US12287523B2
A fiber-optic storage tray is disclosed, comprising a fiber splicing portion; wherein the fiber splicing portion is configured to retain a plurality of optical fiber splices, such that adjacent optical fiber splices are offset with respect to one another in the direction of the depth of the tray and the adjacent optical fiber splices are also offset with respect to one another in the direction of their length.
US12287522B2
A fiber optic cable includes a cable core of core elements and a protective sheath surrounding the core elements, an armor surrounding the cable core, the armor comprising a single overlap portion when the fiber optic cable is viewed in cross-section, and a jacket surrounding the armor, the jacket having at least two longitudinal discontinuities extruded therein. A method of accessing the cable core without the use of ripcords includes removing a portion of the armor in an access section by pulling the armor away from the cable core so that an overlap portion separates around the cable core as it is being pulled past the cable core. A protective sheath protects the core elements as the armor is being pulled around the cable core.
US12287516B2
A dustcap comprises a body having a cylindrical portion configured to receive a ferrule of an optical fiber connector, and an end portion opposite the cylindrical portion. The end portion includes a receptacle. The dustcap has a built-in cleaner disposed within the receptacle. The dustcap further comprises a removable cover configured to couple to the end portion of the dustcap. In another embodiment, the end portion includes a flat surface, the cleaner is disposed on the flat surface of the end portion, and the cover is configured to receive the end portion of the dustcap. In another embodiment, the cover has a receptacle and the cleaner is disposed within the receptacle, whereas the body comprises an end portion configured to receive at least a portion of the cover with the built-in cleaner. Embodiments encompass cleaner assemblies and adapter dustcaps having built-in cleaners.
US12287515B2
A line-shaped heater and an optical resonator with portions on opposite sides of the line-shaped heater are provided. In particular a device provided herein includes: one or more inputs; one or more outputs; one or more optical waveguides configured to: receive an optical signal from at least one of the one or more inputs; and convey the optical signal to at least one of the one or more outputs; an optical resonator configured to modulate or filter the optical signal; and a heater configured to heat the optical resonator, the heater being line-shaped and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and the optical resonator comprising a first portion at the first side of the heater and a second portion at the second side of the heater.
US12287511B2
An integrated circuit can include one or more photonic layers that include a plurality of photonic integrated circuit portions. A first optical coupler is configured to couple an optical mode of an optical wave to a first photonic integrated circuit portion in the one or more photonic layers. A second optical coupler is configured to couple an optical mode of an optical wave to a second photonic integrated circuit portion that is optically uncoupled to the first photonic integrated circuit portion. The second photonic integrated circuit portion comprises a polarization-sensitive photonic component, and an optical splitter comprising at least one input port optically coupled to the polarization-sensitive photonic component and at least two output ports including a first output port and a second output port.
US12287507B2
An illuminated keyboard includes a keyboard module, a circuit board and a backlight module. The keyboard module includes a bracket and at least one first key cap, disposed above the bracket. The circuit board has a first surface facing towards the at least one first key cap and a second surface facing away from the at least one first key cap, at least one top-emitting element is disposed on the first surface, and at least one side-emitting element is disposed on the second surface. The backlight module is disposed below the keyboard module and includes a light guide plate having a slot. The at least one side-emitting element extends into the slot such that the light emitted from the at least one side-emitting element enters the light guide plate. The light passes through a light output zone of the bracket and illuminate the at least one first key cap.
US12287506B2
An illumination device for a display screen operable in an open-viewing mode B1 and a restricted-viewing mode B2 where light is emitted in a limited angular range. It includes a backlight emitting the limited-angular-range light, a plate-shaped light guide with large surfaces and narrow connecting sides in front of the backlight in a viewing direction. The light guide has outcoupling elements on the surfaces or within its volume, and is at least 50% transparent to backlight light. Outcoupling elements have a function surface for coupling out light guide light. Illuminants are arranged laterally of the narrow sides. The backlight is on and the illuminants off in mode B2, and the illuminants are on in mode B1. Some outcoupling elements have a structure causing scattering in a preferential direction that is stronger by a factor of at least 1.2 than in a direction perpendicular to the preferential direction, yielding anisotropic scattering.
US12287491B2
The invention relates to an optical imaging device. The device comprises at least one beam splitter element onto which object light emanating from an examination object is incident via an input aperture of the device and at which the object light is split into a first light component and into second light components which comprise a respective wavefront, a detection unit which is arranged behind the at least one beam splitter element in the direction of propagation of the object light, and an evaluation unit coupled to the detection unit, wherein the device is configured in a wavefront-inverting manner for inverting the wavefront of the first light component and/or the wavefront of the second light component wherein the first light component and the second light component are incident on the detection unit via at least one optical element, wherein the wavefronts of the first light component and of the second light component interfere at the detection unit depending on an inclination angle between the wavefronts to form a respective interference pattern, which inclination angle is characteristic of an angle which the object light comprises on the incidence side with respect to a defined direction of arrival on the at least one beam splitter element, and wherein the evaluation unit generates an image of the examination object based on the interference pattern.
US12287489B2
Disclosed herein is an external connection apparatus for a head-mounted digital device with display, wherein the external connection apparatus could transfer the load out of the body and greatly improve comfort during certain functions of the device, such as watching a movie. The device comprises: a support plate for connection between a head-mounted digital device with display and an extracorporeal support; a strap for binding the support plate to the head-mounted digital device with display; and wherein the strap could bind and separate the head-mounted digital device with display to and from the support plate.
US12287488B2
A headset device may include a facial interface having an inflatable bladder. The inflatable bladder may be configured to conform to facial contours of a face of a user when the headset device is worn. In examples, the inflatable bladder may include one or more bladder sections that may be filled with a fluid. In some examples, based in part on receiving an input, a pressure within one or more bladder sections may be adjusted from a first pressure to a second pressure in part by adjusting a volume of fluid within the one or more bladder sections of the inflatable bladder.
US12287476B2
An optical element having a cover comprising a 2-dimensional material. The optical element includes a cover having a first surface and a second surface, a support, and a means, where the cover is orientated with the first surface directed towards the support, a part of the first surface is attached to the support, a spatial arrangement of the second surface relative to the support defines a cover contour profile, the means is adapted and arranged to move the second surface from a first cover contour profile to a further cover contour profile, the cover comprises a 2-dimensional portion which is one or more 2-dimensional materials, the cover has a value of transmittance divided by reflectance of not more than 0.5, for light incident on the second surface, the reflectance and transmittance being measured at a wavelength λ, and λ is in the range from 10 nm to 20 μm.
US12287472B2
A phase-contrast microscope includes a light source section configured to emit light; a light guide including a plurality of optical fibers, the light guide transmitting the light emitted from the light source section through the plurality of optical fibers; and an object lens including a lens and an annular phase film, the annular phase film being on the side to which light passes through the lens, the object lens being configured to enlarge an image on a sample irradiated with the light transmitted by the light guide. The plurality of optical fibers include a plurality of emission faces arranged to form a ring, and the light guide is disposed in such a manner that the plurality of emission faces are in a conjugate position to the annular phase film.
US12287462B2
A lens system includes a plurality of lens elements arranged from an object side to an image plane side, and a diaphragm arranged between the plurality of lens elements. The plurality of lens elements include a plurality of freeform lenses each having a freeform surface that is asymmetrical with respect to a first direction and a second direction which cross with each other. At least one freeform lens is placed on the image plane side of the diaphragm. With a lens thickness T1 in the first direction at a maximum height of an axial ray and a lens thickness T2 in the second direction at the maximum height of the axial ray, at least one freeform lens satisfying 0.3
US12287457B2
An imaging lens includes, successively in order from a position closest to an object side, a positive first lens group that does not move during focusing, a stop, and a positive second lens group that moves during focusing. The second lens group consists of all lenses that integrally move during focusing. The imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US12287447B2
A group of wells may be located within a region of interest. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the group of wells may be obtained. Boundary likelihood curves for the wells may be generated. Different number and/or locations of boundaries within different scenarios of boundary locations may be synthetized into the boundary likelihood curves. A visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be generated. The visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be used to automatically select and/or guide manual selection of boundary locations in the region of interest.
US12287444B2
System, method, and apparatus for classifying fracture quantity and quality of fracturing operation activities during hydraulic fracturing operations, the system comprising: a sensor coupled to a fracking wellhead, circulating fluid line, or standpipe of a well and configured to convert acoustic vibrations in fracking fluid in the fracking wellhead into an electrical signal; a memory configured to store the electrical signal; a converter configured to access the electrical signal from the memory and convert the electrical signal in a window of time into a current frequency domain spectrum; a machine-learning system configured to classify the current frequency domain spectrum, the machine-learning system having been trained on previous frequency domain spectra measured during previous hydraulic fracturing operations and previously classified by the machine-learning system; and a user interface configured to return a classification of the current frequency domain spectrum to an operator of the fracking wellhead.
US12287440B2
A method for manufacturing a detector of a first and a second incident ionizing radiation including determining the abscissa em of a point of intersection between a first and a second curve, with the first and second curves representing the evolution of the number of photons or electrical charges generated per second by a transducing material as a function of the total thickness of an amplifying material when the transducing material is irradiated, through this thickness of transducing material, by the first and second incident ionizing radiation, respectively; then selecting the total thickness of amplifying material between 0.9 em and 1.1 em and producing the detector with the selected thickness of amplifying material.
US12287434B2
A sensor in an aircraft cargo handling system may comprise a housing, an infrared light emitter, an infrared light photoreceptor, and a microprism. The sensor may be configured to detect an object in proximity to the sensor using electromagnetic waves and voltage measurements. The sensor may include a microcontroller configured to read the voltage measurements associated with infrared electromagnetic waves, compare the voltage measurements to a threshold voltage, and determine the functional condition of the sensor based on the comparison.
US12287425B2
A radar time synchronization system according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure include a transmitter radar, a receiver radar, and a quantum interferometer device communicatively coupled to the transmitter radar and the receiver radar. The quantum interferometer device includes a quantum entanglement source operable to transmit a first entangled photon to the transmitter radar and a second entangled photon to the receiver radar. The quantum interferometer device further includes a quantum entanglement detector operable to receive the first entangled photon from the transmitter radar and the second entangled photon from the receiver radar. The quantum entanglement detector further operable to detect a quantum interference effect associated with the first entangled photon and the second entangled photon. The quantum interferometer device synchronizes a first time associated with the transmitter radar and a second time associated with the receiver radar based at least in part on the quantum interference effect.
US12287421B2
A method for determining an instantaneous phase difference between time bases of at least two location anchors for a desired point in time (t), each of the location anchors having transmitting and receiving access to a joint broadcast transmission medium and a respective time base for measuring time, wherein a first of the location anchors broadcasts a first broadcast message at least twice; the first location anchor and at least a second of the location anchors receive the first broadcast messages; the second location anchor broadcasting a second broadcast message at least twice; and the second location anchor and at least the first location anchor receive the second broadcast messages. The location server calculates the instantaneous phase difference from a determined first and second clock model functions and from a time elapsed between a reference point in time and the desired point in time t.
US12287405B1
Techniques for determining attributes associated with objects represented in temporal sensor data. In some examples, the techniques may include receiving sensor data including a representation of an object in an environment. The sensor data may be generated by a temporal sensor of a vehicle and, in some instances, a trajectory of the object or the vehicle may contribute to a distortion in the representation of the object. For instance, a shape of the representation of the object may be distorted relative to an actual shape of the object. The techniques may also include determining an attribute (e.g., velocity, bounding box, etc.) associated with the object based at least in part on a difference between the representation of the object and another representation of the object (e.g., in other sensor data) or the actual shape of the object.
US12287404B2
A time of flight (ToF) sensor includes: a first pixel including a first photogate to receive light reflected by an object and generate a first phase signal, and a second photogate to generate a second phase signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the first phase signal; a second pixel including a third photogate to receive the reflected light and generate a third phase signal different from the first phase signal and a fourth photogate to generate a fourth phase signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the third phase signal; a first signal output unit to output the first and second phase signals; and a second signal output unit to output the third and fourth phase signals, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photogates output the first to fourth phase signals during a frame period.
US12287396B2
Provided herein is a system and method to determine a three-dimensional heading of a target. The system includes a radar sensor that obtains a three-dimensional snapshot of radar data comprising Doppler velocities and spatial positions of a plurality of detection points of a target, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform conducting a first estimation of a three-dimensional heading of the target based on the spatial positions; conducting a second estimation of the three-dimensional heading of the target based on the Doppler velocities; and obtaining a combined estimation of the three-dimensional heading of the target based on a weighted sum of the first estimation and the second estimation.
US12287394B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to communicating data for authentication and location determination, such as for authenticating a key FOB and locating the key FOB within a defined distance. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a plurality of headerless packets, respectively including scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) packets but not including encoding and/or synchronization headers, are communicated between respective communication circuits. A time of flight (TOF) value indicative of time elapsed between transmission and reception of the plurality of headerless packets is assessed based on the STS packets. A distance between the communication circuits is determined based on the assessed time of flight.
US12287392B2
An information transmission method of a mobile reception terminal that is capable of connecting to a server over a network and capable of receiving a direct wave and a reflected wave of radio waves transmitted by a transmission station that has a fixed position and transmits radio waves of a same modulation scheme continuously or periodically, includes: creating a delay profile of reception of the direct wave and the reflected wave that indicates a time difference between the direct wave and the reflected wave; and transmitting the delay profile to the server over the network.
US12287388B2
A static magnetic field generator generates a non-magnetic field region. An AC magnetic field application instrument applies an AC magnetic field to the non-magnetic field region. A detection coil has an axis parallel to a direction of the AC magnetic field in order to detect a magnetization signal. A measuring instrument is connected to the detection coil. A resonance frequency variable device includes a capacitor connected in parallel to the detection coil in order to adjust a resonance frequency of the detection coil and the measuring instrument. A capacity of the capacitor is adjusted such that a resonance frequency of a closed circuit including the detection coil, the measuring instrument, and the resonance frequency variable device including the capacitor coincides with a frequency of a harmonic signal.
US12287385B2
A computer-implemented method of reducing noise in magnetic resonance (MR) images is provided. The method includes executing a neural network model of analyzing MR images, wherein the neural network model is trained with a pair of pristine images and corrupted images. The pristine images are the corrupted images with noise reduced, and target output images of the neural network model are the pristine images. The method also includes receiving first MR signals and second MR signals, reconstructing first and second MR images based on the first MR signals and the second MR signals, and analyzing the first MR image and the second MR image using the neural network model. The method further includes deriving a denoised MR image based on the analysis, wherein the denoised MR image is a combined image based on the first MR image and the second MR image and outputting the denoised MR image.
US12287383B2
Systems and method for a multi-array magnetic sensing component, which can include a circuit base platform; a set of magnetic sensors arranged on the circuit base platform; and a circuit system comprising intermediary circuit components, signal input, and a signal output, the signal input being an electrical oscillator signal input and being directable to each magnetic sensor in the set of magnetic sensors, the signal output including magnetic field measurements from the set of magnetic sensors, wherein each magnetic field measurement is individually selectable, the circuit system being configured to turn on or off subsets of the set of magnetic sensors, and the intermediary circuit components including a mixer.
US12287382B1
A generation method for a magnetic configuration of a magnetic material includes: obtaining an initial magnetic configuration and an initial atomic configuration of the magnetic material; and randomly generating a variety of random configuration combinations; selecting one of the random configuration combinations as a target magnetic configuration and a target atomic configuration, to obtain a constraint constant and a wave function of the target magnetic configuration; determining energy, temperature and pressure, and storing them; returning to select a new random configuration combination, and repeating the above steps by using different magnetic materials; obtaining the magnetic material of a specified phase transition temperature. The present disclosure also provides and a simulation method for a magnetic configuration of a magnetic material, which can simulate the target magnetic configuration to form a magnetic configuration library and guide the synthesis of the target magnetic materials.
US12287381B2
A magnetoresistive element for a two-dimensional magnetic field sensor, including: a ferromagnetic reference layer having a fixed reference magnetization, a ferromagnetic sense layer having a sense magnetization that can be freely oriented relative to the reference magnetization in the presence of an external magnetic field, and a tunnel barrier layer between the reference and sense ferromagnetic layers; the reference layer including a reference coupling layer between a reference pinned layer and a reference coupled layer; the reference coupled layer including a first coupled sublayer in contact with the reference coupling layer, a second coupled sublayer, a third coupled sublayer and a insert layer between the second and third coupled sublayers; the insert layer comprising a transition metal and has a thickness between about 0.1 and about 0.5 nm, and the thickness of the reference coupled layer is between about 1 nm and about 5 nm.
US12287376B2
A battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a defective battery cell among a plurality of battery cells included in a battery system at an early stage. The battery system diagnosing apparatus diagnoses a battery system including a plurality of battery cells having electrode tabs therein, and includes a cell measuring unit for measuring a voltage or current for each of the plurality of battery cells; and a processor for calculating a state of health (SOH) for each battery cell multiple times over time by using the voltage or current measured by the cell measuring unit and detecting a battery cell having a defect in the electrode tab among the plurality of battery cells based on the SOH of each battery cell calculated multiple times.
US12287356B2
The voltage hold circuit is a voltage hold circuit configured to operate every processing cycle, the processing cycle including a hold period and a reset period following the hold period, and hold a voltage value for an input voltage signal, the voltage hold circuit including: a first hold circuit configured to operate to hold a minimum voltage value for the input voltage signal in the hold period every the processing cycle; and a second hold circuit configured to operate to hold a maximum voltage value for the input voltage signal in the reset period every the processing cycle.
US12287354B2
An oscilloscope probe includes: a connector pod; a probe identification module disposed in the connector pod, the probe identification module having a cross-sectional area; and a resistor disposed in the connector pod, and in-line with the probe identification module and having a substantially identical cross-sectional area as the probe identification module.
US12287344B2
The present invention relates to a method for the quantification of seeding (Δt50) of an amyloidogenic aggregate, methods for assessing the risk for development, predicting the onset or assessing the progression of a polyQ disease, and a method for identifying compounds that inhibit mHTT seeding activity (HSA) in vitro. Further, uses of fluorophore-bearing polyQ proteins, particularly mutant N-terminal huntingtin fragments comprising exon-1 and related soluble protein constructs are provided.
US12287339B2
An analysis method incudes: preparing a sample containing microorganisms; placing the microorganisms under a first condition and then performing a first mass spectrometry on a substance produced by the microorganisms; and obtaining information on characteristics or classifications of the microorganisms contained in the sample on a basis of a difference between a first data obtained in the first mass spectrometry and a second data obtained when a second mass spectrometry is performed on a substance produced by the microorganisms after having been placed under a second condition as well as a reference data in which classifications or characteristics of the microorganisms are associated with the data obtained in the mass spectrometry of the microorganisms, in which the first condition and the second condition differ in a sugar concentration or an oxygen concentration in an environment in which the microorganisms are placed.
US12287337B2
The present invention relates to the identification of biological markers of ovarian cancer. Specifically, cancer-associated autoantibodies to ANXA1, ARP3, SAHH, SERPH, ARAP1, OTUB1, ATP1A1, UBA1, and CFAH have been identified in subjects with early stage ovarian cancer. These autoantibodies can be utilised for a range of purposes including methods for detecting ovarian cancer, methods for screening for early stage ovarian cancer, and methods for assessing treatment response as well as disease progression and recurrence. The autoantibodies also represent prognostic markers of ovarian cancer development.
US12287336B2
The present disclosure relates to proteins comprising a target-binding domain for detection of a target of interest, methods, compositions and kits thereof.
US12287333B2
Devices and methods for performing pre-analysis sample processing of biological and chemical samples using robotic liquid handlers are disclosed. Methods for solid phase extraction, protein precipitation and filtration of biological and chemical samples using automation and the devices in a rapid and convenient way are described.
US12287331B2
Compositions, methods, and systems for analyzing the protein corona are described herein, as well as its application in the discovery of advanced diagnostic tools as well as therapeutic targets.
US12287329B2
Disclosed herein are novel chromogenic conjugates, the conjugates comprising at least two detectable moieties.
US12287321B2
Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for performing optical multianalyte detection in a sample, such as a human blood sample. The system processes sample in a single-use support pack that holds the blood sample and contains pipette tips, buffers, reagent preparation wells and a monolayer. Sample is transferred from the sample pack to a single-use disc consumable that contains microwells pre-filled with dried chemistries, plasma separation features, and a hematocrit channel. The instrument comprises a cell imager, an absorbance module comprising a spectrophotometer, a fluorescent laser scanning module, and a camera. The system uses only a small amount of blood from a single heparinized sample, to simultaneously provide results for a full panel of routine blood tests spanning elecochemistry, clinical chemistry, hematology, immunoassays and combinations thereof.
US12287319B2
Disclosed are a method for determining a platelet concentration of a blood sample, a hematology system and a storage medium. The method for determining a platelet concentration in a blood sample includes: forming a first suspension by mixing a first aliquot of the blood sample with a diluent; forming a second suspension by mixing a second aliquot of the blood sample with a lytic agent and a fluorescent dye to lyse red blood cells and stain white blood cells; measuring DC impedance signals of the first suspension passing through an aperture; measuring light scatter signals and fluorescent signals of the second suspension passing through an optical flow cell; analyzing DC impedance signals of the first suspension to obtain a first platelet distribution; analyzing light scatter signals and fluorescent signals of the second suspension to differentiate platelets from white blood cells and to obtain a second platelet distribution; and determining platelet data, such as the platelet concentration of the blood sample using the first and second platelet distributions.
US12287315B2
Provided are methods for rapid detection of microbial contaminants in fresh foods, involving obtaining a product sample (preferably at or near the time of harvest of the product), applying, prior to any chilling of the sample or the product, an amount of a enrichment medium sufficient to cover the sample surfaces to provide a non-chilled sample for incubation, incubating the non-chilled sample for a time period and at a temperature sufficient to allow for amplification and enrichment of a non-cold-shocked target microbe, followed by recovering all or a portion of the enrichment media, concentrating the target microbes from the recovered enrichment medium, and detecting the concentrated target microbes.
US12287311B2
Disclosed is a synchronous and dynamic loading method in electro-magneto-thermo-mechanical multi-field coupling conditions. The method comprises the following steps: applying maximum pulse current to a test object by a pulse power supply to realize loading in extreme electric field and magnetic field conditions; meanwhile, generating a large amount of friction heat by the high-speed rotation of a rotating body and the friction of the test object to realize loading in an extreme-temperature field combined with a large amount of Joule heat and arc heat; synchronously applying pressure to the rotating body by a pressure device to realize loading of extreme force combined with the gravity of the rotating body and the friction force between the rotating body and the test object.
US12287310B2
A method of classifying a package based on stiffness of the package, wherein the package includes carton and is filled with food product, the method including applying a force on the package, retrieving a sample value by measuring a deformation of the package caused by the force, determining a difference between the sample value and a reference value, and classifying the package as belonging to a first category if the difference is within a threshold interval, otherwise classifying the package as belonging to a second category.
US12287309B2
A wire rope inspection device (100) is provided with a first detection coil (30) and a second detection coil (40), and a processing unit (61). The second detection coil is arranged to be inclined to the first detection coil when viewed from a direction (X-direction) perpendicular to a first direction (Z-direction) along which the first detection coil moves relative to the wire rope (W). The processing unit identifies an abnormality position of the wire rope in the first direction based on a detection signal detected by the first detection coil and identifies an area of the abnormality position of the wire rope in a cross-section based on a detection signal detected by the second detection coil.
US12287305B2
Microfluidic sensing devices utilizing microfluidic sensing electrodes are provided. In one embodiment, a method for fabrication of a microfluidic sensing electrode device for detection of analyte(s) in a fluid is provided, the method comprising: generating a chamber comprising: a tube hole configured to receive a tube, wherein the tube hole extends from a first end of the chamber to a second end of the chamber; and a plurality of electrode holes configured to receive a plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of electrode holes is in contact with the tube hole; inserting the tube into the tube hole; inserting the plurality of electrodes into the plurality of electrode holes; applying a resin to the chamber; removing the tube from the tube hole, wherein removing the tube from the tube hole exposes a sensing zone that allows the plurality of electrodes to be in contact with the fluid.
US12287289B2
Methods and apparatus (10) for Raman spectral analysis of a sample (12), such as a pharmaceutical dosage form, are disclosed. Delivery optics (16) are used to deliver probe light to a delivery region (13) on the sample, and collection optics (20) are used to collect, from a collection region (17) on the sample spaced from the delivery region, the probe light following scattering through the sample. Each of a plurality of target Raman spectral features are measured in the collected light, and a spectral distortion of the collected light arising during scattering through the sample is determined. A property of the sample is then quantified using the target Raman spectral features in combination with the determined spectral distortion, such that the quantified property is compensated for the spectral distortion.
US12287285B2
A sensor system, the manufacturing of such system, and the use of such system for optical detection of a target analyte in a gaseous medium are described. The sensor system includes a hollow waveguide that is provided with a reflective mirror layer along its inner wall and a concentrating coating of an inorganic sorption material. The mirror layer defines a light path for guiding light between a light inlet and a light outlet that are provided on opposing terminal ends of the hollow waveguide. The concentrating coating increases an effective concentration of target analytes, if present, and allows optical, preferably spectroscopic, analysis of the medium by recording transmission of light, preferably infrared light, guided through the hollow waveguide.
US12287283B2
An optical sensor may be used to measure the concentration of calcium in a water sample, such as a water sample obtained from industrial process water system like a cooling tower system, a boiler water system, or a waste water system. To measure the concentration of calcium, an indicator or reagent may be added to the water sample to form a complex that absorbs light. The absorbance profile of the complex may be non-linear over a range of calcium concentrations. However, the absorbance profile can be linearized to provide calibration coefficients that are subsequently used to determine the concentration of calcium in samples having unknown calcium concentrations. The linearization of the absorbance profile can allow the optical sensor to be calibrated using two solutions. This can reduce the complexity and cost of calibrating the optical sensor, which may otherwise require at least three calibration solutions to capture the non-linear profile of the absorbance curve.
US12287279B2
A semiconductor laser device (2) is placed on a first heating-cooling device (1). A probe holder (4) is attached on a second heating-cooling device (3). A measurement probe (8) is fixed to a distal end of the probe holder (4). A fine movement table (9) moves the second heating-cooling device (3) and the probe holder (4) so that a distal end of the measurement probe (8) contacts the semiconductor laser device (2). An inspection apparatus (10) inputs an inspection signal to the semiconductor laser device (2) through the measurement probe (8).
US12287271B1
Methods and systems to assess clogging associated with a first well perform steps in order. A first well in maintained a quiescent state for a period of time. Water is not pumped from the first well in the quiescent state. A pump attached to the first well is turned to an ON state. Water is pumped from the first well during the ON state. A water sample is received from the first well during the ON state. The water sample is collected during a time period corresponding to a surge in mobile particles. A first concentration of mobile particles is determined during the surge. The first concentration of mobile particles is analyzed for clogging specific information related to a state of clogging associated with the first well.
US12287266B2
Imaging systems and methods for capturing an image of a subject. The imaging system includes an imaging device that captures images of the subject, a focus mechanism for changing a focal length of the imaging device, and a controller that processes images captured by the imaging device. The imaging device captures a plurality of images of the subject at each of a plurality of focal lengths. The controller generates a sharpness map for each of the plurality of images of the subject at each of the plurality of focal lengths and a composite image of the subject by blending together the plurality of images at each of the plurality of focal lengths into a single image based on the sharpness maps.
US12287261B2
A method for performing measurements includes providing relative movement between a receptacle and a cover over a measurement interval comprising multiple non-overlapping time periods. A distance between the receptacle and the cover changes along a first axis over at least a portion of each time period. An apparatus for performing measurements includes a receptacle comprising a substrate and a plurality of wells within the substrate, and a cover. The cover includes: (1) a device configured to engage with the receptacle, (2) a control subsystem configured to provide relative movement between the receptacle and the cover, and (3) a measurement subsystem.
US12287259B2
The disclosure provides a tissue sectioning system for direct coupling with a microscope. The tissue sectioning system includes a frame having a blade module, a container containing a solution system, and a movable arm. Specifically, the blade module is used to slice a sample. The solution system in the container includes at least two solutions, which are the first and second solutions. Further, a refractive index of the first and second solutions is identical, and the first and second solution is immiscible with each other. The first moveable arm has two ends, which are the first end and second ends. The first and second ends connect to the container and the frame, respectively. Additionally, the first moveable arm moves the container along the Z-axis.
US12287253B2
A force sensing device for use in a robotic finger including: a first segment, the first segment having a first joint at a first end thereof; a second segment, the second segment being connected to the first segment by a second joint; and a third segment, the third segment being connected to the second segment by a third joint; and torque sensor for sensing the torque at each of the joints when a force is applied to the third segment. The first, second and third joints are disposed within the same plane and are disposed in a triangular arrangement.
US12287252B2
Disclosed is a sensor for monitoring a composite structure. The sensor includes multiple sensing elements of different sizes, each configured for different respective monitoring tasks. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating the sensor, designing and manufacturing the sensor, and attaching the sensor to the composite structure.
US12287245B2
The present invention relates to a visual time-temperature indicator which comprises a first and a second element each comprising a hydrogel, wherein said first element further comprises at least one alkalinizing agent, and said second element comprising further at least one food colouring.
US12287242B2
A readout circuit of infrared focal plane array (FPA) and a control method therefor. The readout circuit is connected to an infrared FPA, which comprises a plurality of pixels. The readout circuit comprises an integral and readout unit, a correction unit and a digital control unit. For each pixel, the correction unit determines an initial bias value based on a to-be-corrected parameter value for the pixel; the integral and readout unit determines, based on a first current corresponding to the initial bias value and a second current caused a pixel response temperature value, a responsive voltage value for the pixel; and the digital control unit adjusts, based on a comparison result between the responsive voltage value and a preset voltage value, the to-be-corrected parameter value for the pixel, to obtain an adjusted parameter value, and determines, based on the adjusted parameter value, an optimal corrected parameter value for the pixel.
