US12292893B2
A radiology workstation (24) includes at least one display component (30, 32); at least one user input device (28); and at least one microprocessor (26, 34) programmed to generate a contextual ranking of clinical codes for a context received via the at least one user input device (28) and to display information pertaining to the contextual ranking on the display component (30, 32) of the radiology workstation (24). The contextual ranking is computed by the microprocessor from (i) statistics of occurrences of the clinical codes in radiology reports contained in a radiology reports database (10) and satisfying the context and (ii) statistics of the clinical codes in problem lists contained in a problem lists database and satisfying the context.
US12292885B2
A data processing method includes: receiving a data processing request carrying a query statement; converting the query statement into a corresponding relational algebra tree based on the data processing request; determining an operation type corresponding to the query statement based on the relational algebra tree; delivering the query statement to a first database in response to the operation type being a first type; and completing the data processing request in the first database based on the query statement.
US12292883B1
Implementations can include providing a snapshot table, replacing, in a first access schema, a first projection view with a union view, creating, in a second access schema, a snapshot projection view, a second projection view, and a set of database triggers, and during execution of an upgrade procedure that results in changes to records of the data table: recording the changes to the records of the data table in the snapshot table, for each record of the data table changed, providing the record in the snapshot table in an unchanged state through at least one database trigger and the snapshot projection view, and returning a set of records through the union view in response to a query, the set of records including a first sub-set of records of the data table and a second sub-set of records of the snapshot table.
US12292882B2
Systems and methods for providing content items can generate the content items based on impact scores associated with actions of the content items. The system and methods can include accessing, for an entity, a plurality of record objects linked with one or more electronic activities having the entity as a participant, each record object corresponding to an event to be completed; identifying, for each record object of the plurality of record objects, an action to perform to increase a completion score; determining, for each action, using the electronic activities linked with the record object and a current completion score of the record object, an impact score indicating an amount of change in the completion score of the record object corresponding to the action; and providing, for presentation to a device of the entity, a content item corresponding to the action based on the impact score.
US12292879B2
A system and method for keeping track of events. In the preferred embodiment, a counter is created on a mobile device and is set to update one or more values based on the occurrence of a triggering event. The triggering event may be based on the user pressing a button or otherwise interacting with the mobile device, or may be based on other functions of the mobile device, such as the arrival in a particular location as determined by GPS. Counters may be shared with other mobile devices, and data in the counters may be stored on the mobile device or in a remote location. Mobile devices can share data from their counters with other mobile devices, and counters can be set to compare data between different mobile devices. Alerts can be set based on predetermined criteria.
US12292872B2
A system uses a hybrid key-value storage engine that uses log-structured merge tree and a segmented log-structured object store. The system performs garbage collection of stale document versions avoiding index lookup during log segment compaction. The system separates index and document data to minimize write amplification. The system maintains a delete list using a log-structured merge-tree to store stale document sequence numbers and corresponding sizes per log segment. For each log segment from the plurality of log segments, the system determines a measure of fragmentation of the log segment based on sizes of deleted documents of the log segment from the second log-structured merge-tree. If the fragmentation exceeds a threshold, the system initiates a compaction operation for the log segment.
US12292866B2
Solutions for data unification include: receiving a data record, the data record comprising a plurality of data fields; selecting, from among the plurality of data fields, a subset of the data fields, the subset of the data fields being fewer in number than the plurality of data fields, wherein selecting the subset of the data fields comprises: applying a first rule to select at least a first one of the data fields within the data record for inclusion in the subset of the data fields; using content of the subset of the data fields, generating a stable identifier (stableID) for the data record; and inserting the stableID into a primary key data field of the data record.
US12292860B2
A system and method including receiving a request for a suggested downtime for a specified system within a hybrid information technology (IT) landscape including at least one on premise system and at least one cloud-based system; determine, based on one or more executable processes depending on the specified system, at least one on premise contributor and at least one cloud-based contributor to the downtime for the hybrid IT landscape; determine an ordered ranking for each of the at least one on premise contributor and the at least one cloud-based contributor; generate, based on a combination of the at least one on premise contributor and the at least one cloud-based contributor and their respective associated ordered ranking, one or more downtime time slots; and present, in reply to the request and based on the generated downtime time slots, the suggested downtime for the specified system.
US12292856B2
Systems and methods for a multitenant computing platform. Original data is generated through operation of a computing platform system on behalf of an account of the computing platform system, and the original data is moderated according to a data retention policy set for the account. The moderated data is stored at the computing platform system. The computing platform system moderates the generated data by securing sensitive information of the generated data from access by the computing platform system, and providing operational information from the generated data. The operational information is accessible by the computing platform system during performance of system operations.
US12292849B2
A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.
US12292847B2
A multiprocessor system includes a processor in a local domain that performs enumeration, and when a PCIe device in an external domain is not found by the processor in the local domain, an access conflict is avoided when PCIe switches in the two domains are interconnected, and the processor or a PCIe device in the local domain normally accesses the PCIe device in the external domain. Further, a communication path of the cross-domain access is established by using a bus and the PCIe switches in the two domains, and does not depend on forwarding of a processor.
US12292846B2
A workspace mesh can be managed. A mesh manager can interface with agents on smart devices to create and update nodes that may form part of a workspace mesh. The mesh manager can also automatically detect when multiple nodes have formed a workspace mesh and then dynamically select and apply mesh policies to the smart devices and peripherals in the workspace mesh. In this way, the workspace mesh can be managed as a single logical unit.
US12292845B2
This disclosure describes processes for performing direct memory access (“DMA”) between memory of a host and memory of a smart network interface controller (“SNIC”) connected to a bus of the host. The host runs a host thread in a processor of the host and the SNIC runs a SNIC thread in a processor of the SNIC. The host thread and the SNIC thread facilitate direct access of the SNIC thread to memory locations in the memory of the host. The SNIC thread can fetch data directly from and/or write data directly to the memory locations of the memory of the host over the bus.
US12292841B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a data processing method and apparatus of an AI chip and a computer device. The data processing method of the AI chip includes: determining a target AI model for processing data to be processed; matching, in the AI chip, a data flow network corresponding to the target AI model and a data flow direction of the data flow network; and processing the data to be processed based on the data flow network and the data flow direction.
US12292837B2
An information processing apparatus includes a conversion buffer configured to store a conversion pair of a virtual address of a page and a physical address, a page table cache configured to store data in a page table at a level other than a last level and a physical address of the data in association with each other, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, and configured to store a hash of the virtual address and process management information of a conversion source in each entry of the page table cache, and when executing a maintenance instruction of deleting the conversion pair in the conversion buffer by specifying at least one of the hash of the virtual address or the process management information, delete an entry of matching at least one of the hash of the virtual address and the process management information, in the page table cache.
US12292836B2
A chiplet-based architecture provides for a reduction in cache synchronization operations by tracking a relationship between chiplet execution kernels and array operands to elide synchronization when particular arrays are not in use in the caches of other chiplets or when the current target chiplet already has the array operand. Further efficiency is promoted in some embodiments by assigning chiplets for reuse based on previously received arrays.
US12292830B2
This method comprises: selecting, depending on an address of a word to be read or written, a first cell in an indirection table and using, as first value generated for a line index, the value contained in this first cell, and in response to triggering of a cache miss: storing the word retrieved from a memory of higher rank in a new line identified by a second line-index value, this second value being contained in a second cell of the indirection table, and permutating, in the indirection table, only values contained in the first and second cells, so that after this permutation the first cell contains the second value and the second cell contains the first value.
US12292822B1
Computer-implemented methods for optimizing memory access for systems with memory expanders are provided. Aspects include analyzing a source code of a program to identify each data structure that will be accessed by the program during execution of the program, determining a predicted access pattern for each data structure, and determining a type of each data structure. Aspects also include calculating a data access score for each data structure based at least in part on the predicted access pattern and the type and creating an executable code of the program based on the source code. The executable code includes a memory allocation value for each data structure that is determined based on the data access score for each data structure.
