device may include a light turning element. The optical device can include a first surface that is parallel to a horizontal axis and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The optical device may include a light module that includes a plurality of light emitters. The light module can be configured to combine light for the plurality of emitters. The optical device can further include a light input surface that is between the first and the second surfaces and is disposed with respect to the light module to receive light emitted from the plurality of emitters. The optical device may include an end reflector that is disposed on a side opposite the light input surface. The second surface may be inclined such that a height of the light input surface is less than a height of the side opposite the light input surface. The light coupled into the light turning element may be reflected by the end reflector and/or reflected from the second surface towards the first surface.
US12270993B2
A vehicle information display apparatus using a part of a shield glass of a vehicle to display information on an inside of the vehicle includes: a video display apparatus provided inside the vehicle to project video light of the information; a transparent sheet provided on an inner surface of the display region set to the part of the shield glass; and a light direction converting panel to convert a direction of the video light from the video display apparatus toward the transparent sheet. The transparent sheet includes a phase difference plate, an absorption type polarizing plate to absorb a specific polarized wave, and a transparent sheet member having a light diffusion effect in order from the shield glass side toward the video display apparatus. The information by the video light whose direction is converted by the light direction converting panel is displayed to the inside of the vehicle.
US12270990B2
A microelectromechanical mirror device includes a fixed structure defining a cavity, a tiltable structure elastically suspended above the cavity and carrying a reflecting surface, and having a main extension in a horizontal plane. A first pair of driving arms carry respective piezoelectric material regions that are biased to cause a rotation of the tiltable structure around a first rotation axis parallel to a first horizontal axis of the horizontal plane, and elastically coupled to the tiltable structure. Elastic suspension elements that couple the tiltable structure to the fixed structure at the first rotation axis are stiff with respect to movements out of the horizontal plane and yielding with respect to torsion around the first rotation axis, and further extend between the tiltable structure and the fixed structure. The elastic suspension elements have an asymmetrical arrangement on opposite sides of the tiltable structure along the first rotation axis.
US12270988B2
An electromechanical actuator includes a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlying at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive layer disposed between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, where the electroactive layer has a first curvature when zero voltage is applied between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, and a second curvature when a non-zero voltage is applied between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode.
US12270983B2
A method of determination of a trajectory of a living tissue, in which subsequent frames representing images of living tissue are acquired with at least a first imaging device and at least a first segment of a trajectory of the living tissue is determined with a use of relative displacements of at least first subset of subsequent frames and recalculation thereof to coordinates corresponding to time of frame acquisition to form a vector Tm elements tm wherein element tm is at least one coordinate of living tissue, element tm of vector Tm is determined with a use of relative displacements pm,k of at least two preceding frames.
US12270969B2
A substrate which is coated on one of its faces with a stack of thin layers having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, including two metallic functional layers, in particular based on silver. Each of the metallic functional layers is disposed between two dielectric coatings. The dielectric coating Di2 situated between the two functional layers includes at least one absorbent layer which absorbs solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum. It has been found that for a stack for laminated glazing, some symmetry at the functional metal layers and the dielectric layers 1 and 3 is favorable.
US12270968B2
The invention is related to contact lenses that not only comprise the much desired water gradient structural configurations, but also have a minimized uptakes of polycationic antimicrobials and a long-lasting surface hydrophilicity and wettability even after going through a 30-days lens care regime. Because of the water gradient structural configuration and a relatively-thick, extremely-soft and water-rich hydrogel surface layer, a contact lens of the invention can provide superior wearing comfort. Further, a contact lens of the invention is compatible with multipurpose lens care solutions present in the market and can endure the harsh lens care handling conditions (e.g., digital rubbings, accidental inversion of contact lenses, etc.) encountered in a daily lens care regime. As such, they are suitable to be used as weekly- or monthly-disposable water gradient contact lenses.
US12270967B2
Field calibration of a pressure device involves collecting simultaneous pressure data or pressure and temperature data at two devices for multiple time points. Pressure differences between pairs of simultaneous data points of the collected pressure data are calculated. A model is fitted to the pressure differences and the temperatures and/or pressures, and model parameters are used to correct measurements from the second device. Alternatively, a pressure gradient is estimated for a region that encompasses the two devices for each time point. A distance is determined between the two devices. A pressure gradient difference is determined between the two devices for each time point. A pressure difference offset is obtained for one of the pairs of simultaneous data points for each time point. An average pressure difference offset is determined between the two devices and is used to correct measurements from one of the devices.
US12270965B2
In a method for intelligently executing predictive simulator, a processor may input a previous input vector of conditions for a predictive simulator collected at a first time into a machine-learning (ML) model. A processor may input a current input vector of conditions for the predictive simulator collected at a second time into the ML model. A processor may determine using the ML model, a binary similarity index. The binary similarity index represents a prediction of similarity between a first output from the predictive simulator based on the previous input and a second output from the predictive simulator based on the current input.
US12270959B2
In one embodiment, a surface has a laser-beam machined area including an array of micro-sized conical pillars that are arranged in orthogonal rows and columns across the surface and that extend upward, the conical pillars defining deep troughs between them that are configured to absorb electrons, electromagnetic radiation, or both, the conical pillars tapering from relatively wide bases to pointed tips, the conical pillars comprising outer surfaces that are covered with a plurality of nanoparticles.
US12270942B2
The present invention relates to a flexible sensor strip for a motor vehicle, in particular for a tailgate, a movable roof element or a convertible top of a motor vehicle, the flexible sensor strip including: a first continuous portion; a second portion, which is at least partially electrically connected to the first continuous portion, and comprises alternately arranged recesses and mounting portions; where the first continuous portion and the second portion are arranged at an angle to each other.
US12270938B2
Disclosed active reflector apparatus and methods that inhibit self-induced oscillation. One illustrative apparatus embodiment includes an amplifier and an adjustable phase shifter. The amplifier amplifies a receive signal to generate a transmit signal, the transmit signal causing interference with the receive signal. The adjustable phase shifter modifies the phase of the transmit signal relative to that of the receive signal to inhibit oscillation. A controller may periodically test a range of settings for the adjustable phase shifter to identify undesirable phase shifts prone to self-induced oscillation, and may maintain the phase shift setting at a value that inhibits oscillation.
US12270937B2
The present invention relates to radar systems and methods of using same that are more efficient than current radar systems and methods of using same. Such radar systems and methods of using same using employs a plurality of pluses is used to make a decision on the presence or absence of a target. Such radar system and method of using same is more efficient as the position and velocity of a potential target is carried over from pulse burst to pulse burst. Thus, the radar signal structure from the target is the same, which in turn results in a high cross correlation that can used to efficiently decide if signal return is from an actual target or is due to interference.
US12270934B2
A transceiver system of a pulse signal is provided with a transmission signal generator configured to generate a transmission signal, a transceiver configured to transmit a pulse signal corresponding to the transmission signal and receive an echo signal corresponding to the transmission signal from a detection range, a pulse compression filter configured to compress the echo signal received by the transceiver, and an echo-stretch filter configured to stretch the compressed echo signal with a group of weight elements being set larger for a center and being set smaller for edge sides in a depth direction.
US12270929B2
According to certain embodiments, a method by a network node for linear chirp detection includes obtaining a first number, N, of samples of a signal. The samples are divided into at least a first group and a second group, where the first group includes a second number, D, of the samples of the signal and the second group includes a third number, N−D, of the samples of the signal. A correlation is performed between the first group of samples and the second group of samples to generate a resultant group of samples of the signal. Within the resultant group of samples, a peak value is identified in the frequency domain Based on at least one property associated with the peak value, it is determined whether there is a linear chirp within the signal.
US12270927B2
Embodiments relate to a RF localization system that determines the position of a RF source of interest (RFSOI) relative to the RFLS. The RFLS includes man-portable nodes that communicate via a self-organizing WAN. Each node includes a communications device conductively coupled to antenna elements oriented in each nodal cardinal direction and battery each communicatively coupled to a control circuit(s). The control circuit is configured to: establish the WAN; capture RSSI values for each antenna element; determine the position of the RFSOI relative to the node; when not functioning as a primary node, transmit the determined position to a primary node or a computing device that's external to the WAN for processing; and when functioning as a primary node, determine the relative position of the RFSOI relative to the plurality of nodes using the received determined position. The primary node determines the position of the RFSOI relative to the nodes.
US12270923B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a positioning method, a device, a server, a storage medium, and a terminal, involving with the field of communication. Firstly, the positioned terminal receives the positioning request sent by the positioning server; then the positioned terminal is triggered to open the positioning module based on the positioning request, and obtains the current position information through the positioning module; the positioned terminal sends the current position information to the positioning terminal; and finally, after the completion of the sending of the current position information, the positioned terminal turns off the positioning module. Since the positioned terminal obtains the current position information through positioning module and sends the information to the positioning terminal only when it receives the positioning request sent by the positioning server and it turns off the positioning module after sending the current position information, the electric quantity consumed by the positioned terminal can be reduced. The save of the electric quantity of the positioning terminal leads to the improvement of the endurance time of the positioned terminal.
US12270922B2
A method for modifying a repeat interval of a locator beacon is described. The method includes transmitting repeatedly, by a beacon transmitter, a first advertising beacon signal through a first number of transmission repetitions spaced at a first repeat interval. The method further includes transmitting repeatedly, by the beacon transmitter, a second advertising beacon signal through a second number of transmission repetitions at a second repeat interval, wherein the second advertising beacon signal includes an identifier that provides identification of the beacon transmitter and user information. The method further includes receiving a modification instruction from a user device. The modification instruction is configured to modify the first repeat interval into a third repeat interval. The method also includes transmitting repeatedly, by a beacon transmitter, the first beacon signal through the first number of transmission repetitions spaced at the third repeat interval.
US12270908B2
A system in a vehicle includes a lidar system to transmit incident light and receive reflections from one or more objects as a point cloud of points. The system also includes processing circuitry to identify planar points and to identify edge points of the point cloud. Each set of planar points forms a linear pattern and each edge point is between two sets of planar points, and the processing circuitry identifies each point of the points of the point cloud as being within a virtual beam among a set of virtual beams. Each virtual beam of the set of virtual beams representing a horizontal band of the point cloud.
US12270902B2
An object detection apparatus includes a distance calculation unit (125), a position coordinate calculation unit (126), and a noise removal unit (127). The distance calculation unit (125) regards as a target reception signal, each of a plurality of reception signals received by each of a plurality of receivers, detects as a target peak, each of at least one of peaks corresponding to the target reception signals, and calculates as a calculated distance, a distance corresponding to the target peak. The position coordinate calculation unit (126) calculates a detection point indicating position coordinates indicating a position at which an object is estimated to be present, based on each combination of the calculated distance corresponding to each of the plurality of reception signals and each position of the plurality of receivers, and regards as a detection result point group, a set that consists of the calculated detection points. The noise removal unit (127) removes from the detection result point group, a detection point corresponding to noise, based on the position coordinates of each detection point included in the detection result point group.
US12270897B1
Disclosed is a time series InSAR tropospheric delay correction method for relieving atmospheric seasonal oscillation, so as to relieve the seasonal oscillation deviation caused by tropospheric delay. This method is based on the temporal and spatial characteristics of atmospheric delay. Firstly, based on the ERA-5 atmospheric grid data covering the study area, the ZTD negative exponential vertical profile function model is established. Fourier series function is introduced to establish the time series model for β and ZTDr, Finally, according to the radar incidence angle parameters, the delay is changed from zenith direction to radar line of sight direction.
US12270894B2
A system is provided and includes a receiver and an access module. The receiver is configured to receive a signal transmitted from a portable access device to a vehicle. The access module is configured to generate a differentiated signal based on the received signal, up-sample the differentiated signal to generate a first up-sampled signal, up-sample an expected signal to generate a second up-sampled signal, cross-correlate the first up-sampled signal and the second up-sampled signal to generate a cross-correlation signal, determine, based on the cross-correlation signal, a phase difference between the first up-sampled signal and the second up-sampled signal, determine a round trip time of the signal received by the receiver based on the phase difference, and permit access to the vehicle based on the round trip time.
US12270874B2
An insert for an EPR probehead is disclosed. The insert comprises a directional coupler and an amplifier. The directional coupler receives microwave power from a source at a first port and transfers a portion of the received microwave power to a second port for transmission to a sample space. The directional coupler is also arranged to receive a microwave signal from the sample space at the second port and to pass the majority of the received microwave signal to a third port. The amplifier has an input and an output; the input is arranged to receive the microwave signal from the third port of the directional coupler and to produce an amplified version of the received microwave signal at the output for transmission to a detector.
US12270865B2
A fuse monitoring assembly for monitoring one or more fuses within a fuse housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and defining a housing cavity; at least one sensor configured to measure fuse data associated with the one or more fuses, the fuse data including operational data of the fuse and environmental data in which the one or more fuses are located; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor to transmit the fuse data to a remote computing device. The remote computing device is configured to receive the fuse data; determine an estimated remaining fuse service life by analyzing the fuse data using a combination of a physics model and a machine-learning model; and generate a fuse message based on the analysis. The sensor and the processor are positioned within the housing cavity.
US12270856B2
A detection circuit configured to detect whether timing violations occur in a target circuit. The target circuit is operated according a clock signal. The detection circuit includes a signal generation circuit, a first delay adjustable circuit, a second delay adjustable circuit, and a signal detector. The signal generation circuit is configured to generate a test signal. The first and second delay adjustable circuit are respectively configured to delay the test signal and clock signal to generate a first delay signal and a second delay signal according to the operating speed of the target circuit. The signal detector is configured to generate an indicating signal according to the first delay signal, the second delay signal, the test signal, and the clock signal. The indicating signal is configured to indicate whether an operating voltage of the target circuit causes a hold time violation of timing violations to occur in the target circuit.
US12270841B2
An electricity meter includes: a plurality of first electrical metrology components including a first load busbar, a first line current transducer positioned around the first load busbar, a first DER busbar, and a first DER current transducer positioned around the first DER busbar; and a plurality of second electrical metrology components including a second load busbar, a second line current transducer positioned around the second load busbar, a second DER busbar, and a second DER current transducer positioned around the second DER busbar. The first electrical metrology components and the second electrical metrology components are arranged in the electricity meter so that the first electrical metrology components are positioned on a first side of the electricity meter and the second electrical metrology components are positioned on a second side of the electricity meter that is non-overlapping with the first side of the electricity meter.
US12270839B2
A power consumption evaluation device and a power consumption evaluation method are provided. The power consumption evaluation device includes a power converter, a counter, and a controller. The power converter includes a power switch. The power switch performs a switching operation according to a control signal, so that the power converter supplies power to a corresponding load among at least one load. The counter counts one of a positive pulse and a negative pulse of the control signal during a measurement period to obtain a count value. The controller generates an evaluation result of the corresponding load according to the count value.
US12270832B2
A device and a method for diagnosing a failure of an inverter initial charging circuit are provided. The device for diagnosing a failure of an initial charging circuit is advantageous as follows: it is possible to detect whether a relay of the initial charging circuit is malfunctioning or not by using a photocoupler connected in parallel with an initial charging resistor of the initial charging circuit, on the basis that, if a current flows through the initial charging resistor in a relay-on state, the photocoupler is turned on; and it is possible to prevent component failure or burnout from occurring due to a high current flowing through the initial charging resistor in the case of a relay failure.
US12270830B2
The present invention relates to a method for realizing the measuring slip of membrane probe, wherein: an elastomer layer is placed between the rigid acting surface of the membrane probe head and the membrane on which the probe is arranged; on the axial plane of the probe, the elastomer layer takes any axial line passing through the probe as a boundary line, and there is a difference between the thickness of one side and thickness of the other side, so that the probe can deflect during the test, resulting in the measuring slip to penetrate or push away the surface oxide of the tested chip and achieve more stable contact.
US12270823B2
There is provided an automated analysis device capable of transferring instruments to be used for an analysis process to a predetermined processing position efficiently and rapidly. In an automated analysis device of the invention, a transfer unit forming a transfer mechanism to transfer instruments to be used for analyte processing into an analyte processing space includes a holding portion to hold the instruments. The holding portion includes a first fitting attachment portion to be attachable to a first instrument in a fitted state, and a second fitting attachment portion to be attachable to a second instrument in a fitted state.
US12270818B2
A system and method for automatic closure of sample vessels such as vessels with medical laboratory samples, having a plurality of identically shaped, stackable closure caps with a convex outer face and concave inner face that are stacked in a closure cap stack such that an upper closure cap in the stack bears with its convex outer face on the concave inner face of a lower closure cap lying immediately below in the stack. The system includes a closure gripper for gripping an uppermost closure cap from the stack, for transferring the gripped closure cap to the sample vessel to be closed, and for introducing the gripped closure cap into an opening of the sample vessel in order to tightly close the opening. The closure gripper has a centering piece insertable into a closure cap such that it bears on the concave inner face of the closure cap.
US12270783B2
A carrier plate and a liquid sample are provided for the use of a single cell gel electrophoresis device for screening a subject for at least a DNA-damage, in particular a specific DNA-damage, in relation to a predisposition for and/or the presence of a disease. The liquid sample has cells of the subject. A single cell gel electrophoresis on the sample of the subject is performed by positioning the sample accommodated on the carrier plate in the generated homogenous electrical field and controlling strength and direction of the electrical field while the sample is positioned in the gel electrophoresis device. The DNA-damage is determined with a high reproducibility, with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 15% or less, in particular 10% or less, in particular 5% or less.
US12270780B2
A system for determining a level of hematocrit includes a test strip configured to receive a sample; a meter configured to receive the test strip; and further including circuitry and a microprocessor, the circuitry and microprocessor configured to apply electrical energy to the test strip and the sample and determine an electrical property of the sample, either the impedance phase angle or the impendence magnitude of the test strip and the sample and, based on the electrical property, calculate the level of hematocrit in the sample.
US12270773B2
An X-ray fluorescence analyzer is provided with an X-ray source for irradiating a sample with X-rays, a detector for detecting fluorescence X-rays emitted from the sample due to X-ray irradiation, and a steel sample chamber for accommodating the sample. At least a part of an inner surface of the sample chamber is coated with a layer made of aluminum derived from molten aluminum, or substantially an entire surface of the inner surface of the sample chamber is coated with the layer made of aluminum derived from molten aluminum.
US12270767B2
The invention relates to a method for optically testing containers, in which a container (10) is conveyed by means of a transport device (30), whereby an image of a side wall surface of the container (10) is generated by means of an inspection unit (40) comprising a camera unit (20) and an illumination unit (34). An inspection volume (24) is spanned by several correspondingly arranged inspection units (40), in which an image of the entire side wall surface (26) of the container (10) is generated in a transmitted light method, an incident light method and/or a dark-field method.
US12270766B2
An inspection support apparatus (10) includes: an acquisition unit (11) configured to acquire information about specifications of a three-dimensional sensor, information about a shape and a planned placement position of each member to be inspected, and information about a planned installation position of the three-dimensional sensor; a simulation unit (12) configured to: calculate a distance between the planned placement position of each member and the planned installation position of the three-dimensional sensor based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit (11); generate virtual point group data, a plurality of times for each calculated distance and for each member; and obtains a range of variations of variances in a predetermined direction based on the virtual point group data, and a determination unit (13) configured to determine whether or not each member can be distinguished at the planned placement position thereof based on the above-described range of variations.
US12270762B2
Provided is a Raman-active particle which is a Raman-active particle for surface-enhanced Raman analysis, the particle including: a spherical plasmonic metal core; a plasmonic metal shell having surface unevenness; and a self-assembled monolayer which is bonded to each of the core and the shell and positioned between the core and the shell, and includes a Raman reporter.
US12270761B2
[Problem to be Solved] Provided is a fluorescence measuring device that suppresses or eliminates fluctuations in a light source, problems of jitter associated with signal processing, and the influence of background light and performs highly sensitive and accurate quantification even when it is difficult to separate fluorescence from scattered light due to time difference or wavelength difference. [Solution] The fluorescence measuring device includes a continuous light source 2, an excitation light irradiation unit 3, an excitation light intensity detection unit 4, a photon counting type fluorescence detection unit 5, a rectangular wave modulation circuit 6 of the continuous light source, a timing circuit 7 that generates a rectangular wave pulse to be supplied to the rectangular wave modulation circuit and a gate pulse for signal processing, a gate counter circuit 8 that counts fluorescence photon pulse signals during the gate pulse period, a physical parameter information acquisition unit 9, and a concentration calculator 10. By digitally processing digital signals with this configuration and accurately digitally calculating and subtracting the current background photon count conversion value, it is possible to perform highly sensitive and highly accurate quantification by appropriately removing the influence of the background.
US12270760B2
A cap for a light emitter and/or light receiver of a smoke detector for eliminating a direct line of sight between the light emitter and the light receiver is disclosed. The cap comprises an enclosure of a predefined profile having a predetermined open area at a predetermined position on the enclosure, which is adapted to be removably fitted over one or more of the light emitter and/or the light receiver. The cap upon fitting over any of the light emitter and the light receiver, the cap blocks a direct line of sight between the light emitter and the light receiver and allows the light receiver to receive only the light being reflected by smoke and a predefined amount of clean air signal present within the smoke detector.
US12270757B1
Disclosed is a method for determining the dynamic adsorption retention of polymer capsules, belonging to the technical field of oil and gas field development engineering, which includes: (1) carrying out a thermal aging experiment to establish relational expressions between a capsule concentration and an aging time, as well as a polymer release concentration and the aging time; (2) setting up a polymer capsule displacement experimental device to determine the release concentration of polymers in effluent; (3) releasing polymers encapsulated by capsules in the effluent to acquire a total adsorption retention of polymers in a porous medium; and (4) inverting respective adsorption retentions of the capsule particles and the polymers in the porous medium.
US12270756B2
A device for collaborative detection of carbon and nitrogen emissions and a method thereof are provided. The device includes an integrating cavity, a single beam laser and a dual beam hybrid laser set at opposite ends of the integrating cavity, and an information acquisition and analysis system. The single beam laser and the dual beam hybrid laser are respectively used to continuously emit and transmit laser beams into the integrating cavity. The single beam laser and the dual beam hybrid laser can achieve simultaneous spatio-temporal high-frequency detection of any concentration of CO2—CH4—N2O—N2 mixed gas in one integrating cavity, and the concentration of CO2, CH4, and N2O can be inverted through the information acquisition and analysis system. This device meets the research demand for simultaneous detection of multiple greenhouse gases under the same path, greatly improving the utilization efficiency of the integrating cavity and saving detection costs.
US12270753B2
A device is provided for polarimetrically characterising anisotropy of a medium. The device includes a light source, spectral polarisation coding and decoding elements, and a light detector. The coding element includes a spectral modulator composed of at least one chromatic phase delay plate shaped as a function of a saturation threshold of the light detector.
US12270750B2
A cell sorting system that automatically generates a sorting strategy based on examples of target events provided by an operator. The target events can be selected using measurements ranging from traditional flow cytometry measurements to derived measurements that are computationally expensive to complex measurements such as images.
US12270743B2
A method of vaporising liquefied natural gas (LNG) for measurement of its constituent components may include receiving LNG from a main pipeline into a pressurising device. The method may also include via the pressurising device, pressurising a the LNG beyond a critical pressure thereof. The method may further include directing a first portion of the pressurised LNG to a heater. The method may still further include via the heater, heating the first portion of pressurised LNG beyond a critical temperature thereof, and directing the pressurised and heated LNG to a vaporising device. The method may also include via the vaporising device, depressurising the heated LNG to a pressure below the critical pressure so as to vaporise the LNG.
US12270723B2
In some examples, fiber optic cable location may include transmitting a coherent laser pulse into a device under test (DUT). Based on an analysis of reflected light resulting from the transmitted coherent laser pulse, changes in intensity of the reflected light caused by a plurality of signals directed towards the DUT may be determined. Further, based on the changes in intensity of the reflected light, a location of the DUT may be determined.
US12270695B2
A fuel gaging system, such as may be used in determining an amount of fuel in an aircraft fuel system, includes a capacitance probe and a capacitance measurement circuit component including high resistance elements. The capacitance measurement circuit component includes a first excitation generator, an excitation wire connected between the first excitation generator and the capacitance probe, and a signal wire connected to the capacitance probe with the capacitance probe being connected between the excitation wire and the signal wire, wherein the first excitation generator generates an input signal applied to the excitation wire and an output signal is read from the signal wire to determine a capacitance at the capacitance probe. The system further includes a wire resistance measurement circuit component configured to isolate a contamination resistance to account for variations in wire resistance of the system wires in determining the capacitance at the capacitance probe; and a contamination compensation circuit component configured to compensate for fuel contamination in determining the capacitance at the capacitance probe by compensating for a slope error in the output signal.
US12270691B2
A system for measuring the flow rate in a microfluidic pipe having n pressure sensors arranged in series on a pipe and measuring the pressure Pi of the liquid passing through same. These sensors being separated from one another by pipe portions Ri. Each pipe portion having a hydraulic resistance Rhi, thus making it possible to measure the pressure variations or head loss ΔPi between two consecutive sensors of the liquid flowing successively through these hydraulic resistances. The comparison between the estimated flow rates Di=ΔPi/Ri, making it possible to determine the fouling of the microfluidic pipe.
US12270687B2
A sensing system and a method for sensing position include a first magnetic track comprising a first number of multipoles for generating a magnetic field solidarily fixed to a second magnetic track for generating a magnetic field and a second sensor for sensing magnetic field, forming a magnetic structure. At least two sensors are included. The first sensor is positioned proximal to the first magnetic track, closer to the first magnetic track than to the second magnetic track. The second sensor is positioned proximal to the second magnetic track. The distance between the first sensor and the second magnetic track is larger than the distance between the second sensor and the second magnetic track. The magnetic flux density generated by the first and second magnetic tracks follow a ratio of two or more.
US12270684B2
An easy-to-assemble mounting rack for a deformation detection device for a steel structure and an assembling method thereof are provided. The easy-to-assemble mounting rack includes mounting parts including a back mounting plate, an operating rod, an adjusting seat, a ball-shaped block and an upright rod. The upright rod is vertically fixed at the bottom end face of the adjusting seat. A ball-shaped hole is formed in the adjusting seat. The ball-shaped block is rotatably embedded in the ball-shaped hole. A plug-in hole is formed in a radial direction of the ball-shaped block. One end of the operating rod slidably penetrates through the plug-in hole and is detachably connected with the back mounting plate. Screw holes directly opposite to the mounting holes of the deformation detection device are formed on the back mounting plate. The other end of the operating rod is fixedly sleeved with a counterweight plate.
US12270682B2
A device for warning about the absence of belaying of a climber includes an enclosure intended to be fastened to a harness. A pressure sensor is designed to measure a barometric pressure. A detector, intended to be fastened to a link, is configured to detect a movement of the link within a range of positive inclines with respect to a horizontal reference plane. The detector is also configured to output a detection signal comprising a first state, indicating that the link is within the range of positive inclines, and a second state, indicating that the link is outside the range of positive inclines. A microprocessor is configured to compute a variation in the barometric pressure measured by the pressure sensor, and send a warning signal as soon as the variation in the barometric pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold and the detection signal is in the second state.
US12270680B2
A system and method for translating route guidance between a navigation system and a navigation service when different versions of a map database are being used. The navigation service applies a version translation table to identify differences between the map databases and translates route guidance accordingly before it is communicated to the navigation system.
US12270672B2
The present disclosure provides a method for generating navigation information, an apparatus for generating navigation information, a device, a medium, and a product. The present disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, and specifically relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, and the present disclosure may be applied to a map navigation scenario. A specific implementation includes: acquiring intersection feature information; determining a set of a complex intersection based on the intersection feature information; determining intersection type information corresponding to the complex intersection in the set of the complex intersection; and generating navigation information corresponding to the complex intersection in the set of the complex intersection based on the intersection type information.
