US12275275B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire. In a tire meridian cross-sectional view of an unloaded state in which regular internal pressure is applied, a tire profile between two ground contact edges is constituted by two tire outer side profiles each having a dimension along the tire profile of 20% or more and 35% or less with respect to a dimension between the ground contact edges along the tire profile, and a tire inner side profile other than the two tire outer side profiles, the tire outer side profiles being constituted by at least four curved lines having different shapes.
US12275270B2
A device for removing a liquid from a container having a depressible valve is provided. The device may include a reservoir for holding the liquid removed from the container. A conduit of the device may include a first end and a second end. The first end may be fluidly coupled to the reservoir while the second end may be fluidly coupled to the container. Depressing the conduit may actuate the depressible valve of the container to provide fluid communication of the liquid from the container, through the conduit, and into the reservoir.
US12275264B2
A bookbinding machine (100) is proposed. The bookbinding machine (100) comprises processing stations (205a-205e) for processing book blocks (215a-215d) and transport elements (210a-210d) for transporting the book blocks (215a-215d) across them. A plurality of endless conveyors (225a-225c) are arranged in a wrap-around succession, each carrying one or more conveying elements (305a1,305a2;305b;305c). A driving system (235-240) drives the endless conveyors (225a-225c) to cause each conveying element (305a1,305a2;305b;305c) in succession to engage a transport element (210a-210d), to convey the transport element (210a-0210d) along a transport path (220) for an active section of the corresponding endless conveyor (225a-225c) and then to disengage the transport element (210a-210d). A bookbinding plant comprising one or more of these bookbinding machines (100) is also proposed. Moreover, a corresponding method for operating a bookbinding machine (100), a computer program and a computer program product for implementing the method are proposed.
US12275252B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium, a body in which the recording unit is mounted, a housing configured to house the body, and a holding portion configured to hold the body at a predetermined position with respect to the housing. The predetermined position includes a closed position, a first open position, and a second open position. The closed position is a position at which the body is housed inside the housing. The first open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in a first displacement direction of a displacement direction intersecting with a vertical direction by a first distance. The second open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in the first displacement direction by a second distance longer than the first distance.
US12275245B2
A piezoelectric device includes a diaphragm provided on a side of one surface of a substrate and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode which are stacked on a side of a surface opposite to the substrate of the diaphragm, in which the piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion in which the piezoelectric body layer is pinched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and has an uneven portion constituted with a plurality of projection portions and a recess portion formed between the projection portions on a surface of the first electrode on a side of the piezoelectric body layer at an end portion of the active portion.
US12275235B2
The anti-drop members 7l and 7r are provided to each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l, and the respective anti-drop peripheral surfaces 711 of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r adjoin the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l. In this configuration, on the occurrence of oblique traveling of the printing medium M, the printing medium M is deviated from the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l to the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of the anti-drop member 7l or 7r. Specifically, the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of each of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r allows the printing medium M to be supported while providing the clearance Δ from the front surface M1 of the printing medium M deviated by the oblique traveling.
US12275232B1
A method of dispensing paste for a printer using a paste dispensing apparatus is provided. The paste dispensing apparatus includes a reservoir for storing a paste for a printer. The reservoir includes a stirrer for stirring the paste. The paste dispensing apparatus includes a receptacle for receiving paste from the reservoir. The paste dispensing apparatus includes a closable passage from the reservoir to the receptacle. The closable passage is changeable between an open state and a closed state. In the open state, the receptacle is fluidly coupled to the reservoir so that paste can pass from the reservoir to the receptacle. In the closed state, the receptacle is fluidly decoupled from the reservoir so that the paste is prevented from passing from the reservoir to the receptacle. The paste dispensing apparatus includes a pusher for pushing paste out of the receptacle. The method includes transferring a first volume of paste from the reservoir to the receptacle while the closable passage is in the open state. The method includes, after the transferring, changing the closable passage from the open state to the closed state. The method includes, after the changing, performing a first discharging operation by the pusher to discharge a first amount of paste from the receptacle while the closable passage is in the closed state.
US12275226B2
This method of manufacturing an optical laminate comprising a transparent substrate, an adhesion layer, an optical functional layer, and an antifouling layer laminated in this order, includes an adhesion layer forming step of forming the adhesion layer, an optical functional layer forming step of forming the optical functional layer, a surface treatment step of treating the surface of the optical functional layer so that the rate of change in surface roughness represented by formula (1) is 1˜25%, and an antifouling layer forming step of forming the antifouling layer on the surface-treated optical functional layer; Rate of change of surface roughness (%)=((Ra2/Ra1)−1)×100(%) Formula (1) (Formula (1), where Ra1 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer before the surface thereof is treated, and Ra2 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer after the surface thereof is treated.).
US12275206B2
To achieve a composite material part with a fully load adapted 3D fiber reinforcement with low costs for tools and process, a method is provided for manufacturing a part made of composite material with a continuous fiber reinforcement. The method comprises the steps of providing a body with tubular cavities and having at least one first portion made from a first polymer material and at least one second portion made from a second polymer material, introducing resin and continuous fibers into the tubular cavities, and removing at least a part of the second polymer material.
US12275203B2
A wind turbine blade mold system having built in precision pins to locate structural components (e.g. spar caps) during layup of composite segments. A plurality of pins can be inserted through the layers of composite layups and into apertures within the mold, with spar caps positioned against the pins to ensure precise positioning, thereby preventing/inhibiting movement of the spar cap relative to the mold. A plurality of pins can be inserted through the layers of composite layups and into apertures within the mold, with cams attached to the pins and moveable to engage spar caps to ensure precise positioning of the spar cap, as well as preventing any drift during subsequent operations. The pins can remain embedded within the final molded part.
US12275190B2
A 3D printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a container, a build material extraction module, an energy source and a controller. The container is to receive a build volume comprising portions in which an un-cured thermally curable binder has been applied to define a 3D object to be generated and portions on which no binder has been applied. The build material extraction module is to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied. The energy source to heat the contents of the container. And the controller is to control the build material extraction module to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied; and control the energy source to heat the build material to thermally cure any binder in the container.
US12275189B2
The present disclosure describes three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatuses, processes, software, and systems for producing high quality 3D objects. Described herein are printing apparatuses that facilitate control of energy beam characteristics using an optical mask during one or more printing operations.
US12275186B2
A photocurable resin composition, the photocurable resin composition comprises a prepolymer, a first photoinitiator, and a second distinct photoinitiator, the prepolymer comprising a repeating unit, the repeating unit comprising a first functional group and a distinct second functional group, the first photoinitiator having a first absorption wavelength, and the second distinct photoinitiator having a second absorption wavelength, the first photoinitiator having a first absorption wavelength to functionalise the first functional group, and the second distinct photoinitiator having a second absorption wavelength to functionalise the second functional group.
US12275185B2
Methods and processes are provided by which inhibited-crystallization polymers may be employed as feedstock materials in thermoplastic extrusion-type additive manufacturing systems. Counteracting the tendency of such polymers to uncontrolledly settle into an amorphous state upon cooling under typically used conditions, techniques are disclosed for controlling process temperatures, exposure times and feed rates to produce parts with uniform crystallinity, high mechanical strength and efficient throughput.
US12275184B2
Implanted medical devices need a mechanism of immobilization to surrounding tissues, which minimizes tissue damage while providing reliable long-term anchoring. This disclosure relates to techniques for patterning arbitrarily shaped 3D objects and to patterned balloon devices having micro- or nano-patterning on an outer surface of an inflatable balloon. The external pattern can provide enhanced friction and anchoring in an aqueous environment. Examples of these types of patterns are hexagonal arrays inspired by tree frogs, corrugated patterns, and microneedle patterns. The patterned balloon devices can be disposed between an implant and surrounding tissues to facilitate anchoring of the implant.
US12275182B2
The invention relates to a unit for molding containers, which comprises two mold supports, a device for locking the mold supports in the closed position, and a bistable device which comprises a fixed element and a mobile element able to move between two stable extreme positions. The mobile element comprises a mobile magnetic dipole, and the fixed element comprises a fixed magnetic dipole, the fixed magnetic dipole applying a magnetic force from a distance to the mobile magnetic dipole in order to force the mobile element toward one or other of its two stable extreme positions.
US12275177B2
A base frame is used in an injection molding machine provided with a mold clamping unit having a platen, on which at least the mold clamping unit is placed and which supports the mold clamping unit. The base frame includes: a pair of main beams spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the base frame and extending side by side in a longitudinal direction of the base frame; and a platen attachment plate which is disposed on the main beams and to which the platen is attached, in which outer edge portions of the platen attachment plate in the longitudinal direction include welding points joined by welding to the main beams, and the platen attachment plate has a shape in which a length in the longitudinal direction is longer at an outer end than at an inside part in the width direction.
US12275172B2
A method of forming a tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm with two shot injection molding. The tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm each having a body and a chain sliding face. The body of the tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm bracket is formed of by a first shot of thermoplastic polymer or thermosetting resin and the chain sliding face is formed by a second shot of thermoset elastomer which is overmoulded onto the body. The body of the component is made of either a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin is fixed to its chain sliding face either by one or more of an anchor point generated by undercuts in the body and/or chemical bonds between the dissimilar materials.
US12275171B2
In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method producing a composite board comprising plastic and cellulose is described. The method includes transmitting a first signal to a pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the first signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to compress and heat a composite mat; transmitting a second signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the second signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to heat and compress the composite mat at substantially a first pressure for a first time period; transmitting a third signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the third signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to release the composite mat from the first pressure; and transmitting a fourth signal to a pair of opposing cold-platens, receipt of the fourth signal causing the pair of opposing cold-platens to compress and cool the composite mat.
US12275168B2
A mould system for moulding a blade shell of a wind turbine blade includes a first mould for manufacturing a first blade shell part and a second mould for moulding a second blade shell part. The first mould has a first moulding side with a first moulding surface defining an outer shape of the first blade shell part. The second mould has a second moulding side with a second moulding surface defining an outer shape of the second blade shell part. The mould system is configured to rotate and position the first mould such that the first moulding side is facing the second moulding side and such that the first blade shell part may be joined with the second blade shell part so as to form the blade shell. The first mould includes a first mould flange along at least a part of the periphery of the first moulding surface.
US12275166B2
Provided herein is a method of recycling additively manufactured articles or recovered coating material that comprises a crosslinked polymer formed from a single-cure resin comprising a reactive blocked prepolymer, into a regenerated resin useful for additive manufacturing. Recyclable light-polymerizable resins, methods of making recyclable objects from such resins, and methods for sustainable manufacturing are also provided.
US12275165B2
Disclosed is a workplate for Y-axis compensation of an ingot and a Y-axis compensation method of the ingot using the same, which is configured to facilitate Y-axis compensation of the ingot in a state in which the ingot is attached to the workplate at a cutting-plane angle so as to be cut using a wire-cutting apparatus. More particularly, the workplate includes a bottom plate, having an upper surface formed to be curved downwards with respect to a longitudinal direction of the ingot attached to the workplate, and a top plate, coupled to the bottom plate such that a lower surface thereof is movable along the upper surface of the bottom plate and configured to enable the ingot to be coupled to an upper portion thereof at an X-axis cutting-plane angle.
US12275161B2
A flange device and to a method for fastening a saw blade to a drive spindle of a sawing device. Among other things, the flange device includes a nut, which is arranged in a movable manner in an interior of a flange body, wherein, in a closed state of the flange device, the nut surrounds a central screwing device, which is guided in the drive spindle, for the purpose of fastening. A system for fastening a saw blade to a drive spindle of a sawing device, wherein the system has a flange device, and a sawing device and a central screwing device. The drive spindle of the sawing device can be pressed in the direction of the flange device by a spring, such that, in the closed state, it can be received by an interior of the nut of the flange device.
US12275155B2
The control system includes: a plurality of controllers that respectively control a plurality of devices including at least robots; and an environment manager that is communicable with the plurality of controllers. The environment manager includes an environment information storage that stores environment information, and an information update unit that updates environment information according to an operation of the plurality of devices. Each of the plurality of controllers includes a condition monitor that monitors whether environment information stored in the environment device storage satisfies a predetermined condition and an operation execution unit that controls a corresponding device of the plurality of devices to execute a predetermined operation in a case where the environment information satisfies a predetermined condition.
US12275142B2
An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure.
US12275141B2
A box handling system is disclosed for use in an object processing system. The box handling system includes a box tray including a recessed area for receiving a box, and the recessed area includes a plurality of floor and edge portions for receiving the box that contains objects to be processed.
US12275136B2
Exemplary embodiments provide modular robotic systems that allow one or more operation parameters of a robotic actuator, or group of actuators, to be dynamically configured or reconfigured. The operation parameters may be, for example, the X, Y, and/or Z position of the actuator or group of actuators with respect to other actuators, the arrangement of the actuator(s) into an array or matrix, the rotation or pitch of an actuator, the distance between actuators, the grip strength or grip surface of an actuator, etc. Accordingly, the same robotic manipulator(s) may be used for multiple purposes in multiple different contexts, manipulators can be swapped out on-the-fly, and robotic systems may be dynamically reconfigured to perform new tasks.
US12275134B2
To provide a robot system that can easily generate a complete 3D point group for a measurement object. A robot system including: a robot including an arm; a 3D sensor provided to the arm; and a 3D point group generation unit for generating a 3D point group of a measurement object according to 3D data obtained by measurement of the measurement object with the 3D sensor, wherein the 3D point group generation unit generates the 3D point group of the measurement object by combining 3D data from measurement of the measurement object while repositioning the 3D sensor in response to the motion of the arm in any coordinate system in a working area of the robot.
US12275128B2
A tool holder is provided, including a main body. The main body includes a base and two supporting portions, and the base has a cavity disposed thereon and extending in a first direction. The two supporting portions are spacedly arranged and protrude beyond the base in the first direction, and the two supporting portions define a mouth communicated with the cavity. The base is configured for a tool to be received within the cavity along the first direction and placed thereon, and the two supporting portions are configured for the tool to be placed thereon through the mouth and the cavity. The tool can be held on the tool holder in two different ways to meet different using requirements.
US12275123B2
An apparatus for assisted buckle release employing a generally C-shaped, V-shaped, or U-shaped assistive device adapted to depress a buckle's release button, such as a button typical of a child car seat restraint harness, and thereby assist in unlocking the buckle.
US12275109B2
A drilling machine tool with a cooling liquid purifying and recycling mechanism. The drilling machine tool comprises a platform in which a blanking hole is formed, wherein air cylinders are fixedly mounted at the top of a transverse plate located above the platform, a lifting plate is mounted after the output shaft ends of the air cylinders penetrate through the transverse plate, an isolation cylinder is arranged below the lifting plate, an opening is formed in the bottom of the isolation cylinder, the bottom end of the vertical shaft slidably penetrates through the isolation cylinder and is fixedly provided with a drill bit, the isolation cylinder is connected with the lifting plate through pressing mechanisms, and a cooling liquid conveying mechanism communicating with the interior of the isolation cylinder is arranged on the platform; and a cooling liquid purifying and recycling mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the platform.
US12275102B2
A weld line data generation device generates weld line data specifying a portion to be welded by a welding robot. The weld line data generation device includes: a recording unit in which possibility information indicating possibility of welding by the welding robot is recorded for each combination of configuration names of members; an extraction unit configured to extract a combination of two or more adjacent members from three-dimensional data of a structure to be manufactured by welding; and a generation unit configured to generate, when a combination of configuration names corresponding to the extracted combination of two or more members is weldable, the weld line data specifying a portion to be welded between the two or more members corresponding to the combination.
US12275101B2
In some examples, smart spool detection systems use one or more first sensors and/or second sensors to detect and/or determine a first parameter (e.g., size) of a spool that retains filler material (e.g., wire) used by welding-type systems. One or more second sensors are used to detect and/or determine a second parameter of the spool. In some examples, the second parameter may be a weight of the spool, a distance to the filler material (e.g., wire) retained on the spool, and/or an angle of a guide arm lever supported by filler material retained on the spool. The smart spool detection system determines a remaining amount of consumable filler material remaining on the spool using the first and second parameters.
US12275096B2
A method and buoyancy system are disclosed for facilitating diver directed underwater friction welding (also known as friction welding) operations. Various illustrative embodiments of the method, buoyancy system and combined portable friction welding system and buoyancy provisions are disclosed for improving ease of diver use in making underwater joints.
US12275091B2
A laser processing apparatus irradiates a target with a laser light to form a modified region along a virtual plane in the target. The laser processing apparatus includes a support portion, an irradiation portion, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller performs a first processing process of irradiating a first portion in the target with the laser light under a first processing condition, and a second processing process of irradiating a second portion more on an inner side than the first portion in the target with the laser light under a second processing condition different from the first processing condition, after the first processing process.
US12275083B2
An integrated machine for automatic cutting, polishing, stacking, and unloading of substrates, including a laser cutting machine, a mechanical laser arm, a polishing machine, a polishing device, a first finished product placement rack, a second finished product placement rack, and an automatic stacking device. The mechanical laser arm is fixed on the frame of the laser cutting machine, the polishing device is fixed on the polishing machine, and the first finished product placement rack and the second finished product placement rack are arranged on both sides of the automatic stacking device. The present disclosure can achieve cutting the substrates of any size, and can automatically polish the edges of the cut substrates. The present disclosure has the characteristics of automation, integration, and multi-functionality, effectively reducing the number of supporting equipment and occupying space.
US12275078B2
A double-ended parting cutting insert. The cutting insert includes two cutting portions at opposite ends thereof which are oriented at 90° to each other. The cutting insert includes a pair of rake and support engagement grooves, the rake and support engagement grooves of each one of the pair converging in a direction away from a respective cutting portion. An insert holder includes a clamping portion having a resilient upper clamping jaw having an upper engagement ridge and a lower base jaw having a lower engagement ridge. A gap therebetween forms an insert receiving slot that has a slot opening. The upper and lower engagement ridges converge in a direction away from the slot opening. When the cutting insert is releasably attached to the insert holder, to constitute a fastened position of a cutting tool, the cutting insert is located in the insert receiving slot and resiliently clamped therein.
US12275065B2
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) provide precise and conformal coatings that are employed to modify the properties of powders for additive manufacturing (AM). We have surprisingly discovered that use of a limited number of ALD cycles can impart improved flowability. In various aspects, the coating may provide one or more advantages such as novel material properties, increased flowability, improved sintering, enhanced stability during storage, and prevention of premature sintering.
US12275062B2
An injection molding composition contains a titanium-based powder containing titanium as a main component and having an average particle diameter of 15 μm or more and 35 μm or less, a ceramic powder containing a ceramic as a main material and having an average particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and an organic binder. The ceramic is an oxide-based ceramic containing an oxide as a main component, and a standard free energy of formation of the oxide at 1000° C. may be lower than a standard free energy of formation of titanium oxide at 1000° C.
US12275058B1
The present disclosure provides a device and a method for controllable forging of a forming flow line of a complex-shaped component. The device includes a frame, a shaping unit, a cushioning unit, and a cleaning unit, and the frame is used to mount and fix the shaping unit, the cushioning unit, and the cleaning unit; the shaping unit is used to improve a shaping capacity of processed parts; the cushioning unit is used to reduce a vibration in a metal shaping process to avoid an impact on the shaping of the metal; the cleaning unit is used to clean up a surface of a mold after shaping; when the metal is put into the mold, the metal is extruded and shaped through the shaping unit, and at the same time, the cushioning unit is used to offset the vibration generated by the shaping unit during the shaping process.
US12275034B2
A coating production line system for coating work pieces comprises a coating powder, a coating apparatus, an inspection unit to measure the thickness of the applied coating, a conveyor unit to move the work pieces through the system, and a control unit to use thickness requirements and coating parameters to control the coating apparatus based on said coating parameters with a machine learning instance. A database comprises coating powder characteristics parameter as input vector for the machine learning instance for generating an output vector to control the coating apparatus being a first additional part vector. The control unit determines the coating quality based on a comparison between the thickness data acquired from the inspection unit and the retrieved thickness requirement data as second additional part vector. The first and second additional part vectors are fed back as additional parts to the next input vector for the machine learning instance.
US12275033B2
A system for coating a continuous sheet (1), having an application roller (10) for applying a coating on the sheet (1) when the sheet (1) is pressed against the application roller (10) by an application pressure element (11), a smoothing roller (20) for smoothing the coating applied on the sheet (1) by contact of the smoothing roller (20) with the coating when the sheet (1) is pressed against the smoothing roller (20) by a smoothing pressure element (21), the application (11) and smoothing pressure elements (21) being independently movable in order to press the sheet (1).
US12275031B2
A rotor nozzle structure has a chamber deployed with a rotor connecting to the water outlet and an adjusting element, wherein the rotor nozzle is capable of generating a directing stream and a wide-angle swirl stream, and the adjusting element is switchable by a rotational means for driving the rotor in a rotation or static status in the chamber.
US12275028B2
A powdery-material mixing and feeding system is configured to feed a machine configured to execute a post process with mixed-powdery materials obtained by mixing a first powdery material and a second powdery material discharged from powdery-material feeding devices at a required ratio, wherein when a flow rate of the first powdery material discharged from the first powdery-material feeding device departs from a target value by a predetermined amount or more, a controller increases or decreases the flow rate of the second powdery material discharged from the second powdery-material feeding device such that the ratio of the first powdery material to the second powdery material contained in the mixed-powdery materials is kept within a desired range.
US12275020B2
A centrifuge for separating minerals by specific gravity is disclosed. The centrifuge rotates to circulate slurry across a collection region and to subject slurry in the collection region to centripetal forces that facilitate stratification within the collection region by the specific gravity of the constituent minerals of the slurry. Energy, such as acoustic energy, is coupled with the collection region and enhances the stratification by specific gravity within the collection region.
US12275017B2
An electrostatic filter unit for an air-purification device, the filter unit comprising an ionization unit and a separation unit with at least one voltage-carrying collecting electrode and at least one grounded collecting electrode, characterized in that the at least two collecting electrodes are air-permeable.
US12275012B2
A method of producing a reagent tape, that includes a base tape layer and a series of consecutive and separate reagent pads of a reagent, is provided for use in a milk sampling device. The milk sampling device is arranged to supply a droplet of a milk sample onto one of the reagent pads on the tape in order to produce a response in the reagent to detect a presence or concentration of a substance in the milk sample. The method includes providing the base tape layer of the reagent tape, applying onto the base tape layer a continuous layer of the reagent, dividing the supplied continuous reagent layer into separate reagent pads by providing a hydrophobic barrier line between said pads. This may be done by laser ablating thin lines of reagent material, or by providing additional hydrophobic material into the layer. Thus, a simple and fast way of providing a tape with pads is obtained, in which a narrow spacing between pads is possible. A tape made by the method, and a milking device with a sampling device with such a tape are disclosed.
US12275009B2
A microfluidic cartridge for detecting one nucleic acid of a sample, including a plurality of functional volumes split into functional areas and a fluidic network of microchannels. At least three functional areas are fluidly connected to a central distribution hub of fluids by one or more hub-connected microchannels, the central distribution hub being capable of pumping and injecting fluids from a first functional area to a second functional area by passing through the central distribution hub; and at least three valves of hub-connected microchannels are arranged so that the at least three valves are adapted to be actuated mechanically by a single external cam-driven actuator.
US12275005B2
Luminescent diamond is made subjecting a volume of diamond grains and catalyst material to high-pressure/high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. A pressure apparatus and/or a pressure cell is specially configured to impose a differential or asymmetric pressure onto the diamond volume during the HPHT conditions. This subjects the diamond grains to differential strain that increases the degree of plastic deformation of the diamond grains to increase the formation of nitrogen vacancy centers. Diamond pellets formed by such process and subjected to differential pressure can have an aspect ratio, or an aspect ratio change, of greater than one. The temperature of the HPHT process is 1.800° C. or less to facilitate desired nitrogen migration to preferentially promote formation of NV centers over NVN and N3 centers in the diamond pellets to provide a degree of luminescence in a red wavelength spectrum greater than diamond pellets formed by some other HPHT processes.
US12275001B2
In accordance with the technology herein disclosed, an exhaust gas purification catalyst exhibiting a high exhaust gas purifying performance using a new rare earth-containing material is provided. The exhaust gas purification catalyst herein disclosed includes a base material and a catalyst layer formed on the surface of the base material. The catalyst layer of such an exhaust gas purification catalyst includes rare earth-carrying alumina 50 including a primary particle of a rare earth particle 40 including at least one rare earth element carried on the surface of an alumina carrier 30 including alumina, and the average particle diameter D50 based on TEM observation of the rare earth particle 40 in the rare earth-carrying alumina 50 is 10 nm or less. As a result of this, it is possible to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst having high NOx adsorption performance and CO adsorption performance.
US12275000B2
Provided is a method of producing a catalyst or adsorbent carrier and a catalyst or adsorbent carrier which can enhance a catalyst or adsorbent function, and prevent fall-off of catalyst particles or adsorbent particles. The surface of a metal base material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is subjected to an etching process using an etchant containing iron chloride and an oxide to convert the surface to an uneven and rough surface. The uneven and rough surface of the metal base material is subjected to an anodizing process to form a porous coating along the uneven and rough surface. A large number of catalyst or adsorbent particles are thus carried on the surface of the metal base material on which the porous coating is formed along the uneven and rough surface.
US12274998B2
The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional alkynyl-containing porous aromatic framework polymer and a preparation method and use thereof. The polymer has a structure represented by Formula I: The preparation method includes: under a protective atmosphere, mixing tetrakis(p-bromophenyl)methane, 1,3,5-triethynyl benzene, a catalyst and an amine solvent, and subjecting to a Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction to obtain the three-dimensional alkynyl-containing porous aromatic framework polymer having the structure represented by Formula I.
US12274996B1
A geopolymer composite including a porous aluminosilicate material, a quaternary ammonium surfactant, and a hydrophobicity modifier that includes dibenzoylmethane. The quaternary ammonium surfactant occupies sodium (Na) vacancies in the porous aluminosilicate material, and the hydrophobicity modifier is disposed on the quaternary ammonium surfactant.
US12274990B2
Provided is an apparatus for removing thermal stratification generated by turbulent penetration by using a rotation of an inner ring and an outer ring. The apparatus for removing thermal stratification removes thermal stratification formed in a branch pipe branching from a main pipe through which a high-temperature fluid flows, the apparatus including: a hollow body portion coupled to the branch pipe; an inner ring being magnetic and arranged inside the body portion so that an inner circumferential surface thereof is in contact with a fluid; and an outer ring arranged outside the body portion to face the inner ring, the outer ring being magnetic of a polarity opposite to a polarity of the inner ring, wherein, when the outer ring is rotated, the inner ring rotates by a magnetic force.
US12274983B2
A membrane structure body having a matrix structure and a biomolecule filter using the same are disclosed. The membrane structure body having a matrix structure, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises: a filtering part which includes a window region in which a plurality of window cells are formed in a matrix shape and a blocking region in which the window cells are not formed, and which filters biomolecules from a sample moving along the window region; and a support part extending from the filtering part so as to support the filtering part, wherein each of the window cells formed in the window region of the filtering part has have micro-holes allowing the biomolecules having a predetermined size or less to pass therethrough.
US12274978B2
A system for capturing volatile fluids and agglomerations discharged from chemical and refrigerant systems during an overpressure situation includes an energy dissipation assembly that uses impact bars and irregular surfaces to decrease the energy of such discharges by breaking up the agglomerations, and one or more tanks for capturing constituents for reuse, safe venting to atmosphere, or disposal.
US12274976B2
An exhaust gas carbon dioxide capture and recovery system that may be mounted on a mobile vehicle or vessel. The system may include an exhaust absorber system, a solvent regenerator, a solvent loop, a carbon dioxide compressor, and a carbon dioxide storage tank, among other components. The system may be configured and integrated such that energy in the exhaust may be used to power and drive the carbon dioxide capture while having minimal parasitic effect on the engine.
US12274972B2
A filter and a method for removing aldehyde-type VOCs from indoor air are disclosed. The filter includes a casing acting as a container. The container comprises two air-permeable opposite walls through which a volume of said indoor air flows and houses one or more natural polyphenols and a catalytic agent. The filter acts as an absorption filter, reacting irreversibly with the aldehyde-type VOCs of the indoor air. The natural polyphenols are powdered polyphenols selected from resveratrol (3,4′,5-trihydroxystilbene), resorcinol (1,3-benzenediol), pyrogallol (1,2,3-benzenetriol), phloroglucinol (1,3,5-benzenetriol) and hydroquinone (1,4-benzenediol), or combinations thereof. The catalytic agent is a solid sulfonic acid. A mixture of the natural polyphenols and said catalytic agent are present, in the container, as compacted block elements. An air-purifying/decontaminating device comprising the filter is also disclosed.
US12274970B2
A scrubber for cleaning of a gas comprises a casing enclosing a scrubbing chamber. The casing comprises a gas inlet into and a gas outlet out from the scrubbing chamber. A gas flow of the gas flows through the scrubbing chamber in a flow direction from the gas inlet to the gas outlet. A deflector device is provided in the scrubbing chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and forms a passage between the deflector device and the casing. A spraying nozzle is arranged between the gas outlet and the deflector device for spraying a scrubbing liquid into the scrubbing chamber and the gas flow. An inner shield extends between the casing and the deflector device, surrounds the deflector device at least partly, and forms a gap with the casing. Scrubbing liquid may flow through the gap.
US12274967B2
Air filter for spray coating, having: a housing designed for showing a cuboid shape, with a face forming an air inlet and an opposed face forming an air outlet; one or more accordion panels with fold lines, to be accordion folded about said fold and to be located in the housing for forming a filtering barrier; the one or more accordion panels of the filtering barrier having at least one pair of flap portions configured to be folded to form a converging profile followed aeraulically by a trapping chamber formed by one of the accordion panels, and openings forming escape lateral passages of the trapping chamber(s).
US12274966B2
A device that comprises an outer component, an inner component and a filter module. The outer component includes a first hollow cylinder, and exterior ports in sidewalls of the first hollow cylinder. The inner component is positioned coaxially within the first hollow cylinder, and includes a second cylinder, and interior ports in the second cylinder, wherein the interior fluid ports are aligned parallel to the exterior ports. The filter module includes a hollow prism positioned coaxially within the outer component and surrounding the inner component, the hollow prism comprising at least four faces configured to retain filters. The filter module also includes vanes positioned along edges connecting the at least four faces and forming seals with the first hollow cylinder. A first filter is provided on a first face, of the at least four faces, which is aligned between a pair of the interior and exterior ports.