US12292820B2
A system can be provided that can generate a network connection with a computing environment. The computing environment can include development environments that can execute software applications. The system can generate a graphical user interface for display on a display device and detect a selection of a graphical submit element within the graphical user interface by a user. In response to detecting the selection of the graphical submit element, the system can obtain log data from the computing environment. The system can update a first graphical frame to display the log data in its raw format as received from the computing environment and can update a second graphical frame to display a modified version of the log data that highlights operational errors associated with a software application executing in a development environment. The operational errors can be identified by the system analyzing the log data.
US12292815B2
A method for system profiling and controlling and a computer system performing the same are provided. In the method, an operating system is operated after the computer system is booted, in which a profiling-controlling system is operated. When the operating system loads and executes a system profiling-controlling program, the profiling-controlling system that simultaneously operates a profiling routine and a controlling routine is initiated. The profiling routine is used to retrieve system kernel data that is generated during operation of the operating system and analyze the system kernel data through a kernel tracing tool. When it is determined that controlling is required, the profiling routine notifies the controlling routine. The controlling routine controls operating parameters of the operating system in real time according to an analysis result generated by the profiling routine.
US12292804B2
A processing device includes a transmitter, a difference amplifier, and a data detector. A first output buffer of the transmitter receives data and has a first output coupled to a channel that is designed to have a first impedance value, but that has a second impedance value that which may or may not be equal to the first impedance value. A second output buffer of the transmitter receives the data and has an output coupled to a circuit that has the first impedance. The difference amplifier has inputs coupled to the outputs of the first and second output buffers. The data detector is coupled to an output of the difference amplifier. The data processing device operates in a test operation mode to provide test data to the first and second output buffers and to determine whether the second impedance is equal to the first impedance based on information from the data detector.
US12292803B2
A system and method for saving and restoring snapshots of a client device connected to a virtual desktop are disclosed. When a client device makes a request to capture the state of the virtual desktop, the request is sent to a server if the client device and virtual desktop are authorized according to a policy. The request may also specify that the virtual desktop's memory contents be captured. The server forms the snapshot and saves the snapshot in storage. When a client device makes a request to restore the virtual desktop, the client selects one of the saved snapshots and restores the virtual desktop, including its memory, when the client device and desktop are authorized, and the snapshot has not exceeded its allowed time in storage according to the policy.
US12292802B2
An illustrative media agent (MA) in a data storage management system instructs a NAS file server (filer) to restore an MA-created synthesized-copy instead of larger filer-created backup copies. The synthesized-copy is designed only for the particular files to be restored and mimics, and is typically much smaller than, a filer-created backup copy. The synthesized-copy is fed to the filer on restore as a “restore data image.” When receiving a restore request for certain backed-up data files, the MA synthesizes the synthesized-copy on the fly. The MA generates a header mimicking a filer-created backup header; extracts files from filer-created backup copies arranging them within the synthesized-copy as if in filer-created backups; and instructs filer to perform a full-volume restore from the synthesized-copy. The MA serves the synthesized-copy piecemeal as available, rather than waiting to synthesize the entire synthesized-copy. The synthesized-copy is not stored at the MA.
US12292793B2
A memory device, a memory system, and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells and a write command determination unit (WCDU) that determines whether a write command input to the memory device is (to be) accompanied a masking signal. The WCDU produces a first control signal if the input write command is (to be) accompanied by a masking signal. A data masking unit combines a portion of read data read from the memory cell array with a corresponding portion of input write data corresponding to the write command and generates modulation data in response to the first control signal. An error correction code (ECC) engine generates parity of the modulation data.
US12292791B2
Systems, methods, and devices for isolating a misbehaving accelerator circuit, such as an accelerator function unit or an accelerated function context, are provided. An integrated circuit may include a region that includes an accelerator circuit. When the accelerator circuit issues a request, another region of the integrated circuit or a processor connected to the integrated circuit may determine whether there is a misbehavior associated with the request and, in response to determining that there is a misbehavior associated with the request, may perform a misbehavior response to mitigate a negative impact of the misbehavior of the accelerator circuit.
US12292787B2
The present disclosure relates generally to data migration and, more particularly, to a system and method for post migration payroll reconciliation. The method of migrating data includes: receiving, by a computer system, projected input codes of a first system for use by a payroll engine; receiving, by the computer system, actual input codes of a second system for use by the payroll engine; comparing, by the computer system, the projected input codes to the actual input codes to determine misalignment of input codes between the first system and the second system; and mapping the misaligned projected input codes to the actual input codes.
US12292784B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for evaluating, validating, correcting, and loading data feeds based on artificial intelligence input. The present invention may be configured to receive a data feed from a source for loading to a target data structure, analyze, based on historical feed data, metadata of the data feed to determine a likelihood of the data feed failing to load, and determine whether the likelihood of the data feed failing to load satisfies a threshold. The present invention may be configured to load the data feed to the target data structure, determine, after loading the data feed to the target data structure, whether the data feed failed to load, and either correct errors in the data feed or add error-containing portions of the data feed to a failed data log.
US12292776B2
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise an antenna circuit including an antenna, a first capacitor, a switch, a sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to control the switch to connect the first capacitor and the sensor, based on start of booting of the electronic device, determine an initial value of the sensor for determining whether a user grips at least a portion of the electronic device, based on the connection of the first capacitor and the sensor, and control the switch to connect the antenna circuit and the sensor, based on the determination of the initial value of the sensor. Other various embodiments are possible as well.
US12292775B2
An electronic apparatus including a display includes a facing-direction detection unit that detects a direction of a facing direction representing a direction in which a user of the electronic apparatus is facing, a line-of-sight detection unit that detects a line of sight direction of the user, a determination unit that, based on a detection result of the facing-direction detection unit and a detection result of the line-of-sight detection unit, determines whether to execute a normal mode indicating a normal drive state or a power saving mode where power consumption is less than in the normal mode, and a control unit that executes a mode based on a result of the determination of the determination unit.
US12292768B2
A biomechanically optimizing mobile device use system having a mobile computer device with readable storage and a display; an orientation determination system included with the mobile device and adapted to determine a position of the mobile device; and, an operating system that, when the mobile device is powered on and upon each repositioning of the mobile device, is adapted to: determine a current position, determine a reference position relative to one of a vertical position and a face down position, determine a stress angle of the mobile device according to a difference between the current position and the reference position, and, actuate a user notification according to a determination that the stress angle exceeds a predetermined angle for a predetermined length of time.
US12292758B2
A pedal simulator includes a pedal housing, a pedal unit rotatably mounted to the pedal housing, and a simulator unit mounted in the pedal housing and configured to compress a plurality of rods connected to the pedal unit by pressing the pedal unit.
US12292754B2
A load control system may include control-target devices, control-source devices, and a system controller. The control-target devices may enter an association mode to associate with control-source devices. The control-target device may receive an identifier from the control-source device and store the identifier in memory when the control-target device to associate the control-target device and the control-source device. The system controller may retrieve the association information from the control-target device after integration into the load control system. The system controller may receive association information that is defined using other association procedures, such as an association procedure performed on a network device and uploaded to the system controller. The system controller may maintain the association information defined using the different association procedures after the system controller is integrated into the load control system. The system controller may also maintain control configuration information configured prior to integration of the system controller.
US12292752B2
An electronic system includes first, second, third, and fourth integrated circuit dies. The third integrated circuit die has a first voltage regulator circuit. A supply voltage output of the first voltage regulator circuit is coupled to provide a first supply voltage to a supply voltage input of the first integrated circuit die. The first voltage regulator circuit generates a first power ready signal that indicates when the first supply voltage has reached a first threshold voltage. The fourth integrated circuit die has a second voltage regulator circuit that generates a second supply voltage in response to the first power ready signal. A supply voltage output of the second voltage regulator circuit is coupled to provide the second supply voltage to a supply voltage input of the second integrated circuit die.