US12287237B2
A detection device comprises a light emitting element, a first optical element and a light receiving element. The light emitting element is configured for emitting a first light beam. The first optical element is arranged on an optical path of the first light beam, and capable of reflecting the first light beam to form a second light beam transmitting in different directions circumferentially at the same time. The second light beam can be reflected by objects on an optical path of the second light beam to form a third light beam. The light receiving element is configured for receiving the third light beam.
US12287231B2
There is provided a method of measuring liquid volume in a sealed container of a breast pump of known volume comprising liquid and gas. The method includes a measurement phase, measuring the volume of gas in the container by changing a first parameter of the gas by a known amount. The method also includes measuring a change in a second parameter of the gas; calculating the volume of gas in the container using the measured change and a predetermined operation equation; and determining the volume of liquid in the container based on the calculation.
US12287222B2
An embodiment vehicle includes a communicator configured to communicate with a server, a sensor, a user interface device, and a controller configured to generate a plurality of routes based on destination information received through the user interface device, wherein the controller is configured to generate a first route not including an exclusive lane from a position of the vehicle to a destination, and in response to information on a maximum occupancy of the vehicle satisfying a first preset condition and information on a number of occupants in the vehicle acquired by the sensor satisfying a second preset condition, generate a second route including the exclusive lane from the position of the vehicle to the destination.
US12287215B2
A method for assessing driving routes to mitigate wear on a vehicle may include determining a driving route traversed by a vehicle, the driving route including an origin and a destination. The method may include receiving signals generated by a number of sensors built into specific locations on the vehicle, the sensors including at least one vibration sensor. The method may include assessing wear on the vehicle due to one or more wear mechanisms based on the signals. The method may include identifying a correlation between the driving route and the assessed wear on the vehicle, transmitting information associated with the correlation between the driving route and the assessed wear on the vehicle, receiving a routing recommendation based on information about an alternate route, and displaying the routing recommendation.
US12287211B2
In an embodiment, a set of parameters associated with a vehicle routing problem is received. A set of decision variables and a set of constraints associated with an optimization problem are received. An optimization problem is constructed. The optimization problem is divided into a set of sub-problems. Each of the set of sub-problems corresponds to a subset of warehouses of a set of warehouses. An intermediate solution is determined for each of the set of sub-problems to determine a set of routes associated with the corresponding sub-problem of the set of sub-problems. The intermediate solution associated with each of the set of sub-problems is combined to determine a final solution of the optimization problem based on the received set of constraints. The determined final solution is indicative of the set of optimal routes to be assigned to the set of vehicles. The final solution is rendered on a display device.
US12287201B2
A magnetometer that finds a magnitude of an ambient magnetic field, comprising: a) a diamond cubic structure crystal, with an ensemble of paramagnetic defects oriented along each of the crystal's four tetrahedral axes; b) a microwave source that produces a microwave field at the crystal, of controllable frequency over a range that includes microwave resonance frequencies of paramagnetic defects oriented along all four axes; c) a light source that illuminates the paramagnetic defects with light that causes fluorescent emission from the paramagnetic defects; d) a light detector that measures the fluorescent emission; and e) a controller configured to: 1) measure the fluorescent emission at different microwave frequencies within the range, to obtain a spectrum of the paramagnetic defect ensemble; 2) calculate a variance property of the spectrum; and 3) calculate the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field from the variance property.
US12287200B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a self-locating compass for use in navigation are disclosed. The self-locating compass is operable to provide position and/or velocity without information from a global positioning system (GPS) device. The self-locating compass includes a direction finder and a Lorentz force detector. The method includes determining orientation with respect to Earth's magnetic field, measuring a Lorentz force proportional to rate of change of location with respect to the field, determining a change in location, and updating location.
US12287187B2
A method for reducing blasting vibration of tunneling includes the steps of: dividing the cutting holes into several groups according to different cutting methods; conducting layout and test blasting on one group of cutting holes; testing blasting parameters for the layout and test blasting; calculating an interval t; conducting layout and test blasting on at least two groups of cutting holes again; testing blasting parameters for the layout and test blasting of each group for the second time; taking the minimum interval t of each group as the interval for formal blasting of the remaining groups of cutting holes. The use of the characteristics of the wave in the invention can superpose the peaks and troughs of the vibration wave, and further cancel out mutually; reduce the peaks of the blasting vibration and fill the troughs of the blasting vibration.
US12287184B2
An ammunition cartridge casing is provided having a primer body and a casing body. The primer body has an inner primer portion and an outer primer portion configured to nest in conformance with an outer surface of the inner primer portion. The outer surface of the inner primer portion provides a circumferential trench having a radially outwardly extending circumferential wall portion contiguous with an axially extending circumferential wall portion. The casing body has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The proximal end portion of the casing body is interposed between the inner primer portion and the outer primer portion within the trench having an interlocked axially extending circumferential portion and an interlocked radially outwardly extending disc portion of the casing body entrapped between the inner primer portion and the outer primer portion. A method is also provided.
US12287169B2
The installation includes a traversing portion configured to be rotatably mounted and supported on a stationary support structure, to rotate about a traversing axis. An elevating portion is rotatably supported by the traversing portion about an elevating axis perpendicular to the traversing axis. A firearm assembly supported by the elevating portion has a barrel configured to fire linkless ammunitions through firearm assembly. A magazine is configured to contain a plurality of linkless ammunitions to be fed to the barrel. A feeding assembly is configured to transfer the linkless ammunitions from the magazine to the barrel. The magazine is carried by the traversing portion and is operatively integral therewith. The feeding assembly is carried by the elevating portion and is operatively integral therewith. A transfer device mounted on the traversing portion is configured to transfer the linkless ammunitions (A) from the magazine to the feeding assembly.
US12287167B2
A firearm is disclosed. The firearm contains a lower receiver containing a first opening, wherein the first opening is configured to accommodate a firing mechanism, an upper receiver removably coupled with the lower receiver, a barrel removably coupled with the upper receiver, a bolt carrier assembly positioned within the upper receiver, wherein the bolt carrier assembly is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the bolt carrier assembly contains a rear surface, wherein the rear surface of the bolt carrier assembly is positioned between the barrel and the first opening when the bolt carrier assembly is in the locked position.
US12287165B2
Disclosed is an extractor for an autoloading firearm, the extractor having an extractor body extending a proximal end portion to a distal end portion. A knuckle is between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion and defines a pin opening extending crosswise through the extractor, where the pin opening has an elongated shape. During rearward movement of the bolt after firing, the elongated opening enables the extractor to shift downward and/or forward so that part of the extractor contacts the bolt, thereby preventing the extractor from pivoting about the extractor pin.
US12287149B2
In one aspect, a heat rejection apparatus is provided including an evaporative heat exchanger and a primary fan operable to direct first ambient air into an air inlet, cause the first ambient air to interact with the evaporative heat exchanger to produce heated air, and discharge the heated air from an air outlet. The heat rejection apparatus includes a plume abatement fan operable to direct second ambient air into contact with the heated air downstream of the evaporative heat exchanger and a controller operably coupled to the primary fan and the plume abatement fan. The controller has a plume abatement mode wherein the controller operates the plume abatement fan to cause the plume abatement fan to direct the second ambient air into contact with the heated air to cool the heated air and abate plume.
US12287146B2
A device and method for drying fine particulate. A parallel flow rotary drum dryer is used to dry the particulate material. There is a combustion chamber for the burner, located upstream of the dryer inlet, and the burner flame is limited to the combustion chamber so the fine particulate material does not come into direct contact with the burner flame. The output from the dryer passes through a knock-out box including a baffle system with a plurality of narrow gaps to create a pressure drop to slow down the gas flow and enable the entrained fine mesh dry particulate to drop out through a bottom outlet before the effluent gas is sent to the dust collection/air filtration system.
US12287145B2
A heat exchanger apparatus can be configured so that there is at least one “U” or “C” shape configured manifold in combination with at least one “Z” or “S” shape configured manifold for the heat exchanger apparatus for the input and output of fluid into and out of the heat exchangers of the heat exchanger apparatus. In some embodiments, downstream and/or upstream lines can be connected to the manifolds at a center or off-center point for conveying inlet fluid and outlet fluid. A method of retrofitting a pre-existing plant, building a new plant, or designing a new plant that utilizes an embodiment of the heat exchanger apparatus can help provide an improved heat exchanger arrangement without significantly increasing the footprint needed for the arrangement so that a plant can be improved with an embodiment of the apparatus without requiring an enlarged footprint for the plant.
US12287137B2
A snow making apparatus includes: a snow making container having an inner space for snow making; a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space; a catching unit configured to catch the fine snow or the fine snow formed of the water droplets; and a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space. The catching unit is configured to be shaken thereby making snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit.
US12287128B2
Provided are a siphon evaporation device having a heat exchange structure, and an operation method and application thereof. The siphon evaporation device includes an evaporator and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is located above the evaporator. A liquid refrigerant outlet at the lower end of the heat exchanger is connected to a liquid refrigerant inlet at the upper end of the evaporator. A gaseous refrigerant outlet at the upper end of the evaporator is connected to a gaseous refrigerant inlet at the lower end of the heat exchanger. A liquid refrigerant passes through a heat exchange tube pass of the heat exchanger. A tail end of the heat exchange tube pass is connected to a shell pass of the heat exchanger at the bottom of the heat exchanger through a pressure reduction pipe. The gaseous refrigerant outlet is further formed on the heat exchanger.
US12287126B2
A heat utilization system according to the invention includes: a sealed container into which a hydrogen-based gas is supplied; a heat generating structure that is accommodated in the sealed container and includes a heat generating element that is configured to generate heat by occluding and discharging hydrogen contained in the hydrogen-based gas; and a heat utilization device that utilizes, as a heat source, a heat medium heated by the heat of the heat generating element. The heat generating element includes a base made of a hydrogen storage metal, a hydrogen storage alloy, or a proton conductor, and a multilayer film provided on the base. The multilayer film has a first layer made of a hydrogen storage metal or a hydrogen storage alloy and having a thickness of less than 1000 nm and a second layer made of a hydrogen storage metal or a hydrogen storage alloy, which is different from that of the first layer, or ceramics and having a thickness of less than 1000 nm.
US12287123B2
A two-part reversible air deflector for reversing the flow direction of air pumped by a radial fan with constant rotation direction and a ventilation system formed of ventilation installations with use of reversible air deflectors, wherein the air deflector is divided into the suction-inlet body and the separate compression-outlet body, each of them having the frontal through opening surrounded with an annular protrusion wherein both bodies and of the deflector are arranged opposite a fixed partition having a round through opening with its edge of a funnel outline surrounded on two sides with a pair of annular protrusions in such a manner that the common axis X of frontal openings of the bodies is aligned with the axis of the round opening of the partition.
US12287115B1
A smart air duct/vent cover plate for air conditioning and ventilation can be implemented either as a nested three-cylinder device which or as a cover frame with a flexible layer perforated with through holes. Either device provides selectivity in terms of the amount of airflow provided to an interior ambient air space. The functionality of both devices can be controlled by a wireless handheld remote control.
US12287114B2
An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.
US12287113B2
Object: A building that enables lighting and air-conditioning to be effectively linked with each other is configured. Resolution means: An air-conditioning device including a connector receiving portion is installed on a ceiling, and the air-conditioning device and a plurality of lighting fixtures disposed around the air-conditioning device are electrically connected to each other with wirings provided for the number of the plurality of lighting fixtures installed around the air-conditioning device. Further, the air-conditioning device supplies power converted into a power voltage for the lighting fixtures to the plurality of electrically connected lighting fixtures. A wiring that passes through the rear of the ceiling is taken out of an opening of a ceiling member, and is connected to the lighting fixtures, so that the lighting fixtures are installed on the ceiling. An operation unit is operated to collectively control the air-conditioning device and the plurality of lighting fixtures disposed around the air-conditioning device.
US12287103B2
An electric control box includes a box body. The box body includes a bottom plate, a box cover covering the bottom plate, an electric control assembly mounted at the bottom plate and including an electric control board and a heat sink mounted at the electric control board, and a sealing sleeve sleeved on a circumference of the heat sink. The box cover is provided with an extension opening for the heat sink to protrude outward. An inner surface of the box cover is formed with a sink groove on a circumference of the extension opening, and the sink groove is fitted and engaged with the sealing sleeve.
US12287101B2
A heating system of a building includes: a solar heater configured to receive sunlight and to at least one of absorb heat into a refrigerant and augment heat absorbed into the refrigerant; a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant that vaporized via absorption of heat; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the refrigerant to water; an expansion valve configured to reduce at least one of a temperature and a pressure of the refrigerant after the transfer of heat from the refrigerant to water; a second heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from water output from the first heat exchanger to air passing the second heat exchanger before flowing into the building; a pump configured to pump the water from the solar heater to the second heat exchanger; and a blower configured to blow air past the second heat exchanger and into the building.
US12287092B2
An air preheater (APH) temperature control system, including at least a first APH or combustion/secondary air bypass duct in metered communication with a combustion air inlet duct and a secondary air duct, adapted in use to bleed a portion of the combustion air as secondary air bypass from the air inlet duct upstream of the APH 100 for reintroduction downstream into the secondary air duct, and a flow control device for metering or controlling volumetric flow of the secondary air bypass and tempering primary air flow in use operative to maintain the flue gas outlet temperature at or above a desired minimum predetermined temperature for the incident flue gas volumetric flow exiting the APH alone or in conjunction with other tempering means maintaining mills outlet temperature within a safety range of T10MIN to T10MAX.
US12287087B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising (i) a plurality of light sources (110, 120, . . . ), (ii) a first luminescent material (210), and (iii) a second luminescent material (220), wherein: (a) a first light source (110) is configured to generate first light source light (111) having one or more wavelengths in the blue wavelength range and having a first centroid wavelength (λC1), wherein the first light source (110) is a laser; (b) the first luminescent material (210) is configured to convert at least part of the first light source light (111) into first luminescent material light (211) having one or more wavelengths in the green and/or yellow wavelength range; (c) a second light source (120) is configured to generate second light source light (121) having one or more wavelengths in the yellow and/or orange wavelength range and having a second centroid wavelength (λC2), wherein λC2>λC1; wherein the second light source (120) is a superluminescent diode; (d) the second luminescent material (220) is configured to convert at least part of the second light source light (121) into second luminescent material light (221) having one or more wavelengths in the orange and/or red wavelength range; and (e) in an operational mode the light generating system (1000) is configured to generate system light (1001) comprising the first luminescent material light (211) and the second luminescent material light (221).
US12287070B1
An LED filament light bulb includes a bulb base, a driving circuit module mounted to the bulb base and including two electrical contacts, a bulb member, a light-emitting unit, and a first heat dissipation gel. The light-emitting unit includes at least two light-emitting strip modules, each including first and second conductive tabs. The first conductive tab of one light-emitting strip module is electrically connected to the second conductive tab of another light-emitting strip module. The second conductive tab of the one light-emitting strip module and the first conductive tab of the another light-emitting strip module are electrically and respectively connected to the electrical contacts. The first heat dissipation gel is disposed between the bulb member and the bulb base, and covers at least a portion of the driving circuit module.
US12287068B2
Provided herein is a system and method for refilling refillable pressurized fluid tanks. The system includes a source tank, having a source fluid, a target refillable tank, a valve assembly, and a fill hose. The valve assembly is affixed to the refillable fluid tank and is fluidly attached to the source fluid tank with the fill hose. The fluid from the source fluid tank is transferred to the target refillable fluid tank via the fill hose and the valve assembly. When the target refillable fluid tank is filled to capacity, excess propane is dispensed from the valve assembly through an overfill valve.
US12287064B2
A deposition system and a gas storage device, the deposition system including a process chamber; and a gas supply outside of the process chamber, the gas supply being configured to provide monochlorosilane, wherein the gas supply includes a cabinet; and a gas container inside the cabinet, and the gas container includes aluminum (Al).
US12287059B2
One variation of a mobile tripod includes a device case, including a first set of magnetic elements, and a tripod including: a mounting plate defining a leg receptacle and an aperture; a second set of magnetic elements arranged about the leg receptacle and configured to couple to the first set of magnetic elements to retain the mounting plate against the device case; a set of socket sections coupled to the mounting plate, arranged within the aperture, and defining a socket; a leg assembly configured to seat within the leg receptacle in a retracted position and deploy outward from the exterior face of the device case to mount to a base surface in a deployed position; a spherical end, coupled to the leg assembly, and configured to rotate within the socket, encapsulated by the set of socket sections, to pivot the leg assembly between the retracted position and the deployed position.
US12287056B1
A dual containment pipe assembly includes an outer containment pipe defining a rib on an interior surface thereof. An inner containment pipe can be positioned inside of the outer containment pipe. The inner containment pipe has at least one clip on an exterior surface thereof. At least one spacer wheel is between the outer containment pipe and the inner containment pipe. The spacer wheel has an inner channel for engagement to the clip and an outer groove for engagement to the rib. The spacer wheel includes: an inner circumferential hub defining the inner channel for engaging the clip; an outer circumferential rim defining the outer groove for engaging the rib; and a plurality of support spokes connecting the inner circumferential hub and the outer circumferential rim.
US12287048B2
A pipe connection system for use in a well completion system includes an inner connector and an outer connector. The inner connector includes a tapered wall and multiple pin threads arranged along the tapered wall, wherein a pitch between projections formed by the multiple pin threads changes along an axial length of the pin connector. The outer connector is formed complementary to the inner connector along at least a portion of the outer connector.
US12287046B2
A valve seat, a plug valve, and a fracturing manifold are provided. The valve seat includes a sealing valve seat in an annular shape and a mounting valve seat in an annular shape. The sealing valve seat includes a sealing valve seat inner hole, and the mounting valve seat includes a mounting valve seat inner hole. The sealing valve seat is nested inside the mounting valve seat, and the sealing valve seat inner hole communicates with the mounting valve seat inner hole. In axial and radial directions of the sealing valve seat inner hole, or axial and radial directions of the mounting valve seat inner hole, an outer surface of the sealing valve seat abuts against an inner surface of the mounting valve seat.
US12287040B2
A swinging device and related methods; the swinging device includes a first housing mountable to a first pipe on a first side of a pipe flange joint, a second housing mountable to a second pipe on a second side of a pipe flange joint, a shaft rotatably mounted to and extending between the first and second housings, and a spectacle blind mounted to the shaft such that rotating the shaft correspondingly rotates the spectacle blind between an open position, where the spectacle blind allows flow through the pipe flange joint, and a closed positon, where the spectacle blind prevents flow through the pipe flange joint.
US12287037B2
A shower controlling device, comprising a body part, comprising multiple water inlets each for supplying hot fluid and cold fluid, water outlet(s) for discharging mixed fluid and outlet cavity, wherein these water inlets are disposed opposite to each other, and the water outlet(s) is disposed perpendicular to these water inlets, and the outlet cavity is configured as a centrosymmetric structure and connected with the water outlet(s); a mixing valve, which is engaged with the body part and configured for mixing the cold fluid and the hot fluid entering the body part; a switching valve, which is disposed downstream of the mixing valve and used for controlling the on-off of the mixed fluid entering the outlet cavity to the water outlet(s); a valve cover set, which is detachably engaged with the body part and the switching valve is sleeved therein so that the switching valve is engaged in a fixed way with the body part. The shower controlling device comprises the body part and the valve cover set with unique structural design, and the body part has the outlet cavity with inventive structural design, which avoids the occurrence of problem that the mixed fluid is limited on its flow due to the possible overlap of paths of the water outlets when it faces different water outlets 102. The valve cover set provides enhanced structural strength and facilitates to be installed and maintained.
US12287036B2
Provided is a valve with which a seal member is not damaged when pressure accumulated near the seal member is released. This valve includes a valve box having a valve chamber, a valve seat provided in the valve chamber and having a seat surface, a stem including, at a tip end thereof, a valve element configured to abut against and move away from the seat surface due to an operation of an actuator, a seal space provided with a seal member configured to prevent a fluid from leaking, a seal opening space formed outside the seal space, and a seal pressing member configured to press and fix the seal member to a valve chamber side. The valve box is formed with a leak hole through which the seal space and the outside of the valve box communicate.
US12287026B2
The linear actuator comprises elongated first and second bands that cooperate to form an extractable and retractable column. Rotatable first and second band guide members respectively guide turns of the first and second bands into intertwined engagement. A power actuator causes rotation of the first and second band guide members such that the extractable and retractable column may be extracted or retracted. A base carries the power actuator, the first and second bands and the first and second band guide members. An anti-rotation mechanism comprises a first anti-rotation member attached to the base and a complementary second anti-rotation member attached to at least one of the first and second bands, with the first and second anti-rotation members engaging one another in the column to prevent rotation of the column relative to the base. The engagement of the first and second anti-rotation members is non-punctual about a periphery of the column.
US12287025B2
A booster lever unit includes a first lever pivotably supported by an object via a first pivotal shaft, a second lever pivotably supported by the object via a second pivotal shaft, and a linkage member that links the first lever to the second lever. The pivotal plane of the first lever is parallel to the pivotal plane of the second lever. The first lever has one end provided with an operation section, and another end provided with the first pivotal shaft, and the first lever further includes a first linker, the first linker being provided between the operation section and the first pivotal shaft and linked to the linkage member. The second lever has one end provided with an action section, and another end provided with a second linker linked to the linkage member, and the second pivotal shaft is provided between the action section and the second linker.
US12287015B2
A one-piece brake carrier for a vehicle disc brake is provided. The brake carrier has a frame-like disc wrap-around element which has two mutually parallel bridge struts, and two frame sections arranged parallel to a brake disc rotation axis and connecting the bridge struts. The brake carrier further has a securing flange by which the brake carrier is fixable to an axle flange. One or both of the frame sections, starting from a side of the brake carrier away from the securing flange widens toward an outer edge of the securing flange.
US12287009B2
A rolling bearing apparatus includes a rolling bearing, a seal, first and second machine elements and a bypass apparatus. The rolling bearing includes a concentrically arranged first bearing ring and second bearing ring, and rolling elements arranged radially between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. The seal is arranged radially between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring, and the second bearing ring is installed in the first machine element. The bypass apparatus forms an electrical connection between the first machine element and the second machine element. The bypass apparatus includes an electrically conductive bypass line and a holder connected to the electrically conductive bypass line in an electrically conductive manner. The holder is fastened to the second bearing ring radially between the second bearing ring and the first machine element.
US12287007B2
A bearing cage segment for a segmented bearing cage includes a plurality of walls that define a pocket configured to receive a rolling element and an insert element captively retained in an opening in a first one of the plurality of walls. The insert element may be configured to guide a rolling element retained in the bearing cage and/or be configured as a lubricant reservoir.
US12287006B2
A thrust bearing assembly comprises a cage including an annular portion. A first flange extends axially from an inner peripheral edge of the annular portion, and a second flange extends axially from an outer peripheral edge of the annular portion. A first plurality of roller pockets are defined by the annular portion, the first roller pockets of the first plurality of roller pockets being spaced evenly about the annular portion. A second plurality of roller pockets are defined by the annular portion, the second roller pockets of the second plurality of roller pockets being evenly spaced about the annular portion so that each second roller pocket is disposed between adjacent first roller pockets.
US12287004B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting wear data of a protective bearing, which relates to the technical field of a magnetic suspension bearing, and includes: firstly, a displacement of a rotor is acquired in a current falling process; then, contact time between the rotor and the protective bearing is determined according to the displacement, and a rotation speed of the rotor at any moment in the contact time is acquired, and then current wear information of the protective bearing is determined based on the displacement and the rotation speed; finally, historical wear information of the protective bearing is acquired, and the historical wear information and the current wear information are added to obtain total wear information of the protective bearing, wherein the total wear information is used for reflecting a state of the protective bearing.
US12287000B1
The present disclosure relates to a locking and positioning mechanism and a rotational folding positioning apparatus. The locking and positioning mechanism includes a locking knob and a positioning pin. The locking knob is in a threaded connection with a side wall of a support sleeve, and the support sleeve sleeves a stand column; the locking knob can be screwed in and out relative to the support sleeve, and when the locking knob is screwed inward, an inner end of the locking knob presses tightly against the stand column for locking. The positioning pin is coaxially arranged through the locking knob, and the positioning pin can extend inward and outward relative to the locking knob; an elastic member is provided between the positioning pin and the locking knob. The mechanism is compact in structure, occupies minimal space, and is convenient and effortless to operate.
US12286997B2
A fastener assembly device includes a body. The body includes top and bottom regions, a channel within the body, and a recess defined in the channel. The recess is wider than any other area of the body.
US12286988B2
A rectifier and a flowmeter, the rectifier including a fairing, wherein a first rectifying section (1) positioned at the upstream, a reducing section (2) positioned at the midstream and a second rectifying section (3) positioned at the downstream, can be arranged in the fairing. The first rectifying section and the second rectifying section are respectively provided with a group of rectifying channels parallel to the flow direction of fluid, and a through-hole (21) can be formed in the reducing section. The rectifier can provide improved rectification effects.
US12286984B2
The present invention includes: a cylinder; a piston that is inserted in the cylinder and partitions an interior of the cylinder into fluid chambers and; guides that support the piston and guide movement of the cylinder, the guides including a first internal flow passage and a second internal flow passage; and nozzles communicating with the fluid chambers, respectively, wherein a pipe to communicate with a fluid pressure source is configured to switch between the external pipes, a flow passage from the fluid pressure source to the nozzles includes a short-circuit flow passage that short-circuits a flow passage communicating with the fluid pressure source and a flow passage not communicating with the fluid pressure source, and this short-circuit flow passage is provided with a throttle unit that throttles a flow passage.
US12286977B2
A scroll casing has a scroll portion, a discharge portion provided with a discharge port, and a tongue portion. An extended plate has, in a cross section obtained by cutting in a thickness direction, a change point, at which an enlargement ratio of an area of the cross section is enlarged so as to be larger on a downstream side than that on an upstream side due to a change of inclination. In the extended plate, an angle θ1, and an angle θ2 satisfy a relationship of either 0≤θ2<θ1 or 0<θ2≤θ1. A distance L1 and a distance L2 satisfy a relationship of L2
US12286974B2
A vacuum pump comprising a turbomolecular stage and a drag stage, the vacuum pump comprising a stator and a rotor. The rotor comprises a turbomolecular rotor and a drag rotor attached together. The turbomolecular rotor comprises a hub from which a plurality of blades extend, the hub comprising a mounting portion for mounting to a spindle of a motor and a hollow cylindrical portion, the hollow cylindrical portion extending from the mounting portion towards an outlet end of the turbomolecular stage. The drag rotor comprises a cylindrical skirt and an attachment part extending away from the cylindrical skirt, the attachment part extending within the hollow cylindrical portion of the hub of the turbomolecular rotor and being attached thereto at a point that is closer to the mounting portion than to the outlet end of the turbomolecular rotor.
US12286967B2
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. A bypass valve (BPV) includes a BPV inlet in fluid communication with the outlet line, and a BPV outlet in fluid communication with a bypass line that feeds into the inlet line upstream of the VDP. An actuator is operatively connected to control the BPV to vary flow from the BPV inlet to the bypass line. A controller is operatively connected to the actuator to control recirculation flow passed through the BPV based on requested flow from a downstream system supplied by the outlet line and based on a predetermined low threshold of flow through the VDP.
US12286961B2
A method of controlling plural offshore wind turbines regarding a mechanical oscillation damping action is provided, the method including: obtaining wave characteristic information indicating a characteristic of at least one sea wave; obtaining wind turbine operational state information of the plural wind turbines; obtaining wind characteristic information; controlling the wind turbines regarding the damping action based on the wave characteristic information and/or the wind turbine operational state information of the plural wind turbines and/or the wind characteristic information in particular such that a power oscillation of a total power output of the wind park is reduced.
US12286956B2
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a wind turbine blade having a split blade configuration, comprising a first blade module defining an aerofoil profile and a second blade module defining an aerofoil profile; a damping module intermediate the first blade module and the second blade module; wherein the damping module comprises a first blade interface for joining to the first blade module and a second blade interface for joining to the second blade module. The damping module comprises a vibration damping unit. Beneficially, the invention provides a useful way in which to integrate motion damping functionality into a modular wind turbine blade.
US12286955B2
A wave power system for extracting energy from water waves, The wave power system includes a basic structure comprising at least one straight track section; at least one effector movably engaged with said basic structurer and adapted for being moved by water waves along said straight track section in a travelling length between two stop locations; and an energy harvesting arrangement arranged for harvesting energy from said relative movements between said energy collector and said basic structurer. The effector includes a backbone structure comprising at least one support shaft having a support shaft axis. At least one winglet comprising a compliant portion is rooted to the support shaft and is turnable between operation modes comprising an acceleration mode an intermediate mode and a deceleration mode relative to the support shaft axis.
US12286953B2
An energy recovery system for generating electric power from flow out of a gas well includes a first flow path from a well to a pipeline comprising a turbine wheel coupled to a generator and a second flow path from the well to the pipeline. The second flow path is apart from the first flow path, and includes a valve. The first and second flow paths reside on a production site of the well.
US12286951B2
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus is provided that includes a database configured to store one or more vehicle status parameters of a vehicle and one or more secured space status parameters of a secured space. The apparatus further includes a server-based processor operatively coupled or connected to the database and configured to receive one or more of the one or more vehicle status parameters and one or more of the one or more secured space status parameters. The server-based processor is further configured to determine, based on at least one of the one or more vehicle status parameters and at least one of the one or more secured space status parameters whether to change a state of the vehicle.