US12274959B2
A degassing chamber for an ozone solution system includes a cylindrical housing defining a cavity. A mixture of water and ozone gas is delivered to the cavity, the mixture containing excess ozone gas. A cylindrical float is positioned centrally within the cavity to rise in accordance with the mixture column within the cavity. A piston is connected to move in accordance with the float. When the mixture level rises above a threshold, the piston the piston moves upward and seals an ozone outlet. As a pressure of ozone gas in the degassing chamber increases, the float is forced downward causing the piston to open a channel to an upper ozone outlet through which excess ozone gas is released. After removal of excess ozone gas, a mixture of water and ozone gas is output from the degassing chamber which is suitable for use as a general purpose cleaner.
US12274951B1
Balloon retaining and inflating structures, assemblies, and methods which provide arrays of multiple balloons in any desired configuration, and wherein the balloons are simultaneously inflated and the array can be repeatedly inflated and deflated for re-use.
US12274946B2
A method for implementing a modification microservice with a game cloud system is described. The method includes executing a game instance of a game. The game instance is executed using a plurality of microservices assembled for the game instance. The method further includes accessing a modification microservice engineered to be executed with the game instance. The modification microservice adds a compute capability to the game instance. The modification microservice is executed outside of a server system in which the plurality of microservices is assembled for the game instance. Also, the modification microservice is accessed by one or more application programming interface (API) calls that obtain results data from said execution of the modification microservice. The one or more API calls are managed via a modification interface that manages the access to the modification microservice and use of the results data by the game instance.
US12274935B2
A haptic presentation apparatus includes a base material, an elastic layer, and a fluid transport apparatus. The base material forms a first space and includes a first through hole. The elastic layer covers a surface of the base material including the first through hole. The fluid transport apparatus injects fluid between the elastic layer and the base material via the first through hole. The elastic layer is expanded by injecting the fluid from the fluid transport apparatus such that an internal pressure of a second space between the elastic layer and the base material is higher than an internal pressure of the first space, and the fluid injected into the second space is vented to outside of the second space via a second through hole by stopping driving of the fluid transport apparatus.
US12274934B2
A controller includes a sensor that uses an elastically deformable elastic member, detects user's contact with or deforming action of the elastic member, and outputs an electric signal based on the detected contact or deforming action in question.
US12274925B2
A golf club includes a head, a shaft, and a grip. The head has a center-of-gravity depth of greater than or equal to 23.5 mm. The head has a center-of-gravity distance of less than or equal to 39 mm. The shaft has a forward flex of greater than or equal to 110 mm. When f1 denotes the forward flex of the shaft and f2 denotes a backward flex of the shaft, f2/f1 may be greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than or equal to 0.9. The head may have a volume of greater than or equal to 380 cc. The shaft may have a weight of less than or equal to 50 g.
US12274923B2
Quick release connection for jump rope facilitating exchanging of cables with different weights and diameters on jump rope handles. The quick release connection for jump rope comprises the housing of quick release connection with a locking part attached. The locking part comprises a toothed pawl loaded with a spring engaging with the teeth of the linear rack attached to the cable adapter. The housing of the quick release connection has protruding first and second sidewalls, defining a holding channel including at least one guide rail, for receiving the cable adapter. The linear rack has at least one protruding part that is configured to move into at least one guide rail featured on at least one of the sidewalls of the holding channel. The possible insertion of the cable adapter into the holding channel is only in the longitudinal, reciprocating position.
US12274913B2
Disclosed is a device for assessing and/or rehabilitating the upper limbs of a subject including a display surface, a detection surface, and a processing unit. Also disclosed is a system and an apparatus including the device, and computer-implemented methods using the device.
US12274910B2
Various implementations of the systems and methods disclosed herein allow a user to build at least a portion of the musculature used for the front crawl stroke and/or offer a platform for practicing and learning proper form for certain exercises, such as, for example, swimming the front crawl stroke. In addition, the devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein may be useful for strengthening overall body tone and aerobic strength. Various implementations include an exercise system that includes an arm movement system and/or a torso movement system. The arm movement system may be provided and/or used independently of the torso movement system. Various implementations of the devices, systems and methods disclosed herein simulate the resistive forces of water encountered by a human body while swimming and allow the user to learn and maintain proper form while strengthening muscles used to counter-act those resistive forces, without the complications of a water environment.
US12274908B1
Exercise attachment assemblies configured for attachment to a slant carriage exercise apparatus having a sloped apparatus frame, a slide seat on the apparatus frame, a pair of main cable pulleys on the apparatus frame and a pair of main cables attached to the slide seat and engaging the pair of main cable pulleys, respectively may include an assembly frame configured for attachment to the exercise apparatus. A cable support frame may be supported by the assembly frame. A pair of outer cable pulleys may be supported by the cable support frame. A pair of outer cables may engage the respective outer cable pulleys. The outer cables may be configured for attachment to the respective main cables of the exercise apparatus. A pair of outer handles may be attached to the respective outer cables. A pair of inner cable pulleys may be supported by the cable support frame inside the respective outer cable pulleys. A pair of inner cables may engage the respective inner cable pulleys. The inner cables may be attachable to the respective outer cables and the respective main cables of the exercise apparatus. A pair of inner handles may be attached to the respective inner cables.
US12274906B2
A spotting system for weight lifting includes a pair of support arms, each of which is configured for operative engagement to a central frame portion of a conventional weight lifting rack. This engagement can be provided using connectors or mounting brackets operatively engaged between the central frame portion which overhangs an area being used by a person exercising with barbells. The connectors or mounting brackets may include bolts, nuts, U-bolts, flanges, and other individual and combinations of connectors which will securely hold each of the support arms to an appropriate position on the central frame portion of the rack.
US12274905B2
A sliding lock barbell adapter is disclosed. The adapter is configured to quickly convert a standard barbell into one that can perform multiple exercises safely and with proper form. The adapter is preferably made from tubular steel with a lower and upper jaw positioned in a unique manner allowing for proper body form and comfort while exercising with reduced risk of injury. The positioning of the jaw allows for the spring-loaded locking pins to pivot the bar in place. Additionally, foam interior padding increases slip resistance and comfort.
US12274900B1
A body belt for use by linemen and others engaged in operations on poles or similar structures having a secondary set of D-rings, typically disposed slightly rearward of the primary D-rings on the belt or an auxiliary belt or attachment above or below the primary D-ring of the belt. The secondary D-rings which may differ in size from the primary D-rings, allow a wearer to separate devices that are normally attached to the primary D-rings. This allows less crowding of the primary D-rings, thereby making detachment and reattachment of one or more ancillary safety devices from the body belt as a lineman encounters an obstacle during his or her work on a pole or other elevated structure, thereby improving safety. An add-on D-ring assembly is provided for retrofitting body belts of the prior art. In another embodiment of the invention, an auxiliary body belt is detachably connected to the primary body belt, the auxiliary body belt having its own set of D-rings. Rather than providing all four D-rings in a common plane, as described above, this embodiment provides one plane for the first set of D-rings (on the primary body belt) and a second, parallel plane for the second set of D-rings (on the auxiliary body belt).
US12274898B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and compositions comprising substituted benzodiazepines of the class of Formula I:
US12274891B2
A stable smart laser hair-growing instrument with independent light sources includes a shell, a laser emitting assembly and a control system; the shell is provided with a cavity disposed above a user's head, the laser emitting assembly includes light sources, a first circuit board and multiple second circuit boards, the first circuit board is disposed in the shell at a position aligned at a center of a user head; a gap is arranged between the adjacent second circuit boards; the light sources are evenly distributed on the first circuit board and those of the second circuit boards; the control system includes a circuit control and a multi-group of independent control units electrically connected with the circuit control; all the independent control units are electrically connected to the corresponding driving circuit of the second circuit boards and that of the first circuit board, respectively.
US12274881B2
A method of treating obstructive sleep apnea according to this disclosure may include: providing an implant comprising a substantially planar central body portion having a top side and a bottom side; at least two adjustable wing portions; and at least two connecting members, each one of the at least two connecting members extending from opposite sides of the central body portion, the each one of the at least two connecting members being configured for flexibly connecting each one of the at least two wing portions at opposite sides to said central body portion; forming a surgical opening to expose a genioglossus muscle; exposing a branch of a hypoglossal nerve for stimulation by the implant at least on one side of the geniouglossus; forming at least one pocket on at least one side of the geniouglossus; such that the pocket dimensions are configured to fit the at least one of the at least two wing portions of the device; inserting an implant device through the surgical opening such that the central body extends over the genioglossus and each one of the wing portions is received in the respective at least one pocket; and securing the implant device to the muscle.
US12274877B2
Described herein are methods and devices for monitoring or modulating an immune system in a subject with cancer, and methods and devices for treating a cancer in a subject. The implanted device can electrically stimulate the splenic nerve of the subject, which can modulate the inflammatory system (for example, by increasing or decreasing the blood level of one or more pro-inflammatory cytokines and/or anti-inflammatory cytokines to increase or decrease inflammation in the subject) and/or activate or increase circulation of one or more immune cells (such as natural killer cells and/or cytotoxic T-cells), for the treatment of cancer. The implanted medical device includes two or more electrodes configured to electrically stimulate the splenic nerve, and may further include an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive ultrasonic waves and convert energy from the ultrasonic waves into an electrical energy that powers the device.
US12274871B1
Some injection devices include an injection device body, a needle shroud retractable into the injection device body, a control spring coupled to the needle shroud and biased to cause the needle shroud to be at least partially extended from the injection device body in an initial position, and a hold detent mechanism coupled to at least the needle shroud. The hold detent mechanism is configured to (i) activate, when the needle shroud is retracted from the initial position into the injection device body to a hold position, to create a hold detent force, and (ii) deactivate, when the needle shroud is extracted from the hold position subsequent to the retraction, to release the hold detent force and enable the needle shroud to extend from the injection device body to substantially the initial position.
US12274869B2
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to an injection device that includes a medicament reservoir, a stopper including a rigid core and an ultrasound probe disposed in a housing, the ultrasound probe configured to transmit an emitted ultrasound signal through the rigid core along a longitudinal direction of the rigid core into the medicament reservoir and to receive an ultrasound signal generated by reflections of the emitted ultrasound signal, the reflections including at least a reflection from a distal end of the medicament reservoir, a control component configured to be electronically coupled with the ultrasound probe and to process the ultrasound signal to generate injection device data, and an antenna configured to be electronically coupled with the control component and to transmit the injection device data to an external computing device.
US12274864B2
An injector comprising an outer housing, a generally longitudinally extending keyway formed in the outer housing, an inner housing located interiorly of the outer housing, a guide member mounted at one end of the inner housing, the guide member having at least one protrusion adapted to engage the keyway, a spring member, the spring member having a first end abutting the outer housing, a second end of the spring member abutting the guide member, a syringe mounted interiorly of the inner housing, a needle mounted on one end of the syringe, the syringe having a plunger and a plunger rod, a finger rest member mounted over the outer housing, the finger rest member being opaque to thereby prevent visual access to the keyway.
US12274862B2
Provided herein is a load spring washer configured for use with a medical injection device, having a main body having a proximal surface and a distal surface and one or more protrusions extending proximally away from the proximal surface of the main body.
US12274859B2
A drug delivery device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more specifically, a drug delivery device that can deliver a drug to a biological tissue while minimizing damage thereto and can come into close contact with the biological tissue to be able to measure an electrical signal of or apply electrical stimulation to the biological tissue and a method for manufacturing the drug delivery device are proposed. The drug delivery device includes a substrate unit that is inserted into a human body and has a porous insertion portion having one or more discharge voids. The insertion portion is provided to be deformable to match a shape of a biological tissue while expanding and contracting as a drug is injected into and discharged from an inside of the injection portion.
US12274856B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical pump for dispensing a liquid. The medical pump includes a housing, a receptacle and a piston. The housing includes an inlet for receiving said liquid and an outlet for dispensing said liquid. The receptacle includes a chamber and a passage that is in fluid communication with the chamber. The receptacle is received in the housing and is axially movable relative to the housing from a filling position, wherein the passage fluidly communicates the chamber with the inlet, to a dispensing position, wherein the passage fluidly communicates the chamber with the outlet. The piston is received in the chamber and is configured such that when the receptacle is in the filling position the piston is axially moveable relative to the receptacle and when the receptacle is in the dispensing position the piston is axially moveable relative to the receptacle.
US12274849B2
An introduction needle includes a needle piercing portion. The needle piercing portion comprises a needle tooth and a substrate; the needle tooth is fixedly disposed on a portion of a first side surface of the substrate; and when the needle tooth pierces into the skin, the remaining portion of the first side surface of the substrate is configured to abut against an outer surface of the skin.
US12274841B2
A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (20), a needle (22) having a sharp distal tip and disposed within the catheter (20), a catheter hub (30) connected to the catheter (20) having the needle (22) passing therethrough, and a housing (70) that encloses the sharp distal tip of the needle (22). An external surface of the catheter hub (30) and an internal surface of the housing (70) each include at least one of a channel member (34) and a raised portion (72) that interfit to restrict motion between the catheter hub (30) and the housing (70).
US12274823B2
In some illustrative examples, a bridge suitable for treating a tissue site may include a bridge sealing member and one or more bridge wicking layers. The bridge sealing member may extend along a length of the bridge, and may define an internal passageway in fluid communication between a receiving end of the bridge and a transmitting end of the bridge. The one or more bridge wicking layers may be disposed within the internal passageway of the bridge sealing member. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US12274822B2
A surgical atherectomy apparatus for removing particles such as plaque from an interior of a vessel having a motor housing slidable axially between a proximal position and a distal position. An axially fixed sheath extends from the outer housing and a catheter is connected to the motor housing and is positioned within the sheath. A rotatable shaft is positioned within the lumen of the catheter and is operatively connected to the motor for rotational movement, the rotatable shaft and catheter movable by movement of the motor housing between the proximal and distal positions. The rotatable shaft has an atherectomy bit extending therefrom for dislodgement of particles when rotated by the motor and dislodged particles are aspirated in the lumen of the catheter.
US12274819B2
A portable hemodialysis system is provided including a dialyzer, a closed loop blood flow path which transports blood from a patient through the dialyzer and back to the patient, and a closed loop dialysate flow path which transports dialysate through the dialyzer. Preferably, the hemodialysis system includes a sorbent filter in the dialysate flow path. Furthermore, the hemodialysis machine includes a blood pump, and a pair of dialysate pumps. A processor controls the flow of blood through the blood flow path, and the processor controls the flow of dialysate through the dialysate flow path. In addition, the processor stores a patient treatment plan wherein the flow rate of dialysate reduces throughout treatment to maximize the amount of urea removed by the sorbent filter.
US12274797B2
Disclosed herein are bioerodible drug delivery devices including one or more active agents, and related methods. The devices are useful for administering a wide variety of agents over prolonged periods of time.
US12274796B2
Methods for the formulation of biodegradable microparticles for delivery of protein drugs, such as botulinum toxin, have been developed. The methods include the steps of precipitating and washing proteins with organic solvent to remove water prior to dispersing in polymer-dissolved organic solvent to prevent exposure to water/solvent interfaces and maintain bioactivity of the protein drugs and fabrication of microparticles by either template or emulsion method. Biodegradable microparticles, formed of one or more biodegradable polymers having entrapped in the polymer one or more protein agents, such as botulinum toxin, are also provided. Precipitated botulinum toxin and botulinum toxin-loaded microparticles can also be formulated into thermogels or crosslinked hydrogels. The stability of the protein within these microparticles, as well as the controlled release of the entrapped agents, provides for sustained efficacy of the agents.
US12274792B2
A tablet press for producing tablets including: a press chamber, a receiving chamber, a first material container having the first active substance with a first dosing device, a controller, and an input device. The press chamber has an extendable upper punch, an extendable lower punch, and a die. The input device inputs a target indicating a number of produced tablets and a target mass indicating a quantity of the first active substance and transmits the target number and the target mass to the controller. The controller actuates the first dosing device, the upper punch, and the lower punch such that a quantity of the first active substance that corresponds to the target mass is filled into a central opening of the die and pressed by the punches to form a tablet, and to repeat until the target number of tablets are produced.
US12274789B2
Stable, non-caking, pharmaceutical composition in the form of powder for oral solution comprising methylprednisolone sodium succinate and methods of making such compositions. The compositions comprise lyophilized methylprednisolone sodium succinate mixed with one or more water-soluble pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
US12274787B2
The present disclosure relates to a sustained-release injection formulation comprising biodegradable polymer microspheres containing deslorelin as an active ingredient, and a preparation method therefor. The sustained-release microsphere injection containing deslorelin, according to the present disclosure, has good administrability and enables, with a single administration, a deslorelin drug to be maintained at an effective concentration for 6 months without rapid temporary release into the blood of an animal.
US12274784B2
This invention provides methods to overcome the current limitations of immune checkpoint immunotherapy to provide more effective methods of treating cancer. In embodiments this invention provides a means of using of p53 gene therapy to augment immune checkpoint inhibition by combining antibodies targeting immune checkpoint molecules with SGT-53, a nanomedicine carrying a plasmid encoding human wild-type p53. This invention provides means of increasing tumor immunogenicity, enhancing both innate and adaptive immune responses, and reducing tumor-induced immunosuppression, sensitizing otherwise refractory tumors to anti-immune checkpoint antibodies. In other embodiments this invention also unexpectedly reduces immune-related toxicities that are seen with immunotherapies.
US12274783B2
The present application discloses a microbubble dispersion system stabilized with polydopamine nanoparticles for highly-efficient intravenous oxygen supply and a method for preparing the same. The method includes: dissolving dopamine, chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and amino-rich polymer in water, adjusting the pH to be alkaline, and then introducing oxygen into the solution; under the strong shear force of a homogenizer, oxygen oxidizing dopamine, and the obtained polydopamine nanoparticles adhering to the interface of oxygen microbubbles during polymerization, forming a compact shell layer of polydopamine particles; finally, adding glutaraldehyde to solidify the shell layer of polydopamine particles adhered to the interface of microbubbles, and obtaining oxygen microbubbles stably dispersed in water by filtration, washing and redispersion. The oxygen microbubbles stabilized with polydopamine nanoparticles have excellent biocompatibility, can realize rapid and efficient delivery of oxygen, and thus have an important application value in the field of highly-efficient intravenous oxygen supply.
US12274780B2
A method of treating osteoarthritis by modifying the shape change of bone(s) underlying articular cartilage, comprising evaluating the bone shape of the patient's joint, injecting the patient with a peptide of SEQ ID No. 1 or applying other therapeutic interventions that can reduce the shape change of the bone(s) underlying articular cartilage, and thereafter evaluating the bone shape of the patient's joint is disclosed.
US12274779B2
The disclosure provides an effervescent composition adapted for oral use, the composition including an effervescent material; one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including at least one sugar alcohol; at least one active ingredient; and optionally, a lipid in an amount of at least about 20% by weight. Melting effervescent compositions are also provided, which include the lipid.
US12274776B2
Disclosed is a method of treating skin. The method can include applying to skin a composition including cholesterol, ceramide II, and shea butter, wherein the composition comprises a wt. % ratio of cholesterol:ceramide II:shea butter of 3:1:1.
US12274772B2
The present invention is directed to a kit-of-parts for bleaching keratin fibers, having a bleaching composition A comprising a) one or more persalt(s) and/or peroxy salt(s), and b) one or more alkalizing agent(s), an aqueous oxidizing composition B, and a composition C comprising c) one or more non-acetylated sugar alcohol(s), and/or their mixtures, wherein the bleaching composition A comprises less than 5% by weight of water, calculated to the total weight of the bleaching composition A.
US12274771B2
A microcapsule composition useful in delivering an active material contains a first microcapsule and a second microcapsule. The first microcapsule has a zeta potential of 10 mV or greater, the second microcapsule has a zeta potential of 5 mV or less, and the weight ratio of the first microcapsule and the second microcapsule is between 1:10 and 10:1. Also disclosed are consumer products containing such a microcapsule composition.
US12274766B1
An organic nanocomposite dental crown includes an organic composition, a starch biopolymer, and at least one organic polymer-forming agent. The starch biopolymer includes date seed-based nanostarch, coconut shell-based nanostarch, fish bone, and camel bone powder. The organic composition includes one of fruit waste, placenta glue, seed-based gel, natural glue, glycerin, and organic dye. The nanostarch biocomposite includes particles with an average particle size of less than 25 nm, dispersed in a solid matrix. The dental crown has a molded structure with a height of 10 mm or less and a width of 9.5 mm or less.
US12274739B2
Disclosed herein is a liquid pharmaceutical composition of botulinum toxin which is improved in stability. It comprises botulinum toxin, polysorbate, and methionine and optionally isoleucine. The liquid pharmaceutical composition eliminates the risk of contaminating the body with serum-derived pathogens or microorganisms and can be administered safely to the body. Also, the composition is convenient for use as a direct injection for patients, has good storage stability of botulinum toxin at 25˜37° C., as well as at refrigerated temperatures.
US12274736B2
Methods and compositions comprising hematopoietic growth factor proteins and/or protein analogs thereof and/or combinations thereof and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to treat the acute and long term adverse effects of radiation exposure in subjects who have been or will be exposed to radiation are disclosed.
US12274735B2
The present invention provides methods for the treatment of a central nervous system (CNS) tumor in a subject comprising administering and IL-4 targeted cargo protein formulated in an artificial cerebral spinal fluid formulation. The present invention also provides formulations and methods for administration along with a surrogate tracer for monitoring.
US12274731B1
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods of suppressing Plasmodium parasite growth or infectivity or treating malaria comprising administering a polybasic antimalarial agent. The polybasic peptides and polymers provided can be used for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum and other plasmodium species that cause human malaria.
US12274708B2
Disclosed is a method for, preventing, ameliorating or treating dementia by administering a composition containing 2′-fucosyllactose. 2′-FL ameliorates brain damage caused by amyloid beta and neuroinflammation by suppressing or preventing accumulation of the amyloid beta, thus being highly effective in preventing, ameliorating and treating dementia.
US12274687B2
The invention relates to the treatment of ascites, and especially refractory ascites, with an orally bioavailable prodrug of dopamine. A preferred prodrug of dopamine is docarpamine. The invention preferably contemplates intermittent dosing, wherein a treatment period is followed by an off-treatment period, which is followed by another treatment period.
US12274678B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including a combination of at least two cannabinoids, and methods of using same, such as for treating a NOTCH 1-related disease.
US12274664B1
Embodiments are provided for to a system, computer program product, and a method to support surveying a physical environment. Two or more secondary units are physically configured to receive a physical actuation. In response to the actuation, the secondary unit(s) are configured to emit an audible cue and to communicate an address of the actuated unit. Tools are provided to track the actuation and associated addresses, and in an embodiment lapsed time.
US12274659B2
An adult toy article including a main body including a rear, central and front portions and defining a tip end and a rear end, and including an inner body and an outer body overlaying at least a portion of the inner body, each of the inner body and outer body defining a rear, central and front portion corresponding to the rear, central and front portion of the main body. The central portion of the inner body may define at least in part an elongated shape. The front portion of the inner body may define a tapering cone-shape with a rounded front end. The outer body may overlay at least a portion of the inner body, the outer body being sufficiently transparent to view at least a portion of the inner body there through.
US12274654B2
A transfer device includes an extendable transfer platform. The transfer platform includes a fixed plate, a moveable plate, and at least one platform actuator configured to selectively move the moveable plate relative to the fixed plate between a retracted position and an extended position in which a leading edge of the moveable plate is located distally from a leading edge of the fixed plate. The transfer platform also includes a transfer belt having a first end secured to a first driven roller, and a second end secured to a second driven roller. The transfer device also includes a platform support structure secured to the transfer platform for supporting the transfer platform above a floor surface. The platform support structure includes at least one support actuator configured to selectively move the transfer platform relative to the floor surface between a lowered position and a raised position.
US12274651B2
The present disclosure provides a wheelchair restraint apparatus that renders easy adjustment of a restraining position of a wheelchair inside a vehicle. One aspect of the present disclosure is a wheelchair restraint apparatus configured to restrain a wheelchair inside a vehicle. The wheelchair restraint apparatus includes a main body having a seat belt, and a restrained mechanism to and from which the wheelchair is attachable and detachable; and a slide mechanism configured to cause the main body to slide with respect to the vehicle. The restraint mechanism is configured to restrain the wheelchair in a state where a part of the wheelchair is inserted to the restraint mechanism in a traveling direction of the wheelchair.
US12274650B2
A box (200) is disclosed. The box is manufactured from a first part (2), a second part (4) and a third part (6) of a sheet material, which parts have been subjected to gluing to each other with adhesive (8) so as to form a box shape; wherein said first part (2) of said sheet material represents a bottom portion (10), a first side portion (12) and a second side portion (14) of said box, respectively, as a coherent entity; wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) represent opposite end portions (16,18) of said box; wherein said first part (2) is having an extension in a first direction X and in a second direction Y; said first direction X is being perpendicular to said second direction Y; wherein said first part (2) comprises a first side edge (20), a second side edge (22), a first end edge (24) and a second end edge (26); wherein said first part (2) along said first side edge (20) thereof comprises a first inner side edge recess (28) being cut into the material of said first part; and a first outer side edge recess (30) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said second side edge (24) thereof comprises a second inner side edge recess (36) being cut into the material of said first part; and a second outer side edge recess (34) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said first end edge (22) thereof comprises a first inner end edge recess (32) being cut into the material of said first part and a first outer end edge recess 38 being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said second end edge (26) thereof comprises a second inner end edge recess (40) being cut into the material of said first part and a second outer end edge recess (42) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein a first fold line (44) and a second fold line (46), each being parallel to said first direction (X), are being defined between said first inner side edge recess (28) and said second inner side edge recess (32); thereby defining a bottom portion (10) being arranged between said two side portions (12,14) of said first part; wherein in respect of each of the two side edges (20,22) and in respect of each of the two end edges (24,26), the material of said first part, along the inner and the outer recesses (28,30); (32,34); (36,38); and (40,42), respectively, has been subjected to a double folding and gluing so as to form a double fold (48) along each of the two side edges (20,22) and along each of the two end edges (24,26) of said first part; wherein the first part (2) has been subjected to folding along the first fold line (44) and the second fold line (46) and wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) have been subjected to arrangement at said first end edge (24) and at said second end edge (26), respectively, of said first part, and subsequently been subjected to gluing to the double folds (48) being present at each of said end edges, respectively, at the bottom portion (10) and at the two side portions (12,14) of said first part.
US12274648B2
A surgical boot system and sleeve accessory for hip distraction. The surgical boot system includes an L-shaped rigid shell having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A soft liner is attached to the rigid shell and extends along at least one of the proximal portion and the distal portion. The surgical boot system also includes at least one strap assembly (which can be a plurality of strap assemblies) extending around the rigid shell. A load transmission hoop is connected to and extends around the distal portion of the rigid shell and an attachment point is connected to the load transmission hoop. The rigid shell is pivotable about the attachment point. Specifically, the attachment point is configured to interface with a hip distractor apparatus in a way that allows for multiple degrees of freedom.
US12274646B1
A system for a hyperbaric chamber with mirrored controls is disclosed. The system includes a cylindrical vessel with a mid-portion, head portion, and door portion that create an inner cavity when a door is in a closed position. The vessel is designed to maintain a pressure of at least 3 atmospheres and includes a plurality of mirrored windows for external visibility. Control panels with a housing and multiple controls are attachable to mirrored control inlets on the vessel's wall. The mirrored control inlets allow for control panels to be placed on either the interior or exterior surfaces of the vessel. The system may also include a modular design with sections secured together using flanges and gaskets to create an airtight seal. The hyperbaric chamber's mirrored controls and modular construction enhance accessibility, safety, and patient comfort, addressing space constraints and orientation limitations of current designs.
US12274638B2
In an example, a fluid collection device includes a fluid impermeable barrier that at least partially defines a chamber. The fluid impermeable barrier also defines an opening extending therethrough. The opening is configured to be positioned adjacent to a female urethra or have a male urethra positioned therethrough. The fluid collection device also includes a conduit at least partially disposed in the chamber. The conduit defines at least one aperture that allows an interior of the conduit to be in fluid communication with the chamber. The fluid collection device further includes a valve. The valve includes a first aperture coupled to the conduit and a second aperture that is fluid couplable to at least one of an air source, a vacuum source, or a fluid storage container. The valve is configured to control fluid flow through the conduit responsive to direction from a user.
US12274631B2
A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A knee arthroplasty soft tissue evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like during a range of motion test. A method may include maintaining an equal pressure or gap distance for a medial component and a lateral component of an adjustable spacer during a range of motion test. Information, including, for example a maximum or minimum gap distance or pressure may be determined during the range of motion test. The determined information may be output for display or used to update a surgical plan.
US12274611B1
A method of superficial fat pad repositioning is disclosed in which three lifting vectors are established which synergistically cooperate to produce an enhanced lifting effect. A first lifting vector is substantially vertical and originates in the superficial orbital fat pad. A second lifting vector is oblique and originates below the nasolabial fold. A third lifting vector is also oblique and originates below the mandible. In a preferred embodiment, monofilament threads are utilized to establish each lifting vector.
US12274605B2
The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.
US12274604B2
A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.
US12274599B2
An improved denture system is disclosed. An improved denture system has a support bar and a denture material blank. The denture material blank has an oversize cutout to secure the support bar. The support bar has oversized implant interfaces and optional oversized tooth abutments. After securing the support bar in the denture material blank the final shape and dimensions of the implant interfaces and optionally the final shape and dimensions of the tooth abutments will be machined. The denture system will result in an accurate reference and registration between the denture teeth and base and the implant interfaces.
US12274584B2
A first synthesis unit generates a first synthetic image by applying a first weight distribution to a plurality of sub-images and then synthesizing the sub-images. A second synthesis unit generates a second synthetic image by applying a second weight distribution to the plurality of sub-images and then synthesizing the sub-images. A generation unit generates a display image based on the first synthetic image and the second synthetic image.