US12292750B2
A building management system (BMS) operates a plurality of HVAC devices to affect a physical state or condition and detects a fault condition at a second HVAC device affected by the physical state or condition and having causal relationships with the plurality of HVAC devices such that faulty operation of one or more of the plurality of HVAC devices causes a detectable effect at the second HVAC device. The BMS identifies, based on the fault condition, a predetermined set of system parameters corresponding to the fault condition and comprising a plurality of system parameters of the plurality of HVAC devices that are potential causes of the fault condition. The BMS retrieves operating data for the predetermined set of system parameters and transmits a signal to display a user interface comprising the operating data on a display screen.
US12292745B2
Systems and methods are provided for imposing physical actions, by endpoints, based on activities by users. One such method includes storing multiple rules in a data structure, where each of the multiple rules indicates a physical action to be performed in response to an activity, and then receiving, by a computing device, an activity message including data indicative of an activity of a user. The method also includes retrieving, by the computing device, one of the multiple rules from the data structure based on the data indicative of the activity and identifying, by the computing device, the physical action included in the one of the multiple rules. The method then includes transmitting, by the computing device, an order for the identified physical action to an endpoint, whereby the endpoint commands a drone to perform the identified physical action as a response to the activity of the user.
US12292744B2
An aircraft control system includes a target instruction value calculation unit configured to acquire a target instruction value to set an aircraft in a target state, a reference velocity calculation unit configured to input, to a reference model in which a reference velocity corresponding to a reference value of an aircraft velocity is set uniquely as an output value according to an input value, a value based on the target instruction value as the input value. A relative velocity calculation unit is configured to calculate a relative velocity of the aircraft to a target position. An estimated disturbance quantity calculation unit is configured to calculate an estimated disturbance quantity acting on the aircraft, based on a difference between the relative and reference velocities, and a correction target instruction value calculation unit is configured to correct the target instruction value, based on the estimated disturbance quantity calculated at a previous time.
US12292737B2
Techniques are described for developing and using applications and skills with autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a development platform is provided that enables access to a developer console for developing software modules for use with autonomous vehicles. For example, a developer can specify instructions for causing an autonomous vehicle to perform one or more operations. To control the behavior of an autonomous vehicle, the instructions can cause an executing computer system at the autonomous vehicle to generate calls to an application programming interface (API) associated with an autonomous navigation system of autonomous vehicle. Such calls to the API can be configured to adjust parameters of a behavioral objective associated with a trajectory generation process performed by the autonomous navigation system that controls the behavior of the autonomous vehicle. The instructions specified by the developer can be packaged as a software module that can be deployed for use at autonomous vehicle.
US12292733B2
A method for use in an automated wireless industrial system comprising a device configured to act as a control node and at least one field level device, wherein the method comprises: issuing a control communication; inserting at least one time delay (tk) to the control communication; noting the communication time (TCL) for the communication; comparing the time for communication (TCL) to an expected time for communication (TR); and determining if any of the at least one time delay (tk) should be adapted, and if so, adapting at least that time delay.
US12292718B2
A touchless multi-staged retail process automation systems and methods (retail process automation system) to automate key store functionalities within retail stores is disclosed. The retail process automation system receives a set of commands (e.g., a voice command) to automatically perform retail store operations such as opening a store, closing a close, automatically opening tills, etc. with the single command. As a result, the retail process automation system replaces the multiple-touches required by conventional systems with a touchless solution, thereby providing increased time and resource efficiency of managing store operations. For example, the retail process automation system intercepts a voice command to identify the associated retail store information and source of the command. The retail process automation system then generates a set of operations associated with the received voice command to alter a state of the retail store.
US12292714B2
A micromechanical mechanism (1), in particular for an horological movement (3), the mechanism including a micromechanical device including a mobile element (8) needing to be moved mechanically to trigger its operation. Included is a system for actuating the device, the actuation system including a mobile striker (16, 17, 18) configured to go from a release position (19) to a percussion position (21) in which it transmits to the mobile element (8) a momentum necessary for the release of the device, the actuation system further including a magnet (15) configured to attract the mobile striker (16, 17, 18) in a percussion position (21). Also a horological movement (3) including such a mechanism (1).
US12292709B2
A device to supply power to a heater of a fixing device with a heater power supply circuit configured to supply power to the heater; a temperature sensor to measure a detected temperature from the temperature control target; a temperature estimation circuit to estimate an estimated temperature value of the temperature control target by the detected temperature; a control signal generation circuit to output a control signal for controlling the power supplied by the heater power supply circuit based on the estimated temperature value of the temperature control target estimated by the temperature estimation circuit and the target temperature; and a temperature abnormality detection circuit to determine whether an abnormality exists in the temperature sensor or on a circuit side based on a comparison result of the detected temperature acquired by the temperature sensor and the estimated temperature value.
US12292708B2
An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit that fixes a toner image on a recording material includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire grammage information about the recording material, and a temperature control unit configured to control a temperature of a heating rotary member of the fixing unit based on the grammage information. The temperature control unit changes the temperature control of the heating rotary member depending on the acquired grammage information about a predetermined number of recording materials within a predetermined time.
US12292702B2
A developing device of an image forming apparatus includes a rotatable developer carrier, a layer regulating member, a storage, a developer tank, and a side part on which a first inclined surface is provided. The first inclined surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that a distance from the developer carrier increases as the first inclined surface approaches the storage from a side of the layer regulating member. A distance between the layer regulating member and the developer carrier is smaller than a shortest distance between the first inclined surface and the developer carrier. The image forming apparatus executes a loosening mode in which, after image formation is ended, the developer carrier is rotated in a direction opposite to a forward direction and then, rotated in the forward direction, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US12292698B2
In an image forming mode, in which a first image forming portion forms a toner image on a first image bearing member and a second image forming portion does not form a toner image on a second image bearing member, thereby forming an image on a recording material, a first voltage lower than a minimum value of absolute values of a plurality of voltages applied to a plurality of grid electrodes of the first image forming portion and higher than an absolute value of a target potential of a surface of the second image bearing member in the image forming mode is applied to one of a plurality of grid electrodes of the second image forming portion, and no voltage is applied to the other grid electrodes except the grid electrode to which the first voltage is applied among the plurality of grid electrodes of the second image forming portion.
US12292695B2
An EUV lithographic apparatus includes a wafer stage and a particle removing assembly for cleaning a wafer for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithographic apparatus. The wafer stage includes a measurement side and an exposure side. The particle removing assembly includes particle removing electrodes, an exhaust device and turbomolecular pumps. The particle removing electrodes is configured to direct debris from the chamber by suppressing turbulence such that the debris can be exhausted from the wafer stage to the outside of the processing apparatus. In some embodiments, turbomolecular pumps are turned off in the measurement side of the wafer stage so that an exhaust flow can be guided to an exposure side of the wafer stage. In some embodiments, the speed of voltage rise to the electrodes of the wafer chuck is adjusted.
US12292694B2
A device includes a diffraction-based overlay (DBO) mark having an upper-layer pattern disposed over a lower-layer pattern, and having smallest dimension greater than about 5 micrometers. The device further includes a calibration mark having an upper-layer pattern disposed over a lower-layer pattern, positioned substantially at a center of the DBO mark, and having smallest dimension less than about ⅕ the size of the smallest dimension of the DBO mark.
US12292689B2
An alkaline cleaning composition is provided. The alkaline cleaning composition includes an alkaline compound, 5% to 40% by weight of propylene glycol monomethyl ether, 10% to 30% by weight of water, and a polar solvent. Wherein, the polar solvent includes acetals, glycol ethers, pyrrolidones, or a combination thereof, and the alkaline cleaning composition is free of benzenesulfonic acid.