US12270665B2
Methods and systems for correcting errors in transportation routes are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation request that includes at least two locations. A first route prediction may be generated based on a first set of previously-completed routes associated with the at least two locations. A first predictive model may compare the first route prediction with route information associated with a second set of previously-completed routes identified based on the first route prediction. A second route prediction may be generated based on the comparison and may be sent to a mobile device for presentation to a user.
US12270655B2
The subject disclosure relates to estimating a grade of a road and calibrating sensors of an autonomous vehicle based on the grade. A process of the disclosed technology can include effectuating an autonomous vehicle to perform one or more maneuvers that cause the autonomous vehicle to face different directions along a road, obtaining a first set of sensor measurements of an autonomous vehicle in a first pose, wherein the first set of sensor measurements includes a first measured specific force, obtaining a second set of sensor measurements of the autonomous vehicle in a second pose, wherein the second set of sensor measurements includes a second measured specific force, determining a direction of gravity based on the first measured specific force and the second measured specific force, and calibrating at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle based on the determined direction of gravity.
US12270650B2
Various products that are used to align objects and features in an area are shown. In one example, a laser target provides optical communication between a target area of the laser target and a non-target area that is offset from the target area. Some light emitted towards the target area will be redirected to emit from the non-target area, and some light emitted towards the non-target area will be redirected to emit from the target area. In another example, a laser target includes reflective portions and non-reflective portions that facilitate aiming a laser target towards a center of the laser target.
US12270639B2
A non-contact sensor for determining orientation of an object, such as a tire and wheel assembly of a vehicle, includes a projector assembly having a light emitter, a lens assembly and a mask, with the mask including mask apertures and the light emitter configured to project light through the lens assembly and mask apertures and onto the object, and with the mask apertures creating a light pattern of projected light onto the object. The sensor also includes an imager configured to image reflections of the light pattern from the object, and a processor. The projector assembly and imager are angled with respect to one another, and the processor is configured to process imaged reflections of the light pattern to derive the orientation of the object, such as the alignment orientation of the tire and wheel assembly.
US12270629B2
A method of guiding a guidable vehicle to a target comprises: acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle; calculating a distance between the guidable vehicle and a virtual line passing through a predicted position of the target; controlling the guidable vehicle to reduce the calculated distance; repeating the acquisition of the at least one position vector, and automatically updating the virtual line, responsively to the repeated acquisition.
US12270626B2
An accessory system for a firearm includes a target sight secured to a mounting rail of the firearm, an accessory secured to the mounting rail of the firearm, a sensor configured to sense a position of the accessory, and a processor configured to receive input from the sensor and adjust an operating mode of the target sight based on the input from the sensor. The sensor may be a magnetic sensor, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, or a switch. Methods are also described.
US12270623B2
There is herein described a magazine ammunition unloader for unloading ammunitions from a magazine. An embodiment of the magazine ammunition unloader comprises a body comprising a loading conduit adapted to receive the magazine, a wheel housing connected to the loading conduit, and an ejecting conduit connected to the loading conduit. This embodiment further comprises a wheel assembly housed in the wheel housing, the wheel housing being adapted to be driven to pivot into the wheel housing about a pivot axis, the wheel assembly comprising a wheel having at a periphery teeth adapted to enter the loading conduit, and to push ammunitions from the magazine into the ejecting conduit. According to an embodiment, it further comprises member assembly adapted to enter the loading conduit, and to push above ammunitions, thereby releasing pressure over the first ammunition.
US12270621B2
The present disclosure provides ammunition magazines and followers for use in a firearm, such as an AR15 or M16 firearm, that prevent contact between the bullet portion of a cartridge and interior surfaces of the firearm's receiver portion during transfer of the cartridge from the magazine to the firearm's chamber.
US12270608B2
A transport tray for transporting and heating chemical substances, includes a one-piece support structure with a base and a frame fixedly connected thereto, wherein the support structure supports a lining of a tray-shaped cavity for accommodating the chemical substances, wherein the lining includes a base plate lying on the base and multiple frame plates clamped against the frame, wherein the lining is supported by the support structure such that the thermal expansions of the base plate and the frame plates in their plate planes are not impeded.
US12270599B2
A power supply unit (14) provided with a transport refrigeration unit (12) includes an insulated battery box (60), a heat exchanger (64), and a battery (62). The heat exchanger (64) is disposed within the insulated battery box (60). The heat exchanger (64) has a heat exchanger inlet (80) that is fluidly connected to a compressor outlet (42) and a heat exchanger outlet (82) that is fluidly connected to a refrigeration unit heat exchanger inlet (50). The battery (62) is disposed within the insulated battery box (60).
US12270596B2
A refrigerator with reduced material costs and improved productivity by forming a partition space inside a storage chamber in a simple structure. A refrigerator includes an outer case provided to form an external appearance, an inner case arranged at an inner side of the outer case to form a storage chamber, a partition provided to partition the inner case to form a partition space in the storage chamber, a cover provided to open or close the partition space, and a damper mounted on the partition to reduce an opening speed of the cover.
US12270594B2
The present disclosure relates a refrigerator including cabinet forming a storage space; and a door configured to open and close the storage space; in which the door includes an outer plate forming a front surface of the door and having an opening; a panel assembly mounted to the opening; a door liner forming a rear surface of the door; and a support frame configured to support a rear surface of the panel assembly; in which the panel assembly includes a front panel forming a front surface; an adiabatic panel disposed at the rear spaced apart from the front panel; a rear panel forming a rear surface; and an interstitial rod disposed between the front panel and the adiabatic panel, and in which the support frame includes a panel support portion formed along the circumference of the front panel; a heater accommodation groove recessed from a front surface to a rear surface of the panel support portion to accommodate a heater configured to heat the front panel; and a heater restraint portion protruding from one surface of the heater accommodation groove to be in contact with at least a portion of the heater.
US12270587B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (112) and to a method (210) for generating cryogenic temperatures. The apparatus (112) comprises at least one cooling stage (111) which has a cold region (110) and a warm region (116), and a refrigerant mixture designed specifically for the cooling stage (111) is provided in the warm region (116), the refrigerant mixture having at least two components each having a different boiling temperature, and the cold region (110) comprises at least one cooling stage (111): —a first heat exchanger (122), which has a high-pressure side (120) to receive the refrigerant mixture at a high-pressure level from the warm region (116) of the cooling stage (111) and a low-pressure side (126) to deliver the refrigerant mixture to the warm region (116) of the cooling stage (111); —a first expansion device (136), which is designed for expansion and for cooling of the refrigerant mixture at a low-pressure level; —a second heat exchanger (148), which is designed for cooling and for partial condensation of a proportion of the refrigerant mixture located in a buffer volume (140), the buffer volume (140) being designed to limit the pressure exerted by the refrigerant mixture; and —a second expansion device (150), which is designed for separation of the buffer volume (140) from the low-pressure level of the cooling stage (111) or connection of the buffer volume (140) to said low-pressure level. The invention enables autonomous operation of the apparatus (112) and of the method (210) for generating cryogenic temperatures, in which each cooling stage (111) of the apparatus (112) can be filled with a pre-defined refrigerant mixture and can be permanently operated, and in particular in the cooling phase the refrigerating capacity can be increased, while incorrect distribution of the refrigerant of the relevant cooling stage (111) among parallel flow channels at the cold end of the first heat exchanger (122) can be prevented.
US12270585B2
A diaphragm pressure regulator includes: a body defining a process surface and including: an exhaust port having a discharge opening, and at least one vent void interconnecting the process surface and the exhaust port; and an inlet port, and at least one process void communicating with the process surface and the inlet port; a reference housing including a cavity defining a reference surface and a reference port in fluid communication with the cavity; and a diaphragm disposed between the body and the reference housing, the diaphragm movable between a first position engaged with the vent voids, and a second position wherein the membrane is not engaged with at least one of the vent voids, wherein a dome is defined between the cavity and the reference side of the diaphragm; and wherein the reference housing includes a sump configured to segregate liquid from the reference side of the diaphragm.
US12270584B1
A system for recycling energy in a production plant includes a distillation device configured to generate a heated vapor in response to distillation and a system configured to recycle heat from the heated vapor back into the production plant. The system for recycling heat can include a fin-fan heat exchanger and a compressor or a heat pump with a heat exchanger configured as an evaporator and a heat exchanger configured as a condenser.
US12270580B2
A heat pump and a control method thereof are provided. The heat pump includes an outdoor unit includes a compressor that compresses a first refrigerant, a first outdoor heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first refrigerant and outdoor air, an expansion mechanism that expands the first refrigerant, and a second outdoor heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first refrigerant and a second refrigerant; a first refrigerant pipe that connects the compressor, the first outdoor heat exchanger, and the expansion mechanism, and through which the first refrigerant flows; a pressure sensor disposed in the first refrigerant pipe; a second refrigerant pipe connected to the second outdoor heat exchanger, and through which the second refrigerant flows; an indoor heat exchanger that is disposed in the second refrigerant pipe, and exchanges heat between indoor air and the second refrigerant; and a controller that determines a supply of the second refrigerant by determining a flow rate of the second refrigerant based on surging occurring in a pressure of the first refrigerant measured by the pressure sensor, so that the flow rate of the second refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant pipe is determined only by the pressure value of the first refrigerant measured by the pressure sensor disposed in the first pipe, thereby determining the flow rate of the second refrigerant without a separate flow sensor.
US12270576B1
The water heater clean out device of the present invention is attached to a vacuum cleaner to vacuum up the built-up solids deposit from a bottom of a water heater. The articulating joint of the present invention allows the user to be able to easily reach all areas of the bottom of the water heater. The water heater clean out device uses a pull cord and pulley/cord reel system to maneuver the end of the tool inside the water heater.
US12270569B2
Water removal from humidified air and other water-laden gases may be complicated due to the need for large and expensive capital equipment or use of powder-form desiccants that may lead to pressure drops, poor throughput and energy-intensive recovery of water. Reversible water-absorbing constructs may alleviate these difficulties and comprise: a phase change polymer exhibiting a reversible hydrophilic-hydrophobic phase transition, and at least one additional material in contact with the phase change polymer, such as a water-sorptive material. The phase change polymer and the at least one additional material are formed as a plurality of filaments. Filaments formed from the phase change polymer may be generated through an electrospinning process, which may be arranged in various higher level constructs, such as in fibers, fabrics and non-woven filament mats capable of absorbing water from humidified air or other water-laden gases.
US12270563B2
The disclosure provides a method for controlling an air-conditioner fan. The method comprises the following steps: collecting the current environment temperature; collecting the current environment humidity; and determining the working states of a water pump and a draught fan based on the current environment temperature and the current environment humidity, wherein the working states comprise an operating state and a standby state. The method has the advantages that working states of the water pump and the draught fan in the air-conditioner fan are automatically adjusted according to the temperature and the humidity of the current environment, so that the degree of automation is improved, the energy is saved, and meanwhile, the user experience is improved.
US12270548B2
In this method for mounting a combustor component, a component hanging step for attaching a string material to a hanging jig mounted on a combustor component and hanging the combustor component with the string material together with the hanging jig, and a component mounting step for mounting a mounting flange of the combustor component at a combustor mounting position of a gas turbine casing are executed. The hanging jig has a hanging tool having a portion which becomes a suspension point contacted by the string material when the string material is attached and hanging the combustor component. The suspension point is positioned on the distal end side of the center of gravity of the combustor component in the combustor axial line direction when the hanging jig has been mounted to the mounting flange.
US12270531B2
Disclosed are implementations of a mount used to attach a lighting device to an object or surface. The lighting device includes a cover attached to a base plate, where the cover includes a circumferential ledge. The mount includes a central opening through which the cover of the lighting device can extend. The central opening is bounded by a circumferential rim adapted to overlap the circumferential ledge of the lighting device. At least two of the mount's four sides include a receiving space configured to receive a strap, each of the mount's corners includes a tiedown aperture configured to permit a flexible tiedown to be looped therethrough, and a plurality of magnets are positioned in the underside of the mount. Also disclosed are methods for using the mount to attach the lighting device to an object or surface.
US12270528B1
An outdoor light having a ground insert storage structure is disclosed. The outdoor light includes a hollow column and a ground insert. The hollow column has a transverse partition therein and a recess portion below the transverse partition. When in use, a positioning post of the ground insert is inserted upward, the ground insert is held in position by the transverse partition, and a spike of the ground insert is inserted into the ground. When not in use, the ground insert is reversed, the spike is inserted through the transverse partition and stored in the hollow column, and the positioning post is hidden in the recess portion.
US12270521B2
A landing marker area light system includes a housing, a first light source, a plurality of second light sources, an optics assembly, a tunable lens, and a controller. The first light source emits a first light beam. The second light sources surround the first light source and each emits a second light beam. The optics assembly receives the first light beam and shapes the first light beam into a first geometric-shaped light beam having a first perimeter. The tunable lens receives the first geometric-shaped light beam and, in response to lens control signals, shapes the first geometric-shaped light beam into a second geometric-shaped light beam having a second perimeter that is different than the first perimeter. The controller supplies the lens control signals to the tunable lens, to thereby control the second perimeter of the second geometric-shaped light beam.
US12270508B1
A mounting device of a signal checking apparatus for an unmanned marine observation apparatus may comprise: a main body; a fixture that is detachably connected to the unmanned marine observation apparatus; and a signal checking apparatus holder that extends in at least one direction and is formed to mount a signal checking apparatus on one side thereof, wherein as the fixture is connected to a portion of the unmanned marine observation apparatus, the signal checking apparatus mounted on the signal checking apparatus holder allows the unmanned marine observation apparatus to check signal transmission of the unmanned marine observation apparatus at a fixed position with respect to a portion of the unmanned marine observation apparatus.
US12270507B2
A fastener for attaching structures to a tree employs, in an embodiment, a hanger bolt, a protective collet, and a mounting bracket for attaching a support structure to a tree in a way that minimizes damage to the tree. In some embodiments, an extending member adds length to the bolt. The mounting bracket attaches to the bolt. The bracket serves to affix hardware and separate support structures to a tree.
US12270501B2
A thread protector that includes an end cap for engaging with a pin end or box end of a tubular member and a securing apparatus extending from the end cap to frictionally engage an inner side of the tubular member to maintain the thread protector's engagement with the tubular member. The securing apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies to engage the inside of the tubular member. The thread protector also includes a bolt extending through an opening in the end cap that actuates the leg assemblies when the bolt is turned. Another thread protector that includes a cup end for engaging with a pin end or box end of a tubular member and the cup end has an end plate. The thread protector also includes a protective sleeve extending from the end plate of the cup end outside of the tubular member wherein the protective sleeve has inner threads disposed on an inside part. The thread protector further includes a releasable sleeve selectively securable around the tubular member with outer threads disposed on an outside portion whereby the outer threads on the releasable sleeve can engage the inner threads on the protective sleeve. A method of protecting pin threads of pin ends of tubular members. The method includes installing a thread protector on a pin end or a box end of a tubular member to protect threads disposed on the pin end or the box end of the tubular member.
US12270498B2
A tube coupling is configured to connect and couple two tubes that are configured to cause a fluid to flow inside the two tubes. The tube coupling includes: a male connector including a first pipe configured to cause the fluid to flow inside the first pipe, and an insertion part having a protruding shape protruding in an axial direction that is an insertion direction; and a female connector including a second pipe configured to cause the fluid to flow inside the second pipe, and an insertion receiving part having a recessed shape recessed in the axial direction and coupled to the insertion part when the insertion part is inserted into the insertion receiving part. The insertion part includes a first spring, a first pressing member having a protruding shape, a first seal member having an annular shape, and a first outer peripheral member surrounding the first pressing member.
US12270496B2
A quick-connector assembly for joining abutting flanged ends of two tubular members includes first and second connector portions joined by a rotatable hinge having a hinge pin coupling the first connector portion and the second connector portion so that the first and second connector portions encircle about abutting flanged ends of the tubular members when the first and second connector portions are in a closed position. Further, a stand having a bracket with at least one hole for accommodating the hinge pin is designed to at least partially support the weight of the connector assembly and the flanged ends of the tubular members.
US12270485B2
A fluid valve having a drive unit for a valve closing body is provided. The drive unit can have a core, an electric coil partially surrounding the core, and an armature movable by the energization of the coil and the resulting magnetic force, the drive unit having a main body on which a support for the coil, at least one insertion opening for the core and an armature support are provided, and the core inserted into the at least one insertion opening being fixed to the main body by an overmold in such a way that the core assumes a defined position relative to the armature support.
US12270479B2
In an aspect, an inflatable object includes an object body enclosing a chamber to receive air, and a valve mounted to the inflatable object body, including a valve body defining a passageway between the chamber and an ambient environment. The valve body has a shoulder. The valve body defines an outside end, which opens to the ambient environment, and an inside end, which opens into the chamber. The valve includes a one-way flap that is movable between an open position to permit fluid communication between the chamber and the ambient environment through the passageway, and a closed position. The one-way flap is biased to the closed position with a closing force selected to be overcomable to move the one-way flap to the open position by an airflow having a speed that is less than about 48 m/s, and which is at a pressure lower than 1 atmosphere.
US12270478B2
A break away check valve that minimizes water hammer effect while closing and for use with a wet barrel fire hydrant and water main is provided. The valve includes a controllable resistance system that applies a desired resistance (dampening) to the valve's valve plates as the valve plates translate from an open position to a closed position. The resistance system includes a hydraulic piston with a tapered end that moves through an orifice filled with oil. As the increasing diameter of the piston moves into and passes through the orifice, the resistance to the piston increases. With the piston physically engaged with the valve plates, the valve plates are dampened accordingly.
US12270468B2
A hydraulic damping rail includes a primary rail wall defining a primary rail volume, a rail inlet structured to provide communication of hydraulic fluid between a hydraulic pump and the primary rail volume, and a plurality of rail outlets configured to provide communication between the primary rail volume and a plurality of clutch valves. A spacing between adjacent pairs of rail outlets of the plurality of rail outlets is variable.
US12270459B2
A cable actuator (100) having a frame (10); a screw (2) rotatably mounted on the frame (10) and extending along a first axis (Ox); a nut (4) cooperating with the screw (2); a mechanism (30) for estimating the angular movement of the nut (4) about the first axis (Lx) relative to the frame (10); and a distance sensor (30) secured to the frame (10) and having a winder (33) for winding a thread (32), one end (32.1) of the thread (32) connected to the nut (4) at a connection point (4.1). The distance sensor (30) is arranged in such a manner that the thread (32) changes curvature at a first point (34) situated in a first plane (P1) orthogonal to the first axis (Ox).
US12270456B2
A raw edge V-belt includes: a compression rubber layer formed on an inner side of the belt and made of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, fine cellulose fibers, and short fibers. The content of the short fibers in the rubber composition is 25 parts by mass or more and 45 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the volume fraction of the short fibers in the rubber composition is 12.5 vol % or more.
US12270439B2
A wheel bearing includes a rotary element mounted on the wheel and configured to rotate together with the wheel; a non-rotary element fixedly mounted on the vehicle body; one or more rolling bodies provided between the rotary element and the non-rotary element; a sensor target mounted on the rotary element and configured to rotate together with the rotary element; and a wheel speed sensor disposed adjacent to the sensor target to sense a rotational speed of the rotary element. The wheel speed sensor may include a first sensing part and a second sensing part configured to sense a change in magnetic field caused by the rotation of the sensor target, and the second sensing part may be disposed to be spaced apart from the first sensing part in longitudinal and widthwise directions of the wheel speed sensor.
US12270435B2
A rotor for a thrust magnetic bearing is a rotor (51) of a thrust magnetic bearing (50) supporting a rotary shaft (30) that is driven to rotate by a motor (20) in an axial direction, and has a rotor passage (93) that penetrates the rotor (51) and constitutes part of a refrigerant passage (Z) for sending a refrigerant to the motor (20). It is preferable that the rotor passage (93) includes an opening (93b) on one side in the axial direction and an opening (93a) on the other side in the axial direction, and the opening (93b) on the one side is located radially outside (Q2) of the opening (93a) on the other side.
US12270433B2
A tilting pad bearing includes a plurality of pads slidably supporting an outside surface of a rotor shaft, a housing covering the plurality of pads, a support portion swingably supporting the pad with respect to the housing, and a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid to a pad surface. The support portion includes a pivot having a pad support surface in contact with a pad outside surface and a pivot curved surface facing and protruding toward a side opposite to the pad support surface, a liner having a first liner surface in contact with the pivot curved surface, and a biasing member biasing the liner toward the pivot with respect to the housing.
US12270432B2
Oil outlets penetrating from an inner circumferential surface to an outer circumferential surface of a carrier ring are located in at least two of: a range that is on a forward side in a rotation direction of a rotary shaft from an upstream pivot and on a backward side in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft from a downstream pivot, a range that is from 180 degrees to 360 degrees and is from a position at a vertical height of the downstream pivot to a position at a topmost vertical height of the rotary shaft, or a range that is from 0 degrees to 180 degrees and is from a position at a vertical height of the upstream pivot to the position at the topmost vertical height of the rotary shaft.
US12270428B2
A clip for a nut clip having a main body comprising an aft reaction boss defining at least a portion of a nut containment channel. The clip further includes a nut retention flange defining at least a further portion of the nut containment channel and connected to the main body by a nut retention flange attachment member spaced apart from the aft reaction boss. A forward reaction wall includes at least a portion of the nut retention flange attachment member facing the nut containment channel, wherein the aft reaction boss comprises an aft reaction wall. The aft reaction wall and the forward reaction wall are configured to be selectably contacted by a nut within the nut containment channel to occlude rotation of the nut.
US12270425B2
A suspension assembly (14) comprises first and second suspension members (10, 12). The suspension assembly (14) further includes a pivot member (24) on which the first and second suspension members (10, 12) are pivotally mounted. Each of the first and second suspension members (10,12) defines clamping recess (30) for receiving an article (16). Each of the first and second suspension members (10, 12) also defines an elongate aperture (28) for effecting pivoting movement of at least one of the first and second suspension members (10, 12) to clamp the article in the clamping recesses (30).
US12270418B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to apparatus for balancing a fan. In an illustrative example, a fan balancing system may include a local device and a remote device. For example, the local device may include a sensing unit and a processing unit. The remote device may, for example, include a user interface and a controller wirelessly coupled to the local device. For example, the controller may receive a user input including a total number of blades of a fan from the user interface. When the fan is activated, a condensed imbalance profile may be received wirelessly from the local device releasably coupled to the fan. In some implementations, the controller may generate a balancing matrix including combinations of weights and positions of the weights along one or more blades of the fan. Various embodiments may advantageously generate a placement combination of weights to re-balance the fan remotely.
US12270416B2
The invention relates to a pump arrangement (1) with at least one temperature-controllable housing part, wherein at least one temperature-controllable housing part (3) comprises a first wall (27) that is in contact with the temperature-controllable medium and a second wall (28) that is at a distance from the first wall (27). The first wall (27) and the second wall (28) form a temperature control chamber (29).
US12270411B2
A propeller fan according to the present disclosure includes a rotation shaft and a blade rotating around the rotation shaft. At the same position in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, a first locus connecting a leading edge of the blade and an outer peripheral end of the blade is tilted with respect to a second locus connecting a center of the rotation shaft and the leading edge so that the outer peripheral end side is inclined toward a trailing side. Alternatively, a third locus connecting a root of the blade and the outer peripheral end of the blade is tilted with respect to a fourth locus connecting a center of the rotation shaft and the root so that the outer peripheral end side is inclined toward the trailing side.
US12270410B2
A surface-processed structure includes a plurality of blocks that are three-dimensional objects arranged on a target surface. The plurality of blocks are spaced apart from each other and are arranged side by side in a second direction. Each of the plurality of blocks includes a top face including a plurality of fine grooves. The plurality of fine grooves are spaced apart from each other, are arranged side by side in the second direction, and extend from upstream to downstream in a first direction. A width of each of the plurality of fine grooves in the second direction is less than a width of a block clearance in the second direction. Both end portions of the top face in the second direction are located above bottoms of the plurality of fine grooves in a cross section of the block extending along a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
US12270405B2
There are provided a vacuum pump which can effectively prevent stress corrosion cracking of a rotating body and has excellent corrosion resistance, and a rotating body of the vacuum pump. In a vacuum pump (e.g., a turbo-molecular pump 100) exhausting gas by rotation of a rotating body 103, the rotating body 103 has, on a surface thereof, a first area 1 covered with a first surface treatment layer 1A and a second area 2 covered with a second surface treatment layer 2A, and a boundary portion 3 between the first area 1 and the second area 2 has an area in which the surface treatment layers 1A and 1B of the first and second areas 1 and 2 overlap each other.
US12270400B2
A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.
US12270399B2
A pump assembly is provided with a coupling unit that connects a pump casing to a motor casing. The coupling unit has a pump-side connection part and a motor-side connection part. An annular element is arranged between the connection parts using supports which minimize heat transfer between the pump-side connection part and the motor-side connection part.
US12270397B2
A pump and purge valve configuration may include an inlet, an outlet arranged downstream of the inlet and defining a portion of an operational fluid pathway, and a pump mechanism arranged along the operational fluid pathway between the inlet and the outlet. The pump and purge valve configuration may also include a purging fluid pathway having a purge inlet in fluid communication with the operational fluid pathway at a point downstream of the pump. The purging fluid pathway may extend from the purge inlet to a relief point. The pump and purge valve configuration may also include a purge valve arranged along the purging fluid pathway. The purge valve may be configured to remain open unless a triggering fluid pressure develops in the pump mechanism.
US12270392B2
An apparatus on a vehicle comprises one or more sensors, one or more nozzles that output fluid to clean the respective one or more sensors, and a compressor that generates fluid such as compressed air. The compressor is in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles. The apparatus further comprises one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine information of an acoustic emission from the compressor and to counteract the acoustic emission based on the determined information.
US12270383B2
A nacelle-mounted multiple-appliance lift system has a first lifting appliance and a second lifting appliance mounted in a nacelle of a wind turbine. The first and second lifting appliances are each mounted on main bearing housing securements, gearbox pillow blocks, or both the main bearing housing securements and the gearbox pillow blocks. The first and second lifting appliances share one or both of the main bearing housing securements and the gearbox pillow blocks.
US12270369B2
An energy storage system includes a vessel, an energy conversion device, and a connection line connecting the vessel with the energy conversion device. The energy conversion device includes a housing, a pump turbine, and a motor generator. The pump turbine includes a first shaft, and an impeller. The motor generator includes a second shaft, and a rotor. The second shaft is coupled to the first shaft to transmit torque between the first shaft and the second shaft. The connection line connects a low pressure opening with an opening disposed at the vessel to receive water from the vessel or discharge water into the vessel. The connection line includes a switching unit with a shut-off device and a non-return device connected in parallel, the non-return device enabling flow of the water only in a first direction from the vessel to the low pressure opening.
US12270360B2
An off-road vehicle includes a frame and an engine. The engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head, on which an exhaust passage is arranged. The cylinder head is provided with a supplementary air supply passage for mixing air into the exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber. Alternatively, the supplementary air supply passage can be included in the exhaust system, such as in a cylinder head mounting flange of the exhaust pipe, upstream of an oxygen sensor and first and second stage catalytic converters. The exhaust gas from the engine is further oxidized by air, which reduces the content of components such as CO and NOx in the exhaust gas, improving environmental protection.
US12270340B2
A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the turbomachine further including an outer casing and, during operation of the gas turbine engine, an exhaust gas flow from the turbine section; and a fuel cell assembly positioned within the outer casing of the turbomachine, the fuel cell assembly having a fuel cell defining an inlet positioned to receive a portion of the exhaust gas flow, an outlet positioned to provide output products directly to the exhaust gas flow, or both.