US12274582B2
An ultrasound elastography method and system are provided. The method may include: exciting an ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound waves to a body tissue under examination and receive ultrasound echoes to obtain a first ultrasound echo signal, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises an ultrasound transducer provided with multiple array elements; obtaining an ultrasound image of a body tissue under examination; displaying the ultrasound image; generating a shear waves within the body tissue under examination; exciting array elements of a ultrasound transducer to transmit the ultrasound waves to form an ultrasound beam covering a first region within the body tissue under examination; receiving the ultrasound echoes from the first region to obtain the second ultrasound echo signal; and obtaining the propagation path of the shear waves within the first region according to the second ultrasound echo signal.
US12274581B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes an interventional medical device having a first tracking element that generates tip location data based on a locator field. An ultrasound probe has an ultrasound transducer mechanism and a second tracking element. The ultrasound transducer mechanism has an active ultrasound transducer array that generates two-dimensional ultrasound slice data at any of a plurality of discrete imaging locations within a three-dimensional imaging volume. The second tracking element generates probe location data based on the locator field. A processor circuit is configured to execute program instructions to generate an ultrasound image for display, and is configured to generate a positioning signal based on the tip location data and the probe location data to dynamically position the active ultrasound transducer array so that the two-dimensional ultrasound slice data includes the distal tip of the interventional medical device.
US12274577B2
Methods and systems are provided for increasing a quality of computed tomography (CT) images generated by a CT system by altering a shape of a focal spot of an X-ray emitter of the CT system. In one embodiment, a method comprises controlling the CT system to focus a beam of electrons generated by a cathode of the CT system at a plurality of focal spots on a surface of an target of the CT system; generating a composite focal spot from the plurality of focal spots; and obtaining projection data of the CT system with the composite focal spot. For example, two focal spots may be combined to generate the composite focal spot. By combining focal spots to generate composite focal spots, a quality of a resulting view produced by the CT system may be increased.
US12274575B2
A dual energy x-ray imaging system and method of operation includes an artificial intelligence-based motion correction system to minimize the effects of motion artifacts in images produced by the imaging system. The motion correction system is trained to apply simulated motion to various objects of interest within the LE and HE projections in the training dataset to improve registration of the LE and HE projections. The motion correction system is also trained to enhance the correction of small motion artifacts using noise attenuation and subtraction image-based edge detection on the training dataset images reduce noise from the LE projection, consequently improving small motion artifact correction. The motion correction system additionally employs separate motion corrections for soft and bone tissue in forming subtraction soft tissue and bone tissue images, and includes a motion alarm to indicate when motion between LE and HE projections requires a retake of the projections.
US12274572B2
A method is provided for the automatic control of a drivable, mobile medical device having a collision control system that has at least one LiDAR sensor. The method includes: locomotion of the device at a first speed, periodic joint scanning of at least one part of the surroundings of the device; using the at least one LiDAR sensor during the locomotion of the device; evaluating the scan data of the surroundings that has been recorded by the LiDAR sensor; and evaluating the scan data of the specified device section, the scan data being recorded by the LiDAR sensor in such a manner that a functional capability of the LiDAR sensor is tested and the speed of the device is controlled in a closed-loop manner depending on the result of the evaluations.
US12274565B2
Disclosed are a detection apparatus for biological characteristic information and an electronic device. The detection apparatus including a first button. A cavity is formed in a shell of the first button. The detection apparatus includes: a first detection part. The first detection part includes: a first pulse wave detection module at least partially arranged in the cavity and configured to detect a first pulse wave signal of a user when the user presses the first button; and a pressure sensing module at least partially arranged in the cavity of the first button and configured to detect a pressure signal applied to the first button by the user, where the first pulse wave signal is a corresponding pulse wave signal when the user applies the pressure signal, and the pressure signal and the first pulse wave signal are used to detect first biological characteristic information of the user.
US12274564B2
The present disclosure provides a sensor device of an article of furniture. The sensor device may comprise a flexible sensor. The flexible sensor may comprise a flexible circuit board (e.g., a flexible printed circuit board) having a piezoelectric material. The sensor device can detect one or more biological signals of a user of the article of furniture comprising the sensor device. The flexible sensor may be sandwiched between two conductive layers. An electrical insulator may be disposed between the flexible sensor and at least one of the two conductive layers.
US12274548B2
An automatic sensor inserter is disclosed for placing a transcutaneous sensor into the skin of a living body. According to aspects of the invention, characteristics of the insertion such as sensor insertion speed may be varied by a user. In some embodiments, insertion speed may be varied by changing an amount of drive spring compression. The amount of spring compression may be selected from a continuous range of settings and/or it may be selected from a finite number of discrete settings. Methods associated with the use of the automatic inserter are also covered.
US12274547B2
A cardiovascular variability parameter can be detected independent of the relative absorption contribution of melanin in biological tissue. A light source and a polarization shaping device can illuminate a biological tissue with a polarized light having an inhomogeneous optical polarization wavefront. A polarization analyzer can receive the polarized light after it has interacted with the biological tissue and output a first and second polarization state. A detection device can have a light detector for detecting the first and second polarization state and at least a processor for detecting data related to the first and second polarization states, determining relative absorptions contributions of superficial and deep components of the biological tissue based on the first and second polarization states, and determining the cardiovascular variability parameter based on the relative absorption contributions of the superficial and deep components.
US12274543B2
Described here are systems and methods for separating magnetic resonance signals that are changing over a scan duration (i.e., dynamic signals) from magnetic resonance signals that are static over the same duration. As such, the systems and methods described in the present disclosure can be used to remove artifacts associated with dynamic signals from images of static structures, or to better image the dynamic signal (e.g., pulsatile blood flow or respiratory motion).
US12274542B2
A method for determining a centerline of a blood vessel in an image associated with a subject is provided. The method includes obtaining a centerline model used for identifying a centerline of a blood vessel and identifying the centerline of the blood vessel based on the centerline model.
US12274540B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a portion of a conductive portion, a display visually exposed to an outside through a portion of the housing, a communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive portion, a sensor electrically connected to the conductive portion, a first blocking circuit connected between the conductive portion and the communication circuit and configured to block a signal in a first frequency range, a second blocking circuit connected between the conductive portion and the sensor to block a signal in a second frequency range, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the communication circuit and the sensor, wherein the conductive portion is configured to operate as an antenna of the communication circuit and a biometric electrode of the sensor.
US12274534B2
A method to process signals acquired with at least one accelerometer and one gyroscope worn by a subject for evaluating a heart rate and/or a respiratory rate. The method includes: receiving the accelerometer and gyroscope signals at a sampling frequency in a given time window; combining each pair of accelerometer and gyroscope signals in the given window to output an orientation vector for each sampling time using a quaternion representation; applying at least one filter to the orientation signal defined by the orientation vectors to obtain a filtered signal; calculating an average breath cycle and/or time interval separating two consecutive heart beats using an algorithm for modeling an average signal, which iteratively determines the average between the filtered signal and the average signal from a preceding iteration; estimating a heart and/or respiratory rate from the calculated average breath cycle and/or time interval separating two consecutive heart beats.
US12274528B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein for a communication bus that virtualizes physiological data. Sensors and/or physiological data acquisition devices have different physical connectors which provide physiological data from a patient to a shared interface such as a display or patient monitor. A transfer interface within a mount can receive and interpret data streams associated with one or more physiological data acquisition devices. The transfer interface can prioritize the various data streams associated with the one or more physiological data acquisition devices and generate a single, combined data stream based on the assigned prioritization. The transfer interface can provide the combined data stream for transmission to a patient monitor via an interchangeable transport medium. Another transfer interface can process and/or virtualize the data streams from the physiological data acquisition devices.
US12274525B2
Methods and systems for detecting, monitoring, and accounting for anatomical motion is provided. An initial contact between a first robotic arm and an anatomical element of a patient is detected based on information received from at least one internal sensor of the first robotic arm. A position of the anatomical element is determined based on the information. The determined position is compared to an expected position of the anatomical element. A tool trajectory of a second robotic arm is updated when the determined position is offset from the expected position.
US12274519B2
A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a closure tube extending from the drive housing, and an end effector arranged at an end of the closure tube and having opposing jaws. A method of operating the surgical tool includes operating one or more motors in a first direction at a constant velocity and thereby urging the closure tube to move and actuate the opposing jaws to engage and clamp onto tissue, stopping operation of the motor(s) in the first direction when a torque on the motor(s) exceeds a predetermined torque, storing an angular position of the motor(s) when the torque exceeds the predetermined torque, operating the motor(s) in a second direction opposite the first direction over a preset angular magnitude, and upon reaching the preset angular magnitude, operating the motor(s) in the first direction at the constant velocity.
US12274510B2
Patient-specific implant design and manufacturing system with a surgical implant positioning manager
Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and/or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving intra-operative data during a surgical procedure to install a patient-specific implant in a patient. The system can compare the intra-operative data to a pre-operative plan to determine whether the implant is positioned and located according to the pre-operative plan.
US12274506B2
Systems and methods for providing assistance to a surgeon during an implant surgery are disclosed. A method includes defining areas of interest in diagnostic data of a patient and defining a screw bone type based on the surgeon's input. Post defining the areas of interest, salient points are determined for the areas of interest. Successively, an XZ angle, an XY angle, and a position entry point for a screw are determined based on the salient points of the areas of interest. Successively, a maximum screw diameter and a length of the screw are determined based on the salient points. Thereafter, the screw is identified and suggested to the surgeon for usage during the implant surgery.
US12274490B2
An irrigated ablation electrode assembly comprises a distal member, a first manifold, and a second manifold. The distal member includes an outer surface; an inner surface; and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner surface of the distal member to the outer surface of the distal member. The first manifold includes an outer surface, an inner cavity, and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner cavity to the outer surface of the first manifold. The second manifold includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner surface of the second manifold to the outer surface of the second manifold. Other irrigated ablation electrode assemblies are also presented.
US12274488B2
An electrosurgical device comprising: an electrode having a first portion whose exterior is electrically uninsulated, a second portion whose exterior is electrically insulated, and a third portion; an elongated hollow body having an internal cavity, a front end, a rear end, an external surface, and an electrical wire arranged within the body. The hollow body is configured to reversibly receive the third portion of the electrode at the front end of the body such that electrical contact is made between the electrode and the electrical wire and the second portion of the electrode is not surrounded by the hollow body. A first button is provided for controlling a current flow at a first level to the electrode and is arranged on the external surface. A vacuum tube is slidably engaged by the body and has an inlet generally facing the front end and adjacent the electrode. A vacuum outlet port is arranged near the rear end of the body, and the outlet port, internal cavity, and vacuum inlet are in fluid communication with each other.
US12274486B2
A medical device includes: an end effector configured to apply treatment energy for treating a living tissue according to supplied power; a drive source configured to supply the power to the end effector; and a processor configured to classify, in a first time period after a supply of the power to the end effector is started, the living tissue into any one of a plurality of tissue types based on a first parameter detected in the first time period, control an operation of the drive source after the first time period based on the classified tissue type, reclassify the classified living tissue into any one of the plurality of tissue types based on a second parameter detected after the first time period, and control an operation of the drive source based on the tissue type into which the classified living tissue is reclassified.
US12274482B2
A balloon catheter for an intravascular catheter system includes a cryogenic balloon that is formed from a blend of polyurethane and polyamide block copolymer. The percentages of polyurethane and polyamide block copolymer can vary. For example, the cryogenic balloon can be formed from greater than 50% polyurethane and less than 50% polyamide block copolymer; greater than 75% polyurethane and less than 25% polyamide block copolymer; or approximately 85% polyurethane and approximately 15% polyamide block copolymer. Additionally, a ratio of a change in inflation pressure (in psi) to a change in outer diameter (in mm) of the cryogenic balloon, and a ratio of outer diameter (in mm) of the cryogenic balloon to inflation pressure (in psig) can be varied to form the desired cryogenic balloon.
US12274479B2
Various bone cement guides are disclosed that may connect directly to a fenestrated bone screw or connect to a spinal construct that is coupled to a fenestrated bone screw. In various embodiments, cement guides may include a three-part assembly including a hollow outer sleeve and a hollow inner sleeve with a removable inner rod. In various embodiments, the hollow inner sleeve may be movable between a retracted position and an extended position and in the extended position a distal end of the inner sleeve may splay outward and capture the head portion of a fenestrated bone screw. In other embodiments, a distal end of the outer sleeve may surround and capture tabs of an extended tulip head connector while the inner sleeve couples to an inside surface of the extended tulip head connector.
US12274476B2
An orthopedic device is disclosed that includes a threaded elongated shaft having a length, a regular polygon cross-section, and a longitudinal axis defined therethrough, wherein the elongated shaft having side surfaces extending over the length of the elongated shaft wherein each side surface corresponds to each of the sides of the regular polygon cross-section; and a pair of clamps releasably clamped on to the threaded elongated shaft, wherein each of the clamps is configured for holding up to two bone fixation pins in an orientation that is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft.
US12274469B2
An angled intraosseous access system including a guide block and/or a guide plate is disclosed. The system includes a driver having a body, and including a needle assembly rotatably coupled thereto, the needle assembly defining a needle axis. One of the guide block or the guide plate is configured to engage a skin surface and align the needle assembly axis at a predetermined angle relative to the skin surface to access the medullary cavity at the predetermined angle. Advantageously, the angled needle of the intraosseous access system can mitigate pain during infusion and mitigate backwalling.
US12274464B2
A system includes a medical probe and a position-tracking system. The medical probe includes a distal end, and one or more distal magnetic position sensors. The medical probe further includes a proximal-end assembly, and one or more proximal magnetic position sensors. The position-tracking system includes a memory, which is configured to hold values indicative of known relative positions between the distal magnetic position sensors and the proximal magnetic position sensors. The position-tracking system includes a processor, which is configured to receive one or more signals indicative of estimated positions of the proximal magnetic position sensors and of the distal magnetic position sensors, as measured by the position-tracking system, and to initiate a responsive action in response to detecting a discrepancy between the known relative positions and the estimated positions.
US12274456B2
A surgical guide and methods of using the surgical guide are disclosed. The surgical guide includes a body having a first side and a second side. An adhesive material is disposed over at least a portion of the first side. A radiopaque guide element coupled to a second side of the body and an incision guard defines an opening extending from the first side to the second side of the body. The incision guard is sized and configured to receive a surgical instrument therethrough such that the incision guard prevents contact between the surgical instrument and a portion of a surgical site adjacent to the opening.
US12274454B2
Methods and devices for consistently and accurately controlling the depth of the graft tunnel. A sheath is inserted into the bone until a stop member on the sheath contacts the bone. A cutting member is then deployed to drill a larger bore in the tunnel until making contact with the distal end of the sheath. The cutting member may be drawn retrograde within the tunnel, or driven antegrade from an opening opposite the opening in which the sheath resides. The drill and the sheath can then be removed, leaving the tunnel that includes a tunnel portion sized to fit a graft so that the graft fits tightly within the tunnel portion and is flush with the opening of the tunnel.
US12274446B2
A surgical stapling instrument including a staple sled which can be advanced and/or retracted relative to first and second jaw members, wherein the staple sled can be configured to deploy staples from a staple cartridge in one of the first and second jaw members. In at least one embodiment, the other of the first and second jaw members can include an anvil having at least one forming surface which can be configured to deform the staples as they are deployed from the staple cartridge. In at least one form of the invention, the anvil can be movably adjustable relative to the staple cartridge in order to adjust the distance in which the staples are deformed. In various embodiments, the anvil can be adjusted by a slidable adjusting plate and/or a rotatable cam.
US12274445B2
A fastener cartridge can include, one, a cartridge body comprising a deck and a plurality of fastener cavities and, two, a plurality of fasteners positioned in the fastener cavities. The cartridge body can further comprise extensions extending from the deck having different sizes and/or configurations. The extensions can control the flow of tissue relative to the deck and/or support the fasteners as they are ejected from the fastener cavities.
US12274441B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a surgical reloadable cartridge assembly. An example apparatus includes a lock slider and a blade lock configured to actuate radially between a first position that locks a blade in a secure position and a second position that allows the blade to move longitudinally.
US12274440B1
A powered surgical instrument disclosed. The instrument includes a first circuit portion operable at a first voltage level, a second circuit portion operable at a second voltage level, a voltage source to supply the first voltage level to supply power to electrical components in the first circuit portion; a transistor comprising a control terminal, a first conduction terminal, and a second conduction terminal, and a control circuit coupled to the control terminal of the transistor. The second voltage level is different from the first voltage level. The first conduction terminal is coupled to the voltage source. The control circuit is to set the transistor in a linear mode and control the transistor to set a current for operating the motor.
US12274429B2
An assembly comprising a drive gear coupled to a shaft and a dial. The drive gear is configured to rotate along a first axis based on movement of the dial. The assembly includes a first linking member located along a second axis and configured to rotate about the second axis based on contact with the drive gear as the drive gear is rotated. The assembly includes a second linking member located along the second axis and configured to rotate about the second axis based on rotation of the drive gear and a coupling between the first linking member and the second linking member. The assembly includes a linking member selector configured to rotate about the first axis and for selecting at least a position corresponding to the first linking member that causes the coupling between the first linking member and the second linking member.
US12274428B2
A method can include engaging the pericardium of a patient at two engagement positions of the pericardium. The method can further include moving the two engagement positions of the pericardium away from each other to tension a portion of the pericardium. The method can further include advancing an access device through the tensioned portion of the pericardium to introduce the access device into the pericardial space of the patient. Other and further methods are also disclosed.
US12274427B2
The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures.
US12274421B2
A device for maintaining an optical path of an optical imaging system free of fog includes an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end, a near-infrared (NIR) light-absorbing optical window disposed at the distal end, and an optical system disposed along the optical path. The device also includes a coupling module coupled to the elongated member at the proximal end and configured to transmit near-infrared light to the NIR light-absorbing optical window along the optical path and receive a light beam from an area of interest along the optical path.
US12274418B2
The invention provides a medical instrument with angle adjustment device, including a guidewire output portion, a guidewire guide portion, an adjustment control portion and traction wires. The guidewire output portion is bendable relative to the guidewire guide portion. The guidewire output portion is provided with a guidewire output hole. One end of each traction wire is connected to a proximal end of the guidewire output portion, and the other end of the traction wire is connected to a bending control member of the adjustment control portion. The adjustment control portion controls a bending angle of the guidewire output portion through the traction wire. The ends of the plurality of traction wires are evenly distributed along the guidewire output portion. The positions and quantity of traction wires are set to enable a medical instrument having a distal end with an adjustable bending degree to adjust angles in various directions as required.
US12274417B2
A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.
US12274416B2
Provided are a medical image processing apparatus, an endoscope system, a medical image processing method, and a program that may support search using information on an unobserved region of interest. The medical image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit (40) that acquires an observation image (38); a display signal transmission unit (44) that transmits, to a display apparatus (400), a first display signal indicating the observation image; a region-of-interest detection unit (50) that detects a region of interest from the observation image; and an unobserved image storage unit (71) that stores an unobserved image satisfying an unobserved condition indicating that the region of interest is yet to be observed from the observation image in which the region of interest is detected.
US12274414B2
Disclosed herein are technological solutions that are configured to limit sub-optimal visualization of the surgical field during robotic and manual laparoscopic surgery. Such technological solutions are configured to systematically assess cleanliness of an imaging element of a laparoscope (or other type of similar imaging apparatus) and take action for enabling or causing the imaging element to be cleaned. In preferred embodiments, assessment of the cleanliness of the imaging element provides information that can be used for enabling or causing cleaning of the imaging element to be performed in-vivo in either a manual, semi-autonomous or autonomous manner. In this manner such technological solutions advantageously enable the surgical field during surgery to be more efficiently and consistently maintained in an optimal condition.
US12274412B2
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a canister and a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot thereon, where the base can include a front portion and a back portion opposite the front portion. The base can include a vacuum port extending at least partially through the base. The canister can be connected to the back portion of the base and can be located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin connected to the vacuum port to receive debris therefrom and a fan compartment connected to a side wall of the debris bin and including a fan system operable to draw debris through the vacuum port and the debris bin.
US12274408B2
A warewashing machine including a housing defining an internal volume, a heat source for heating the water from a first water source, a hot water tank for receiving water heated by the heat source, an agitation unit for applying water to the dishware, and a drain water tempering system having a drain water fitting defining an interior chamber, a drain water inlet port, a drain water outlet port, a cool water inlet port, and a drain tempering valve disposed within the cool water inlet port and movable between a closed position blocking a fluid flow path between the interior chamber and an open position opening the flow path, the drain tempering valve including a temperature sensor, wherein the interior chamber defines a top volume portion, and a bottom volume portion, disposed below a threshold at which the drain water outlet port intersects the interior chamber of the body.
US12274407B1
A frame system for a modular construction of flat mop cleaning device frames including a first carrier plate having a first length in a longitudinal direction and a first width in a transverse direction, and a second carrier plate having a second length in the longitudinal direction different from the first length and a second width in the transverse direction corresponding to the first width. The frame system includes a third carrier plate having a third length in the longitudinal direction different from the first and second length, and a third width in the transverse direction corresponding to the first and second width. The frame system further includes a first clamp forming longitudinal delimitations of the first, second and third carrier plates and a second clamp forming longitudinal delimitations of the third carrier plate. The second clamp has a greater length than the first clamp.
US12274398B2
According to one example, a cookware vessel includes a bracket attached to an exterior of a vessel, and a detachable handle. The bracket has upper and lower partial geometric surfaces. The handle includes a grip portion, a coupling, an actuator, and a spring. The coupling has a channel configured to surround at least a portion of the upper partial geometric surface. The actuator is rotatingly attached to the coupling, and has one or more hooks that are configured to engage the lower partial geometric surface when the actuator is rotated in a first direction and that are further configured to disengage from the lower partial geometric surface when the actuator is manually rotated in a second direction by the user. The spring is configured to apply a force to the actuator so as to rotate the actuator in the first direction, when the actuator is released by the user.
US12274394B2
Devices, systems, and methods for channeling heat in an outdoor cooking station. The cooking station includes a moveable hood, movable between open and closed positions relative to the cooking station, and one or more heating elements for generating heat to a cooking surface, such as a griddle and/or grill. Further, the cooking station includes one or more baffles sized and configured to channel heat, generated by the one or more heating elements, from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface.
US12274388B2
A package storage assembly includes a battery of lockers positioned in a public location to be accessible to delivery drivers and intended recipients. Each of the battery of lockers includes a door and a lock and a communication unit is integrated into the battery of lockers. The communication unit is in communication with the lock in the door associated with each of the battery of lockers. The communication unit receives a delivery command from an extrinsic communication network originating from a respective one of the plurality of personal electronic devices and the communication unit subsequently assigns a respective one of the battery of lockers to the respective personal electronic device. The communication unit communicates an unlock code via the extrinsic communication network to the respective personal electronic device when the communication unit receives the delivery command.
US12274385B2
A wine bottle holder includes a support device, a driving device and a connecting assembly. The support device configured to bear a wine bottle. The support device being formed thereon with a first mounting groove, and the first mounting groove being formed therein with a first through hole communicated with an inside of the support device. The driving device provided with a driving end, the driving device being arranged inside the support device. The connecting assembly arranged inside the first mounting groove, the driving end of the driving device passing through the first through hole to connect to one end of the connecting assembly, the driving end being capable of driving the connecting assembly to rotate, and another end of the connecting assembly being formed with an insert hole configured for a support column on a bottom of the wine bottle to insert.
US12274383B2
Temporarily mutually connectable cups for efficiently serving all kinds of beverages and foods such as granular food, crisps, sauces, soup, and yoghurt. The cups have special fully integrated hook elements in the cup wall or on the handles with stabilizing thumb holding parts and the wall (2) has a thickness d. With the integrated hook elements several surrounding cups are temporarily mutually connected with a central cup to form a group of serving cups, facilitating the carrying of the cups by a waiter or waitress.
US12274378B2
A bassinet includes a frame unit, two legs pivotally connected to the frame unit, a bottom plate disposed between the legs, and a lower limiting mechanism disposed on at least one of the legs. The bottom plate is detachably connected to the legs via the lower limiting mechanism. Another bassinet includes the frame unit, four of the legs pivotally connected to the frame unit and disposed angularly spaced apart from each other, an upper limiting mechanism disposed on at least one of the frame unit and the legs for limiting pivotal movement of the legs away from each other, and the bottom plate detachably connected to the legs to exert forces pushing the legs away from each other.
US12274376B2
Child's seat and harness, the seat having an open front and a rear back support and sides which meet a base, the harness including a pair of shoulder straps and a pair of waist straps connected together at forward ends by a buckle and at rearward ends by a bracket, the bracket including a front side and a rear side, and an anchoring element in the form of a slot through which the strap passes and in which the strap includes an secured end which cannot pass through the slot for anchoring the rearward ends of the straps to the bracket, the straps extending from the front side of the bracket, and a cover plate is provided which is secured to the rear side of the bracket and covers the secured ends of the anchoring element. The straps may combine to form a single strap or remain separate.
US12274375B2
A child carrier with a carrying structure having a front portion and a rear portion. Between the front portion and the rear portion an accommodating space is defined between which a seating unit may be suspended. The seating unit forms a shell-like seat structure. At least one portion of the seat structure is cup-shaped. The seating unit also includes a height-adjustable seat middle portion. The seat middle portion is designed to support a child at a predetermined seat height. The seating unit also includes thigh support portions. The thigh support portions each provide a thigh support surface for a respective thigh of a child. The thigh support portions are coupled to the seat middle portion in such a way that an adjustment of the seat height simultaneously results in an adjustment of the thigh support surface.
US12274373B2
A chair includes a back portion configured to engage a back of an occupant of the chair. The chair includes a frame and a conformable panel coupled to the frame. The conformable panel is configured to engage the back of the occupant of the chair, and the conformable panel includes a lumbar portion. A lumbar support mechanism is coupled to the frame. The lumbar support mechanism includes a base coupled to the frame and a lever pivotably coupled to the base. The lever comprises a shaft and a cam coupled to and being pivotable with the shaft relative to the base. A panel support translatably is coupled to the base and engaged with the cam. The lever is pivotable relative to the base to cause the cam to translate the panel support relative to the base and apply a force to the lumbar portion of the conformable panel.
US12274360B2
A shelf post coupler may include an upper insert end and a lower insert end, each dimensioned to be received within an insert slot defined by shelving post ends to be joined. Insert holes extend through the upper insert end and the lower insert end for receiving fasteners to secure the coupler to shelving post ends. The upper and lower insert ends may each have a first side and a second side that extends from a midline along different planes. A spacer including a protruding lip may be located between the upper insert end and the lower insert end. At least one of the upper insert end and the lower insert end may include a riser and a wing. The wing may extend a greater distance from the midline than the riser.
US12274357B2
A tabletop supported on the frame, wherein the plurality of storage compartments are provided below the tabletop and wherein the plurality of storage compartments comprise at least one soft-sided bucket for storage and the tabletop comprises a hard flat surface. The tabletop may be provided on a dedicated, collapsible frame or the tabletop may be provided for use with a preexisting wagon or cart.
US12274352B2
A mounting device comprising two or more plates, the device configured for insertion into one or more rows of MOLLE PALS strapping and/or mounted to a surface with one or more fasteners, the device comprising a captured mounting platform comprising both downward facing and upward facing arms with a joining interface therebetween such that the device provides a fixed surface for removably attaching equipment or gear thereto.
US12274346B2
A system for scanning a client's hair color and dispensing hair coloring to change the clients hair color from an initial color to a target color is disclosed. The system comprises an input for reading the measured color from the scanning device, a processor configured to compare the measured color to a desired target hair color and develop a coloring protocol for changing the clients current hair color to the desired target color, and a dispenser for dispensing one or more formulations that follow the protocol.
US12274345B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a cosmetic container. The cosmetic container includes an outer container in which a first accommodating portion is formed, an inner container in which a second accommodating portion, in which an impregnation member impregnated with a cosmetic material is accommodated, is formed and which is detachably coupled to an inner side of the first accommodating portion of the outer container, and a coupling portion which is coupled to a circumference of the second accommodating portion and which has a first fixing portion formed to extend downward from one side of an upper surface toward an inner side of the second accommodating portion to prevent the impregnation member from coming out of the second accommodating portion.
US12274333B2
A mechanical touch fastener assembly (10,101) including two longitudinally continuous tapes (16), (18) carrying engaged fastener patches (12,12a), (14,14a,14b,14c). The first tape (16) carrying a series of first fastener patches (12,12a) arranged in a row along a length of the tape (16) and carrying a field of touch fastening features. Each first patch longitudinally spaced from adjacent first patches (12,12a). The second tape (18) carrying a series of second fastener patches (14,14a,14b,14c) carrying a second field of touch fastening features. The first (16) and second (18) tapes including a release liner (22), (24). The first (16) and second (18) tapes wound together to form a roll (60), with each of the first fastener patches (12,12a) releasably engaged to a respective one of the second fastener patches (14,14a,14b,14c) by inter-engagement of the first and second touch fastening features. As wound to form the roll (60), one patch of an engaged pair (25) has a leading edge (52,52b,52c) disposed behind a leading (50) edge of another patch of the engaged pair (25).
US12274330B2
Buffing of a footwear component allows for an alteration of the component surface to achieve an intended surface for aesthetics and/or manufacturing purposes. The buffing is performed in a system having a vision module, a sidewall buffing module, an up surface buffing module, and a down surface buffing module. Each of the buffing modules are adapted for the unique shape and sizes of a footwear component to effectively and automatically buff the footwear component.
US12274326B2
A shoe includes an upper body, a shoe tongue, and a shoelace. The shoe tongue includes a cover portion that covers a central opening of the upper body and a first extending portion-extending from the cover portion along an inner surface of a first wall portion of the upper body. The first extending portion is made of a material higher in stretchability than a material forming the first wall portion. A top end portion of the first wall portion is provided with an upper body-side first shoelace passing-through portion through which the shoelace is inserted from a side of the second wall portion and folded back, and the shoe tongue is provided with a shoe tongue-side first shoelace passing-through portion through which the shoelace is inserted from a side of the second wall portion and folded back.
US12274325B2
A rapid-entry shoe having an elastic element to enlarge a foot opening of the rapid-entry shoe and also having a stabilizer to prevent a rear portion of the rapid-entry shoe from collapsing downward.