US12286950B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a working method of an orifice, which has excellent working accuracy and high productivity in order to work an inclination portion (tapered portion) on the entire circumference of an inner wall of an orifice. Therefore, a working method of an orifice includes a first step of forming an orifice hole 54d in an orifice forming member, a second step of pressing a downstream end surface of the orifice forming member in which the orifice hole 54d opens, in a direction toward an upstream side of the orifice hole 54d by a punch 46 having a cutting blade portion 46a larger than a cross section of the orifice hole 54d. The second step causes a material of the orifice forming member to flow from an entire circumference at the downstream end portion of the orifice hole 54d to an inside of the orifice hole 54d to form a cross-sectional area reduction portion 54s in which a cross-sectional area of the orifice hole 54d is reduced from an upstream side to a downstream side.
US12286949B2
A fuel pump comprises a housing with a pumping chamber, an outlet passage and a pumping plunger which is reciprocally arranged within a plunger bore. A pressure relief valve assembly is arranged in a pressure relief passage and includes: a seat member comprising a through bore extending from a first side to an opposite, second side, and an annular seat in the second side surrounding the bore, wherein the seat member is arranged in the pressure relief passage with the first side exposed to high pressure; a needle having an elongate shaft with a needle head, which extends through bore, the needle head being proximal the seat member and having an annular seat surface adapted to cooperate with the annular seat to close the through bore in a closed position; and a spring element arranged to exert a closing force on the needle such that it is biased in closed position.
US12286941B2
A turbofan engine may include a variable pitch fan rotatable about an axis and operable in a forward thrust mode by generating flow opposite a direction of travel and in a reverse thrust mode by generating flow in the direction of travel. In reverse thrust mode, a nacelle assembly defines an intermediate opening disposed aft of the variable pitch fan. A flow guide assembly is configured to guide a first fluid flow opposite the direction of travel within a bypass passage from a forward opening to an aft opening of the nacelle assembly in forward thrust mode, and to redirect a second fluid flow from outside the bypass passage opposite the direction of travel to inside the bypass passage in the direction of travel through the intermediate opening in reverse thrust mode. One or more flow channels are defined for generating at least one fluidic injection pressurized by a core.
US12286937B2
A method of controlling inlet valves and exhaust valves of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to obtain an engine braking effect is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of preventing at least one exhaust valve of the cylinder from closing completely during a plurality of successive intake, compression, expansion, and exhaust strokes of the cylinder, phase shifting control of at least one exhaust valve and regulating the amount of air being pumped through the cylinder by phase shifting control of at least one inlet valve of the cylinder. The present disclosure further relates to a computer program, a computer-readable medium, a control arrangement, an internal combustion engine, and a vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine.
US12286936B1
A gas turbine engine includes a fan and a fan case assembly. The fan includes a fan rotor configured to rotate about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of fan blades coupled to the fan rotor for rotation therewith. The fan case assembly extends circumferentially around the plurality of fan blades radially outward of the plurality of the fan blades.
US12286933B2
An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. The air turbine starter can include a rotatable turbine member having a central hub defining a platform and at least one blade extending radially from the platform. The air turbine starter can also include a blade cutter.
US12286912B2
A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet; an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing; an attachment assembly coupled to the exhaust emitter, the attachment assembly including at least one leg pivotably coupled to the adapter; at least one valve coupled to the housing; and a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device.
US12286897B2
A rotor of an aircraft engine has a plurality of blades extending radially from a disc. At least one of the blades has an airfoil, a root and a tip. The airfoil has a crack-mitigating rib extending chordwise along the airfoil. The crack-mitigating rib is disposed radially closer to the root than to the tip.
US12286894B1
A rotor assembly for an aircraft engine that includes a compressor rotor and a turbine rotor mounted to a shaft for rotation about a central axis, and a gyroscopic stiffener also mounted to shaft. The gyroscopic stiffener includes a gyroscopic disk extending radially away from the shaft and located at an axial position that is spaced apart from the bearings, and an attachment mechanism connecting the gyroscopic disk to the rotor assembly. The attachment mechanism allows the gyroscopic disk to move in one of two degrees of freedom relative to the shaft, the two degrees of freedom including a rotational degree of freedom wherein the gyroscopic disk is rotatable at a greater rotational speed that a remainder of the rotor assembly, and an angular degree of freedom wherein the gyroscopic disk is orientated at a precession deflection angle relative to the plane and/or the central axis.
US12286893B2
A rotor module, including: a blade cluster of a plurality of blades secured to a rotor disk of the rotor module; and counter weights secured to the rotor disk, wherein the counter weights cause a center of gravity of the plurality of blades to be zeroed out with respect to an axis “O” of the rotor disk and wherein the counter weights cause a moment of inertia Jx about an X axis of the rotor disk is equal to a moment of inertia Jy about a Y axis of the rotor disk when the rotor module is rotated about the axis “O”.
US12286883B1
A mining apparatus for primary breakage having a drop hammer with a drop weight that may fall from a first position where the drop weight is suspended within an upper end of the drop hammer and a second position where the drop weight extends from a lower end of the drop hammer. The mining apparatus has a shock absorber assembly coupled to the lower end of the drop hammer with a first passageway through which the drop weight may pass. The mining apparatus also has a rebound cage coupled to the shock absorber assembly and having a series of guides positioned therein and arranged about a second passageway that is in alignment with the first passageway. The rebound cage controls the drop weight when it falls into the second position, strikes the ground, and rebounds.
US12286876B2
The present invention provides a drain apparatus (200) for use in a subsea pipeline to remove liquid from a multiphase flow in the subsea pipeline. The drain apparatus comprises a first channel (20) for carrying a multiphase flow comprising liquid and gas phases; and liquid extraction means (11, 12, 14, 18) for extracting the liquid phase from the multiphase flow in the first channel (20). The internal diameter of the first channel (20) is substantially the same as an internal diameter of a subsea pipe arranged to carry the multiphase flow in the subsea pipeline, such that a pig travelling along the subsea pipe can pass through the first channel (20). The present invention also provides a subsea pipeline comprising a subsea pipe for transporting a multiphase flow subsea; and at least one drain. The at least one drain is disposed partway along a gradient in the subsea pipe to reduce liquid holdup.
US12286872B2
Systems and methods for identifying a status of components of hydraulic fracturing units including a prime mover and a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead via a manifold may include a diagnostic control assembly. The diagnostic control assembly may include sensors associated with the hydraulic fracturing units or the manifold, and a supervisory control unit to determine whether the sensors are generating signals outside a calibration range, determine whether a fluid parameter associated with an auxiliary system of the hydraulic fracturing units is indicative of a fluid-related problem, determine whether lubrication associated with the prime mover, the hydraulic fracturing pump, or a transmission of the hydraulic fracturing units has a lubrication fluid temperature greater than a maximum lubrication temperature, or determine an extent to which a heat exchanger assembly associated with the hydraulic fracturing units is cooling fluid passing through the heat exchanger assembly.
US12286869B2
The present invention relates to a method for storing chemical products or their solutions in reservoir rock. In said method, the cargo boat containing the chemical product to be stored in the reservoir is connected to the production platform through an appropriate connection and connecting to the well header. The product is pumped through the chemical product capture line using a triplex chemical injection pump aligned to the head of the production or injection well. The product is pumped through the surface lines, riser and subsea line and, passing through the WCT, it is injected into the reservoir through the production or injection string.
US12286863B2
A well system includes a wellhead arranged at a well surface and having a wellbore extending therefrom, the wellhead including a production tubing head housing, production casing extending from the wellhead and into the wellbore, production tubing extending from the production tubing head housing and into the production casing and thereby defining a tubing-casing annulus between the production tubing and the production casing, one or more side outlets extending outwardly from the production tubing head housing at an acute angle and in fluid communication with the tubing-casing annulus, and a downhole assembly conveyable into the tubing-casing annulus via the one or more side outlets and configured to obtain direct measurements of the tubing-casing annulus.
US12286861B2
A technique facilitates actuation of a packer to a sealing and gripping position along a borehole. The packer includes a packer element structure mounted about a center structure. The packer element structure includes a sealing element mounted along an expandable base such that the sealing element may be radially expanded. Additionally, the packer includes an actuator member connected to a portion of the packer element structure via a release mechanism, e.g. a shear member. A plurality of slips may be located on the actuator member such that linear movement of the actuator member causes successive movement of the packer sealing element and then the slips in the radially outward direction. The packer may be constructed such that this sequential setting motion creates a jarring effect to ensure the slips securely bite into the surrounding wellbore surface, e.g. casing surface.
US12286857B2
A tool and a method removing a stuck cap from a wellbore pressure control system. The method includes removing a quick union securing a cap to a Christmas tree cap adaptor of a wellbore pressure control system sealing a wellbore. A top gauge nut positioned in the cap is removed, and then a lifting key is installed in the cap. A hydraulic jacking system is clamped around the Christmas tree cap adaptor, followed by connecting a lifting hand to the lifting key. After connecting the lifting hand to the lifting key, a lever of the hydraulic jacking system is operated. Responsive to operating the lever, the lifting hand and the lifting key move in a first direction and the cap stuck in the Christmas tree cap adaptor is removed from the Christmas tree cap adaptor.
US12286856B2
A well system includes a local controller communicably coupled to a hydraulic diverter configured to control a well shut-in assembly at a well site operable to shut in a wellbore based on a command from the local controller or to shut in or open the wellbore based on a command from a control panel at or in a vicinity of the well site. The well system includes a remote controller located at a location remote from the local controller and the well site and configured to communicate a wireless signal to the local controller to initiate the command from the local controller. The well system includes the hydraulic diverter fluidly coupled to the well shut-in assembly. The hydraulic diverter is configured to, based on the command from the local controller, control the well shut-in assembly to shut in the wellbore and render the command from the control panel irrelevant.
US12286850B2
A full-hole reverse circulation cluster-type down-the-hole (DTH) hammer with multiple independent channels is provided. The DTH hammer includes a drill rod, a drill rod joint, a drill rod air pipe, a diversion chamber, at least one hammer, and an upper pressure plate, a lower pressure plate, and an upper outer hammer protection pipe for fixing the hammer, where at least one jet air pipe communicated with the diversion chamber and at least one drill cuttings discharge pipe are arranged between the hammers; lower ends of the jet air pipe and the drill cuttings discharge pipe are located close to a hammer drill bit; and the lower end of the jet air pipe is provided with jet holes for producing a negative pressure.
US12286848B2
A system for monitoring fluid flow conditions on a return flow line including a return flow line in fluid communication with a wellbore, a shaker, and a header box. The system includes a contactless flow sensor facing an interior of the header box or an outlet of the return flow line, a data gathering and analyzing unit coupled to the contactless flow sensor, and a control panel to display data and notify when hazardous conditions occur. A method for monitoring fluid flow conditions on a return flow line including flowing a drilling mud into the header box through the return flow line and monitoring the height of the drilling mud in the header box and/or return flow line to determine the fluid level using the contactless flow sensor. The fluid level is used to determine a fluid flow rate and indicate a current operational or a hazardous operational status.
US12286847B2
One or two continuous recirculation loops are utilized for the well-site equipment that separates produced fluids into sand, liquid, and gas during drill out and flow back that occurs after fracturing a subterranean formation. When one recirculation loop is utilized, the recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between the recirculation chamber of the disclosed sand removal apparatus and a shaker device. When two recirculation loops are utilized, the first recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between a recirculation chamber of the disclosed sand removal apparatus and a shaker device, and the second recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between the recirculation chamber and a gas separator.
US12286846B2
A crusher includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at opposite axial sides, an impeller positioned proximate the inlet of the housing, and a shaft connected to the impeller and extending axially through the housing between the inlet and the outlet. At least two spaced apart support structures hold the shaft in the housing, where a plurality of dynamic blades extending outwardly from the shaft are alternatingly positioned between a plurality of fixed blades extending radially inward from an inner wall of the housing.
US12286845B2
A stop collar for mounting to a downhole tubular includes: a cylindrical housing having a threaded inner surface and a tapered inner surface; a compressible slip ring having teeth formed in an inner surface thereof and a pair of tapered outer surfaces; a cam ring having a tapered inner surface; a seal receivable in the housing; a cylindrical bolt having a threaded outer surface. A natural outer diameter of each ring is greater than a minor diameter of the threaded surfaces. Screwing the threaded surfaces of the housing and the bolt is operable to drive the tapered surfaces together and compress the seal, thereby compressing the slip ring such that the teeth engage a periphery of the tubular and energizing the seal into engagement with the periphery of the tubular.
US12286843B2
A system for connecting a drill bit and pipe puller to a drill string. The system includes a downhole tool having an internal cavity and a through-hole in its wall. A coupler may be slidingly received in the cavity and connected using one or more fasteners which interconnect a groove in the coupler to the wall of the downhole tool. Fasteners used may be screws or bolts interconnecting the wall of the tool with radial holes in the coupler. Alternatively, bolts may interconnect the wall with a circumferential groove on the coupler. A drill bit may be threaded into the coupler. The coupler allows drill bits and other tools to be connected and disconnected from a downhole tool without unthreading the drill bit.
US12286842B2
A female portion arranged to form part of a thread joint for a percussive drilling tool includes a mounting sleeve, wherein the mounting sleeve has at least one substantially cylindrical internally threaded section having a length, L1, a thread entrance located towards an axial end and a thread exit located towards the axial inner wall. The threaded section has a thread form including crests, roots, contact flanks, and non-contact flanks, a pitch length, L4, located between two axially neighboring crests and an inner diameter, D2 disposed radially between the roots. A thread clearance section is positioned between the axial inner wall and the thread exit and has a length L2 and a diameter D1. A guiding section is positioned between the thread entrance and the axial end of the sleeve and has a length, L3. The pitch length, L4, is between 12.8-14.5 mm.
US12286841B2
A tubular threaded joint for the drilling, operation of hydrocarbon wells, transport of oil and gas, carbon capture or geothermal energy, comprising a male tubular element and a female tubular element, each of said male or female tubular elements comprising respectively a male threaded portion and a female threaded portion, one or the other of the male or female threaded portions optionally comprising an anticorrosive and/or lubricating solid coating, said male threaded portion and female threaded portion comprise respectively at least one male threading tooth or one female threading tooth and a threaded axial gap TAG ensuring a space, in the mounted state, between an stab flank of said male threading tooth and a load flank of said female threading tooth, wherein said threaded axial gap TAG is greater than or equal to a minimum gap TAGmin.
US12286838B1
A drive assembly structured to selectively rotate different ones of a plurality of blind rollers of a vertical blind assembly including a drive component, selectively positioned into driving relation with different ones of the plurality of blind rollers. The drive gear includes a driving component disposable into rotationally driving engagement with a different one of the plurality of blind rollers, concurrent to rotation of said drive gear. A support assembly is movable with and rotationally supports the drive gear when in the driving relation to an aligned one of the plurality of blind rollers. A selector assembly is drivingly connected to the support assembly and is operative to selectively dispose support assembly and drive gear into driving relation with the different ones of the plurality of blind rollers.
US12286831B2
An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing, a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a torque from the actuator to the output shaft, and a brake unit configured to provide a brake torque to the output shaft.
US12286820B2
The invention relates to an actuating device (10) for triggering a function of a vehicle (1) by a user, having an electronics unit (12) with a sensor unit (20) for detecting an actuation action (200) of the user for triggering the function of the vehicle (1), an electronics outer side (12.2) on which the actuation action (200) of the user can be detected by the sensor unit (20), and an electronics inner side (12.1) which is opposite the electronics outer side (12.2). Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle (1), as well as to a method (100).
US12286812B2
The present invention relates to a push pull door lock that includes a door locking part disposed inside a door to lock the door, bodies fixedly located to the indoor and outdoor sides of the door, handles pushedly or pulledly disposed on the bodies to release a locking state of the door locking part, and locking means disposed on the bodies to lock the operations of the handles so that the door is locked, wherein the locking means includes: a key knob rotatably disposed on the body located on the indoor side of the door; a key assembly rotatably disposed on the body located on the outdoor side of the door and connectedly rotating unitarily with the key knob; and a stopper connectedly rotating unitarily with the key assembly and locking the operations of the handles.
US12286809B2
A relocatable tank, and method of constructing same, have a plurality of precast wall panels retained by a cable tensioning system between a plurality of support members to form a continuous, preferably generally circular, wall. At least some of the support members comprise at least one aperture and at least one elongate slot to receive respective cables of the tensioning system to retain a shape of the tank. The tank can be easily assembled at a site with prefabricated parts and easily deconstructed when no longer needed and be relocated and reinstalled in a range of sizes if desired. The relocatable tank is typically installed on a compacted earthen pad with no requirement for a concrete footing, unless the tank is used in regions with high seismic or wind activity. A liner system comprised of either a single or double arrangement is installed to fluidly seal the tank. The inclusion of water ballast tubes means no minimum liquid level is required to secure the liner in a designated position.
US12286807B2
A fence system comprises a plurality of fence posts and a fence rail. The fence rail is characterized by a fence rail longitudinal axis and a fence rail cross-sectional profile in a plane orthogonal to the fence rail longitudinal axis. The fence rail cross-sectional profile has a hollow, obround shape. Each fence post has at least one rail opening having a substantially obround shape matching the obround shape of the cross-sectional profile of the fence rail, whereby a longitudinal end of the fence rail is slidingly insertable into the rail opening. The fence rail is mounted to and supported by a bracketing pair of the fence posts, wherein longitudinally opposing ends of the fence rail are positioned within corresponding rail openings of the bracketing pair of the fence posts.
US12286801B2
A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.
US12286793B2
An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an opening assembly and a guard assembly installable in a floor above an enclosed region. The opening assembly is actuatable between an open configuration to provide access to the enclosed region, and a closed configuration in which the opening assembly provides a closed surface. A guard assembly is mounted to the opening assembly and actuatable independent of the opening assembly, between a retracted configuration flush with the closed surface of the opening assembly, and a deployed configuration to serve as a guard for the opening assembly.
US12286788B2
Prefabricated wall panels simplify the constructive of dwelling units and other structures. The wall panels include an electrical junction that enables the wall panels to couple to other wall panels, allowing electricity to flow between panels. Each wall panel includes electrical conduit to allow for the flow of electricity within the wall panel. The electrical conduit is coupled to power outlets within the wall panels. In some embodiments, the wall panels additional include network line, enabling the flow of data between panels. The electrical conduit can transmit both power and data within the conduit. In such embodiments, a controller can decode the data signals from the power signals within the conduit. The wall panel can additionally include one or more components that can perform functions based on the data, or that can couple to devices or systems that can communicate via the conduit.
US12286787B2
A suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a grid support member and a ceiling panel supported on the member. A resiliently compressible gasket is disposed at the interface between the grid support member and peripheral edge of the panel. The gasket may be fixedly attached to the panel peripheral edge in the factory under controlled conditions before shipment to the ceiling installation site. In one embodiment, the gasket may be adhesively attached to the panel. Mounting the ceiling panel on the grid support member compresses the gasket to preferably form a minimally visible air leakage resistant seal between the air plenum space above the ceiling panels and the occupied space below. This retards air exchange between the spaces which enhances heating/cooling efficiency, noise reduction and allows formation of pressurized clean rooms.
US12286784B1
A beam support structure that is formed of a first bracket for supporting a first beam or post; and a second bracket for supporting a second beam. Each of the first and second brackets are of U-shape including a base wall and a pair of side walls that extend orthogonal to the base wall, and a support flange that extends parallel to the pair of side walls and an arm having respective ends that connect between the respective flanges of the first and second brackets. The arm is secured between the first and second brackets, while allowing multiple different secured positions between the first and second brackets. A leveling member may be associated with each bracket and arm.
US12286782B2
Stormwater management systems, methods, and apparatus for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management crate for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management crate may include a top plate having a first plurality of support column attachments and one or more support column assemblies located below the top plate; the one or more support column assemblies being affixed to the top plate at the support column attachments. The stormwater management crate may further include a bottom plate having a second plurality of support column attachments located below the support column assemblies. Stormwater management crates may be arranged into an array and include side panels of variable heights. The array of stormwater management crates may be further wrapped in sediment impervious material and serve to restrict stormwater flow as part of a stormwater management system.
US12286779B2
A flush assembly for a plumbing fixture, the assembly comprising a sprayer body, wherein the sprayer body comprises a bottom wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, the sprayer body is configured to be in fluid communication with a water source, and the sprayer body bottom wall comprises a first outlet through which flush water is delivered during a flush cycle. The first outlet may comprise a slot shape and/or an arc slot shape. The flush assembly provides a large flush profile.
US12286772B2
A system for fixing wear elements in earth-moving machines is provided which comprises a stem that rotates between a locking position and a release position, with locking elements including a first deformable locking element placed at the inner end of the stem and a second locking element arranged towards the outer end of the stem. This system allows for providing a an easy to manipulate and improved manner of securing the contacts between the tooth and the tooth-holder of an earth-moving machine.
US12286763B2
A method is used for the layer-by-layer filling and compaction of cohesive building materials, in particular of cohesive earth building materials, in at least one borehole near the surface. The cohesive building material is introduced into the at least one borehole and is compacted layer-by-layer using a conveying device comprising a stuffing piston driven by means of a push chain drive.
US12286760B2
A module of road safety barrier for contacting and redirecting an errant vehicle includes a first beam, a second beam, and uprights that support them. The first beam has a first longitudinal part projecting laterally with respect to the uprights and also has a second longitudinal part projecting laterally with respect to the uprights, on the opposite side of the uprights with respect to the first longitudinal part. The first longitudinal part and the second longitudinal part are each joined to both of the uprights by means of permanent joints and are joined to one another by welds or brazing so as to form an internally hollow beam with longitudinal slots. In manufacturing, the whole module is galvanized.
US12286751B2
Recycle fiber bleaching includes an oxygen pre-treatment to activate the fiber for further bleaching. A preferred method of making a high brightness papermaking pulp from recycled cellulose fiber includes: (a) pre-treating a first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with oxygen, said first recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a first high Kappa number prior to pre-treatment and a reduced Kappa number after pre-treatment that is lower than said first high Kappa number; and (b) blending the pre-treated first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with the reduced Kappa number with a second recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a second Kappa number lower than the first high Kappa number of the first recycled cellulosic fiber mix; and (c) oxidatively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (b); and optionally (d) reductively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (c).
US12286732B2
A pile fabric includes a long pile portion and a short pile portion. An average pile length of the long pile portion differs from an average pile length of the short pile portion by 2 mm or more. The long pile portion contains crimped polyester-based fibers in an amount of 60% by weight or more. The short pile portion contains crimped polyester-based fibers in an amount of 60% by weight or more. A crimp removal temperature of the polyester-based fibers of the long pile portion is lower than a crimp removal temperature of the polyester-based fibers of the short pile portion. The crimp removal temperature of the polyester-based fibers of the short pile portion is 90° C. or more and 120° C. or less. Each of the crimp removal temperatures indicates a minimum temperature that satisfies a specific relationship. A method for manufacturing the pile fabric is also provided.
US12286731B2
Provided is a glass cloth that can reduce a delay time difference of a printed wiring board and for which high productivity can be achieved. In the glass cloth, a glass filament diameter of the warp yarn and the weft yarn is from 0.5 to 4.5 μm, the filament number of each is from 150 to 3000, the weaving density of each is from 1.0 to 50.0 filaments/25 mm, the average yarn width of each is from 550 to 10000 μm, the fiber-opening efficiency coefficient of each is from 0.600 to 1.500, the ratio of the filament number to the filament diameter is from 68.6 to 555.5, the geometric mean of the opening efficiency coefficients of the warp yarn and the weft yarn is from 0.770 to 1.200, and the thickness of the glass cloth is less than 10.0 μm.
US12286726B2
Provided are a diamond composite body capable of shortening a separation time for separating a substrate and a diamond layer, the substrate, and a method for manufacturing a diamond, as well as a diamond obtained from the diamond composite body and a tool including the diamond. The diamond composite body includes a substrate including a diamond seed crystal and having grooves in a main surface, a diamond layer formed on the main surface of the substrate, and a non-diamond layer formed on a substrate side at a constant depth from an interface between the substrate and the diamond layer.
US12286718B2
Provided is a method for producing a nitride semiconductor photoelectrode capable of improving the light energy conversion efficiency. The method for producing a nitride semiconductor photoelectrode includes a first step of forming an n-type gallium nitride layer on an insulating or conductive substrate, a second step of forming an indium gallium nitride layer on the n-type gallium nitride layer, a third step of forming a nickel layer n the indium gallium nitride layer, and a fourth step of heat-treating the nickel layer in an oxygen atmosphere.
US12286716B2
A system optionally including a carbon oxide reactor. A method for carbon oxide reactor control, optionally including selecting carbon oxide reactor aspects based on a desired output composition, running a carbon oxide reactor under controlled process conditions to produce a desired output composition, and/or altering the process conditions to alter the output composition.
US12286713B2
An oxygen evolution reaction catalyst is a ternary metal oxide that includes Mn and is represented by MnuSbvOw in the rutile crystal phase and MxMnyOz where M is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ni, Sr, Zn, Mg, Ni, Ba, Co and where u/(u+v) is greater than 33%.
US12286710B2
A method is described for migration of a deposition material across a diffusion couple deposited on a substrate to a substrate surface including: using a reactor system to facilitate the migration of one or more diffusion materials across a diffusion couple to a substrate by applying a specified pressure to facilitate the migration of the one or more diffusion materials across the diffusion couple to the substrate, where the specified pressure has a value between 14.5 psi and 125 psi, and applying a temperature to facilitate the migration of the one or more diffusion materials across a diffusion couple to the substrate, where the heatable top disk is controlled at a temperature between 25° C. and 500° C. and the heatable bottom disk is controlled at a temperature between 25° C. and 500° C., and where graphene is formed on the substrate surface.
US12286708B2
A system for spraying a coating material to a substrate includes an optical sensor that monitors a thickness, a controller that generates a first signal corresponding to an amount of gas propellant to be heated, a second signal corresponding to a temperature to which the gas propellant is to be heated, a third signal corresponding to an amount of a solid powder composition to be mixed with the heated gas, and a fourth signal corresponding to a distance between the nozzle and the substrate, a first regulator that supplies an amount of gas propellant corresponding to the first signal, a heater that heats the gas propellant to the temperature corresponding to the second signal, a second regulator that supplies an amount of solid powder composition corresponding to the third signal, and an actuator that moves the nozzle corresponding to the fourth signal.
US12286687B1
The present disclosure provides a polymetallic-ore beneficiation and separation reagent, a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The preparation method for a polymetallic-ore beneficiation and separation reagent, includes following steps: (1) mixing a substance A, caustic soda, soda ash and sodium polysulfide, and then heating the same and performing a catalytic reaction, to render an intermediate product B, wherein the substance A includes one or more of urea, glycine, urea peroxide, ammonium cyanate and isocyanic acid; and (2) mixing the intermediate product B with trichloroisocyanuric acid, dichloroisocyanuric acid and 2-amino-3-(4-imidazolyl)propanoic acid, to render the polymetallic-ore beneficiation and separation reagent.
US12286671B2
The invention generally relates to sequencing library preparation methods. In certain embodiments, two or more template nucleic acids are joined together by a linking molecule, such as a PEG derivative. Identical copies of a nucleic acid fragment or both strands of a duplex fragment may be linked together. The linked nucleic acids are amplified, creating linked amplicons. Emulsion PCR with linked primers creates linked template nucleic acids for seeding sequencing clusters and errors can be readily identified by their presence on only one of the linked fragments.
US12286669B2
An apparatus for performing nucleic acid amplification reactions includes a thermally-conductive receptacle holder that includes multiple receptacle wells. Each well can receive a receptacle and has a through-hole extending from an inner surface of the well to an outer surface of the holder. The apparatus includes multiple optical fibers, and each optical fiber has a first end in optical communication with an associated well and a second end in optical communication with an excitation signal source and/or an emission signal detector. The first end of each optical fiber is moveable with respect to the through-hole. A cover is movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the receptacle holder, and the first end of each optical fiber moves with respect to the through-hole of the associated well as the cover moves to the open or closed position or when the cover moves into or out of contact with any receptacles within the wells.
US12286656B2
Described herein is the fermentative production of fine chemicals, notably itaconate or itaconic acid, including production microorganisms, fermentation compositions and media, proteins useful in the production of the products, and nucleic acids for expression of such proteins, as well as methods for the production of fine chemicals.
US12286655B2
The present invention provides engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved thermostability, serum stability, improved cellular uptake, stability under both acidic (pH<4) and basic (pH>7) conditions, reduced immunogenicity, and improved globotriaosylceramide removal from cells. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides for therapeutic purposes.
US12286653B2
The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in amidation reactions.
US12286642B2
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are provided. When the CARs herein are expressed on the surface of immune cells, such immune cells may be directed to osteosarcoma cells. In a murine intraperitoneal model, the tumor growth was significantly delayed for T cells expressing a CAR comprising a scFv from TP1 or TP3 antibodies. Immune cells expressing the CARs herein display therapeutic effect in the form of decreased tumor volume in a murine model simulating metastatic osteosarcoma. Combined with the finding that stem cells from healthy bone marrow were not significantly affected by T cells expressing any of the CARs, the CARs may be used for the treatment of osteosarcoma.
US12286640B2
Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains.
US12286633B2
Compositions and methods for modifying genomic DNA sequences of a plant cell are provided. The methods produce double stranded breaks at target sites in a genomic DNA sequence, resulting in mutation, insertion, and/or deletion of DNA sequences at the target site(s) in a genome. The compositions comprise DNA constructs comprising nucleotide sequences that encode a Cas12b protein. The DNA constructs can be used to direct the modification of genomic DNA at a target site. Methods to use these DNA constructs to modify genomic DNA sequences are described herein. Additionally, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of genes are provided.
US12286621B2
Disclosed herein include methods, compositions, and systems for extending particle-associated oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, the methods of extending particle-associated oligonucleotides enable efficient methods of preparing a library of barcoded beads. It is also provided, in some embodiments, hydrogel beads degradable upon application of a chemical stimulus that comprise releasably attached oligonucleotides.