US12292683B2
Provided are a curable composition including a colorant, a resin, and a thiol compound, in which a thiol value is 6×10−6 mmol/g to 6×10−4 mmol/g; a curable composition including a colorant, a resin, and a thiol compound, in which a content of the thiol compound is 1 ppm to 99 ppm; a cured product of the curable composition; a color filter including the cured product; and a solid-state imaging element and an image display device including the color filter.
US12292673B2
A helmet (1) for carrying audio-visual equipment includes a brace member (18) having first and second ends (20, 22). The brace member passes in a spaced apart relationship from the left side of the head to the right side of the head of a wearer in use, until connecting at each end (20, 22) to a respective left or right side of the helmet (1). A boom (24) has a first boom end and a second boom end, the boom connecting at the first boom end to one of the first and second ends (20, 22) of the brace member (18). The boom includes a mounting for carrying at least one camera in a position near the head of a wearer. A method of capturing image data from a face and a power supply system for portable equipment are disclosed.
US12292666B2
A form of a color-changeable plastic includes: a first conductive electrode layer; a color change layer disposed on the first conductive electrode layer, configured to cover a top surface of the first conductive electrode layer, and made of a substance that changes color depending on whether a voltage is applied; a second conductive electrode layer disposed on the color change laver, configured to cover a top surface and side surfaces of the color change layer, and configured to change the color of the color change layer with the first conductive electrode layer when the voltage is applied; and a conductive guide disposed at at least one of the first conductive electrode layer or the second conductive electrode layer, and configured to guide a movement of electrons and a color change direction of the color change layer when the voltage is applied.
US12292661B2
An electronic device including a transfer layer, a method of manufacturing the electronic device, and an electronic apparatus including the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a substrate having a thickness less than 0.7 mm; a first transfer layer provided on a first surface of the substrate, the first transfer layer including an organic material; and a first stack provided on the first transfer layer.
US12292657B2
A manufacturing method of an electronic component includes preparing a first structure in which a first electrode is arranged on a first main surface of a first substrate, preparing a second structure in which a second electrode is arranged on a first main surface of a second substrate, and curing a bonding member while making the first main surface of the first substrate and the first main surface of the second substrate face each other via the bonding member and applying a force to the first structure and the second structure so as to pressurize the bonding member. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a window portion. In the curing, the bonding member is cured by irradiating the bonding member with light through the window portion.
US12292650B2
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display module, a splicing screen and a display device, the display module includes: a backlight module and a display component, the backlight module includes a middle frame, and an edge of the middle frame is provided with a support part that is detachable; an edge of the display component is adhesively bonded to the support part through a first adhesive, and the support part is configured to support the display component, the support part can be quickly disassembled from the middle frame through an independent structural design, such that the reworkability of the display module can be greatly improved without affecting the display component, so as to reduce production cost.
US12292641B2
A display panel and a display terminal are provided. The display panel includes a first base plate and a second base plate disposed facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first base plate and the second base plate. The first base plate includes a color-changing matrix, and the color-changing matrix includes an electrochromic material. The second base plate includes a guide hole, and an orthographic projection of the guide hole on the first base plate is located in the color-changing matrix.
US12292636B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel, a manufacturing method therefor, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are aligned, liquid crystals are filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate which are aligned have a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region, the peripheral region is provided with a frame sealing adhesive located between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display region, and the frame sealing adhesive is configured to seal the liquid crystals.
US12292633B2
The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes: a display panel including an display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a backlight module at a light incident side of the display panel; where the backlight module includes a backplane, a light guide plate and a plurality of light strips, the backplane includes a first polygonal bottom plate, and a plurality of first side plates connected to the first bottom plate at an edge of the first bottom plate, the light guide plate is located between the first bottom plate and the display panel, and the light strips are located between the first side plates and the light guide plate; and an assembly frame assembled to the display panel and the backlight module at an edge of the display panel and an edge of the backlight module.
US12292622B2
Provided are a spectacle lens and a technique associated therewith, the spectacle lens including: an object-side surface and an eyeball-side surface; a first refractive region having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting a refractive error of an eye; and a second refractive region having a refractive power different from the first refractive power, the second refractive region having a function of forming a focal point at a position other than a retina of the eye so as to suppress progression of the refractive error of the eye, wherein an interface portion is disposed inside the spectacle lens, the interface portion includes a base portion, and convex portions protruding from the base portion, or concave portions recessed from the base portion, the function of the second refractive region is exerted by using mutually different respective refractive indexes of two types of members sandwiching the interface portion therebetween, and the convex portions or the concave portions, and an outermost surface portion of the spectacle lens that corresponds to the convex portions or the concave portions is smooth.
US12292619B2
The present application provides a zoom lens and an electrical device, the zoom lens includes: lens piece set including a first optical lens piece; a lens piece bracket including a bracket main body, where in a first optical lens piece is disposed securely on the bracket main body; a lens barrel sleeved around the lens piece bracket, wherein sliding slots are defined in the lens barrel, an included angle between an extension direction of the sliding slots and a plane in which the lens piece set is located is an acute angle or obtuse angle; a focusing ring sleeved around the lens barrel, wherein guide slots are defined in the focusing ring, and an extension direction of the guide slots is perpendicular to the plane in which the lens piece set is located.
US12292616B2
Provided is a lens including: a circumferential groove formed in an outer periphery of the lens; and a light-shielding ring, which is provided in the circumferential groove, and is configured to shield light, the light-shielding ring having a ring shape.
US12292613B2
An optical cable includes optical fiber units each of which includes intermittently-coupled optical fiber ribbons. In at least one of the optical fiber units, in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the optical fiber units, a length of a vector GU is shorter than a largest length of vectors MG of the intermittently-coupled optical fiber ribbons forming the at least one of the optical fiber units, where, in each of the intermittently-coupled optical fiber ribbons, each of the vectors MG is a vector starting from M and ending at G, M is a midpoint between optical fibers at both ends of the each of the intermittently-coupled optical fiber ribbons, and G is a center of gravity of the each of the intermittently-coupled optical fiber ribbons, and the vector GU is a resultant vector of the vectors MG.
US12292606B2
There is provided an interface module (200), comprising: an interface (208) for connection with a signal connector (250); a cage (206) for guiding the signal connector towards the interface; and a heat sink (202). The cage (206) comprises a cage portion (212) that is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon insertion of the signal connector (250) into the cage. In the first position, the cage portion is not in thermal contact with the heat sink; when in the second position, the cage portion is in thermal contact with the heat sink. The cage portion (212) comprises one or more apertures (218).
US12292604B2
This optical module comprises: a semiconductor laser, an optical receiver, and a lens that are mounted on a carrier; an optical fiber; and a control circuit that controls the injection current of the laser such that the output current is kept constant. The lens and at least a part of the receiver are respectively fixed on the carrier with resin bonding materials that undergo thermosetting shrinkage. Initial positions in the laser, a tip end part of the optical fiber, the receiver, and the lens with respect to a reference as the rear surface of the carrier are determined such that change trends of the optical coupling efficiency characteristics between the laser and the receiver and between the laser and the optical fiber are to be the same with respect to an exposure time during which the optical module is exposed to environmental temperature higher than room temperature.
US12292603B2
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) structure includes a substrate, and a cavity defined in the substrate, the cavity including a shoulder at a side of the cavity. A plurality of z-stop supports for an optical device are also included. Each z-stop support of the plurality of z-stop supports is on a support portion of the shoulder. A wire extends over the side of the cavity and between at least two z-stop supports of the plurality of z-stop supports. An optical device is positioned on the plurality of z-stop supports in the cavity and electrically coupled to the wire. Electrical connections between z-stop supports allows larger sized electrical connections to the optical device to mitigate electromigration issues, and increased options for electrical connections.