US12274322B2
A hooded sweatshirt securing device includes a plurality of bags which each has a unique engagement element with respect to each other to releasably engage a respective type of article of head wear that is worn on a user's head. A band is included which is continuous such that the band can be positioned around a headband that is worn on the user's head. A plurality of first disks is positioned within a respective one of the plurality of bags and the band. A coupler is provided that has a coupling element which is releasably matable to the first disk associated with a respective one of the plurality of bags. The coupler can be positioned on a hood of a hooded sweatshirt thereby facilitating the coupler to attach the hood to the article of headwear to which the respective receiver is attached.
US12274321B2
An eyelash applicator stand provides hands-free support of a false eyelash. The stand includes an elongated slot in a body, with the elongated slot having a length L and a width W dimensioned and configured to receive the fulcrum and the lever arms of an eyelash applicator, and having a height H dimensioned and configured to receive a portion of the lever arms. The width W is dimensioned and configured to sufficiently squeeze the lever arms together in order to pinch the tips of the lever arms together when the eyelash applicator is inserted into the elongated slot. A method of using the eyelash applicator stand is also disclosed.
US12274315B2
A support garment (10) includes a front panel (12) and a back panel (14). The front panel (12) includes an inner layer (18) and an outer layer (20). The inner layer (18) includes a first cup (34), a second cup (34), and a first pair of straps (62). The outer layer (20) includes a second pair of straps (64). The outer layer (20) is configured to provide compression when worn. The first pair of straps (62) and the second pair of straps (64) each extend between the front panel (12) and the back panel (14). The support garment (10) also includes a band (16) defining a torso opening (22). The band (16) extends below the front panel (12) and the back panel (14). The support garment (10) is configured to apply lateral tension to the first cup (34) and the second cup (34).
US12274314B2
An incontinence undergarment including a main body and a sling positioned within and attached to the main body. A middle portion of the sling is free of attachment to a groin portion of the main body. The middle portion of the sling forms a pocket configured to hold an absorbent pad. A second pocket is positioned at one end of the sling and is configured to hold a spare absorbent pad. In embodiments, the first pocket is dimensioned to hold the absorbent pad in an unfolded state and the second pocket is dimensioned to hold the spare absorbent pad in a folded state. In embodiments, stitching delimits the boundary between the first and second pockets, and in embodiments the second pocket is an extension of one end of the sling.
US12274311B2
The present disclosure provides an aroma-producing body to be heated and an aromatic cartridge equipped therewith, as well as a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for the heated aromatic producing body. The aroma-producing body to be heated includes an aroma-producing substrate to be heated and a packaging material winding up the aroma-producing substrate to be heated. The aroma-producing body to be heated has a gas flow path of voids formed by the aggregation of heated aromatic producing substrates into primary aggregates, and a gas flow path of voids formed by the aggregation of the aroma-producing substrate to be heated and the primary aggregate thereof into a secondary aggregate, and a gas flow path of voids formed by the heated aromatic producing substrate and its primary aggregate in contact with the packaging material. These gas paths have a deformed gas flow path that penetrates the aroma-producing body to be heated.
US12274299B2
A heating cup assembly includes a first cup. The first cup includes a first cavity, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first cavity is surrounded by the first side wall. The first side wall includes a first end and a second end. The second side wall includes a third end and a fourth end. The second end and the third end are disposed in one horizontal plane. The second side wall is in the shape of a truncated cone, and a diameter of the third end is less than that of the fourth end.
US12274291B2
A tow band for heated tobacco product tip is a tow band of cellulose acetate provided by uniting and crimping a plurality of filaments into a bundle, in which a total denier is set to a value in a range of 10000 to 40000 (inclusive) and a filament denier is set to a value in a range of 6.0 to 20.0 (inclusive), and where the total denier is denoted by TD and a breaking strength of the tow band is denoted by F, a ratio F/TD is set to a value of 0.0015N/denier or more.
US12274287B2
In accordance with the teachings of the disclosure, a process is disclosed for pitting drupes. In some embodiments of a pitting process, the pitting machine uses a pitting knife that has a longitudinal passageway that extends axially through the pitting knife. The pitting machine has a steam source that provides pressurized steam to the passageway of the pitting knife. Prior to pitting the drupe, the pressurized steam flows through the passageway and onto a portion of a drupe positioned within a carrier in the pitting machine. The heat and pressure of the steam between the drupe and the cutting end of the cutting knife can soften a localized portion of the drupe so that the cutting knife can cut through the flesh of the drupe and eject the pit out of the opposite side of the drupe.
US12274285B2
Heat-treated, shelf-stable liquid nutritional compositions comprising whey protein and non-whey protein, and methods of producing and using these compositions. The compositions have a pH of from about 6.0 to about 8.0, a total protein content of at least about 6 g per 100 mL of the composition. The whey protein comprises or is provided by an ingredient that comprises heat-denaturable protein of which at least about 55% is present in a denatured state, and the non-whey protein comprises or consists of casein, or one or more non-dairy proteins, or casein and one or more non-dairy proteins.
US12274284B2
The present invention relates to the production method and to compositions relating to a high-energy supplement/foodstuff based on inverted brown sugars originating primarily from sugar cane, providing advantages in response to exercise and superior sensory qualities in the opinion of athletes. The energy supplement/foodstuff, in liquid, gel or paste form, to which the present invention relates, has ideal nutritional compositions for combining this source of carbohydrates thrown sugars with equimolar proportions of glucose and fructose and a low concentration of sucrose) with other sources of carbohydrates, ergogenic products, vitamins, aromas, essential minerals, amino acids, proteins and other products of interest, with the aim of increasing physical performance for athletes or consumers in general.
US12274278B2
1. A composition, which is an anthocyanin-based colorant composition comprising 50-90 mol-%, based on the total amount of anthocyanins, of pelargonidin-based anthocyanins, and wherein (i) >70 mol-% of all anthocyanins are acylated with at least one phenolic acid; and (ii) >20 mol-% of all anthocyanins are acylated with at least one hydroxycinnamic acid; and wherein the composition has a red color with a hue value H≥ in the L*C*h* color system in the range of 10-30, measured at an L*-value of (70.0±0.1) in a 0.1 mol/l trisodium citrate dihydrate buffer at pH 3 in a 1 cm-length quartz cell using Spectraflash 650 (Datacolor) in transmission mode under D65 illuminant 10 Deg. Also, the present invention relates to use of the above compositions as a food colorant.
US12274277B2
A method for inserting a stick into an ice cream product with a stick pusher, the stick pusher including an actuator for linear and reciprocating movement, a control unit controlling the actuator, a sensor for measuring at least one of: the stick's position in relation to the ice cream product's height, horizontal position in relation to the product's end point, and angle in relation to the product's end point, where the control unit is connected to the sensor, the method including, at a start time, pushing a stick into an ice cream product to a stick position by accelerating the stick pusher in a first direction from a starting position, deaccelerating the stick pusher to a speed equal to zero and moving the stick pusher to the starting position, where the control unit controls the stick pusher's start time based on measurements from the at least one sensor.
US12274274B2
Disclosed are methods for preparing dairy compositions using a final nanofiltration step. Generally, the methods also include an ultrafiltration step and a reverse osmosis step, and optionally, a diafiltration step.
US12274271B2
A system and method for automatically suspending poultry by the legs from a carrier of a carrier conveyor. The system can include an imaging device connected to a decision-making tool to process images from the poultry on a feedline and a vision guided robot for picking up the poultry from a feedline. The poultry can be suspended from the carrier of the carrier conveyor. The decision-making tool can be arranged to detect poultry with the breast engaging the feedline to control the vision guided robot to pick up the poultry from the feedline.
US12274269B1
A method and apparatus is provided for baking a pocketed bun having a mold base and separable housing. The mold base has a male mold with an outside profile shape that vertically protrudes above the base. The housing has a ring around a central opening that receives and seals to the male mold when assembled, forming a chamber with an open top to receive dough. The housing can either be a single piece or separable into two parts. The method of baking a pocketed bun with the mold base and separable housing starts with assembling the mold base and housing, filling the chamber through the open top, baking the pallet, then removing the housing from the mold base. The removal of the housing causes the ring to strip the pocketed bun from the mold base.
US12274268B2
Disclosed are methods for increasing infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes in any target area for the purposes of insect control, said method comprising: (a) mixing an aqueous nematode infectivity increasing composition with (i) entomopathogenic nematodes to activate said entomopathogenic nematodes for increased infectivity prior to application of said entomopathogenic nematodes to said target area, or (ii) seeds to produce coated seeds, and (b) applying said entomopathogenic nematodes to said target area or planting said coated seeds in said target area; wherein said aqueous nematode infectivity increasing composition is produced by methods disclosed herein.
US12274265B1
A stable emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation includes a solvent mixture including dimethylformamide (DMF), methanol, and xylene. The EC formulation includes one or more anionic surfactants, one or more non-ionic surfactants, and a neonicotinoid pesticide. The neonicotinoid pesticide is present in an amount of 15 to 40% weight over volume (w/v) of the solvent mixture. The EC formulation has a room temperature shelf life of at least 2 years under CIPAC guidelines.
US12274263B2
Methods and systems for on-site, continuous generation of peracid chemistry, namely peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions, are disclosed. In particular, an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system is designed for on-site generation of peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions from sugar esters. Methods of using the in situ generated peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are also disclosed.
US12274261B2
Provided is an antimicrobial non-isotactic polymer based hard or semi-flexible surface in a thermoset and/or thermoplastic resin matrix wherein the active antimicrobial ingredient is copper oxide. Processes for preparing the same and applications thereof are also described.
US12274260B2
An agricultural application system can include a nozzle assembly positioned along a boom assembly and can be configured to selectively dispense an agricultural product therefrom. One or more sensors can be operably coupled with the boom assembly and configured to capture data associated with first and second application variables. A controller can be communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The controller can include a processor and associated memory. The memory can store instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to receive the data associated with the one or more application variables and calculate the spray quality index. The first application variable can have a first scaling factor and a second application variable can have a second scaling factor. The second scaling factor may differ from the first scaling factor.
US12274248B2
Entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora having an enhanced longevity, comprising a first locus comprising a single nucleotide polymorphism at position 75 of the nucleotide sequence SC00004647 as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 5, in which C is substituted by T; and/or a second locus comprising a single nucleotide polymorphism at position 54 of the nucleotide sequence SC00006203 as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 7, in which C is substituted by T.
US12274247B2
This invention relates to the engineering of animal cells, preferably mammalian, more preferably rat, that are deficient due to the disruption of tumor suppressor gene(s) or gene product(s). In another aspect, the invention relates to genetically modified rats, as well as the descendants and ancestors of such animals, which are animal models of human cancer and methods of their use.
US12274244B2
A physiological information sensing device includes a signal generator, a transmitting antenna, first and second receiving antennas, a signal processing circuit and a computing element. The signal processing circuit includes a mixer, first and second band pass filters. The transmitting antenna transmits a microwave signal generated by the signal generator. The first receiving antenna and the second receiving antenna receive first and second reflected signals respectively. The mixer integrates the first and second reflected signals, and performs demodulation to generate a demodulated signal. The first band pass filter filters the demodulated signal based on a first frequency domain to generate a first filtered signal, and the first second pass filter filters the demodulated signal based on a second frequency domain to generate a second filtered signal. The computing element outputs a heart rate and a respiration rate according to the first and second filtered signals.
US12274243B2
Computer controlled systems and methods of an automated homecage monitoring system predict a state of an animal and of its homecage. The prediction of the state of the animal may be based on a pose estimate of the animal, and at least one sensor input from an at least one sensor. The pose estimate may include a graph of connected nodes, the nodes representing coordinates of the sensor input corresponding to predicted indicia on the animal's body. The animal state may include a behavioral state of an animal, a social state of an animal, a position state of an animal, a sleep state of an animal, and a biological state of an animal. The automated homecage monitoring system may allow for animal state data to be reported for an animal or animals in situ.
US12274234B2
An animal shed system includes an animal shed having an animal shed floor with a first and a second surface spaced apart, such that the floor has a thickness different from zero, and multiple flow holes extending from the first to the second surface; a reservoir situated under the animal shed floor, wherein the flow holes open up to the reservoir, and the flow holes allow a fluid flow from the animal shed to the reservoir; a floor opening in the animal shed floor to allow manure to be dumped in the reservoir; an air extraction device for extracting air underneath the floor, out of the reservoir; and a device extending from the floor opening into the reservoir, wherein the device is configured to prevent an airflow from the animal shed to the reservoir through the floor opening when in use.
US12274229B2
A soybean cultivar designated 17110507 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 17110507, to the plants of soybean cultivar 17110507, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 17110507, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 17110507. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17110507. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17110507, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 17110507 with another soybean cultivar.
US12274228B2
A soybean cultivar designated 14102235 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 14102235, to the plants of soybean cultivar 14102235, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 14102235, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 14102235. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14102235. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14102235, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 14102235 with another soybean cultivar.
US12274224B2
A soybean cultivar designated 11110739 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11110739, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11110739, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11110739, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11110739. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11110739. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11110739, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11110739 with another soybean cultivar.
US12274208B2
A self-adaptive control system for height and operation of ratooning rice stubble cutting includes a stubble righting device, a profiling contact sensor, a speed radar, and a controller; the stubble righting device is installed at the rear of the harvester, and is connected to the bracket by the stubble righting device hydraulic cylinder; the profiling contact sensor is configured to detect the height of the header above the ground and transmit data to the controller; the speed radar is configured to obtain and transmit speed information of the harvester to the controller; the hydraulic valve block is installed on the chassis frame and connected to the header lifting hydraulic cylinder and the stubble righting device hydraulic cylinder respectively; input terminals of the controller are connected to the profiling contact sensor and the speed radar, and output terminals of the controller are connected to the motor and hydraulic valve block.
US12274205B2
Methods for delayed harvesting of corn fields are provided herein. These methods provide an extended, flexible period of time to harvest corn. The methods allow growers to harvest their corn at the optimal time for drying down or accessing seed, without increasing the risk of losing yield to lodging.
US12274196B2
A broadcast spreader broadly comprising a frame, a hopper, an impeller, a set of wheels, and an electric hub motor. The hopper is supported by the frame and configured to hold a particulate material. The impeller is rotatably connected below the hopper and is configured to receive the particulate material from the hopper and spread the particulate material over a surface. The wheels are rotatably connected to the frame for traversing the surface. The electric hub motor is at least partially positioned in one of the wheels and configured to drivably engage the one of the wheels to propel the hopper along the surface.
US12274193B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for agricultural monitoring of soil characteristics and determining soil color are described herein. In one example, a method of calculating soil color data includes obtaining, with sensors of a soil apparatus, soil measurements. The method further includes calculating soil color values in a visible spectrum including at least one of red, green, and blue color values based on the soil measurements and determining color data for at least one color image without false image artifacts based on the calculated soil color values and associated coordinates within an agricultural field.
US12274191B2
A travel control system includes a permission unit that permits outermost periphery automatic traveling if predetermined permission conditions are satisfied. The permission conditions include a first condition and a second condition. The first condition is that a reference value corresponding to a working width W1 of a work device 30 is larger than a lateral width W2 of the work device. The second condition is that the reference value is larger than a threshold value determined by a threshold value determination unit. The threshold value determination unit determines the threshold value based on a reference distance D1 between a front end position of a work vehicle 1 and a reference position SP at which the work device 30 is switched from a working state to a non-working state.
US12274188B2
In one embodiment, an in-line tandem axle assembly comprising: a tandem wheel arm; a pair of wheel connecting assemblies, each comprising a hub and a spindle; a pair of mounts coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies; a pair of wheels coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies, the pair of wheels separated by the tandem wheel arm and in a same fore-and-aft position; and plural pairs of parallel links of equal length pivotably mounted to the pair of mounts and pivotably mounted to the tandem wheel arm.
US12274187B2
An agricultural planter and tractor combination which has a connection therebetween which comprises a stationary support arm coupled to the tractor and a pivoting support arm coupled to the agricultural planter with a connecting threaded member extended therethrough and a rotation-limited intermediate member with two protrusions extending into voids in the pivoting support arm so that the pivoting support arm will not rotate around the connecting threaded member and the connecting threaded member further translated through a portion of a hex-headed bushing and rotationally advanced through another portion, and a terminal nut also rotationally advanced over the connecting threaded member. The rotation-limited intermediate member is made of a harder more durable material than the connecting threaded member, the stationary support arm and the pivoting support arm.
US12279537B2
A semiconductor memory device in which performance is improved by reducing a wiring resistance is provided. The semiconductor memory device comprising an inter-wiring insulation film on a substrate, a first wiring pattern extending in a first direction, in the inter-wiring insulation film, a barrier insulation film that is on an upper surface of the inter-wiring insulation film, a barrier conductive pattern electrically connected to the first wiring pattern, in the barrier insulation film, a memory cell electrically connected to the barrier conductive pattern and including a selection pattern and a variable resistor pattern, and a second wiring pattern extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, on the memory cell, wherein a width of the barrier conductive pattern in the second direction is different from a width in the second direction of a portion of the memory cell that is adjacent to the barrier conductive pattern.
US12279536B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a contact hole in the first IMD layer; forming a bottom electrode layer in the contact hole; forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the bottom electrode layer; and removing the MTJ stack and the bottom electrode layer to form a MTJ on a bottom electrode. Preferably, the bottom electrode protrudes above a top surface of the first IMD layer.
US12279535B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a metal interconnection in the first IMD layer; forming a bottom electrode layer and a pinned layer on the first IMD layer; forming a sacrificial layer on the pinned layer; patterning the sacrificial layer, the pinned layer, and the bottom electrode layer to form a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ); forming a second IMD layer around the first MTJ; removing the sacrificial layer to form a recess; forming a barrier layer and a free layer in the recess; forming a top electrode layer on the free layer; and patterning the top electrode layer and the free layer to form a second MTJ.
US12279532B2
A thermoelectric device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fluid flow part including one surface and the other surface spaced apart from the one surface in a first direction; a first thermoelectric element arranged on one surface of the fluid flow part; and a second thermoelectric element arranged on the other surface of the fluid flow part. A first groove overlapping the first thermoelectric element in the first direction and a first hole not overlapping the first thermoelectric element in the first direction are arranged on one surface of the fluid flow part, wherein a depth of the first groove is less than a distance between the one surface and the other surface thereof, and the first hole penetrates from the one surface to the other surface thereof.
US12279525B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound represented by formula 1, a plurality of host materials comprising a combination of specific compounds, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, luminous efficiency and/or lifespan properties can be provided by including the organic electroluminescent compound or a specific combination of compounds according to the present disclosure as a host material(s).
US12279514B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a mobile terminal are provided. The display panel includes a panel main body, a backboard, and a supporting layer sequentially stacked. Wherein, a shading thin film is disposed between the backboard and the supporting layer, and the shading thin film is laminated on one side of the backboard close to the supporting layer and/or on one side of the supporting layer close to the backboard.
US12279506B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including pixel areas and a pixel separating area; a plurality of pixels; a plurality of spacers in the pixel separating area and spaced apart from each other; and a touch electrode unit disposed over the plurality of pixels and spacers. The touch electrode unit includes first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction. The touch electrode unit includes a plurality of touch pattern unit blocks repeatedly arranged. Each touch pattern unit block includes portions of each of neighboring first touch electrodes and portions of each of neighboring second touch electrodes. The spacers of each touch pattern unit block corresponds to a plurality of spacer pattern unit blocks repeatedly arranged. Each spacer pattern unit includes at least one spacer and is smaller than the touch pattern unit block.
US12279501B2
An array substrate is provided, including: multiple columns of pixel units on a substrate, including multiple first and second pixel unit columns alternately in a row direction; each first/second pixel unit column includes multiple first/second pixel units in a column direction; first and second pixel units adjacent to each other are staggered in the row direction in adjacent first and second pixel unit columns. Each first/second pixel unit includes at least two sub-pixels of different colors in multiple columns, and each column of sub-pixels have a same color; each first/second pixel unit includes one rectangular sub-pixel and at least one non-rectangular sub-pixel on opposite first and/or second sides of the rectangular sub-pixel and having a first side opposite to a long side and/or a width of the rectangular sub-pixel, and an orthographic projection of the non-rectangular sub-pixel on the first side is within the first side.
US12279500B2
A display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation layer on a side of the light-emitting element away from the substrate, where the encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic film layer, a first auxiliary film layer and an organic film layer stacked on the light-emitting element, an absolute value of a difference between a refractive index of the first inorganic film layer and a refractive index of the first auxiliary film layer is less than or equal to 0.05, and an extinction coefficient of the first auxiliary film layer for visible light is less than an extinction coefficient of the first inorganic film layer for visible light.
US12279495B2
A display device includes: a substrate on which a plurality of islands and a plurality of bridges connecting the plurality of islands to each other are defined; a plurality of pixels disposed in each of the plurality of islands; and a wire disposed in each of the plurality of bridges and connected to the plurality of pixels, where the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges are defined based on cutout portions of the substrate, and a vertex of a cutout portion between one of the plurality of islands and a bridge connected to the one of the plurality of islands is an intersection of a straight line and a curved line.
US12279493B2
An organic EL display device includes the following: scanning line; data lines intersecting with the scanning lines; initialization lines; sub-pixel circuits provided to correspond to points of intersection between the scanning lines and data lines; and organic EL elements OLED provided to correspond to the sub-pixel circuits. The scanning signal lines, the data signal lines, the initialization power-source lines, the sub-pixel circuits and the light emitters are arranged in matrix in a display region. Each of the sub-pixel circuits includes the following: a drive transistor; a write transistor connecting a corresponding one of the data lines and the drive transistor together; a capacitor connected to the drive transistor and retaining a data signal; and a diode-connection transistor and an initialization transistor both connected between the drive transistor and a corresponding one of the initialization lines.
US12279486B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; an insulation layer disposed on the thin film transistor and defining a contact hole; a pixel electrode disposed on the insulation layer and overlapping a portion of the contact hole in a plan view; and a light emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes: a first portion overlapping the light emitting layer in the plan view; a second portion overlapping a portion of a lower surface of the contact hole in the plan view; and a third portion extending from the first portion to the second portion.
US12279480B2
Provided is a display substrate, including: a substrate, multiple pixel units disposed on the substrate and at least one micro integrated circuit. Each pixel unit includes multiple sub-pixels, and at least one sub-pixel of the multiple sub-pixels includes a light-emitting element and a pixel drive circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting element. The pixel drive circuit includes at least one thin film transistor. The at least one micro integrated circuit is electrically connected to at least one pixel unit.
US12279477B2
A low refractive layer and a display device are provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a color conversion layer on the light-emitting elements, and a low refractive layer on the color conversion layer, wherein the low refractive layer includes a monomer represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, R1 and R3 may each independently be a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or hydrogen, R2 may be a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having two or more carbon atoms, Xa, Xb, and Xc may each independently be a curable functional group, and n and m may each independently be a natural number in a range of 1 to 5.
US12279473B2
A flexible organic light-emitting display device includes a display panel which displays an image with light, including: an organic light-emitting device which emits the light; and a plurality of organic layers stacked around the organic light-emitting device, a portion of the plurality of organic layers being exposed outside the display panel, and a metal oxide layer on the display panel, the metal oxide layer contacting the portions of the plurality of organic layers exposed outside the display panel.
US12279467B2
A substrate, a backlight module, and a display apparatus, which relates to the technical field of display. The substrate is configured to display or provide a backlight, and the substrate includes: a bonding region (OB) and a plurality of light-emitting regions (OA); each of the plurality of light-emitting regions (OA) includes a first metal layer (1) and a first conductive adhesive (2) located on the first metal layer (1), the first conductive adhesive (2) is a photo-curing conductive adhesive; and the bonding region (OB) includes a second metal layer (3) and a second conductive adhesive (4) located on the second metal layer (3).
US12279459B2
A display panel includes a base substrate, a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor and the fourth transistor are formed on the base substrate. The third transistor includes a sixth gate electrode, a third active layer, a third source electrode, and a third drain electrode. The third active layer includes an oxide semiconductor. The fourth transistor includes an eighth gate electrode, a fourth active layer, a fourth source electrode, and a fourth drain electrode. The fourth active layer includes another oxide semiconductor. Along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the sixth gate electrode and the third active layer is D6. A channel region of the third transistor defined by the sixth gate electrode is a sixth channel region. A length of the sixth channel region is L6. A sixth area S6=L6×D6.
US12279457B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first impurity region positioned in the substrate; a first dielectric layer positioned on the substrate; a first contact including a buried portion positioned along the first dielectric layer and on the first impurity region, and a protruding portion positioned on the buried portion and protruding from the first dielectric layer; a first top assistant cap covering the protruding portion; and a first top conductive layer positioned on the first top assistant cap. The first top assistant cap includes germanium or silicon germanium.
US12279455B2
A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial layer, at least one gate trench, and at least one trench gate structure. The gate trench includes a lower gate trench and an upper gate trench, and a width of the lower gate trench is less than a width of the upper gate trench. The trench gate structure is disposed in the gate trench, and the trench gate structure includes a bottom gate structure, a middle gate structure, and a top gate structure. The thickness of the second gate dielectric layer of the middle gate structure is less than the thickness of the first gate dielectric layer of the bottom gate structure. The thickness of the third gate dielectric layer of the top gate structure is less than the thickness of the second gate dielectric layer of the middle gate structure. The first, second, and third gate electrodes are separated from each other.
US12279454B2
Zero expanded functional gate structures are formed by utilizing a dipole material spacer as a means to prevent expanded void formation during a replacement metal gate process. Notably, the dipole material spacer prevents expanded void formation into the dielectric spacer thus preventing the functional gate structures from being in direct physical contact with the source/drain regions. Improvement in yield loss and reliability is thus provided utilizing a dipole material spacer during a replacement metal gate process.
US12279448B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming a semiconductor device that includes a polysilicon layer that may improve device reliability and/or a functioning of the device. An example device may include a wide band-gap semiconductor layer structure including a drift region that has a first conductivity type; a plurality of gate trenches in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, each gate trench having a bottom surface, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an upper opening; and a plurality of polysilicon layers, each polysilicon layer on the second sidewall of a respective gate trench.
US12279447B2
The present disclosure relates to a silicon carbide semiconductor device, and includes a p-type second well region provided as an upper layer portion of a semiconductor layer; an n-type second impurity region provided as an upper layer portion of the second well region; a p-type second well contact region provided as an upper layer portion of the second well region; a field insulating film provided on the second well region; a second contact passed through the field insulating film electrically connected to a first main electrode; a boundary gate insulating film provided on a boundary between the element region and the non-element region; a boundary gate electrode provided on the boundary gate insulating film; and a second main electrode. The second well contact region extends from below the second contact toward the element region, and the second impurity region extends from below the second contact toward the non-element region.
US12279446B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a first drift region, a first source/drain region, and a gate oxide layer. The gate structure and the gate oxide layer are disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The first drift region is disposed in the semiconductor substrate. The first source/drain region is disposed in the first drift region. At least a part of a first portion of the gate oxide layer is disposed between the gate structure and the semiconductor substrate in a vertical direction. A second portion of the gate oxide layer is disposed between the first portion and the first source/drain region in a horizontal direction. The second portion includes a bottom extending downwards and a first depressed top surface located above the bottom. A part of the first drift region is located under the first portion and the second portion of the gate oxide layer.
US12279445B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate containing a shallow trench isolation structure that laterally surrounds a transistor active region, at least one line trench vertically extending into the semiconductor substrate, and a source region and a drain region located in the transistor active region. A contoured channel region continuously extends from the source region to the drain region underneath the at least one line trench. A gate dielectric contacts all surfaces of the at least one line trench and extends over an entirety of the contoured channel region. A gate electrode containing at least one fin portion overlies the gate dielectric.
US12279442B2
A LDMOS transistor and manufacturing method includes: forming an epitaxial layer on a substrate of a first doping type; forming a gate structure on an upper surface of the epitaxial layer; forming a source region of a second doping type in the epitaxial layer, the second doping type is opposite to the first doping type; forming a patterned first insulating layer on the upper surface of the epitaxial layer and the gate structure, and at least exposes part of the source region; forming a first conductive channel by using a sidewall as a mask, the first conductive channel extends from the source region to an upper surface of the substrate so as to connect the source region with the substrate; and forming a drain region of the second doping type in the epitaxial layer.
US12279440B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof, including: a substrate; a plurality of transistors, arranged based on a first preset pattern; a plurality of transistor contact structures, corresponding to the transistors, the bottom portions of the transistor contact structures are arranged based on the first preset pattern, and top portions of which are arranged based on the shape of a regular hexagon; a plurality of memory cells, corresponding to the transistor contact structures, the memory cells are arranged based on the shape of a regular hexagon; and a plurality of memory contact structures, corresponding to the memory cells, the bottom portions of the memory contact structures are arranged based on the shape of a regular hexagon, top portions of which are arranged based on a second preset pattern, and the second preset pattern is different from the first preset pattern.
US12279431B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. The insulative levels have a same primary composition as one another. At least one of the insulative levels is compositionally different relative to others of the insulative levels due to said at least one of the insulative levels including dopant dispersed within the primary composition. An opening extends vertically through the stack. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12279427B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including cell and peripheral regions. Landing pads and contact plugs are on the cell and peripheral regions, respectively. A first filler pattern fills regions between the landing pads and between the contact plugs. Outer voids are in the first filler pattern and include first and second outer voids on the cell and peripheral regions, respectively. A second filler pattern covers the first filler pattern and the contact plugs and fills at least a portion of the second outer void. An inner void is in the second outer void and enclosed by the second filler pattern. The first and second filler patterns include the same material. On the cell region, at least a portion of the second filler pattern is located below top surfaces of the landing pads, and a bottom surface of the second filler pattern is partially exposed by the first outer void.
US12279417B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate with a plurality of word line trenches and source/drain regions each adjacent to each word line trench; a word line located in the word line trench, which includes a first conductive layer located at a bottom of the word line trench, a single junction layer and a second conductive layer stacked in sequence, in which a projection of the word line on a sidewall of the word line trench and the projection of the source/drain region on the sidewall of the word line trench have an overlapping region with a preset height, and when a voltage applied to the word line is less than a preset voltage, a resistance of the single junction layer is greater than the preset resistance, to make the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer disconnected.