US12286606B2
A cleaning solution including: a primary solvent; a secondary solvent, wherein the secondary solvent is at least partially miscible with the primary solvent; an oxidizing agent, wherein the oxidizing agent includes a peroxide; a chelating agent, wherein the chelating agent includes the structure of formula I: wherein R1-R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H; OH; and an alkyl, cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyl, aroyl, alkenyl, alkyl-alkenyl, alcohol, ether, ketone, carboxylic acid, acid halide, acid anhydride, ester, and/or amide group containing approximately 1 to approximately 25 carbon atom(s); and wherein X1-X3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of O; S; and Se; a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes a first anionic surfactant, a second anionic surfactant, a third anionic surfactant, and a fourth anionic surfactant; a pH modifier; and an optional amino acid.
US12286600B2
At least one nitrogen-containing detergent to reduce the filter blocking tendency of a fuel composition having a tendency to block filters. The fuel composition includes a renewable diesel component and a biodiesel component.
US12286595B2
This disclosure provides processes for reforming hydrocarbons by using a series of adiabatic reactors and catalysts, in which the catalyst(s) in at least one front or upstream catalyst bed or reactor includes a higher fluoride concentration, higher chloride concentration, or both than the respective halide concentrations in the catalysts in one or more downstream catalyst beds or reactors, which has been unexpectedly discovered to extend the useful life and/or the selectivity of the catalyst system.
US12286593B2
A process includes a.) supplying a biomass feedstock, a fluidizing gas having hydrogen, and a catalyst recirculation stream having deoxygenating catalyst to a mixing zone of a fluidized bed reactor; b.) allowing the biomass feedstock, the fluidizing gas and the deoxygenating catalyst to move upwards through the fluidized bed reactor from the mixing zone to a bulk reactor zone; c.) allowing the biomass feedstock to contact the deoxygenating catalyst in the presence of the fluidizing gas in the bulk reactor zone of the fluidized bed reactor to produce a hydropyrolysis reactor output including at least one non-condensable gas, a partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product and char; and d.) withdrawing at least a portion of the deoxygenating catalyst from the bulk reactor zone to form the catalyst recirculation stream that is supplied to the mixing zone in step a).
US12286592B2
The present invention provides methods and an apparatuses for converting polymeric material into hydrocarbon products.
US12286590B2
The present specification relates to a color conversion film comprising a color conversion functional layer including a phase change material, and a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the color conversion film.
US12286588B2
The present disclosure is directed to polyanionic surfactants, surfactant mixtures, compositions derived thereof, and uses thereof in hydrocarbon recovery. Methods of making polyanionic surfactants are also described.
US12286584B2
An invert oil-based mud (OBM) includes an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous internal phase, and an emulsifier that has two hydrophilic head groups and a hydrophobic tail group. A method of using an invert oil-based mud (OBM) in a wellbore is provided. The method includes introducing the invert OBM, which includes an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous internal phase, and an emulsifier with two hydrophilic head groups and a hydrophobic tail group into the wellbore. A method of preparing an invert oil-based mud (OBM) is also provided. The method includes mixing an emulsifier comprising two hydrophilic head groups and a hydrophobic tail group with an oleaginous phase and an aqueous phase.
US12286582B2
A composition of matter including a fluorescent assembly and a drilling fluid is provided. The fluorescent assembly includes a matrix material and a plurality of fluorophores held within the matrix material and has an average particle size of at least one millimeter. A method includes introducing the fluorescent assembly into a drilling fluid and circulating the drilling fluid through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the fluorescent assembly interacts with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The method further includes collecting returned cuttings from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well, detecting the presence of the fluorescent assembly on the returned cuttings to identify the tagged cuttings, and correlating the tagged cuttings with a drill depth in the well at a time during the drilling operation.
US12286578B2
A liquid crystalline resin composition is disclosed. The liquid crystalline resin composition includes a liquid crystalline resin, a fine particulate filler including barium sulfate (BaSO4), and a nanofiller including carbon nanotubes (CNT), wherein a content of the nanofiller based on the total weight of the fine particulate filler and the nanofiller is about 6 wt % to about 30 wt %.
US12286575B2
A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
US12286574B2
A composition includes a functionalized fluorescent dye. The functionalized fluorescent dye includes an isothiocyanate-containing dye that is functionalized with a functional group. The functional group includes a primary amine. The functionalized fluorescent dye can be mixed with a fluid to form a tracer fluid for tracing fluid flow in a subterranean formation.
US12286567B2
A method for curing a patch. The method includes generating the patch according to a negative of a scan of a scarf in a composite material. The method also includes pre-curing the patch.
US12286564B2
The present disclosure relates to a resin composition for semiconductor adhesion comprising: a thermoplastic resin; a thermosetting resin; a curing agent; and a curing catalyst compound having a specific structure, and an adhesive film for semiconductor, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package, and a semiconductor package using the same.
US12286562B2
A substrate is coated with a transparent coating film using a coating liquid for forming a transparent coating film including metal oxide particles and a matrix formation component. The metal oxide particles each include a metal oxide particle containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide, including a titanium oxide-containing core particle; and a coating layer with which the titanium oxide-containing core particle is coated and that is made of silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide colloidal particles having a mass ratio of silicon dioxide/stannic oxide of 0.1 to 5.0, where one or more intermediate thin film layers that are made of any one of an oxide; a complex oxide of at least one element selected from Si, Al, Sn, Zr, Zn, Sb, Nb, Ta, and W; and a mixture of the oxide and the complex oxide are interposed between the core particle and the coating layer.
US12286560B2
A method for producing a glass-like protective layer on an optionally pre-coated metal or glass substrate. The method comprises: (a) mixing one or more defined silicon compounds with NaOH and KOH, (b) adding water to the mixture obtained in (a) to hydrolyze the silicon compound(s), (c) adding at least one defined compound of formula MYm, where M is Pb, Ti, Zr, Al or B, to the hydrolyzed mixture obtained in (b), wherein the molar ratio M/Si is from 0.01/1 to 0.04/1, to obtain a coating sol, (d) applying the coating sol obtained in (c) to the substrate, and (e) thermal densification of the coating sol applied in d) at a temperature of from 300° C. to 500° C. to form the glass-like protective layer.
US12286559B2
The present disclosure relates to anti-fog coatings, coated substrate comprising an anti-fog coating and a process for preparing such coatings. Said process comprising exposing a surface to be coated in a plasma, said plasma produced by exposing a carrier gas comprising an oxidant (e.g. N2/O2, N2/N2O, or air) and a alkylcyclosiloxane (e.g. tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane) under dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in Townsend's mode at atmospheric pressure.
US12286555B2
Described in preferred embodiments are UV curable coating compositions including a unique blend of aliphatic urethane acrylate resins. Also described are coated articles and methods for their production involving the use of the coating compositions.
US12286554B2
The present invention relates to a self-emulsifying polyisocyanate composition including a reaction mixture of (a) an anionic compound having a specific structure, (b) nonionic hydrophilic group-containing monofunctional alcohol having a specific structure, (c) organic polyisocyanate, and (d) tertiary amine, a two-part coating composition that contains the composition, and a coating film that can be obtained from the coating composition.
US12286552B2
There is provided a coating composition capable of forming a coating film exhibiting excellent scratch resistance over a long period of time even in an outdoor environment. The coating composition including a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a crosslinking agent (B), and a dispersion of silica particles (C) having a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (c1) bonded thereto and an ultraviolet absorber (c21) and/or a hindered amine-based light stabilizer (c22) bonded thereto.
US12286550B2
An aqueous polymer dispersion and an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous polymer dispersion, and the aqueous coating composition providing the resulting coatings with good anti-corrosion property.
US12286545B2
The present disclosure provides a fluid set for printing on textile. The fluid set contains a pretreatment composition, and a mixture of a pigment and a disperse dye as the colorant. The blending of a pigment with a disperse dye as the colorant together with a suitable pretreatment composition provides better image quality.
US12286543B2
An image forming method according to an aspect of the present invention includes supplying a water based ink to an inkjet head at a flow rate of 5 mL/min or more and 120 mL/min or less, and ejecting the supplied water based ink from a nozzle of the inkjet head. The water based ink contains a colorant and a water-insoluble resin having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower.
US12286540B2
Apparatus and process for the continuous production of carbon black or carbon containing compounds. The process is performed by converting a carbon containing feedstock, including generating a plasma gas with electrical energy, accelerating the plasma gas through a nozzle, whose diameter is narrowing in the direction of the plasma gas, guiding the plasma gas into a reaction area where feedstock is injected under conditions generated by aerodynamic and electromagnetic forces, including intense rapid mixing between the plasma gas and feedstock occurs. There is no significant recirculation of feedstock into the plasma chamber, and the reaction zone does not immediately come into contact with any contact surfaces. The products of reaction are cooled, and the carbon black or carbon containing compounds are separated from the other reaction products.
US12286532B2
A thermoplastic resin composition that cuts visible light and has infrared light transmittance. A thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and a coloring material, wherein the refractive index at a wavelength of 894 nm is 1.60 or greater, and when the thickness of the thermoplastic resin composition is 1 mm, the maximum value of the transmittance of wavelengths of 380 nm-630 nm is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 1.00%, and the average transmittance of wavelengths of 840 nm-940 nm is greater than or equal to 80%.
US12286529B2
This invention relates to a tire with high performance tread of rubber composition for promoting tread durability and traction. For such purpose, a tread rubber composition is provided which contains a high Tg solvent solution polymerization prepared styrene/butadiene elastomer (SSBR) together with precipitated silica reinforcement and traction resin. The invention includes extension of the uncured high Tg SSBR by triglyceride vegetable oil instead of petroleum based oil.
US12286528B2
Provided is a composition comprising an aqueous medium, and further comprising, dispersed in the aqueous medium: (a) particles (a) that comprise a maleated polyolefin (a), and (b) particles (b) that comprise an acrylic polymer (b), wherein the acrylic polymer (b) comprises, by weight based on the solid weight of the acrylic polymer (b): (i) 0.1% to 10% polymerized units of hydroxyl functional acrylic monomer, (ii) 1% to 20% polymerized units of carboxyl functional monomer, and (iii) 70% to 98.9% polymerized units of one or more additional monomer (iii) selected from the group consisting of acrylic monomers, styrenic monomers, and mixtures thereof, wherein the maleated polyolefin (a) is present in an amount of 1% to 19% by weight based on the sum of the solid weights of maleated polyolefin (a) and acrylic polymer (b). Also provided is a method of binding fibers using the composition.
US12286526B2
Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding with which it is possible to form a vinyl chloride resin molded product having excellent alcohol resistance and low-temperature flexibility. The vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding contains: (a) a vinyl chloride resin; and (b) a 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol-sebacic acid polyester that includes a sebacic acid-derived structural unit and a 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol-derived structural unit. The vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding is preferably used for powder slush molding.
US12286525B2
The present invention relates a polycarbonate composition comprising polycarbonate, acid stabiliser and at least one anthraquinone based colorant having at least one hydroxyl group, wherein the composition has a transmission of at least 80% in an infrared light wavelength range of from 760-1120 nm, wherein transmission is determined on an injection moulded plaque having a thickness of 2 mm prepared by injection moulding the composition at a maximum temperature of 320° C. and at a residence time of 10 minutes. Preferably the composition has a transmission of at most 10% in the visible light wavelength range of from 380-740 nm.
US12286524B2
Compostable seaweed-based thin films, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an exemplary seaweed-based thin film comprises a seaweed-based composition comprising agar, alginate, carrageenan, semi-refined seaweed, and/or unprocessed seaweed; an agent comprising glycerin, sorbitol, sodium lignosulphonate, potassium lignosulphonate, calcium lignosulphonate, ammonium lignosulphonate, lignosulphonate, citric acid, ascorbic acid, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polyglyceride fatty acid esters, guar gum, tributyl citrate, and/or propylene glycol; and water. The seaweed-based composition can comprise 50-90 wt % of the seaweed-based thin film, the agent can comprise no more than 40 wt % of the seaweed-based thin film, and the water can comprise 0.1-50 wt % of the seaweed-based thin film.
US12286520B2
A masterbatch composition suitable for use as a flame retardant in extruded polymer foams, and process for manufacturing the same, and extruded foams containing same; the composition comprising: (a) 20 to 40 parts by weight base resin comprising styrene homopolymer or copolymer; (b) 1 to 16 parts by weight acid scavenger comprising an epoxy-based compound; (c) 2 to 6 parts by weight antioxidant comprising an alkyl or aryl phosphite; and (d) 45 to 60 parts by weight flame retardant comprising a non-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) brominated polymer or copolymer, wherein the amounts of (a), (b), (c), and (d) total 100 parts by weight; and (e) 0.6 to 10 parts by weight of pH moderator, based on 100 parts of (a) base resin plus (e) water soluble pH moderator.
US12286519B2
A wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material and a preparation method therefor are disclosed. The wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material includes a substrate and a wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material coating layer on the surface of the substrate; the wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material coating layer is obtained by curing a precursor for the super-hydrophobic composite material coating layer; the precursor for the super-hydrophobic composite material coating layer includes a gel and an ACNTB-SiO2-coupling agent layer on the surface of the gel; the gel includes an epoxy resin and amino-terminated hyperbranched polysiloxane, or includes an epoxy resin, amino-terminated hyperbranched polysiloxane and an additive; and the additive is an ACNTB-SiO2-coupling agent and/or diglycidyl-ether-terminated polydimethylsiloxane. The wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material has a water contact angle higher than 160° and more than 250 rubbing cycles.
US12286505B2
The present invention relates to: a method for producing a metallocene-supported catalyst, the method including (1) a step of producing a reaction solution 1 by reacting one or more metallocene compounds with one or more co-catalyst compounds, (2) a step of performing supporting by mixing a support with the reaction solution 1, (3) a step of producing a reaction solution 2 by reacting one or more metallocene compounds with one or more co-catalyst compounds, and (4) a step of mixing the reaction solution 2 with the supporting material of the step (2); and a metallocene-supported catalyst produced by the same.
US12286497B2
Process of grafting of a polyethylene-containing material to produce a modified polyethylene composition comprising providing a twin screw extruder with one or more thermal regulation devices; a polyethylene-containing material and a grafting agent and extruding the polyethylene-containing material and the grafting agent to obtain a modified polyethylene composition; the step of extruding comprises a thermal treatment of the polyethylene-containing material by self-heating of the material at a maximum barrel temperature Ts ranging from 315° C. to 410° C. in one or more hot zones of the extruder.
US12286493B2
Systems for fabricating orthodontic appliances are provided. In some embodiments, a system includes a build platform configured to receive a polymerizable composition, the polymerizable composition including a first polymerizable component and a second polymerizable component, the polymerizable composition characterized by an initial ratio of the first polymerizable component to the second polymerizable component. The system can also include a light source configured to form a portion of an orthodontic appliance from the polymerizable composition by: forming a first region by exposing the polymerizable composition to radiation, where the first region includes a first ratio of the first polymerizable component to the second polymerizable component, the first ratio being different from the initial ratio; and forming a second region, where the second region includes a second ratio of the first polymerizable component to the second polymerizable component, the second ratio being different from the initial ratio and the first ratio.
US12286480B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods of identifying agents that are capable of inhibiting the binding (e.g., coupling) between a ROR1 protein and a ROR2 protein. By interfering with ROR1-ROR2 coupling (binding) the agents identified using the methods provided herein inhibit non-canonical Wnt5a signaling. Thus, the agents identified by the methods provided herein may, inter alia, be useful for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
US12286479B2
Antibody formulations are described comprising a mixture of an anti-α4β7 antibody, an antioxidant or chelator, and at least one free amino acid. The disclosed formulations may have improved stability, reduced aggregate formation, or both. The present invention further provides a safe dosing regimen of these antibody formulations that is easy to follow, and which results in a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-α4β7 antibody in vivo.
US12286477B2
The disclosure provides antibody molecules that bind to TCR Vβ regions and multispecific molecules comprising said antibody molecules. Additionally, disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the same, methods of producing the aforesaid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions comprising aforesaid molecules, and methods of treating a cancer using the aforesaid molecules.
US12286475B2
The present disclosure provides antigen-binding proteins specifically binding GPRC5D, as well as respective antibodies in enhanced ADCC formats, and methods of using them to treat cancers such as multiple myeloma.
US12286462B2
The present invention relates to variants of porcine granulocyte colony stimulating factor (pG-CSF). The pG-CSF variants are useful in treating preventing or reducing the incidence of bacterial infections in swine. Methods of treating swine are disclosed.
US12286458B2
The present invention relates to the field of protein purification and relates in particular to novel proteins that bind specifically to acid alpha glucosidase (GAA). The invention further relates to fusion proteins comprising novel proteins that bind specifically to GAA. In addition, the invention relates to affinity matrices comprising the GAA binding proteins of the invention. The invention also relates to a use of these GAA binding proteins or affinity matrices for affinity purification of GAA and to methods of affinity purification of GAA using the GAA binding proteins of the invention. Further uses relate to analytical methods for the determination of GAA in liquids.
US12286444B2
An organic compound represented by formula [1] or [2]: where X1 to X20 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, and alkyl, alkoxy, amino, aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, silyl, and cyano groups, in which at least one of X1 to X10 and at least one of X11 to X20 are each an amino group or a group containing an amino group; Y1 and Y3 are each oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, a carbonyl group, or a CR1R2 group and are optionally the same or different, in which R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, and alkyl, alkoxy, amino, aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, silyl, and cyano groups, and Y2 and Y4 are each oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium and are optionally the same or different.
US12286440B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound and a pharmaceutical composition which exhibit strong antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria and drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. A compound represented by General Formula [1](the reference signs in Formula have the same definitions as those described in the present specification) or a salt thereof has strong antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria including multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or a salt thereof is useful as an antibacterial agent.
US12286439B2
Described herein are compounds having Formula I or Formula II: wherein each dashed line independently represents a saturated or unsaturated bond; R1 and R′1 are aryl or heteroaryl as defined herein; and R2 and R′2 are as defined herein. Further described is a method of inhibiting nuclear translocation of ERK1/2 in a cell, by contacting the cell with a compound having Formula I or Formula II. The compounds may also be for use in treating a disease or disorder associated with nuclear translocation of ERK1/2.
US12286437B2
Provided are compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula (I), or stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.
US12286436B2
Pyrimido[4,5-b]indole compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrimido[4,5-b]indole compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases. The pyrimido[4,5-b]indole compounds include compounds of the general formula:
US12286433B1
This invention provides rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibiting compounds for therapeutic applications as described further herein.
US12286432B2
The present invention relates to fluorinated compounds of formula I and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the fluorinated compounds of the invention, and methods of treating fibrosis, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy (DR), macular edema, diabetic macular edema (DME), and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO), by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US12286429B2
The present invention is directed to 5-oxo-1,2,3,5,8,8a-hexahydroindolizine-3-carboxamide derivatives, stereoisomers, isotopologues, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders, inflammatory disorders and diseases or conditions in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated.
US12286422B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to 4-substituted benzoylpiperazine-1-substituted carbonyls having a structure represented by a formula: derivatives thereof, and related compounds; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders, e.g., various tumors and cancers, associated with β-catenin/BCL9 protein-protein interaction dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12286420B2
Disclosed are compounds that activate excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2), as well as methods of using these compounds to treat or preventing diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with glutamate excitotoxicity.
US12286414B2
The present invention provides, a novel method for producing a compound represented by formula (I) and a novel method for producing a compound represented by formula (B) or a salt thereof, which are intermediates in the production of formula (I).
US12286413B2
This document provides compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers including renal cancer (e.g., renal cell carcinoma) as well as ovarian, breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, bladder, liver, lung, and thyroid cancers and melanoma. For example, compounds, compositions, and methods for using one or more inhibitors of SCD1 to treat renal cell carcinoma (e.g., clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)), thyroid cancer, or liver cancer; or to increase the efficacy of treatment for the same.
US12286406B2
Disclosed herein are compounds which inhibit RIPK1, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of RIPK1-mediated diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.
US12286403B2
Formulated and/or co-formulated liposomes comprising IDO prodrugs and methods of making the liposomes are disclosed herein. The IDO prodrug compositions comprise a drug moiety, a lipid moiety, and linkage unit that inhibit IDO-1. The IDO prodrugs can be formulated and/or co-formulated into a liposome to provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders, and other disease by utilizing a targeted drug delivery vehicle.
US12286398B2
Provided herein are novel antibacterial compounds of Formula I. The compounds can be made through enzymatic oxidative dimerization in the presence of a suitable organism and one or more metal salts. Pathogenic bacteria exposed to the compound of Formula I do not develop resistance to these compounds even after prolonged exposure. Also provided herein are methods of treating bacterial infections, and method of killing or disinfecting bacteria.
US12286391B2
Provided herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for localized, on-demand diesel exhaust fluid (“DEF”) production. The systems can comprise a loading station for securing a container comprising a pre-measured quantity of urea and releasing the urea from the container. The released urea and water can then be fed into a mixing tank to produce the DEF product. The water can be pre-treated, for example, in a reverse osmosis and/or deionization process before being fed to the mixing tank. The DEF product can be immediately dispensed into a diesel vehicle or stored in a nearby intermediate storage tank. The systems and processes advantageously reduce or eliminate the need for over-the-road shipments and retail packaging of DEF.
US12286384B2
The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing a lignocellulosic biomass, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass has a lignin content of 40% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less and a contact angle with water of 50° or less.
US12286381B2
A coil component includes a porous ceramic portion having pores, a coil portion embedded in the porous ceramic portion, and outer electrodes which are provided on an outer surface of the porous ceramic portion and electrically connected to the coil portion. The porous ceramic portion has a porosity of 10% by volume or more and 90% by volume or less (i.e., from 10% by volume to 90% by volume), and the pores are filled with a cured product of a resin composition containing a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin and an acid anhydride-based curing agent.
US12286367B2
A scale-free boiler of the present disclosure includes a boiler case, a main flow path disposed inside the boiler case and in communication with a heating flow path disposed outside the boiler case to provide heating, a heat source for heating water flowing along the main flow path, and a filter for removing, based on an electrical force, an ionic material contained in the water flowing along the main flow path or water to be supplied to the main flow path to prevent occurrence of scale.
US12286365B2
A gravity water filter comprises a cover, a filter water bucket, a purified water bucket, and a filter element component; wherein the cover, the filter water bucket and the purified water bucket are detachably connected from top to bottom; a water flowing hole is arranged at the bottom of the filter water bucket; the filter element component is arranged in the filter water bucket through a sealed fixed structure, and the water outlet port of the filter element component is connected to the purified water bucket. The advantage of adopting the above technical solutions is that through the action of gravity, clean and drinkable water is obtained through filtration by the filter element component and flows to the purified water bucket. The watch window facilitates users to observe the remaining amount of purified water, and the accommodating slot reduces the unfilterable liquid to be filtered in the filter water bucket.
US12286361B2
Particulate material of the composition Li1+xTM1−xO2 wherein x is in the range of from −0.02 to +0.05, TM comprises at least 93 mol-% nickel and (A) at least one element M1 wherein M1 is selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, W and Mo, (B) at least one element M2 wherein M2 is selected from B, Al, Mg and Ga, wherein said particulate material has an average particle diameter (D50) in the range of from 2 to 20 μm.
US12286355B2
A method includes acquiring particles doped with at least one analyte and forming a monolithic reference material. The method includes forming includes using the analyte-doped particles as feedstock particles in an additive manufacturing process. A product includes a monolithic reference material formed of Stöber particles doped with a trace element. A method includes acquiring particles doped with platinum group elements (PGEs). The method includes forming a monolithic reference material using the PGE-doped particles as feedstock particles in an additive manufacturing process.
US12286351B2
Disclosed are fast high-temperature sintering systems and methods. A method of fabrication includes positioning a material at a distance of 0-1 centimeters from a first conductive carbon element and at a distance of 0-1 centimeters from a second conductive carbon element, heating the first conductive carbon element and the second conductive carbon element by electrical current to a temperature between 500° C. and 3000° C., inclusive, and fabricating a sintered material by heating the material with the heated first conductive carbon element and the heated second conductive carbon element for a time period between one second and one hour. Other variations of the fast high-temperature sintering systems and methods are also disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods can quickly fabricate unique structures not feasible with conventional sintering processes.
US12286346B2
The reaction of sodium hypochlorite with sodium bromide is slow, and commonly only part of the bromide is converted to hypobromite. Methods to accelerate the reaction by adding a regulated amount of acid to a solution comprising bleach and bromide are provided, whereby the yield of hypobromite can be increased. The amount of acid added can be predetermined based on the content of a base in the bleach, and acid can be added to neutralize the base. The amount of acid added can be based on a measured parameter of the reaction that is indicative of reaction kinetics. For example, the amount of acid can be actively controlled by measuring pH, absorbance of visible or near Ultraviolet light, or temperature of the reacting solution and adjusting acid.
US12286345B2
Filter assemblies are disclosed. In particular, filter assemblies including a filter media and an overlay portion covering the filter media are disclosed. Such filter assemblies may provide both acceptable filtering capacity and cleanable visible front surfaces.
US12286343B1
A construction component for detecting the application of energy and responding to the energy input wherein a plurality of particles are distributed throughout the component with each particle being configured to sense component state information. The component includes at least one processor configured to receive sensing information from the plurality of particle sensors. The processor configured to receive component state information and to process the information to determine a response to selectively alter attributes of the construction component to affect the behavior of the component. The plurality of particles capable of converting a portion of the energy applied to the construction component into an alternative form of energy, wherein the converted energy is harvested for utilization elsewhere.
US12286342B2
Embodiments for constant charge or capacitance for capacitive micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensors are presented herein. A MEMS device comprises a sense element circuit comprising a bias resistance, a charge-pump, and a capacitive sense element comprising an electrode and a sense capacitance. The charge-pump generates, at a bias resistor electrically coupled to the electrode, a bias voltage that is inversely proportional to a capacitance value comprising a value of the sense capacitance to facilitate maintenance of a nominally constant charge on the electrode. A sensing circuit comprises an alternating current (AC) signal source that generates an AC signal at a defined frequency; and generates, based on the AC signal, an AC test voltage at a test capacitance that is electrically coupled to the electrode. The sense element circuit generates, based on the AC test voltage at the defined frequency, an output signal representing the value of the sense capacitance.
US12286337B2
An apparatus for filling containers with a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the support is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle other than 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled, with a first filling device, in order to fill the container in a first pivoted position of the container with respect to the pivot axis via its mouth, and having a rinsing device in order to rinse the container in a second pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis through its mouth, in particular with a liquid.
US12286336B2
A collapsible bag for use in dispensing gaseous fluids, the collapsible bag including three collapsible enclosures. Two of the collapsible enclosures have respective fluid paths extending from internal to external of the outer enclosure. The configuration of the food quality of an inner enclosures and the integrity of the third outer enclosure and as well as the relative volume of one inner enclosure to the outer enclosures effects the dispensing mechanism of the pressure which allows transfer of the pressure without fluid interaction to another of the at inner collapsible enclosures and selective dispensing.
US12286332B2
The disclosure relates to an assembly head for a telescopic boom that can be separated into an inner and an outer boom set and that is reversibly mountable at an inner telescopic section of the outer boom set. The assembly head comprises a pulley head having deflection pulleys and a telescopic tube section that is arranged the pulley head, that can be pushed into the inner telescopic section from its end, and that has a substantially smaller length than the inner telescopic section. The disclosure further relates to a separable telescopic boom having an assembly head in accordance with the disclosure, to a mobile crane having a telescopic boom in accordance with the disclosure, and to a method for the self-assembly of an assembly head in accordance with the disclosure at the outer boom set of a telescopic boom.
US12286323B2
A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a conveyance path, a stacker, a post processing section, and vertical alignment members. The conveyance path conveys sheets in a conveying direction and stacks the sheets. The stacker restricts a leading end of the conveyed sheets. The stacker is movable in the conveying direction. The post processing section processes the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction than a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members feed the sheets in the conveying direction toward the stacker. The vertical alignment members are enabled to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members are movable in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker.
US12286322B2
A medium placement device configured to stack a plurality of sheets of a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device, the medium placement device including a plurality of support units being provided in a width direction intersecting with a discharge direction of the medium, and being configured to support, on a support surface from below in a gravitational direction, the medium discharged from the discharge unit. The plurality of support units are provided extending in the discharge direction, and are inclined downward in a gravitational direction from upstream to downstream in the discharge direction, and a first support unit and a second support unit arranged at a lower position in the gravitational direction with respect to the first support unit as viewed in the width direction, the first support unit and the second support unit being arranged alternatingly in the width direction.
US12286307B2
There is provided a conveyor assembly for sorting merchandise items. In one form, the conveyor assembly includes: a merchandise identification module; sortation modules each comprising a multi-directional sorting portion with two sets of rollers, a first wing including a third set of rollers, a second wing including a fourth set of rollers, and a controller configured to receive an IP address; a first, disassembled state of the sortation modules; a second, assembled state of the sortation modules; a merchandise database; and a control circuit configured to receive identifying information about an unsorted merchandise item, assign a unique IP address to each sortation module corresponding to the position of the sortation module, determine a sortation destination for the unsorted merchandise item, determine the sortation module corresponding to the sortation destination; and instruct the controller of the corresponding sortation module to divert the unsorted merchandise item to the sortation destination.
US12286301B2
A storage and retrieval system employing a gridded three-dimensional storage structure features workstations served by the same robotic vehicle fleet that serves the storage structure, travel-through workstations using the same robotic vehicles to carry storage units through the workstation without hand-off to any other conveyor or handler, internal sortation using orchestrated navigation of the robotic vehicles to workstation intake points, sensors on the robotic vehicles to confirm proper loading and alignment of storage units thereon, lifting mechanisms for raising the robotic vehicles into shafts of the gridded three-dimensional storage structure from a lower track thereof, use of markers and scanners to align the robotic vehicles with the grid shafts, and workstation light curtains for hand safety, pick-counting and container content protrusion detection.