US12292602B2
A light source device includes: a substrate having a support face; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the support face, the plurality of light emitting elements including a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element, each of which is a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser element; and a planar lightwave circuit having a light incident face that faces the support face and including a plurality of optical waveguides configured to guide light that has exited from the respective plurality of light emitting elements and entered the light incident face. The planar lightwave circuit is directly or indirectly supported by the plurality of light emitting elements. The substrate includes a first wiring layer electrically connected to the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.
US12292595B2
A waveguide structure (IOO) for a photonic integrated circuit, comprising: a substrate; an active region (102) comprising a diode junction, the active region comprising: a light emission portion (102a) to emit light in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular the first direction; and a light absorption portion (102b) to absorb light emitted from the light emission portion (102a) in the second direction; a first contact corresponding to the light emission portion (102a); and a second contact corresponding to the light absorption portion (102b).
US12292587B2
Provided is a high-durability coloring metal member. The high-durability coloring metal member includes a metal substrate, a dielectric layer provided on the metal substrate, and an oxynitride compound layer provided on the dielectric layer. The metal member is capable of expressing vivid and various colors with a color protection layer applied on the surface of the metal member.
US12292583B2
Embodiments relate to an apparatus, method, and computer program for a volumetric display apparatus in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a display in the distal end and an enclosure for the rod with a mirrored interior and an aperture adapted to receive the rod's distal end. The rod and the enclosure are centered on a longitudinal axis passing through the interior. The rod is adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the enclosure from a closed position immediately adjacent to the aperture to an open position that extends from the closed position to the proximal end of the enclosure. A holographic image is formed at the aperture of the enclosure when a plurality of light vectors emitted from the image on the display are reflected off the mirrored surface of the interior while the rod is in the open position.
US12292572B2
An electronic device may include a display module that produces light having an image, a lens that directs the light to a waveguide, and a waveguide that directs the light to an eye box. The lens may produce a foveated image in the light by applying a non-uniform magnification to the image in the light. The non-uniform magnification may vary as a function of angle within a field of view of the lens. This may allow the foveated image to have higher resolution within the central region than in the peripheral region. Performing foveation using the lens maximizes the resolution of images at the eye box without increasing the size of the display module. Control circuitry on the device may apply a pre-distortion to the image that is an inverse of distortion introduced by the lens in producing the foveated image.
US12292555B2
The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a middle group including two or more lens units, and a rear group including one or more lens units and having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit does not move for zooming. During zooming, the second lens unit moves and a distance between each adjacent lens units changes. In all lens units of the zoom lens, during zooming the second lens unit moves by a largest moving amount and has a largest zooming ratio between a wide-angle end and a telephoto end. Predetermined conditions are satisfied.
US12292554B2
The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, a second lens group that has a positive refractive power, and a subsequent group. During zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group changes, and a spacing between the second lens group and the subsequent group changes. The subsequent groups include a focusing group that moves during focusing.
US12292535B2
A method of calibrating a light-curtain system of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is provided. The method includes providing a scanner set at a height above a ground surface and outputting a laser scanning beam downwardly reflect from at least one mirror; providing and/or determining initial mirror angles, mirror positions, and lidar height; calculating a lidar height from scanner data; determining a gradient vector as a byproduct of the lidar height calculating; adjusting mirror angles, mirror positions, and lidar height in a direction opposite of the gradient vector; assessing of the adjusted mirror angles, mirror positions, and lidar height are equal to or less than thresholds; and if so, storing the mirror angles, mirror positions, and lidar height and/or values representing a ground plane.
US12292530B2
A scan conversion apparatus using a graphics processing unit (GPU) is proposed. The scan conversion apparatus may include an input unit that receives an input of N-th azimuth information (N is a natural number) of a radar, and a controller. The controller may check the sampling number of the inputted N-th azimuth information, and compare the checked sampling number of the N-th azimuth information with the sampling number of a preset scan conversion to determine whether to perform additional sampling. The controller may also perform additional sampling through a GPU according to a determined result, and generate a texture map by using the N-th azimuth information which is additionally sampled or not additionally sampled. The controller may further draw an N-th triangular shape on the basis of the center coordinates of a circle through the GPU, and then perform a scan conversion on the texture map by texture mapping.
US12292524B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless device may establish a communication session with a second wireless device using a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) radio access technology (RAT). The first wireless device may transmit a first indication that the first wireless device is capable of using a secured ranging protocol. The first wireless device may receive a second indication that the second wireless device is also capable of using the secured ranging protocol. The first wireless device may determine one or more setup parameters to use for a ranging procedure between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the first indication and the second indication. Accordingly, the first wireless device may obtain a measurement report after using the secured ranging protocol to perform the ranging procedure in accordance with the one or more setup parameters.
US12292522B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described for determining a position of user equipment by using adaptive phase-changing devices. In aspects, a base station transmits wireless signals for a UE toward respective reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) of adaptive phase-changing devices. The APDs may direct reflections of the wireless signals in a direction, such as toward the UE, based on a configuration of the RIS of the APD. The base station receives, from the UE via a wireless connection, identifiers of the reflections of the wireless signals that are received by the UE. In some cases, the base station also receives a signal quality parameter associated with the reflection reaching the UE. The base station determines angular information based on the respective identifiers and/or signal quality parameters of the reflections. Based on the angular information and known positions of the APDs, the base station determines a position of the UE.
US12292521B2
In a blasting system a method of determining which borehole in a plurality of boreholes at a blast site is closest to a tagger, wherein latitude and longitude coordinate values for each borehole are determined and by using subsets of the longitude coordinates and latitude coordinates, and by performing a haversine calculation the position of the borehole which is closest to the tagger is determined.
US12292518B1
Disclosed is a system for providing multiple location corrections streams to receiving devices using a high-power transmitter, such as a television station, for correcting errors in the determination of a location of a receiving device based on satellite data. The system enables a receiving device to select one of the location corrections streams for processing without any upstream/return path link to the television station or processing server. The system includes multiple base stations distributed across a geographic area that each transmit location corrections stream to the processing server, which combines them to a composite corrections stream and transmits it to television stations for further broadcasting. A receiving device within a coverage area of a television station receives the composite corrections stream, selects a corrections stream corresponding to a base station closest to the receiving device, and uses the selected corrections stream to correct the location determined using satellite data.
US12292517B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a system for tracking the position of the one or more moving objects. The method includes collecting GNSS measurement data of satellite signals transmitted from multiple satellites. The method further includes extracting values of a plurality of features from the GNSS measurement data. The method includes mapping the extracted values of the plurality of features to a source domain. The method includes classifying the mapped transformed plurality of features using a neural network. The neural network is trained over simulated data sampled from a source domain. The method includes identifying multipath measurements of the GNSS measurement data based on classification of the corresponding mapped transformed plurality of features. The method includes tracking the position of the one or more moving objects by processing identification of GNSS measurement data affected by multipath.
US12292513B2
An example method performed at a mobile device for determining a position may comprise receiving correction data associated with (1) a first pseudorange measurement of a first GNSS signal sent from a satellite vehicle on a first GNSS carrier frequency and (2) a second pseudorange measurement of a second GNSS signal sent from the satellite vehicle on a second GNSS carrier frequency. The method also may comprise measuring a third GNSS signal sent from the satellite vehicle and received at the mobile device on a third GNSS carrier frequency, to generate a third pseudorange measurement. The method also may comprise determining the position of the mobile device using (a) the third pseudorange measurement of the third GNSS signal on the third GNSS carrier frequency and (b) the correction data associated with the first pseudorange measurement and the second pseudorange measurement.