US12279416B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom barrier layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and a conductive contact disposed over the bottom barrier layer. The semiconductor device also includes a top barrier layer disposed over the conductive contact. The bottom barrier layer, the conductive contact, and the top barrier layer form an I-shaped structure. The semiconductor device further includes an isolation layer disposed adjacent to the I-shaped structure and extending into the semiconductor substrate. An air gap is surrounded by the isolation layer.
US12279414B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate, a first transistor, and an interconnect structure. The first transistor is over the substrate. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a first dielectric layer and a memory module. The memory module includes a first memory device, a second memory device, and a third memory device. The first memory device is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The second memory device is disposed aside the first memory device and is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The first memory device, the second memory device, and the third memory device are different types of memory devices.
US12279411B2
First and second impurity layers are formed on a first semiconductor layer on a substrate. A third gate insulating layer covers side walls of the impurity layers and the first semiconductor layer. First and second gate conductor layers and a second insulating layer are formed in a groove, and n+-layers connected to source and bit lines are formed at ends of a second semiconductor layer formed on the second impurity layer and covered with a second gate insulating layer, on which a third gate conductor layer connected to a word line is formed. An operation of maintaining holes generated in a channel region of the second semiconductor layer by impact ionization or a GIDL current near the gate insulating layer and an operation of discharging the holes from the channel region are performed by controlling voltages applied to the source, bit, and word lines and first and second plate lines.
US12279410B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for epitaxial single crystalline silicon growth for a horizontal access device. One example method includes depositing layers of a first dielectric material, a semiconductor material, and a second dielectric material to form a vertical stack, forming first vertical openings to form elongated vertical, pillar columns with first vertical sidewalls in the vertical stack, and forming second vertical openings through the vertical stack to expose second vertical sidewalls. Further, the example method includes selectively removing first portions of the semiconductor material from the second vertical openings to form horizontal openings with a remaining second portion of the semiconductor material at a distal end of the horizontal openings from the second vertical openings, and epitaxially growing single crystalline silicon within the horizontal openings from the distal end of the horizontal openings toward the second vertical openings to fill the horizontal openings.
US12279405B2
Provided are a magnetic field shielding sheet and a manufacturing method therefor. The magnetic field shielding sheet includes: a sheet main body formed from a magnetic material to be capable of shielding a magnetic field; a first protection layer disposed to cover one surface of the sheet main body; a second protection layer disposed to cover the other surface, opposite from the one surface, of the sheet main body; a third protection layer interposed between the first protection layer and the second protection layer to cover the side surface of the sheet main body in the thickness direction of the sheet main body; and a sealing part formed on the side portion of the sheet main body so that the sheet main body is sealed, wherein a stepped portion formed between the sheet main body and the sealing part is reduced by means of the third protection layer.
US12279402B2
A system comprises: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power switch including a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal; and one or more controllers configured to detect a voltage from the gate terminal to the source terminal of the power switch as a gate-to-source voltage, and control a gate control signal to the gate terminal based on the detected gate-to-source voltage.
US12279401B2
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, multiple parallel refrigerant paths are associated with one or more flow controllers to cool multiple computing devices associated therewith, so that one or more flow controllers can distribute equal measures of a liquid phase of refrigerant, relative to a vapor phase of a refrigerant, to such parallel refrigerant paths based in part on a cooling requirement from at least one of such multiple computing devices.
US12279387B2
In an example embodiment, an electronic device may include a display, a first housing; a second housing, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly may include a bracket structure, a pair of rotator structures respectively rotatable on a pair of hinge axes, a pair of arms respectively rotatable on a pair of arm axes, and each including an arm cam and a penetrating rail, a pair of pins respectively passing through the penetrating rails, connected to the rotator structure, respectively rotatable on a pair of pin axes, and each including a pin cam interoperating with the arm cam and a sliding guide slidable along the penetrating rail, and a pair of elastic members respectively connected to the pair of pins and each configured to press the pin cam toward the arm cam.
US12279383B2
A display device includes a display panel; a first upper support member on the display panel; and a second upper support member on the display panel and spaced from the first upper support member; and a blocking member including a blocking part crossing the first upper support member and the second upper support member, a first stretchable part connected to a side of the blocking part and including a plurality of openings, a second stretchable part connected to another side of the blocking part and including a plurality of openings, a first fixing part connected to the first stretchable part, and a second fixing part connected to the second stretchable part.
US12279381B2
A display device including a display panel extending along a first direction and including a folding portion, a metal layer including a first metal layer and a second metal layer spaced apart from each other in the folding portion, a first adhesive layer disposed at edges of the first and second metal layers, and a first compressible member disposed on the first metal layer and a second compressible member disposed on the second metal layer, in which the first and second compressible members each has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first adhesive layer, the first and second compressible members include a polymer, the first and second compressible members do not overlap in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the display panel, and the first adhesive layer and the first compressible member are disposed on the same surface of the first metal layer.
US12279380B2
A method for producing a circuit board arrangement includes: providing a first circuit board substrate, providing a second circuit board substrate, arranged substantially planar-parallel to the first circuit board substrate, the first circuit board substrate having an underside and the second circuit board substrate having an upper face, the upper face and the underside being arranged opposite one another, providing first terminal contacts, applied to the underside of the first circuit board substrate, providing second terminal contacts, applied to the upper face of the second circuit board substrate, applying solder paste cylinders to the first terminal contacts, the solder paste cylinders applied to the first terminal contacts by a solder-paste application process with solder paste, the applied solder paste cylinders having in each case a solder-paste-cylinder upper face, and arranging the second terminal contacts of the second circuit board substrate on the solder-paste-cylinder upper faces of the solder paste cylinders.
US12279374B2
A circuit module includes: a main substrate; a submodule that is mounted on a top surface of the main substrate; a main sealing resin that is provided on the top surface of the main substrate, and covers at least part of the submodule; and a conductive shield film that covers at least part of the main sealing resin. The submodule includes a sub-substrate, an electronic part that is mounted on a top surface of the sub-substrate, a plurality of conductive members that have linear shapes, and are connected to the top surface of the sub-substrate and the shield film, and a subsealing resin that is provided on the top surface of the sub-substrate, and covers the electronic part and part of each of the plurality of conductive members.
US12279372B2
A component carrier includes a stack including at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a magnetic element assembled to the stack, and a dielectric layer structure on the stack. The magnetic element includes an embedded inductive element. The dielectric layer structure at least partially surrounds the magnetic element. Further, a manufacturing method and a use of photo-imaging are described.
US12279371B2
Disclosed is a printed circuit board assembly comprising: a first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board stacked with the first printed circuit board; and an interposer arranged between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the second printed circuit board includes a first part and a second part extending in a first direction from a part of the first part and wherein a length of the second part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is less than a length in the second direction of the first part, and wherein the direction of a first conductive pattern formed on the first part and the direction of a second conductive pattern formed on the second part are substantially perpendicular to each other.
US12279367B2
A wiring circuit board includes a base insulating layer; a first wiring disposed on the base insulating layer; an intermediate insulating layer disposed on the base insulating layer so as to cover the first wiring; a second wiring disposed on the intermediate insulating layer; a single layer first terminal, disposed on the base insulating layer, and electrically connected to the first wiring; and a single layer second terminal, disposed on the base insulating layer, and electrically connected to the second wiring. The first terminal is continuous with the first wiring. The second terminal is discontinuous from the second wiring. The wiring circuit board further includes a connecting portion disposed on the base insulating layer and continuous with the second terminal to electrically connect to the second wiring.
US12279363B2
Provided is an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of further expanding applicable objects while reducing a size of a unit structure, and at the same time, improving the degree of freedom in arrangement. An electromagnetic wave absorber 201 includes a substrate 202, a first wiring pattern 203 mounted on one surface of the substrate, and a second wiring pattern 204 mounted on the other surface opposite to the one surface, the first wiring pattern 203 includes a line portion 211 extending in parallel to a direction in which an external electric field is generated, a capacitor portion 212 in which a potential difference is generated by the external electric field, and a first connecting portion 213 and a second connecting portion 214 which connect each of ends of the line portion with the capacitor portion, and the second wiring pattern 204 includes a wire portion 221 which extends in the same direction as the line portion and is arranged at a position opposite to the line portion, and extension portions 222 and 223 that are branched to be bent from ends of the wire portion.
US12279358B2
According to one embodiment, a particle beam accelerator comprising: an injection unit configured to inject a particle beam; a guiding unit configured to guide the particle beam to a trajectory; an acceleration unit configured to accelerate the particle beam circulating on the trajectory; an emission unit configured to output the particle beam; a particle beam blocking unit configured to block the particle beam on the trajectory; a control unit configured to control the injection unit, the guiding unit, the acceleration unit, the emission unit, and the particle beam blocking unit, wherein: the guiding unit includes a superconducting electromagnet and a superconducting electromagnet interrupter configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet, the control unit is configured to change a starting sequence of the particle beam blocking unit and the superconducting electromagnet interrupter depending on at least an operating state of the emission unit, when an abnormality occurs in the superconducting electromagnet.
US12279350B2
A LED driver chip includes driver circuits, each being coupled to a different pin and including a fault-detection circuit. Each fault-detection circuit includes a force circuit forcing current to a force node, and a sense circuit including a current sensor coupled to the force node, and a comparator comparing a voltage at the force node to a reference voltage to generate a comparison output. Control circuitry, in a pin-to-pin short detection mode, activates the force circuit of a first of the driver circuits and activates thep sense circuit of a second of the driver circuits, in a pin-to-ground short detection mode, activates the force and the sense circuit of the same driver circuits. The comparison output of the comparator of the activated sense circuit, if is higher or if lower of the reference voltage, indicates if short between pin or to ground, respectively, is present.
US12279349B2
An LED string control system includes an LED string and a control module. The control module provides a first voltage level according to a first digital logic of a light command, and provides a second voltage level according to a second digital logic of the light command to form a control signal. Based on consecutive first digital logics and/or second digital logics of the light command, the control module adjusts a voltage level of the control signal to a third voltage level as a distinction voltage level for distinguishing two consecutive first digital logics and/or two consecutive second digital logics.
US12279345B2
A lighting device is disclosed. The example lighting device includes a printed circuit board. First and second LED circuits and respective first and second driver circuit are mounted on the printed circuit board. The first LED circuit is configured to emit a first color temperature of white light when receiving power from the first driver circuit and the second LED circuit is configured to emit a second color temperature of white light when receiving the power from the second driver circuit. The second color temperature of white light emitted from the second LED circuit is different than the first color temperature of white light emitted from the first LED circuit.
US12279343B1
A portable hand warmer charging case includes a case body. A placement chamber configured to place a hand warmer unit for charging is provided on the case body. The case body is provided with a first circuit board, a first charging unit, and a first battery. The first battery and the first charging unit are electrically connected to the first circuit board. When the hand warmer unit is placed in the placement chamber, the first circuit board is configured to output electrical energy, which is output by the first battery, from the first charging unit; and the first charging unit is configured to be adapted to a second charging unit on the hand warmer unit for use and transmit the electrical energy output by the first circuit board to the second charging unit on the hand warmer unit.
US12279338B2
Disclosed are an information acquisition method and apparatus, an electronic device, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The information acquisition method may include: acquiring paging identifiers corresponding to M cards respectively from global unique temporary user equipment identities (GUTIs) allocated by networks corresponding to the M cards; wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and in response to determining that paging identifiers corresponding to N cards among the paging identifiers corresponding to the M cards are the same, selecting (N−1) cards from the N cards and triggering networks corresponding to the selected (N−1) cards to re-allocate GUTIs; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to M.
US12279336B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for reinstalling a profile at the time of changing an eUICC terminal. A terminal for managing a profile for network connection by using an eUICC in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver and at least one processor configured to control the terminal to receive a request for profile transfer from a user, identify profile transfer information, transmit a message requesting an activation code to a profile server, receive, from the profile server, the activation code and information indicating whether a profile deletion is required, delete the profile, transmit a deletion result of the profile to the profile server, transmit the activation code to another terminal, receive the activation code from the other terminal, transmit a message requesting a profile to the profile server by using the activation code, receive a profile package from the profile server, and install the profile package.
US12279328B2
A Method and Apparatus for multi-SIM operation during handover is provided. The method includes receiving an RRC reconfiguration message from a base station including configuration of terminal assistance information related to an RRC state transition; initiating a terminal assistance information process based on said configuration information in said RRC control message; and initiating one of T1 and T2 based on UEAssistanceInformation, receiving an RRCReconfiguration message including a ReconfigWithSync for a target SpCell, sending an RRCReconfigurationComplete message from said target SpCell, initiating transmission of a UEAssistanceInformation after successful completion of a random access procedure at the target SpCell, and initiating T2 after initiating transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation if said UEAssistanceInformation includes a musim-PreferredRRC-State IE.
US12279322B2
A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving a network registration request message from a terminal, determining whether or not the terminal requires support for multiple-radio network access, in case that the terminal requires support for the multiple-radio network access, requesting a network repository function (NRF) for information about an AMF supporting the multiple-radio network access, receiving, from the NRF, information about at least one AMF supporting the multiple-radio network access, and determining an AMF to perform a network registration procedure for the terminal, on the basis of the information about the at least one AMF.
US12279319B2
An artificial intelligence device including a communication unit; a memory configured to store a pairing information table including pairing information on paired devices; and a processor configured to search for pairable devices through the communication unit when entering a device pairing mode, pair with a target device of the pairable devices found through the communication unit, and update the pairing information table by adding pairing information associated with the target device to the pairing information table.
US12279315B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of enhancing a report for random access channel (RACH). The method comprises in accordance with a determination that a random access attempt in a random access process for accessing a second device based on configuration information is performed, determining an entry for recording the random access attempt, the entry at least comprising fallback information indicating whether a change associated with the random access attempt has occurred; generating a report for the random access process at least based on the entry; and causing the report to be transmitted to the second device. In this way, with the UE RACH report, the network device may achieve a targeted optimization for the configuration for RA process, which may improve the efficiency of the RA process and decrease the cost due to a multiple of fallback.
US12279314B2
An apparatus comprising means for performing: determining information comprising: a rate of failure for random access channel attempts in at least one cell controlled by the apparatus; and/or a number of successful random access channel attempts in the at least one cell controlled by the apparatus and a number of failed random access channel attempts in the at least one cell controlled by the apparatus; and sending the information from the apparatus to a second apparatus.
US12279312B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for downlink control resources sets and RACH procedures during initial access in wireless communication, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond, including methods for CORESET#0 configuration, SSB/CORESET #0 multiplexing pattern 1 for mixed SCS, time-domain ROs determination for 480 kHz/960 kHz SCSs, and RA-RNTI determination for 480 kHz/960 kHz SCSs.
US12279289B2
Aspects described herein relate to transmitting a scheduling request (SR) for an uplink grant based at least in part on presence of data in a buffer, wherein the SR is scheduled for transmission according to a SR periodicity, and aborting, based at least in part on expiration of a discard timer corresponding to the buffer and/or the buffer being empty, at least a next SR that is scheduled for transmission according to the SR periodicity.
US12279286B2
The present application relates to an information transmission method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. Scenario information indicating a communication scenario corresponding to a first device is obtained, and capability indication information indicating a transition duration capability supported by the first device is sent to a second device according to the scenario information, so that when demodulating a signal sent by the first device, the second device demodulates or decides whether to demodulate the signal according to an actual transition duration of the first device, and the actual transition duration is usually a duration closely related to the first device itself, not a fixed duration stipulated by an agreement. Therefore, when demodulating the signal sent by the first device, the second device is enabled to flexibly perform demodulation according to the transition duration capabilities of different first devices, and the flexibility of signal demodulation is improved.
US12279281B2
A wireless device receives, via at least one of one or more first monitoring occasions, a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling an uplink shared channel transmission. The wireless device receives, via a second monitoring occasion of second monitoring occasions, a repetition of a second DCI indicating transmission of an acknowledgement feedback. The wireless device sets the acknowledgement feedback to a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value based on a start of the second monitoring occasions being after a start of the one or more first monitoring occasions. The wireless device transmits, in the uplink shared channel transmission, the acknowledgement feedback.
US12279275B2
The disclosure discloses a transmission parameter determination method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program. The method includes: the terminal device receives a first transmission parameter; the first transmission parameter is used to determine the number of bits of the first indication field in the DCI; the first transmission parameter and the second transmission parameter correspond to the first indication field in the DCI.
US12279273B2
A user equipment transmits a processing time parameter to a base station. The UE receives a physical downlink control channel in a span. The span may be known at the UE. The PDCCH schedules a subsequent, scheduled channel with a timeline based on the last symbol of the span and the processing time parameter.
US12279272B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a terminal device configured to perform the following. Initially, the terminal device monitors physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmissions according to a first set of rules. The first set of rules comprises rules for performing monitoring over at least two beam pair links, each beam pair link corresponding to a control resource set, CORESET, with a different active transmission configuration indication, TCI, state. The terminal device receives, using a first CORESET with a first active TCI state from an access node, an indication for limiting monitoring and consequently limits monitoring of PDCCH transmissions associated with CORESETs having a TCI state other than the first active TCI state for a period of time.
US12279263B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, for measurement and reporting procedures associated with a sidelink positioning reference signal (SL-PRS). In one aspect, a first user equipment (UE), which may function as a sidelink anchor node, may transmit an SL-PRS to a second UE in accordance with a slot format or structure that is dedicated for SL-PRS transmissions. The first UE may select resources for the transmission of the SL-PRS via sensing and exclusion or using a set of resources that are dedicated for SL-PRS transmissions. The second UE may receive the SL-PRS and use the SL-PRS to acquire positioning information, in accordance with an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA)-based positioning method, or may transmit a second SL-PRS to the first UE to facilitate acquisition of positioning information at the first UE, in accordance with a round-trip-time (RTT)-based positioning method.
US12279258B2
The present disclosure relates in general to cellular radio network communication. In one of its aspects, the technology presented herein concerns a method performed by a network node in a wireless communication system for handling resource configurations for network nodes in an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) network. The network node is connected to a core network of the wireless communications system and to at least one radio network node. The method includes providing, to a first radio network node and to at least one second radio network node, a message indicating a resource configuration for the first radio network node. The at least one second radio network node is a parent node to the first radio network node and the first radio network node is a child node to the at least one second radio network node.
US12279257B1
A communication scheme and a system of converging an IoT technology and a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) system are provided. The communication scheme includes intelligent services (e.g. smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an SPS configuration index; identifying at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the SPS configuration; identifying a PDSCH with a lowest SPS configuration index in case that the at least one PDSCH corresponding to the SPS configuration is overlapped in time in a slot; determining a PDSCH for data transmission based on excluding a PDSCH that is overlapped with the PDSCH with the lowest SPS configuration index from the at least one PDSCH; and receiving, from the base station, data based on the determined PDSCH, wherein the at least one PDSCH is not overlapped with a symbol indicated as an uplink in the slot.
US12279251B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for improving sidelink communication reliability. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may map allocated sidelink resources from a logical domain to a physical domain, where the mapped resources may include greater frequency diversity in the physical domain A frequency range of a sidelink control channel or of a sidelink data channel may be greater in the physical domain than in the logical domain after the mapping. In some examples, sidelink communications may be associated with an aggregation factor that represents a number of repetitions of a sidelink communication. In this example, a UE may repeat a sidelink communication within a contention-based resource pool a number of times before receiving feedback in order to increase communication reliability. A first UE may communicate a sidelink communication with a second UE using a resource mapping or repetitions of the sidelink communication.
US12279239B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A waveform for communications between a user equipment (UE) and a base station may be generated or decoded based on a resource allocation of a slot for the communications. In some cases, the UE may receive control information from the base station that indicates the resource allocation for the slot, where the slot contains a defined number of symbol periods (e.g., 14 symbol periods), or the defined number of symbol periods and at least one additional symbol period. The waveform may then be generated (e.g., transmitted) or decoded (e.g., received) based on the number of symbol periods in the slot. Additionally or alternatively, the UE and base station may identify an operating mode of the UE, identify allowed resource allocation sizes for generating or decoding the waveform, and generate or decode the waveform based on the allowed resource allocation sizes.
US12279235B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some cases, a sidelink user equipment (UE) operating in a power saving mode may identify a resource reservation configuration for communicating within a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications. The UE may operate in a first power state of the power saving mode during a sensing window. The sensing window may correspond to a resource selection window of the resource pool. The UE may transition, after the sensing window, from the first power state to a second power state that may consume more power than the first power state. The UE may identify a subset of resources of the resource pool in the resource selection window that are available for sidelink transmission by the UE based on transitioning between the first power state and the second power state.
US12279230B2
A method of handling Paging Early Indication with Paging Subgrouping (PEIPS) assistance information when a UE is registered to the same or different PLMN/SNPN networks is proposed. The PEIPS assistance information includes PEIPS parameters such as a PEIPS subgroup ID that is used by the UE for monitoring paging with PEIPS for power saving. If the UE registers to the same PLMN/SNPN via 3GPP access and non-3GPP access, then the UE handles the PEIPS parameters as one common parameters. If the UE registers to different PLMN/SNPN via 3GPP access and non-3GPP access, then the UE handles the PEIPS parameters as two independent parameters.
US12279224B2
A multipath condition detection method includes: determining a first signal quality value corresponding to a first wireless signal, of a first frequency and from a signal source, received by a receiver of a mobile device; determining a second signal quality value corresponding to a second wireless signal, of a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, received by the receiver; and determining whether at least one difference value, corresponding to the first signal quality value and the second signal quality value, is indicative of the mobile device being in a multipath condition with respect to the signal source.
US12279222B1
According to one embodiment of this specification, there is provided a method. The method may comprise: receiving a Registration Accept message or UE Configuration Update Command message. The Registration Accept message or UE Configuration Update Command message includes at least one of a slice deregistration inactivity timer and validity time for one or more Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI). The method may comprise: starting a first timer based on the slice deregistration inactivity timer. If the first timer expires, the UE locally removes the S-NSSAI from the Allowed NSSAI. If UE does not trigger Mobility Registration Update and Allowed NSSAI becomes empty after expiry of the validity time, then the UE enters deregistered state implicitly.
US12279217B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the resilience of a network of positioning-unit devices to failure of the reference device that controls the network timebase via timing information in its signal. In certain embodiments a predetermined one of the positioning-unit devices is configured to monitor the reference signal, assess serviceability of that signal and take control of the network if it determines that signal is unserviceable. Continuity of network synchronisation is thereby maintained despite the reference signal being unserviceable. Preferably the predetermined positioning-unit device is configured to obtain information on the reference signal from at least one other positioning-unit device for assessing reference signal serviceability. If the reference device recovers from a failure it can re-enter the network by synchronising its signal to a signal from one of the positioning-unit devices, and may then negotiate with the predetermined positioning-unit device to resume control of the network.
US12279213B2
An apparatus may be configured to: receive, from a first network node, a first indication to activate a first set of transmission configuration indicator states associated with the first network node; receive, from the first network node, a second indication of a second network node, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform simultaneous transmission, with the first network node and the second network node; and transmit, to the first network node, a first report, wherein the first report comprises at least one indication of a presence of a power backoff value associated with a pair of transmission configuration indicator states.
US12279207B2
A signal transmission method, a signal transmission apparatus and a device are provided. The signal transmission method includes: configuring at least one transmission beam, the transmission beam being a beam corresponding to a transmission resource for a power-saving signal; and transmitting the power-saving signal on the at least one transmission beam.
US12279205B2
Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.
US12279180B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a processor operatively connected to the magnetic sensor and the acceleration sensor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire multiple pieces of first magnetic data by using the magnetic sensor in a first area where the electronic device is located, generate a virtual marker corresponding to the first area by using the multiple pieces of first magnetic data, determine the movement of the electronic device on the basis of multiple pieces of first acceleration data in a first direction, the data being acquired by using the acceleration sensor, determine the posture of the electronic device on the basis of multiple pieces of second acceleration data in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, the data being acquired by using the acceleration sensor, and determine, on the basis of at least one of the movement of the electronic device and the posture of the electronic device, multiple pieces of third magnetic data to be used for comparison with the virtual marker, among multiple pieces of second magnetic data acquired within a designated radius with reference to the first area by using the magnetic sensor.
US12279179B2
A system and method for controlling connections of a plurality of mobile user wireless devices of online social media users includes a connection management server receiving from a mobile application client a geolocation sharing mode selection, updating each other mobile application client with geolocation information of each mobile application client in active mode, informing each other mobile application client of intent status information of each mobile application client in active mode, and modifying on a map display an intent status modification of a property of the geolocation identifier of each mobile application client in active mode to indicate the intent status information.
US12279176B2
Techniques are provided for utilizing wireless devices for contact tracing, and more specifically for detecting a barrier between devices to enhance contact tracing applications. An example method for detecting a barrier between a first device and a second device includes determining, by the first device, a first range measurement with respect to the second device using a first positioning technique determining, by the first device, a second range measurement with respect to the second device using a second positioning technique that is different from the first positioning technique, and detecting the barrier between the first device and the second device based on the first range measurement and the second range measurement.
US12279167B2
The present disclosure relates to a source base station. The source base station comprises a processing circuitry that generates a user equipment packet duplication status. The user equipment packet duplication status includes information on the status of uplink packet duplication performed by a user equipment with the source base station and at least one further base station. The information on the status of uplink packet duplication is per uplink radio bearer, one or more uplink radio bearers being established between the user equipment and the source base station. The source base station further comprises a transmitter that transmits the user equipment packet duplication status to a target base station which is the target of a handover from the source base station performed for the user equipment.
US12279165B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for measuring and reporting channel state information (CSI). The method for measuring and reporting channel state information (CSI) includes a terminal device performing, on a specified bandwidth part (BWP) and within specified time, a CSI measurement, according to a first measurement configuration, to obtain CSI measurement results; and the terminal device reporting, on the specified BWP, the CSI measurement results to a network device, the terminal device performing a CSI measurement according to a second measurement configuration outside the specified time.
US12279162B2
Systems and methods for handling a wireless device in a Configuration Management (CM)-Connected state with Radio Resource Control (RRC) Inactive state are provided. In some embodiments, a method for performing a mobility transfer from a Fifth Generation network to an Evolved Packet System (EPS) network includes a 5G network node: receiving, from an EPS network node, a context request for context associated with a User Equipment (UE); determining data forwarding information associated with the UE; and sending, to the EPS network node, a context response comprising context information associated with the UE and data forwarding information associated with the UE. In this way, packet losses will be minimized leading to improved end user performance.
US12279159B2
Proposed is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a configured grant (CG) resource, the information including period information about the CG resource; transmitting a first transport block via a resource in a first period on the basis of the period information about the CG resource; and transmitting a second transport block via a resource in a second period on the basis of the period information about the CG resource. For example, the resource in the second period may not be selected as a resource for retransmitting the first transport block.
US12279156B2
There is provided a method of operating an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) having an O-RAN radio unit (O-RU) and an O-RU controller. The method includes sending, from the O-RU to the O-RU controller, (i) a message informing that the O-RU supports a feature such as (a) a plurality of delay management profiles, and/or (b) a plurality of transmission window sizes, and (ii) a report of capabilities of the O-RU, where the report includes a parameter such as (a) a quantity of supported delay management profiles, (b) supported window sizes for each of the plurality of delay management profiles, and/or (c) a supported window offset for each of the plurality of delay management profiles. The O-RU controller configures the O-RU based on the feature and the parameter.
US12279155B2
A baseband processing unit (BPU) and method therein for segmenting data to be transferred into data packets and transferring data packets to a radio processing unit via a communication link. The BPU selects a certain amount of data among the data to be transferred and obtain a packet loss pattern of the communication link based on the current load and user scenario. The BPU segments the data to be transferred into data packets based on the packet loss pattern of the communication link such that the selected data are distributed to data packets to be transferred in a packet region where packet loss rate is lower than a packet loss threshold and transfers the data packets to the radio processing unit.
US12279154B1
Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting a BSM message of V2X communication device provided in a vehicle in an autonomous driving system. The method of transmitting a BSM message of a V2X communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention may multiplex sensor data and GPS data received from in-vehicle sensors, respectively, and use the multiplexed sensor data to generate BSM data. As a result, it is possible to enhance stability of the V2X system and more efficiently correct errors or the like occurring between sensors. An autonomous vehicle according to the present invention may be linked with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services and the like.
US12279145B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method for performing dynamic cross-link interference (CLI) measurement and reporting in a mobile communication system. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, the method performed by a terminal comprises: receiving, from a base station, first information for a measurement object associated with a CLI and second information for a report configuration, the first information including at least one of configuration for sounding reference signal (SRS) resources and configuration for resources to measure a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) associated with the CLI; obtaining a reference signal received power (RSRP) of at least one SRS based on the SRS resources and at least one bandwidth part (BWP) identifier (ID) included in the configuration for the SRS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, a measurement report including the RSRP based on the second information.
US12279143B2
A method and apparatus for determining a position of a frequency domain of a direct current component, a storage medium, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The method includes: receiving a transmission resource for an uplink transmission; determining an uplink signaling of the DC component, wherein the uplink signaling includes a BWP ID and a position of a frequency domain of a first DC component; and reporting the uplink signaling in the transmission resource for enabling a base station to determine whether the position of the frequency domain of the first DC component is located in uplink carrier of an UL or uplink carrier of a SUL based on the uplink signaling and a carrier determination information.
US12279140B2
Power efficient measurements may be implemented for high frequency operations. A WTRU may determine measurement occasions, DRX cycle/configuration transitions, DRX pause/resume, DRX timer operation, and/or BFR based on scheduling activity, beam configuration, BFI detection, BFD, beam loss, etc. A WTRU may be configured with multiple DRX cycles and measurement opportunities (e.g., with different periodicities). The WTRU may perform (e.g., RS) measurement(s) with determined/configured timing (e.g., DRX on-durations) in a first DRX cycle based on condition(s). The WTRU may switch to a second DRX cycle and perform RS measurement(s) with determined/configured timing based on condition(s) (e.g., counted number of BFIs detected in first DRX cycle). The WTRU may switch from the second (e.g., short) DRX cycle to the first (e.g., long) DRX cycle or to non-DRX operation (e.g., DRX suspension or reset DRX inactivity timer) based on condition(s) (e.g., number of BFIs in first and/or second DRX cycle(s)).