US12286299B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a first independently operable section having a first number of predetermined storage and retrieval transactions, and a second independently operable section in communication with the first independently operable section and having a second number of predetermined storage and retrieval transactions. The first and second independently operable sections are configured to provide a respective number of predetermined storage and retrieval transactions so that the first number of predetermined storage and retrieval transactions substantially matches the second number of predetermined storage and retrieval transactions.
US12286291B2
A trash receptacle comprising an independent frame assembly, wherein the independent frame assembly has at least two parallel bars, wherein the bars are structurally configured to receive and dispense bags; and a clip mechanism located at the free non-affixed end of each bar, wherein each clip mechanism is configured to receive a bag so that the bag is pinched by the clip mechanism and the clip functions to prevent the bag from sliding off the bars or from collapsing inward. The trash receptacle is configured to be enclosed by placing the receptacle within at least one environment comprising at least one cabinet. The trash receptacle further comprising additional space to carry supplies in a cart configuration. The trash receptacle wherein the additional space comprises one of a cabinet, one or more drawers, one or more shelves, or one or more compartments. A trash receptacle on a cart.
US12286286B2
An insulation wrap includes an insulation batt defining a top end and a bottom end, the insulation batt defining an inner side and an outer side; a wrap liner blank including an inner portion extending across a first panel and a second panel of the wrap liner blank, the inner side of the insulation batt positioned facing the inner portion; a ledge portion extending across the first panel and the second panel of the wrap liner blank, the ledge portion hingedly coupled to the inner portion by an inner hinge, the top end of the insulation batt positioned facing the ledge portion; and an outer portion extending across the first panel and the second panel of the wrap liner blank, the outer portion hingedly coupled to the ledge portion by a ledge hinge.
US12286278B2
The invention relates to a lid for releasable attachment to a container for containment of fluid, the container having an opening defined by a first rim, the lid comprising a body having a second rim adapted for abutment onto the first rim, and a flange comprising a body having an outer periphery for abutment to an inner surface of the container, wherein the body of the flange is adapted to permit fluid flow through the flange to exit the container between the first and second rim. There is also provided an abutment assembly of the container being adapted to receive the second rim of the lid for selectively displacing at least one portion of the second rim of the lid to allow fluid to exit the container. In an arrangement, the abutment assembly may be of the second rim.
US12286275B2
A roof vent package provides dual functionality to transport and store roof vents, such as ridge vents, and to offer a disposal receptacle for jobsite debris. The package can include a ridge vent bag constructed from a flexible material to include multiple sidewalls, a closure flap that selectively covers an opening of a compartment in which ridge vents are stored, and a closure flap with a closure element to maintain the closure flap in a closed configuration over the opening. A related method includes storing and transporting ridge vents in the compartment of the bag, operating the closure flap to open the compartment and gain access to the ridge vents, removing the ridge vents from the compartment, and placing jobsite debris in the compartment of the ridge vent bag, where the ridge vents were previously located, to store the jobsite debris in the ridge vent bag for later disposal.
US12286273B1
A simple, easy to use, lightweight apparatus to be used with a leaf blower to collect yard debris, such as leaves, acorns and sticks. It provides a large opening (114) to receive debris straight into the cavity of the apparatus. The cavity holds a large volume of debris and once the debris has been collected, it is protected from being scattered by the wind or spilling out when being transported. One embodiment provides two fixed wheels (1200) which allow the apparatus be tilted and rolled rather than lifted or dragged. Another embodiment provides two fixed wheels (1200) and two swivel wheels (1700) so the worker merely pushes the apparatus. During unloading the worker never bears the entire weight of the loaded apparatus, but merely lifts the empty apparatus off the pile of debris. Another embodiment provides a ramp (1010) that helps to prevent blown debris from resettling into the grass.
US12286267B2
Described herein are various coupling systems to be used with storage units that are selectively coupled and decoupled. The coupling systems may be used with storage units that are stackable and/or transportable, thus allowing the storage units to function well within a large stationary environment, such as a basement, and also for a subset of the storage units to be selected and easily moved to another location.
US12286265B2
A holding structure for simultaneously holding containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions includes: at least ten receptacles for receiving the containers and being formed by side walls; a flat base frame including a central recess; first webs running parallel to each other in a first direction across the central recess; second webs running parallel to each other in a second direction across the central recess, the first webs and the second webs being arranged such that the first webs and the second webs form the side walls, each of the first webs and the second webs being formed as a continuous beam having a maximum waviness wmax of 4.0 mm, the holding structure including a warpage of less than 2.0 mm as determined by a test method before steam sterilization, the warpage corresponding to a bending after the holding structure has been prepared and is empty.
US12286262B2
The invention relates to a glass vessel having at least one wall and manufactured from a base material which is an alkali-containing silicate glass. It is a feature of the glass vessel that at least a surface layer is enriched in potassium and depleted of sodium and/or lithium, while an inner layer, especially one directly adjoining the surface layer, is not enriched in potassium and not depleted of sodium and/or lithium, and that the glass vessel has compressive stress up to a compressive stress depth and tensile stress beyond the compressive stress depth, wherein the tensile stress rises with increasing depth up to a tensile stress maximum within the inner layer and/or wherein the progression of the tensile stress as a function of depth does not have a linear section and/or wherein the progression of the tensile stress as a function of depth does not have a section in which tensile stress is constant.
US12286260B2
An attachment apparatus includes: a guide mechanism provided along an attaching direction on an adhesion target surface; a slider supported by the guide mechanism in a manner movable in the attaching direction; a shaft body rotatably supported by the slider; a biasing unit that applies a biasing force in a rotation direction to the shaft body; a connector extending from the shaft body in a radial direction of the shaft body; and an elastic roller supported by the connector. The elastic roller separates a sheet piece into an adhesive sheet to be inverted by the elastic roller and a release sheet to be delivered in the attaching direction. The adhesive sheet inverted by the elastic roller is pressed to be attached on the adhesion target surface by the biasing force.
US12286256B1
A method for storing objects in vacuum by inflatable balloon and inserting tube that includes a lid and a sleeve with inserting opening, drop opening, air inlet valve, and air outlet valve. The lid includes a sealing element that is compatible a sealing element on the inserting opening. The balloon includes an opening that is assembled on the sleeve such that the drop opening is positioning inside the balloon, and the opening of the balloon is assembled on the sleeve to prevent air to enter into the balloon through this opening. The user can open the lid, insert the object into the sleeve through the inserting opening, close and seal the inserting opening by the lid, inflate the balloon through the air inlet valve, slide the object into the inflated balloon, and to empty the air from the balloon through the air outlet valve.
US12286252B2
A base station may include a parking plate for receiving a drone. The base station may include a gripper carried by the parking plate, the gripper configured to secure the drone in place at a parking position at the parking plate. The base station may include a plurality of chargers, each charger comprising a battery latch and a power port, the battery latch configured to mechanically hold a battery pack in place with the charger and the power port configured to provide power to the battery pack being charged. The base station may include a battery pack carrier movable among the plurality of chargers and the parking position, the battery pack carrier configured to: remove a first battery pack from the drone and move the first battery pack to a first charger, and carry and install a second battery pack to the drone.
US12286249B2
A system and method for path navigation accuracy estimation. A method includes determining a degree of obstruction for each of a plurality of objects shown in visual content, wherein the degree of obstruction for each object represents a degree to which the object will obstruct visibility by a vehicle capturing visual content in an environment where the vehicle is navigating and the plurality of objects are disposed; determining, for each of a plurality of operational points, a co-visibility of the vehicle at the operational point based on a pose of the vehicle at the operational point and the degree of obstruction for each of the objects which is within view of the vehicle at the operational point; and estimating a visual navigation performance at each of the operational points based on the co-visibility determined for the operational point.
US12286248B2
A space debris removing device, system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a central server, a primary detection node, at least two secondary tracer nodes, the central server is configured to assign a tertiary node to track the debris with laser, wherein the tertiary node is configured to mark the debris being tracked with the laser, creating a laser illuminated target (LIT), a tertiary tracking unit deployed at the tertiary node, and a ground-based kilowatt laser system configured to pick up the LIT by using one or more optical sensors and tackle the debris with a high power laser beam.
US12286241B2
A computer-implemented method for maintaining a spacecraft near an orbit comprises steps of detecting that a distance from the spacecraft to the orbit is greater than a spacecraft threshold and in response, linearizing dynamics of the spacecraft from a current time over a time horizon with respect to a high-fidelity reference trajectory to produce a state transition matrix (STM) for an uncontrolled motion of the spacecraft within the time horizon. The STM includes non-expanding eigenvectors with magnitudes less than or equal to one and expanding eigenvectors with magnitudes greater than one. The method further comprises determining a control action that changes an upcoming state of the spacecraft to a linear combination of the non-expanding eigenvectors of the STM and generating a control command to an actuator of the spacecraft.
US12286240B2
A system and a method for removing a first component from a second component of an assembly include retaining cooling agent within a first retaining chamber of a first container; disposing at least a portion of the assembly within the first retaining chamber so that the first component is covered by the cooling agent within the first retaining chamber; coupling a refrigerant line to a second retaining chamber of a second container; fluidly connecting the first retaining chamber to the second retaining chamber by a conduit; removing the at least a portion of the assembly from the first retaining chamber after a predetermined period of time when the first component is readily removable from the second component; draining the cooling agent into the second retaining chamber via the conduit after said removing the at least a portion of the assembly from the first retaining chamber; and cooling fluid circulating through the refrigerant line with the cooling agent.
US12286223B2
An aircraft wing section assembly is disclosed having a structural spine, a movement mechanism including a support rod 1 extending through the structural spine, a first lever, for connection to and for moving a first moveable control surface, pivotally mounted to the support rod, a second similar lever for connection to and for moving a second moveable control surface, and a connection mechanism for connecting the first and second levers such that pivotal movement of the first lever causes pivotal movement of the second lever, and an actuation mechanism for actuating pivotal movement of the first lever, such that, in use, when the actuation mechanism actuates pivotal movement of the first lever, the second lever also pivotally moves, thus causing movement of both the first and second moveable control surfaces. Also disclosed is an aircraft wing assembly, an aircraft and a method of operating an aircraft.
US12286217B2
Systems and methods for automatically controlling landing gear responsive to detected aerial vehicle conditions. A system can receive, from one or more sensors of the aerial vehicle, altitude information and speed information of the aerial vehicle. The system can determine to lower landing gear of the aerial vehicle based on a change in a state of the aerial vehicle, and identify a condition corresponding to a type of the aerial vehicle and the state of the aerial vehicle. The system can compare the speed information and the altitude information to the condition to determine that a condition to lower landing gear is satisfied. Responsive to determining that the condition to lower the landing gear is satisfied, the system can provide a signal to lower the landing gear.
US12286208B2
A marine vessel maneuvering system includes an operator to receive both a propulsive force operation to change a propulsive force of a propulsion device and a steering operation to turn the propulsion device to steer a marine vessel, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to automatically drive the propulsion device to move the marine vessel in an automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a control to transition to the automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode based on a transition operation being performed on the operator.
US12286202B2
A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion and having a diameter decreasing from an upstream side on one side in the axis direction toward a downstream side on another side in the axis direction, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller, the motor including a rotor having a ring-like shape and being fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and being fixed in the shroud, in which the motor is a conical motor in which diameters of the rotor and the stator decrease from the upstream side toward the downstream side.
US12286182B2
A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a main seat, a tandem seat, an accommodation portion provided below the tandem seat, a seat lock mechanism attached to a bottom portion of the tandem seat, and a lock portion attached to the vehicle frame in a front portion of the accommodation portion. The seat lock mechanism includes: a key cylinder that has a main body having a key insertion hole, and an arm pivotable around the main body by a pivoting operation made by a key; and a hook member pivotable along with the pivoting of the arm. The hook member includes a first hook portion engageable with the arm, at least one second hook portion engageable with the lock portion, and a pivoting restriction portion configured to restrict the hook member from pivoting in a state where the key insertion hole does not have the key inserted therein.
US12286181B2
A device for allowing a user to ride in a vehicle is provided. The device may include: a seat unit having one or more portions of foam materials; one or more accessory units to support the functionality of the seat unit; and one or more seat configurations to attach the seat unit to the vehicle. The device has at least one driving mode within a group: electric vehicle (EV) mode, and a hybrid vehicle (HV) mode.
US12286179B1
A bicycle storage rack structure is provided. The bicycle storage rack structure includes a plurality of pole bodies, wherein each of the plurality of pole bodies can be telescopically adjusted in length and assembled together, and each of the plurality of pole bodies has a sliding track recessed from one end to the other end of the pole body; at least one storage rack set, assembled on the sliding track, and movable and adjustable along the sliding track; and a pivoting base, disposed at the bottom end of the lowermost pole body among the plurality of pole bodies, and the pivoting base pivots relative to the pole body.
US12286176B2
A method for estimating a pose of a humanoid robot includes: processing obtained pose parameters of a waist of the humanoid robot and plantar motion parameters of the humanoid robot to obtain the measured pose parameters of a center point of the waist of the humanoid robot; calculating predicted pose parameters of the center point of the waist according to the obtained pose parameters of the waist; and fusing the measured pose parameters and the predicted pose parameters to obtain estimated pose parameters of the center point of the waist.
US12286175B2
A snowmobile includes a chassis comprising a bulkhead and a tunnel, a front suspension coupled to bulkhead, a rear suspension coupled to the tunnel, and slide rails coupled to the rear suspension.
US12286172B2
A steering control device includes an electronic control unit configured to calculate a target reaction torque that is a target value of a steering reaction force that is a force against steering input to a steering unit and to control operation of a steering-side motor provided in the steering unit such that a motor torque corresponding to the target reaction torque is generated. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate an angle axial force, as an axial component based on an axial force acting on a turning shaft that operates to turn turning wheels, the angle axial force being an axial force in which road-surface information is not reflected, and the angle axial force being determined according to an angle convertible to a turning angle of the turning wheels. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a guard process such that the angle axial force is not excessive.
US12286170B2
A steering-angle control apparatus controls a steering mechanism based on a state command value, which is input in each predetermined period. An interpolation unit interpolates between a previous value and a current value of the input state command value to compute a state interpolation value in an interpolation period, which is shorter than the predetermined period. An interpolation-value determination unit determines whether the state interpolation value is an abnormal value. A control unit controls the steering mechanism based on the state interpolation value computed by the interpolation unit when the interpolation-value determination unit determines that the state interpolation value is not an abnormal value, and controls the steering mechanism based on the current value of the state command value when the interpolation-value determination unit determines that the state interpolation value is an abnormal value.
US12286169B2
The present disclosure provides a steer-by-wire system, including a reaction force motor for providing a reaction force in a direction opposite to the direction of operation of a steering wheel; a torque sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the steering wheel according to manipulation of the steering wheel; a motor position sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the motor; a turn counter for detecting the number of rotations of the reaction force motor; and a controller for calculating a first steering angle based on the rotation angle and number of rotations of the reaction force motor.
US12286168B2
In a steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle, a control unit (16) controls an operation of a steering actuator to cause the steered angle of wheels to be in a prescribed relationship to a steering angle, and an operation of the reaction force actuator (15) including a pair of reaction force motors (14) to cause the reaction force to be a value (Tt) corresponding to a steered state of the wheels, wherein the control unit is provided with a failure detection unit (36) configured to detect failures of the reaction force motors, and upon detecting a failure of one of the reaction force motors, progressively reduce an output (Tta) of the other reaction motor to a prescribed limit value (TL).
US12286167B1
A support structure for a low-floor bus having front wheels and rear wheels, the support structure including a floor support structure having a front end and a read end, wherein the floor support structure configured to receive front side rails on the front end of the floor support structure and rear side rails on the rear end of the floor support structure, a cutout disposed on a lateral edge of the floor support structure, a plurality of support bearings each attached to a bottom surface of the floor support structure, and a drive shaft including a plurality of shaft segments and a slip joint, all at least partially supported on the plurality of support bearings, the plurality of shaft segments are configured to be disposed around the cutout.
US12286158B2
A structural reinforcement for a vehicle comprising: a) a carrier having a base wall from which a plurality of projections extend, the plurality of projections including at least one first projection and at least one second projection and the at least one first projection having a height greater than a height of the at least one second projection; b) an activatable material which is heat activatable and affixed to the carrier, configured to secure the carrier in a cavity of the vehicle; wherein in event of an impact, the at least one first projection and second projection are configured to deform toward the base wall and/or in a direction of an impact load in response to the impact load; and the at least one first projection is configured to receive the impact load and deform before the at least one second projection receives the impact load and deforms.
US12286157B1
A drive unit includes mounts coupled to an existing structure (e.g., steering rack) in a vehicle. The steering rack may provide mass damping to the drive unit during operation, thus providing NVH performance. The mounts may include an isolator designed to provide isolation for a component from vibration generated by the drive unit. Alternatively, a steering rack housing may carry isolators, and the mounts may couple to the isolators in the steering rack housing. Using an existing structure in the vehicle, the number of components and manufacturing complexity may be reduced.
US12286154B2
A vehicular control system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at an equipped vehicle. The system, via processing of image data and processing of sensor data, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The system, responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles. An emergency braking system of the equipped vehicle is controlled responsive to the determined threat levels. When a vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles is no longer detectable via processing of image data captured by the camera and processing of sensor data captured by the radar sensor, the system predicts a position for the no longer detectable vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles.
US12286137B2
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to determine whether there is fogging on a window of a vehicle or a sign of fogging thereof, based on a fogginess sensor signal indicating a physical index related to the degree of fogging of the window of the vehicle or operation of a vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle capable of defogging operation. The fogginess sensor signal is obtained by a fogginess sensor provided on the vehicle. The processor is further configured to change a driving control level applicable to the vehicle so as to increase or prevent decreasing the degree of a driver's involvement in driving the vehicle, depending on the driving control level currently applied to the vehicle, upon determination that there is fogging on the window of the vehicle or a sign of fogging thereof.
US12286127B2
A method for determining a driving state of a vehicle includes determining a torque command of a vehicle drive apparatus based on vehicle driving information collected during driving of the vehicle, determining an acceleration error defined as a difference between a reference longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle interlocked with the torque command and a measured longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, determining an acceleration disturbance rate defined as a difference between an actual rotational acceleration of the vehicle drive and a reference drive apparatus rotational acceleration interlocked with the torque command based on the determined torque command, integrating the determined acceleration disturbance rate to determine the acceleration disturbance, and determining a current vehicle driving state of the vehicle based on the determined acceleration error, the determined acceleration disturbance rate and the acceleration disturbance.
US12286122B2
An operation appropriateness determination system includes an authentication apparatus that identifies an operator on a basis of a feature of the operator and that outputs information for identifying the operator, a biometric sensing apparatus that obtains biological information regarding the operator and that outputs the biological information, an operation sensing apparatus that detects a load of an operation that is being performed by the operator and that outputs operation information indicating the load of the operation, a storage device, and a signal processing apparatus.
US12286121B2
Techniques are described for determining whether snow chains are permitted to be used and to deploy snow chains based on traffic signs, weather conditions, and/or road conditions. An example method of autonomous driving operation includes performing a first determination, by a computer located in an autonomous vehicle, whether a use of snow chains is permitted based at least on a location where the autonomous vehicle is operating, performing a second determination that snow chains are required for driving the autonomous vehicle on a road, and sending, in response to the first determination indicating that the use of snow chains is permitted and in response to the second determination, instruction to snow chain devices located on the autonomous vehicle, where the instruction triggers the snow chain devices to deploy snow chains on tires of the autonomous vehicle.
US12286119B2
A weather sensing and reporting system includes a filter module configured to receive weather condition data collected by a plurality of vehicles in a reporting region and filter the weather condition data by selectively removing individual samples from the weather condition data based on meteorological quality control standards. A weather condition calculation module is configured to calculate weather conditions in the reporting region based on the filtered weather condition data and a report generation module is configured to generate and transmit a weather report based on the calculated weather conditions.
US12286111B2
Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves determining a current value for a range of view associated with a sensing device onboard the vehicle, determining a target value for the range of view based at least in part on a speed of the vehicle, and in response to determining the current value is less than the target value, determining a dropback adjustment distance based at least in part on a difference between target value for the range of view and an estimated distance to a closest in path (CIP) vehicle ahead of the vehicle within a current lane of travel, determining a longitudinal trajectory for the vehicle based at least in part on the dropback adjustment distance, and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the longitudinal trajectory.
US12286102B2
A vehicular vision system includes a front camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the system and a side camera disposed at a side mirror of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the cameras. The vehicular vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the front camera, detects a leading vehicle traveling in front of the equipped vehicle in a traffic lane the equipped vehicle is also traveling along. The vehicular vision system, responsive to determination of an intent of the equipped vehicle to change lanes and to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the side camera, detects an oncoming vehicle traveling in a traffic lane adjacent to the traffic lane the equipped vehicle is traveling along.
US12286100B2
A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes an imager configured to image surroundings of a host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a surroundings situation of the host vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of the recognition of the recognizer, and a controller configured to control the driving controller on the basis of imaging content of the imager, and the controller performs scanning on an object present around the host vehicle on a two-dimensional image captured by the imager at an angle serving as a predetermined angle upward from left and right lower ends of the two-dimensional image, and sets a point first coming in contact with the object as a ground contact point of the object.
US12286091B2
An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a battery pack, an electric motor, and a controller configured to operate the electric motor using stored energy in the battery pack to provide a performance condition including (i) accelerating the electrified fire fighting vehicle to a driving speed of at least 50 miles-per-hour in an acceleration time and (ii) maintaining or exceeding the driving speed for a period of time. The acceleration time is 30 second or less. An aggregate of the acceleration time and the period of time is at least 3 minutes.
US12286080B2
A storage system, comprising: a frame, the frame comprising two opposing frame side walls, a frame rear wall, a frame top wall and a frame base, which collectively define a drawer receiving space; the frame having a front opening; a drawer receivable in the drawer receiving space through the front opening; the drawer comprising first and second opposing drawer side walls, a drawer base, a drawer front wall and a drawer rear wall, which collectively define a drawer storage space, the drawer having a top opening for receiving contents into the drawer storage space; a drawer position retainer for releasably retaining the drawer in any one of at least two drawer positions relative to the frame, the at least two drawer positions comprising: a closed position, wherein the drawer is at least substantially received within the frame; and a partially open position, wherein the drawer is partially received within the frame; and an actuator mounted to or adjacent the drawer front wall for manually actuating the drawer position retainer.
US12286079B2
A reusable, multipurpose vehicular stairwell jack pad system, including a plurality of animal print jack pads, each respective pad further including a top face, a circular recess disposed on the top face, a recessed slot disposed on the top face, a wall extending from the top face and disposed adjacent the recessed slot, an oppositely disposed bottom face, a jack-engaging assembly operationally connected to the top face, a palm portion, and a toe portion extending from the palm portion. Each respective animal print jack pad is shaped like an animal paw. Each respective bottom face is contoured to leave a paw print in soft ground.
US12286074B2
A horizontal support arm including a thermoplastic polymer defines a horizontal axis extending along the horizontal support arm. A track is formed in the horizontal support arm. The track extends along the horizontal axis. A first vertical support arm extends from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. The first vertical support arm includes the thermoplastic polymer. A receiving orifice is defined in the horizontal support arm. A horizontal extension portion is slidably received in the receiving orifice by sliding horizontally along the track formed in the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion. The second vertical support arm includes the thermoplastic polymer. A lug nut blocking plate extends from the first vertical support arm. The lug nut block plate includes the thermoplastic polymer.
US12286066B2
A pack-agnostic high voltage distribution apparatus can include an electrical component. The electrical component can be configured to control a first battery pack and a second battery pack different than the first battery pack.
US12286065B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a noise reduction device includes a housing; and a slit located inside the housing and having a unit cell located therein, the unit cell comprising a sound absorbing layer configured to absorb noise generated from a sound source inside the housing, and a meta-material panel layer located on one surface of the sound absorbing layer, the meta-material panel layer comprising a sound meta-material.
US12286060B2
A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a set of gates between a front channel and a back channel. The set of gates includes a bypass opening set. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The set of gates is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control rotational movement of the object. An accessory module assists in control of the object.
US12286058B2
An external rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a housing, and one or more of at least one light emitting or a receiving device, including one or more of at least one light producing device or at least one camera device arranged within the housing, and at least one at least partially transparent element closing an opening provided by the housing, the at least partially transparent element being provided in form of a first module attached to the housing, and the one or more of the light producing device or the camera device being provided in form of a second module attached to the first module, the first module and the second module being mechanically releasably coupled.
US12286055B2
A potential collision risk between a vehicle and a potential traffic participant predicted to be present ahead in a direction of travel of the vehicle is foreseen. A first annunciation is performed notifying those in a vicinity that the vehicle is traveling, using an externally-directed annunciator installed in the vehicle, in response to the potential collision risk being foreseen. Note that when a manifested collision risk between the vehicle and a manifested traffic participant confirmed ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle is sensed, a second annunciation notifying those in the vicinity regarding collision avoidance actions of the vehicle may be performed using the externally-directed annunciator. However, the first annunciation is prioritized over the second annunciation as long as the potential collision risk continues.
US12286044B2
An assembly is provided with a funnel having one or more side walls extending from an entrance to an outlet, and a liner having one or more elastic panels, with the liner extending over an inner surface of the one or more side walls. A system is provided with the assembly, a die, a fluid bath, and at least one hose to direct fluid from the fluid bath onto the liner of the assembly. A method includes covering an inner surface of a funnel with a liner comprising one or more elastic panels, wetting the liner, and forming a stranded mesh material member by extruding material from a die and through the funnel. A stranded mesh material member is provided and formed using the method.
US12286039B2
Disclosed herein are child car seats configured to be installed in an associated vehicle using a safety belt of the associated vehicle and a top tether. The child car seat includes a seat shell supported on a base and at least one of a tensioner mechanism and a recline frame. The tensioner mechanism, which may include a panel, is configured to engage and tension each of the safety belt of the associated vehicle and the tether. The recline frame operatively attaches the seat shell to the base such that each of the seat shell and the recline frame are rotatably supported on the base, and the recline frame is further configured to permit the seat shell to recline with respect to the base.
US12286037B2
An automobile seat integrated with height adjustment and angle adjustment comprises a seat body comprising a pedestal skeleton and a backrest skeleton, a height adjustment mechanism comprising a bottom support, a rear connection rod, an upper connection rod and a front connection rod and an angle adjustment mechanism comprising the bottom support, an angle adjustment connection rod, a driving connection rod, a front connection rod and the upper connection rod, the bottom support, the front connection rod and the upper connection rod are common parts of the height adjustment mechanism and the angle adjustment mechanism, the bottom support, the rear connection rod, the upper connection rod and the front connection rod are successively adjacently connected by rotating pairs, and the rear connection rod is connected with a height adjustment driving source which drives the rear connection rod to move when working to realize the height adjustment of the automobile seat.
US12286034B2
An occupant protection auxiliary device includes: a seat mounted on a vehicle and on which an occupant is able to sit while facing a rear of the vehicle; a head detection sensor able to detect a relative position of a head of the occupant with respect to a headrest of the seat; and a control unit that determines whether to execute at least one of alerting the occupant, setting a speed limit, and changing a reclining angle based on a detection result of the head detection sensor.
US12286028B2
A battery block moving assembly for handling and a manipulation with a battery block is described. The battery block moving assembly includes a trolley, a platform, a lift mechanism and a battery block moving mechanism. The battery block moving mechanism includes a pin and a horizontal pin moving mechanism configured to move the pin. The pin is configured to engage and move a battery block.
US12286020B2
In order to ensure safe and reliable disconnection of charging cables from electric vehicles during occurrence of error conditions preventing normal disengagement of such charging cables, the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a vehicle charging system including a system controller configured to present via a display a user-selectable manual disconnection option when the vehicle is not receiving a charging current, receive an indication of a user selection of the manual disconnection option, and control a charge controller of the vehicle charging system to reset in order to terminate any charging session and to disengage the charging cable. In some embodiments, the charge controller may be configured or controlled to send a session termination signal to a vehicle charge controller of the vehicle either before resetting or as part of a startup process.
US12286019B2
A vehicle-body structure both protects a battery and provides a routing member below a floor panel that improves underfloor aerodynamic performance. Embodiments of a vehicle-body structure may include: a routing member that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction on a vehicle-width-direction outer side of a battery frame below a floor panel; a cover member that extends from a lower side of a battery to a lower side of the routing member; battery-frame fixation portions that fix the battery frame to side sills; and cover-member fixation portions that fix a vehicle-width-direction end portion of the cover member to the side sills. The routing member and the battery-frame fixation portions may be positioned on a vehicle-width-direction inner side of the cover-member fixation portions.
US12286013B2
A method for adjusting at least one vehicle mirror and/or a screen includes capturing a head outline of a driver in relation to at least one vehicle geometry of the passenger compartment of the vehicle using a passenger-compartment camera of the vehicle. The position of the head of the driver is calculated using, at least in part, the captured head outline and calibration information with respect to the at least one vehicle geometry of the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The method also includes determining a target position of the at least one vehicle mirror and/or of the screen using, at least in part, the calculated head position. The method further includes activating an actuator of the at least one vehicle mirror and/or of the screen for the purpose of bringing about the determined target position of the vehicle mirror and/or of the screen.
US12286006B2
A mounting structure for an electrical device includes a vehicle electrical device and a supporting member which supports the electrical device. The supporting member includes: a body portion to which the electrical device is supported and fixed; and a front extension portion extending from the body portion toward a vehicle front side further than an end portion of the electrical device at a vehicle front side. The body portion and an end portion of the front extension portion at the vehicle front side are fixed to the vehicle body floor, and a rigidity of the front extension portion in a vehicle front-rear direction is lower than a rigidity of the body portion in the vehicle front-rear direction.