US12292504B2
Provided is a displacement sensor having a modular structure that allows further downsizing. A housing of a head is made up of a main housing and a lid member, both of which are precision molded products made of a metal material. A first holder to which a light projector is bonded and a second holder to which a light receiver is bonded are individually positioned on and bonded to the lid member. This work is performed by a mounting device. Optical components such as a light projecting lens are also bonded to the lid member, and the lid member modularized by incorporating such optical components is assembled and welded to the main housing.
US12292503B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system transmits, towards a target, a set of chirp signals. The LIDAR system receives from the target, a set of adjusted chirp signals. The LIDAR system then determines, based on the set of adjusted chirp signals, a degree of ghosting mitigation to compensate for a ghost target appearing in a point cloud at a location where no real target exists.
US12292500B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: obtaining one or more radar measurement frames, each one of the one or more radar measurement frames including respective data samples acquired by a radar sensor monitoring a scene; for each one of the one or more radar measurement frames, determining a respective 2-D angular intensity map of the scene based on the respective radar measurement frame; and performing a people counting operation based on the one or more 2-D angular intensity maps determined for the one or more radar measurement frames to determine a people count for the scene.
US12292496B2
A method is provided for estimating an angle of an object with respect to a vehicle. A transformation of reflected radar signals is calculated, wherein the result of the transformation depends on a range with respect to the vehicle. A long beam vector is generated for respective range bins provided by the transformation by rearranging the result of the transformation such that the respective long beam vector comprises elements of the transformation from radar all receiver elements for each range bin. A reference vector is calculated for each range bin based on a signal model which depends on the motion of the target object relative to the vehicle and which is parameterized regarding the angle of the target object. The long beam vector and the reference vector are correlated, and the angle of the target object is determined based on the correlation result.
US12292494B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods and systems for segmenting images and expediting a contouring process for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MR-IGART) comprising applying a convolutional neural network (CNN), wherein the CNN accurately segments organs (e.g., the liver, kidneys, stomach, bowel, or duodenum) in 3D MR images.
US12292490B2
For a radio frequency (RF) receiver system a solution for a safe operation of the radio frequency (RF) receiver system in magnetic resonance imaging shall be ensured. This is achieved by a radio frequency (RF) receiver system for use in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system the RF receiver system, wherein the RF receiver system comprises at least one RF receive coil with at least one detune circuit (1). The detune circuit (1) comprises at least a pair of crossed diodes (D1, D2) with an interface, wherein the interface is configured to measure an electrical current in the detune circuit (1) to determine the proper function of the PIN diodes (D1, D2) by measuring the detune direct current for a first detune voltage polarity and for a second reversed detune voltage polarity. The present invention also provides a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system, a method for ensuring a safe radio frequency (RF) receiver system operation in magnetic resonance imaging, a software package for a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system, a software package for upgrading a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system and a computer program product.
US12292487B2
A method is provided for cleaning a reusable fluid path system for hyperpolarization of a pharmaceutical product, the system being continuously at least partly contained by a polarizer. The steps include: providing the polarizer with an inlet tube having a first inlet tube end for fluid contact with a fluid vessel and a second inlet tube end for fluid contact with a vial, for holding the pharmaceutical product; providing the polarizer with an outlet tube having a first outlet tube end for receiving the vial and a second outlet tube end for connecting to a receiving vessel; sealing the second inlet end with the first outlet end; fluidly connecting a medium vessel to the first inlet end; fluidly connecting a collector vessel to the second outlet end; cleaning the path system by transferring cleaning medium from the vessel into the system; ejecting the cleaning medium; and drying the path system.
US12292475B1
A High Frequency ground fault circuit interrupter (HF-GFCI) resistant to high frequency nuisance tripping with end-of-life self-testing is provided. The HF GFCI includes a circuit breaker and a relay circuit for controlling the circuit breaker. The HF-GFCI also includes a fault detecting circuit and latch circuit. Also provided is an isolation circuit for isolating the latch circuit and the fault detecting circuit during self-test; and a self-test circuit for testing the latch circuit and the fault detecting circuit. The HF-GFCI provides an end-of-life circuit for disabling the HF-GFCI if self-test fails.
US12292472B2
A method for testing at least one single chip in a wafer probing system, at least comprising: providing an adapter plate having an interface surface for contacting a vacuum chuck of the wafer probing system, the adapter plate being configured to accommodate the at least one single chip in a cutout with a chip rear surface being flush with the interface surface; loading the adapter plate with the at least one single chip into the wafer probing system; determining an exact position of the at least one single chip in the adapter plate in the search area; and testing the at least one single chip with test routines stored in a controller of the wafer probing system. A device and an adapter plate for testing at least one single chip in a wafer probing system.
US12292468B2
An inspection system and an inspection method of a bare circuit board are provided. The inspection system is used for inspecting a bare circuit board. The bare circuit board includes a chip pad and an antenna. The inspection system includes an adapter board, a test device and a measure device. The adapter board includes a chip and a contact structure. The chip is electrically connected to the contact structure. The contact structure touches the chip pad so that the chip is electrically connected to the chip pad. The test device includes a transceiver antenna. The test device and the bare circuit board separate. The measure device is electrically connected to the chip or the transceiver antenna.
US12292465B2
A system for detecting anomalies in electrical wiring in a truck trailer. The system measures and compares current drawn from the truck tractor with the current drawn by a circuit at a particular trailer component or other location in the trailer wiring. If the two current measurements differ in excess of a predetermined threshold, the system can report a wiring anomaly. The location of the anomaly can then be determined by performing the operation for different trailer components thus testing multiple different branches of the trailer power distribution circuit, and using the results of these tests to determine that an anomaly is present, and possibly the location of the issue. The system may then send a notification to a remote computing device, to the truck tractor, or any combination thereof.
US12292464B2
A system for the automated validation of a semi-anechoic chamber (SAC) is disclosed. The system includes a receive assembly and a transmit assembly, each configured to autonomously relocate within the SAC. The system also includes a local client communicatively coupled to the transmit assembly. The local client is configured to send a validation arrangement to the transmit assembly describing a validation location and a distance. The transmit assembly is configured to receive the validation arrangement, move the transmit assembly to the validation location and send an instruction to the receive assembly, the instruction describing the distance. The receive assembly is communicatively coupled to the transmit assembly and configured to receive the instruction and move the receive assembly such that a separation between the transmit and receive assemblies is restored to the distance. Each validation arrangement corresponds to a validation point. A plurality of validation points defines a test volume.
US12292463B2
Methods and systems for identifying PIM sources for an antenna under test (AUT) are provided, where the AUT is installed in a desired operating environment. The system comprises: a PIM analyser, connected to the AUT for applying first and second RF stimulus signals to an input port of the AUT; and a portable RF emitter, configured to apply a third RF stimulus signal to suspected external PIM sources. The PIM analyser is configured to measuring one or more characteristics of PIM signals received by the AUT generated by the first, second and third RF stimulus signals.
US12292448B2
Methods and kits for detecting and/or quantitating target proteins in biological samples. In particular, the method comprises capture and immobilization of the target protein, protein denaturation, proteolytic digestion, and analysis using a mass spectrometry-based technique.
US12292447B2
The embodiments herein provide methods to analyze the in vitro stability of recalcitrant or membrane-bound proteins in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) comprising the proteolytic enzyme, pepsin, and in combination with a novel pepsin-trypsin assay employing state-of-the-art mass spectrometric approaches, such as LC-MS/MS, to monitor the precise degradation products. The extent of protein digestion can be evaluated by the appearance of peptic products and the disappearance of tryptic peptide products (as a proxy for intact protein). The embodiments herein also provide methods for protein quantitation using high-sensitivity LC-MRM-MS quantification. The methods embodied herein are particularly useful in charactering proteins produced in transgenic plants, such as canola genetically engineered to produce long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US12292439B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based substrate for detecting a target substance, by which the surface of a target substance can be easily coated with metal nanoparticles through centrifugation, a substrate for detecting a target substance manufactured thereby, and a method for detecting a target substance using the same.