US12279136B2
A location monitoring system, such as an alarm system employed at a house or other location, can include a wireless, battery-operated camera. The camera can have a low power mode in which all components other than a low power communications module are deactivated. The camera can be activated by a signal received by the low power communications module, and the camera can establish a direct communications link with, and send video image data to, a remote server. Where the camera/server direct communications link is inoperable, a link to a local controller is established, and at least a portion of the video image data sent to the controller, which can send a portion of the video image data via an alternate network.
US12279131B2
A method implemented by a device includes determining a direction of a first signal received from a signal source, beamforming a second signal in accordance with a first beamforming gain of a transmission of the second signal oriented in accordance with the direction of the first signal source, and a second beamforming gain of the transmission of the second signal oriented in accordance with an intended direction of the second signal, the first beamforming gain being smaller than the second beamforming gain, and transmitting, by the device, the beamformed second signal.
US12279129B2
An electronic device that provides installation instructions is described. During operation, the electronic device may automatically generate a radio-frequency project plan for a network in an environment using a radio-frequency model and a model corresponding to at least a portion of the environment. Then, based at least in part on the radio-frequency project plan, the electronic device may interactively provide the installation instructions to an installer while a given access point in the access points is being installed in the environment. Moreover, after the given access point is installed, the electronic device may validate the given access point. Next, the electronic device may perform automatic testing of the given access point. Furthermore, the electronic device may provide a comparison of estimated communication performance of the given access point in the radio-frequency project plan and measured communication performance of the given access point.
US12279128B2
A first terminal obtains a first transmission resource that is sent by an access network device and that is used by the first terminal to send data on a sidelink, where the sidelink is a wireless communication link between the first terminal and a second terminal, and the first transmission resource is a resource of an unlicensed spectrum. The first terminal performs a channel access procedure on the unlicensed spectrum. The first terminal sends first information to the access network device when the first terminal determines that a failure occurs in the channel access procedure performed on the unlicensed spectrum, where the first information is used to request to allocate a second transmission resource to the sidelink of the unlicensed spectrum.
US12279123B2
An information transmission method and related device, the method including receiving, by a terminal device, a first synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) associated with configuring an occasion for the terminal device to measure a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB), obtaining an SSB measurement result by measuring the SSB in the occasion configured through the first SMTC, determining that the SSB measurement result is incorrect for an SSB corresponding to any physical cell identifier (PCI) in response to the terminal device failing to measure at least one of the SSB in increasing order, or measure the SSB at a preset location, and reporting. in response to the SSB measurement result being incorrect, a first SMTC report, where the first SMTC report indicates that the SSB measurement result is incorrect.
US12279121B2
This application provides a method for unlocking a terminal device by a wearable device and a communication system. The method includes establishing, by the wearable device, a binding relationship with the terminal device when the wearable device is in a being-worn state; removing, by the wearable device, the binding relationship with the terminal device in response to determining that a wearing status of the wearable device is changed; generating, by the wearable device, motion data that matches a motion track of the wearable device, in response to a user making a motion with the wearable device; sending, by the wearable device, an unlock request to the terminal device in response to determining that the motion data matches preset reference data; and performing, by the terminal device, an unlock operation in response to receiving the unlock request and determining that the terminal device displays an unlock screen.
US12279117B2
A method for extending connectivity from a core network to remote mobile networks includes: installing a security gateway between the core network and wireless broadband base stations located at a periphery of the core network; creating a virtual layer 2 (data link) overlay network interconnecting the broadband base stations; activating a local layer 3 (network) protocol between the security gateway and the core network; activating a sensor protocol between the security gateway and each remote mobile network, the sensor protocol being configured to use broadband communication through the broadband base stations when at least one broadband base station is in range of the remote mobile network, and otherwise use satellite communication; and providing each remote mobile network with a remote layer 3 protocol that uses the broadband communication until disconnected from the broadband base stations, and then uses the satellite communication until reconnected to one of the broadband base stations.
US12279116B2
An improved system and method are disclosed for improving functionality in software applications. In one example, the method includes a computing entity having a network interface, a processor, and a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions. The instructions include instructions for a superblock application having instructions for a function block included therein. The function block is configured to provide functions that are accessible to the superblock application via an application programming interface (API). The functions are provided within the superblock application itself and are accessible within the superblock application without switching context to another application on the computing entity.
US12279092B2
In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user.
US12279088B2
An electronic device with a movable sound source includes: an electronic device, providing an audio signal; a movable frame, movably provided on the electronic device; and a sound source, provided on the movable frame and in electronic with the electronic device, the sound source provided with an adjustment circuit, the sound source playing the audio signal, and the audio signal played by the sound source adjusted through the adjustment circuit when the movable frame is moved on the electronic device. Whereby, users can adjust the position of the sound source and also can adjust the audio signal played by the sound source according to individual hearing differences or according to personal preferences, so as to achieve the best hearing experience.
US12279072B2
An electronic device, a method, and a computer program product provides freeze frame videos in place of a live video feed to a video communication session. A processor of the electronic device determines that a local participant is connected via the electronic device to an ongoing video communication session with second participants having corresponding second participant devices. The processor captures, via an image capturing device, local video encompassing the local participant. The processor determines a video segment of the local video to identify as a freeze frame video. The processor presents the freeze frame video to the video communication session in response to a trigger condition that pauses a presentation of live video feed of the local participant to the video communication session. The processor loops the presentation of the freeze frame video until an expiration of a threshold maximum time established for presenting the freeze frame video.
US12279070B2
A method for frame interpolation and related products are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device including a camera. The method includes the following. On-screen display (OSD) data and first video data collected by the camera are obtained. Second video data is obtained by performing frame interpolation on the first video data. The second video data and the OSD data are displayed in a video window.
US12279067B2
A processor of a first terminal generates composite image data, in which main and sub image data are composited together, based on the main image data, the sub image data, and data about layout of a screen of a second terminal. The main image data are image data which are obtained by a main camera and are to be displayed on a main screen of a display of the second terminal. The sub image data are image data which are obtained by a sub camera and are to be displayed on a sub-screen of the display. A processor of the first terminal transmits the composite image data from the first terminal to the second terminal. A processor of the second terminal displays the composite image data received from the first terminal on the display.
US12279065B2
In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining a video communication between client devices with each being associated with a respective video stream, which is associated with a respective match scale measured based on a height of frames of the video stream and a depth of subjects within the frames, determining a respective scaling factor and cropping for each video stream, wherein the respective scaling factor is calculated based on the match scale associated with the corresponding video stream and a target match scale determined from the match scales associated with all video streams, and wherein the respective cropping is determined based on a uniformity of positions of the subjects within the frames across all video streams, generating a merged video stream from each video stream based on the respective scaling factor and cropping, and sending instructions for presenting the merged video stream to one or more of the client devices.
US12279061B2
Imaging circuitry may include half-driver sub-circuits configured to support Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) D-PHY mode and C-PHY mode. Groups of two half-driver sub-circuits can be coupled together in the D-PHY mode, whereas groups of three half-driver sub-circuits can be coupled together in the C-PHY mode. Each half-driver sub-circuit can include one or more pull-up paths and one or more pull-down paths. Each half-driver sub-circuit can include multiple slices, a first portion of which can be operated to pull in a first direction and a second portion of which can be operated to pull in a second direction opposing the first direction to achieve the desired amount of equalization. The half-driver sub-circuits can be employed as the final driver stage of a shared data path architecture supporting both D-PHY and C-PHY modes. The shared data path can include serializers, pre-driver logic, and/or equalization enable blocks.
US12279056B2
Systems and methods for down-scaling are provided. In one example, a method for processing image data includes determining a plurality of output pixel locations using a position value stored by a position register, using the current position value to select a center input pixel from the image data and selecting an index value, selecting a set of input pixels adjacent to the center input pixel, selecting a set of filtering coefficients from a filter coefficient lookup table using the index value, filtering the set of source input pixels to apply a respective one of the set of filtering coefficients to each of the set of source input pixels to determine an output value for the current output pixel at the current position value, and correcting chromatic aberrations in the set of source input pixels.
US12279049B2
An information processing apparatus that displays a captured image captured by an imaging apparatus on a display unit, the information processing apparatus includes a display controller configured to perform display control to display an image of a region of interest included in the captured image, on the display unit, wherein, the display controller displays, in a case where the region of interest is in an angle of view of a frame of the captured image, the image of the region of interest included in the frame, and displays, in a case where the region of interest is off from the angle of view of the frame of the captured image, the image of the region of interest included in a preceding frame preceding the frame.
US12279047B2
This application discloses a photographing method and a related apparatus. The method includes the following steps: An electronic device detects a motion status of a photographed subject; if the photographed subject is moving relative to the electronic device, the electronic device determines whether an artificial light source is present in a current photographing environment; and if an artificial light source is present in the current photographing environment, the electronic device determines a frame interval based on a flicker frequency of the artificial light source, and may also reduce an exposure time by a step size B.
US12279046B2
Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily capturing a moving image under an imaging condition desired by a user. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an imaging unit and a processor. The processor sets a first imaging parameter applied to moving image data captured by the imaging unit, records first moving image data captured based on the first imaging parameter on a recording device before a first operation by a user of the imaging device is received, sets a second imaging parameter applied to the moving image data in a case where the first operation is received, and records the second moving image data captured based on the second imaging parameter on the recording device in a case where a second operation by the user is received after the reception of the first operation.
US12279045B2
A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board and an imager circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. A lens barrel accommodating a lens is at least partially disposed in a passageway of a lens holder. The vehicular camera module includes a housing having an upper cover and a lower cover that are joined together. Electronic circuitry disposed at a main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. The electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. With the imager operated to capture image data, captured image data is provided via a flexible ribbon cable to the electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board. The imager is disposed within a rear portion of the housing and is not accommodated within a front portion of the housing.
US12279040B2
A mobile terminal, a shooting mode detection method, and a storage medium are provided. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body which has a placement portion for placing a camera module. The mobile terminal further includes the camera module detachably connected to the terminal body. The mobile terminal also includes a first Hall sensor and a second Hall sensor. The first Hall sensor and the second Hall sensor are respectively electrically connected to a processor built in the terminal body and fixedly arranged on a side on which the placement portion of the terminal body is located. The mobile terminal additionally includes a magnetic structural element which is fixed on an end of the camera module close to the placement portion. When the camera module is placed on the placement portion, the magnetic structural element is opposite to the first Hall sensor or the second Hall sensor.
US12279039B2
An evaluation value for evaluating an object surface state is calculated in a more suitable form. An image processing apparatus acquires distance information about a distance between an image capturing apparatus and a subject, acquires image capturing apparatus information about the image capturing apparatus, and calculates a geometric condition on a positional relationship between a light source, the subject, and the image capturing apparatus based on the distance information and the image capturing apparatus information.
US12279037B2
An electronic device, method, and computer program product optimize automatic backup of locally stored media content such as videos and images by identifying and locally caching low quality content rather than automatically backing up to reduce network storage. Image capturing device(s) of the electronic device generates media content of at least one of images and videos. A controller of the electronic device receives the media content from the image capturing device(s). The controller determines a quality value of the media content and stores the media content in a cache data structure in memory. The controller stores, in a digital camera image data structure in the memory, media content having a quality value that is greater than or equal to a minimum quality threshold level. The controller uploads, via a communication network to a network storage service, the portion of the media content stored in the digital camera image data structure.
US12279035B2
An inspection device includes: an illumination device; an imaging device that includes: an optical system that corrects a field curvature; an imaging element that takes an image via the optical system; and a mirror that reflects an incident light from the inspection object toward the optical system; and an inspection controller that: judges whether a quality of the inspection object is good or poor based on image data; and controls the imaging device to take an image of a first inspection area at a first timing when the first inspection area is located within a first focusing range, in which the first inspection area is focusable without the mirror, and to take an image of a second inspection area at a second timing when the second inspection area is located within a second focusing range, in which the second inspection area is focusable via the mirror.
US12279034B2
An image sensor module is provided. The image sensor module includes an image sensor which has a rectangular shape having a long side and a short side; a substrate which has a long side corresponding to the long side of the image sensor and a short side corresponding to the short side of the image sensor, wherein the image sensor is mounted on the substrate; a sub-housing installed on the substrate, the sub-housing having a first sidewall disposed on a side corresponding to the long side of the image sensor and a second sidewall disposed on a side corresponding to the short side of the image sensor; and an adhesive which bonds the sub-housing and the substrate, wherein a side surface of the substrate, disposed on the long side of the substrate and an outer surface of the adhesive are disposed on a same plane.
US12279022B2
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for artificially generating translated media streams are provided. A media stream of an individual speaking in an origin language may be received. The individual may be associated with a particular voice. The received media stream may be analyzed to determine characteristics of the particular voice of the individual. A synthesized voice may be determined based on the determined characteristics of the particular voice of the individual. The synthesized voice may sound substantially identical to the particular voice. A translated media stream that includes, for each word spoken in the origin language in the media stream, a respective at least one word in the target language articulated using the synthesized voice, may be generated.
US12279018B2
A bullet-screen comment processing method is provided. The method includes: receiving a first bullet-screen comment and a second bullet-screen comment; classifying the first bullet-screen comment into a first bullet-screen comment group and classifying the second bullet-screen comment into a second bullet-screen comment group based on bullet-screen comment content of the first bullet-screen comment and the second bullet-screen comment; and displaying the first bullet-screen comment of the first bullet-screen comment group and the second bullet-screen comment of the second bullet-screen comment group by using a target bullet-screen comment track, where the first bullet-screen comment of the first bullet-screen comment group and the second bullet-screen comment of the second bullet-screen comment group move in the target bullet-screen comment track in opposite directions.
US12279014B2
In some aspects, a method includes executing a streaming application configured to stream a media content item on a display of a television device, and receiving, from the streaming application, a request to generate a token. The method includes, in response to the request, obtaining a user identifier of a user account of a media platform, obtaining a plurality of signals used to select promoted content for the user account, generating the token to include the user identifier and the plurality of signals, and encrypting the token to generate an encrypted token. The encrypted token is configured to be included in a fetch request to retrieve a promoted content item, personalized to the user account, from a promoted content server associated with the media platform. The promoted content item is configured to be inserted into playback of the media content item by the streaming application.
US12279010B2
There are provided systems and methods for providing photosensitivity mitigation during display of content. In one implementation, such a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software application. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software application to, while content is being displayed on a primary display for viewing by a viewer, determine that a portion of the content that is about to be displayed on the primary display may trigger a photosensitivity reaction by the viewer, generate an alert to the viewer to switch viewing the content from the primary display to viewing the content from a secondary display, and display the portion of the content on the secondary display.
US12279009B2
Systems and methods are described herein for generating a playlist for a simultaneous presentation of a plurality of media assets. The system retrieves a user preference associated with a user profile and receives a selection of a first media asset and a second media asset from the plurality of media assets for presentation on a user device. The system parses the respective audio streams of the first media asset and the second media asset to identify one or more preferred audio segments based on the user preference and generates the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments. Based on a generated audio playlist, the system generates, for presentation on the user device, the video stream for each of the first media asset and the second media asset and the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments.
US12279004B2
A device includes one or more processors configured to: receive a representation element; and parse an attribute in the representation element, wherein the attribute, when present, specifies a set of media content components that are contained in the representation element as a list of track identifier values, and the attribute is represented as a list of unsigned integers.
US12278998B2
Methods, systems, and devices for luma mapping with chroma scaling for video and image coding are disclosed. An example method of video processing includes performing, for a current region comprising a luma block, a first chroma block, and a second chroma block, a conversion between the current region of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule that specifies an order in which, during decoding, the first chroma block and the second chroma block are processed based on mapped sample values of the luma block.
US12278991B1
Methods of video streaming are generally described. In some examples, a camera device periodically captures an image, communicates encoded frame data representing that image to a server, and decodes and stores the previously encoded frame data as a background picture. The server receives the encoded frame data, decodes it, and stores the decoded frame in a buffer for future use. Subsequently, upon initiation of a streaming session, the camera device captures another image and encodes a predicted key frame based on differences between the captured image and the background picture. The camera device sends the predicted key frame to the server, which receives it and reconstructs a facsimile of the captured image utilizing the previously decoded frame stored in the buffer. Methods of acknowledging successfully decoded frames for use in selecting background pictures is also described.
US12278972B2
An image coding/decoding method and device are provided. The image decoding method carried out by the image decoding device, according to the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: determining the number of tiles in a current picture on the basis that the segmentation of the current picture is not restricted; on the basis that the number of tiles in the current picture is a plurality, acquiring from a bitstream, a first flag representing whether tile boundary filtering is available; and, on the basis of the value of the first flag, determining whether to carry out filtering for the boundaries of the tiles belonging to the current picture.
US12278957B2
A video encoding method is applicable to an encoder, and comprises: determining side information having a correlation with a current coding unit; filtering first relevant information to be coded of the current coding unit by using a preset network model and the side information, to obtain second relevant information to be coded; and inputting the second relevant information to be coded into a subsequent coding module for encoding, to obtain a bitstream.
US12278952B2
A method of decoding an image according to an embodiment includes: when a size of a current block in the image is equal to or greater than a certain size, determining a candidate list including, as a candidate, a first reference block indicated by a temporal motion vector; when the first reference block is selected from among candidates included in the candidate list, determining motion vectors of sub-blocks in the current block by using motion vectors obtained from the first reference block; and reconstructing the current block based on sample values of a second reference block indicated by the motion vectors of the sub-blocks.
US12278947B2
A decoder may generate, for each of a plurality of displacement vectors, a prediction of a neighboring region of a block. The decoder may determine, based on the predictions of the neighboring region of the block, a first displacement vector from the plurality of displacement vectors for the neighboring region. The decoder may generate, based on a first predictor candidate list and the first displacement vector, a second predictor candidate list. The decoder may decode a second displacement vector based on: the second predictor candidate list; and signaling information, in a video bitstream, for the block.
US12278946B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for processing video content. The method can include: determining whether a picture-header (PH) network-abstraction-layer (NAL) unit is present in a picture unit (PU); in response to the PH NAL unit being present in the PU, determining a first video-coding-layer (VCL) NAL unit of the PU to be a first VCL NAL unit following the PH NAL unit, or in response to the PH NAL unit being not present in the PU, determining that the PU has only one VCL NAL unit and the first VCL NAL unit of the PU is the VCL NAL unit in the PU; and determining whether the first VCL NAL unit of the PU is the first VCL NAL unit of an access unit (AU) containing the PU.
US12278942B2
A method and device for calibrating a binocular camera and an image rectification method and device for a binocular camera, a storage medium, a terminal and an intelligent device are provided. A first focus group is acquired, which includes multiple focal lengths for calibrating, and each focal length represents a focal length of a main camera in the binocular camera, calibration operations are performed on the binocular camera based on the first focal length group, where the focal length of the main camera for shooting a calibration target plate is adjusted during each calibration operation, the adjusted focal length is determined based on the first focal length group, and a relative position between the binocular camera and the calibration target plate remains unchanged during the calibration operations, and a relationship between calibration parameters and the focal lengths is determined based on the calibration operations.
US12278940B2
A method includes collecting measurement data of a sample, determining a confidence value associated with the measurement data, determining if the confidence value is less than a confidence threshold value, and causing the measurement data to be stored in a memory device if the confidence value is less than the confidence threshold value. The method further includes utilizing the measurement data for training of a machine learning system, thereby updating the operation of the machine learning system. The measurement data is measured by an inspection device located at a first location. In one example, the measurement data is a captured image captured by an optical inspector. The confidence value associated with the captured image represents the confidence of the machine learning system regarding what is displayed in the captured image.
US12278930B2
A system and method are disclosed for recommending a resource to a customer service representative that includes one or more databases that store data describing electronic communication between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices. Embodiments further include a computer coupled with one or more databases and configured to monitor communication activity to determine whether a customer service ticket has been opened between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices and determine a customer service representative score based on one or more customer service representative ranking factors.
US12278911B2
A certificate issuance support system includes a certificate application device in a first organization for applying to an authentication station for issuance of an OV certificate; and an existence assurance device in a second organization for guaranteeing the existence of the first organization. The existence assurance device imparts a first signature to first information for guaranteeing the existence of the first organization in response to a request from a terminal used by a member of the first organization, transmits the first information imparted with the first signature is to the certificate application device, and verifies a second signature generated by the certificate application device and imparted to second information for guaranteeing affiliation of the member with the authentication station. The certificate application device transmits the first information with the first signature and the second information with the second signature to the authentication station to receive the OV certificate.
US12278910B2
An end-to-end mechanism is disclosed herein for transporting encrypted messages over hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) sent to a group of recipients. In particular, the disclosed mechanism receives a message (e.g., as an input from a user) and encrypts that message using an encryption mechanism with a key unique to a particular user and to the message (e.g., different messages are encrypted using different keys). The encrypted message is then stored in a generated object along with other metadata needed for message processing. Once the object is generated, it is signed and encoded into a binary representation that is then sent to a server. The server system receives the binary representation and decodes it back into the object. The metadata of the object is then used to route the message to the correct recipient applications for decryption.
US12278909B2
A signature verification system includes: a signature apparatus configured to sign a first chameleon hash value, an unmodifiable part of the data, and a second chameleon hash value of an entirety of the data; a changing apparatus configured to change a public key for the changers of the temporary delegator to a public key for changers of an actual delegator, using a private key for the changers; a delegator changing apparatus configured to change a modifiable part of the data, using a private key for the changers of the actual delegator; and a verifying apparatus configured to verify the signature using the public key for the changers and the public key for the changers of the actual delegator.
US12278902B1
An example computer system for authenticating a user in a metaverse can include one or more processors; and non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoding instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computer system to: receive an authentication credential from the user; determine whether the authentication credential is valid; upon determining that the authentication credential is valid, update authentication status of the user; and maintain the authentication status of the user across multiple login attempts by the user.
US12278895B1
Systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for authenticating a user using a knowledge factor identification transaction with a challenge authentication token. An example method includes providing a logon request, wherein the logon request comprises a user identifier received from a user. The example method further includes receiving a challenge sequence and generating a password structure, wherein the password structure is based on a static password received from the user and the challenge sequence. The example method further includes generating a challenge authentication token comprising the user identifier, the password structure, and a client timestamp and providing the challenge authentication token. The example method further includes receiving an authorization decision message, wherein the authorization decision message is indicative of whether the challenge authentication token was verified.
US12278892B2
A method and system for public key infrastructure (PKI) in software defined vehicles enables secure communication between electronic components. The method includes establishing trust between multiple electronic components through a certificate history comprising signed public keys stored on each component. Once trust is established through attestation between components, the method utilizes signed Diffie-Hellman key exchange to securely distribute symmetric keys to the trusted components. These symmetric keys enable authenticated communication between the components to control vehicle systems and functions. The system operates locally without requiring internet connectivity or specialized service tools, allowing for secure field replacement and upgrading of components while maintaining system security through verification of component authenticity and prevention of counterfeit hardware.
US12278879B2
A network management system tests the availability of a network resource before a user performs a task with the network resource. The system measures network activity of a user performing one or more tasks. The network activity includes communication between a user device of the user and each network resource associated with a corresponding task performed by the user. The system also generates a digital model persona of the user based on the tasks performed by the user, and determines a schedule of the tasks performed the user. Each particular task is associated with a corresponding execution time for the user. The system further configures the digital model persona to test the network resource associated with each corresponding task at a testing time that is a predetermined length of time prior to the execution time for the user.
US12278873B2
Methods, devices, and systems for migration or sharing of existing M2M service layer sessions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a Session Migration and Sharing Function (SMSF) performs the migration or sharing of a M2M service layer session. Various forms of service layer session context may be used to enable the migration and sharing of M2M service layer sessions.
US12278872B2
In one embodiment, a method by a site router agent at an edge site includes receiving a first message from a message router at an edge backend, where a destination field of the first message includes a destination information, determining that the first message is destined to a first application instance by comparing a first unique identifying information associated with the first application instance with the destination information, storing the first message into a storage communicatively connected to the site router agent, establishing a network connection with the first application instance, and sending the first message to the first application instance upon establishing the network connection.
US12278866B2
A method of prioritizing updates to vehicles includes receiving one or more update requests for a first vehicle; determining a receiving capacity of the first vehicle; checking status of a battery and communications of the first vehicle; prioritizing the one or more update requests based on the receiving capacity of the first vehicle; and sending the prioritized update requests to the first vehicle. The method may include receiving one or more update requests for an additional vehicle; determining a receiving capacity of the additional vehicle; prioritizing the one or more update requests based on the receiving capacity of the additional vehicle; sending the prioritized update requests to the additional vehicle: and determining whether the vehicles are part of a common location group. Creating profiles from sets of communications available for the vehicle and selecting the best connection speed from profiles. Updating radio maps based on connection speeds.
US12278865B2
Provided is a relay device including: a relay unit configured to perform a relay process for a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of function units; and a relay management unit. The relay unit receives, from a function unit, a target frame. When a content of the target frame satisfies a predetermined condition, the relay management unit stores, in the target frame, position information which is information regarding a position, in the in-vehicle network, of a function unit as a request source of a service related to the target frame or a function unit as a request destination of the service related to the target frame, and outputs the target frame having the position information stored therein, to the relay unit. The relay unit transmits the target frame received from the relay management unit, to a function unit which is a destination of the target frame.
US12278857B2
Systems and methods of placeshifting media playback between two or more devices are provided. For example, a method for placeshifting media may include downloading onto a first device an index of files accessed or modified on a second device via a data storage server, at least one of the files being a media file played on the second device. The first device may display a user selectable list of the files on the first device before issuing a request for the media file to the data storage server. The data storage server may send the media file to the first device from the data storage server, and the first device may play back the media file where the second device left off.
US12278856B1
Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
US12278853B2
A system for device discovery for social playback is disclosed. The system operates to connect a host media playback device to a media output device and broadcast a social playback session to guest media playback devices. Upon joining a social playback session, a guest media playback device may control the media playback at the host media playback device. Where the media output for the social playback session is provided by the media output device.
US12278852B2
A machine transmits a message to one or more client devices indicated in a destination tag of the message to configure the one or more client devices to display the message. The machine determines that a client device of the one or more client devices is not connected to a local network that includes a computing node configured to create a message pipe. The machine creates the message pipe from a server to the client device upon the client device joining a video conference in response to determining that the client device is not connected to the local network. The message pipe transmits the message to the client device upon a latter of the client device joining the video conference or accessing the message at the server.
US12278851B2
A content sharing method performed by a computer apparatus including processing circuitry, the method including providing, by the processing circuitry, an interface in response to a user input during a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) call, a user of the computer apparatus participating in the VoIP call, generating, by the processing circuitry, metadata of a VoIP call packet in response to a share request for content specified through the interface, the metadata including data corresponding to the share request, sending, by the processing circuitry, the metadata to another user participating in the VoIP call, and displaying, by the processing circuitry, a playback screen of the content with a call screen of the VoIP call, the content being shared during the VoIP call between the computer apparatus and another computer apparatus of the other user using the metadata.
US12278846B2
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, via a processor, identity provider (IDP)/single sign on (SSO) data that is associated with an IDP and an SSO entity. The IDP and the SSO entity manage access to a plurality of cloud-based applications for a plurality of user compute devices for a plurality of users. The method further includes generating, via the processor and without accessing the plurality of cloud-based applications, analytics based on the IDP/SSO data. The method further includes causing, via the processor, an action based on the analytics.
US12278836B1
A prompt for a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model is received which includes unicode. Unicode fonts in the prompt are identified and then translated into a plaintext representation. Further, unicode characters in the prompt are identified which each have an associated unicode tag. It is determined, based on the associated unicode tags, whether at least a portion of the unicode characters are valid. When at least a portion of the unicode characters are determined to be valid, the unicode characters in the prompt are converted into a plaintext representation. The prompt with the translated fonts and the converted unicode fonts are passed into the GenAI model. When at least a portion of the unicode characters are not determined to be valid, the unicode characters are removed from the prompt. This prompt with the translated unicode fonts, after the unicode characters are removed, is input into the GenAI model.
US12278835B1
A system and method for detecting a cybersecurity object in an operating system-level virtualization is presented. The method includes detecting an identifier of a code object in a software artifact, wherein the software artifact represents a software container deployed in a cloud computing environment; determining a location of the code object based on the software artifact; inspecting the code object for a cybersecurity object, wherein the cybersecurity object indicates a cybersecurity threat; detecting a cybersecurity object in the code object; and initiating a remediation action based on the cybersecurity object in response to detecting the cybersecurity object in the code object.
US12278834B1
A computerized method is described for authenticating access to a subscription-based service to detect an attempted cyber-attack. More specifically, a request is received for a subscription for analysis of objects, which are supplied by a customer to a malware detection system. A customer identifier is assigned to the customer initiating the request for the subscription and a sensor associated with the customer is identified and an identifier of the sensor is associated with the customer identifier. Then, service policy level information pertaining to the subscription is associated with the identifier of the sensor, where the service policy level information includes a set of subscription attributes including object analysis restrictions.
US12278833B2
A method and apparatus for testing a malware detection machine learning model. The method trains a malware detection model using a first dataset containing malware samples from a particular time period. The trained model is then tested using a second dataset that is a time shifted version of the first dataset.
US12278832B2
Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for detecting anomalous resources and events in social data. The systems and methods receive a plurality of events associated with a plurality of resources, wherein the plurality of events includes a plurality of features. The systems and methods detect a set of anomalous resources from the plurality of resources and identify a set of anomalous events associated with the set of anomalous resources. The systems and methods cause an interface to be displayed on a computing device, wherein the interface includes the set of anomalous resources and the set of anomalous events.
US12278828B2
A hybrid Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and Machine Learning (ML) systems and apparatus for classification in the case of data instances with imbalanced class distribution, including a Hidden Markov Model for generating a log-likelihood score for each data instance. Implementations of the hybrid system and method detect fraudulent activity and classifies documents with accuracy that surpasses conventional classifiers. In one implementation, Hidden Markov Model (HMM) for generating a log-likelihood score based on an attribute value vector for a set of keyword features characterizing a Web page. In one implementation, the HMM generates a log-likelihood score based on an attribute value vector for page layout characterizing a document image. Resulting attribute value vectors are ranked and divided into bins grouped by log-likelihood scores within equal ranges. Various machine learning models are trained using the balanced vectors obtained by accumulating from all the bins of vectors.