US12286005B2
A modular electrical Energy Storage System structure for powering an electric motor in a vehicle. The modular ESS structure includes two or more electrical energy storage modules, the modular ESS structure extending in a longitudinal direction, in a transverse direction and in a vertical direction, the longitudinal direction coinciding with a driving direction of the vehicle, the two or more electrical energy storage modules being arranged side-by-side in the transverse direction, in the longitudinal direction and/or in the vertical direction and being connected to each other structurally and electrically. The modular ESS structure comprises a first mounting interface comprising one or more first connecting members configured for mounting to a vehicle structure.
US12285997B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first cooling apparatus having a first radiator, a first water pump, an electrical component, a valve, and a branch line, which are connected by a first coolant line and circulate a first coolant by the first water pump to the electrical component; a second cooling apparatus including a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line; and an air conditioning apparatus including a compressor, a heater, an expansion valve, and a heat exchanger which are connected by a refrigerant line circulated with a refrigerant.
US12285989B1
A torsion bar for a vehicle steering system includes a first end region. The torsion bar also includes a second end region. The torsion bar further includes a main body extending about a longitudinal axis of the torsion bar from the first end region to the second end region, wherein the main body defines a plurality of splines circumferentially spaced from each other to form a splined outer surface extending along the entire length of the main body.
US12285988B2
A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar.
US12285979B2
Systems and methods for implementing two-way tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) learning and authenticated pairing. A random value may be used to determine a test value and a pairing PIN by use of a HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) function and a pre-shared key that is accessible to a TPMS sensor and a vehicle (e.g., controller system thereof). The random value and test value may be broadcasted by the TPMS sensor and received by the vehicle. The vehicle may calculate the pairing PIN using the random value and the pre-shared key.
US12285973B2
A bassinet includes a base, a column assembly rotatably connected to the base at a first end of the column assembly, an arm rotatably connected to a second end of the column assembly, a tub frame pivotably connected to the arm, an infant tub retained within the tub frame, the infant tub including a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls and having areas of reduced height along the front wall and at least one of the side walls to provide enhanced access to the infant located within the infant tub, and an insert configured to reversibly fit within an interior of the infant tub.
US12285968B2
An automated greeting card conveyance system is disclosed that includes a first conveyor configured to transport pre-decorated greeting cards along a first conveyance path and a second conveyor configured to transport envelopes along a second conveyance path. A control system controls customization of each greeting card and envelope by (a) determining a card identifier of the greeting card, (b) identifying customized content associated with an order for the greeting card having the card identifier, and (c) causing the customized content to be printed on the greeting card and envelope. A coupling system may also be used to automatically insert the greeting card into the envelope. In addition, a sealing system may be used to automatically seal envelope having a pointed envelope flap.
US12285966B2
A secure multi-layered structure (14), for example, for a secure document, the secure multi-layered structure comprising a first layer (20) having a first aperture (25) opened in the first layer, a second layer (30) having a second aperture (35) opened in the second layer, and a third layer (40) having a third aperture (45) opened in the third layer, wherein each layer at least partially overlaps with the layer adjacent to it, at least a portion of the third layer being visible through the first aperture.
US12285961B2
The invention is directed towards a composition comprising: a near-infrared radiation absorbing compound; a colour-forming compound; and a heat transfer agent operable to facilitate heat transfer from the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound to the colour-forming compound; wherein the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound is present in an amount of 0.1-3.5 wt % of the total composition, and the heat transfer agent is present in an amount of 1-15 wt % of the total composition, and the heat transfer agent is present in the composition as solid particles. The invention further relates to substrates comprising the composition applied thereto, as well as methods of forming colour or an image on said substrates.
US12285960B2
A printing device includes a housing, a printing head, and an input unit. The housing includes a cassette accommodating portion to which a tape cassette accommodating a roll of a printing tape is detachably attachable. The cassette accommodating portion has an insertion opening through which the tape cassette can be inserted in an insertion direction. The printing head includes heat-generating elements arrayed in a scanning direction crossing an imaginary plane perpendicular to the insertion direction. The housing has: a principal surface at which the input unit is provided; a side surface crossing the principal surface and the imaginary plane; and a discharge opening formed in the side surface. The insertion opening is positioned above the input unit. At the discharge opening, a normal direction of a printed surface of the printing tape and a normal direction of the principal surface define an interior angle of less than 45 degrees therebetween.
US12285940B2
A printer (1) includes an endless conveyance belt (45) which attracts a sheet and conveys it in a predetermined conveyance direction; a recording head (30) provided with an ejection port formed surface (31) on which an ejection port for ejecting ink is formed, the ejection port formed surface (31) facing an outer circumferential surface of the conveyance belt (45) with a predetermined gap; and a conveyance guide (70) which faces the conveyance belt (45) on an upstream side of the ejection port formed surface (31) in the conveyance direction, is provided within a range containing both end portions of the conveyed sheet in a width direction intersecting the conveyance direction, and projects toward the conveyance belt (45) more than the ejection port formed surface (31).
US12285938B2
A dielectric heating device includes: an electrode unit including a first electrode and a second electrode that face a to-be-heated object, and configured to heat the to-be-heated object; a voltage application unit configured to apply an alternating-current voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode; a current value detection unit configured to detect a current value of an alternating current that flows through the electrode unit; a phase difference detection unit configured to detect a phase difference between the alternating-current voltage and the alternating current; an impedance detection unit configured to detect an impedance of the electrode unit based on the current value and the phase difference; and a control unit configured to control output of alternating-current power output to the electrode unit by controlling the voltage application unit based on the impedance.
US12285933B2
An electronic device includes a display panel including non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the non-folding areas, a lower protective film disposed below the display panel, an external light reflective member disposed below the lower protective film, a lower member disposed below the external light reflective member, and cushion members disposed below the lower member. The display panel is foldable along a folding axis. The cushion members are spaced apart from each other and define a cushion hole in the folding area.
US12285929B2
An electronic device includes a device housing and heat generating electronics situated within the device housing. A thermally insulating screen defined by thermally insulating material is positioned on an exterior of the device housing. The thermally insulating screen defines a partition between the exterior of the device housing and external objects contacting the electronic device while allowing thermal energy from the heat generating electronics to dissipate through the device housing between instances of the thermally insulating material.
US12285926B2
Provided is an optical laminate in which optical defects is less likely to occur when used in an optical device such as a display. A laminate (101) includes a flexible glass film (10) having a thickness of 150 μm or less and a resin film (20) laminated on the glass film with an adhesive layer (50) interposed therebetween. The number of contaminants having a size of 100 μm or more in the adhesive layer is preferably 10/m2 or less. When the contaminants protrude from the surface of the adhesive layer (50), the height and inclination angle of protrusions is preferably small.
US12285915B2
A method of forming a part includes 3D printing a photopolymerizable resin and forming a preformed part and subsequently post-curing the preformed part with electron beams. The preformed part may be cured via UV curing. A section of the preformed part post-cured with electron beams may have a thickness of at least 1.0 centimeter, for example, at least 2.0 centimeters or at least 3.0 centimeters. An electron beam dosage to post-cure the preformed part may be between 10 kilogray (kGy) and 100 kGy. The preformed part may be 3D printed using stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP) or material jetting (MJ) and the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of an acrylate functional polymer and a methacrylate functional polymer. In the alternative, or in addition to, the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of a urethane, a polyester, and a polyether.
US12285913B2
A curing system for an additive fabrication system includes a light source, a liquid crystal cell, and a first polarizer. The light source is configured to emit light at a wavelength suitable for curing a material. The liquid crystal cell is configured to receive the light from the light source. The first polarizer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix and organic dyes impregnated into the PVA matrix.
US12285912B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for printing a 3D object on a pliable substrate. In some aspects, the pliable substrate is moved through a vat of polymeric precursor while a mechanism (e.g., having opposing belts) maintains contact with the peripheral edges of the substrate. The systems and methods described herein can have certain advantages, such as precise control over the pliable substrate, allowing for precision printing of 3D articles.
US12285908B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate and a foil supporting an uncured layer of a resin. A stage is configured to hold a component of one or more cured layers of the resin. One or more actuators is operable to move the stage away from the support plate in a Z-axis direction. A radiant energy device is positioned opposite the stage such that the support plate is positioned between the radiant energy device and the stage. A foil interaction device includes a first pneumatic actuation zone and a second pneumatic actuation zone. Each of the first and second pneumatic actuation zones is configured to apply a force on a surface of the foil. The first and second pneumatic actuation zones are fluidly separable and configured to apply varied pressures relative to one another to the surface of the foil.
US12285904B2
An imprint apparatus that transfers a pattern of a mold to an imprint material on a substrate, includes: a mold having a pattern region in which the pattern is formed; a substrate holding unit having a substrate mounting surface on which the substrate is mounted; a driving unit configured to drive the mold and press the mold against the substrate coated with an imprint material at three or more positions; and a control unit configured to control a pressing force of the driving unit based on a distance in an XY plane parallel to the substrate mounting surface between the driving unit and a top portion of a convex shape of at least one of the mold and the substrate deformed by the deformation mechanism.
US12285895B2
An injection molding machine management system includes an injection molding machine, a first detecting section configured to detect at least one of a physical quantity of the injection molding machine and a physical quantity of a molded article, an on-premise server, and a Cloud server. The Cloud server includes a first storing section configured to store information concerning at least one of the physical quantity of the injection molding machine and the physical quantity of the molded article detected by the first detecting section and a virtual machine configured to generate a control rule for the injection molding machine based on the information. The on-premise server includes a second storing section configured to store the control rule and a control section configured to perform, based on the control rule, control of the injection molding machine corresponding to at least one of the physical quantity of the injection molding machine and the physical quantity of the molded article detected by the first detecting section.
US12285889B1
A preparation method of a glove having a soft coating with high wear resistance and high anti-slip performance is provided, including: physically spraying a bio-based organic polymer material on a surface of a glove core coated with an impregnation latex, conducting pre-vulcanization and high-temperature vulcanization successively, washing with an alkali liquor, an acid liquor, and water successively, and oven-drying to obtain the glove having the soft coating with high wear resistance and high anti-slip performance. The present disclosure has the following advantages: The preparation method is simple and reliable, and can greatly increase anti-slip performance and wear resistance of a coating while providing a delicate sand surface effect for the coating. The glove of the present disclosure has excellent anti-slip performance, durability, and comfortability in oily environments and dry environments.
US12285884B2
A method for densifying a fibrous texture made of ceramic material with a ceramic matrix used in injection equipment including a mold cavity defined between a mold and a counter-mold, the mold cavity defining an internal space, and a membrane comprising a stiffened zone, the membrane being intended to be placed between a fibrous texture present in the mold cavity and the counter-mold, and the stiffened zone of the membrane having a Young's modulus greater than 200 GPa, the method including placing a predensified fibrous texture in the mold cavity, the predensified fibrous texture having corrugations on the surface and placing the membrane on the predensified fibrous texture in such a way that the stiffened zone of the membrane is in contact with the peaks of the corrugations of the predensified fibrous texture; closing the injection equipment, and densifying.
US12285882B2
A super strong and tough densified wood structure is formed by subjecting a cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes lignin therefrom. The treated wood retains lumina of the natural wood, with cellulose nanofibers of cell walls being aligned. The treated wood is then pressed in a direction crossing the direction in which the lumina extend, such that the lumina collapse and any residual fluid within the wood is removed. As a result, the cell walls become entangled and hydrogen bonds are formed between adjacent cellulose nanofibers, thereby improving the strength and toughness of the wood among other mechanical properties. By further modifying, manipulating, or machining the densified wood, it can be adapted to various applications.
US12285877B2
A retrieval controller is disclosed for identifying an item to be retrieved from a flat storage surface by a robot for identifying one item, amongst items stored on a common surface that can be retrieved by a robot equipped with a lateral-motion gripper. The retrieval controller includes: a depth map computing unit configured to establish a global coordinate system, and establish an orthonormal set of basis vectors u, v and w defined in the global coordinate system, where w is approximately orthogonal to the surface that the items are stored on; a vector determination unit; an item selection unit; and a robot instructing unit configured to instruct the robot to retrieve the item based on uv coordinates of one or more w-aligned edges having associated quadrilateral-based, right prisms which do not have interiors that intersect any right, enclosing prisms selected by the item selection unit.
US12285871B2
A robot control method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a robot are provided. The method includes: obtaining first motion data, where the first motion data is human arm end motion data collected by a virtual reality device; obtaining second motion data by mapping the first motion data to a working space of an end of a robotic arm of the robot; obtaining a state of each joint of the robotic arm of the robot, and obtaining control data of the joint by performing a quadratic programming solving on the second motion data and the state of the joint; and controlling, by a motion controller of the robot, the robotic arm of the robot to move according to the obtained control data of each joint of the robot by transmitting the control data of the joint to the motion controller, so that the control method is relatively more natural, intuitive, and flexible.
US12285870B2
A method of controlling a robot includes: obtaining an inertia matrix and a slack variable of the robot, and determining a momentum equation of the robot according to the inertia matrix and the slack variable; obtaining reference joint angles corresponding to a reference action of the robot; determining an optimization objective function of the momentum equation according to a first preset weight coefficient of the slack variable and a second preset weight coefficient of the reference joint angles; and determining joint angles of the robot according to the optimization objective function, and driving the robot to move according to the joint angles of the robot.
US12285867B2
A dual mounted end-effector system mounted on a motive robot arm for preparing an object surface is described. The system includes a first tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface and a second tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface. The system also includes a force control. The force control is configured to align, in a first state, with the first tool in position to contact and prepare the object surface and, in a second state, with the second tool in a position to contact and prepare the object surface.
US12285861B2
A robotic system which includes a fluid controller, an arm portion, and a soft end effector apparatus coupled with the fluid controller and the arm portion. The soft end effector apparatus includes a base constructed and arranged to mount to the arm portion, a set of wrist assemblies coupled with the base, and a set of finger assemblies coupled with the set of wrist assemblies. Each wrist assembly of the set of wrist assemblies (i) couples with a respective finger assembly and (ii) provides movement to that respective finger assembly relative to the base during actuation of that wrist assembly and during independent actuation of that respective finger assembly in response to control from the fluid controller. Along these lines, the fluid controller may individually provide pressurized fluid to each wrist assembly and each finger assembly when controlling interaction between the soft end effector apparatus and an external object.
US12285855B2
A method includes, when a handheld device is in motion within a service area to be traversed by a robot: obtaining ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging measurements between the handheld device and multiple anchors located in the service area; and obtaining image data and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. The method also includes determining a trajectory of motion of the handheld device based on the UWB ranging measurements. The method also includes adjusting the trajectory based on image features obtained from the image data and motion estimates obtained from the IMU data. The method also includes identifying the adjusted trajectory as a boundary of the service area.
US12285850B2
A fastener-driving tool has a housing including a combustion chamber, where the combustion chamber generates combustion for driving a fastener, and a processor associated with the housing and in communication with the combustion chamber. The processor is configured to cause an initial combustion in the combustion chamber and cause a fastener to be driven when a first actuation event and a second actuation event occur, and is configured to cause at least one subsequent combustion in the combustion chamber and cause at least one additional fastener to be driven when only the first actuation event occurs.
US12285848B2
A handheld tool includes a magazine accommodating a plurality of fasteners coupled by a coupling band, a lid portion opening and closing the magazine, a nose portion having an injection passage and an injection port, a supply passage connecting the injection passage and the magazine for feeding the fasteners coupled by the coupling band to the injection passage; and a driver bit separating the fasteners of the injection passage from the coupling band and driving the fasteners toward the injection port. The nose portion has a discharge port for discharging the coupling band from which the fasteners are separated. The injection passage and the discharge port have an opening portion on a lateral side perpendicular to the extending direction of the injection passage, and the lid portion exposes and covers the opening portion.
US12285844B2
A method of abrading the surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The method includes providing a workpiece, an abrading apparatus with a backing pad configured to receive an abrading plate, an abrading plate attachable to the backing pad and a slurry including abrasive grains; attaching the abrading plate to the backing pad; providing the slurry including abrasive grains between the abrading plate and the surface of the workpiece; and operating the abrading apparatus to abrade the surface of the workpiece. Therein, the abrading plate includes a workpiece-facing layer, which workpiece-facing layer faces the surface of the workpiece and includes a metal or a polymer, and the abrasive grains have a hardness on the Mohs scale of greater than 5.
US12285839B2
A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus comprises: a base; a substrate receiving member comprising a plate portion having an outer surface for receiving a substrate and an inner surface at the back of the outer surface, a perimeter portion extended in a height direction from an edge of the plate portion, a securing portion extended from an outer part of the perimeter portion and connected to a lower part of the base, and a contact portion extended from an inner part of the perimeter portion; a contact coupling structure connected to the lower part of the base to provide a contact surface to the contact portion; and a perimeter portion pressurizing chamber formed by taking the securing portion and the contact portion as chamber walls when the contact portion contacts firmly the contact coupling structure by means of fluid pressure.
US12285838B2
A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad, and a controller. The polishing pad has a polishing control groove. The carrier is laterally movable by a first actuator across the polishing pad and rotatable by a second actuator. The controller synchronizes lateral oscillation of the carrier head with rotation of the carrier head such that over a plurality of successive oscillations of the carrier head such that when a first angular swath of an edge portion of the substrate is at an azimuthal angular position about an axis of rotation of the carrier head the first angular swath overlies the polishing surface and when a second angular swath of the edge portion of the substrate is at the azimuthal angular position the second angular swath overlies the polishing control groove.
US12285830B2
Spindle for carrying out machining assisted by non-ultrasonic axial oscillations, including a tool-bearing shaft, and an exciting portion, for subjecting the shaft to non-ultrasonic axial oscillations, especially during its rotation. The exciting portion including a first exciting stage, having at least one piezoelectric actuator, and a second exciting stage, having at least one piezoelectric actuator, having a non-zero axial overlap with the first exciting stage, the actuators of the two stages being arranged so that their effects add.
US12285823B2
A low melting-point bonding member includes a low melting-point alloy containing Bi: 46 mass % or more and 72 mass % or less, In: 26 mass % or more and 54 mass % or less, and Sn: 2 mass % or less when a total amount of Bi, In, and Sn is 100 mass % and having a melting point of 86 to 111° C. A method for producing a low melting-point bonding member, including a plating step of performing a plating process including at least Bi plating and In plating and forming, on an object to be plated, a plating layer containing Bi: 46 mass % or more and 72 mass % or less, In: 26 mass % or more and 54 mass % or less, and Sn: 2 mass % or less when a total amount of Bi, In, and Sn is 100 mass %.
US12285814B2
The present disclosure provides a reversible cutting tool to cut a material such as sheet metal on a press brake. The reversible cutting tool is further comprised of a handle portion to grip and move the cutting tool, wheels to allow the cutting tool to slide along the press brake, a blade portion to cut the material, and an adjustable cutting mechanism. The adjustable cutting mechanism allows the reversible cutting tool to pivot and cut the material in two different directions, and also allows the cutting tool to be set in a third storage position. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustable cutting mechanism is comprised of a channel on an underside of the cutting portion, the channel configured to receive a plunger, the plunger to slide between two opposed cutting positions and a storage position.
US12285813B2
Provided is an endmill. The maximum spindle speed, per one minute, of a main spindle to which the endmill is attached is Smax. The number of teeth of the endmill is N. The outer shape of the endmill is Da. The natural frequency at which vibrations at the end of the endmill reach a maximum level is ω1. ω1 and/or N are set so that when the diameter-direction infeed amount of the endmill is set to Rd: i) ω1×60/N×6
US12285804B2
A method for producing an additively manufactured, graded composite transition joint (AM-GCTJ) includes preparing a grating or lattice pattern from a first alloy A; the grating or lattice pattern includes pores in the grating or lattice patterns. The grating pattern is built from a first end to a second end being denser on the first end than on second end, and gradually reduces density by increasing the pore size and/or reducing density of the grating or lattice pattern; adding a second alloy B powder to the second end of grating or lattice pattern. The second alloy B powder is filled towards the first end. A composite is formed of first alloy A and second alloy B powder in the AM-GCTJ. The composite is subjected to hot isostatic pressing (HIP) to densify the composite. The second alloy B is graduated from the first end to the second end O of AM-GCTJ.
US12285797B2
Foundry casting elements and methods of forming the same, the methods including: forming an aqueous slurry including an inorganic binder precursor, shaping the slurry using a pattern, curing the shaped slurry using a low temperature solidification process to form a casting element, and removing the pattern from the casting element.
US12285794B2
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a hot stamping component, the method includes inserting a blank into a heating furnace, heating the blank, and transferring the heated blank from the heating furnace to a mold, wherein an air cooling time of the blank in the transferring of the blank satisfies Equation 1.
US12285789B1
The present invention provides systems and methods for the recycling of animal bedding and the disposal or reuse of manure, feces, urine or expectorant resulting from recycling animal bedding. The present invention provides systems and methods for the disposal of materials related to the recycling or repurposing of stall residual waste and/or soiled animal bedding which is environmentally conscious to aquifers, and further limiting off gassing of enteric methane and other gasses. Use of such methods create a healthier recycled bedding than existing new bedding materials. The reusable and clean animal bedding provides for a healthy, hygienic, sanitary and enhanced stall environment. The present invention further provides methods for infusing additives, enhancements or amendments to recycled animal bedding which promote the health and safety of the animals using the recycled animal bedding (or the humans in contact with the animal bedding or animals) and/or the barn environment.
US12285784B2
A trenchless multi-stage pipe cleaning device and method combining an artificial tornado and dagger-like mechanical sand is provided. The trenchless multi-stage pipe cleaning device includes a primary pipe cleaning device and a secondary pipe cleaning device that are connected. An outer wall of the pipe cleaning device is provided with multiple air inlet joint pipes evenly distributed in a circumferential direction. The air inlet joint pipes are connected to an air compressor. Each of the air outlet joints is connected to a nozzle. The primary pipe cleaning device is connected to a vibrating screen. The trenchless multi-stage pipe cleaning device further includes a back-end sewage discharge device. In the trenchless multi-stage pipe cleaning method, the mechanical sand continuously scrape and collide with the inner wall of the cleaning target, so as to achieve a desired efficient trenchless water-free pipe cleaning effect.
US12285780B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to driving a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) with a pulse train of unipolar pulses. The CMUT may be electrically excited with a pulse train of unipolar pulses such that the CMUT operates in a continuous wave mode. In some embodiments, the CMUT may have a contoured electrode.
US12285769B2
Disclosed includes embodiments of a pulsed spray nozzle assembly, comprising a nozzle housing having a cavity with an inlet configured to receive a flow of fluid therein. A flow conditioning insert configured to be inserted inside the cavity of the housing to communicate fluid from the inlet to an interaction region downstream from the flow conditioning insert along an inlet axis within the housing, a step may extend from an inner surface of the cavity to assist to create turbulent flow in the interaction region. An outlet along the housing in communication with the interaction region, wherein the fluid is configured to be dispensed from the outlet having a pulsed spray pattern along an outlet axis that is generally perpendicular to the inlet axis.
US12285765B2
Embodiments relate to processing materials in recycling of used solar panels. A used solar panel may comprise components manufactured from materials of high purity, that are expensive to prepare from scratch. Examples of such high purity materials can include but are not limited to: metals (silver; copper; tin; lead), photovoltaic material (e.g., precisely doped crystalline silicon; CdTe), and optically transparent materials (e.g., optical glass; plastics). Accordingly, embodiments recover one or more high purity materials from a starting material pre-processed from a used solar module, by using a recycling process comprising multiple successive separation events. Such events can include, but are not limited to: chemical separation (leaching, filtration, precipitation), physical separation (e.g., shredding/sieving), thermal separation (e.g., furnace heating), and/or electrical separation (e.g., electrowinning, electrostatic). Various fractions separated during the recycling process flow, are enriched in valuable materials and hence available for reuse at lower cost relative to materials prepared from scratch.
US12285758B2
A lab-on-a-chip cartridge includes a housing defining four separate chambers. A fluid (such as whole blood) flows through one of the chambers and into another one of the chambers, which includes a filter membrane. The filter membrane is rotated to separate a first fluid component (such as plasma) from a second fluid component (such as red blood cells), with the first fluid component passing through the filter membrane and the second fluid component not passing through the filter membrane. The separated first and second fluid components each flow into a different one of the remaining chambers, with the first fluid component contacting a lab-on-a-chip device for analyzing the first fluid component.
US12285757B2
A modular cassette is provided for separating a composite fluid into at least two component parts thereof during centrifugation. The modular cassette includes: a housing defining a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a chamber for fluid separation; a fluidic channel configured to provide fluid communication between at least two components of the modular cassette; a heat expanding valve including: a flow pathway including undulations configured to facilitate closing of the fluidic channel, wherein the heat expanding valve occludes one or more of the undulations of the flow pathway to close the fluidic channel; and a heating element configured to actuate the heat expanding valve.
US12285751B2
A fluidized bed reactor for biomass treatment comprising a vessel extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end, an inlet at the first end of the vessel for feeding biomass particles into the vessel, an outlet at the second end of the vessel for outputting processed biomass, a first fluid inlet independently activatable to deliver a first volume of a gas in a second direction into a first region of the vessel, and a second fluid inlet spaced apart from the first fluid inlet in the first direction and independently activatable to deliver a second volume of the gas in the second direction into a second region of the vessel, the second region adjacent the first region.
US12285738B2
A treatment for reducing glucose bioaccessibility can include providing a superabsorbent material that includes a porous network structure formed from a mixture of a plurality of water soluble polysaccharides that are not chemically crosslinked together. The superabsorbent material can be administered to a subject in an effective amount to reduce glucose bioaccessibility in the subject. In some aspects, the treatment for reducing glucose bioaccessibility with the superabsorbent material retains a substantially unaltered fatty acid bioaccessibility and/or retains a substantially unaltered protein bioaccessibility.
US12285734B2
A composition for use in brine formation having a deliquescent desiccant, urea, and an optional component selected from the group consisting of starch, citric acid, clay, glucose, and a combination thereof. Methods of making and using the composition are provided. The composition may be pressed into tablet form. The composition may be used in a dehumidifying device.
US12285727B2
Printed spacer membrane elements offer the unique advantage of applying any pattern on the membrane surface to act as the feed spacer material. This is in contrast to conventional feed spacer mesh material that is uniform in thickness and density throughout the mesh. More open feed spaces can be utilized but may also result in higher stress concentration, and where the spacer material comes in contact with the opposing membrane leaf. This patent presents concepts for reducing the damage on membrane leaves by increasing the concentration of the print pattern near the center tube where the stress concentration on the membrane leaves is greatest, orienting the membrane sheets prior to rolling to minimize damage from slippage during rolling, moving the fold away from the first features to minimize leaks at the insertion point.
US12285720B2
Disclosed is a nonthermal plasma-based exhaust gas particulate matter reduction apparatus for preventing an arcing phenomenon, the apparatus comprising: a chamber which is a tubular body having exhaust gas flowing therein and is connected to a ground power supply; a power supply device which is disposed outside the chamber and includes a voltage generation unit for generating a steady-state voltage at which maximum efficiency of a nonthermal plasma phenomenon is generated; an emitter which is disposed inside the chamber and generates nonthermal plasma between the chamber by having the steady-state voltage applied thereto; a rod which applies the steady-state voltage to the emitter by electrically connecting the voltage generation unit and the emitter; and an arcing prevention unit which prevents an arcing phenomenon from occurring between the rod and the chamber by providing insulation between the rod and the chamber.
US12285716B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent and a canister which can improve adsorption performance and purge performance. An adsorbent 10 to be packed in a canister includes: a cylindrical outer wall 10A, and a plurality of ribs 10B for partitioning along an axis of the outer wall 10A into a plurality of cells, wherein the thickness dα of the outer wall 10A and the thickness dβ of the ribs 10B is less than 0.6 mm, the thickness of at least either of the outer wall 10A and the ribs 10B exceeds 0.4 mm, the outer diameter D of the outer wall 10A is 3.5 mm or more and 40 mm or less, a BWC exceeds 3.0 g/dL, and purge efficiency((amount of butane adsorbed−amount of butane retained)/amount of butane adsorbed) is more than 0.86 or more.
US12285714B2
A method for removing contaminants from a gas stream including contacting a gas stream comprising hydrocarbons and sulfur contaminants with a modified nanocomposite adsorbent. Also provided are compositions and processes for forming compositions of a modified nanocomposite adsorbent composition for removing sulfur contaminants from a hydrocarbon stream. Additionally, provided is system for removing sulfur impurities from a gaseous hydrocarbon stream, where the system includes a plurality of adsorbent vessels arranged in series, where the adsorbent vessels include an emulsion of a modified nanocomposite adsorbent composition.
US12285712B2
A dust collection device and method for filtering powder from powder-filled air in a food product processing system. The dust collection device includes a venturi mixer having an inlet for receiving powder-filled air, a liquid inlet for receiving liquid, and a nozzle. The nozzle is arranged to eject the liquid into a mixing zone of the venturi mixer. The powder-filled air and the liquid meet in the mixing zone to form a liquid mixture. The dust collection device includes a chamber that receives the liquid mixture from the mixing zone, a recirculation line that feeds the liquid mixture back to the liquid inlet of the venturi mixer, and an air outlet that discharges air from the chamber.
US12285710B1
The filter for carbon dioxide adsorption according to the present invention is composed of multiple unit filters that are mutually connected and stacked, and the unit filters include a repeating three-dimensional patterned part formed using one selected from vat photopolymerization, powder bed fusion, or additive manufacturing processes; flow paths formed in the three-dimensional patterned part; a three-dimensional exposed surface that is exposed to the mixed gas flowing through the flow paths; and a carbon dioxide adsorption layer coated on the exposed surface.