US12270336B1
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft that is rotatable about an axis, a plurality of intermediate gears that are intermeshed with the sun gear, a ring gear assembly that is engaged with the plurality of intermediate gears, the ring gear is configured for attachment to a static structure, a carrier that supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears, the carrier configured for rotation about the axis, at least one baffle that is attached to the carrier that is configured to impart a momentum on expelled lubricant, a fixed gutter that is disposed radially outside the at least one baffle and is configured to receive lubricant that is exhausted from the at least one baffle, and a fan shaft that is rotatable about the axis and configured to be driven by the carrier.
US12270332B1
A hybrid-electric propulsion (HEP) system is provided that includes a gas turbine engine, an electrical power motive system, a system controller, and a propulsor. The gas turbine engine has a free turbine configuration and a compressor. The electrical power motive system has first and second electric motors and first and second inverters. The gas turbine engine provides motive force to the propulsor. The first electric motor is configurable in a drive mode or in generator mode. The second electric motor is in communication with the compressor. The system controller is in communication with the gas turbine engine, the first and second inverters, and a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions cause the system controller to control the second inverter to operate the second electric motor to provide a motive force to the compressor of the gas turbine engine during a low power setting of the gas turbine engine.
US12270325B2
Disclosed herein is a particulate filter, in particular a catalyzed particulate filter, for use in an emission treatment system of an internal combustion engine. Provided are catalyzed particulate filters, emission treatment systems with catalyzed particulate filters, methods for manufacturing catalyzed particulate filters, and methods for controlling emissions in exhaust gas from internal combustion engines with catalyzed particulate filters.
US12270322B1
A valve actuation system for actuating at least one of two or more engine valves in an internal combustion engine comprises at least one motion source including a first motion source configured to provide an exhaust main valve event. A valve train for conveying valve events from the at least one motion source to the two or more engine valves comprises a lost motion component for selectively conveying valve events to the at least one of the two or more engine valves. A phasing assembly is configured to advance a phase of at least the first motion source and the exhaust main valve event. The at least one motion source is configured to provide a recompression relief valve event to the at least one of the two or more engine valves when the phase of the exhaust main valve event is advanced.
US12270310B2
A test rotor blade for an aircraft engine bladed rotor includes a blade body. The blade body extends between and to a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade body forms a first side surface and a second side surface. The blade body forms a leading-edge pocket at the leading edge, a trailing-edge pocket at the trailing edge, and a hole extending through the blade body from the leading-edge pocket to the trailing edge pocket. The blade body includes a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall has a first wall thickness extending between and to the first side surface and the hole. The second side wall has a second wall thickness extending between and to the second side surface and the hole. The second wall thickness is 0.4 to 0.9 times the first wall thickness.
US12270304B2
A turbine engine comprising an engine core having a rotor and a stator, and a floating seal assembly sealing at least portions of the rotor and the stator relative to a higher-pressure area and a lower-pressure area. The floating seal assembly can comprise a carriage assembly at least partially defining a seal cavity and a seal body floating within the seal cavity. The floating seal assembly can further include at least one of a seal located between the seal body and the carriage assembly, and a seal face located between the seal body and the carriage assembly.
US12270301B2
By manipulating the fluid flow in the proximity of an object such as a fuselage, a wing, or the hull of ship, the wave drag associated with this object can be substantially reduced. This can be accomplished by locally changing both the fluid flow velocity and the pressure of the fluid flow.
US12270291B2
A method for monitoring overburden during excavation in soil, in which the soil pressure exerted by the soil (10) on an excavation device driven through the soil (10) is monitored by means of a pressure control element (5) extended from the circumference (3) of the driving device. An excavation device for carrying out the method has a pressure control element (5) which is arranged on the circumference (3) of the excavation device and can be extended beyond the circumference (3) of the excavation device.
US12270274B2
A cementing operation cements casing in a borehole. A bottom plug pumped down the casing ahead of cement lands at a float valve. Circulation of the cement is established through the bottom plug to a shoe track downhole from the float valve. A top plug pumped down the casing behind the cement lands on the bottom plug. An internal component of the float valve is released by building-up pressure in the casing behind the internal component up to a release threshold. The internal component can latch at the shoe. At least some of the cement in the shoe track is displaced from the casing's shoe to the borehole by pumping the plugs and the internal component to the shoe. With the cement displaced out of the shoe track, the time required to drill out the assembly can be greatly reduced.
US12270273B1
A stinger for insertion into a polished bore receptacle is operable between at least two operational states. The at least two operational states include a closed state in which fluid flow through the through bore of the plug section is prevented and an open state in which fluid flow through the through bore of the plug section is allowed. An actuating system is operating the stinger from the closed state to the open state. The stinger is brought to the open state from the closed state as the stinger is pushed down into polished bore receptacle.
US12270268B1
A downhole tool includes a tool body including an uphole joint and a downhole joint configured to couple within a wellbore tubing string that extends in a wellbore. One or more flow directing paths are formed on an outer surface of the tool body and configured to rotate a portion of the tool body in response to a fluid flow within the wellbore tubing string. One or more ports are disposed around a circumference of the tool body; and a piston is configured to adjust between an open position such that the one or more ports are open to enable injection of a lost circulation material circulated through the tool body and into the wellbore and a closed position such that the one or more ports are closed to block injection of the lost circulation material into the wellbore from the tool body.
US12270267B2
In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method on a drilling fluid. The method may include acquiring data from each of a particle-size analyzer, x-ray fluorescence instrument, a mud check, and optionally an x-ray diffraction instrument, to yield acquired data for each of a plurality of drilling mud samples, wherein: (a) the particle size analyzer measures a plurality of drilling mud samples; (b) the x-ray fluorescence instrument and the x-ray diffraction instrument measure a mineral analysis of the plurality of drilling mud samples; and (c) the mud check measures properties of the plurality of drilling mud samples. Further, the method may include plotting a particle size distribution curve for at least one of the plurality of drilling mud samples, and calculating an amount of abrasive formation material(s) within at least one of the plurality of drilling mud samples. Further still, the method may include adjusting the drilling fluid.
US12270258B2
An apparatus for damping vibrations includes an inertial mass disposed in a cavity in a rotatable downhole component, the rotatable component configured to be disposed in a borehole in a subsurface formation, such as a resource bearing formation, the inertial mass coupled to a surface of the cavity by a damping fluid and configured to move within the cavity relative to the downhole component. The apparatus also includes a damping fluid disposed in the cavity between the inertial mass and an inner surface of the cavity, where rotational acceleration of the rotatable downhole component causes shear in the damping fluid to dissipate energy from rotational acceleration of the rotatable downhole component and causing the rotational acceleration to be reduced.
US12270253B1
A convertible ramp system facilitates transfer of personnel between spaced elevations. The ramp system includes a deck assembly, a convertible main ramp, and a convertible extension ramp. The convertible main ramp has a proximal end hinged to the deck assembly and a distal end adapted for being mechanically lifted and lowered relative to the deck assembly. Both the main ramp and the extension ramp incorporates an adjustable frame assembly and a series of simultaneously articulating foot treads carried by the frame assembly. The ramps are selectively convertible between a stairway configuration and a substantially flat and continuous runway configuration.
US12270231B2
An exemplary electronic actuator assembly is configured for use with a pushbar assembly having a drive assembly operable to retract a latchbolt, and includes an input shaft, a motor, and a boost spring. The motor has a retracting state in which the motor drives the input shaft from a proximal position to a distal position, a holding state in which the motor exerts a holding force to retain the input shaft in the distal position, and a releasing state in which the motor exerts a residual force that resists movement of the input shaft. The boost spring exerts a boost force urging the input shaft in the proximal direction to at least partially counteract the residual force.
US12270218B2
Disclosed is a double-spliced foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure, including two groups of central tops, one group of middle frame and two groups of edge frames. Any group of edge frame and middle frame are connected by telescopic fork frame. Two groups of side inclined frames are arranged between a group of central top and middle frame. At least one group of side inclined frame is arranged between a group of central top and a group of edge frame. One group of central tops includes an upper top and a lower support locked or separated by spring pin. One group of side inclined frame includes a first inclined rod hinged on upper top at one end and a second inclined rod hinged on lower support at one end, of which the other end is hinged on the side wall of first inclined rod.
US12270215B1
A reentry transitional housing system for providing access to housing and social services and methods for making and utilizing the same. The reentry transitional housing system can include at least one refuge room for providing living quarters to a recently-released individual. In selected embodiments, each refuge room can be equipped with one or more furniture components, such as a bed, a desk, and storage space. A folding panel and a sliding door can be flat-packed inside the refuge room and can be assembled to create a unique enclosure. Advantageously, a plurality of the refuge rooms can be deployed in a clustered configuration within a predetermined space with each refuge room being adapted to meet customized personal preferences of the individual. In addition to providing living quarters, the reentry transitional housing system optionally can provide a workforce development opportunity in both digital and physical fabrication.
US12270209B2
The present disclosure relates to a panel for a paneling, more particularly to a floor panel for a floor covering, comprising: a panel upper surface and a panel lower surface parallel to the panel upper surface, which are mutually spaced by a total thickness; an upper coupling element and a lower coupling element, wherein two panels of this type are designed such that said panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of the upper coupling element of the first panel relative to the lower coupling element of the second panel; wherein the upper coupling element has a detent element and the lower coupling element has a detent receptacle; wherein the upper coupling element has a locking receptacle and the lower coupling element has a locking element; and wherein a material thickness (UM) of the lower coupling element between the panel lower surface and the detent receptacle is less than 100 percent of a material thickness (OM) of the upper coupling element between the panel upper surface and the locking receptacle.
US12270203B2
A lightweight interlocking metal roof system for installation onto a steep or inclined structure roof either directly over the roof decking material or over an existing shingle roofing system, with the metal roofing system installed from the roof ridgeline down to the drip edge of the roof gutter. Cooperating outwardly extending flanges and receiving pockets for capturing and interlocking the metal panels of the roofing system create an interlock between and among panel members with overlying edge ends configured to be resistant to lift up due to winds either across the roof or along the roof edges.
US12270198B2
A wall construction, or other opaque structure of a building, includes a sequence of highly reflective insulation elements that block heat energy exchange across air spaces, combined with material insulation supporting a heat energy highly reflective surface of the highly reflective insulation element. A highly reflective insulation element is formed by enclosing an air space between surfaces, of which one or both of those surfaces is a heat energy highly reflective surface. The heat energy highly reflective surface can be provided by a layer applied to a material. In an opaque building structure, two or more such highly reflective insulation elements, using three or more heat energy highly reflective surfaces, and two or more air spaces, where the material supporting at least one of the heat energy highly reflective surfaces is a material insulator, can improve energy efficiency.
US12270188B2
A flush toilet includes a bowl including a waste receiving surface, a rim and a well portion; a water spouting part that spouts flush water toward the bowl; and a water discharge trap including an inlet connected to a lower part of the well portion, the water discharge trap discharging waste in the bowl, the well portion includes a bottom wall formed above and in front of the inlet of the water discharge trap, a side wall formed to surround a periphery of the bottom wall, and a joining portion that joins an outer edge of the bottom wall and a bottom edge of the side wall with a surface having a curvature, and the bottom wall of the well portion includes a concave portion formed to recess downward on left and right sides with respect to a center axis in a left-right direction in a front sectional view.
US12270182B2
A load-controlled hydraulic supply for a utility vehicle includes a variable-displacement pump supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic reservoir. The variable-displacement pump has a mechanically actuable control slide for changing a volume flow delivered. An electrical actuator is configured to actuate the control slide. A controller is configured to control the electrical actuator in accordance with a determined load requirement on a consumer side.
US12270178B2
A working machine (1) includes a mobile chassis (2) that can move on a surface of the ground, a lifting arm (3) mounted on the chassis (2) to pivot about a horizontal axis (4) for a raising and lowering movement of the arm (3), and an accessory coupler (5) that can be secured to the free end of the arm (3) by a pivot link (6) with axis parallel to the axis (4) for pivoting the arm (3) with respect to the chassis (2). The coupler (5) has a plate (7) having a rear face (8) facing the arm (3) equipped with said pivot link (6) of the coupler (5) to the arm (3) and an opposite front face (9). The plate (7) is provided with a through-opening (10) and at least one part (61) of the pivot link (6) connecting the coupler (5) to the arm (3) is arranged facing the opening (10).
US12270177B2
A pile driving apparatus and method for driving a pile into ground. The apparatus includes a vertical guide mast, a support carriage displaceable along the mast, a vibration hammer, a rotator coupling and a tilt coupling connected between the support carriage and the vibration hammer. The vibration hammer includes first clamping means arranged at the side of a hammer main body, adapted for holding and clamping a pile at any position along a length of the pile second clamping means arranged at the lower end of the hammer main body, adapted for holding and clamping the pile at a top end of the pile. The method includes driving the support carriage to a relatively low position, operating the first clamping means, first operating the vibration hammer, driving the support carriage to a higher position, operating the second clamping means, and second operating the vibration hammer.
US12270169B2
A method is provided for determining an actual achieved pre-load value by monitoring a leg load characteristic during pre-loading. The method further comprises determining an actual crane or cantilever operations envelope taking into account the actual achieved preload instead. The method further comprises taking into account other data such as environmental loads or crane or cantilever movement.
US12270164B2
A terminal element (100) of a traffic barrier device (1), having a longitudinal axis and comprising a guide element (10) and an impact element (20). The impact element (20) is pivotally mounted on the guide element (10) about an axis (A) which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis (L).
US12270161B2
A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame, the screed including one or more screed plates; one or more movable extender mechanisms located at a back end of each screed plate and configured to extend and retract up and down beneath the screed plate; and a controller configured to extend the one or more extender mechanisms a pre-determined distance before the screed begins a paving operation and to retract the one or more extender mechanisms after the screed has begun the paving operation.
US12270160B2
A channel plate arrangement for a road finishing machine comprises an extension means including a first channel plate which is movably mounted in a horizontal direction with respect to the channel plate arrangement to variably adjust an effective width of the channel plate arrangement, and a second channel plate connected to the first channel plate. The second channel plate is arranged at the first channel plate in a pivoting manner to variably adjust the effective width of the channel plate arrangement.
US12270159B2
An apparatus for screeding concrete to produce a level finished surface includes a frame assembly having a front end and rear ends and a pair of spaced vertically oriented stabilization legs supporting a generally horizontal front member. An extendable boom assembly is provided having front and rear ends, and an exterior boom section pivotably secured to the frame assembly proximate said rear end. The extendable boom assembly is also adjustably mounted on said front member to allow generally lateral motion of the boom.
US12270158B2
A light railway system comprising two parallel rails (12) each having a base portion (14) with a flat bottom, an upward-extending web (15), and a railhead (16), and resting within a respective trough structure (20). The trough structure (20) comprising multiple trough units (22) arranged end to end, with blocks (24, 26) that fit between the web (15) of the rail (12) and side portions of the trough unit (22) so as to locate the rail (12) within the trough structure (20). The system also includes multiple spaced-apart rigid ties (28) that interconnect the trough structures (20), so the rails (12) are at a desired separation. Inserted junction plates (54) may be used to hold successive trough units (22) in alignment.
US12270155B2
The composite structure includes a fiber-containing layer, such as a fiberboard layer or other layer having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and a mineral-containing layer covering the fiber-containing layer. The fiber-containing layer and mineral-containing layer can be shaped, sized and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form a storage article. The composite structure has advantages in that it can improve whiteness, opacity, ink adhesion, materials reduction, barrier properties, recyclability, and printability. The composite can reduce polymer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion. Further improvements include economics, pliability, and flexibility that is increased over the pliability of the fiber-containing layer alone.
US12270154B2
Methods and apparatuses for producing a zoned and/or layered substrate are described. A method can include providing a first supply of fibers, providing a second supply of fibers, and providing a headbox. The headbox can include a machine direction, a cross-direction, and a first cross-directional divider that separates a first zone of the headbox from a second zone of the headbox in a cross-directional manner. The method can further include transferring the first supply of fibers and the second supply of fibers to the headbox. The method can also include transferring the first supply of fibers and the second supply of fibers through the headbox to provide the substrate.
US12270148B2
A sizing agent is provided, the sizing agent includes a component (A) and a component (B), wherein a mass ratio A/B of the component (A) to the component (B) is 0.5 to 20, and a proportion of a total mass of the component (A) and the component (B) with respect to a total mass of the sizing agent is 80% by mass or more, wherein the component (A) is an epoxy resin having a viscosity of 1 to 180,000 Pa·s at 30° C., and the component (B) is an aliphatic ester compound having a freezing point of 50° C. or lower.
US12270146B2
A garment steamer with a clamp includes a garment steamer body provided with a handhold part and an ironing part. The ironing part is provided with several steam holes. The garment steamer also includes: a clamp with one end hinged on one end of the handhold part away from the ironing part through a hinge shaft. The clamp is provided with several through holes connected to the steam holes one by one. A locking structure with one part set on the handhold part and the other part set on the clamp. An elastic member set between the clamp and garment steamer body, and used to separate the clamp from the garment steamer body to form an angle when the locking structure is in unlocked state.
US12270145B2
A dryer appliance, a controller, and a method for operation are provided. The controller is configured to execute steps of a method including receiving an input indicative of a drying cycle end time; determining a moisture extraction rate based at least in part on the received input indicative of drying cycle end time, the moisture extraction rate indicative of a rate at which moisture is removed from articles within a chamber of the dryer appliance; determining a rate of change of moisture extraction rate corresponding to the drying cycle end time; and adjusting a condensation rate based at least on the rate of change of moisture extraction rate and the received input indicative of the drying cycle end time.
US12270138B2
Reinforcing filaments or fibers, such as aromatic polyamide (aramid) fibers, can be reliably measured and consistently mixed into asphalt cement concrete by soaking the fibers in a wetting agent, then severing them to a desired length, and mixing the segments with other ACC ingredients. The wetting agent holds the fibers together loosely, so they can be distributed more uniformly throughout the ACC without clumping. The wetting agent soaks into the ACC mixture and/or evaporates, leaving the reinforcing fibers behind.
US12270137B2
A method for decolorizing a polyester fabric is provided, which includes: providing a dyed polyester fabric, in which a material of the dyed polyester fabric contains a dye and a water repellent; providing a composite solvent, in which the composite solvent includes propylene glycol methyl ether (PM) and acetic acid that are mixed together; and performing an extraction process, which includes using the composite solvent to wet the dyed polyester fabric and remove the dye and the water repellent from the material of the polyester fabric by extraction, so as to obtain a reduced polyester fabric.
US12270125B2
The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a library of nucleic acids having modular end sequences. The method includes combining a pool of different modular nucleic acid tags with a nucleic acid sample, the nucleic acid sample including a plurality of double-stranded target nucleic acids. The method further includes joining the ends of each of the double-stranded target nucleic acids to tags selected from the pool of different modular nucleic acid tags to form a plurality of doubly-tagged target nucleic acids, amplifying each of the doubly-tagged target nucleic acids, thereby preparing a library of nucleic acids having modular end sequences, and detecting the library of amplified nucleic acids having modular end sequences.
US12270123B2
A method for producing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of a gallium-based III-N alloy layer comprises the following successive steps: —providing a donor substrate of single-crystal silicon carbide; —implanting ions in the donor substrate to form an embrittlement zone defining a thin film layer of single-crystal SiC; —bonding the donor substrate onto a first receiving substrate via a bonding layer; —detaching the donor substrate along the embrittlement zone to transfer the thin film of SiC onto the first receiving substrate; —epitaxially growing a layer of semi-insulating SiC having a thickness greater than 1 μm on the thin film of SiC; —bonding the layer of semi-insulating SiC onto a second receiving substrate having a high electrical resistivity; —removing at least a portion of the bonding layer to detach the first receiving substrate; and —removing the transferred thin film of single-crystal SiC, to expose the semi-insulating SiC layer.
US12270119B2
A plating apparatus and a plating method thereof are provided. The plating apparatus includes: a tank body including at least one side wall, the at least one side wall being provided with an opening extending from the inside to the outside of the tank body, and the tank body being configured to accommodate a plating solution; a fixing device configured to fix the substrate at the opening of the side wall; at least one sealing element disposed around the opening; and a cleaning module coupled to the tank body for cleaning the at least one sealing element. A cleaning method is also provided for cleaning the at least one sealing element with the cleaning module after operation of the plating apparatus.
US12270113B2
A fuel producing system includes an electrolyzer that is supplied with a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor, and electrolyzes the raw material gas to generate a product gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and a first gas-liquid separator that performs gas-liquid separation on the product gas generated in the electrolyzer. Water vapor produced from water separated in the first gas-liquid separator or water vapor produced from water from a water supply source is allowed to be supplied to the electrolyzer in addition to the raw material gas.
US12270112B2
Proposed is a preparation method for single-layered MXenes capable of exfoliating a single layer of MXenes from multi-layered MXenes with a high yield. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a preparation method for single-layer MXenes, the method includes exfoliating a single layer of MXenes from multi-layered Mxenes with a Couette-Taylor reactor (CT reactor), inducing a regular flow.
US12270107B2
A method for coating a fiber tow includes moving a fiber tow across a wedge to separate the fiber tow into a plurality of sub-tows, and coating the plurality of sub-tows.
US12270098B2
A bismuth ferrite film material, a method for integrally preparing a bismuth ferrite film on a silicon substrate at a low temperature, and an application, includes: magnetron sputtering a bottom electrode, a buffer layer and a bismuth ferrite film on one surface of a Si substrate in sequence from bottom to top at a processing temperature of 300-400° C.; reducing the temperature to room temperature; and a top electrode is deposited via magnetron sputtering on the surface of the bismuth ferrite film; the buffer layer mentioned hereof is a conductive oxide which matches the lattice of bismuth ferrite and is of a perovskite structure (ABO3). According to the present invention, the temperature for preparing the bismuth ferrite film material can be reduced to 450° C. or below, and the bismuth ferrite film material has a high spontaneous electric polarization.
US12270097B2
The invention provides a preparation method of a nickel-based wrought superalloy wheel disk forging used at high temperature, in which the alloy has high content of solution strengthening elements W, Mo and strengthening phase γ′ phase forming elements Al, Ti, Nb and γ′ phase content reaches 55-65%. In view of a series of technical problems caused by high γ′ phase to alloy smelting and forging, the high-temperature stress relief annealing, low-temperature stress relief annealing process of steel ingot and high temperature homogenizing annealing of steel bar were proposed by optimizing the thermal process of wheel disk forging and controlling the precipitation and dissolution of γ′ phase.
US12270096B2
A ferritic stainless steel sheet is provided that has a predetermined chemical composition, wherein: a grain size number is 6.0 or more; the ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfies the formulas [A+B≥9.0] and [X+Y≥9.0] with respect to crystal orientation intensities of a ferrite phase obtained by X-ray diffraction; and the sheet thickness is 1.0 mm or more. A represents a {111}<112> crystal orientation intensity at a center portion of sheet thickness, B represents a {111}<112> crystal orientation intensity at a ⅛ portion of the sheet thickness, X represents a {322}<236> crystal orientation intensity at a center portion of sheet thickness, and Y represents a {322}<236> crystal orientation intensity at a ⅛ portion of the sheet thickness.
US12270089B2
The present invention relates to a method for extracting a refractory metal selected from Nb, Ta, Mo, W and V, from a solid material comprising the refractory metal in an oxidised form, the method using a layered double hydroxide, and the use of a layered double hydroxide for extracting or purifying a refractory metal selected from Nb, Ta, Mo, W and V.
US12270085B2
Compositions, methods and kits for detecting Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) nucleic acids are for detecting very low levels of the viral nucleic acids using nucleic acid amplification. The kit includes a first primer up to 100 bases long and includes a target-complementary 3′ terminal sequence of 15-48 contiguous bases. The first primer optionally may include a first primer 5′ sequence (i.e., an upstream sequence) that is not complementary to CHIKV nucleic acids.
US12270084B2
A circuit includes a current sensor circuit having inputs and an output. The current sensor inputs are adapted to be coupled to inductor terminals a power converter. The current sensor circuit includes a tunable time constant circuit coupled between the current sensor inputs and the current sensor output. A time constant control circuit is coupled to a tunable time constant circuit, and is configured to tune the time constant circuit responsive to the current sensor output and another signal representative of inductor current. An adjustable gain circuit has a first input coupled to the current sensor output. A direct current resistance (DCR) control circuit has an output coupled to a second input of the adjustable gain circuit, and the DCR control circuit is configured to provide a gain adjust signal at the output thereof responsive to an average current of the inductor and a current command signal for the power converter.
US12270076B2
Provided herein is a method for identifying a mastitis-causing microbe in a subject. A milk sample is centrifuged to form a microbial pellet, total nucleic acids are extracted from the pellet and a microarray analysis of extracted DNA from which the mastitis-causing microbe is identified from DNA hybridization to mastitis-causing microbe species-specific gene probes. Also provided is a method for diagnosing a bovine mastitis infection in a dairy cow after identifying the bovine mastitis-causing microbe in a raw milk sample from the dairy cow.
US12270073B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US12270067B2
The present disclosure provides nanoparticle transducers and methods of use thereof for the detection of analyte concentrations in a fluid. Nanoparticle transducers can comprise a nanoparticle, such as a Pdot, coupled to an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction with the analyte. The nanoparticle transducers further comprise chromophores that emit fluorescence that varies as a function of the concentration of one of the elements of the reaction. The nanoparticle transducer thus changes fluorescence as the analyte concentration changes, transforming analyte concentration values into fluorescence intensities. The measurement of these intensities provides a measurement of the analyte concentration. The nanoparticle transducers are biocompatible, allowing for use in vivo, for the monitoring of analyte blood concentrations such as blood glucose concentrations.
US12270063B2
Culturing S. glucoliberatum PABB004 under conditions effective for the S. glucoliberatum PABB004 to secrete simple sugars into culture medium. In one or more embodiments, the conditions include a pH of 6.0 to 8.5. In some cases, the culture can include a second organism. A co-culture includes S. glucoliberatum PABB004 and a second organism, wherein the co-culture has a pH of 6.0 or greater. In one or more embodiments, the second organism is selected to produce a product of interest such as, for example, ethanol.
US12270059B2
The present disclosure provides a tea plant CsFAAH6 gene and use thereof. The tea plant CsFAAH6 gene has a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in sequence listing. A protein coded by the tea plant CsFAAH6 gene has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing. The CsFAAH6 is highly expressed in mature leaves of tea plants; there is significant negative correlation between theanine content in shoots (one bud and two leaves) of different tea cultivars in different months and expression level of the CsFAAH6; instantaneous silencing of CsFAAH6 expression can significantly increase the theanine content, indicating that CsFAAH6 has a physiological function of theanine degradation and a molecular mechanism thereof.
US12270058B2
The disclosure discloses a feruloyl esterase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The disclosure provides a feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 and specific enzyme activity as high as 519 U/g. The disclosure provides a recombinant Bacillus subtilis which uses Bacillus subtilis as a host, expresses a gene encoding the feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and can be used for producing the feruloyl esterase with a high yield. The process specifically includes inoculating a fermentation culture medium with the recombinant Bacillus subtilis for fermentation for 14 hours, and the enzyme activity of the feruloyl esterase in a cell disruption supernatant can be as high as 82.53 U/mL.
US12270045B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing an irradiated platelet lysate, comprising the steps of providing a starting platelet lysate having platelet factors including growth factors and plasma proteins including coagulation factors and proteins other than the coagulation factors. Double irradiation of the starting platelet lysate, using UVC radiation and ionizing radiation. The double irradiation with UVC radiation and ionizing radiation being arranged to retain at least 75% of the total protein concentration of the starting platelet lysate, while reducing, by at least 40%, the concentration of at least one of the coagulation factors including fibrinogen, factor II, factor VII, factor IX, factor X and factor XI of the starting platelet lysate.