US12292432B1
A soil testing instrument includes a host unit and a tester. The tester is connected to the host unit through wireless communication. The wireless communication connection is configured to achieve wireless communication between the host unit and the tester. The host unit and the tester are connected through the wireless communication. After the tester is automatically matched with the host unit, the tester can transmit tested data to the host unit through the wireless communication. This achieves remote monitoring of the soil data, and a user does not need to monitor the tested data in real time, thus bringing convenience to the user when testing the soil data. The host unit can be connected to a plurality of testers simultaneously.
US12292429B2
A monitoring system (100) is provided for flight crew members (99), e.g., aviators, pilots, copilots or passengers, of airplanes or aircraft, e.g., airplanes or helicopters of the civil or military aviation, passenger planes in the scheduled or charter service, especially also ultrafast passenger planes. The monitoring system includes a sensor mechanism and a control unit configured to organize a procedure of a measurement-based monitoring of the gas composition of air, breathing air or breathing gases with the sensor mechanism in an airplane or aircraft, and to control or regulate the procedure. A measurement-based detection of gas concentrations is carried out with the sensor mechanism (60).
US12292428B2
In various embodiments, rapid, sensitive detection of molecular hydrogen is achieved by chemically converting hydrogen to water vapor and then detecting the water vapor as a surrogate for the hydrogen. Detection may be enhanced by dampening variation in ambient water vapor and rapidly actively modulating a hydrogen-derived water vapor component. For example, the detector may receive sample gas that includes ambient water vapor and hydrogen, dry the sample gas to dampen variation in the ambient water vapor, divide the sample gas into a chemical conversion flow and a bypass flow, chemically convert hydrogen in the chemical conversion flow to water vapor, alternate between measuring water vapor in the converted chemical conversion flow or the bypass flow to produce a water vapor signal, separate the water vapor signal in the time domain to extract a hydrogen-derived water vapor signal, and output a hydrogen signal based on the hydrogen-derived water vapor signal.
US12292426B1
A method for identification of characteristic components in a Kai-Xin-San by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is provided, belonging to the technical field of pharmaceutical raw material detection and traditional Chinese medicine quality control. The method only needs to prepare two test solutions to simultaneously identify six characteristic components in the Kai-Xin-San, namely ginsenoside Rb1, ginsenoside Re, tenuifolin, β-asarone, dehydrotumulosic acid, and pachymic acid. An automatic TLC spotting instrument can ensure even sampling and flat chromatographic bands and the silica gel G thin-layer plates after spotting are placed in the steam of the optimized developing solvent to allow pre-saturation.
US12292423B2
In a liquid chromatographic system, a processor is configured to analyze a sample through a first stream which is an analysis flow path including a first column, to obtain at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream, to specify, among two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition, a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds, and to drive one or more cleaning pumps in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.
US12292421B2
Provided is a gas chromatograph capable of efficiency circulating air in a column oven. The gas chromatograph is provided with a column oven, a heater, a fan, and a cylindrical member. The column oven accommodates a column. The heater heats the inside of the column oven. The fan has a blade that rotates about a rotation axis in the column oven, and sends air toward the column provided in the axial direction that is a direction along the rotation axis. The cylindrical member is arranged to accommodate at least a part of the fan in a state of being spaced apart from the column in the axial direction and surrounding an outer periphery of the fan along a rotational direction of the blade.
US12292419B1
Provided is a dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar leveling and centering system and method. The system comprises a supporting base, a micrometer adjusting knob, a sliding platform, an auxiliary supporting plate, a fixing groove, at least two auxiliary centering targets and a lamp source. According to the auxiliary centering system, a principle that light rays are straight lines and two points form one line is adopted, and adjacent perpendicularity and coaxial centering leveling of a bar piece are determined by respectively adjusting a center of a loading end surface of the bar piece and an upper surface of the bar piece.
US12292407B2
Provided is a method for monitoring a change of ion strength in a sample solution by a closed-loop device that provides continuous cycling of electrochemical pH modulation between pre-defined pH values. In particular, the change of ion strength may be induced by a chemical reaction and may ultimately alter the electrical control parameters of the closed-loop device. By measuring such electrical control parameters, the degree and progress of the underlying chemical reaction may be monitored.
US12292406B2
Devices for detecting an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte, are provided. The devices include bio-functional, nanostructured, isoporous membranes (BNIM) integrated organic electrochemical transistor (OECT), herein BNIM-OECT, for the rapid and sensitive detection of the presence of an analyte of interest, in a sample, for example, a biological sample. The membrane (i.e., BNIM) is physically separated from the OECT channel therefore the electronic device can be used multiple times. The isoporous membrane is functionalized to include a binding partner for the analyte being detected. The BNIM-OECT can be used for disease detection, by functionalizing the BNIM-OECT with a binding partner to an analyte associated with the disease, applying a collected biological sample to the BNIM-OECT. A decrease in channel current as a result of analyte binding to its binding partner on the isoporous membrane indicates the presence of the analyte in the sample.
US12292405B2
The invention disclosed herein relates to a dry sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a liquid beverage sample. Described herein is a novel dry sensor which is able to receive a liquid sample and adjust the pH of the liquid to be suitable for assaying an analyte of interest without the need to add reagents to the sample and/or to perform manually timed operations and able to detect a redox reaction in the presence of a liquid sample. The meter disclosed herein, when connected to the sensor disclosed herein is able to adjust the temperature of the liquid to be suitable for the assay, apply a series of potentials, measure the current at several times, measure the diffusion coefficient of the limiting electrochemical species, calculate the concentration of one or more analytes, and rapidly provide the user with the required information on the liquid sample.
US12292404B1
The present disclosure discloses a voltammetric sensor for the detection of oxytocin. The voltammetric sensor comprises a gold electrode. The gold electrode comprises lead oxide (PbO) nanoparticles. The present disclosure also discloses a method of detecting oxytocin using a voltammetric sensor, the voltammetric sensor comprising a gold electrode, the gold electrode comprising lead oxide (PbO) nanoparticles. The method of detecting oxytocin comprises the steps of positioning a liquid droplet, comprising solvent and analyte, to be tested on a sensing area of the gold electrode; receiving a voltammetric response from the electrode; and analysing the voltammetric response to determine if oxytocin is present in the liquid droplet.
US12292403B2
This present invention relates generally to devices, systems, and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to devices and systems having universal channel circuitry configured to perform optical and electrochemical assays, and methods of performing the optical and electrochemical assays using the universal channel circuitry. The universal channel circuitry is circuitry that has electronic switching capabilities such that any contact pin, and thus any sensor contact pad in a testing device, can be connected to one or more channels capable of taking on one or more measurement modes or configurations (e.g., an amperometric measurement mode or a current drive mode).
US12292393B2
An X-ray phase imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source; an X-ray detector; a plurality of gratings; a subject holder arranged in an X-ray irradiation area and configured to hold the subject; and an image processor configured to generate an X-ray phase contrast image based on an intensity distribution of the X-rays detected by the X-ray detector. The subject holder is formed of a first material having an X-ray transmittance greater than metal and a scattering degree smaller than the metal.
US12292387B2
A method for inspecting a transparent workpiece comprises: directing light from an illumination source onto a plurality of defects formed in the transparent workpiece, wherein the plurality of defects extends in a defect direction, wherein the transparent workpiece comprises a first surface and a second surface; detecting a scattering image signal from light scattered by the plurality of defects using an imaging system, wherein an imaging axis of the imaging system extends at a non-zero imaging angle relative to the defect direction, wherein entireties of at least a subset of the plurality of defects are within a depth of field of the imaging system; and generating a three-dimensional image of at least one of the plurality of defects based on the scattering signal.