US12285708B2
A filtering system (10) includes a filtering apparatus having a filter unit for receiving liquid to be filtered, a receptacle for receiving filtered liquid, and an adapter (14) for coupling the filter unit to the receptacle, and also includes a base (12) having a cradle (26) for receiving the filtering apparatus and a base vacuum delivery port (28). The adapter includes an adapter vacuum receiving port (22) coupled to the vacuum delivery port for driving the liquid through the filter and—as filtered liquid—into the receptacle. The cradle and the adapter have an interlocking mechanism (52, 54) that locks the filtering apparatus to the cradle in a locking position in which the vacuum receiving port is sealingly coupled to the base vacuum delivery port. The base vacuum delivery port has a vacuum valve (30) constituted as a normally-closed valve automatically forced open when the filtering apparatus locks to the cradle.
US12285693B2
The present disclosure provides a method of synchronizing an online game, and a server device, that do not require centralized information management, reduce the processing burden on each device during online communication, and allow for continuation of processing in an offline environment. A method, according to the present disclosure, of synchronizing an online game that allows for transmission and reception of information related to game processing between a first client terminal and a second client terminal via a server includes: receiving, from the first client terminal connected online, first information related to game processing on the first client terminal; determining whether the first information is information that determines a game status; and storing the first information on the server and transmitting the first information to the second client terminal when the first information is determined to be information that determines the game status.
US12285690B2
Generating and validating a subscription key based on subscription parameters associated with a jurisdiction file stored in a NVRAM, the subscription key having characters based on a subscription start date, a subscription term, a key generation date, and a cyclical redundancy check value. Parameters are extracted from the subscription key including the subscription start date, the subscription term, the key generation date, and the cyclical redundancy check value and are stored in a memory of the gaming machine. The key is checked by generating a local cyclical redundancy check value based on a MAC address of the gaming machine and one or more of the extracted parameters, and is validated when the local cyclical redundancy check value matches the cyclical redundancy check value extracted from the subscription key. The jurisdiction file may be updated during a RAM clear function during installation of the gaming machine.
US12285688B2
A video game system provides dialog responses based on a natural language model (NLM). The NLM is a language model that receives a language input, such as a dialog selection, audio recording, or natural language text input provided by a user of the video game system. In response to the language input, and based on a corpus of natural language candidate lines, the NLM identifies one or more potential responses. The video game system selects a final response from the identified potential responses and provides the selected response to the user via, for example, one or more display frames or via an audio output.
US12285687B2
A server device that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a memory and a processor. The processor can identify first and second players present at first and second physical locations, to identify first and second boundary and topographical information of the first and second physical locations, to map the first and second boundary and topographical information of the first and second physical locations to a virtual gaming space, to capture first and second position and orientation information for the first and second players, to map the first and second position and orientation information to the virtual gaming space, to generate first and second virtual players corresponding to the first and second players, and to transmit to first goggles information representative of the second virtual player for display superimposed onto a transparent viewing apparatus for viewing of the virtual gaming space. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12285685B2
A method for controlling movement of a virtual object in a virtual environment is performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a racing battle interface, the racing battle interface presenting a second virtual object and a third virtual object in a virtual scene of the virtual environment, the second virtual object being controlled by a user account associated with a user of the terminal; controlling movement of the third virtual object according to first recorded trajectory information in the racing battle, wherein the first recorded trajectory information represents a movement trajectory of a first virtual object in the virtual scene of the virtual environment; in accordance with a determination that the third virtual object has an abnormal condition, controlling the third virtual object to enter a free performance state according to the abnormal condition; and resuming the control movement of the third virtual object according to the first recorded trajectory information after the free performance state ends.
US12285683B1
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for generating interactive puzzles. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may: receive data associated with one or more narratives or scenes; and generate, based at least in part on one or more machine learning (ML) models and the received data, a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI may comprise an image area for rendering a plurality of different and distinct images associated with the narrative(s) or scene(s) and including at least one image that constitutes at least a portion of a solution to a user-solvable puzzle. The GUI may also comprise one or more user-manipulable control elements configured to cause one or more of a plurality of line elements to expand or contract to form a line drawing comprising at least a humanly discernible portion of the at least one image.
US12285681B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for video transmission. In one example, a processor generates first data related to first positional coordinates set in advance in a first virtual space and second data related to second positional coordinates set in advance in a second virtual space, the first data including first virtual reference points set on the first positional coordinates; the second data including second virtual reference points corresponding to each of the first virtual reference points; and the second data includes: data related to a basic coordinate group including the some of the second virtual reference points obtained by multiplying some of the first virtual reference points by a predetermined magnification; and data related to a distortion coordinate group including some of the second virtual reference points obtained by multiplying some of the first virtual reference points by a magnification different from the predetermined magnification.
US12285678B2
Provided are a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus which may provide an improved user interface on which a user may easily and efficiently execute various processes on a game content. The information processing apparatus may be caused to execute a game content specifying step of specifying a selected game content on the basis of first input operation data from an operation unit, a step of retrieving information from a storage unit, a step of specifying a direction from a start point to an end point of a second input operation on the basis of second input operation data from an operation unit, and an execution step of executing one process associated with the direction from the start point to the end point of the second input operation in the information from the storage unit on the selected game content.
US12285672B2
A shape retainer and a shape retention method are provided, by which the shape of an interior space of an inner part of a baseball or softball glove can be retained precisely. A shape retainer includes a main body having a main surface depressed in a concave shape, so that the shape of the interior space of the inner part of the baseball or softball glove can be retained precisely.
US12285666B2
A golf tee nest is a device designed to help golf enthusiasts practice different golf skills as well as to serve as a storage box or a gift box for one or more golf balls. The device includes a plurality of interlocking pieces and a plurality of golf tees. The plurality of interlocking pieces corresponds to several triangular-shaped retaining pieces that can hold a golf ball in different ways for different golf-related activities. The plurality of interlocking pieces is also designed to be rearranged into different configurations to facilitate the different golf-related activities that the user can perform with the device. The plurality of golf tees corresponds to several golf tees specially designed to facilitate the coupling of the plurality of interlocking pieces in different configurations. The plurality of golf tees can also be utilized without the plurality of interlocking pieces to perform different golf-related activities.
US12285665B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of sporting goods and particularly relates to a magnetic positioning stand for a golf bag. It is mainly composed of a chassis, support rods, a head frame, support legs, support steel wires, and a bag body; the chassis and the head frame constitute a cylinder structure with an open upper end and a closed lower end via the support rods; one end of the support steel wire is hinged at the end of a large chassis, and the other end is connected to the middle section of the support leg; the top of the support leg is hinged at the outside of the head frame in the same direction as the support steel wire is hinged at the end of the large chassis; the bag body surrounds the periphery between the chassis and the head frame.
US12285664B2
The present invention includes a golf bag cover with interior surfaces lined with a flexible container filled with air and microbeads. The flexible container includes a plurality of openings each configured to receive a golf club. The flexible container includes at least one valve to evacuate air from within the flexible container to compactify the microbeads around the golf clubs, thereby securing them. In one embodiment, a snake-like retainer is threaded between golf clubs within the golf bag cover and air is evacuated from the snake-like retainer so as to compactify microbeads within the snake-like retainer around the golf clubs in order to secure them.
US12285662B2
An embodiment of a putter type golf club head with an upper and lower portion, made from two different materials, is enclosed herein. Other embodiments are described herein.
US12285657B2
A method and system to retrieve golf balls by a single user. By utilizing a vehicle equipped with a receiver to receive a wireless signal that operates to automatically move the vehicle without human intervention, a single person has the capability of moving two vehicles with a golf ball retrieving device connected between the two vehicles to collect golf balls. The golf ball retrieving device is connected between the two vehicles using a winch system on each vehicle. The golf ball retrieving device is then pulled from one vehicle to the other using the winch system to retrieve golf balls. The two vehicles are moved to define a new path between them, and the process is repeated.
US12285655B2
A luminous ball includes a light-transmittance inner airbag, a light-transmittance outer surface layer, a light-emitting assembly and a cover body. The light-transmittance inner airbag defines an inflation space. An accommodating slot is provided in the light-transmittance inner airbag. The outer wall of the accommodating slot extending into the inflatable space from the outside. The light-transmittance outer surface layer is wrapped around an outer surface of the light-transmittance inner airbag. The light-transmittance outer surface layer is provided with a first opening. The light-emitting assembly is detachably inserted into the accommodating slot. The cover body is in detachable threaded connection to an inner wall of the accommodating slot and covers the accommodating slot to limit the light-emitting assembly in the accommodating slot. The cover body is in detachable to the accommodating slot and covers the accommodating slot to limit the light-emitting assembly in the accommodating slot.
US12285651B2
A recommended running pace calculation system and the like capable of calculating a recommended running pace that is recommended to a runner to be evaluated in a distance running. A recommended running pace calculation system according to the present invention includes a correlation storage device in which a first correlation is stored, the first correlation including correlations between running distances run by unspecified runners and their fastest running paces, a running pace acquisition device configured to acquire running paces for predetermined sections in a distance running run by a runner to be evaluated, the distance running having a predetermined length, a correction device configured to extract a fastest running pace of the running paces of the runner to be evaluated for the predetermined sections, and a recommended running pace calculation device configured to calculate a recommended running pace.
US12285650B2
Training at the proper level of effort is important for athletes whose objective is to achieve the best results in the least time. In running, for example, pace is often monitored. However, pace alone does not reveal specific issues with regard to running form, efficiency, or technique, much less inform how training should be modified to improve performance or fitness. A sensing system and wearable sensor platform described herein provide real-time feedback to a user/wearer of his power expenditure during an activity. In one example, the system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for acquiring multi-axis motion data at a first sampling rate, and an orientation sensor to acquire orientation data at a second sampling rate that is varied based on the multi-axis motion data.
US12285646B2
An adjustable dumbbell, comprising a dumbbell assembly, a dumbbell seat and dumbbell pieces, the dumbbell assembly comprises a dumbbell bar and connecting discs, which are provided with a positioning groove and a connecting block slidingly connected in the positioning groove, and the connecting disc is provided with an elastic component; the dumbbell assembly comprises a handle grip and gear blocks, and the glove and the gear block are fixed circumferentially, and the gear block has an outwardly pushing part and an inwardly shrinking part in the circumferential direction; the dumbbell piece is provided with a connecting groove, when the connecting block abuts against the shrinking part, the connecting block is separated from the connecting groove; the connecting block abuts against the pushing part, the connecting block is snapped into the connecting groove; when the connecting block abuts against the shrinking part, the connecting block is separated from the connecting groove.
US12285645B2
An apparatus includes a cuboid exercise weight and one or more wall mounts. The exercise weight may be utilized in a variety of workouts due to the various locations and angles of the handles. Further, the exercise weight may be attached to the one or more wall mounts allowing for the user to perform exercises from an elevated position.
US12285637B2
The invention is directed to a method of non-invasively treating a varicose vein (2), for example the Great saphenous vein (GSV), wherein the vein or the vein system to be treated is divided into sections (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) with a length (11) separated by a spacing (s1). The sections can be pre-defined before the treatment, for example to target a junction (4) to a tributary (3), or with respect to the sapheno-femoral junction (8), and can vary in length and location, for example to avoid a sensitive structure (7) such as nerves.
US12285635B2
An example method of radiation therapy in a radiation therapy system that includes a gantry with a treatment-delivering X-ray source and an imaging X-ray source mounted thereon is described. The method includes rotating the gantry in a first direction at a first rotational velocity about an open bore and concurrently rotating an annular support structure at a second rotational velocity about the open bore, wherein the second rotational velocity is less than the first rotational velocity. While continuing to rotate the gantry in the first direction about the open bore from a first position to a treatment position, the method also includes generating multiple images of a target volume disposed in the bore using the imaging X-ray source. Upon rotating the gantry to the treatment position, the method includes initiating delivery of a treatment beam to the target volume with the treatment-delivering X-ray source.
US12285634B2
The present application relates to a radiotherapy apparatus for delivering radiation to a subject. The apparatus comprises a source of radiation configured to rotate about an isocenter and emit radiation in a radiation plane containing said isocentre. The apparatus also comprises a subject support surface including a portion configured to be located substantially at the isocenter. The subject support surface comprises a subject support surface rotation mechanism configured to rotate the subject support surface about an axis of rotation parallel to and spaced from an axis that passes through the isocenter. The subject support surface also comprises a first section configured to move from a first position to a second position along at least one of a longitudinal and lateral direction. The apparatus also comprises a processor configured to control the longitudinal and/or lateral movement of the first section as a function of the rotation of the subject support surface to maintain the portion of the subject support surface substantially at the isocenter.
US12285630B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a beam control device for radiotherapy is provided. The beam control device may include an electron beam generator configured to emit an electron beam for radiotherapy toward a subject in a first direction. The beam control device may further include a first deflection device configured to generate a defocused electron beam by defocusing the electron beam in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.
US12285627B2
A novel treatment method is disclosed, wherein a patch configured to be placed on a patient's skin is activated, before placement, to deliver localized radiotherapy to a diseased area of the skin. The disclosed devices and methods minimize or prevent collateral damage to the neighboring tissues. In most cases, the disclosed devices and methods include coating a contoured, solid, flexible or conformal substrate with one or more lanthanide elements and then activating (e.g. neutron irradiation) the elements such that its resulting radioisotope emits beta-particles into the diseased skin surface when applied to the patient's skin. Novel processes are described for fabricating and irradiating the lanthanide-based skin patch, for example a holmium-based skin patch.
US12285623B2
Presented herein are devices and systems as well as the methods of using the same for the purpose of reducing and/or ameliorating the sensation of pain, specifically, chronic pain. Particularly, in one aspect, the devices, systems, and their methods of use disclosed herein are effective for reducing peripheral nerve pain, such as resulting from traumatic nerve injury and other types of nerve damage.
US12285622B2
Systems and methods for controlling a mobile defibrillator (AED) unit are provided.
US12285613B2
An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation energy to a patient using a plurality of electrodes may include a stimulation circuit and a sensing circuit. The stimulation circuit may be configured to deliver the neurostimulation energy using stimulation electrodes selected from the plurality of electrodes and to control the delivery of the neurostimulation energy. The sensing circuit may be configured to receive one or more neural signals from sensing electrodes selected from the plurality of electrodes and may include a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit may include a detection circuit and an analysis circuit. The detection circuit may be configured to detect one or more attributes of neural responses from the received one or more neural signals. The analysis circuit may be configured to analyze the detected one or more attributes of the neural responses for one or more indications of a neurodegenerative disease.
US12285598B2
A rotary machine is provided which may include a rotor and a stator within a housing. The stator may be for generating a rotating magnetic field for applying a torque to the rotor. A commutator circuit may provide a plurality of phase voltages to the stator, and a controller may adjust the plurality of phase voltages provided by the commutator circuit to modify an attractive force of the stator on the rotor to move the rotor in an axial direction.
US12285595B2
An injection device incorporating a dose setting mechanism is presented where the dose setting mechanism contains a dose selector having one or more dose stops corresponding to a finite set of predetermined fixed doses, where the set of finite predetermined fixed doses includes a lowest fixed dose and one or more higher fixed doses, and where at least one of the one or more higher fixed doses is equal to the lowest fixed dose plus a fractional amount of the lowest fixed dose. The dose setting mechanism can further include a floating spline that is rotationally engaged with a snap element such that the snap element can rotate relative to the floating spline during both dose setting and dose delivery.
US12285587B2
A multi-fluid injector system and methods of operation thereof are presented. One embodiment of such a fluid injector system includes an automatic refill procedure for a fluid injector system comprising a fluid injector and an operably engaged syringe. The procedure includes the step of determining, using an electronic control device operably controlling the fluid injector system, whether a fluid injection procedure involving the syringe is impending. If the electronic control device determines that the fluid injection procedure is not impending, such that the automatic refill will not interfere with the fluid injection procedure, an automatic refill of the syringe is initiated.
US12285583B2
An inflatable port including a housing, a chamber in the housing, a septum over the chamber, a hollow stem extending from the housing, and a bladder around at least a portion of the housing. The chamber has a major opening and a minor opening. The septum is positioned over the major opening of the chamber and is fixed to the housing. The stem fluidly connects to the chamber by way of the minor opening of the chamber. The bladder is configured to increase a size of the inflatable port upon inflation of the bladder and decrease the size of the inflatable port upon deflation of the bladder. Also disclosed herein is a catheter assembly including the inflatable port, as well as a method related to the inflatable port and the catheter assembly.
US12285578B2
Disclosed is an arterial access sheath for introducing an interventional device into an artery. The arterial access sheath includes an elongated body sized and shaped to be transcervically introduced into a common carotid artery at an access location in the neck and an internal lumen in the elongated body having a proximal opening in a proximal region of the elongated body and a distal opening in a distal region of the elongated body. The internal lumen provides a passageway for introducing an interventional device into the common carotid artery when the elongated body is positioned in the common carotid artery. The elongated body has a proximal section and a distalmost section that is more flexible than the proximal section. A ratio of an entire length of the distalmost section to an overall length of the sheath body is one tenth to one half the overall length of the sheath body.
US12285577B2
This invention pertains to the field of medical devices and specifically relates to an atrial shunt device and its manufacturing method, as well as the application of this device in an atrial shunt system. The atrial shunt comprises a middle channel structure with left atrial wall fixing structures and right atrial wall fixing structures on both sides. The left atrial wall fixing structure is a woven network structure formed by weaving threads through a weaving process, and it includes at least two layers of woven layers. By employing a multi-layer woven structure, this invention enhances the waist support compared to traditional single-layer woven structures, reduces the risk of opening blockage caused by excessive intimalization, lowers atrial pressure, improves patient cardiac function, and prolongs patient life.
US12285576B2
Described herein, in some aspects, are systems and methods for treating aortic aneurysms. In some embodiments, a method of treating an aortic aneurysm in a subject comprises: advancing a shunt through a venous puncture site of a vein to access an arterial puncture site of an artery, the arterial puncture site disposed within the aortic aneurysm or upstream of the aortic aneurysm; and securing the shunt to the artery and vein by deploying i) an arterial sealing structure coupled to a distal end of the shunt, and ii) deploying a venous sealing structure coupled to a proximal end of the shunt, thereby enabling fluid to flow from the artery to the vein. In some embodiments, a method of treating an aortic aneurysm in a subject comprises: implanting a graft within a subject to at least partially bypass a fluid flow through an artery around the aortic aneurysm, the graft having a lumen therein.
US12285570B1
A body fluid movement system includes a body fluid movement apparatus with a lumen, a proximal end, a distal end and a balloon coupled to the proximal end. The balloon is configured to be positioned in an interior of a bladder. The proximal end is configured to provide flow of body fluid from the bladder through the body fluid movement apparatus and collects body fluid from the bladder through the lumen. The drainage bag has an inlet port for receiving body fluid and an outlet port for draining body fluid urine from the drainage bag. The body fluid movement tube includes the proximal end, with a plurality of body fluid draining holes that receive body fluid urine from the bladder and allow it to be transported to and though the body fluid movement tube. One or more sensors are included in the body fluid movement apparatus and positioned to be in contact with patient's body fluid. A patient remote monitoring system is coupled to the one or more sensors to receive sensor data.
US12285569B2
A carbon dioxide absorber (1) and a closed-circuit breathing apparatus (2) with the carbon dioxide absorber are based on the carbon dioxide absorber having an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) gas-tight connectable by a flow duct (5), in which a material (6) is arranged, which absorbs some carbon dioxide contained in the breathing gas stream sent through the material. The flow duct (5) is enclosed in some areas by a housing (7), in which a window element (8) is arranged. A display element (9) arranged movably in the flow duct (5) is visible through the window element from outside of the housing and/or through which window element the radiation reflected by the display element (9) exits to the outside. A distance between the window element (8) and the display element (9) varies as a function of the quantity of carbon dioxide-absorbing material arranged in the flow duct (5).
US12285564B2
A headgear connection assembly for a respiratory mask is configured to provide easy use and a reliable connection. The headgear connection assembly may include a clip attachment portion and a clip. The clip may include a hook, a headgear attachment loop, and one or more finger grips. The hook may be configured to include a central portion and two outer portions and an interference bump and to engage with a post of the clip attachment portion. The central and outer portions of the hook may be configured to flex independently of one another. The clip attachment portion may include geometry to limit rotation of the clip.
US12285563B2
A nasal cannula is described herein for respiratory therapy which includes a first gas supply tub with a distal end terminating in a first connector, and a nasal cannula body which includes a first end rotatably coupled to the first connector, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a first nasal prong in fluid communication with the first gas supply tube. The first nasal prong is rotatable relative to the first gas supply tube about the longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula body.
US12285562B2
A cushion for a respiratory mask is provided. The cushion includes a face contacting portion, a non-face contacting portion and an intermediate region. The face contacting portion is formed from an open cell foam material and includes an opening to provide, in use, a source of breathing gas to a user's airways. The non-face contacting portion is formed from an elastomeric material. The intermediate region is formed between the face contacting portion and the non-face contacting portion. Open cells of the open cell foam material in the intermediate region are filled with the elastomeric material.
US12285560B2
A ventilation detection method applied to a ventilation apparatus. The method may include monitoring respiratory parameters during mechanical ventilation of a patient by using a ventilation apparatus, the respiratory parameters at least comprising one of airway pressure and airway flow, and using changes in the respiratory parameters to identify whether man-machine counteraction or ventilation leakage has occurred.
US12285558B2
A filter assembly for a surgical suction system. The filter assembly has a containment defining a filter chamber an intake fitting on an upstream end of the chamber, an output fitting on an opposite downstream end of the chamber, and a filter element in the filter chamber and made at least partially of a bioresorbable bone substitute so that autologous tissue components carried in a fluid flowing from the fitting through the filter element in the filter chamber are trapped by the filter element.
US12285556B2
The present disclosure provides systems for controlling infusion of one or more supplements into blood received from a patient. The systems include at least one an extracorporeal circulatory support system including a pump, fluid conduits, and at least one a sensor configured to measure one or more parameters of the blood. The system also may include a fluid flow regulator coupled to the extracorporeal circulatory support system. The system receives measurement signals corresponding to parameters of blood from the at least one sensor and determines one or more target values for the parameters of blood based on a patient profile and/or the measurements. The system may control the fluid flow regulator to cause an infusion of at least one supplemental fluid from a supplemental fluid source into the blood.
US12285545B2
Methods of regenerating vital tooth tissue in situ after endodontic therapy include introducing a hydrogel scaffold into a root canal of a tooth in a patient after native pulp has been removed from the root canal. The hydrogel scaffold may comprise a sponge scaffold, and can be acellular. The hydrogel scaffold can contain chemotactic, angiogenic, neurogenic, and/or immunomodulatory biofactors that cause infiltration of endogenous cells from the patient into the root canal. Alternatively, such biofactors/drugs can be administered to the patient separately from the hydrogel scaffold. The hydrogel scaffold can fill the periapical space of an abscessed root.
US12285543B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cell population suitable for transplant of retinal tissue and a method of production thereof. The present invention provides a cell population for transplant, comprising retinal cells with a modified bipolar cell-regulating gene and a method of production thereof.
US12285540B2
The present invention relates to a hemostatic absorbable composition, comprising: a flowable plurality of separate aggregates each comprising: a plurality of absorbable carrier particles coated on a surface thereof by a plurality of smaller particles comprising an absorbable supplemental hemostasis-promoting agent. In some embodiments, the absorbable carrier particles comprise gelatin or collagen, and the supplemental hemostasis-promoting agent comprises oxidized cellulose, oxidized regenerated cellulose, carboxylic oxidized cellulose, carboxylic oxidized regenerated cellulose, thrombin, or tranexamic acid.
US12285532B2
Systems and methods for treating an object, in particular, for disinfecting and/or drying objects and/or surfaces are provided. One or more of an air delivery system, an electromagnetic emitter (e.g., a Far ultraviolet (UV) light source), and/or an air treatment device (e.g., a gaseous hydrogen-peroxide generator) may be used to condition ambient air to treat a surface or container for use (e.g., prior to filling the container, applying a surfactant, etc.). An ionizer may be employed with one or more of the emitter or air treatment device to additionally remove static from air within or provided to a treatment area.
US12285525B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound or a salt thereof constituting lipid particles that can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids, and to provide lipid particles that can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids. According to an aspect of the present invention, a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof is provided. In the formula, X represents —NR1— or —O—, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or the like, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or the like, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, groups in any one or more pairs among R4 and R5, R10 and R5, R5 and R12, R4 and R6, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, R6 and R10, R12 and R7, and R7 and R8 may be linked to each other to form a 4- to 7-membered ring which may contain an O atom, a, b, c, and d are each independently represent an integer of 0 to 3, a+b is equal to or greater than 1, and c+d is equal to or greater than 1.
US12285520B2
The invention relates to a nicotine chewing gum giving an immediate release and uptake of nicotine as well as an extended release and uptake of nicotine as well as describing suitable manufacturing processes for such chewing gum formulations and the use of the chewing gum for the treatment of a human being suffering from cravings from tobacco and/or e-cigarette dependency.
US12285513B2
The invention relates to cell-free supernatants (conditioned media) that previously supported the growth of a dedifferentiated plant cell suspension culture, or a fraction of said cell-free supernatant, said cell-free supernatant or said fraction comprising peptides from 4 to 300 amino acids length and including peptide plant growth factors and peptide plant transcription factors, and without having cytoplasmic cell contents from the cell lysis and membranes and/or cell walls. The invention also relates to fractions of said supernatants and to cosmetic applications for promoting re-youth of skin.
US12285510B2
A mild cleansing composition nearly saturated, saturated, or supersaturated with at least one active ingredient includes one or more surfactants and one or more active ingredients. The mild cleansing composition can be used to clean the skin and improve skin texture (e.g., the degree of radiance and wrinkles) at the same time.
US12285509B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising a glycol di-salicylate or a glycol di-benzoate compound having the following structure: where R is OH or H, n is 1 or 2, and where the composition further includes a glycol mono-salicylate compound or a glycol mono-benzoate compound.
US12285505B2
Disclosed is a method for improving the sensorial properties of an oil-in-water type emulsion for topical application, including, for 100% of its mass, 5% to 30% by weight of glycerol, characterised in that the oil-in-water type emulsion for topical application includes an effective quantity of a mixture of saturated cyclic or acyclic, linear or branched hydrocarbons, of which at least 95% by weight have between fifteen and nineteen carbon atoms. Also disclosed is a new oil-in-water type emulsion for topical use, including the mixture, and to the use of same in cosmetics.
US12285495B2
The present invention relates to a method of integrating an exogenous DNA sequence into a genome of a cell comprising contacting the cell with: a) a donor nucleic acid comprising: —at least one STOP codon and a translation initiation sequence (TIS) or—a ribosomal skipping sequence, and—said exogenous DNA sequence wherein said donor nucleic acid is flanked at 5′ and 3′ by inverted targeting sequences; b) a complementary strand oligonucleotide homologous to the targeting sequence and c) a nuclease that recognizes the targeting sequence.
US12285493B2
The invention provides LRP5-binding polypeptides, and more specifically LRP5-binding immunoglobulin single variable domain constructs which can inhibit Wnt signaling pathways. The invention also relates to specific sequences of such polypeptides, methods of their production, and methods of using them, including methods of treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US12285469B2
Methods of making the M or L complex of the botulinum neurotoxin E with its associated neurotoxin binding protein(s) (NBP), and methods of using to treat pain and wrinkles by injecting locally. Methods of making and isolating the L and M complex comprise a multi-step process of: providing a bacterial cultured media comprising the complex of botulinum neurotoxin E and neurotoxin binding proteins; centrifuging and pelletizing the cultured media; stirring the pelletized culture at 0 to 10° C. over a period of 4 to 24 hours; centrifuging the stirred solution to obtain a supernatant; precipitating the supernatant and filtering to obtain the precipitate; and dissolving the precipitate, centrifuging and filtering to obtain a solution comprising M complex and/or L complex of botulinum neurotoxin E and its NBP; and passing the solution through a functionalized sephadex ion exchange column to isolate the complex.
US12285468B2
The invention relates to stable liquid neurotoxin formulations which are free of animal proteins, comprising a surfactant, an amino acid selected from tryptophan and tyrosine, a buffer comprising sodium, chloride and phosphate ions, which have a pH between 5.5 and 8, and which are stable for 2 months. These compositions are suitable for use in therapy and in particular for administration to a patient to achieve a desired therapeutic or aesthetic effect. The invention also relates to the use of an amino acid selected from tryptophan and tyrosine to protect a proteinaceous neurotoxin from degradation in a liquid composition which is free of animal derived proteins.
US12285465B2
The present invention refers to the combination of an R-CHOP therapy with an administration of NGR-hTNF or an analog thereof for the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma, preferably relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma.
US12285462B2
The invention features methods and compositions for eliciting an anti-tumor response in a subject comprising administering to the subject a pHLIP● construct comprising an antibody recruiting molecule linked to one or more pHLIP● peptides by a non-cleavable linker compound. The construct increases the amount of the antibody recruiting molecule on the surface of a diseased cell.
US12285459B2
Disclosed herein are polypeptides and fusion polypeptides that have anti-angiogenic activity that can be used to inhibit tumor growth and tumor metastasis. The polypeptide consists of 9 or less consecutive amino acid residues (e.g., 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4) comprising the active core amino acid sequence DWLP, or an amino acid substitution variant thereof. Specific amino acid substitutions are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the peptide consists essentially of 4-6 mers identified as exhibiting the activity of prosaposin A. Also disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions comprising the polypeptides and fusion polypeptides, and their use in the treatment, prevention, and inhibition of angiogenesis-related diseases and disorders such as cancer and cancer metastasis.
US12285456B2
A method for promoting weight management in a mammal is provided, comprising administering to the mammal a weight loss agent and a mitochondria enhancing agent. Compositions for weight management are also provided.
US12285446B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions comprising a bacterium or a metabolite thereof for enhancing mitochondrial and/or peroxisomal function.