US12270037B2
The present disclosure provides composition and methods for improving leaf quality of low-alkaloid tobacco plants. Also provided are the identification and genetic engineering of target genes (Leaf Quality Genes) for producing tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants.
US12270033B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods useful for treating conditions related to Dual Leucine Zipper (DLK), e.g., neurodegenerative disorders including optic neuropathy. The disclosure provides gene constructs and vectors that regulate the activity of Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase (DLK) or Leucine Zipper Kinase (LZK). The disclosure also provides dominant negative DLK (DN-DLK) proteins that inhibit the kinase and/or signaling activity of DLK. The disclosure also provides vectors, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of inhibiting DLK.
US12270028B2
Provided herein are methods, systems, and compositions for seamless nucleic acid assembly. Methods, systems, and compositions as provided herein provide for efficient assembly of nucleic acids without primer removal. Methods, systems, and compositions for seamless nucleic acid assembly comprise use of an endonuclease or exonuclease, optionally in conjunction with additional enzymes to assemble nucleic acids or polynucleotides.
US12270017B2
A cell culture vessel includes a vessel body, support columns, and a stabilizer device. The vessel body defines a cell culture chamber enclosed between a bottom wall and a top wall. The support column is within the cell culture chamber and extends between the top wall and the bottom wall. The stabilizer device covers a width and length of the cell culture chamber and has a column engaging structure that is sized to slidingly engage the support column such that the stabilizer device is movable along the support column as a liquid culture medium is received in the cell culture chamber. The support column guides the stabilizer device along a length of the support column as the stabilizer device rises with rising liquid level in the cell culture chamber during a liquid culture medium filling operation.
US12270016B1
A method and system to make a modular microfluidic device in a miniaturized form for cell culture, co-culture, and organ-on-a-microfluidic device as in-vitro model of human organs within compartmentalized 3D structures is described. The modular microfluidic device enables co-culturing of heterogeneous cell assemblies that are adjacent or sequentially connected to promote enhanced cell-cell interaction. In vivo-like flow into and/or from one cell growth chamber to adjacent cell growth chamber is maintained by micro-engineered porous barriers i.e., porous walls and membranes. These porous barriers provide a tool for mimicking the paracrine exchange between cells in the human body. The system comprises of a set of microelectrodes for real-time and long-term monitoring and quantitative measurement of the impact of stimuli on the epithelial tissue permeability. The modular microfluidic system provides a platform technology for bio-fabrication of variety of miniaturized in-vitro models for mimicking the structure and function of single and multi-organ models.
US12270014B2
A method for producing alcoholic beverages from alkaline cooking, using as a basis the increase in pH in the medium to cook cacahuazintle corn grains, other similar mealy corn or any other grain, which offers a different proposal due to the generation of flavors, aromas and sensory characteristics that differentiate the products obtained by the methods herein disclosed from existing alcoholic beverages. A method for producing alcohol for human consumption and/or industrial use from the recovery and treatment of nejayote obtained from alkaline cooking residues, also known as nixtamalization of corn, applied to any alkaline cooking residue in the alimentary field.
US12270008B2
A method for hydrotreating and recycling waste lubricating oil, the method comprising the two steps of slurry bed pre-hydrotreatment and deep hydrotreatment, specifically as follows: mechanical impurities are removed from waste lubricating oil, and then the oil is subjected to flash distillation to separate free water and a portion of light hydrocarbons; a bottom product of the flash distillation column is mixed with hydrogen and a self-sulfurizing oil-soluble transition metal catalyst, and then enters a slurry bed reactor for pre-hydrotreatment; a liquid product obtained by performing separation on a reaction effluent is subjected to hydrocyclone separation and solvent washing to remove solid residue, and then a pre-treated lubricating oil component is obtained; said component is mixed with hydrogen and then enters a hydrofining reactor, an isomerization-dewaxing reactor, and a supplementary refining reactor, connected in series, for hydrotreatment; and the reaction products are separated to obtain high-quality naphtha, diesel oil and a lubricating base oil. The method of the present invention has such advantages as simple processing procedures, a high oil liquid yield, good lubricating oil base oil quality, and can implement full-fraction resource utilization of waste lubricating oil. In addition, the oil-soluble catalyst features simple dispersion, no need for vulcanization, a small catalyst adding amount, high low-temperature hydrogenation activity, is capable of effectively preventing the coking that could occur during a process of preheating the waste lubricating oil, and ensures long-term stable operation of the device.
US12270003B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a sulfurized alkyl phenate product to achieve a high sulfurization ratio of sulfurized alkyl phenate to unsulfurized alkyl phenate/phenol in the context of a neutralized and optionally overbased additive. The sulfurized alkyl phenate product is obtained by sulfurizing an alkyl phenol with a sulfur chloride blend that includes about 40 to about 75 weight percent of sulfur dichloride.
US12270001B2
A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide a light gas stream and an olefin rich stream. Oxygenates are absorbed from the olefin rich stream into a water wash stream to provide an oxygenate rich water wash stream and a washed olefin stream. The washed olefin stream can then be oligomerized.
US12269999B2
The invention is a process for producing a white oil having an initial boiling point of at least 250° C., the process comprising a step of catalytically hydrogenating a base oil feedstock at a temperature of from 120 to 210° C., at a pressure of from 30 to 160 bars and a liquid hourly space velocity of 0.2 to 5 hr−1, the base oil feedstock comprising less than 5 ppm by weight of sulphur.
US12269993B2
Disclosed herein is a surfactant package comprising a base oil, a mutual solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alcohol ethoxylates, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, alkylphenol ethoxylates, nonoxynols, fatty acid esters of sorbitol, alkyl ether carboxylic acids, ethoxysulfates, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein is a wellbore servicing fluid comprising an aqueous fluid and the surfactant package. The wellbore servicing fluid can be used in a method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The wellbore servicing fluid has an increased mud removal percentage, is compatible with an OBM and a cementitious fluid, and has reduced environmental impacts. The surfactant package can be added into the wellbore servicing fluid as a single component, which can save storage space and preparation time of the wellbore servicing fluid, thus the surfactant package can be used at a location having limited equipment/tools/space (e.g., an offshore platform). The surfactant package is a homogeneous fluid, which facilitates storage and transportation, and saves preparation time of the wellbore servicing fluid.
US12269987B2
A wellbore fluid may include an oleaginous continuous phase; a non-oleaginous discontinuous phase; an emulsifier stabilizing the non-oleaginous phase within the oleaginous phase; a low density material selected and in an amount to result in a specific gravity of the wellbore fluid that is less than 0.83; and at least one rheology modifier selected to suspend the low density material within the wellbore fluid.
US12269983B2
The inorganic particle according to the present invention is composed of aggregation of crystalline and amorphous small particles and has a spherical and smooth surface. The spherical appearance, low crystallinity and narrow particle size distribution of inorganic particle are more advantageous in reducing scratch defects in the CMP process. In addition, since the small particles on the surface of the inorganic particle provide more active sites, the inorganic particle has an excellent removal rate, so it is advantageous as a next-generation CMP abrasive.
US12269982B2
According to one embodiment, a method can comprise: providing a tool that has a first portion that comprises a first material and a second portion that comprises a second material, wherein the second material differs from the first material and the tool is subject to a magnetic field, and wherein the first material and the second material are provided such that the magnetic field is relatively stronger at and adjacent the first portion relative to the magnetic field at and adjacent the second portion; positioning a surface adjacent to the tool so as to be subject to the magnetic field; and disposing magnetizable abrasive particles on the surface, wherein the magnetizable abrasive particles are attracted to an area on the surface adjacent the first portion where the magnetic field is relatively stronger so as to provide for at least one of a desired orientation, placement and alignment of a majority of the magnetizable abrasive particles on the surface.
US12269972B2
Reactive adhesive film for bonding various materials, including plastic to metal, the adhesive film comprising (a) a polymeric film-forming matrix, (b) at least one epoxide-functionalized (meth)acrylate or vinyl monomer and (c) a reagent selected from an initiator, in particular a free-radical initiator, or an activator. Further disclosed are reactive adhesive film systems comprising two reactive adhesive films. Methods for producing reactive adhesive films, and methods are also disclosed.
US12269965B2
A resin composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first polyol represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second polyol represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a polyisocyanate, wherein the first polyol and the second polyol have a linear structure without a side chain. each of Y1 to Y4 is H or OH—, at least one of Y1 and Y2 is OH—, at least one of Y3 and Y4 is OH—, each of X1 to X3 is independently a C1-C20 alkyl group, the alkyl group includes or does not include an unsaturated bond, —CH2— in the alkyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted with —CHOH—, and each of n and m is independently 1 to 200.
US12269948B2
A polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor, resin particles having a core and a coating resin layer, the coating resin layer contains a melamine resin, and a solvent.
US12269944B2
This document relates to shape memory compositions containing a sliding-ring polymer (polyrotaxane) additive and a thermally-curable epoxy resin. The shape memory compositions are able to deform and reform in response to external stimuli. This document also relates to 3D-printed shape memory compositions containing a sliding-ring polymer (polyrotaxane) additive and a thermally-curable epoxy resin.
US12269936B2
The present invention relates to methods for processing plant and/or micro-organism derived cellulose materials into rheology/structuring agents. More in particular, the present invention relates to methods wherein plant and/or micro-organism derived cellulose material is co-processed with carboxycellulose. The methods of the present invention provide a variety of benefits, in terms of process efficiency and scalability as well as in relation to the properties of the materials that are obtainable using these methods. For instance, it has been found that (highly) concentrated products produced using the method of the invention are easily (re)dispersible in water and aqueous systems to regain much of the cellulose component's original rheological performance.
US12269933B2
Matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resin compositions for additive fabrication are described and claimed. Such resins include a cationically polymerizable component that is an aliphatic epoxide, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate component, a cationic photoinitiator, a free-radical photo initiator, and a matrix of inorganic fillers, wherein the matrix further constitutes prescribed ratios of at least one microparticle constituent and at least one nanoparticle constituent. Also described and claimed is a process for using the matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication to create three dimensional parts, and the three-dimensional parts made from the liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication.
US12269928B2
The present invention relates to a raw-material supply system and a raw-material supply method for pyrolyzing waste plastic including PVC and PET. The raw-material supply system includes: a slaked-lime supply device (12) configured to feed slaked lime to the waste plastic; an operation controller (15) configured to instruct the slaked-lime supply device (12) to feed the slaked lime to the waste plastic, the slaked lime to be fed having the number of moles that is 1 to 4 times a total number of moles of the polyvinyl chloride and the polyethylene terephthalate in the waste plastic; a melting dechlorination device (18) configured to dechlorinate the polyvinyl chloride and hydrolyze the polyethylene terephthalate by mixing the waste plastic and the slaked lime while heating the waste plastic and the slaked lime; a degassing hopper (20) coupled to the melting dechlorination device (18); and a raw-material supply device (22) configured to deliver the molten waste plastic from the degassing hopper (20) to a pyrolysis furnace (6).
US12269927B2
A method for producing environmentally friendly, mono-extruded hemp composite board (EHB) is provided. By using hemp fiber and hemp hurd in combination with virgin and/or recycled binders, the system and method may be used to create preferable substitutes for traditional construction boards. The method generally comprises steps of processing hemp hurd/fiber and injecting said hemp hurd/fiber into an extruder along with a binder. Waste products from other production streams may be added as well to reduce waste/cost of said production streams. The resulting EHB is structurally superior to traditional construction boards largely due to the structural characteristics of dispersed hemp hurd and hemp fiber, their complete encapsulation in a binder material, and their lower hygroscopic properties. Additionally, since the EHB is created using an extruder, a downstream extrusion arrangement may be used to mold the EHB into shapes that are difficult to achieve with traditional construction boards.
US12269915B2
A particulate polyurea compound a2) for reducing gloss of coatings, a resin composition and a crosslinkable composition comprising the particulate polyurea compound is provided, wherein the volume percentage of particles of the particulate polyurea compound having a diameter of smaller than 10 μm is equal or less than 40%, and the volume percentage of the polyurea product having a diameter larger than 20 μm is equal or more than 11%.
US12269908B2
This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a catechol-containing co-polymer through a suspension polymerization or a solution polymerization process. In some illustrative embodiments, this disclosure relates to a process of a free radical suspension polymerization for large-scale manufacturing catechol-containing copolymers. In some other illustrative embodiments, this disclosure relates to a solution polymerization of free radical, cationic, or anionic process for large-scale manufacturing catechol-containing copolymers. The process and the product thereof are within the scope of this disclosure.
US12269902B2
The present disclosure relates to peptide compounds and conjugate compounds, processes, methods and uses thereof for treating cancer. For example, the compounds can comprise compounds of formula (SEQ ID NO: 1) X1X2X3X4X5GVX6AKAGVX7NX8FKSESY (I) (SEQ ID NO: 2) (X9)nGVX10AKAGVX11NX12FKSESY (II) (SEQ ID NO: 3) YKX13LRRX14APRWDX15PLRDPALRX16X17L (III) (SEQ ID NO: 4) YKX18LRR(X19)nPLRDPALRX20X21L (IV) (SEQ ID NO: 5) IKLSGGVQAKAGVINMDKSESM (V) (SEQ ID NO: 6) IKLSGGVQAKAGVINMFKSESY (VI) (SEQ ID NO: 7) IKLSGGVQAKAGVINMFKSESYK (VII) (SEQ ID NO: 8) GVQAKAGVINMFKSESY (VIII) (SEQ ID NO: 9) GVRAKAGVRNMFKSESY (IX) (SEQ ID NO: 10) GVRAKAGVRN(Nle)FKSESY (X) (SEQ ID NO: 11) YKSLRRKAPRWDAPLRDPALRQLL (XI) (SEQ ID NO: 12) YKSLRRKAPRWDAYLRDPALRQLL (XII) (SEQ ID NO: 13) YKSLRRKAPRWDAYLRDPALRPLL (XIII) wherein X1 to X21 and n can have various different values and wherein at least one protecting group and/or at least one labelling agent is optionally connected to said peptide compound at an N- and/or C-terminal end.
US12269893B2
The present invention is based on the finding that administration of polypeptides comprising at least one immunoglobulin single variable domains against vWF to human TTP patients provides a significant decrease in the time to response. The invention provides a polypeptide comprising at least one immunoglobulin single variable domain (ISVD) against von Willebrand Factor (vWF) for use in treating a vWF-related disease in a human in need thereof. The invention further relates to dosage unit forms, kits and medical uses for treating TTP.
US12269888B2
Provided are polynucleotides encoding inactivated cell surface receptors. Also provided are genetically engineered induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and derivative cells thereof expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and methods of using the same. Also provided are compositions, polypeptides, vectors, and methods of manufacturing.
US12269887B2
An anti-canine CD16 polypeptide generally includes a CDR region of SEQ ID NO:5, a CDR region of SEQ ID NO:9, or a functional variant of either CDR region. An anti-canine CD64 polypeptide generally includes a CDR region of SEQ ID NO:13, a CDR region of SEQ ID NO:17, or a functional variant of either CDR region. The anti-canine CD16 polypeptide and anti-canine CD64 polypeptide may be incorporated into a therapeutic compound, a multispecific compound, a targeted imaging compound, or a capture assay device.
US12269877B2
Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit activation of human Notch3 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat cell proliferative diseases and disorders, including certain forms of cancer, associated with activation of Notch3.
US12269875B2
The present invention discloses methods to prevent gout flares using IL-10 inhibitors. A method of treating gout patients using methotrexate, canakinumab, and pegloticase is described.
US12269873B2
The present invention relates to the finding that TL1A enhances differentiation of TH17 cells, and enhance IL17 secretion from TH17 cells. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an inflammatory disease comprising determining the presence of a TL1A signaling profile, and treating the disease by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of one or more inhibitors of TL1A or TH17 cell differentiation. In another embodiment, the disease is characterized by TH17 differentiation.
US12269870B2
Fibronectin type III (FN3) domain antibodies, polynucleotides capable of encoding the FN3 domain antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, cells expressing FN3 domain antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, as well as associated vectors and detectably labeled FN3 domain antibodies or antigen-binding fragments may be used to engineer FN3 domain-targeting chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Methods of making the FN3 domain antibodies, CARs, and engineered immune cells, and methods of using the engineered immune cells are applicable to treat diseases including cancer.
US12269862B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells wherein the CAR T cells comprise a CAR and the CAR comprises an E2 anti-fluorescein antibody fragment, and administering to the patient a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.
US12269861B2
Provided are chimeric ILT receptors (CIRs) that include a targeting region from ILT2 or ILT4, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain (ICD). The ICD includes a signaling region (e.g., CD3 zeta (CD3ζ)) and optionally a costimulatory region (e.g., CD28, 4-1BB, OX40, and the like). Also provided are nucleic acids (e.g., expression vectors) encoding a subject CIR, and genetically modified cells (e.g., immune cells such as NK cells, T cells, iNKT cells, macrophages, and the like) expressing a subject CIR. For example, provided are genetically modified immune cells such as NK cells that include a nucleic acid encoding an ILT2 or ILT4 CIR. The subject CIRs are designed to activate cytotoxicity by immune cells such as NK cells, T cells, iNKT cells and macrophages against HLA-G expressing cancers.
US12269856B2
The present invention relates, inter alia, to certain hepcidin peptide analogues, including peptides and dimers thereof, and to the use of the peptides and peptide dimers in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, conditions or disorders, including treatment and/or prevention of iron overload diseases, which include hereditary hemochromatosis and iron-loading anemias, and other conditions and disorders described herein.
US12269845B2
The present invention relates to linker molecules of formula (1), X-Tb-Va—U—Y—Z (1) and a method for purifying peptides using said linker molecules. The linker molecule can be coupled to a purification resin via the moiety X and to a peptide via the moiety Y under the release of the leaving group Z. T is an optional spacer moiety and V is an optional electron withdrawing moiety. U is an aryl or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl moiety bound to at least one electron withdrawing moiety V, W or E. The linker is stable under acidic conditions and releases the peptide upon addition of a reducing agent.
US12269832B2
The present disclosure provides a lithium borate compound represented by the following Formula (I), an additive for a lithium secondary battery, which contains the lithium borate compound, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, a lithium secondary battery precursor, and a lithium secondary battery and method of producing the same. In Formula (I), R represents a single bond or an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US12269829B2
Disclosed are crystalline forms of sepiapterin free base selected from polymorphs A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and combinations thereof, as well as crystalline polymorphs of salts of sepiapterin. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such polymorphs and methods for preparing such polymorphs. Sepiapterin is useful in the treatment of a number diseases associated with low cellular levels of BH4, for example, phenylketonuria.
US12269827B1
Novel pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrazolo[4,3-c][1,6]naphthyridine compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrazolo[4,3-c][1,6]naphthyridine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases. The pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrazolo[4,3-c][1,6]naphthyridine compounds have the following general formula:
US12269817B2
Disclosed are compounds of following formula (I): in which all symbols have the same meanings as the definitions described in the specification; or a salt thereof. The compounds or a salt thereof are useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease and the like.
US12269815B2
The disclosure is directed to dantrolene prodrugs, compositions thereof, and methods of their use in the treatment of disease.
US12269810B2
The present disclosure relates to the preparation of synthetic cannabinoid derivatives of Formulae I and II, and compositions made therefrom.
US12269807B2
The invention relates to crystalline forms of the bis-HCl salt of a compound represented by Structural Formula 1, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising crystalline forms of the bis-HCL salt of a compound represented by Structural Formula 1 described herein. The crystalline forms of the bis-HCl salt of a compound of Structural Formula 1 and compositions comprising the crystalline forms of the compound of Structural Formula 1 provided herein, in particular, crystalline Form I, crystalline Form J, crystalline Form A, and crystalline Form B, or mixtures thereof, can be incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions, which can be used to treat various disorders. Also described herein are methods for preparing the crystalline forms (e.g., Forms I, J, B and A) of the bis-HCl salt of a compound represented by Structural Formula 1.
US12269803B2
The present disclosure is concerned with small molecule modulators of KLF15 signaling useful for treating various disorders such as, for example, kidney disease (e.g., chronic kidney disease), heart disease, obesity, or a neurodegenerative disorder (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, spinal muscular atrophy, traumatic brain injury, vascular dementia, Huntington's disease, mental retardation, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12269787B1
A method of making benzalaniline, the method comprising: providing benzaldehyde and aniline; performing a condensation reaction using a solvent; extracting water from the condensation reaction using a pervaporation system, wherein a poly(vinyl alcohol) PVA membrane is in the pervaporation system; and obtaining benzalaniline.
US12269783B2
The present disclosure is related to the field of steel slag treatment, and in particular to a process for stabilizing steel slag, the process comprising subjecting the steel slag to an autoclave treatment by use of a high temperature and pressure saturated vapor at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or above. The process provides the slag with reliable volume stability and makes it possible to meet desired requirements of various building materials. Additionally, the process is low cost, non-polluting, and of very high industrial value.
US12269776B2
A permeable, pourable concrete that has water permeability of on average about 1 inch per hour and compressive strength of an average of about 3000 psi, the permeable concrete comprising a mixture comprising blast-furnace slag, sand, gravel and Portland-type or equivalent cement, the concrete mixed with a predetermined ratio of water, poured into a predetermined form as desired, and set to harden until sufficiently strong.
US12269774B2
A bituminous emulsion that is capable of being used as a penetrating prime emulsion. The penetrating prime emulsion may be capable of penetrating compacted soil without the use of solvent, and may toughen quickly to allow early application of a paved layer on the surface. The bituminous emulsion may comprise bituminous material and an emulsifier comprising octylphenol ethoxylates, and optionally further comprising tallow diamine betaines or other betaines.
US12269769B2
The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness t (mm), in which a first-order derivative CSx′ of a stress value CSx (MPa) is −4.7 or larger in a range of CSx≥0 in a profile of the stress value CSx (MPa), in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is a function of depth x (μm) from a glass surface, and in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is measured by a scattered light photoelastic stress meter, and a manufacturing method thereof.
US12269765B2
A method for treating wastewater having one or more of suspended solids, dissolved solids, biological oxygen demand includes solids filtration followed by a bi-polar/bi-directional flow through ionic module fitted with anionically/cationically charged plates followed by a sub-sonic resonance module followed by another bi-polar/bi-directional flow through ionic module followed by a ultra-sonic resonance module followed by one or more anion/cation collection membrane modules. Recycle is provided in each step, wherein each step may be repeated, and wherein one or more of the steps can be bypassed.
US12269752B2
A method for producing a halide includes heat-treating a mixed material in an inert gas atmosphere, the mixed material being a mixture of (NH4)aMX3+a and LiZ. The M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, a lanthanoid, and Sc. The X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, and F. The Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, and F. Furthermore, 0
US12269750B2
An aluminosilicate zeolite may have a molar ratio of Si to Al of about 3 to about 10, a monoclinic space group C2/m with unit cell dimensions of a of 13.6 Å+/−5%, b of 21.7 Å+/−5%, c of 6.7 Å+/−5%, and β of 93°+/−3°, 12-ring pores along a c-axis having dimensions of 7 Å+/−5% by 6 Å+/−5%, and 8-ring pores along an a-axis having dimensions of 3 Å+/−5% by 3 Å+/−5%. Said aluminosilicate zeolites may be useful in hydrocarbon conversion processes, selective catalytic reduction of NOx, CO2 and/or N2 adsorption, carbonylation reactions, and the monoalkylamine and dialkylamine syntheses.
US12269745B2
Provided are a natural graphite, a modified natural graphite material prepared therefrom, a preparation method, and applications. The natural graphite has the following characteristics: a particle size D50 smaller than 10 μm, and D90/D10<2.5; a 002 interplanar spacing ranging from 0.336 to 0.360 nm, I002/I110≤35; a saturated tap density greater than or equal to 0.6 g/cc and smaller than 1.3 g/cc; and a specific surface area greater than or equal to 1.0 m2/g and smaller than 10.0 m2/g. The provided natural graphite has specific particle size, orientation, tap density and surface area and can serve as a raw material for preparing modified natural graphite material, and the prepared modified natural graphite material has high isotropy and thus has better rate performance and cycle performance.
US12269744B2
Methods of making graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide are provided. The methods can include a simple one-pot synthesis of graphene oxide from a purified coal powder using a mild oxidizing acid. The methods provide for an improved, more cost-effective, and simpler process than conventional methods such as Hummers methods. In some aspects, placing the purified coal powder in the mild oxidation atmosphere includes contacting the purified coal powder with a mild oxidizing acid such as nitric acid, nitrous acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, benzoic acid, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the mild oxidizing acid consists essentially of nitric acid. Graphene oxides and reduced graphene oxides prepared by the methods are also provided.
US12269741B2
A reforming method may include: reforming a hydrocarbon with steam plasma to generate a first synthetic gas, which includes hydrogen and carbon dioxide, from the hydrocarbon; cooling the first synthetic gas to a predetermined temperature, removing water vapor included in the first synthetic gas, and separating hydrogen from the first synthetic gas; reforming the first synthetic gas, from which hydrogen is separated, and a hydrocarbon with steam plasma to generate hydrogen, and generating a second synthetic gas in which carbon dioxide is decreased; and cooling the second synthetic gas to a predetermined temperature, removing water vapor included in the second synthetic gas, and separating hydrogen from the second synthetic gas.
US12269740B2
The present invention concerns a device for the production of hydrogen and solid carbon from C1 to C4-alkane-containing gas by means of thermal plasma, a process for the production of hydrogen and solid carbon from C1 to C4-alkane-containing gas by means of thermal plasma, and the use of a device in a process for the production of hydrogen and solid carbon from C1 to C4-alkane-containing gas by means of a process of the invention.
US12269734B2
A microelectromechanical (MEMS) microphone with membrane trench reinforcements and method of fabrication is provided. The MEMS microphone includes a flexible plate and a rigid plate mechanically coupled to the flexible plate. The MEMS microphone includes a stoppage member affixed to the rigid plate and extending perpendicular relative to a surface of the rigid plate opposite the surface of the flexible plate. The stoppage member limits motion of the flexible plate. The rigid plate includes a reverse bending edge that includes a first lateral etch stop that includes a first corner radius and a second corner radius. The first corner radius is more than 100 nanometers and the second corner radius is more than 25 nanometers. Further, a lateral step width between the first corner radius and the second corner radius is less than around 4 micrometers.
US12269729B2
A motor oil change system includes refillable motor oil containers and one or more motor oil refill systems. Each of the one or more oil refill systems includes a user interface configured to receive data that allows for determination of a type and an amount of motor oil for a refill. The motor oil change system further includes a dispenser configured to dispense the motor oil into one of the refillable motor oil containers based on the determination.
US12269727B2
A system for producing filled plastic containers from sterilized plastic preforms, includes a transport device for transporting the plastic preforms and plastic containers produced from the plastic preforms by forming, along a predetermined transport path through the system, a forming apparatus for forming the sterilized plastic preforms into plastic containers, and a filling apparatus for filling the plastic containers during their at least sectional transport substantially along a circular line about a central axis of the filling apparatus. The forming apparatus and the filling apparatus have a maximum distance from one another in relation to their respective central axes of 5.5 m, preferably of 5.3 m, and the forming apparatus has a maximum number of 24 forming stations or of 6.0 m, preferably of 5.6 m, and the forming apparatus has more than 24 forming stations.
US12269720B2
An unmanned ground-based transport vehicle, UGV, includes a housing, having a base plate and at least one housing side wall substantially perpendicular to the base plate. Arranged in the housing is at least one wheel drive, which is coupled to at least one wheel. The wheel is arranged in a recess in the base plate. The UGV further includes sensors for sensing the environment of the UGV, and a controller for autonomous location and navigation of the UGV on the basis of sensing parameters of the sensors. The UGV includes at least one load-receiving element coupled to the housing side wall and extending outwards from the housing side wall, wherein the load-receiving element includes a load support surface for supporting an item with respect to a vertical direction which extends transverse to the base plate.