US12278824B2
A method for identifying a malicious connection between a client device and a server includes obtaining handshake parameters for the client device and the server responsive to the client device initiating a connection with the server, generating a feature set by extracting features from the handshake parameters, predicting a maliciousness of the connection using a machine learning model, where the extracted features are provided as inputs to the machine learning model, and automatically initiating a corrective action if the connection is predicted to be malicious.
US12278819B1
A system and method for detecting effective permissions of a principal in a cloud computing environment, includes detecting a group of principal nodes, each principal node representing a principal in a cloud computing environment, in a security graph, the security graph storing therein a representation of the cloud computing environment; selecting a first principal node from the group of principal nodes; determining a permission between the first principal node and a resource node, wherein the resource node represents a resource deployed in the cloud computing environment; and associating the group of principal nodes with the determined permission.
US12278815B2
A scalable configurable universal complete spectrum identity authentication process that utilizes all or part of at least one computer, and necessary resources for making identity authentication determinations as to whether or not one specific sensor-observed tested person is the same person as the one specific known person he or she claims to be. The identity authentication process makes one-time, intermittently performed, or constantly performed identity authentication determinations regarding any one specific tested person, and it is configurable for doing so at any attainable level of accuracy including 100% accuracy. The identity authentication process is configurable for interacting with itself or utilized cyber resources to perform possible variable functions, it utilizes data representing recognized aspects, characteristics or features for comparing or determining, and it utilizes observation data, derived data, useful information, or outcomes from comparing for making identity authentication determinations, and it may report on any of its operations.
US12278814B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for offline authentication are provided. An example method includes receiving, by a computing device, a request for authentication from a first user device associated with a first user. The request includes first authentication credentials generated based upon user attributes retrieved by the first user device from a digital identity construct database at a first time. The method includes determining an offline condition of the computing device at a first time. The method also includes obtaining, by the computing device, second authentication credentials associated with the first user that are based upon one or more user attributes retrieved by the computing device from the digital identity construct database at a second time later than the first time. The method incudes determining a discrepancy between the first and second authentication credentials and authenticating the first user based upon a forecast operation of the same.
US12278812B2
In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for generating and verifying officially verifiable electronic representations may be disclosed. The method may include storing information associated with a credential of a user for proving the user's identity or qualifications; receiving a file generation request to provide authentication of the user based on the information associated with the credential; generating a file comprising a virtual representation of the credential that has been verified by an issuing agency to be an official representation of the credential; transmitting the file; receiving a verifying request whether the file transmitted to the user authenticates the user; verifying that a NFC or Bluetooth protocol-based communication associated with the file corresponds with the credential of the user, in response to the verifying request; and transmitting an authentication message indicating whether the NFC or Bluetooth protocol-based communication corresponds to the information associated with the credential of the user.
US12278811B2
An electronic control unit (ECU), or node, is configured to use a single key for generating requests from a security peripheral for a MAC. The security peripheral includes the stored shared key. The security peripheral may further include a policy enabling it to detect if a request from the V-ECU is valid, in which case it generates a MAC. The security peripheral is also used to store information in a MAC Generate Allow List (MGAL). In some embodiments, the receiving nodes in a network receive data based on a security peripheral's response to a transmit nodes requests for a MAC. The receiving nodes use this knowledge to avoid being spoofed.
US12278805B2
A control method of a vehicle by a first controller and a second controller, the control method includes: generating, by the first controller, an Ea(B) in which a second symmetric key is encrypted based on a first symmetric key, and assigning a first random number to the Ea(B); receiving, by the second controller, the Ea(B) and the first random number, generating a fourth symmetric key in which the Ea(B) is decrypted based on a third symmetric key, and generating an Eb(N(MASTER)) in which the first random number is encrypted based on the fourth symmetric key; receiving, by the first controller, the Eb(N(MASTER)), and decrypting the Eb(N(MASTER)) to generate a second random number; and updating the second symmetric key based on a comparison between the first random number and the second random number.
US12278803B2
DNS request obfuscation includes generating decoy domain name system (DNS) requests for obfuscating DNS request activity being handled by a private DNS server for an organization, and sending the decoy DNS requests to external DNS server(s) for resolution, receiving a DNS request seeking a DNS lookup for a client device, obfuscating the DNS request by sending, to an external DNS server of the external DNS server(s), the DNS request interspersed with at least some of the generated decoy DNS requests sent to the external DNS server, receiving, from the external DNS server, a DNS response to the sent DNS request, and providing the DNS response to a source of the DNS request.
US12278799B2
Provided is a method for managing an address for an application of a LISP (Locator ID Separation Protocol) network system in a distributed container-based virtualization environment, and the method comprises detecting, by a service discovery agent of a container platform, generation of an application in a corresponding cluster; querying, by the service discovery agent, a service IP address to be assigned to an application to be generated by transmitting a service name to a central control plane; searching, by the control plane, for a service IP address matching the service name and transmitting the service IP address to the service discovery agent; and transmitting, by the service discovery agent, the service IP address to a manager of the container platform to complete the generation of the application, and mapping the service IP address to a public IP for the generated application to register it in the control plane.
US12278797B2
A method and apparatus for improving digital transaction using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The method includes determining to whether an alert related to a task is sent to a registered individual, on a condition that the alert related to the task should be sent, generating an email message, wherein the email includes at least one mailto link and a form for the registered individual to complete, transmitting the email message to the registered individual, receiving a response email from the registered individual, authenticating the email message and decoding a token, and updating an information database.
US12278776B2
A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation, receives from a neighboring cell a reference signal mapped to at least one first resource element. No signal is received from a serving cell on the at least one first resource element. The transmitter, in operation, transmits to a base station measurement information obtained based on the reference signal.
US12278768B2
This application discloses example service processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining a quantity of transmission windows corresponding to each of n services within a unit time period or in a unit data frame, wherein the unit time period or the unit data frame comprises m transmission windows, a total quantity of transmission windows corresponding to the n services is not greater than m, and both m and n are integers greater than 1. Corresponding transmission windows from the m transmission windows can then be allocated to each service based on the quantity of transmission windows corresponding to each of the n services. Based on the transmission windows corresponding to each service, service data of then services can then be multiplexed into multiplexed data transmitted in one channel. The multiplexed data can then be sent.
US12278767B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for dynamic traffic throttling. A server system can receive, via an edge worker associated with a content delivery network (CDN), a first set of requests to access a first site. The server system can determine that traffic to the first site is to be throttled. The server system can determine a throttling rate. The server system can transmit instructions to the edge worker, the instructions configured to cause the edge worker to direct at least a portion of a second set of requests to access the first site to a waiting room site prior to being directed to the first site, the direction of the at least the portion of the second set of requests to the waiting room site being subject to the throttling rate.
US12278764B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for flexibly and efficiently managing network traffic for a web flow utilizing network access tokens. For example, the disclosed systems facilitate smooth, uninterrupted navigation through various webpages of a web flow (e.g., from an entry point to an exit point) by assigning network access tokens to client devices according to network capacity of servers hosting the web flow. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems permit access to, and navigation within various webpages within, the web flow for the client devices with network access tokens while preventing other client devices from accessing the web flow.
US12278758B2
Techniques are described for communications in an L2 virtual network. In an example, the L2 virtual network includes a plurality of L2 compute instances hosted on a set of host machines and a plurality of L2 virtual network interfaces and L2 virtual switches hosted on a set of network virtualization devices. An L2 virtual network interface emulates an L2 port of the L2 virtual network. IGMP configuration is distributed to the L2 virtual switches. A control plane of the L2 virtual network coordinates IGMP configuration across the L2 virtual switches.
US12278754B2
A method includes generating a first shortest path tree for traffic routing in a network, the first shortest path tree identifying a corresponding shortest path from the network node to other nodes in the network and generating a second shortest path tree for traffic routing after removing an element from the network. The second shortest path tree identifies a corresponding shortest path from the network node to the other nodes in the network with the element removed. A third shortest path tree is generated, which is a weighted version of the second shortest path tree with a weight value added to any node or link in the network sharing a SRLG value with the element removed from the network. Network traffic is enforced based on a comparison of the third shortest path tree with at least one of the first shortest path tree and the second shortest path tree.
US12278745B2
A method for deep packet inspection (DPI) in a software defined network (SDN). The method includes configuring a plurality of network nodes operable in the SDN with at least one probe instruction; receiving from a network node a first packet of a flow, the first packet matches the at least one probe instruction and includes a first sequence number; receiving from a network node a second packet of the flow, the second packet matches the at least one probe instruction and includes a second sequence number, the second packet is a response of the first packet; computing a mask value respective of at least the first and second sequence numbers indicating which bytes to be mirrored from subsequent packets belonging to the same flow; generating at least one mirror instruction based on at least the mask value; and configuring the plurality of network nodes with at least one mirror instruction.
US12278744B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods for multi-node failure processing in computer networks. In particular, some embodiments are directed to generating and displaying an impact area graph for a respective node from a plurality of nodes in a network, wherein the impact area graph depicts the relative predicted impact to each other node in the network from a failure of the respective node. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US12278743B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to QoE measurement collection in non-connected State. In an example method, a terminal device receives, from an access network device, a quality of experience (QoE) measurement collection (QMC) procedure configuration indicating whether a QMC procedure is to be continued when the terminal device enters into a non-connected state. Then, the terminal device logs, in a logging buffer, QMC logging data of the QMC procedure performed at the terminal device in the non-connected state based on determining that the QMC procedure configuration indicates that the QMC procedure is to be continued when the terminal device enters into the non-connected state. In this way, QMC data collected in a non-connected state can be stored in the logging buffer so that the needed QMC data collected during non-connected state can be maintained.
US12278739B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for ensuring that one or more compliance information bundles associated with one or more end-point identifiers maintain compliance with one or more regulations. It is detected that a rules engine has been updated with a new regulation. Based on an identification that one or more compliance information bundles associated with the one or more end-point identifiers will not be compliant with the new regulation after an expiration of a grace period associated with the new regulation, a status associated with each one or more compliance information bundles is changed to a provisionally-approved status. The changing of the status associated with each of the one or more compliance information bundles to the provisionally-approved status causes each of the one or more compliance information bundles to be treated, temporarily like the status of each the one or more compliance information bundles is an approved status.
US12278737B2
Presented herein are techniques to analyze network traffic and equipment based on telemetry generated by a plurality of network devices. A method includes generating first telemetry at a first network device, receiving, at the first network device, via an Internet Protocol anycast addressing scheme, at least one of second telemetry generated at a second network device, and third telemetry generated at a third network device, performing, on the first network device using a local processing unit, first analytics on the first telemetry, performing, on the first network device using the local processing unit, second analytics on the at least one of the second telemetry and the third telemetry, and transmitting data resulting from the first analytics and the second analytics to a fourth network device.
US12278732B1
A network node may transmit a configuration message to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices, the configuration message including updated configuration information for the at least one network device, determine whether to update a network inventory system based on a response to the configuration message, and update a record included in the network inventory system associated with the at least one network device based on results of the determination, the updating including updating the record with the updated configuration information.
US12278723B2
The present invention relates to a channel access method for data transmission, and a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for efficiently scheduling data transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits an uplink multi-user PLCP protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame and a non-legacy preamble of the uplink multi-user PPDU contains remaining transmission opportunity (TXOP) time information of a current TXOP and a wireless communication method using the same.
US12278720B2
Systems, methods, and devices reduce and mitigate spurs that may occur in transmit waveforms of wireless communications devices. Methods include beginning transmission of a portion of a data packet from a baseband layer of a wireless communications device, and generating a spur canceling signal based on an estimated magnitude and an estimated phase of a spur signal at identified spur frequencies of a frequency band used for the transmission. Methods also include subtracting the spur canceling signal from the transmission of the portion of the data packet, and generating a transmitted signal based on the subtracting such that the spur canceling signal is subtracted during the transmission of the portion of the data packet.
US12278714B1
A controller includes a memory that stores instructions; and a processer that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the controller to provide a waveform based on an IQ baseband waveform data array; initialize a signal analysis device to acquire a modulated radio frequency signal which is based on the IQ baseband waveform data array; and control the signal analysis device to measure the modulated radio frequency signal which is based on the IQ baseband waveform data array.
US12278713B2
Malformed VLAN packets can be detected by programming suitable rules in a TCAM in the packet processing pipeline. In some deployments, for example, the TCAM rule(s) can match on the parsed EtherType metadata. More specifically, the match can be based on the EtherType metadata being set to a value equal to known VLAN TPIDs, such as 0x8100, 0x88a8, rather than being set to a standard EtherType.
US12278712B2
A method in a virtual private network (VPN) environment is disclosed. A user device transmits, to a VPN server before establishment of a VPN connection between the user device and the VPN server, an initiation request to establish the VPN connection. The initiation request includes remote content information indicating remote content that is unavailable in a geographic location of the user device. The user device receives, from the VPN server after establishment of the VPN connection, the remote content based at least in part on a configuration of domain name services (DNS) settings associated with the VPN connection to utilize a remote DNS server that is capable of obtaining the remote content. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12278709B2
An interactive sports apparel that includes a scannable code forming part of the apparel, and a server configured to simultaneously deliver static media content and streaming media content to content placeholders residing on a scanner that scans the code on the apparel. The static and streaming media each have content based on proximity of the scanner to the apparel, and a user profile associated with the scanner.
US12278699B2
A method for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) includes: transmitting DCI based on modulation coding strategy (MCS) corresponding to user equipment (UE); in which the DCI includes a first-type DCI or a second-type DCI, the first-type DCI includes a first MCS field and a first repeating number indication field; and the second-type DCI includes a second MCS field and a second repeating number indication field.
US12278693B2
A method of implementing a stretched single optical communication span includes receiving one or more optical signals from an optical fiber span having high loss; adding a pilot signal to the one or more optical signals, subsequent to the receiving; and amplifying the one or more optical signals and the pilot signal with a pre-amplifier that is an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA). Advantageously, the stretched single span operates below a Hazard 1M environment. A node in a stretched single optical communication span includes an optical multiplexer connected to an optical fiber span having high and a pilot signal, and configured to output a combination of one or more optical signals from the optical fiber span and the pilot signal; and a pre-amplifier that is an EDFA configured to receive the output of the optical multiplexer and provide amplification of the one or more optical signals and the pilot signal.
US12278688B2
This application provides an information indication method and apparatus for a non-terrestrial communication network. The method includes: A terminal receives first indication information, where the first indication information includes a bandwidth part BWP indication field, and the BWP indication field indicates a BWP identifier offset; the terminal determines a second bandwidth part identifier BWP_ID based on the BWP identifier offset, where the second BWP_ID corresponds to a target beam of the terminal; and the terminal switches to the target beam. The method extends indication of BWP identifiers on a premise of compatibility with indication based on conventional downlink control information DCI.
US12278687B2
Various arrangements for performing dynamic resource blanking on a cellular network are presented herein. Based on orbital data for a satellite, a cellular network can determine user equipment (UE) conducting an active call using a particular frequency band at a base station. For each of the UE a handover can be performed of on-going calls to a different frequency band. Following completion of the handovers, use of the frequency band at the base station can be temporarily disabled.
US12278683B2
Systems and methods described herein are provided for beamforming and uplink control and data transmission techniques. Such techniques enable a UE to maintain at least one beam process for operation with multiple beams and/or points. A beam process may be indicated for transmission or reception over a downlink or uplink physical channel. Power, timing, and channel state information may be specific to a beam process. A beam process may be established as part of a random access procedure in which resources may be provisioned in random access response messages. Techniques are provided to handle beam process failures, to use beam processes for mobility, and to select beams using open-loop and closed-loop selection procedures.
US12278680B2
Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: configuration information is transmitted to a terminal, the configuration information including the number of Resource Blocks (RB) in an A-type RB group, and the A-type RB group comprises consecutive RBs for carrying all ports of CSI-RS; and the CSI-RS is transmitted to the terminal according to the configuration information. The present disclosure can solve the problem in the related art that system complexity is increased due to the unfixed number of antenna ports for the CSI-RS, and reduce the system complexity by transmitting the CSI-RS by means of the configuration information that includes the number of RBs included in the A-type RB group, and the A-type RB group comprises the consecutive RBs for carrying all the ports of the CSI-RS.
US12278675B2
A method includes: The receive end receives 2N channels of signals through N first antennas, where the 2N channels of signals are respectively from N second antennas of the transmit end. When transmission performance of any one of the 2N channels of signals is less than a first threshold, the receive end respectively receives, from two second antennas, two channels of signals whose polarization directions are orthogonal. When transmission performance of the two channels of signals is both greater than a second threshold, the receive end receives the 2N channels of signals through the N first antennas.
US12278662B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for network discovery, port identification, and/or identifying fiber link failures in an optical network, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The present invention may be configured to sequentially connect each port of an optical switch to a network port of a server and generate, based on information associated with network devices connected to the ports, a network map. The network map may identify which network devices are connected to which ports of the optical switch and may permit dynamic port mapping for network installation, upgrades, repairs, and/or the like. The present invention may also be configured to determine a fiber link in which a failure occurred and reconfigure the optical switch to allow communication between an optical time-domain reflectometer and the fiber link to test the fiber link.
US12278657B2
A clamping circuit that may be used to provide efficient and effective voltage clamping in an RF front end. The clamping circuit comprises two series coupled signal path switches and a bypass switch coupled in parallel with the series coupled signal path switches. A diode is coupled from a point between the series coupled signal path switches to a reference potential. In addition, an output selection switch within an RF front end has integrated voltage clamping to more effectively clamp the output voltage from the RF front end. Additional output clamping circuits can be used at various places along a direct gain signal path, along an attenuated gain path and along a bypass path.
US12278651B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of data associated with a device, wherein the plurality of data includes a location data associated with the device; applying the plurality of data as an input to a trained Machine Learning (ML) model to determine an error correcting code to be used for the device based on an output of the selected ML model; and sending the error correcting code to the device.
US12278650B2
A data coding processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: acquiring discontinuous data from a plurality of data blocks used for Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding to form a plurality of target data blocks; determining parity information of FEC code words respectively according to the plurality of target data blocks, so as to obtain a plurality of pieces of parity information; and forming coded data by the plurality of pieces of parity information and the plurality of data blocks used for FEC coding.
US12278649B2
A processing device is provided. The processing device comprises one or more interfaces configured to transmit information to a nonlinear device and processing circuitry configured to control the one or more interfaces and to. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to transmit an excitation signal to the nonlinear device and to receive response information from the nonlinear device. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a linear response of the nonlinear device based on the response information and to determine a nonlinear response of the nonlinear device based on the determined linear response.
US12278643B2
A digital-to-time converter (DTC)-based open loop frequency synthesis and calibration circuit may be used to provide a precise clock signal. The DTC calibration circuit may include a DTC to generate a DTC clock signal based on a received input clock frequency and a received initial digital input code, a phase-lock loop (PLL) to generate a PLL clock signal based on a received PLL input, a binary phase-detector (PD) to generate a PD output based on a comparison between the DTC clock signal and the PLL clock signal, a plurality of calibration bins to generate a signed accumulated PD portion based on the PD output, and an adder to generate a calibrated DTC input code based on a combination of the signed accumulated PD portion and a subsequent digital input code, where the DTC generates a calibrated clock signal based on the calibrated DTC input code.
US12278636B2
This application is directed to a data interface having an input interface for receiving a differential input signal and a reference interface for providing a predefined reference voltage. A high pass filter is coupled to the input interface, and configured to filter the differential input signal and generate a filtered differential input signal. A differential integrator is coupled to the high pass filter and reference interface, and configured to receive the filtered differential input signal and generate a differential output signal including a first output signal and a second output signal. Each of the first and second output signals has a common mode output voltage substantially equal to the predefined reference voltage. In some embodiments, the data interface includes a connector including a plurality of data lanes and a pair of command pins that are distinct from the data lanes and coupled to the input interface.
US12278627B2
A system includes multiple sensors and, for each sensor, a respective sensor controller of multiple sensor controllers. Each sensor controller is configured to implement a respective decimation filter that is configured to generate a single output value from multiple input samples generated by a corresponding sensor of the multiple sensors. The system further includes a master sensor controller of the multiple sensor controllers, which is configured to generate a sync signal upon receiving a threshold number of input samples. Each sensor controller other than the master sensor controller is configured to monitor sync signals generated by the master sensor controller and to provide an output value generated from input samples upon determining that the master sensor controller generated a sync signal.
US12278625B2
The driver circuit includes DC cut capacitors, an input buffer, input termination resistors connected in series between differential input signal terminals and an ESD protection circuit connected to a connection point of the input terminal resistors. The ESD protection circuit includes diodes.
US12278617B2
Acoustic resonators and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate, a piezoelectric plate and an acoustic Bragg reflector between a surface of the substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate includes an interdigital transducer (IDT). The IDT includes a first busbar, a second busbar, and interleaved parallel fingers extending alternately from the first and second busbars. The fingers include a first finger and a last finger at opposing ends of the IDT. A first reflector element is proximate and parallel to the first finger and a second reflector element is proximate and parallel to the last finger. A distance pr between the first reflector element and the first finger and between the second reflector element and the last finger is greater than a pitch p of the IDT.
US12278612B2
An acoustic wave device comprises a piezoelectric substrate, interdigital transducer electrodes having an electrode pitch λ0, and first and second reflector gratings disposed on opposite respective sides of the interdigital transducer electrodes in a propagation direction of a main acoustic wave through the acoustic wave device, the first reflector grating having a reflector electrode pitch λ1 throughout an entirety of the first reflector grating that is different than a reflector electrode pitch λ2 throughout an entirety of the second reflector grating to suppress ripples in a conductance curve of the acoustic wave device.
US12278609B2
A filter device includes a body, a ground terminal, and resonators in the body and coupled to each other by electromagnetic field coupling. The resonators include a first resonator coupled to an input terminal, a second resonator coupled to an output terminal, and third and fourth resonators. The second resonator is adjacent to the first resonator in a first direction. The third resonator is adjacent to the first resonator in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The fourth resonator is adjacent to the third resonator in the first direction. The third and fourth resonators partially share a path to the ground terminal.
US12278602B2
A power amplifier circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit configured to amplify a radio-frequency signal, a transformer disposed on an output side with respect to the differential amplifier circuit and including a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a dispersion circuit coupled to a midpoint of the primary winding of the transformer and configured to operate as an adjustment circuit. The dispersion circuit is configured to adjust, based on a supply voltage controlled in accordance with the envelope of the radio-frequency signal, a bias (bias current or bias voltage) to be supplied to the differential amplifier circuit.
US12278595B2
A cleaning robot includes a supporting mechanism, cleaning mechanisms and a walking mechanism. The supporting mechanism is used for supporting the cleaning robot; the cleaning mechanisms are symmetrically arranged at the two ends of the supporting mechanism and can clean the surface of a photovoltaic panel; the walking mechanism is arranged in the middle of the supporting mechanism and can fix the cleaning robot to the surface of the photovoltaic panel and drive the cleaning robot to move on the surface of the photovoltaic panel; and the supporting mechanism can adjust the cleaning ranges of the cleaning mechanisms, so that the cleaning mechanisms at least have a first cleaning range and a second cleaning range, and the first cleaning range and the second cleaning range can be concentric circles. The cleaning robot is small and exquisite in structure and light. One person can operate multiple robots at the same time.
US12278592B2
A method of forming a module clamp of a photovoltaic module support structure may include cutting a folding pattern into a sheet of metal. The folding pattern may include one or more width-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, one or more length-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, and a hole. The method may include stamping one or more first features onto the sheet of metal to form a stamped sheet and folding the stamped sheet along the one or more width-wise slits and the one or more length-wise slits to form a preliminary module clamp. The method may include stamping one or more second features onto the preliminary module clamp to form the module clamp.
US12278585B2
A valve actuator includes a motor, an AC power source, a DC braking system, and a control system. The control system is configured to control the AC power source to apply an AC voltage to the motor to drive a valve toward a closed position. The control system is configured to disconnect the AC voltage from the motor before the valve reaches the closed position. The control system is configured to control the DC braking system to apply a DC voltage to the motor to stop motion of the valve.
US12278578B2
A method of regulating a motor, including monitoring an absolute voltage value across an anode and a cathode of a triode via an analog switching circuit, the triode being configured to facilitate power a motor, activating a gate of the triode via the circuit in response to the absolute voltage value being greater than a predetermined threshold, and deactivating the gate of the triode via a switching circuit in response to the absolute voltage value being less than the predetermined threshold.
US12278573B2
Provided is a friction nano power generation synaptic transistor. The friction nano power generation synaptic transistor includes a friction nano generator, a synaptic transistor, a substrate, an electrode layer formed on the substrate, a shared intermediate layer formed on the electrode layer; a synaptic transistor active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode which are formed on the shared intermediate layer; and a positive friction layer and a negative friction layer formed on the shared intermediate layer, where the shared intermediate layer is used as a dielectric layer of the synaptic transistor and an intermediate layer of the friction nano generator.
US12278564B2
The present application relates to the field of power electronics technology control, and discloses a temperature control method for a power supply conversion chip, a related assembly, and a multi-phase power supply apparatus. A real-time average value of current temperature accumulation values of power supply conversion chips is calculated, and the output current of the power supply conversion chip whose current temperature accumulation value is not equal to the real-time average value is increased or decreased. The temperature of a power supply conversion chip increases as the output current increases and decreases as the output current decreases, and the temperature of the power supply conversion chip changes under a condition that the output current of the power supply conversion chip is adjusted.
US12278562B2
A biphasic Dickson switched capacitor converter includes an auxiliary circuit, a first branch and a second branch, the auxiliary circuit is connected between the first branch and the second branch, and electric charges at one of the first branch and the second branch are transferred to another of the first branch and the second branch by controlling the auxiliary circuit during a dead time when primary power transistors are turned off to realize the primary power transistors turn on at zero voltage and reduce a switching loss.
US12278551B2
Several current sensing techniques are described that may be used to obtain an accurate current signal, which may help to achieve the best performance with a trans-inductor voltage regulator (TLVR) topology. The techniques may have the coupling effect from the secondary side included, so the current sensing signal is accurate for the regulation and other functions related to the current signal. The current sensing techniques may have more accurate gain and phase information in the middle frequency and high frequency ranges. The coupling effect from the secondary side may be well represented in the current sensing signal. The advantages of TLVR topology may be enhanced with accurate current information.
US12278548B2
A smart motor having an electromechanical converter endowed with a rotating portion defining an axial direction and a radial direction, an electronic control unit, an electrical filter and a housing having a cooling device, the electromechanical converter, the electronic control unit and the filter being accommodated inside the housing, and the electronic control unit comprising an electrical converter configured to power the electromechanical converter. The housing is cylindrical and the electrical converter includes one or more electronic board(s) forming a hollow cylinder.
US12278547B2
A self-powered apparatus is used for various kinds of cycling and indoor exercise devices. The self-powered apparatus includes a pedal unit, a spindle, a generator and an energy storage element. The pedal unit includes an inner surface to form an accommodating space therein. The spindle is accommodated in the accommodating space. The generator includes a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed on the spindle, the rotor is disposed on the inner surface of the pedal unit, and the rotor surrounds the stator correspondingly and is non-contact with the stator. The energy storage element is electrically coupled to the generator. When the pedal unit is being pedaled to rotate by a rider, the stator is fixed on the spindle, the rotor rotates relatively to the stator and along with the pedal unit, and a power is generated by the generator to charge the energy storage element.
US12278534B2
A stator for an electric machine having a stator body and an applied hairpin winding and having conductors for a plurality of phases. A respective pole of the respective phase is formed by a plurality of groups of groove portions each of which including groove portions which are arranged in a group of grooves of adjacent grooves in the same layer of the hairpin winding, the conductor clips which form the groove portions of the respective group of groove portions, form a group of conductor clips connecting adjacent poles of the respective phase.
US12278526B2
A gas engine replacement device includes a housing, a battery receptacle coupled to the housing and configured to removably connect to a battery pack having a memory storing battery pack configuration data, a motor located within the housing, a power take-off shaft receiving torque from the motor and protruding from a side of the housing, a power switching network configured to selectively provide power from the battery pack to the motor, and a first electronic processor coupled to the power switching network and configured to control the power switching network to rotate the motor. The first electronic processor is configured to receive the battery pack configuration data responsive to a connection of the battery pack to the battery receptacle and control the power switching network based on the battery pack configuration data.
US12278524B2
A temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a coil provided in a stator of a rotary electric machine includes: a sensor element including a thermosensitive body, electric wires electrically connected to the thermosensitive body, and an elongated covering body enclosing a part of the electric wires and the thermosensitive body, and configured to be inserted into a gap formed by the coil along a longitudinal direction of the covering body; and a bracket including a fixed portion to be fixed to the stator, and a supporting portion pressing the sensor element against the coil while elastically supporting one end of the sensor element in the longitudinal direction.
US12278517B2
Disclosed are systems and methods to provide continuous power to electrical devices using a portable power supply unit and a portable power charging unit. The portable power supply unit may include a first battery providing a first DC output, at least one first inverter for converting said first DC output to a first AC output for powering the electrical devices and for converting a first AC input to a first DC input for charging said first battery. The portable power charging unit may include a second battery for providing a second DC output, a second inverter for converting said second DC output to a second AC output; and transmitting the second AC output to the first battery using charging ports on respective units such that said second AC output replaces said first AC output for powering said electrical devices, and replaces said first AC input for charging said first battery.
US12278512B2
A workload dependent load-sharing mechanism in a multi-battery system. The mechanism is an energy management system that operates in three modes—energy saving mode, balancer mode, and turbo mode. The energy saving mode is a normal mode where the multiple batteries provide power to their own set of loads with least resistive dissipation. In balancing mode, the batteries are connected through switches operating in active mode so that the current shared is inversely proportion to the corresponding battery state-of-charge. In turbo mode, both batteries are connected in parallel through switches (e.g., on-switches) to provide maximum power to a processor or load. A controller optimizes the sequence and charging rate for a hybrid battery to maximize both the charging current and charging speed of the battery, while enabling longer battery life. The hybrid battery comprises a fast charging battery and a high-energy density battery.