US12285444B2
The invention provides a method of promoting reprogramming of a cardiac fibroblast into a cardiomyocyte by contacting the cardiac fibroblast with an isolated polynucleotide molecule comprising at least two functional miRNA sequences using a multicistronic expression system for reprogramming of fibroblasts into functional mature cardiomyocytes.
US12285440B2
The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting amyloid synthesis in a subject using cyclodextrin and analogs thereof. Small molecules (cyclodextrin) reverse APOE4-associated cholesterol phenotypes and lead to significantly improved myelination both human in vitro cultures and APOE4 targeted replacement mice. This demonstrates that APOE4 alters cholesterol synthesis and transport in oligodendrocytes which impairs myelination. Collectively, this work uncovers a pathogenic role of APOE4 in oligodendrocytes and myelination and enables therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer's Disease.
US12285435B2
Some embodiments of the present application are related to multivesicular liposome (MVL) formulations encapsulating dexamethasone or an ester or an ester salt thereof, for example, dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP) that may provide about 3-28 days extended release of dexamethasone. Processes of making and administering dexamethasone encapsulated multivesicular liposome formulations and their uses for treating pain or inflammation are also provided.
US12285432B2
A method of treating a JAK-inhibition-responsive condition (such as a hair loss disorder) in a human subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the human subject a therapeutically effective amount of Compound (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein each position designated specifically as deuterium has at least 95% incorporation of deuterium; and wherein: the subject is receiving a concomitant administration of a CYP3A4 inhibitor; and the therapeutically effective amount of Compound (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is not reduced compared to the therapeutically effective amount of Compound (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that would be administered to the subject in the absence of concomitant administration of a CYP3A4 inhibitor.
US12285428B2
The invention provides methods of treating kidney conditions using compositions that contain modified forms of trimetazidine, such as CV-8972. Providing such compositions increases energy production in the kidney. Therefore, methods of the invention are useful for treating a variety of kidney conditions, such as acute kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetic kidney, or diabetic nephropathy.
US12285422B2
The present invention relates to the novel use of certain piperidinyl-indole derivatives in the treatment of patients suffering from renal diseases or disorders, and in particular for the treatment of patients suffering from C3G (C3 glomerulopathy) and IgAN (IgA nephropathy).
US12285415B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the treatment of hypertension comprising an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a diuretic, and a calcium channel blocker.
US12285403B2
A2-73 is a useful therapeutic in the treatment of humans suffering from insomnia, anxiety or agitation. Particular attention is made to oral daily doses of from about 10 mg to about 50 mg, with particular reference to about 20 to 30 mg.
US12285397B2
Methods and compositions for use treating Fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise characterized, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Williams syndrome, or Jacobsen syndrome with a compound of Formula 1 as described herein, (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl) cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid, (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylidene) cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, or vagabatrin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any of the foregoing, are provided.
US12285385B2
In embodiments, a CPR chest compression system includes a retention structure that can retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism that can perform automatically CPR compressions and releases to the patient's chest. The compression mechanism can pause the performing of the CPR compressions for a short time, so that an attendant can check the patient. The CPR system can include a user interface that can output a human-perceptible check patient prompt, to alert an attendant to check the patient during the pause. The compression mechanism can during a CPR session retreat a distance away from the patient's chest whereby the patient's chest can expand without active decompression of the patient's chest beyond the chest's natural resting position.
US12285382B2
A detectable warning system comprising a mat substrate comprising a first acrylic material and a texture layer comprising a plurality of texture elements formed from a second acrylic material disposed on a top surface of the mat substrate. The mat substrate comprises a plurality of raised portions. The first acrylic material comprises an acrylic cement and an acrylic admix. The second acrylic material comprises the acrylic cement and the acrylic admix. The second acrylic material defines a plurality of texture elements on the mat substrate.
US12285379B2
A massage head for a percussive therapy device includes a base. The base is configured to connect a massage attachment to a reciprocating shaft of a percussive therapy device. The massage head also includes an end portion that includes a heater. The massage head also includes a medial portion located between the base and the end portion. The medial portion is configured to resiliently bias the end portion away from the base.
US12285346B2
Thin-film mesh for medical devices and related methods are provided. The thin-film mesh may include slits to be expanded into pores, and the expanded thin-film mesh may be used as a cover for a stent device. The thin-film mesh has a tube-shape and the slits may be angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tube-shape thin-film mesh. The angled slits allow for the thin-film mesh to expand in multiple dimensions, including along the longitudinal axis and along the circumferential direction of the tube-shape thin-film mesh. The slits may be provided in diagonal rows arranged in longitudinal columns. Longitudinal columns of different types of slits may be arranged along the circumferential direction on the tube-shape thin-film mesh to form a zig-zag pattern of slits. The thin-film mesh may be formed from thin-film Nitinol (TFN) and may be fabricated via sputter deposition on a micropatterned wafer.
US12285342B2
A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. An access cannula may be introduced over the first dilator tube. A drill may be inserted through the access cannula and used to perform a foraminoplasty. Surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
US12285338B2
One aspect relates to an augmentation device comprising an annular cone surrounding a channel extending through the cone from a proximal cone end to a distal cone end of the cone. One aspect further relates to an augmentation system comprising such an augmentation device and an applicator, as well as an implantation method of an augmentation device using such an augmentation system.
US12285337B2
A method for treating a heart valve involves delivering a catheter into a ventricle of a heart, advancing a coil from the catheter, rotating the coil at least partially around a papillary muscle of the ventricle, embedding a distal end of the coil in tissue of the ventricle, and manipulating a suture coupled to the coil to adjust a position of the papillary muscle.
US12285335B2
A split type precisely-anchorable transcatheter aortic valve system comprises a split transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) and a transcatheter artificial biological aortic valve (20), wherein the shape and structure of the transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) are matched with the real structure of the aortic valve after the patient's image data is subjected to three-dimensional reconstruction, the transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) is delivered to the aortic valve position of the patient to be released, deformed and combined with the aortic valve leaflet tissue and the subvalvular tissue of the patient; the transcatheter artificial biological aortic valve (20) is delivered into the transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) to be released, the valve stent is deformed to expand the valve to the functional state, the transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) is deformed again and combined with the expanded transcatheter artificial biological aortic valve (20), and meanwhile, the transcatheter aortic valve anchoring stent (10) is deformed and anchored again. A system designed based on three-dimensional reconstruction can realize accurate anchoring of transcatheter aortic valve personalization.
US12285333B2
A prosthetic heart valve having identifiers for aiding in radiographic positioning is described.
US12285321B1
A vaginal shield including a covering assembly and an absorbing assembly. The covering assembly includes a covering. The covering is made of silicon or gel. The covering is used to cover female genitalia when defecating. The covering can be attached to the female genitalia. The absorbing assembly includes an absorbing pad. The absorbing pad is removably attached to the covering. The absorbing pad is used to absorb fences, blood, or urine. The absorbing pad can be used attached to underwear. The covering can be used attached to female genitalia.
US12285317B2
Embodiments provide for improved determination of whether an audio protector is sufficiently fit to a wearer. By automatically performing the improved fit testing processes described, embodiments may warn users in circumstances where fit of their audio protector is dissatisfactory. Some embodiments include receiving external audio data and internal audio data including a filtered range of frequencies, generating comparative internal data by applying the internal audio data to an inverse attenuation model, identifying an audio processing mode based at least in part on the external audio data and/or the internal audio data, the audio processing mode associated with an audio comparison model, computing energy differential data by applying the comparative internal data and the external audio data to the audio comparison model; and determining a fit result based at least in part on the energy differential data.
US12285314B2
Methods of depositing nanoparticles onto a substrate (e.g., an implant) are provided, as are the resulting substrates (e.g., implants) formed by such deposition methods. The nanoparticles can be silver nanoparticles that provide antimicrobial or antibacterial properties to the substrate.
US12285310B2
A method and a system for determining occlusal contacts between lower teeth and upper teeth of a subject are provided. The method comprises: receiving a 3D model including a first portion and a second portion including points respectively representative of the lower teeth and the upper teeth; determining an occlusal plane associated with the second portion of the 3D model; determining, from each point of the first portion, respective distance values to the occlusal plane; and identifying, within the points of the first portion, based on the respective distance values, using a voxel grid, a set of occlusal points representative of at least some of the occlusal contacts between the lower teeth and the upper teeth.
US12285305B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dental prosthetic assembly. The dental prosthetic assembly comprises a first and a second element. The first element comprises a first connection portion with a reception configured to establish a mechanical connection between the first and the second element by receiving a protrusion of a second connection portion comprised by the second element.
US12285304B2
The invention relates to a method for providing a physical testing model for testing a fitting of a dental restoration to be hardened before the dental restoration being hardened. The dental restoration is required to fit onto a dental element after being hardened. The method comprises providing a 3D digital model of the dental element. Size of the 3D digital model of the dental element is scaled using a first scaling factor. The first scaling factor depends on an inverse of a second scaling factor quantifying a predicted scaling of the size of the dental restoration to be hardened due to the hardening. The scaling of the 3D digital model of the dental element results in a 3D digital testing model for the testing of the fitting of the dental restoration to be hardened. The 3D digital testing model is provided as a template for manufacturing the physical testing model.
US12285294B2
A shear wave elastography method for imaging an observation field in an anisotropic medium, including an initial ultrasonic acquisition step during which initial physical parameters are acquired in at least one region of interest; a spatial characterization step during which a set of spatial characteristics of the anisotropic medium is determined on the basis of the initial physical parameter; an excitation substep during which an shear wave is generated inside the anisotropic medium on the basis of the set of spatial characteristics; and an observation substep during which the propagation of the shear wave is observed simultaneously at a multitude of points in the observation field.
US12285291B2
An ultrasonic system includes an ultrasonic probe and a data processing unit which is physically separate from the ultrasonic probe, runs on an operating system and has a receiving memory and a transmission memory. A real-time bus system is for data coupling of the ultrasonic probe to the memories. A probe system manages data within the ultrasonic probe, the clock inaccuracy of the probe system is at least three orders of magnitude less than the clock inaccuracy of the real-time bus system. The response time of the operating system is at least two orders of magnitude longer than the clock inaccuracy of the real-time bus system. The real-time bus system is configured to transfer transmission data and received data simultaneously by uninterrupted streaming clocked with an on average constant rate during stateless operation of the ultrasonic probe, the operation not differentiating between transmission and receiving operation.
US12285287B2
Arrangements described herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a headset system that includes a transducer configured to collect physiological data of a subject, a device housing configured to support the transducer, an insert portion disposed on the device housing, a support structure comprising a baseplate and a receiving portion, and a head cradle supported by the baseplate. The receiving portion extends in a direction that is oblique with respect to the baseplate. The insert portion is sized and shaped to engage the receiving portion to removably attach the device housing to the baseplate.
US12285283B2
A 3D anatomical model of one or more blood vessels of a patient may be obtained using CT angiography, while a 2D image of the blood vessels may be obtained based on fluoroscopy. The 3D model may be registered with the 2D image based on a contrast injection site identified on the 3D model and/or in the 2D image. A fused image may then be created to depict the overlaid 3D model and 2D image, for example, on a monitor or through a virtual reality headset. The injection site may be determined automatically or based on a user input that may include a bounding box drawn around the injection site on the 3D model, a selection of an automatically segmented area in the 3D model, etc.
US12285278B2
A protective device for maintaining the sterilization of a self-drilling anchor inserter and prohibiting the sharp, drilling point of the inserter from puncturing sterile packaging. The device includes a cannulated tube having a proximal end and a distal end. The cannulated tube extends along a longitudinal axis and has proximal and distal portions. The proximal portion extends to the proximal end and the distal portion extends to the distal end. The cannulated tube also has an inner volume. A first slot extends into the inner volume and along the proximal portion toward the proximal end. A second slot extends partially into the cannulated tube between the proximal portion and the distal portion. A connecting portion attaches the proximal portion to the distal portion. The proximal portion is movable relative to the distal portion, between an aligned position and a bent position.
US12285273B2
Knee joint laxity testing apparatus configured to measure knee laxity in three planes of motion includes a foot and ankle stabilization assembly including a foot plate, a heel clamp and a tibial clamp for securing a foot and an ankle of a person, an anterior-posterior (AP) loading assembly configured to apply an anterior/posterior loading on a knee of the person, and a thigh stabilization assembly including a proximal thigh fixation module and a distal thigh fixation module. The proximal thigh fixation module includes a thigh cradle and a pair of clamping arms for securing a thigh positioned on the thigh cradle. Each clamping arm is pivotable about a hinge. The distal thigh fixation module is operable to firmly hold a distal portion of a thigh of the person in place while a leg of the person is manipulated.
US12285272B2
Provided is a measuring device that can ensure a level of a measurement signal while noise derived from the body movement of a subject is curbed. A measuring device according to the embodiments includes a first fixing body, a sensor fixing body configured to fix a sensor for detecting a biological signal, and the sensor, in which the first fixing body and the sensor fixing body have separate structures.
US12285259B2
Intracardiac electrograms are recorded using a multi-electrode catheter and respective annotations established. Within a time window a pattern comprising a monotonically increasing local activation time sequence from a set of electrograms from neighboring electrodes is detected. The set is reordered and displayed for the operator.
US12285258B2
In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter configured to be inserted into a chamber of a heart of a living subject, and including catheter electrodes configured to contact tissue at respective locations within the chamber of the heart, a display, and processing circuitry configured to receive signals from the catheter, and in response to the signals, sample voltage values of the signals at respective sampling times, compute respective curved three-dimensional surfaces describing electrical activity of the tissue over the catheter electrodes at respective ones of the sampling times, responsively to (a) respective positions of the respective catheter electrodes, and (b) the respective sampled voltage values indicative of electrical activity of the tissue that is sensed by the respective catheter electrodes at the respective locations at the respective sampling times, and render the respective three-dimensional surfaces to the display over time.
US12285254B2
The present disclosure relates to a body attachment unit for continuous blood glucose measurement, in which the body attachment unit is manufactured so as to be assembled in an applicator, thereby minimizing additional work and allowing attachment of the body attachment unit to a body simply by operation of the applicator. In particular, a wireless communication chip is provided in the body attachment unit to enable communication with an external terminal, thereby enabling simple and convenient use without performing additional work of connecting a separate transmitter, and allowing easier maintenance. In addition, activation occurs by a user's operation after the body attachment unit is attached to the body, such that an activation start point in time can be adjusted to an appropriate point in time according to the user's needs, and activation occurs in a stabilized state, thereby providing the body attachment unit allowing more accurate blood glucose measurement.
US12285253B2
A blood collection tube holder having a retractable single needle and a body comprising substantially parallel and laterally spaced apart barrel and needle retraction cavities separated by a partial wall that facilitates lateral movement of the single needle from the barrel cavity into alignment with the needle retraction cavity to initiate needle retraction. The barrel and a frontal attachment to the barrel are cooperatively configured to facilitate relative sliding movement between in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis through the retractable single needle to initiate needle retraction.
US12285250B2
Glucose-sensing luminescent dyes of formula (IV-I), polymers, and sensors are provided. Additionally, systems including the sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems are provided.
US12285247B2
According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates two or more magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) pulse sequences in which different frequency bands are selected as suppression targets. The processing circuitry obtains multiple MRS signals acquired by the two or more MRS pulse sequences. The processing circuitry estimates a relative amount of each molecule included in a measurement target region from the MRS signals, based on a co-occurrence of a frequency profile that depends on a molecule type.
US12285234B2
Medical devices are provided, comprising a medical device and a sensor.
US12285220B1
A system and method for planning and simulating a surgical operation to create a patient-specific spinal implant are disclosed. The system comprises a remote server configured to receive patient-specific medical image data and generate a 3D mesh model of the patient's spine using algorithms that separate vertebral bodies, remove artifacts, and smooth surfaces. A doctor's computer receives the 3D mesh model and allows real-time manipulation of intervertebral spaces to achieve a desired spinal curvature. The server generates a spinal implant design with surface-mapped endplates matching the patient's vertebral anatomy, which is transmitted to a 3D printer for manufacturing. The method includes steps of receiving image data, generating and updating the 3D mesh model based on doctor input, generating the final implant design, and transmitting it for production. The invention enables the creation of patient-specific spinal implants with improved conformity and surgical outcomes.
US12285219B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for modeling a personalized breast implant including the operations of: obtaining medical image data and body scan data; obtaining first image data by 3D modeling the medical image data; obtaining second image data by 3D modeling the body scan data; creating third image data by merging the first image data and the second image data; and creating breast implant appearance information on the basis of the third image data.
US12285216B2
A measurement device including a light source configured to emit a broad-band light beam, an interference section configured to split the broad-band light beam into a measurement light beam and a reference light beam, and to generate an interference light beam from the reference light beam and a measurement light beam reflected from an object after shining the measurement light beam onto the object, a sweeper section configured to perform wavelength sweeping of the interference light beam, and a detection section configured to detect an interference light beam output from the sweeper section.
US12285214B2
This invention relates to optical methods and optical systems for making both on-axis and wide-field, peripheral off-axis wavefront measurements of an eye; and for designing and manufacturing wavefront-guided customized contact lens useful for myopia control. The wide-field optical instrument can comprise either (1) a multi-axis optical configuration using multiple off-axis beamlets, or (2) an instrument comprising a rotatable scanning mirror that generates off-axis probe beams.
US12285210B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for facilitating stretching of a biological tissue by forming a plurality of micro-slits in the tissue. Each micro-slit can be less than about 2 mm or less than about 1.5 mm long, or even less than about 1 mm, such that small gaps that can heal quickly can be formed when the tissue is stretched. The micro-slits can be formed using a plurality of cutting arrangements or an ablative laser. The micro-slits can be formed in various patterns, including staggered rows, circular or spiral patterns, or random patterns.
US12285199B2
A bone rivet is provided that may be used as an alternative to a bone screw for bone fixation. The bone rivet includes a head and a threaded shaft that can be expanded upon installing the bone rivet into bone. A channel extends through the bone rivet and is shaped corresponding to a bulb of a mandrel used for installing the bone rivet. A first section of the channel has a smaller width than the mandrel's bulb to enable the bulb to expand the threaded shaft and a second section is sized to have a greater width. The installation process eliminates the task of rotating a typical bone screw during its installation. The threaded shaft also includes a cutting flute, which cuts a thread path for the threaded shaft into the bone thereby reducing the amount of torque needed to rotate and remove the bone rivet from bone.
US12285195B2
Systems and methods for a guide assembly for introducing a bone anchor to an operative target site. The guide includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has a distal anchor engaging end, a proximal end, and a central passage extending from the distal end to the proximal end. The inner sleeve may be situated in the central passage of the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is movable being between a first position and a second position. The first position permits insertion of the bone anchor in the central passage. The second position releasably fixes the bone anchor to the guide assembly.
US12285194B2
An implantable device may include a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, and a central screw that extends from a rear ramped actuator through a front ramped actuator. The implantable device may further include a first plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the first plate. The implantable device may further include a second plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the second plate, the second plate configured to be received on the central screw. The barrel may be configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height.
US12285193B2
A coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchor includes a receiving part having a central axis, a coaxial passage, and an engagement recess extending laterally into the passage, and a pressure member having an expandable portion to clamp the head, a radially outwardly facing surface, and an engagement surface extending from the radially outwardly facing surface. The engagement surface of the pressure member is recessed from an outer surface of the receiving part. The pressure member is movable axially from a first position towards a second position where the receiving part directly engages the pressure member to increase a compression force on the expandable portion for clamping an inserted head. The engagement surface of the pressure member is engageable through the engagement recess of the receiving part by the instrument to move the pressure member axially from the second position back towards the first position.
US12285192B2
A pedicle screw-rod system capable of gradually changing from rigid fixation to non-rigid fixation is provided. The system includes a pedicle screw, a connecting rod, and a screw plug. The connecting rod is used for connecting in series the pedicle screw fixed to adjacent vertebrae on the same side of a spine, and the screw plug is used for locking the connecting rod on the pedicle screw intersecting therewith. At least one of two structural members of the pedicle screw or the connecting rod is connected by a flexible connecting part, and the flexible connecting part is also connected to degradable stoppers for preventing flexible parts from swinging with each other; and with gradual degradation of the degradable stoppers, a fixation manner of the pedicle screw-rod system will be gradually converted from initial rigid fixation into non-rigid fixation.
US12285189B2
A portal saver device for installing a flexible cannulated tube at a surgical site. A portal saver device includes an obturator. The obturator has an obturator body having a cannulated outer obturator tube extending therethrough. The outer obturator tube has a distal tip with a dilating assembly movable between a collapsed, first configuration and an expanded, second configuration. A shaft expander has a cannulated inner obturator tube, which is movable between a first position and a second position within the outer obturator tube. In the first position, the inner obturator tube is retracted from the distal tip of the outer obturator tube and the dilating assembly is in the first configuration. In the second position, the inner obturator tube is advanced within the distal tip of the outer obturator tube and the dilating assembly is in the second configuration.
US12285182B2
A clot retrieval device is described herein. The clot retrieval device includes a capturing basket that is deployable to the side of a clot in a blood vessel. The capturing basket is configured to allow for the clot to ingress into the capturing basket and surround at least a portion of the clot.
US12285181B2
An orthopedic tool includes a main body and a reference member. The reference member may be configured to engage an anatomical feature of a patient, such as the patient's bone. The angle of the reference member may be adjusted using a knob.
US12285166B2
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in said end effector, a motor operable to move the drive member to effectuate the motion in the end effector and a bailout assembly operable to perform a mechanical bailout of the surgical instrument in response to a bailout error. The bailout assembly includes a bailout door, a bailout handle accessible through the bailout door. The bailout handle is operable to move the drive member to effectuate a bailout motion in the end effector. A controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect the bailout error. The processor is programed to stop the motor in response to the detection of the bailout error.
US12285155B2
A system for preventing inadvertent actuation of a medical device. The system includes an elongate tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The lumen is configured to receive a medical device configured to transition between an actuated state and an inactive state. The device further includes a detection system configured to determine a position of a distal end of the medical device relative to the distal end of the elongate tube. The detection system includes a transmitting element and a receiving element.
US12285151B2
Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US12285150B2
Provided are a cleaning robot and a method for traveling along an edge, and a readable medium. The cleaning robot includes a body, where a rolling brush and a side brush are provided at a bottom of the body, the rolling brush and the side brush are transversely arranged at a front end of the cleaning robot, and one end of the rolling brush and the side brush are respectively arranged close to edges of two sides of the body; the cleaning robot further includes a control module and a ground medium identification sensor for detecting a type of a work surface, where the ground medium identification sensor sends a detection signal to the control module, and the control module controls the cleaning robot to travel along an edge with one side edge of the body according to the detection signal.
US12285146B2
A dispenser of washing agents for washing machines has a first tank, to contain a first washing agent, and a first dispensing arrangement, to dispense first dosed amounts of the first washing agent. The first dispensing arrangement has a peristaltic pump, which is configured to be driven in a first direction of rotation to cause delivery of the first dosed amounts of the first washing agent. The dispenser has a second tank, to contain a second washing agent, and a second dispensing arrangement, to dispense second dosed amounts of the second washing agent. The peristaltic pump has a command arrangement of the second dispensing arrangement, and is configured to be driven in a second direction of rotation, to drive the command arrangement so as to cause dispensing of the second dosed amounts of the second washing agent.
US12285142B2
A dispenser system has a base. A rear mount is formed on the base and the rear mount is configured to attach to a wall. A front cover is configured to fit over the base. The modular socket is formed in the base. The pump housing is configured to fit in the modular socket as a module. The pump is mounted inside the pump housing. A liquid container bracket retains a bracket socket. The liquid container bracket is mounted to the pump housing. A nozzle bracket retains a nozzle. The nozzle bracket is mounted to the pump housing. The nozzle is connected to the pump by an exit tubing. A liquid container removably connects to the bracket socket. Liquid in the liquid container flows through the bracket socket and then to an inlet tubing. The inlet tubing is then connected to the pump.
US12285136B2
Described herein are automated cooking apparatuses for storing and cooking food items as well as methods of operating such apparatuses. In some examples, an automated cooking apparatus comprises a storage unit, a delivery unit, and a cooking unit. The storage unit may be equipped with a refrigeration unit and a container delivery opening. The delivery unit is aligned with this opening and configured to load a set amount of the food items into each food compartment of the cooking unit. The cooking unit moves its food compartments through a cooking tank (e.g., filled with a cooking liquid and heated using a set of heating elements) and into a cooked food receiver. The storage unit or, more specifically, its uncooked food container unit is positioned proximate (e.g., within 200 millimeters) to the cooking tank thereby reducing the time for transporting the food items relative to the cooking time.
US12285135B2
A football-themed cooking grill is an apparatus utilizing an openable oblong enclosure, with dimensions approximately scaled from those of a standard National Football League (NFL) football, to both support various foods and retain heat and smoke while cooking. The cooking surface provides an indented portion optimized for enhanced retention of an appropriately-sized pot or other cooking receptacle. Furthermore, the shapes of different components of the apparatus reminds the user and guests of the social theme of the day. The legs of the apparatus are shaped to suggest the end-zone uprights used for scoring on either end of a football field. Football-shaped imprints on the cooking surface allow the user to brand foods, especially steaks, burgers and other meats, with football shapes. While coal and wood grills offer different types and flavors of smoke with which to potentially flavor food, the apparatus may also offer the option for solar-powered electrical cooking.
US12285126B2
A storage shelving plate and a storage shelving system. The storage shelving system comprises a storage component which comprises a supporting frame and a net frame. The net frame is disposed on the supporting frame. The storage shelving system further includes a storage shelving plate. The storage shelving plate includes a mounting member, and the storage shelving plate can be disposed on the storage component via the mounting member.
US12285121B1
A mirror and mounting apparatus that places a water repellent mirror inside the sink covering the sink drain so that a user can see to use a water flosser on his/her mouth during the flossing process while containing the water that spreads out from the mouth during the water flossing process. The device includes a tube plus base that has a slanted top for placing a water repellent mirror which is encased in a water resistant case that contains LED lights. The mirror also has a fog and water resistant coating.
US12285120B2
A display system for securing display containers includes (a) a worksurface having an aperture passing therethrough; and (b) a display insert detachably mountable in the aperture. The display insert includes: (i) a panel for covering the aperture, the panel having at least one tether port extending therethrough; (ii) a tether system mounted under the panel and including a plurality of retractable tethers extendable through the at least one tether port for attachment to respective display containers positionable atop the panel; and (iii) a locking mechanism for selectively locking and unlocking the panel to and from the worksurface.
US12285116B2
A chair is described herein. The chair includes a first back support coupled to a base of the chair using one or more first support arms. The chair also includes a second back support coupled to the base of the chair using one or more second support arms. The first and second back supports are independently rotatable about a common axis.
US12285097B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to energy generation. A housing can retain a spring coupled to a gear set. As the spring experiences linear compression and extension, the spring can cause rotational movement in the gear set. The rotational movement from the gear set can cause rotation of a rotational magnet. The rotational magnet, when rotated about a coil set, can convert an energy. The energy can be used to charge a battery.
US12285088B2
A rod of an umbrella is a rod having a tail end and an extension rod having two ends; one end of the extension rod is detachably connected to the tail end of the rod; the rod is a hollow tube in which the extension rod is inserted, a limiting mechanism is located inside the rod for limiting insertion of the extension rod; the extension rod is made of rigid material or elastic material. When in use, the assembly can be completed by inserting the extension rod into the tail end of the rod, so that the rod becomes longer and is very easy to use. In the present invention, the rod is simple and reasonable in structure and easy and quick for operation and assembly, which can greatly increase the shading area, meet the functional requirements of the product, and reduce the packaging and transportation costs.
US12285085B1
A jewelry item that includes a plurality of separate links that are supported by a common substrate and in which the links are representative of the DNA lineage of the wearer of the jewelry item. The DNA lineage is represented by the predetermined percentage of DNA on a country-by-country basis as obtained for the wearer; the predetermined percentage being represented by respective different colors that identify each predetermined percentage of DNA. The separate links are in the colors corresponding to the predetermined percentage for each link.
US12285084B1
A wearable apparatus, including a wristband, is able to dispense a substance, such as hand sanitizer, sunscreen, or perfume, for quick and easy application to the skin of a user. The wearable apparatus includes a refillable reservoir with a detachable cap forming an air-tight seal for the reservoir. Pressure applied to a surface of the refillable reservoir causes the substance within the reservoir to release through a nozzle in a side wall of the apparatus.
US12285078B2
A sports shoe having an upper, an insole and a sole, the insole being secured to the sole, extending in a longitudinal direction and having an anterior part that is able to receive the forefoot, a central part that is able to receive the midfoot, and a posterior part; wherein the posterior part and the central part of the insole are made of a rigid material, and wherein the sports shoe has a cushioning element positioned in the posterior part of the insole, the cushioning element being able to cushion and receive the heel.
US12285073B2
Footwear includes a shell including an outsole portion; and a sole body including a footbed portion. The footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure body so as to extend to a peripheral surface of the footbed portion. An engaged portion is disposed in an inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion is disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface. One of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a protruding portion while the other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion provided as a recessed portion or a hole portion. An occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.
US12285070B2
A modular helmet system comprises a helmet and a chin bar detachably mountable to the helmet. The helmet comprises two receiving-brackets. The chin bar may be inserted into the receiving-brackets of the helmet with its two ends in front in a substantially straight line, wherein the chin bar is lockable in the receiving-brackets in an end position. Each of the two receiving-brackets comprises two insertion flanks which extend towards each other along the direction of insertion at an acute centering angle, wherein the insertion flanks are configured to center the chin bar in the vertical direction when being inserted and to form a stop for the chin bar in the end position of the chin bar.
US12285067B2
A method of installing and attaching a hidden row of hand-tied natural human hair extensions onto the wearer's hair to supplement hair thickness, volume, and length, wherein the method minimizes stress and tension on the wearer's hair and scalp, thereby increasing comfort and reducing adverse scalp health impacts.