US12269719B2
A material handling system for lifting and dumping material into a container. Material handling systems for lifting and dumping material into a container are described herein which, in some embodiments, comprise at least one horizontal rail connected to the container, at least one vertical track slidably mounted to the horizontal rail, the vertical track defining a generally vertically extending lower portion and a curved upper portion transitioning into the generally vertically extending lower portion, a holder, the holder being connected to the vertical track in a manner permitting movement between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, and a motive power device operable to raise and lower the container along the vertical track between the uppermost position and the lowermost position, wherein the holder is rotated greater than about 90 degrees in the uppermost position relative to the lowermost position.
US12269705B2
A conveyance control unit is provided with a conveyance request unit configured to transmit a conveyance request signal to a paper conveyance device at a conveyance request timing corresponding to a processing cycle of a downstream paper processing device, a passage information reception unit configured to receive a paper passage signal indicating that paper has been sent out from the paper conveyance device, and the determination unit configured to determine whether a conveyance delay has occurred based on timing when the paper passage signal was received. The conveyance request unit is configured to transmit the conveyance request signal at the conveyance request timing corresponding to the next processing cycle when it is determined that a conveyance delay has not occurred, and the conveyance request unit is configured not to transmit the conveyance request signal at the conveyance request timing corresponding to the next processing cycle when it is determined that a conveyance delay has occurred.
US12269704B2
A banknote transport system 10 includes: an air blowing tube 100 that forms an air flow path 101; a moving body 200 that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow within the air blowing tube; a transport path 401 (a transport tube 400) having at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube; and a transport body 500 configured to be able to retain a banknote and traveling inside the transport path. The moving body includes a moving body magnet 213, and the transport body includes a transport body magnet 523. The banknote transport system moves the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body receiving the air flow due to attraction and/or repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnet and the transport body magnet.
US12269702B2
According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a folding unit and a fold-enhancing unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and thus forms a fold line thereon. The fold-enhancing unit includes a fold-enhancing roller, an opposite member, and an auxiliary roller. The fold-enhancing roller moves along a fold-line direction in which the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit extends. The opposite member sandwiches the fold line with the fold-enhancing roller. The auxiliary roller rolls over the sheet from the same side as the fold-enhancing roller. The auxiliary roller is displaced in a unified manner with the fold-enhancing roller in the fold-line direction and the direction of the thickness of the folded sheet. A drag torque generated by the movement of the fold-enhancing roller in the fold-line direction is higher in the auxiliary roller than in the fold-enhancing roller.
US12269696B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobility capable of automating loading and unloading of a cargo without the aid of manpower and an apparatus for loading and unloading a cargo. The mobility includes a cargo hold that accommodates a cargo; and a loading plate positioned to be spaced apart from a bottom of the cargo hold and installed so as to be able to tilt toward any one side of the mobility in the cargo hold.
US12269694B2
A controller includes: a deformation information obtaining unit configured to obtain information on deformation of a suction portion that suctions an object with negative pressure, and that is deformed by the negative pressure; and an operation control unit configured to control movement of the suction portion in accordance with deformation of the suction portion.
US12269690B2
A bolt escapement device includes holding rails, a blade disposed downstream of the holding rails, and a chute disposed downstream of the blade. The blade includes: a blade body configured to reciprocate in a direction intersecting the holding rails to pass through a first position and a second position; a bolt passageway extending in the blade body in a direction acute to a moving direction of the blade body; and a closure portion provided on a side surface of the blade body. At least one of the holding rails and the chute is provided with bolt guides. When the blade body moves from the first position to the second position, a corner portion of the bolt passageway that is closer to the holding rails is inserted between a bolt having entered the bolt passageway and a subsequent bolt and the rail gap is closed by the closure portion.
US12269689B2
A scraper system for a conveyor belt, a belt conveyor including same, and a method. The system includes a support and a scraper element for contacting the belt. A mounting includes an attachment part for attaching relative to the belt frame of the belt, a holding element for attaching the support to the attachment part, and a support element. The holding element is coupled to the support via a clamping assembly such that a torque can be applied about the support's longitudinal axis, and the holding element is releasably connected to the attachment part. The holding element is operatively connected to the attachment part on which the support is held, and during installation, the holding element is released from the attachment part. The support, scraper module, and holding element can be pulled longitudinally into a pull-out position such that the scraper module passes by the attachment part, wherein the support element supports the support.
US12269688B2
A conveying apparatus for advancing packages from an inlet station to an outlet station comprises an intermediate track between the inlet and outlet stations, an endless belt to engage the packages during advancement along at least the track; and a tensioning device to tension the endless belt. The tensioning device comprises a spring unit comprising first and second spring assemblies having first and second pre-loaded spring forces respectively, with the second spring force larger than the first spring force. The conveying apparatus is in a rest configuration in the absence of packages along the track and is in a loaded configuration with plural packages arranged along the track. The first spring assembly determines the spring force of the spring unit when the conveying apparatus is in the rest configuration and the second spring assembly determines the spring force of the spring unit when the conveying is in the loaded configuration.
US12269685B2
Disclosed are a vending method of an intelligent vending station, an intelligent vending station, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps of: determining a target item and a target vending device according to a purchase instruction from a user; determining a target cabinet accommodating the target item and determining a target conveying device; controlling the target conveying device to acquire the target item from the target cabinet and to convey the acquired target item to a receiving area of the target vending device.
US12269680B2
A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system includes: a first set of wheels arranged at opposite portions of a vehicle body of the container handling vehicle, for moving the vehicle along a first direction on a rail system of the grid; and a second set of wheels arranged at opposite portions of the vehicle body, for moving the vehicle along a second direction on the rail system of the grid, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. The vehicle body includes walls on all sides forming a footprint defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body. The container handling vehicle further includes: a first section and a second section arranged side-by-side such that a centre point of a footprint of the first section is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the footprint of the vehicle body, wherein a size ratio of the footprint F1 of the first section relative a footprint of the second section is at least 2:1, the first section is configured to accommodate a storage container, and the second section includes an assembly of motors for driving at least one wheel of each of the sets of wheels.
US12269677B2
A trash receptacle assembly that is made from two sections that can be selectively connected and/or separated. The first section has a base. An incomplete peripheral wall extends upwardly from the base. The incomplete peripheral wall has a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein a gap is defined between the first side edge and the second side edge. Guide tracks are provided on the incomplete peripheral wall along at least part of the first side edge and the second side edge. A peripheral wall segment is provided that is shaped and sized to fill the gap in the incomplete peripheral wall. The peripheral wall segment slides into the guide tracks on the first section.
US12269674B2
Systems and methods for efficiently managing bulk material are provided. The disclosure is directed to a portable support structure used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material and output bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. The portable support structure may include a frame for receiving and holding the one or more portable bulk material containers in an elevated position proximate the blender hopper, as well as one or more gravity feed outlets for routing the bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. In some embodiments, the portable support structure may be transported to the well site on a trailer, unloaded from the trailer, and positioned proximate the blender unit. In other embodiments, the portable support structure may be a mobile support structure that is integrated into a trailer unit.
US12269663B2
A protective packaging web is disclosed. The web includes a first film web having a plurality of extended portions including a base perimeter enclosing an open base region and an extended surface protruding in one direction from a plane defined by the first film web. The extended surface has a larger surface area than the open base region. The web also includes a second film web sealed to the first film web around a portion of the open base region to form sub-chambers on a side of the first film web opposite the protruding direction. The first film web and the second film web remain unsealed across the open base region defining regions within the sub-chambers suitable to contain a fluid volume. The plurality of sub-chambers are interconnected via one or more intra-chamber channels, allowing each of the sub-chambers to receive and release fluid in response to external pressures.
US12269660B2
One variation of a self-locking tie cord includes a) a linear series of a plurality of nodules coupled together by a connective stem; b) a lock, coupled to one end of the connective stem, including a planar opening and configured to allow a nodule from the series of nodules to pass through the planar opening in a first direction orthogonal to the planar opening or a second direction orthogonal to the planar opening and opposite to the first direction only when the nodule applies a sufficient force to the planar opening.
US12269653B2
Product packages and methods of reducing packaging waste arising from producing customized packages are disclosed. A plurality of trays are produced and a first batch of sleeves is produced corresponding to a first sleeve design, each sleeve of the first batch of sleeves being sized and shaped to be disposed about a respective one of the plurality of trays. Each sleeve of the first batch of sleeves is disposed about a respective one of the plurality trays to assemble a first plurality of packages. A second batch of sleeves is produced corresponding to a second sleeve design that is different from the first sleeve design, each sleeve of the second batch of sleeves being sized and shaped to be disposed about a respective one of the plurality trays. Each sleeve of the second batch of sleeves is disposed about a respective one of the plurality of trays to assemble a second plurality of packages.
US12269652B2
A dispensing closure (40) for a fluent substance-containing system, such as a container, includes a body (54) for receiving the fluent substance from the system, a locking member (56) assembled with the body (54), and a pivotable actuator (60) assembled with the locking member (56) and defining a dispensing flow passage (190) for discharging the fluent substance. The locking member (56) is rotatable relative to the body (54) from a locking position to an unlocking position to permit a user to pivot the actuator (60) from a closed position to a dispensing, open position. The body (54) has a pair of abutments (110) that extend through the locking member (56) in the locking position to prevent the actuator (60) from moving into the open position. In the unlocking position of the locking member (56), the actuator (60) is not prevented by the abutments (110) from moving into the open position.
US12269649B1
A container for packaging prepared foods, wine bottles, plants, and flowers suitable for use in greenhouses, floriculture, hydroponic farms, fast-food outlets, gift, and promotional packaging. The container includes but is not limited to a top, bottom, and middle section. The container is made using standard paperboard, standard die cutting equipment and standard cup forming manufacturing machinery. The container has no top rolled rim like a standard paperboard cup. The collapsible middle section is defined by cutouts that ensure that the ribs between cutouts remain separate during collapsing, facilitating radial collapsing of the middle section. Rounded top and bottom ends of the cutouts simplifying paperboard removal of paperboard from the cutouts. Fold lines are provided on the ribs to facilitate folding of the ribs during use. The container can retain water or be used without water.
US12269646B2
The present application provides a bottling facility for filling a refillable package. The bottling facility may include a filler for filling the refillable package, a radio frequency identification tag positioned on the refillable package, a radio frequency identification reader, and a data processing system in communication with the radio frequency identification reader. The radio frequency identification reader identifies the radio frequency identification tag when the refillable package is refilled and the data processing system tracks the number of times the refillable package is refilled.
US12269642B2
Disclosed is a bottle for containing liquid content including a body portion, at least part or the entire portion of an upper portion of which is provided with a plurality of guides which protrudes inward from an inside surface thereof and is in a spiral pattern so that the liquid content can be guided towards an opening of a neck portion of the bottle while spirally revolving inside the bottle.
US12269641B2
An intermediate bulk container system includes a molded bottle and a pallet. The molded bottle includes a bottom wall and a top wall opposite the bottom wall. A plurality of support columns extend vertically from the bottom wall and define a column thickness. A plurality of sidewalls extending vertically between the bottom wall and the top wall and horizontally between the support columns. The sidewalls define a sidewall thickness that is less than the column thickness.
US12269637B2
The objective of this invention is to provide a handle for carrying an article or a bundle of bottles that is more resistant to tearing and delaminating and can carry heavy loads. This is accomplished by placing a strip on the inside of the wrapping material so that the strip that forms the handle is enclosed within the wrapping material. The strip film maintains direct contact with the wrapping film. Direct contact is achieved by electrostatic bonding of the handle film on the wrapping film. Therefor more than 80% of the handle seals to the wrapping film.
US12269634B2
A method for controlling a plurality of carts movable independently from one another along an endless track and configured to perform at least one task in order to carry out at least one operation onto respective articles; the method including the steps of: advancing the carts along the track, the track including at least one task section and at least one transient section; advancing each cart along a task-assignment section of the track arranged upstream of the at least one task section; advancing a plurality of articles along a feeding path and through an operation station; detecting the passage of each article at a detection station of the feeding path located upstream of the operation station; and controlling one respective cart to perform the at least one task if an article is detected, during the step d) of detecting, when the cart is moving along the task-assignment section.
US12269629B2
The present invention provides a packaging apparatus for in-line packaging wrapping of a foldable blank around a receiving load that is simultaneously dropped onto the loading space of the foldable blank. The packaging apparatus includes a support means adapted to receive a supply of one or more foldable blanks. The support means includes a support frame supported onto two or more parallel longitudinal rails positioned generally transversal to a direction of supply of foldable blanks. The apparatus further includes an article loading mechanism to load a group of articles onto a loading space defined onto the foldable blank received onto the support means. The apparatus furthermore includes an erecting mechanism having a plurality of generally spaced apart vertical lugs, positioned onto one or more sides of the support frame, and at a height lower than the height of longitudinal rails such that a vertically upward movement of the lugs engages and erects at least one side of the foldable blank around the articles already loaded onto the foldable blank.
US12269622B1
Presented is a small, unmanned aircraft systems (aka drone) configured for amphibious use in water environments. Also presented is a capture device for the capture and recovery of a small, unmanned aircraft system.
US12269618B2
For model predictive control for a spacecraft formation, a method calculates a virtual point that represents a plurality of spacecraft orbiting in a spacecraft formation. The method calculates an outer polytope boundary and an inner polytope boundary relative to the virtual point for a given spacecraft of the plurality of spacecraft. The method maneuvers the given spacecraft to within the inner polytope boundary using model predictive control (MPC) to minimize fuel consumption.
US12269612B1
An aircraft tow vehicle comprises a turntable lifting unit configured to automatically rotate and lift for attachment to a nose landing gear of an aircraft. A gate coupled to the turntable lifting unit automatically unlocks, opens to receive the nose landing gear, closes to secure the nose landing gear, and locks. A sensor system detects the nose landing gear. A controller receives data from the sensor system, processes the data to determine a position of the nose landing gear, and controls the turntable lifting unit while automatically adjusting a position of the tow vehicle relative to the nose landing gear. A moving floor adjusts to accommodate different nose wheel sizes. A nose wheel adapter automatically positions itself to hold down the nose landing gear when weight is detected on the moving floor.
US12269609B2
A spark containment cap for enclosing an end of a fastener protruding from a structure, the enclosed body having a base and a cover portion, the cover portion extending from the base, the base providing an adhering surface for adhering the spark containment cap to a structure, and the base and the cover portion together forming a cavity within the enclosed body inside which the end of a fastener can be enclosed.
US12269602B2
An air cycle machine includes a compressor in fluid communication with an output conduit, a first turbine operably connected to the compressor and fluidly coupling the compressor with the output conduit, a second turbine operably connected to the compressor and fluidly coupling the compressor with the output conduit, and a valve. The valve couples the compressor with the output conduit and has an open position and a closed position. In the open position the first turbine and the second turbine are fluidly connected in parallel between the compressor and the output conduit. In the closed position the first turbine is fluidly connected in series with the second turbine between the compressor and the output conduit. Air cycle machine systems and methods of controlling flow in air cycle machines are also described.
US12269599B2
A double-shear secured vehicle seating assembly includes an operator seat (e.g., for a pilot or operator of a rotorcraft or like vehicle) and a seat frame structure via which the operator seat is secured to floor tracks in the cabin floor. Floor track grippers attached to the underside of the seat frame structure “grip” the floor tracks by extending down and around an upper portion of the floor track. The floor track grippers are further united with the floor tracks by locking pins that extend through holes in the grippers as well as the floor track itself, which includes a rail and a plurality of evenly spaced holes extending through the rail. The locking pin fully pierces the floor track gripper on a first side, fully piercing the aligned hole in the rail, and at least partially piercing the floor track gripper on the opposing side, creating the double-shear condition.
US12269597B2
A header assembly for an aircraft cabin comprises a plurality of track, each track configured to engage with separate movable panel made from an opaque material, with the separate movable panels deployed within the header assembly tracks to form an enclosed space defined by the deployed moveable panels, and with the movable panels made from an opaque material to block light from entering an adjacent region of an aircraft cabin interior.
US12269595B2
An aircraft lavatory is disclosed herein. The aircraft lavatory includes a standard access door providing access to the aircraft lavatory from at least one of an aisle, a cross aisle, or a passageway of an aircraft, a first moveable wall adjacent the standard access door, the first moveable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the first moveable wall configured to rotate about a first pivot point, and a second moveable wall adjacent the first moveable wall, the second movable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the second moveable wall configured to rotate about a second pivot point.
US12269589B2
A wing for an aircraft includes a leading edge as a first chordwise edge, a trailing edge as a second chordwise edge, an upper skin extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a lower skin extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, at least one spar extending between the upper skin and the lower skin in a spanwise direction to create wing box with the upper skin and the lower skin, and at least one of a fluid line, an electrical line, and a mechanical power transfer device attached inside or reaching into the wing box at least partially.
US12269581B2
A system of a multi-rotor aircraft that capitalizes on the advantages of fixed wing elements combined with rotary wing structures. The fixed wing elements can help to generate lift once the aircraft is airborne and can thus reduce the need for larger lifting rotors which can allow for longer flight times and distances. Additionally, the systems disclosed herein take advantage of a partial in-wing configuration with a number of rotors to reduce the overall footprint of the vehicle while maintaining the flight efficiency that comes with combining features of fixed and rotary wing elements, and increasing operator safety by shrouding rotating parts. The unique configurations allow for a decoupling of the pitch, yaw and roll authority to reduce the complexity in control systems and improve the flight efficiency of the aircraft. Additional configurations implement the use of smaller thrust rotors that can be used to generate thrust as well as control yaw and thus counteract any remaining unbalanced torque.
US12269573B2
A crash load distribution structure of a fuselage, includes a floor frame defining a fuselage floor, a skid member fastened to the lower portion of the floor frame, and a crash box coupled to the skid member and extending to the lower portion of the floor frame, and configured to selectively deform in a crash load direction when an oblique crash occurs thereto.
US12269571B1
According to one aspect, a reactor for generating hydrogen-containing gas may include a coupling defining a passage, a shell defining a cavity, and one or more liners impermeable to water, each of the one or more liners releasably secured to the coupling with each of the one or more liners defining a respective chamber disposed in the cavity of the shell, the passage of the coupling in fluid communication with the respective chamber of at least one liner of the one or more liners, and at least one layer of air between each of the one or more liners and the shell.
US12269570B1
An altitude movement device comprising of a ballonet within an outer envelope with the ballonet configured to control buoyancy and an apparent wind generating device combined with the altitude movement device to generate an apparent wind to propel the vehicle laterally with respect to the direction of the jet stream.
US12269568B2
A trolling motor assembly including a main housing and a shaft rotatably coupled therewith. The shaft is rotatable through a first angular displacement about its longitudinal axis that exceeds 360 degrees. A first gear coupled with the shaft is rotatable about the longitudinal axis. A second gear coupled with the first gear has an axis of rotation spaced apart from the longitudinal axis and is rotatable through a second angular displacement that exceeds the first angular displacement. A plurality of discs coupled with the second gear are rotatable about the axis of rotation relative to one another and to the second gear. A first disc defines a first stop that is rotatable into and out of engagement with a second stop coupled with the second gear. A second disc defines a third stop that is rotatable into and out of engagement with a fourth stop coupled with the main housing.
US12269563B2
A modular seating assembly includes a top backrest portion, a seat support structure, and a bottom seating portion. The top backrest portion includes a backrest frame, a first backrest cushion, a backrest gap, and a second backrest cushion. The seat support structure includes a pair of supports connecting the top backrest portion and the bottom seating portion to one another to form the modular seating assembly. The bottom seating portion includes a seat apex section including the second backrest cushion, and a seat base section on which the seat apex section is disposed when the bottom seating portion is in a closed position. The seat apex section is configured to rotate away from the seat base section when the bottom seating portion is in an open position. The modular seating assembly includes a storage region formed within the bottom seating portion of the modular seating assembly.
US12269562B2
Disclosed is a process for producing a blank from an item that is configured to equip a rotating-joint device of an installation for mining fluids, in particular on an offshore platform, including the following steps: providing at least one strip of a predetermined material; providing at least one production support that is at least partially annular and that has a predetermined outer diameter; arranging the at least one strip of a predetermined material around the production support until a predetermined thickness is obtained; and removing the production support to obtain the item blank that has a predetermined cross-section.
US12269556B2
A stem buffer suspension assembly structure includes a main suspension stem inserted into a stem channel of a front buffer frame assembly and including a buffer assembly, wherein a stem and a headset are assembled on an end of the main suspension stem protruded out of the buffer assembly; an upper end cover assembled with the buffer assembly and abutted with a top of the stem; a lower pressing assembly is assembled with the main suspension stem and includes a lower plug member, a locking pin, a pressing member and a limit block. The lower plug member is assembled on the main suspension stem, and the lower plug member is locked with the locking part, the locking pin is screwed with the pressing member, the limit block is mounted with the locking pin and located between the lower plug member and the pressing member.
US12269555B2
The saddle-ride vehicle includes a tubular distance collar that is disposed between a one-side pivot portion and an other-side pivot portion and through which a pivot shaft is passed, the one-side pivot portion is provided with a tubular one-side collar member through which the pivot shaft is passed, the other-side pivot portion is provided with a tubular other-side collar member through which the pivot shaft is passed, the distance collar is interposed between the one-side collar member and the other-side collar member, and the distance collar is exposed outward between the one-side collar member and the other-side collar member separated from each other to the left and right, in a state where the pivot shaft is passed through the distance collar.
US12269514B2
A vehicle control device controls travel of a vehicle by performing state transition for a plurality of control states having different driving assistance levels based on vehicle surrounding information. The vehicle control device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the vehicle surrounding information; and a control unit configured to control the state transition and braking operation of the vehicle based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein, based on the information, the control unit is configured to transition from a first control state set for travel of the vehicle to a second control state with a lower driving assistance level in a case where it is determined that another vehicle is crossing a lane line in front of the vehicle in a lane where the vehicle is traveling.
US12269511B2
In one embodiment, an emergency vehicle detection system can be provided in the ADV travelling on a road to detect the presence of an emergency vehicle in a surrounding environment of the ADV using both audio data and visual data. The emergency vehicle detection system can use a trained neutral network to independently generate a detection result from the audio data, and use another trained network to independently generate another detection result from the visual data. The emergency vehicle detection system can fuse the two detection results to determine the position and moving direction of the emergency vehicle. The ADV can take appropriate actions in response to the position and moving direction of the emergency vehicle.
US12269510B2
Systems and techniques are provided for rare scenario handling in autonomous vehicles. In some aspects, an AV management system can determine a target likelihood value range for identifying relevant rare scenarios. In some cases, the AV management system may use the target likelihood value range to generate new relevant rare scenarios that have a likelihood value that falls within the target likelihood value range. In some examples, the AV management system may initiate simulations of the generated relevant rare scenarios and capture synthetic AV scene data, which can be used to train machine learning models used in AVs. As a result, the performance of the AVs may be improved when faced with rare scenarios.
US12269508B1
Techniques for determining parking spaces and/or parking trajectories for a vehicle based on multistage filtering are discussed herein. In some examples, a vehicle may navigate to a destination within an environment. The vehicle may receive a set of parking locations and perform filtering operations to determine a subset of the parking locations. For example, the vehicle may use a list of parking characteristics (e.g., conditions) to filter the set of parking spaces. Based on determining the subset of parking spaces, the vehicle may generate a set of candidate trajectories to the subset of parking spaces. The vehicle may determine a subset of the candidate trajectories based on filtering the set of candidate trajectories according to various constraints. Further, the vehicle may determine a cost for the subset of candidate trajectories. Based on the costs, the vehicle may determine a candidate trajectory for the vehicle to follow.
US12269507B2
The present disclosure provides methods and techniques for evaluating and improving algorithms for autonomous driving planning and control (PNC), using one or more metrics (e.g., similarity scores) computed based on expert demonstrations. For example, the one or more metrics allow for improving PNC based on human, as opposed to or in addition to optimizing certain oversimplified properties, such as the least distance or time, as an objective. When driving in certain scenarios, such as taking a turn, people may drive in a distributed probability pattern instead of in a uniform line (e.g., different speeds and different curvatures at the same corner). As such, there can be more than one “correct” control trajectory for an autonomous vehicle to perform in the same turn. Safety, comfort, speeds, and other criteria may lead to different preferences and judgment as to how well the controlled trajectory has been computed.
US12269499B2
A vehicle notification device includes: a mode setting unit that sets a mode of a vehicle to either a first mode and a second mode based on mode setting information; an acquisition unit that acquires a driving diagnosis result; a classification unit that classifies the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result; and a notification device that notifies a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the first mode, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the first diagnosis result is acquired, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the second diagnosis result is acquired.
US12269492B2
A vehicle control device is configured to acquire a camera image obtained by capturing an image, control steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver of the vehicle on the basis of the camera image and map information, decide a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, change the driving mode of the vehicle to a driving mode with a heavier task when a task related to the decided driving mode is not executed by the driver, determine whether there is a deviation between a road division line shown in the camera image and a road division line shown in the map information, determine whether a preceding vehicle is present in front of the vehicle when it is determined that there is a deviation.
US12269471B2
An apparatus may be configured to determine whether to adjust an acceleration limit level associated with an acceleration limit operation for a corresponding vehicle speed range. The adjustment may be performed by using driver information acquired based on biometric information of a driver. The apparatus may be configured to control an adjustment of the acceleration limit level. The apparatus may be configured to change a limit acceleration of the vehicle that is accelerated based on a degree of accelerator pedal manipulation by the driver and the adjusted acceleration limit level.
US12269467B2
Presented is a method in which adjacent vehicles sense, while driving, the state of a vehicle having an abnormality, so as to report same to an infrastructure/network, and, further, the infrastructure/network directly senses the abnormality so that the vehicle with the abnormality can be controlled.
US12269466B2
A driving assistance apparatus performs a deployment control including at least a control to deploy an air-bag of a vehicle when an collision indicating value satisfies a predetermined collision condition, and performs a brake-and-drive control to make a driving force of the vehicle smaller than a required driving force of a driver of the vehicle or to apply a brake force to the vehicle when the collision indicating value does not satisfy the collision condition and/but satisfies a predetermined low impact collision condition that is to be satisfied when a low impact collision having a degree of collision lower than the collision has occurred. In addition, the driving assistance apparatus changes the low impact collision condition in such a manner that the low impact collision condition becomes satisfied more easily as an elapsed time of a state where an anomalous state condition is satisfied becomes longer. The anomalous state condition is a condition to be satisfied when the driver is not driving normally.
US12269460B2
A controller is employed in a vehicle including an engine, a motor generator, and a hydraulically-driven clutch. The controller includes a CPU that executes: a first starting process that starts, when starting the engine under a condition in which a system shaft torque is less than a shaft torque determination value, combustion in the engine after increasing an engine rotation speed to a motor rotation speed by engaging the clutch; a second starting process that starts, when starting the engine under a condition in which the system shaft torque is greater than or equal to the shaft torque determination value, combustion in the engine after the crankshaft starts to be rotated by engaging the clutch, the combustion being started before the engine rotation speed reaches the motor rotation speed; and a setting process that sets the shaft torque determination value to be larger as an oil temperature becomes lower.
US12269458B2
Systems and methods are described for emissions control of a hybrid vehicle. An instruction to switch from a combustion engine power mode of the hybrid vehicle to an electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle is received. A temperature of a catalyst associated with a combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle is identified, where exhaust gases from the combustion engine are passed over the catalyst. If the temperature of the catalyst is at, or above, a threshold level, the hybrid vehicle is switched to the electric power mode, and the combustion engine is switched off. If the temperature of the catalyst is below the threshold level, the hybrid vehicle is switched to the electric power mode, and the catalyst temperature is maintained at, or above, the threshold level.