US12278509B2
This invention discloses a charging method for series rechargeable battery cells. This invention comprises a Total Voltage Follow-up Procedure (TVFP) in combination with an Artificial Intelligent Equalizing Procedure (AIEP). The TVFP detects deviation of a total voltage and accordingly modifies a trigger voltage for voltage equaling procedure; the AIEP controls the voltage difference of the series battery cells within a predetermined range.
US12278502B2
A method of receiving power of a wireless power receiver, including a signal transmission phase of transmitting a signal including an FOD status packet to a wireless power transmitter; a power reception phase of receiving a first power from the wireless power transmitter when a NAK response indicating that a foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, or receiving a second power from the wireless power transmitter when an ACK response indicating that the foreign object is not present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, in response to the FOD status packet; a phase of transmitting a reception power packet including information on reception power intensity to the wireless power transmitter; and a phase of receiving a signal including information on a result of determining whether the foreign object is present in the charging area from the wireless power transmitter using information measured or calculated by the wireless power transmitter in response to the reception power packet, while receiving the second power.
US12278496B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For a set of scheduled transmission instances of a data communication, a transmitting network node may determine a first spatial filter to apply for a first subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to provide the data communication and a second spatial filter to apply for a second subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to allow energy harvesting at an energy harvesting device. In some cases, the transmitting network node may indicate a first quasi co-location (QCL) relation to use for the first subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to provide the data communication to the network node receiving the data transmissions, and the transmitting network node may indicate a second QCL relation to use for the second subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to allow energy harvesting to the energy harvesting device.
US12278490B2
A dynamic simulation engine, having system parameters, may be provided for a component of an electrical power system (e.g., a generator, wind turbine, etc.). A model parameter tuning engine may receive, from a measurement data store, measurement data measured by an electrical power system measurement unit (e.g., a phasor measurement unit or digital fault recorder measuring a disturbance event). The model parameter tuning engine may then pre-condition the measurement data and set-up an optimization problem based on a result of the pre-conditioning. The system parameters of the dynamic simulation engine may be determined by solving the optimization problem with an iterative method until at least one convergence criteria is met. According to some embodiments, solving the optimization problem includes a Jacobian approximation that does not call the dynamic simulation engine if an improvement of residual meets a pre-defined criteria.
US12278482B2
An isolated gate driver has: a register that stores the adjustment data read from a non-volatile memory; a gate driving circuit that drives the gate of a switching element with a characteristic set based on a value stored in the register; a fault detector that performs fault detection for other than the non-volatile memory; an error detection-correction circuit that performs error detection and error correction on the adjustment data written to the non-volatile memory; a first external terminal for output of the result of fault detection; a second external terminal for output of the result of error detection; and a fault controller that, if a one-bit error is detected in the adjustment data, brings the second external terminal into an error-indicating output state and continues with normal operation of the gate driving circuit and, if a two-or-more-bit error is detected in the adjustment data, forcibly stops the gate driving circuit.
US12278479B2
A restricted earth fault relay includes: a first differential amount calculation unit that calculates a first differential amount based on a zero-phase current and a neutral point current; a current change detection unit that detects changes in the phase currents; and a first suppression amount calculation unit that calculates a first suppression amount. When the changes in the phase currents are detected, the first suppression amount calculation unit calculates a first maximum value as the first suppression amount, the first maximum value being a maximum value of effective values of the subtraction currents in the phases and an effective value of the neutral point current. The restricted earth fault relay further includes an operation determination unit that outputs a protection signal for protecting a three-phase transformer, when the first differential amount and the first suppression amount are within an operating region.
US12278475B2
A residual current circuit breaker, RCCB, for an electrical circuit. The RCCB comprises a first switching device and a second switching device coupled in series between the power supply and the load. The first switching device is configured to switch into an OFF mode, in which no current is fed to the load, upon detecting that the value of the current fed to the load is larger than a switching current is of the first switching device. The second switching device is configured to switch into an ON mode, in which the load is short cut, upon detecting a leakage of the current i fed to the load. When the load is short cut, there will be a current rush in the circuit which will trigger the first switching device to break the circuit and no current will thereafter flow in the circuit.
US12278473B2
A power circuit, adapted to supply power to a computer system, includes a power connector, a charge unit, a short current protection circuit, and a first switch circuit. The power connector is configured to connect to the adapter to receive an input voltage. The charge unit includes an input end configured to receive the input voltage and an output end. The charge unit converts the input voltage into a system voltage. The short current protection circuit includes a detection circuit and a first logic control circuit. The detection circuit detects an impedance of at least one of the input end and the output end to generate a detection signal. The first logic control circuit generates a power control signal according to the detection signal. The first switch circuit is connected between the power connector and the input end and is controlled by the power control signal.
US12278472B2
Fault classification and zone identification in a power transmission system are described. Voltage or current measurements are obtained at a terminal of the transmission line in each of the three phases measured during a fault. Modal transformations are performed on voltage or current measurements to obtain traveling wave signals with reference to each of the three phases. Based on the magnitude of the traveling wave signals the fault is classified.
US12278467B2
A scalable power tap off system is provided for a power distribution system. The system can have components including a line-side connector assembly for connecting to an upstream power supply, a load-side connector assembly for connecting to downstream load(s), and a draw-out circuit breaker assembly connected between the line-side and load-side connector assemblies. The system also includes a shutter assembly having a movable shutter for proving a barrier to prevent access to at least line-side electrical components on the breaker assembly when the breaker assembly is in the racked-out state, and insulated interconnect buses for electrically connecting the line-side connector assembly and the load-side connector assembly to the breaker assembly. An enclosed compartment is provided to house the load-side connector assembly in isolation from other components and allows access to the load-side connector assembly when the breaker assembly is in a racked-out state or the load-side connector assembly is de-energized.
US12278465B2
A prechamber spark plug. The prechamber spark plug includes a central electrode and a ground electrode which are arranged in a prechamber, and a housing having a lateral hole, the ground electrode being arranged in the lateral hole in such a way that there is a gap area and a fastening area between the ground electrode and the housing.
US12278463B2
The laser module includes a QCL element, a MEMS diffraction grating, a lens holder holding a lens disposed between the QCL element and the MEMS diffraction grating, a package, an electrode terminal disposed along an inner wall surface of the package, and a wire for electrically connecting the electrode terminal and a coil. The top wall of the package faces the bottom wall of the package in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens. The MEMS diffraction grating includes an electrode pad electrically connected to the coil. The electrode pad is connected to the electrode terminal via the wire. A height position of the electrode pad with respect to the bottom wall is equal to or higher than a height position of the electrode terminal with respect to the bottom wall.
US12278449B2
In a connector, each of housings of a socket and a header serving as connector parts includes: a terminal holder extending in a first direction and includes a terminal section of the associated connector part; and a side wall connector extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and connected to one end of the terminal holder of the associated connector part in the first direction. The shield member includes a first portion on the side wall connector, and a second portion aligned with the terminal holder of the connector part in the second direction. The socket and the header are inserted into each other in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions. The second portion of at least one of the shield members includes a shield bent portion with a curved portion curving toward the other connector part to be inserted.
US12278447B2
A seal for use within a hydrocarbon environment including a core and a shell that is coupled to the core. The core includes an elastomeric core material with a first modulus. The shell includes a shell material with a second modulus that is lesser than the first modulus. The core and the shell can be positioned to generate a pressure and electrical seal at a sealing interface.
US12278443B2
This contact pin electrically connects a first electrical component and a second electrical component, the contact pin comprising: a pin body having an inside pin element and an outside pin element combined to be extendable; an elastic member that energizes the inside pin element and the outside pin element in the direction in which the pin body expands when the pin body is in a contracted state; and a pressing part that is provided on the outside pin element, and that when the pin body contracts, applies force to the inside pin element that moves in a first direction in the axial direction, the force including a component in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
US12278441B2
This present disclosure increases the interconnect density by using a different technology approach than the industry is currently using (stamping and molding). By using a MEMS-based technology approach, better geometry and impedance control can be carried out to reduce impedance discontinuities and feature size. Additional concepts include low connector insertion force, no contact wiping, and a precise alignment mechanism between the connector contacts and those on the mating substrate.
US12278430B2
A coupling device includes a plurality of couplers. Each coupler includes a transmission main line and a coupling subline. The transmission main line is used for providing an input end and an output end. The coupling subline is coupled with the transmission main line to provide two coupling ends. The coupling subline includes two first parts located on opposite sides of the transmission main line and a second part connected between the two first parts. The coupling sublines of the plurality of couplers are connected in series to provide a first coupling output port and a second coupling output port. The first part of the coupling subline of at least one of the plurality of couplers has a shared section with the second part of the coupling subline of an adjacent one of the plurality of couplers.
US12278426B2
An antenna apparatus includes a circuit board and an antenna body. The antenna body includes a first radiator and a second radiator that are indirectly coupled. The first radiator comprises a first stub and a second stub that are opposite to, but do not touch each other to form a first gap, the first stub and the second stub are located on a first side edge of the circuit board, a second gap is configured between the first stub and the first side edge, and also between the second stub and the first side edge. The second radiator is located on the circuit board to form a third gap in-between. A vertical projection of the second radiator is located on the first surface. The first stub and the second stub are electrically connected to reference ground of the circuit board separately.
US12278425B2
A radio-frequency module includes a first base made of a first semiconductor material; a second base that is made of a second semiconductor material having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the first semiconductor material and which includes a power amplifier circuit; a third base including a transmission filter circuit; and a module substrate having a main surface on which the first base, the second base, and the third base are arranged. The first base is joined to the main surface via an electrode. The second base is arranged between the module substrate and the first base in a sectional view and is joined to the main surface via an electrode. At least part of the first base is overlapped with at least part of the second base and at least part of the third base in a plan view.
US12278416B2
A test article described herein enables ground-based arc jet testing to investigate RF blackout mitigation using electrophilic gas injection upstream of an antenna. The article can be scaled up to actual flight vehicles, thereby allowing reentry vehicles to be in constant, or near constant, communication during atmospheric reentry. Plasma blackout mitigation is an enabling technology that is required to advance hypersonic flight. Example articles include an integral structure that supports a nozzle, piping for gas connected to the nozzle and an RF window. An ablator can be attached to the structure. The ablator can include a graphite ablator and an insulator. A flight vehicle can include an antenna and such an article.
US12278406B2
A controller of a FC system disclosed herein may be configured to: (1) start both of first and second FC stacks when a measured value of a gas sensor is lower than a first concentration: (2) maintain both of the first and second FC stacks stopped when the measured value is higher than a second concentration which is higher than the first concentration; and (3) when the measured value is from the first concentration to the second concentration, supply the fuel gas to the first FC stack while maintaining supply of the fuel gas to the second FC stack stopped, thereafter stop supply of the fuel gas to the first FC stack when a pressure in the first FC stack reaches a pressure threshold, and thereafter start the first FC stack when the pressure in the first FC stack after a predetermined time is higher than a pressure lower limit.
US12278405B2
A bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack has at least a first flow field plate and a second flow field plate, wherein the first flow field plate and the second flow field plate are fastened on top of each other, wherein the bipolar plate assembly has a first area, in which an edge of the first flow field plate is flush with an edge of the second flow field plate, and has at least one second area, in which the edge of the first flow field plate is recessed from the edge of the second flow field plate. A fuel cell stack having such a bipolar plate assembly, as well as methods for manufacturing such a bipolar plate assembly or such a fuel cell stack are also provided.
US12278404B2
A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a method of designing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell having a hybrid flow field structure that includes a plurality of parallel feed flow channels fluidically connected to an inlet bipolar plate region, a plurality of parallel exit flow channels fluidically connected to an outlet bipolar plate region, and an interwoven pattern formed by a plurality of simplified periodic array flow field structure generated based on flow patterns generated by homogenized anisotropic porous media optimization. The flow field structure enhances fuel cell performance by facilitating lower pressure drop via minimized fluid flow resistance, and removal of accumulated water in the oxygen channel and the gas diffusion layer (GDL) under the ribs of the bipolar plate.
US12278403B2
A bipolar plate has a first inlet port and a flow field comprising a plurality of ducts to connect the first inlet port to a first outlet port for a first reactant, and has a second inlet port and a flow field comprising a plurality of ducts to connect the second inlet port to a second outlet port for a second reactant, wherein at least one bypass duct is present at the margin of at least one of the flow fields. The bypass duct is associated with at least one flow connection branching off from the bypass duct into an adjacent marginal duct of the flow field.
US12278399B2
A solid-state battery that includes: a solid battery laminate including a battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte interposed at least between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive-electrode-side external electrode electrically connected to the positive electrode layer, the positive-electrode-side external electrode including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Ni, Ti, Cr, Pt, and Pd; and a negative-electrode-side external electrode electrically connected to the negative electrode layer.
US12278398B2
The present disclosure provides a technique for constructing an electrode terminal with superior conductivity. An electrode terminal disclosed herein includes: a first member which has a connecting portion that is exposed to outside of the case; and a second member which is a plate-shaped conductive member arranged outside of the case. In addition, the connecting portion penetrates the case and the second member and forms a cap portion having a flat plate shape outside of the second member. Furthermore, a plurality of recessed portions are formed on an upper surface of the cap portion, and a bonding portion due to an intermetallic bond is formed on a boundary, which is between the first member and the second member, below each of the recessed portions. Accordingly, a contact resistance between the first member and the second member can be reduced and conductivity of the electrode terminal can be improved.
US12278384B2
Curved battery cells are described. The curved battery cells include first and second curved battery cells having complementary curvatures. The curved battery cells are housed in battery pack housing that has a curvature that complements the curvatures of the curved battery cells. An adhesive layer is be configured to adhere at least one of the first curved battery cell or the second curved battery cell to a curved surface of the battery pack housing.
US12278383B2
A battery includes an electrode body obtained by stacking a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween, an exterior body having an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and an external terminal attached to the sealing plate. A tab is provided at at least one of the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, and is electrically connected to the external terminal via a current collector between the electrode body and the sealing plate. The current collector includes a first current collector and a second current collector. The first current collector and the second current collector are welded to each other at a welding point covered with a covering member.
US12278376B2
A method of preparing a positive electrode active material includes preparing a lithium transition metal oxide containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium, impregnating the lithium transition metal oxide with 300 ppm to 1,000 ppm of moisture based on 100 parts by weight of the lithium transition metal oxide, and performing a heat treatment on the lithium transition metal oxide impregnated with the moisture, wherein a lithium by-product present on a surface of the lithium transition metal oxide and the moisture react to form a passivation layer on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide. A positive electrode active material prepared by the above-described preparation method, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material are also provided.
US12278369B2
There is provided a lithium ion battery for use in a power tool. The lithium ion battery includes a carbon-based negative electrode containing a certain weight content of silicon-based material, a positive electrode including a lithium metal oxide containing nickel, and a non-flammable electrolyte placed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The weight content of silicon-based material in the negative electrode is no less than 5%. A composition of nickel of the lithium metal oxide is no less than the composition of other metals of the lithium metal oxide.
US12278365B2
The present invention relates to fluorine substituted cation-disordered lithium metal oxides for high capacity lithium-ion battery electrodes suitable for use in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries having a general formula: Li1+xM1−xO2−yFy, wherein 0.05≤x≤0.3 and 0
US12278364B2
A battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. An accommodation cavity is formed in the housing. The electrode assembly is disposed in the accommodation cavity. The electrolyte solution is disposed in the accommodation cavity. An electrolyte retention coefficient a and a packing fraction b of the battery cell satisfy the following relationship: 2≤a/b≤3, and the electrolyte retention coefficient a is in units of g/Ah.
US12278361B2
A negative electrode plate includes: a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode film layer located on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and including first and second negative electrode active material particles. The first negative electrode active material particles includes adsorption holes and have a tap density of 0.4 g/cm3-1.4 g/cm3. The second negative electrode active material particles have a layered structure and a tap density of 0.05 g/cm3-1.5 g/cm3. Based on the total mass of the first and second negative electrode active material particles, a mass percentage of the first negative electrode active material particles is in the range of 70%-95%, and a mass percentage of the second negative electrode active material particles is in the range of 5%-30%. A compaction density PD of the negative electrode film layer satisfies: 0.8 g/cm3≤PD≤1.3 g/cm3.
US12278358B2
The present technology relates to an electrode slurry coating method and apparatus comprising a pressure adjustment member for adjusting the discharge pressure of slurry, and enables electrode slurry to be discharged under constant pressure even when a coated part and an uncoated part are repeatedly formed on a current collector layer.
US12278351B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to methods and reactors for recycling a positive electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. One example provides a method of recycling a positive electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode material comprises a metal m having a n+ oxidation state (mn+). A reaction mixture is formed comprising the positive electrode material, an oxidizing agent, and lithium ions. The positive electrode material is electrochemically replenished with lithium via electrochemical reduction of the lithium ions while maintaining the n+ oxidation state of the metal m in the positive electrode material via the oxidizing agent.
US12278350B2
A rechargeable battery cell a casing and first and second electrode materials separately positioned in the casing. A mechanical impulse element is positioned to mechanically move and dislodge gas bubbles from at least one of the first and second electrode materials in response to activation. In some embodiments the mechanical impulse element can include a vibratory piezoelectric element. In other embodiments, a gas vent in the battery cell can be used to release dislodged gas bubbles.
US12278349B2
A battery health monitoring method and apparatus, and an electronic cigarette. The battery health monitoring method comprises: a control unit acquiring, according to the state of a battery, information of the battery from a detection unit; the control unit determining, based on the information of the battery, whether the battery is abnormal; and if the battery is abnormal, the control unit controlling an electronic cigarette, such that same sends an alarm signal and/or controlling the battery, such that same stops working. By means of the method, an abnormal battery in an electronic cigarette can be discovered in a timely manner, thereby avoiding damage occurring to the electronic cigarette.
US12278346B2
Controller of power storage pack performs communication for authentication with controller of an electric moving body according to the pattern of a current flowing through a power line in a state where power storage pack is mounted to electric moving body. Controller of power storage pack measures contact resistance between power storage pack and the electric moving body based on voltage of the power line on power storage pack side, voltage of the power line on the electric moving body side received from controller of the electric moving body, and current when communication for authentication is performed according to the pattern of a current flowing through the power line.
US12278342B2
Battery cells of this disclosure include a zinc anode and a cathode having acidified metal oxide nanomaterials combined with alkaline battery chemistry materials.
US12278326B2
An electrode for a secondary battery may include an electrode collector, a coating portion having an active material coated on the electrode collector, a first non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector, and a second non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector. The first non-coating portion may be adjacent to the coating portion in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector, the first non-coating portion having a longitudinal dimension extending along the longitudinal direction, the first non-coating portion configured to be bent and electrically coupled to a can member of the secondary battery. The second non-coating portion may be adjacent to the coating portion in the longitudinal direction. The electrode may be stacked into a stack with a separator and a second electrode of an opposite polarity than the electrode.
US12278322B2
Flexible printed circuit board bending apparatus for battery cells and bending method using the same
Discussed is a flexible printed circuit board bending apparatus for battery cells, the flexible printed circuit board bending apparatus including: a die comprising a horizontal body and a support wall configured to receive a battery cell having a flexible printed circuit board exposed outwards from one side of the battery cell; a bending guide unit located at one side of the die; and a bending unit located at the one side of the die, wherein the bending unit comprises: a stationary body; a turning body connected to the stationary body, the turning body being configured to be turnable by a predetermined first angle; and a board seating portion connected to the turning body, the board seating portion having a board seating groove formed therein, and being configured to receive the flexible printed circuit board.
US12278296B1
A method for manufacturing a back-contact solar cell and a back-contact solar cell are provided. The method includes the following. A substrate having a first surface is provided, where the first surface includes first regions and second regions that are alternatingly arranged in a preset direction. First doping layers are formed over the first regions, second doping layers having different conductivity types of the first doping layers are formed over the second regions, and a mask layer is formed on the first doping layers. The respective second doping layer includes two first portions and a second portion arranged in the preset direction, the first portion is abutted on the respective first doping layer.
US12278295B1
A solar cell, a manufacturing method thereof, and a photovoltaic module are provided. The solar cell includes a substrate having electrode regions and non-electrode regions that are alternatingly arranged in a first direction, where the non-electrode regions of the substrate include a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions; a doped conductive layer formed over the dielectric layer; a passivation layer formed over the first regions and the doped conductive layer; and a plurality of electrodes.
US12278294B2
A photo detecting device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to light with which the photoelectric conversion elements are irradiated; at least one or more light emitting elements provided to the substrate; and a control circuit configured to set a wavelength of light output from the light emitting element by controlling an electric current flowing through the light emitting element.
US12278292B2
A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device having stable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer containing a metal oxide, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer containing a nitride, and a first conductive layer. The first insulating layer includes a projecting first region that overlaps with the semiconductor layer and a second region that does not overlap with the semiconductor layer and is thinner than the first region. The second insulating layer is provided to cover a top surface of the second region, a side surface of the first region, and the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer is provided over the second insulating layer and a bottom surface of the first conductive layer over the second region includes a portion positioned below a bottom surface of the semiconductor layer.
US12278279B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to fourth electrodes, a semiconductor member, and an insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first to sixth semiconductor regions. The third semiconductor region includes first and second partial regions. A part of the fourth semiconductor region is between the second partial and second semiconductor regions. The fifth semiconductor region is between the second partial region and a part of the fourth semiconductor region. The sixth semiconductor region is between the first electrode and the first semiconductor region. The second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region. The fourth electrode is between the first partial region and the third electrode. A part of the insulating member is provided between the semiconductor member and the third electrode, between the semiconductor member and the fourth electrode, and between the third and fourth electrodes.
US12278269B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a bipolar transistor with a stepped emitter and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a collector; a base over the collector; and an emitter over the base, the emitter comprising at least one stepped feature over the base.
US12278267B2
In an embodiment, a structure includes: a nano-structure; an epitaxial source/drain region adjacent the nano-structure; a gate dielectric wrapped around the nano-structure; a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, the gate electrode having an upper portion and a lower portion, a first width of the upper portion increasing continually in a first direction extending away from a top surface of the nano-structure, a second width of the lower portion being constant along the first direction; and a gate spacer between the gate dielectric and the epitaxial source/drain region.
US12278266B2
In a general aspect, a method can include forming well region of one conductivity type in a semiconductor region of another conductivity type An interface between the well region and the semiconductor region can define a diode junction at a depth below an upper surface of the semiconductor region. The method can further include forming at least one dielectric region in the semiconductor region. A dielectric region of the at least one dielectric region can have an upper surface that is disposed in the well region at a depth in the semiconductor region that is above the depth of the diode junction; and a lower surface that is disposed in the semiconductor region at a depth in the semiconductor region that is the same depth as the diode junction or below the depth of the diode junction.
US12278258B2
A light emitting diode display apparatus includes a display substrate having a plurality of subpixel areas; and a light emitting diode disposed on the display substrate to correspond to a corresponding subpixel area of the plurality of subpixel areas, wherein the light emitting diode includes an emission area and a non-emission area adjacent to the emission area, wherein the light emitting diode includes a trench part provided to overlap a boundary between the emission area and the non-emission area, and wherein the trench part is configured such that a side light emitted from the emission area is reflected in a display direction of the light emitting diode display apparatus.
US12278251B2
An image sensor includes a sensor chip and a logic chip. The sensor chip includes a first substrate, an upper bonding layer, a first wiring layer, and the logic chip includes a second substrate, a lower bonding layer, a second wiring layer. The upper and lower bonding layers contact each other, with the upper bonding layer including an upper dielectric layer, an upper conductive pad, an upper shield structure, and an upper wiring line, and the lower bonding layer including a lower dielectric layer, a lower conductive pad, a lower shield structure, and a lower wiring line. The upper wiring line, upper conductive pad, and upper shield structure being one body, and the lower wiring line, lower conductive pad, and lower shield structure being one body, the upper and lower conductive pads overlap and contact each other, and the upper and lower wiring lines overlap and contact each other.
US12278250B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite to each other. A plurality of photodetectors is disposed in the substrate within a pixel region. An isolation structure is disposed within the pixel region and between the photodetectors. The isolation structure includes a back side isolation structure extending from the back side of the substrate to a position in the substrate. A conductive plug structure is disposed in the substrate within a periphery region. A conductive cap is disposed on the back side of the substrate and extends from the pixel region to the periphery region and electrically connects the back side isolation structure to the conductive plug structure. A conductive contact lands on the conductive plug structure, and is electrically connected to the back side isolation structure through the conductive plug structure and the conductive cap.
US12278244B2
A display panel includes: a backplane, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a plurality of connecting leads, a first protective layer and a reflective layer. The backplane includes a first main surface, a second main surface, and a plurality of side surfaces. At least one side surface is as a selected side surface. The plurality of light-emitting devices are disposed on the second main surface and are electrically connected to the plurality of connecting leads. The plurality of connecting leads are disposed on the first main surface, the selected side surface and the second main surface, and each connecting lead sequentially passes through the selected side surface and the second main surface from the first main surface. The first protective layer covers the plurality of connecting leads. The reflective layer includes at least a first portion covering a portion of the first protective layer on the selected side surface.
US12278238B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is of a first type in a first layer and includes a gate extending in a first direction and a first active region extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second transistor is of a second type arranged in a second layer over the first layer and includes the gate and a second active region extending in the second direction. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive line in a third layer between the first and second layers. The first conductive line electrically connects a first source/drain region of the first active region to a second source/drain region of the second active region. The gate comprises an intermediate portion disposed between the first active region and the second active region, wherein the first conductive line crosses the gate at the intermediate portion.
US12278236B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductive fins, a first dielectric layer, a first gate structure, a spacer layer, and an oxide material. The first dielectric layer is laterally between the first and second semiconductive fins. From a cross-sectional view taken along a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the first semiconductive fin, the first dielectric layer has a U-shaped profile. The first gate structure extends across the first and second semiconductive fins and the first dielectric layer. The spacer layer underlies the first dielectric layer and further extends to laterally surround a lower portion of the first dielectric layer, a lower portion of the first semiconductive fin, and a lower portion of the second semiconductive fin. The oxide material is nested in the first dielectric layer. A top surface of the oxide material is at an elevation higher than a top surface of the spacer layer.
US12278229B2
Microelectronic assemblies fabricated using hybrid manufacturing, as well as related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. As used herein, “hybrid manufacturing” refers to fabricating a microelectronic assembly by arranging together at least two IC structures fabricated by different manufacturers, using different materials, or different manufacturing techniques. For example, a microelectronic assembly may include a first IC structure that includes first interconnects and a second IC structure that includes second interconnects, where at least some of the first and second interconnects may include a liner and an electrically conductive fill material, and where a material composition of the liner/electrically conductive fill material of the first interconnects may be different from a material composition of the liner/electrically conductive fill material of the second interconnects.
US12278225B2
A display module is provided. The display module includes a plurality of pixels, a first substrate, a plurality of micro pixel packages provided on the first substrate, and a plurality of voltage lines electrically connected between a set of micro pixel packages of the plurality of micro pixel packages that are adjacent to each other in a first direction. Each of the plurality of micro pixel packages includes a second substrate, a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements provided on the second substrate, and a micro pixel controller provided on the second substrate and configured to control the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements.
US12278217B2
The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a packaging substrate, an IC die, and an integrated voltage regulator die. The IC die may include a metal layer and a silicon layer. The metal layer may be connected to the packaging substrate. The integrated voltage regulator die may be positioned adjacent to the silicon layer and connected to the packaging substrate via one or more through mold vias or through dielectric vias. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die.
US12278215B2
It is highly desirable in electronic systems to conserve space on printed circuit boards (PCB). This disclosure describes voltage regulation in electronic systems, and more specifically to integrating voltage regulators and associated passive components into semiconductor packages with at least a portion of the circuits whose voltage(s) they are regulating.
US12278214B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first die array including first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the first integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the first die array; a first dielectric layer surrounding the first integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies being planar; a second die array including second integrated circuit dies on the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the second integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the second die array, front sides of the second integrated circuit dies being bonded to front sides of the first integrated circuit dies by metal-to-metal bonds and by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds; and a second dielectric layer surrounding the second integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the second dielectric layer and the second integrated circuit dies being planar.
US12278213B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a backplane including a plurality of pixel regions; and light emitting units arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel regions. Each light emitting unit includes light emitting sub-units arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row of light emitting sub-units includes a plurality of light emitting sub-units arranged along a row direction, each column of light emitting sub-units includes one light emitting sub-unit, and orthographic projections of light emitting regions of two adjacent columns of light emitting sub-units on a first straight line extending along a column direction are not overlapped; and in each light emitting unit, there is no gap between orthographic projections of the light emitting regions of the two adjacent columns of light emitting sub-units on a second straight line extending along the row direction.
US12278182B2
A vertical memory device may include a first conductive line structure and an address decoder. The first conductive line structure may be on a substrate. The first conductive line structure may include conductive lines and insulation layers alternately and repeatedly stacked in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The address decoder may be connected to a first end of each of conductive lines included in the first conductive line structure. The address decoder may apply electrical signal to the conductive lines. In each of the conductive lines, a first portion adjacent to the first end and a second portion adjacent to a second end may have different shapes. A first resistance in the first portion may be lower than a second resistance in the second portion. RC delay of the conductive lines may be reduced.
US12278165B2
A semiconductor device includes a first structure and a second structure thereon. The first structure includes a substrate, circuit elements on the substrate, a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to the circuit elements, and lower bonding pads, which are electrically connected to the lower interconnection structure. The second structure includes a stack structure including: gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked and spaced apart in a vertical direction; a plate layer that extends on the stack structure; channel structures within the stack structure, separation regions, which penetrate at least partially through the stack structure, and upper bonding pads, which are electrically connected to the gate electrodes and the channel structures, and are bonded to corresponding ones of the lower bonding pads.
US12278164B1
The disclosure discloses a chip cooling platform based on micro-nano structure, including a platform body, a cooling pipeline and an outer heat dissipation device, where the cooling pipeline is in a closed-loop structure, and part of the cooling pipeline is arranged in the platform body; the cooling pipeline is filled with cooling medium, and an inner wall of the cooling pipeline located in the platform body is provided with a turbulence structure; and a unidirectional hydraulic pump I is installed on the cooling pipeline arranged outside the platform body; the outer heat dissipation device is used for radiating the cooling medium in the cooling pipeline.