US12269453B2
A method in a vehicle for estimating vehicle motion state during a vehicle maneuver, comprising; obtaining a trigger signal indicating an onset of the vehicle maneuver, selecting a sub-set of wheels on the vehicle to be in a free-rolling condition, measuring one or more parameters related to revolution of the sub-set of wheels in free-rolling condition, and estimating the vehicle motion state based on the measured parameters.
US12269445B2
A method for controlling the operation of a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle and in particular a vehicle drivable using muscle power and/or—in particular additionally—using motor power, an electric bicycle, e-bike, pedelec, or the like. In the method, it is checked whether a discharge condition for discharging an accumulator of the braking system is met. If the discharge condition is met, initially a controllable inlet valve in a primary circuit of the braking system is set into a partially closed state over a predefined duty cycle, in particular of 10%, and/or for a predefined time span and then an outlet valve of the accumulator is opened for a predefined time span—continuously or in intervals—so that brake fluid is discharged from the accumulator via the outlet valve, the primary circuit, and the inlet valve into a reservoir of a master cylinder of the primary circuit.
US12269437B2
A sensor cleaning mechanism is provided herein. At least one sensor is configured to observe a condition associated with a vehicle. A housing is configured to be mounted on the vehicle. The housing includes a window surface configured to be disposed substantially within a field of view of the at least one sensor. A fluid providing mechanism is configured to provide fluid to the window surface. An actuating mechanism is configured to rotate the housing about the at least one sensor at a first speed, thereby causing at least a portion of the fluid to be expelled from the window surface. The actuating mechanism also can be configured to change a speed of rotation of the housing to a second speed, which is greater than zero, in response to a determination that the window surface is substantially clear of the fluid.
US12269435B2
A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
US12269430B2
A vehicular mounted rail system may provide a rail, base(s), and rail adapter that are configured to be assembled and mounted to a structural member (e.g., dashboard) of a vehicle so as to enable a user to support an electronic device by the structural member.
US12269428B2
A rotating multi-variant luggage tray structure is proposed. The structure includes a cover part formed at a position corresponding to an inner surface of a trim, a housing rotated about a rotating shaft to be withdrawn from the trim, and a rotating bellows connected to the housing and configured to be folded according to a rotational radius of the housing. The cover part may be rotated about the rotating shaft to be opened, and then be longitudinally extended.
US12269427B2
A system is provided for carrying, receiving and unloading loads and goods for motor vehicles and to a vehicle in which the system is installed. The system allows a maximally variable and simultaneously ideal cuboidal loading area by combining a foldable loading area on the lower face of the vehicle with a rail system, which is positioned on the vehicle lower base in order to receive a wide variety of transport goods and carrier systems and a level-regulating function. Thus, a reduction of the environmental impact of the motor vehicle equipped with the system according to the invention can be combined with a versatile use, whether as a car-sharing concept or private or logistical applications, and excellent loading ergonomics. Additionally, the rail system, the folding mechanism and the transported goods to be conveyed are weatherproofed.
US12269426B2
A transportable personal elevation device is attachable to a substrate which is a vehicle or trailer bed. The elevation device includes a platform assembly including a platform and a platform support member. The elevation device also includes a connector assembly including a pivot pin and a mounting structure. The connector assembly is configured and arranged such that when attached to the substrate, the elevation device can be pivotally moved about the pivot pin between a storage position and an outwardly extending position. The elevation device may also include a latch assembly for temporarily fixing a position of the device, and may further include a post which is attached to a side of the platform assembly to permit grasping thereof by a user. The elevation device may take the form of a pivotable stair assembly, or alternatively, may include a power-assisted platform which can be selectively raised and lowered.
US12269413B1
An airbag assembly including an inflator to supply inflation gas and an airbag cushion configured to expand and deploy toward a seating position of a vehicle, the airbag cushion including a main chamber, a secondary chamber coupled to the main chamber, and a tether passing through the main chamber into the secondary chamber, wherein the tether is configured to be released to allow the secondary chamber to be inflated.
US12269405B2
A multiple detection system is applied to a vehicle and includes a contact-type detection module adapted to generate a contact-type detection datum, a contactless-type detection module adapted to generate a contactless-type detection datum, and an operation processor electrically connected with the contact-type detection module and the contactless-type detection module in a wire manner or in a wireless manner. The operation processor sets at least one of the contact-type detection datum and the contactless-type detection datum according to an environmental status of the vehicle to be a main detection result of the multiple detection system, and further sets the other detection datum to be an auxiliary detection result of the multiple detection system, for acquiring a passenger feature inside the vehicle.
US12269404B2
A capacitive measurement circuit for a capacitive sensing device having a plurality of antenna electrodes includes: a measurement signal voltage source, a remotely controllable switching unit, and a current measurement circuit. The switching unit includes a plurality of ports and switching members that are configured to provide connections between selected ports. The measurement signal voltage source and the current measurement circuit are operatively connected to a distinct port. Each antenna electrode is individually connectable to a distinct port. The switching unit is configured to connect, within a same measurement cycle, each of the antenna electrodes to the voltage output port and the current measurement circuit for loading mode operation. The switching unit is further configured to connect at least one of the antenna electrodes to the voltage output port and at least one other antenna electrode of the antenna electrodes to the current measurement circuit for coupling mode operation.
US12269398B2
A vehicle includes at least one camera that captures at least one image of a region external to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an environmental control system of the vehicle having at least one of lighting control and climate control for the vehicle. The vehicle includes control circuitry configured to process a first set of images of the plurality of images at a first sampling rate, determine a brightness condition of the region external to the vehicle based on processing the first set of images, process a second set of images of the plurality of images at a second sampling rate different than the first sampling rate, detect a shift in the brightness condition based on the second set of images, and control the environmental control system in response to the shift in the brightness condition.
US12269385B2
A seat back includes a back board serving as a decorative plate on a rear side of the seat back, a back frame that is configured to support a seated person, a back pad that is disposed at a front side the back frame, is configured to supports the seated person, and has elasticity, an intermediate board that is interposed between a peripheral edge of the back pad and a peripheral edge of the back board, and a back cover that is disposed over the back pad and the intermediate board.
US12269384B2
A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other, and each of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.
US12269359B2
A method for vehicle-to-vehicle charging for electric vehicles, including: controlling a three phase bi-directional on-board charger of a first electric vehicle to provide a DC power from an energy storage system of the first electric vehicle at a first terminal L1 and a second terminal L2 of the three phase bi-directional on board-charger of the first electric vehicle; transferring the DC power from the first terminal L1 of the first electric vehicle to an energy storage system of a second electric vehicle, and from the second terminal L2 of the first electric vehicle to an energy storage system of a third electric vehicle.
US12269355B2
Provided are a charging device and a vehicle capable of reducing the amount of noise flowing into a quick-charging facility. The pair of charging lines connecting the quick-charging facility (20) to an onboard battery (30) are referred to as quick-charging lines, and each of these quick-charging lines is provided with a relay (16-1, 16-2). Each relay (16-1, 16-2) is used to switch the current flowing in the respective quick-charging line on and off, the current being switched on during quick-charge and being switched off during normal charging. Each quick-charging line has a Y-capacitor (17) connected thereto closer to a QC port (15) than the respective relay (16-1, 16-2).
US12269353B2
An electronic device includes: an exterior case that has a first case and a second case engaged with each other; a first lead wire and a second lead wire extended from the inside of the exterior case; a first grommet through which the first lead wire is penetrated; and a second grommet through which the second lead wire is penetrated, where the first grommet is inserted in a first notch formed in the first case, the second grommet is inserted in a second notch formed at a position that substantially faces the first notch in the second case, and a continuous O-ring is interposed between the first case and the second case and between the first grommet and the second grommet.
US12269349B2
An apparatus for controlling operation of an electric vehicle of the present invention may comprise: an operation information collection unit that collects parameters for operation of an electric vehicle; a battery information collection unit that collects information on battery operation and condition; a manipulation information collection unit that collects manipulation information of a driver on the electric vehicle; a motor control means for driving a driving motor of the electric vehicle according to the collected manipulation information from the driver; and a derating adjustment unit that performs derating for reducing a ratio of an amount of power of the driving motor to a throttle angle, according to the collected information.
US12269345B2
A display device displays a host vehicle and other vehicles running in driving lanes together with the driving lanes on an information display screen. When the other vehicles are present at a far region at a front side in a direction of vehicle advance outside a display range of the screen, the display device displays marks showing that the other vehicles are present at a far region at a front side in a direction of vehicle advance outside a display range of the screen at fixed positions of the driving lanes displayed on the screen.
US12269343B2
A multiview campfire display includes a light source configured to emit a light beam and a spatial light modulator (SLM) positioned to receive the light beam emitted by the light source. The holographic display also includes a user tracker configured to track the head and eyes of the vehicle occupants. The display also includes a controller in communication with the user tracker, the light source, and the SLM. The controller is programmed to receive a eye-tracking signal from the user tracker and control a polarization optics of the light beam emitted by the light source and modulated by the SLM to reroute the image encoded by the SLM for the plurality of vehicle occupants based on the eye-tracking signal, thereby allowing each of the plurality of vehicle occupants to view the image.
US12269318B2
One general aspect includes a combined thermal management system (100) including a vehicle thermal system (102), a coupler (112) and a controller (114). The vehicle thermal system is of a vehicle and is configured to provide thermal fluid for thermal management of a target system. The coupler is configured to provide attachment to and permit conveyance of the thermal fluid. The controller has one or more processors configured to control the amount and rate of the thermal fluid provided to the target system.
US12269313B2
One example provides a thermal management system for an electric vehicle including a pump to pump a thermal transfer fluid through a number of circulation loops, an electric heater to heat the thermal transfer fluid, a heat exchanger to expel heat from the thermal transfer fluid, a number of valves, and a number of fluid pathways fluidically interconnecting the pump, heater, heat exchanger and valves. The valves being controllable to a number of different positions to form the number of circulation loops, the number of circulation loops including a battery heating circulation loop extending through the heater for heating a battery pack of the vehicle, a secondary components cooling circulation loop extending through the heat exchanger to cool secondary components of the vehicle, including a motor and a motor controller, and a battery cooling circulation loop extending through the heat exchanger to cool the battery pack.
US12269308B2
A roll stabilizer for a motor vehicle includes a torsion bar and a vibration damper located on the torsion bar. The vibration damper is configured to vibrate relative to the torsion bar. The vibration damper includes two half-shells formed together about the torsion bar. Damper elements are disposed between the half-shells. The damper elements can be adjusted via an adjustment component to alter the rigidity of the damper elements.
US12269302B2
A tyre inflating device (100) comprises an air feed line (200) and an inflating module (300), which includes: a primary valve (301) movable between a closed position and an open position for closing and opening the feed line (200); a first cylinder (302a) connected to the primary valve (301) and supplied with air by a first branch (201a) of the feed line (200); a second cylinder (302b) connected to the primary valve (301); a shutoff valve (303) located on the first branch (201A); a control leg (202) from which there extends a relief duct (201a′), which is configured to gradually release air from the first cylinder (302a) to the outside environment and includes at least one between (i) a plurality of throttles (304) located in series and (ii) a shutter placed in a constriction element (305) located in the relief duct (201a′).
US12269301B2
A computer-implemented method of tire maintenance including: receiving data of a plurality of tire gas pressure measurements each measurement having an associated time; analyzing the received data to determine maintenance information, wherein the maintenance information comprises at least one of: an inflation event, a maximum pressure, a minimum pressure and a tire replacement event; and providing an indication based the determined maintenance information.
US12269294B1
An axle beam comprising a beam and first and second kingpin mounting portions. The beam extends along a center plane. The beam may include a top side, a bottom side disposed opposite the top side and one or more flanges. The first and second kingpin mounting portions extend from opposite ends of the beam.
US12269291B2
A spin art stamp creating device includes a tray, a spinner platform, and a stamper. The tray includes a raised shelf therein, wherein the raised shelf includes a centrally-located hole. The spinner platform is configured to be received within the tray. The spinner platform has a central opening, wherein the central opening is configured to receive a ball bearing. The ball bearing defines a central hole which overlies and aligns with the centrally-located hole of the tray. The stamper includes a post configured to be received by both the central hole of the ball bearing and the centrally-located hole of the tray, such that the stamper and the spinner platform are configured to simultaneously rotate within the tray about the ball bearing of the spinner platform.
US12269279B2
The printing device includes a support section 17 for supporting a medium 99, a head 28 for ejecting liquid on a print region 19, a carriage 27 on which the head is mounted, a guide 25 for supporting the carriage, a motor for moving the carriage, a rotary encoder, a linear encoder 35 for detecting the position of the carriage, and a control section. The linear encoder has a linear scale 36 and a sensor 37, the linear scale has a first region S1 where slits 38 are positioned and a second region S2 where the slits are not positioned, and when the head faces the printing region, the sensor is positioned in the first region, and the length of the first region in one direction is equal to or longer than the length of the printing region in one direction.
US12269274B2
A recording apparatus 101 includes a carriage 21 mounted with a liquid storage portion 46 and a recording head 22, the carriage 21 being movable to a visual check position, where liquid in the liquid storage portion 46 is visually checkable through a front surface 43F, and to a recording position, where the recording head 22 ejects the liquid to a medium, and light emitting units 81 and capable of illuminating the inside of the liquid storage portion 46 at least when the carriage 21 is positioned at the visual check position.
US12269273B2
Provided are a substrate treating liquid supply unit for constantly maintaining a liquid level of a nozzle of an inkjet head unit through real-time water level measurement, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same. The substrate treating liquid supply unit includes: a first reservoir connected to an inkjet head unit for jetting a substrate treating liquid onto a substrate and providing the substrate treating liquid to the inkjet head unit; a water level sensor measuring a water level of the substrate treating liquid stored in the first reservoir; and a pressure control module compensating for a pressure provided to the first reservoir based on an amount variation in the water level of the substrate treating liquid, wherein a liquid level of a nozzle of the inkjet head unit is constantly maintained.
US12269258B2
A liquid ejecting device performing printing by ejecting liquid onto a medium in a printing region, the liquid ejecting device including an ejecting unit including a first ejecting unit ejecting the liquid onto the medium, and a second ejecting unit ejecting a reaction liquid containing a coagulant for coagulating a component in the liquid, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, a jam detector configured to detect a jam of the medium, and a control unit configured to control the ejecting unit, and the transport unit, wherein when the jam is detected in the jam detector, the control unit causes the transportation of the medium by the transport unit to stop, and causes the liquid, the reaction liquid, or the liquid and the reaction liquid to be ejected in the printing region from the first ejecting unit, and the second ejecting unit.
US12269253B2
A heat press machine includes a base, an extension arm and a heating plate. The base is provided with a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate, the extension arm is rotatably mounted on the base, the extension arm is provided with a lifting assembly, and the lifting assembly is connected to the heating plate and used for driving the heating plate to ascend and descend. A commodity to be pressed is fixed by disposing two carrier plates on the base, the movement of the heating plate above the two carrier plates is achieved by the rotatable extension arm, after the commodity on one of the carrier plates is pressed, the heating plate may be moved to be above the other carrier plate to press the commodity in processes of loading, unloading and laminating the commodity by an operator, thereby improving the printing efficiency.
US12269249B2
In the phenolic resin foam laminate board (10), a surface material (2) is arranged on at least one of one side of a phenolic resin foam (1) and the back side of the one side. The phenolic resin foam (1) has a density of not less than 22 kg/m3 and not more than 50 kg/m3, a cell diameter of not less than 50 μm and not more than 170 μm, and a closed cell ratio of not less than 80%. When HCFO-1224yd(Z), aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 6 or less, chlorinated saturated hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 5 or less, and hydrofluoroolefin are gas components, the phenolic resin foam contains only HCFO-1224yd (Z) as a gas component. A cell internal pressure of air bubble is 0.20 atm or more.
US12269246B2
A production method for a waterproof and wear-resistant composite floor, comprising: first manufacturing a PVC composite layer preform (3); then performing a corona treatment and a punching treatment on a soft cushion layer (2); and finally, compounding, at one time, the PVC composite layer preform (3), the soft cushion layer (2) and a waterproof substrate layer (1) into one. Said process is simple and easy to implement, shortening the production cycle, reducing the manpower and material resources required by the production process and reducing the production cost; moreover, the waterproof and wear-resistant composite floor produced has a simple structure, and also has very good waterproof and wear-resistant performance; in addition, the waterproof and wear-resistant composite floor will not swell, and will also not split into layers or deform easily.
US12269235B2
A destacking system for cardboard blanks comprises a deposition unit for cardboard blanks with first and second deposition positions, a first destacker comprising a first stacking magazine for accommodating a first stack of cardboard blanks, a first retaining system for retaining the cardboard blanks at a first stacking position, and a first conveying unit with a first gripper to grip a first cardboard blank of the first destacker at the first stacking position and convey the first cardboard blank to the first deposition position, a second destacker comprising a second stacking magazine for accommodating a second stack of cardboard blanks, a second retaining system for retaining the cardboard blanks at a second stacking position, and a second conveying unit with a second gripper configured to grip a second cardboard blank of the second destacker at the second stacking position and convey the second cardboard blank to the second deposition position.
US12269234B2
A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
US12269222B2
Producing a reinforcing profile from at least one layer cut out of a preimpregnated fibrous web includes applying the at least one layer to a mould core that determines the profile shape, retaining the at least one layer on the mould core in an application region, and progressively pressing the at least one layer onto the mould core, starting from the application region, transversely to the profile longitudinal direction, as far as the profile longitudinal edges. In order to create advantageous production conditions, the layer may be pressed incrementally progressively so as to be shaped onto the mould core, in the longitudinal direction thereof, with the aid of moulding punches that are arranged offset with respect to one another both in the circumferential direction and in the longitudinal direction of the mould core and are able to be forced in the direction of the moulding faces of the mould core.
US12269221B2
A fiber-reinforced resin molding material may include a reinforcement fiber sheet of basis weight 200 to 3,000 g/m2 is impregnated with a resin composition to a resin composition of 25 to 55 vol. % of 100% total fiber-reinforced resin molding material mass. A thickness from a first surface to a position of 10 mass % resin composition being d1 (μm), and a thickness from an opposite surface to a position occupied by 10 mass % resin composition being d2 (μm) giving an absolute value, |d1−d2|, of 50 μm or less. A method for manufacturing such a material may include: impregnating a reinforcement fiber sheet including (i) a unidirectional sheet with plural continuous parallel fibers, (ii) a woven fabric of woven continuous fibers, and/or (iii) a non-crimp fabric containing continuous fibers of resin composition having an initial viscosity of ≤1 Pa·s and a viscosity of 5,000 to 150,000 Pa·s after 7 days at 25° C.
US12269210B2
A solution-based system for printing a 3D structure is provided and includes a substrate; a first solution including an organic molecule including a functional group at each end for creation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) including a first self-assembled monolayer (SAM) as a building block for printing the 3D structure, wherein the first solution is applied to a surface of the substrate to form the first SAM including a first SAM surface as a basis for the 3D structure; a second solution including metal ions, wherein the substrate with the first SAM is immersed into the second solution, and wherein the first solution is applied to the substrate which is immersed in the second solution thereby obtaining molecular-metal SAMs to provide a multiple layered SAM material; and means for applying a force and forming the 3D structure from the multiple layered SAM material, wherein the 3D structure is provided on the substrate.
US12269209B2
A process of manufacturing a golf club component includes spreading a thin layer of metal powder over a build plane defined over a build platform and bonding, using a laser, portions of the thin layer of metal powder. The spreading and bonding are repeated until the golf club component is formed. The golf club component comprises a lattice structure positioned within an internal cavity of the golf club component and the lattice structure is interrupted by a solid portion that extends along a bottom side of the golf club component from a toe region of the golf club component to a location between the toe region and a heel region of the golf club component.
US12269198B2
Handling device, removal station, and method for handling tubular or elongate bowl-shaped workpieces
A handling device (1) for tubular or elongate bowl-shaped workpieces such as pipette tips (4) or cups, said workpieces preferably being transported or being able to be transported on a workpiece carrier (T) during the production of said workpieces until packaging, the workpiece carrier (T) having receiving places (5) for the workpieces, which receiving places are arranged in a grid relative to each other, preferably with the stipulation that faulty workpieces located on the workpiece carrier (T) can be detected, and preferably with the stipulation that a removal station (25) is provided, by means of which the faulty workpieces can be removed from the receiving places (5) of a workpiece carrier (T), receiving places (5) thus being freed up, freed-up receiving places (5) of the workpiece carrier (T) being able to be loaded with faultless workpieces by means of the handling device, the handling device comprising a refill magazine (2), which has magazine places (3) arranged next to each other, each magazine place having a holding element (7) that can be moved up and down and that is used to secure and to receive and release a faultless workpiece, with the additional stipulation that each magazine place (3) comprises a guide tube (6), in which the up and down movement of the holding element (7) occurs, the holding element (7) being able to be moved, together with a secured workpiece, into the guide tube (6), and that an acceleration apparatus (V) is provided, by means of which the workpiece can be accelerated out of the guide tube (6) and can be moved to a receiving place (5) of the workpiece carrier (T).
US12269183B2
A bread slicer comprising a loading compartment (6) adjacent to the front side (2) which is connected to a receiving compartment (7) situated near the rear side (3) of the bread slicer, an access opening (8) for placing a loaf of bread (16) to be sliced in the loading compartment (6) by a user who is positioned in front of the front side (2), a cutting member to cut slices off the bread (16) as it is moved between said compartments (6,7), a support surface (9) for the bread (16) extending in said compartments (6,7) The support surface (9) is inclined at an angle (α) between 25° and 70° with respect to a horizontal line.
US12269171B2
The present disclosure provides an Industrial Internet of Things system for monitoring a collaborative robot with dual identification and a control method thereof. The Industrial Internet of Things includes a user platform, a service platform, a management platform and a sensing network platform and an object platform connected in sequence, and the control method comprises: monitoring a target collaborative robot on a production line, obtaining monitoring data, the monitoring data including at least one of image information of the target collaborative robot and displacement sensor data of the target collaborative robot; and processing the monitoring data.
US12269166B2
The present invention features a computer-implemented method of planning a processing path relative to a three-dimensional workpiece for a plasma arc cutting system coupled to a robotic arm. The method includes receiving input data from a user comprising (i) Computer-Aided Design (CAD) data for specifying a desired part to be processed from the three-dimensional workpiece, and (ii) one or more desired parameters for operating the plasma arc cutting system. A plurality of features of the desired part to be formed on the three-dimensional workpiece are identified based on the CAD data. The method also includes dynamically filtering a library of cut charts based on the plurality of features and the desired operating parameters to determine a recommended cut chart for processing the plurality of features. The method further includes generating the processing path based on the recommended cut chart and the plurality of features to be formed.
US12269163B1
A robotic surgical system includes a surgeon consol coupled to a patient console and coupled to one or more surgical instruments. The surgeon consol is used by a surgeon to perform a surgical procedure. A surgeon computer is coupled to or at the surgeon console. The surgeon consol is coupled to the one or more surgical instruments. A surgical robot is coupled to a robotic surgery control system and a feedback loop. The robotic surgery control system includes or is coupled to an artificial intelligence (AI) system. The feedback loop receives data from one or more sensors at the robotic surgical system. The data is analyzed by the robotic surgery control system, and in response operation of the robotic surgical system is adjusted as needed. The surgical control system or the AI system uses intraoperative data describing a surgical procedure being performed. The feedback loop receives data from one or more sensors of the robotic surgical system regarding performance of at least a portion of the robotic surgical system. The data is analyzed by the robotic surgical control system. In response to analysis, operation of the robotic surgical system is adjusted as needed. The robotic surgical control system or AI system extracts one or more programmed steps used by the surgeon for positioning at least one of the surgical instruments during the surgical procedure.
US12269157B2
A container gripper comprises a housing and a petal assembly configured to be carried in the housing assembly. The petal assembly includes a petal holder and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced rigid articulating petals having upper ends pivotably coupled to the petal holder and lower ends configured to be guided by the lower housing of the housing assembly. The petal assembly further includes a travel brace configured to limit the translation of the petal holder, and a return spring between the travel brace and the petal holder.
US12269141B2
A method disclosed herein includes forming a polishing pad configured for a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process and polishing a workpiece using the polishing pad and a CMP slurry. Forming the polishing pad includes forming an interpenetrating polymer network having a first phase and a second phase embedded in the first phase, removing the second phase from the interpenetrating polymer network, thereby forming a porous top pad that includes a network of pores embedded in the first phase, and adhering the porous top pad to a sub pad, thereby forming the polishing pad. The second phase is different from the first phase in composition, and the interpenetrating polymer network has a substantially periodic pattern. Surface roughness of the porous top pad is consistent during the polishing of the workpiece.
US12269140B2
A substrate polishing apparatus including a stage configured to load a substrate, the stage having a flat surface, which is parallel to a first direction and a second direction, and on which the substrate is loaded, a pressing unit configured to exert a pressure on the substrate in a third direction, a rotary unit configured to revolve the pressing unit around a central axis parallel to the third direction, when viewed in a plan view, a plurality of polishing pads provided between the pressing unit and the substrate to be in contact with the substrate, and a nozzle part configured to supply a slurry onto the substrate. The polishing pads may be spaced apart from each other in a direction and may have a rectangular shape in the plan view.
US12269139B2
An intelligent production line for turning tool bit cavities and an application method are provided, which solve the problem that a production line in the prior art has low working efficiency. The intelligent production line has the beneficial effects of a compact arrangement structure, higher safety and improved working efficiency. The intelligent production line for turning tool bit cavities includes a robot. Material tables and at least one machining center are arranged around the robot. A transfer station used for transferring materials is arranged between the machining center and the robot. A protective fence is arranged between a position above the material tables and the robot, and between the transfer station and the robot. The robot is provided with a mechanical arm including a base plate. The base plate is provided with at least one clamping jaw and fixed with a laser detecting unit for detecting the materials.
US12269137B2
A system and method for monitoring and predicting wear of a cutting tool used for machining a workpiece is disclosed. The system includes a cutting tool having a shank and a cutting head. The system also includes a split, modular and wireless wear detection system including one or more sensors mounted to the cutting tool for providing a data signal representative of a physical condition of the system, and a data recording and data transmitting device for recording the data signal from the one or more sensors and for generating and transmitting a data signal to a processor. The processor applies a machine learning data processing technique in real time to monitor and/or predict a condition of various components and/or parameters of the system during a metal cutting operation.
US12269134B1
In a general aspect, a system for selectively positioning a work piece includes multiple bodies. A first body includes a first exterior surface and a boss extending from the first exterior surface along a boss axis. The boss includes a boss end surface that terminates the boss. Boss perimeter surfaces define a perimeter of the boss and extend between the first exterior surface and the boss end surface. A second body includes a second exterior surface and a pocket extending from the second exterior surface into the second body along a pocket axis. The pocket is shaped to receive the boss in a discrete number of positions when the boss axis and the pocket axis are aligned. Pocket perimeter surfaces define a perimeter of the pocket and extend into the second body from the second exterior surface.
US12269126B2
The invention relates to a stand of a soldering system and to a soldering system. In addition to the stand, the soldering system includes an electric soldering device, in particular a soldering iron, with a handle, a heating element provided on the handle, and a soldering tip assembly which can be releasably secured to the handle and has a holding element. The stand has at least one exchangeable holder which is formed about an insertion axis and is designed to at least partly complement a holding element such that a soldering tip assembly arranged on the handle can be introduced into the exchangeable holder along the insertion axis, and the exchangeable holder has an anti-rotation element which interacts with the holding element such that, when the soldering tip assembly is inserted into the exchangeable holder, the holding element is rotationally fixed in the exchangeable holder when the handle is rotated from the securing position into the removal position.
US12269124B2
A laser apparatus and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. A laser apparatus includes: a stage; a laser providing unit above the stage and configured to provide a laser beam; a scanner configured to adjust an optical path of the laser beam such that the laser beam is irradiated to an irradiation line formed above the stage; and a control unit to control an operation of the scanner, and the scanner includes a shutter located on an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser providing unit and configured to perform an opening/closing operation.
US12269118B2
A laser soldering system using dynamic light spot and a method thereof are provided. A laser module is controlled to radiate toward multi-lens to form a light spot on a soldering target for soldering, and a lens distance between the multi-lens is adjusted to adjust a light spot size. The disclosure may provide multiple heating densities respectively adequate to different soldering status via adjusting the light spot size when using same laser power, so as to improve the soldering quality.
US12269117B2
Examples of a laser additive manufacturing system are described. The system comprises a laser configured to generate a laser beam, a fiber optic coupled to the laser to transmit the laser beam to a laser optic head that is coupled to the fiber optic and comprises a focus lens to focus the light beam. The laser optic head is configured to slide along a sliding mechanism in X-direction. A powder feeder is used to continuously move in Y-direction and dispense an uniform layer of powdered material onto a powder bad that is positioned on a build plate of the building chamber. The build plate is configured to move in Z-direction. The light beam generated by the laser is focused using the laser optic head onto a small region of the powder bed where the powdered material is positioned producing small volumes of melt pools that are then cooled and a new layer of powdered material is dispensed over it.
US12269113B2
The present invention includes a joining process in which a first metal member and a second metal member are joined with an auxiliary member interposed therebetween by moving a rotary tool along a butted portion in a state where the rotary tool being rotated is inserted only from a front face side of the auxiliary member, only a stirring pin is in contact with the auxiliary member, a base end side of the stirring pin is exposed, and an outer circumferential face of the stirring pin is slightly in contact with the first metal member and the second metal member, and the auxiliary member is provided with an inclined face on at least one side face in such a form that the auxiliary member has a smaller dimension with increasing distance from a front face, and at least one of the first metal member and the second metal member is provided with an inclined face corresponding to the inclined face of the auxiliary member and inclined from the front face toward a back face.
US12269101B1
The present invention provides a twist drill. A cone portion is provided at a front end of the operating portion, and an exterior surface of the operating portion is provided with a spiral flute for shunting cutting chips. The exterior surface of the cone portion is provided with a plurality of composite cutting blade groups which are sequentially enlarged in diameter from the front end to the rear end of the cone portion. The cone portion is provided with a top blade on the tip. In use, the top blade is used for positioning, and the cutting process is carried out by the top blade and the composite cutting blade groups.
US12269100B2
A transmission X-ray diffraction on a cross section of a boron nitride sintered body perpendicular to a first surface provides X-ray intensities at a top of a 111 diffraction peak of cubic boron nitride and X-ray intensities at a top of a 002 diffraction peak of compressed boron nitride, in a direction perpendicular to the first surface and a direction parallel to the first surface. A compressed boron nitride content value obtained from these X-ray intensities is greater than 0.002 and smaller than 0.01. A cubic orientation value is greater than 0.5, and a compressed boron nitride orientation value is greater than the cubic orientation value. An insert has a coating layer on at least a part of a surface of the boron nitride sintered body.
US12269097B2
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a compound layer containing a compound having a composition represented by (AlxCryTi1−x−y)N (in the formula (1), x represents an atomic ratio of an Al element to a total of the Al element, a Cr element and a Ti element and satisfies 0.70≤x≤0.95, and y represents an atomic ratio of a Cr element to a total of an Al element, the Cr element and a Ti element and satisfies 0.04≤y≤0.21, and 1−x−y>0); a ratio (Cr/Ti) of the Cr element and the Ti element in the compound layer is 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less; and an average thickness of the compound layer is 2.0 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less.
US12269091B2
The present disclosure relates to an additive manufacturing system. The system incorporates a nozzle in communication with a quantity of feedstock material including granular metal powder particles. The nozzle is configured to deposit the granular metal powder particles on at least one of a build plate or a previously formed material layer, to form at least one layer of a part. The system also incorporates a magnetic field generator subsystem for producing a magnetic field configured to orient the granular metal powder particles in a desired orientation before fusing of the granular metal powder particles occurs.
US12269086B2
A method and a plant for manufacturing fasteners, in particular screws, along an automated production line; the method comprising the following steps: feeding the raw material made of titanium; heating the raw material to a predefined temperature; cutting one or more pieces of a predefined length, in succession, from the heated raw material; deforming plastically each piece by means of one or more finishing stations, so as to obtain a fastener; heating, during the deforming step, the material that passes through each workstation to a predefined temperature; wherein the material manipulated along the production line during the feeding, heating, and deforming steps is automatically transported along the production line.
US12269085B2
Anchor pieces (1A, 1B) made of elongated metal plates (11) detachably contact each other to form an anchor (H) for a reinforcing bar (Rb) made of fiber-reinforced plastic to be used in prestressed concrete. Elongated holes (12) respectively extend in a width direction of each of anchor pieces at regular intervals in a longitudinal direction thereof. At least one locking half portion (13) is formed in each anchor piece by deforming an area (Y) between adjacent elongated holes and has a convex semicircular shape or quarter sphere shell shape. At least one annular locking portion (14) is formed by the at least one locking half portion of the two anchor pieces when the two anchor pieces are in contact with each other. The annular locking portion has a circular inner space in transverse cross-section and is configured to engage the reinforcing bar (Rb) when disposed therein.
US12269070B2
An apparatus for removing material from an object surface is disclosed, including a fluid source, a flexible carrier, and a tubular member. The tubular member is connected to the flexible carrier, which is configured to conform to the object surface. The tubular member is configured to carry fluid from the fluid source to the flexible carrier, and has an aperture configured to release fluid and generate cavitation bubbles proximate the object surface.
US12269049B1
The disclosure discloses an integrated shower arm, including an arm body, a diverter spool and a shower head holder. The arm body is bent. An upper part of the arm body is provided with an overhead shower coupling, a lower part of the arm body is connected to a shower head holder, and a middle part of the arm body is provided with a diverter seat. The diverter seat is provided with a water inlet port and a diverter duct, and a spool body of the diverter spool is rotatably inserted into the diverter duct and controls whether water comes out of the overhead shower coupling or a handheld connecting port. The disclosure is good in integrality and small in size and can be used for holding a shower head.
US12269047B2
An air blade tool operable as a surface and crevice cleaning tool is provided. The air blade tool includes a housing assembly, blade assembly, and air conduit assembly adapted for mounting to an air blower. The housing assembly includes a housing, a handle, a blade retainer seat, and openings for emitting air. The blade retainer seat may comprise one or more blade supports. The housing assemblies may include a fastener system for releasably securing interchangeable blades at predetermined positions along the length of the housing. The blade assembly includes at least a blade and in some embodiments a blade retainer. The air conduit assembly includes an air conduit and may include a swivel fitting for engagement with an air blower for enabling relative movement of the fitted blower to minimize hindrance of control of the air blade tool during use. The housing assembly may further include a damper within the housing and actuator to control the position of the damper and permit selection of the direction of air flow.
US12269045B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrostatic charger and an electrostatic precipitator securing a wide space for charging suspended fine particles contained in a processing airflow. The electrostatic charger includes a discharge electrode formed of a plurality of fibrous conductors and provided to generate and diffuse ions by a discharge, a ground electrode maintained at a ground potential and provided to attract the ions generated and diffused by the discharge electrode to charge suspended fine particles contained in a processing airflow by the ions, where the discharge electrode is disposed between the ground electrodes in the processing airflow, and all or at least a part of the plurality of fibrous conductors of the discharge electrode are disposed on a downstream side of the processing airflow further than an end portion of the ground electrode on the most upstream side of the processing airflow.
US12269035B2
A system to determine the transfection status of at least one cell in a population of cells includes a fluidic device comprising a microfluidic channel and a detection zone comprising a detection electrode module comprising two electrodes configured to detect electrical impedance between the electrodes transversely across the channel in the detection zone; corresponding to a cell passing the detection zone, a pump fluidically coupled to the fluidic device and configured to pump the population of cells in a carrier liquid along the microfluidic channel, and a processor operatively coupled to the detection electrode module and configured to detect a change in electrical impedance corresponding to a cell passing the detection zone, compare the change in electrical impedance with a reference change in electrical impedance corresponding to a cell of known transfection status, and calculate the transfection status of the cell based on the comparison.
US12269034B2
Improved methods and devices using reduction of pressure for removing ethanol from filters in a fluidic or microfluidic system in point of care devices involve filters that are solid state extraction filters used to capture and/or concentrate nucleic acids prior to further downstream processing such as amplification by polymerase chain reaction. The method uses the induction of negative pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure to improve the efficiency of the ethanol removal process.
US12269033B2
The invention relates to a multiple-use device (1), wherein a fluid sample, in particular a blood sample, may enter a measuring chamber (3) of the device (1) via an inlet (16), flow through the measuring chamber (3) and leave the measuring chamber (3) via an outlet (17). The device (1) comprises an inner wall surface (9) defining an outer limit of the measuring chamber (3) The inner wall surface (9) comprises a surface structure (13) which is adapted to control a propagation of a flow front (6) of the fluid sample (4) in a direction (x) while the fluid sample (4) enters into the measuring chamber (3) via the inlet (16), while the fluid sample (4) flows through the measuring chamber (3), and while the fluid sample (4) leaves the measuring chamber (3) via the outlet (17). The shape of the surface structure (13) may be selected depending on a flow speed of the flow front (6) of the fluid sample (4), wherein the flow speed may be applied by a difference in pressure between the inlet (16) and the outlet (17) of the measuring chamber (3).
US12269031B2
A method and device are provided for detecting a target in a biological sample. The target binds to a solid phase substrate. First and second cavities in a plate are filled with an oil. The first and second cavities are in fluid communication with each other. The solid phase substrate is magnetically drawn sequentially from a drop of the biological sample in the first cavity, through the oil, into a drop of the reaction solution in the second cavity. A change in a parameter of the drop of the reaction solution indicates the presence of the target.
US12269030B2
Disclosed are a detection chip and a modification method therefor. A surface activation treatment is performed on a hydrophilic layer of the detection chip, such that a hydroxy-containing modification group is formed on a surface of the hydrophilic layer; and a solution containing an oxy compound is then used to perform a surface epoxidation treatment on the hydrophilic layer in order to form an epoxy-containing modification group on the surface of the hydrophilic layer.
US12269025B2
The present invention is directed generally to devices and methods for manipulating laboratory pipettes in a programmable manner. The present invention is directed to an apparatus and methods for allowing a user to instruct the device to perform a specific process; identifying the type, location and identity of the consumables to be used; manipulating a plurality of pipettes for performing the liquid handling; monitoring the process during and after its execution; generating a detailed report for the plurality of actions. Other aspects of this invention include optimization of the liquid dispensing performances of a pipette; monitoring and controlling individual actions by means of vision; virtualization of the protocol definition by means of a reality augmented software interface; integration of the system in a conventional laboratory environment workflow.
US12269020B2
A nanofibrous catalyst for in the electrolyzer and methods of making the catalyst. The catalysts are composed of highly porous transition metal carbonitrides, metal oxides or perovskites derived from the metal-organic frameworks and integrated into a 3D porous nano-network electrode architecture. The catalysts are low-cost, highly active toward OER, with excellent conductivity yet resistant to the oxidation under high potential operable under both acidic and alkaline environments.
US12269016B2
A layered catalyst structure for purifying an exhaust gas stream includes a catalyst support and a rhodium catalyst layer including an atomic dispersion of rhodium ions and/or rhodium atoms adsorbed on an exterior surface of the catalyst support. The catalyst support includes an alumina substrate, a first ceria layer disposed on and extending substantially continuously over the alumina substrate, and a second colloidal ceria layer formed directly on the first ceria layer over the alumina substrate.
US12269012B2
This invention employs solid phase extraction media and column methods to apply external and internal standards and compounds. Analytical standard or compounds including PFAS are adsorbed to a solid phase extraction media and are stored indefinitely. The standards or compounds remain stable on the solid phase extraction media without decomposing. The standards or compounds may be removed from the solid phase extraction media with an elution solvent or reagent.
US12269010B2
Provided are: a water-absorbent resin that has excellent heat resistance, even in a water-absorbed state; and a water-blocking material comprising the water-absorbent resin. The water-absorbent resin according to the present invention includes a crosslinked polymer of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and has a gel-viscosity retention S of 0.5 or more as calculated by the following formula (I): Gel viscosity retention at high temperature S = B / A ( I ) (wherein A represents an initial gel viscosity (mPa·s), and B represents a gel viscosity (mPa·s) after 10 days).
US12269002B2
Disclosed are microcapsule compositions and their preparation methods. The microcapsule composition has a microcapsule dispersed in an aqueous phase. The microcapsule has a microcapsule core and a microcapsule wall encapsulating the microcapsule core. The microcapsule core contains an active material selected from the group consisting of a fragrance, cosmetic active, malodor counteractant, and combinations thereof. The microcapsule wall is formed of a polymeric network comprising of at least three moieties: (i) a first moiety derived from a chitosan, (ii) a second moiety derived from a polyisocyanate, and (iii) a third moiety derived from a polyphenol. Also disclosed are consumer products contain such a microcapsule composition.
US12268998B2
A weight-volume mixing color matching method, reclamation mechanism and automatic color mixer for automobile refinishing paintings are discussed. The method comprises (1) finding out an automobile information ID card printed with a color number on an automobile body to be refinished, finding out a color code of the automobile body or getting a close color card code through comparison, and finding out a weight formula of the refinishing paints to be used through a reader or a computer color-matching system; or using a spectrophotometer to detect coatings of the automobile body to be refinished at a position where a surface of the coatings is complete, and outputting a weight formula of the refinishing paints after calculation; and (2) converting the weight formula of the refinishing paints into a corresponding volume formula of the refinishing paints according to a measured specific gravity of a color masterbatch.
US12268988B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system air filter for a building ventilation system. The HVAC system air filter comprises a supportive frame configured to orient the HVAC system air filter within the building ventilation system. A composite filter medium retained within the supportive frame comprises a cotton gauze portion and an electrostatic portion. The cotton gauze portion is configured for treatment with a filter oil composition to enhance airflow and filtration of air flowing through the composite filter medium. The electrostatic portion is configured to electrostatically attract and agglomerate airborne molecular contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as small as 0.001 microns in diameter. In some embodiments, the composite filter medium comprises substances configured to release a fragrance into air passing through the composite filter medium.
US12268980B2
Reusable filters for personal protective equipment (PPE) may prevent shortages of PPE and save fabrication time, resources, and money. Disclosed is a method and system for fabrication of nanofiber filter media for PPE. The method includes positioning a substrate to receive nanofibers thereon, providing a voltage gradient in a region of the substrate, and electrospinning nanofibers onto the substrate. The methods and associated systems allow autoclaving of the filter medium at temperatures of up to 300 degrees for sanitizing the filter medium. Additionally, the methods and associated system allow for the inclusion of an anti-pathogen agent in the nanofiber filter media.
US12268975B2
A track running toy has a rotational device, whose track surface main body has a track surface and an entry and exit portion. An entry and exit guide member has an entry guide portion guiding a running body from the entry and exit portion to the track surface and an exit guide portion guiding the running body from the entry and exit portion to the same portion. An entry and exit control member is provided at the entry and exit portion, has a pop-up guide portion formed to follow a track guide portion and a running surface, and projects while tilting, whereby the running surface connects to the track surface by operating an operating body. A pop-up abutment member is switched from a retracted to a projecting state when operating the operating body and abuts a stopping abutment portion of the entry and exit guide member when projecting.
US12268971B1
A probability demonstrator has a transparent housing having a bead reservoir at the top of the housing, a plurality of pegs disposed in a triangular matrix configuration in a mid-portion of the housing, and a plurality of parallel bead bins disposed at a bottom portion of the housing. Spherical beads are enclosed within the housing. The spherical beads are loaded into the bead reservoir by rotating the housing on its central pivots. When rotated again, the spherical beads cascade through the triangular matrix and come to rest within the plurality of bead bins. The probability demonstrator is configured to allow bead flow through the device without hanging up through any part of the device until the spherical beads come to rest within the bead bins, resulting in a histogram showing a normal distribution. A single larger diameter spherical bead may be included with the plurality of spherical beads to demonstrate a single random outcome.
US12268970B1
A method and device are disclosed for pseudorandomly generating a streamed video presentation of a draw game from a plurality of previously recorded video fragments. After all wagering is concluded, a random number generator determines the outcome of the drawing. The method and device enable the automated generation of a lifelike video draw game by culling a set of video fragments from a larger plurality, with the culling process at least partially determined by a feedback loop from the previous scene or game. After the culling process is completed, a random number generator pseudorandomly selects video fragments from the culled set creating various scenes comprising the streamed video presentation.
US12268969B2
A media system employs techniques to create a framework for evaluating gameplay content in a vector-space. These techniques include monitoring frames for content streams that correspond to gameplay in a game environment, determining feature-values for features associated with the frames, mapping the content streams to position vectors in the vector-space based on the feature-values, and assigning a set of position vectors in the vector-space to an area in the game environment based on a relative proximity of the set of position vectors in the vector-space.
US12268963B2
The present disclosure provides a game character behavior control method. The method includes obtaining current game state information of a game, and performing feature extraction on the current game state information to obtain first feature information that reflects parameters of game characters of opposing parties in the game; constructing second feature information associated with a target game character, the second feature information reflecting the first feature information and features of target state information associated with target game character in the current game state information, the target game character being game characters controlled by game logic; performing classification on the second feature information to obtain action probability distribution associated with the target game characters; determining target behavior information based on an action probability distribution and target state information associated with the target game character; and controlling the target game character to perform actions corresponding to the target behavior information.
US12268962B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide a method for virtual environment control. The method includes displaying a first user interface (UI) that provides a virtual environment observed from a perspective of a first virtual character that has a first virtual item, and controlling, in response to a firing instruction, the first virtual character to use the first virtual item. The method also includes determining a category of a subject in an influence range of the first virtual item from a plurality of categories that the first virtual item is capable to influence on. The plurality of categories includes at least a virtual character category and a virtual item category. The method also includes controlling the first virtual item to produce an effect on the subject based on the determined category. The effect can change an attribute value associated with the determined category of the subject.
US12268960B2
Provided is a game system where a player of a game can contribute to a team by an action. The game system includes a character action control unit that controls actions of a player character in the play field based on instructions of the player, a point giving control unit configured to add a number of points associated with a neutral character to a point value associated with the player character in response to the neutral character reaching a predetermined state relative to the player character, a scoring unit configured to convert the point value associated with the player character to a score of its team when the player character is located in a predetermined area provided in the play field and completes a score transferring operation, and an outcome determination unit configured to determine an outcome of the game by comparing scores associated with different teams.
US12268956B2
A game controller for a mobile device, the game controller including a first handle, a bridge, and an acoustic waveguide. The first handle is configured to contact and support a mobile device and includes a user-accessible, first hardware interface on a main body portion of the first handle that is configured to accept touch inputs. The bridge extends from the main body portion of the first handle. The acoustic waveguide is at a juncture of the first handle and the bridge. The acoustic waveguide is configured to redirect sound emitted from the mobile device toward at least one of a front side of the game controller, a top side of the game controller, and a bottom side of the game controller.
US12268927B2
The invention relates to a resistance training apparatus and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a multi-function resistance training apparatus. The apparatus includes a primary unit, biasing unit, and accessory exchanger unit. The primary unit includes at least one resistance training member extending from the unit. The resistance training members are movable to adjust its height and is mechanically connected to biasing means which resists movement of the resistance training member. The biasing unit is removably attached to the primary unit by interlocking attachment members and provides the necessary bias to the primary unit. The accessory exchange unit may be used to exchange accessories for use with the resistance training member. The apparatus includes a plurality of actuators and motors to automate many of the functions of the apparatus from a remote device.
US12268921B2
A mobile exercise device configured to enhance virtual reality experiences is provided. The system generally comprises a harness, top supports, bottom-carrying arms, resistance elements, and attachment elements secured to said resistance elements. In some preferred embodiments, a mechanical arm and/or top-carrying arm may be used to change the position of the resistance elements about a user. The resistance elements are preferably secured to a glove worn by a user, allowing for resistance in multiple directions. In one preferred embodiment, a control system may be used to adjust the tension of the resistance elements. In another embodiment, the system may be configured to operably connect to a gaming system, wherein an actuator operably connected to said resistance elements is responsible for adjusting tension based on actions by a user within a digital environment.
US12268919B2
Modular electronic exercise equipment includes a first resistive exercise machine having a housing, a resistive motor in the housing and connected to the tension cable for applying a first resistance on a first tension cable, a user interface, and a pairing interface for pairing with a second resistive exercise machine having a housing, and a resistive motor for applying a second resistance on a second tension cable. The equipment includes a controller for enabling, in a first mode of operation, manipulation of the user interface to alter the resistance applied to the first tension cable, and for enabling in a second mode of operation where the first resistive exercise machine is paired via the pairing interface with the second resistive exercise machine, manipulation of the user interface to alter the first resistance applied to the first tension cable and the second resistance applied to the second tension cable.
US12268916B2
An improved dumbbell free weight is discussed, which includes one or more base weights, the dumbbell further having a pair of second, upper weights positioned above where the upper weights are suspended by upper braces extending from a handle attached to the one or more base weights.
US12268905B2
A facemask assembly for a self-contained breathing apparatus includes a facemask configured to be worn by a user, an electronic device connected with the facemask, a microcontroller configured to send signals to the electronic device, an accelerometer coupled with the microcontroller and configured to sense motion of the facemask; and a battery configured to supply power to the electronic device. When motion is detected by the accelerometer, a signal is transmitted to the microcontroller and the microcontroller interprets the electrical signal to selectively adjust the power level supplied to the electronic device.
US12268903B2
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders.
US12268884B2
In some examples, a computing apparatus may determine information corresponding to a data structure and indicating delays associated with an atrium lead, a left ventricle (LV) lead, and a right ventricle (RV) lead based on one or more input variables. The computing apparatus may determine a plurality of individualized characteristics based on the information corresponding to the data structure. The computing apparatus may receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating second electrical signals applied to the patient's heart based on the plurality of individualized characteristics. The computing apparatus may determine cardiac resynchronization index (CRI) values using a first set of electrical measurements (e.g., native measurements) and the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements. The computing apparatus may generate a graphical representation based on a populated data structure and cause display of the graphical representation.
US12268883B2
This invention is a system to assist human cardiovascular functioning which integrates the operation of an implanted cardiac device and a wearable device with an arcuate array of biometric sensors. Analysis of data from the biometric sensors on the wearable device is used to automatically adjust and optimize the operation of the implanted cardiac device. This system can work as a closed loop system for assisting and improving human cardiovascular functioning.
US12268880B2
An implantable neurostimulator for delivering one or more stimulation pulses to a target region within a patient's body. The implantable neurostimulator including a housing and an energy storage feature. There is also a lead coupled to the hermetic housing and a plurality of electrodes located proximate to a distal end of the lead. The neurostimulator includes stimulation circuitry that includes an adjustable resistance element. A voltage of the electric signal derived from the energy storage feature and a resistance of the adjustable resistance element are both adjusted based on a measurement of a value indicative of a tissue impedance of the target region to provide a desired value of a stimulation current for the one or more stimulation pulses.
US12268872B2
Systems for delivering therapy to an intestinal muscle in a patient may comprise a cardiac sensor, an intestinal sensor, an implantable pulse generator and a signal delivery device. The signal delivery device may be configured to deliver a stimulation signal to the muscle. The implantable pulse generator may comprise a microcontroller configured to receive cardiac data from the cardiac sensor and calculate a heart rate parameter therefrom, receive intestinal activity data from the intestinal sensor and calculate an intestinal activity parameter therefrom, determine a physiological state of a patient based on the parameters, adjust a stimulation parameter of the stimulation signal based on the determined state, and instruct the signal delivery device to deliver an adjusted stimulation signal.
US12268871B2
An oral care device for placement in the oral cavity. The oral care device may include a support component, a piezoelectric component, and/or sensor and/or a therapeutic element. The support component is configured for placement between one or more maxillary teeth and one or more mandibular teeth. The piezoelectric element is configured to generate electrical energy from relative movement of the maxillary teeth and the mandibular teeth. The sensor is configured to sense a condition in the oral cavity. The therapeutic element is configured to release a therapeutic into the oral cavity. The device may include any one or any combination of the piezoelectric component, the therapeutic element, and the sensor.
US12268870B2
The present invention provides a microelectrode, comprising a flexible layer, an electrically conductive layer and a plurality of platinum dendrite structures, wherein the electrically conductive layer is arranged in the flexible layer, and wherein on the surface of the flexible layer are a plurality of grooves within which the electrically conductive layer is revealed partially, and wherein each of the groove is provided with one platinum dendrite structure therein. The plurality of grooves serve as focal electrodes distributed uniformly, with smaller electrode sites and more recording points. The modified platinum dendrite structures increase the surface area, electrical performance, biocompatibility and service life of the microelectrode. Besides, creating virtual electrodes by current steering technique increases the number of stimuli received by microelectrode during use, and improves its resolution in applications.
US12268865B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for electrically modulating tissue. Systems can include a current generator; at least one implantable working electrode, the at least one implantable working electrode configured to be in electrical communication with the current generator; at least one indifferent electrode; and a controller configured to signal the current generator to: generate a set of currents with a set of initial polarities to be delivered to the working electrodes; and wherein the at least one indifferent electrode absorbs a bias current which is equal in magnitude and opposite in polarity to a summation of the set of currents.
US12268863B2
A transducer apparatus for delivering tumor treating fields to a subject's body, the transducer apparatus including: an array of electrodes, the array configured to be positioned over the subject's body with a front face of the array facing the subject's body, the array comprising electrode elements positioned in existing electrode positions arranged around a centroid of the array; an anisotropic material layer electrically coupled to the array of electrodes and located on a front side of the front face of the array; and at least one void space in the array of electrodes capable of enclosing an areal footprint equivalent to at least a portion of an areal footprint of at least one existing electrode position, and superimposable on at least a portion of at least one existing electrode position by rotation of the array around the centroid.
US12268857B2
In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container and needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.
US12268842B2
A method that includes receiving, in a medication delivery module, a command to start a medication delivery from a first control module coupled to the medication delivery module, is provided. The command to start the medication delivery is based on clinical information received at the first control module. The method includes recording, in a memory of the medication delivery module, an update of the medication delivery, receiving an indication that the medication delivery module was decoupled from the first control module, and receiving an indication that the medication delivery module has become coupled with a second control module. The method also includes communicating, in response, with the second control module, to update the clinical information. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
US12268832B2
Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent. In some cases, upon contact of the tissue with the tissue engaging surface of the article, the self-righting article may be configured to release one or more tissue interfacing components. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component may comprise and/or be associated with the pharmaceutical agent.
US12268831B2
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Some embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. The device comprises a capsule sized to be swallowed and pass through the intestinal tract. The capsule can include at least one guide tube, one or more tissue penetrating members positioned in the guide tube, a delivery member, an actuating mechanism and a release element. The release element degrades upon exposure to various conditions in the intestine so as to release and actuate the actuating mechanism. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US12268829B2
Provided is a balloon catheter wherein a balloon is less likely to swell in the protective tube during an air leak test of the balloon in a state where the balloon having projecting portions is housed in a lumen of the protective tube. A balloon catheter comprising: a shaft extending in a distal-proximal direction; a balloon disposed on a distal side of the shaft and having, in a contracted state, a plurality of wing-shaped portions; projecting portions each disposed on a portion, of an outer surface of the balloon, that is none of the wing-shaped portions; and a protective tube having a lumen in which the balloon is disposed, wherein none of the wing-shaped portions is present between an apex of each projecting portion and a point, on an inner surface of the protective tube, that is at a shortest distance from the apex of the projecting portion.
US12268821B2
An awakening inducing device induces a vibration device disposed in a seat at a position where the vibration device opposes at least one of a muscle belly portion or an insertion portion of a hamstring of a user sitting on the seat; and a control device that, by controlling the vibration device, causes the vibration device to given vibration stimulation to at least one of the muscle belly portion or the insertion portion.
US12268815B2
A patient interface for treating sleep disorder breathing includes a textile tube that also provides support for the seal forming structure. The textile tube includes an inner and outer layer that are joined along seams to form an air chamber or passageway. The textile tube can be pre-shaped so that the textile tube resiliently returns to a pre-determined shape prior to the introduction of pressurized air.
US12268802B2
Disclosed are devices and methods directed to oxygenators for use in extracorporeal circuits for supporting a fetus. An oxygenator for use with an extracorporeal circuit includes a housing defining a cavity therein and a gas exchanger disposed within the interior cavity. The cavity is configured to receive blood a fetus. The gas exchanger is configured to receive a sweep gas and further configured to contact the blood within the cavity, such that at least oxygen gas and carbon dioxide gas is permitted to diffuse between the blood and the gas exchanger.
US12268793B2
A sterilization system includes a vial, a carrier of microorganisms disposed in the vial, and a fluid management system having an output connectable to the vial for delivering a liquid chemical sterilant and a neutralizer thereto. Additionally, a growth medium may be delivered to the vial such that the vial and growth medium may assessed for a change to a visual characteristic indicative of sterilization inefficacy.
US12268790B2
A shoe management device may have a housing having a body to define an inner space and a cover to open or close the body to allow access to the inner space. Agitators may be provided at a bottom of the body, which may be configured to hold shoes, and the agitators may remove foreign matter from the shoes. An upper portion of the body may have an air generator configured to blow air toward the shoes to remove foreign matter. In addition, moisture and germs inside the shoe may be removed by hot air, ultraviolet light, and plasma ions provided by a care assembly provided inside of the body and configured to be at least partially inserted into the shoes.
US12268784B2
A method of preparing polylactic acid (PLA) microsphere and polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) microsphere is provided, including the following steps. A first solution is provided, including polylactic acid or polylactic-co-glycolic acid and an organic solvent. A second solution is provided, including polyvinyl alcohol, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and an aqueous solution. The first solution is added to the second solution and, at the same time, the second solution is agitated until polylactic acid is solidified to form a plurality of polylactic acid microspheres, or until polylactic-co-glycolic acid is solidified to form a plurality of polylactic-co-glycolic acid microspheres. The polylactic acid microspheres or polylactic-co-glycolic acid microspheres are collected. The polylactic acid microsphere and the polylactic-co-glycolic acid microsphere are respectively the accumulation of the polylactic acid and polylactic-co-glycolic acid, having a smooth surface and a mean number particle size distribution (MN) from 10 μm to 80 μm.
US12268783B2
A platform drug delivery system and a method of improving the delivery of low solubility pharmaceuticals utilizing crystal engineering and Theanine dissolution resulting in enhanced bioactivity, dissolution rate, and solid state stability.
US12268779B2
The present invention is directed to an ophthalmic emulsion. The emulsion has a unique combination of ingredients that promotes the stability of small oil droplets within the emulsion. The emulsion also includes a mucoadhesive polymer that aid in delivering a lipid to the ocular surface.
US12268778B2
A bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel is formed by dissolving isoguanosine, guanosine and a borate in water or an aqueous solution and then crosslinking same. The bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel integrates a carrier and a drug effect and has a significant inhibitory effect on the activity of tumor cells, and in particular has a significant inhibitory effect on the activity of cells related to lung cancer, glioma, osteoma, colon cancer, breast cancer, oral squamous cell carcinoma and tongue squamous cell carcinoma, of which the inhibitory effect on the activity of cells related to oral squamous cell carcinoma is the best. Therefore, the bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel has potential application prospects in preparing anti-tumor drugs, and particularly, same can provide a new approach for treating oral squamous cell carcinoma.
US12268773B2
A shear-thinning therapeutic composition is provided along with methods of making and using the therapeutic composition.
US12268772B2
A method for obtaining a culture supernatant form microalgae is provided, particularly wherein the culture supernatant is IMAC-enriched microalga culture supernatant and to an IMAC-enriched microalga culture supernatant obtained by the method of the invention. Also provided is a combination having a microalgal culture supernatant and a growth factor and to a cell culture media; a cosmetic composition and pharmaceutical composition and uses thereof.
US12268770B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrins and lipid-modified stem cell proteins. Also disclosed are topical compositions the complexes. Methods of using the compositions for the therapeutic purposes are also disclosed as well as methods of producing the compositions.
US12268767B2
The disclosure relates to compositions for use before, during, and/or after the hair is subject to a process for altering the color thereof. The compositions comprise a combination of citric acid and at least one urea compound. The compositions provide strength and other benefits to treated hair. The disclosure also relates to methods of using the compositions as well as kits comprising the compositions.
US12268763B2
The present invention is related to a curable dental two-pack composition comprising: (a) a first paste comprising (a-1) one or more crosslinker having at least four primary amino groups; and (b) a second paste comprising (b-1) one or more compounds polymerizable with a crosslinker of the first paste in a step-growth polymerization reaction; wherein (b-1) the compound polymerizable with the crosslinker compounds is a compound of the following formula (II): wherein A is a hydrocarbon group which may contain one or more hetero atoms selected from oxygen and sulfur atoms; R1 is as defined in claim 1; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independent from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the Y, which are independent from each other represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond or a urethane bond.
US12268762B2
A dental composition comprising 10-50 wt-% of a methacrylate-based first matrix component, a polymerisation system and as a second matrix component 1-50 wt-% of a compound having a general formula (I).
US12268761B2
A method for masking the appearance of a support structure underlying a highly translucent ceramic dental restoration is provided. The porous form of a zirconia ceramic dental restoration is treated with a liquid masking composition comprising 0.4 wt % to 50 wt % of one or more masking agents. The masking composition is applied to the internal surface of a restoration and a region of the facial surface of the restoration that is opposite the internal surface. After application of the masking compositions, treated zirconia restoration is sintered to greater than 98% theoretical density.
US12268756B2
A biocompatible magnetic material containing an iron oxide nanoparticle and one or more biocompatible polymers, each having formula (I) below, covalently bonded to the iron oxide nanoparticle: in which each of variables R, L, x, and y is defined herein, the biocompatible magnetic material contains 4-15% Fe(II) ions relative to the total iron ions. Also disclosed in a method of preparing the biocompatible magnetic material.
US12268755B2
The present invention contemplates-allele-specific gene editing based on targeting a heterozygous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a protein coding sequence associated with a genetic disease. The data shown herein demonstrates that the outcome of such gene editing creates a nonesense mutation that results in a marked and selective reduction of mutant protein without affecting wild type protein expression. Expression of a single CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease in neurons generated a high frequency of mutations in the targeted HD allele that included both small insertion/deletion mutations and viral vector insertions. Thus, as disclosed herein, allele-specific targeting of InDel and insertion mutations to heterozygous coding SNPs provides a feasible approach to inactivate autosomal dominant mutations that cause genetic disease.
US12268750B2
Immunoconjugates of the Formula (I) include a linking group for linking an antibody targeting ligand (Ab) to a drug (D). Embodiments of such immunoconjugates are useful for delivering the drug to selected cells or tissues, e.g., for the treatment of cancer. Ab-[S-L1-L2-L3-L4-L5-L6-L7-D]n (I)
US12268748B2
The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, nucleic acid nanostructures covalently linked to oligolysine-PEG copolymers.
US12268747B2
Polypeptides which can provide a senotherapeutic effect are provided herein. The polypeptides can be formulated for topical application and can be applied topically to a subject to provide a senotherapeutic effect in the subject or in the cells of the subject.
US12268742B2
Described herein are systems and methods for particle-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of diseases such as cancer of the oral cavity and/or ovarian cancer metastases along the lining of the pelvis. The technology includes an imaging system (e.g., a multichannel imaging camera) configured to perform diagnostic and/or therapeutic treatment on diseased tissue. In certain embodiments, the imaging system comprises one or more excitation sources (e.g., one or more lasers) to assess and/or treat diseased tissue.
US12268736B2
Provided herein is technology relating to vaccines and particularly, but not exclusively, to compositions, methods, and uses of heterodimer vaccine molecules formed from monomers comprising a targeting unit and a variant antigenic unit joined by heterodimerization units.
US12268734B2
Immunogenic proteins comprising Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides and M. mycoides subsp. capri proteins, encoding polynucleotides, a method for producing said proteins, and use of compositions to prevent M. mycoides subsp. mycoides infections are disclosed.
US12268732B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US12268730B2
The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
US12268719B2
The present invention provides new bacteriophages, their selection, compositions, cocktails and formulations thereof, and their administration for the prevention of opportunistic infections in livestock, such as Avian Pathogenic E. Coli (APEC) infections in poultry.
US12268715B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a biological tissue-like structure comprising differentiated cells induced from pluripotent stem cells, and the present invention provides a method of forming a biological tissue-like structure together with host-derived blood vessels and connective tissue by transplanting a composition in which cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are disposed to be dispersed in a biocompatible material to induce the differentiation of the cells.
US12268712B2
Provided are a pharmaceutical composition comprising zinc, leucine, and omega-3 fatty acids, formulated for oral delivery; a kit comprising the pharmaceutical composition; and methods of promoting recovery of pelvic floor muscles in a postpartum female subject and of treating pelvic floor dysfunction in a female subject by administering the pharmaceutical composition to the a subject.
US12268710B2
A method of treating severe forms of PH, including PAH, in a patient is provided. The method includes administering at least one copper chelator comprising a tetrathiomolybdate (TTM) salt. The method may further include administering at least one active agent that enhances treatment such as methotrexate, inhibitors of the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme (5-LO), rituximab, baicalin, inhibitors of immune checkpoints CTLA-4, PD-1 and PDL-1, bufalin, quercetin, curcumin, integrins, inhibitors of NF-kappaB, and focal adhesion kinase inhibitors. Also provided is a composition including the TTM salt and the at least one active agent.
US12268701B2
A method of treating or preventing one or both of a bacterial infection or fungal infection of a foot of a subject includes combining a diluent and at least one of a clindamycin solution or an erythromycin solution to form a footbath solution. The method may further include topically administering the footbath solution to the subject. Administering may include contacting with the footbath solution a skin area of the foot of the subject that is infected or suspected to be infected.
US12268698B2
A nanocomposite hydrogel sheet and doxycycline loaded acne healing patches derived therefrom. The present invention relates to the biocompatible hydrogel sheet matrix comprising polyvinyl alcohol, linseed mucilage extract, nano zinc-oxide crosslinked dually via covalent linkages and free radical polymerization by e-beam exposure. The pore size of the nanocomposite hydrogel sheet ranges between 0.1-0.5 μm. The doxycycline loaded acne patches derived from nanocomposite hydrogel sheet were able to inhibit the growth of S. aureus in an in vitro bacterial growth inhibition assay.
US12268697B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (I): Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, R8, and n are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US12268696B2
The disclosure to methods for treating tuberous sclerosis complex and epilepsy disorders comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of ganaxolone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12268690B2
The present invention relates to useful methods of treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in a human. in the presence of gene mutations.
US12268681B2
Therapeutic methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and myelofibrosis, are described. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating a MPN using a combination of a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) with a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a JAK inhibitor, an IDH inhibitor, a PD-1 inhibitor, a PD-L1 inhibitor, a PD-L2 inhibitor, an interferon, a PI3K inhibitor, an AKT inhibitor, an mTOR inhibitor, a nucleoside analog, and combinations thereof.
US12268678B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 1,2-HOPO chelating agent and/or a 3,2-HOPO chelating agent.
US12268675B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are modulators of the C5a receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use including the treatment of diseases or disorders involving pathologic activation from C5a and non-pharmaceutical applications.
US12268665B2
Disclosed herein are combination therapies comprising an effective amount of a modulator of the immune checkpoint molecule; and an effective amount of a MDM2 inhibitor.
US12268659B2
The present invention provides methods of treating cannabis withdrawal syndrome and other cannabis related conditions, including cannabis use disorder, in a subject, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof an effective amount of a cannabinoid or an effective amount of a cannabinoid and an effective amount of a second active agent, such as gabapentin or a gabapentin analog.
US12268654B2
A negative pressure massager includes a handle; one end of the handle is internally provided with a cavity, and a through hole is provided in one end; a control board, a battery connected to the control board, a button for adjusting a working state of the control board, and a display indicator lamp are arranged in the handle; the negative pressure assembly partially passes through the through hole; the negative pressure assembly includes a negative pressure pipe arranged on the handle, and a piston part driven to move by the control board; and the piston part is arranged in the negative pressure pipe and compresses air in the negative pressure chamber in a movement process to generate a negative pressure for massaging.
US12268650B2
A jet nozzle includes a single-piece body having a water inlet with a first inlet channel coaxial with a first inlet axis, a gas inlet with a second inlet channel coaxial with a second inlet axis, and an outlet coaxial with an outlet axis, the single-piece body defining a fluid passageway from the first inlet channel to the outlet. A channel wall having a water channel is positioned in the fluid passageway between the first inlet channel and the outlet, the water channel being coaxial with the outlet axis and having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first inlet channel. The second inlet axis is substantially perpendicular to and intersects the outlet axis at a point within the water channel.
US12268645B1
A patient in need stands on a vibrating platform set against a wall. Following a prescribed sequence and pattern, while the platform vibrates, the patient uses one hand to remove one checker at a time off its storage hook and place the checker onto a magnetic square on the opposite side of the checkerboard, all while keeping his other hand free of the platform and free of the wall.
US12268642B2
A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system that has, in some embodiments, multiple user-selectable modes. A first mode issues an alert in response to a static condition being met and the second mode issues an alert in response to a dynamic condition being met. The static condition may be defined by an unchanging boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses the boundary. The dynamic condition may be defined by a changing boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses it. The changing boundary may change based upon the occupant's height, weight, BMI, vital sign, or other characteristic. The changing boundary may also change based upon a position of one or more components of the person support apparatus, such as a siderail or Fowler section.
US12268640B2
A combination cremation urn and ornament comprises a base adapted to receive cremation ashes therein, an upstanding post mounted to an upper surface of said base and extending upwardly therefrom, and a decorative ornament that is three-dimensional an entire 360 degrees about a vertical axis of said decorative ornament, said decorative ornament having a hole extending upwardly from a bottom thereof into said decorative ornament, said post received in said hole as said decorative ornament is positioned on said base to secure said decorative ornament to said base.
US12268637B2
A reconfigurable patient transport system may include a patient support apparatus and a patient transport apparatus. The patient support apparatus may include a hinge member, a left support board, and a right support board each coupled to the hinge member. The left support board may comprise a left proximal segment and a left wing segment each removably coupled to a left distal segment. The right support board may comprise a right proximal segment and a right wing segment each removably coupled to a right distal segment. The patient transport apparatus may comprise a support frame and an intermediate frame coupled to the support frame. The intermediate frame may comprise a support deck configured to support a patient. The patient transport apparatus may further comprise a left siderail bracket and a right siderail bracket each configured for engagement with one of the wing segments of the support boards.
US12268634B2
A phacoemulsification cutting tip, including a rigid tubular portion and a flexible and expandable tip portion located distal to the rigid tubular portion. The flexible and expandable tip portion presents an axial length and an unexpanded radius and is formed such that the axial length shortens while the unexpanded radius increases when differential pressure due to an occlusion of an opening of the flexible tip portion exists.
US12268633B2
A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes a body having a first end having a first cross-sectional dimension, a second end having a second cross-sectional dimension, and a tapered portion extending between the first end and the second end. The first cross-sectional dimension is larger than the second cross-sectional dimension. In some embodiments, the body comprises multiple layers.
US12268630B2
The present invention relates to an energy transmission module for a vaginal canal treatment apparatus, a method for controlling same, and a treatment method using same according to the present invention allow transmission of energy by means of insertion into the vaginal canal and expansion of the vaginal canal, and thus allow treatment by selectively or complexly generating denaturation such as coagulation and ablation over a large area in a short time, allow one-shot treatment, and allow treatment of an area with folds. Therefore, the efficiency and accuracy of the treatment can be enhanced. Since the tissue in the vaginal canal can be treated even without a surgical operation, user's pain and discomfort can be minimized.
US12268622B2
An apparatus for applying a support/compression sleeve in embodiments of the present disclosure may have one or more of the following features: (a) a first sleeve applicator body for placement between the sleeve and a user's body, (b) an upper strap extending from upper strap receptors located at an upper portion of the first sleeve applicator body, (c) a lower strap extending from lower strap receptors located at a lower portion of the first sleeve applicator body, (d) a second sleeve applicator body for placement between the sleeve and the user's body, (e) an upper strap extending from upper strap receptors located at an upper portion of the second sleeve applicator body, and (f) a lower strap extending from lower strap receptors located at a lower portion of the second sleeve applicator body.
US12268618B2
A bioabsorable stent is disclosed. The stent is made of a polymer and/or non-polymer material and has an elongated body having a proximate end, a distal end, and at least one open channel formed on the exterior surface of the elongated body to provide fluid communication between the proximal end and the distal end. Also disclosed is a bioabsorable stent having an elongated center rod having a proximate end and a distal end and a plurality of leaflets extending outward from the center rod and forming channels between two neighboring leaflets to provide fluid communication between the proximal end and the distal end.
US12268610B2
A stemless prosthetic shoulder joint may include a prosthetic humeral head and a stemless base. The stemless base may include a collar and an anchor extending from the collar intended to anchor the base into the proximal humerus. The base may include a proximal collar having a proximal surface and a bone-engaging surface opposite the proximal surface. The collar may have a superior portion and an inferior portion, the superior portion defining an arc shape and the inferior portion defining a substantially triangular shape.
US12268600B2
A method of reshaping a severely stenosed aortic valve having leaflets with bicuspid malformation and severe calcification. The method includes delivering a balloon with an expandable distal end to the aortic valve, expanding the balloon so that the distal end of the balloon is expanded to push the leaflets upward from bottom of the aortic valve to reshape the leaflets, and forming a space compliant to a self-expandable interventional valve for release, thereby facilitating the following TAVR procedure, reducing the adverse consequences of the TAVR procedure, and improving the surgical stability and the surgical prognosis.
US12268596B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a first upper frame portion and a stent frame connected to the first upper frame portion via at least two stent frame extensions. The stent frame includes a base and at least two stent posts extending upwardly from the base towards the first upper frame portion. The first upper frame portion, the base, and the at least two stent posts each has an inner surface and an outer surface. The prosthetic heart valve also includes at least one sheet of leaflet material configured to encircle the stent frame and weave through the stent frame between the first upper frame portion and the base.
US12268593B2
Anchor devices and methods used to secure a prosthetic valve to a native valve annulus are described. The anchor device can be a separate expandable element from the prosthetic valve that is first advanced to the annulus and deployed, after which an expandable prosthetic valve is advanced to within the annulus and deployed. The combination of the two elements can apply a clamping force to the valve leaflets which holds the prosthetic valve in place. The anchor device can have a lower or ventricular portion and an upper or atrial portion. The anchor device can include one or more leaflet clamping portions. One, two, or more upstanding vertical posts between the clamping portions can extend upward at the valve commissures and support the upper portion, which can include one or more structures for leak prevention.
US12268592B2
The present invention relates to a ring-shaped implant having shape memory for implantation in the cornea of the eye, wherein the implant spans an implant plane in a starting state, and wherein the implant is transferable by application of a compression force (F) in the implant plane (8) from a starting state into an intermediate state, in which the lateral dimensions of the implant, measured in the force direction, are smaller than in the starting state, wherein it is provided according to the invention that the alignment of an implant cross-section (1) in the intermediate state is pivoted at least in one pivotable longitudinal section of the implant by an angle (α) in relation to the starting state.
US12268590B1
A branched graft method includes securing a first end of a branch graft into a first conduit and subsequently moving the second end into a second conduit. The first conduit may be a branch vessel, such as a renal artery and the second conduit may be a main graft that extends over an aortic aneurysm. The branch graft may be deployed starting at an offset distance from the first end, thereby preventing the deployed portion from insertion into the first conduit and predetermining the insertion length into the target vessel. The first end may then be deployed to secure the first end to the first conduit. A branch graft may be a self-expanding stent graft having one or more ripcords, and/or a serpentine ripcord that enables non-linear deployment of the branch graft, or deployment that does not progress from one end to the opposing end.
US12268587B2
An intravascular emboli capture and retrieval system for intravascular embolism protection and embolism removal or maceration. Guidewire mounted proximally and distally located multiple opening filters are deployed within the vasculature and used to part, divide and macerate embolic debris and to capture such embolic debris within the confines thereof. A deployable flexible preformed memory shaped capture sleeve is alternatively used to collapse one or more filters and embolic debris therein for subsequent proximal withdrawal from the vasculature.
US12268586B2
Elastic laminate with hooks comprising an upper layer (2) of nonwoven fabric extending in width in a direction CD and in length in a direction MD, a web (5) with hooks (10) comprising a strip, in particular made of thermoplastic material, from which hooks protrude, and which is attached onto the upper face of the upper layer of nonwoven fabric, the hooks being intended to engage with loops according to a hook-and-loop fastening system, an elastic film (3; 4) extending in the direction CD over a width less than or equal to the width of the upper layer (2) of nonwoven fabric, the upper face of the elastic film (3; 4) being attached to the lower side of the upper layer of nonwoven fabric, the web with hooks extending between respective side end points, left-hand and right-hand respectively, and characterised in that one (Pg6; Pd6) of the two side end points (Pg6, Pd6), left-hand and right-hand respectively, of the web (5) with hooks is located vertically in line with a point of the elastic film.
US12268578B2
An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet layer and the liquid impermeable layer. The absorbent article can further include an exudate management layer in fluid communication with the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned on a body facing surface of the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned between the topsheet layer and the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a first component which defines an opening for direct passage of body exudates into the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a second component which at least partially overlaps the first component of the exudate management layer and further extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article in a direction towards the posterior region of the absorbent article.
US12268569B2
Methods and systems (including software) for creating a treatment plan to align a patient's teeth using a plurality of removable aligners to be worn in sequential stages. These methods and systems may generate a plurality of potential treatment plan variations. Each variation may be optimized to best address the user's treatment goals, as well as approximating as closely as possible an ideal or target final position.
US12268559B2
Systems and methods of transmitting heat out a medical imaging device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a medical imaging device includes a housing having electronics and a heat sink. The heat sink is positioned near a first end of the housing, a groove that is configured to receive at least a portion of an operator's hand is positioned at a second end of the housing. A heat pipe in the housing extends from the electronics toward the first end of the housing and is configured to transfer heat produced by the electronics toward the heat sink and away from the groove.
US12268547B2
The present invention provides an image processing method to assess quantitative myocardial blood flow and/or myocardial flow reserve, comprising the steps of: (a) pre-processing of images comprises: (i) reconstructing dynamic cine 3D tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) data, (ii) optionally, denoising to improve the quality of image, (iii) extracting blood input function from a region of interest (ROI) of the left ventricle blood cavity, (iv) estimating the distribution volume (DV), given by the ratio of uptake and washout rates (K1/k2) to stabilize and improve estimation of K1, k2 and total blood volume (TBV) and subsequent myocardial blood flow measures, and (v) data normalization by dividing by the maximum of the blood input function; (b) assessing the individual signals pre-processed in step (a) in order to generate K1 and TBV parametric maps using artificial neural network; (c) post-processing of K1, k2 and TBV parametric maps; and of rest and stress myocardial blood flow to estimate myocardial flow reserve (MFR) and/or coronary flow reserve (CFR).
US12268542B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a plurality of bases by performing a basis conversion on signal data. The processing circuitry selects one or more specific bases with contribution rates lower than a reference from among the bases. The processing circuitry executes data processing utilizing the specific bases.
US12268539B2
A radiation imaging apparatus comprising an imaging region configured to acquire a radiation image, a controller configured to set a detection region as a region to be used to detect the radiation in the imaging region and a rotation detector is provided. The rotation detector detects a rotation angle of a reference portion of the imaging region with respect to a reference direction of the subject, and the controller decides, in accordance with a part to be imaged of the subject and the rotation angle, a side located in the same direction as the reference direction of the subject among sides defining an outer edge of the imaging region, sets the detection region at a position away from the side by a predetermined distance for imaging of the part, and controls imaging based on a dose entering the detection region.
US12268533B2
A device may receive an X-ray image captured by a C-arm CBCT device at a particular position defined by a six-degree of freedom pose relative to an anatomy, and may process the X-ray image, with a machine learning model, to determine a predicted quality of next possible X-ray images provided by the C-arm CBCT device. The device may utilize the machine learning model, to identify a particular X-ray image, of the next possible X-ray images, with a greatest predicted quality and to update the six-degree of freedom pose based on the particular X-ray image. The device may provide, to the C-arm CBCT device, data that identifies the updated six-degree of freedom pose to cause the C-arm CBCT device to adjust to a new position based on the updated six-degree of freedom pose.
US12268526B2
A transparent device with bio-signal acquisition and feedback capabilities is provided, and includes a base that includes at least one actuator, a transparent container connected to the base, first and second electrodes disposed on the base, a body temperature sensor, a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor module, and a bio-signal acquisition module that has an electrocardiographic (ECG or EKG) sensor function and acquires an ECG signal, a PPG signal, and a body temperature signal of the user. The bio-signal acquisition module determines physiological indices by using a preset algorithm and controls the at least one actuator to provide corresponding visual or auditory feedbacks in real time according to the physiological indices and an extended cardiac index of the user.
US12268524B2
Disclosed are an electronic device for providing contact pressure information and a method for controlling the electronic device. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a display, a camera, a communication circuit, and at least one processor configured to: control the communication circuit to establish a communication channel with an external electronic device via the communication circuit, obtain data for a contact pressure value from the external electronic device via the established communication channel, and output information related to the contact pressure value via the display using the obtained data for the contact pressure value.
US12268517B2
A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.
US12268511B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for providing parameters that indicate a higher likelihood of a postoperative delirium occurring. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the following steps are provided: detecting at least one EEG signal at the head of the patient; determining the average amplitude of the “direct current” EEG signal; checking whether an increase in the determined average amplitude when entering anesthetic-induced loss of consciousness is above a predefined amount, and in the event of this, providing a corresponding information in the form of a parameter that shows a higher likelihood of a postoperative delirium occurring.
US12268509B2
A flexible circuit that is substantially planar may be assembled into an electrophysiologic catheter. The flexible circuit may include various location sensing portions and force sensing portions. The flexible circuit may be deformed in a manner that improves the catheter's functionality concerning force feedback and location feedback, and then further deformed to be assembled into a small volume of the catheter.
US12268496B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided for inserting at least a portion of an in vivo analyte sensor, such as a dermal sensor, for sensing an analyte level in a bodily fluid of a subject. An applicator is positioned against a skin surface and a force is applied to the applicator causing at least a portion of a sharp and an in vivo analyte sensor to be positioned in the body of the subject. In particular, disclosed herein are embodiments of applicators designed to prevent premature sharp withdrawal and/or reduce the likelihood of improper sensor insertion. Also disclosed are embodiments of applicators including sharp modules having an angled sharp which can be configured to create an insertion path for a sensor.
US12268494B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for obtaining a safe interval of a human body parameter in a built environment, a terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a first facial image, a benchmark human body parameter, and a human body posture analysis result of a target user in a target built environment; inputting the first facial image into an emotion analysis model to obtain an emotion analysis result; and obtaining the safe interval of the human body parameter of the target user according to the emotion analysis result, the human body posture analysis result, and the benchmark human body parameter.