US12292380B2
A detection unit, device, and system for cell capture, spectral analysis, and drug interaction monitoring. The detection unit includes an IR-transparent substrate connected to a plasmonic metasurface with an array of metallic antennas. In a detection device, the detection unit is connected to a microfluidic chamber with a channel such that the channel extends along the metasurface. For the detection system, the detection device is mounted on a microscope. The infrared spectra are collected in reflection, with infrared light impinging on the metasurface from the substrate side and returning back through the substrate in the form of reflected infrared light. The system includes a syringe pump for injecting live cells into the chamber. An AC source is connected to the metasurface for cell capture and its AC voltage creates a dielectrophoretic (DEP) force that causes the live cells to move from the chamber and onto the metasurface for spectral analysis.
US12292374B1
A wafer inspection system employing reflected bright-field microscopy can be adapted with polarizing optics and a mirror to detect polarization-altering defects (such as micropipes) in semiconductor wafers. The polarization-altering defects can be located within the bulk of the semiconductor wafer and can be imaged as bright features on a darker background. The system can also be used for conventional bright-field inspection of non-polarization-altering defects such as contaminants and inclusions.
US12292373B2
The present disclosure addresses the problem of providing an optical plastic film such that rainbow unevenness when viewed with naked eyes and blackout when viewed with polarized sunglasses can be suppressed without any axis alignment or increase in the in-plane phase difference. Disclosed is an optical plastic film satisfying the following conditions 1 and 2:
US12292359B2
A shock testing machine including: a test platform for holding an item to be shock tested; a carriage for carrying the test platform and being movable relative to the test platform in a testing direction, the testing direction being a direction of movement of the carriage; one or more rails movably supporting one of the test platform and the carriage; a stop configured to stop the carriage from moving in the testing direction at a predetermined location while allowing the test platform to continue moving in the testing direction past the predetermined location; and a brake configured to decelerate the test platform after the carriage has been stopped by the stop.
US12292358B2
The present application provides a gas density relay with sealing performance self-checking function and an implementation method therefor. The gas density relay includes a gas density relay body, a sealing performance detector and an intelligent control unit; the sealing performance detector is communicated with a gas path of the gas density relay body or a sealed cavity in the gas density relay body to obtain gas leakage information of the gas density relay body; the intelligent control unit is connected with the sealing performance detector, receives and/or calculates the data and/or information monitored by the sealing performance detector, and performs diagnosis to obtain the current sealing performance of the gas density relay body; or, the intelligent control unit uploads the received data and/or information to a background, and the background performs diagnosis to obtain the current sealing performance of the gas density relay body. The gas density relay is used to monitor the gas density of gas insulated or arc extinguishing electrical equipment, and the gas leakage performance of the gas density relay can also be monitored on line, which reduces operation and maintenance costs and ensures safe operation of a power grid.
US12292357B2
A system and method enable pressure testing a specimen with a portable module for deployment to a field site of the specimen, such as a pipeline. The module includes a processor capable of controlling various devices, such as valves and pumps, and recording sensed data from multiple sources, such as pressure/temperature/flow sensors, cameras and weather feed. The processor may receive input operation specifications for execution to perform the testing with limited human interaction through pressurization, hold and depressurization phases of the testing. The module includes safety features that may avoid over pressurization, require operator identifiers or initiate interlock protocols upon the processor detecting an anomaly. The processor then outputs notifications and reports of desired parameters from the test.
US12292346B2
The subject invention is concerned with systems and methods advantageously applying finite element analysis to establish design rules for a highly sensitive piezo-resistive pressure sensor with an output that is high enough to be detectable by simple and inexpensive circuits and therefore ensure wearability. Four frequently reported micro-feature shapes in micro-patterned piezo-resistive sensors are provided, where the micro-dome and micro-pyramid yield the highest sensitivity. Investigations of different conductivity values of micro-patterned elastomers show that coating the elastomer with a conductive material (e.g., a metallic coating) leads to higher current response when compared to composited conductive elastomers. Advantageous geometric parameters and spatial configurations of micro-pyramid design of piezo-resistive sensors are provided. Results show that an enhanced sensitivity and higher current output can be achieved by a lower spatial density configuration of three micro-features per millimeter length, a smaller feature size of around 100 μm, and a 60-50 degrees pyramid angle.
US12292341B2
A system and method of controlling a powertrain to protect a high voltage cable by determining a temperature characteristic for a busbar, determining a temperature characteristic adjacent to a component, and determining a current through the high voltage cable. Thereafter, the method reduces an operating characteristic of the powertrain based on the temperature characteristic for the busbar, the temperature characteristic adjacent to the component, and the current.
US12292339B2
Various embodiments include a method for determining the thermal consumption of an energy system having a thermal energy storage unit, wherein the energy system generates a total thermal energy within a time range comprising: determining a thermal charging energy of the thermal energy storage unit within the time range; determining a thermal discharging energy of the thermal energy storage unit within the time range; and calculating a resulting thermal consumption within the time range using a sum of the total thermal energy and the difference between the ascertained thermal discharging energy and the ascertained thermal charging energy.
US12292336B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a bolometer having a high TCR value and a low resistance, and a method for manufacturing the infrared sensor. One aspect of the present embodiment relates to a bolometer comprising: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode spaced from the first electrode on the substrate; and a carbon nanotube layer electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the carbon nanotube layer comprises 90% by mass or more of semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on the total amount of carbon nanotubes, and the carbon nanotube layer has an alignment satisfying: fx/fy≥2 where an integrated value f of amplitudes of frequencies from −1 μm−1 to +1 μm−1 in one direction from the center is calculated in an image obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on an SEM image of the carbon nanotube layer, and an integrated value for a direction x in which the integrated value f becomes maximum is defined as fx and an integrated value for a direction y perpendicular to the direction x is defined as fy.
US12292333B2
A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, a battery that supplies power to the incident light processing portion, and a first circuit substrate on which a wireless communication portion is mounted, in which in a view from a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and an upper surface which is a surface on an opposite side from the bottom surface, the first circuit substrate and the battery have an overlapping part.
US12292330B2
Provided is a spectrometry apparatus that suppresses a reduction in usage efficiency of an irradiation energy of a light. A spectrometry apparatus of the disclosure includes a stage on which a sample is placed, an electromagnetic source that emits an electromagnetic wave, one or a plurality of optical elements that transform a spatial energy distribution of the electromagnetic wave and emit the electromagnetic wave, and a reflective objective lens that collects the electromagnetic wave after a transformation of the spatial energy distribution and irradiates the sample with the collected electromagnetic wave.
US12292329B1
The present disclosure describes an optical system that uses a source optical signal to bias a receiver photodiode. The system includes an optical source, a receiver photodiode, a first biasing photodiode, a variable optical attenuator, and a compensation photodiode. The optical source produces a first optical signal. The receiver photodiode converts a second optical signal into an electrical signal. The first biasing photodiode generates a bias voltage for the receiver photodiode based on a first portion of the first optical signal. The variable optical attenuator produces a third optical signal based on (i) a second portion of the first optical signal and (ii) a portion of the electrical signal. The compensation photodiode passes the portion of the electrical signal based on the third optical signal.
US12292325B2
In order to provide a detection device that is capable of detecting the submersion of a fiber-optic cable in water before water penetrates the interior of the fiber-optic cable, a detection system 1 comprises: a vibration-detecting fiber-optic cable 20; a receiving means 11 that receives an optical signal including vibrations detected by the fiber-optic cable 20; and a detection means 12 that detects submersion of the fiber-optic cable in water on the basis of the vibrations included in the optical signal.
US12292308B2
A method is provided to automatically create road and lane geometry from images representing map geometry within a geographical area using object detection. Methods may include: receiving a rasterized image representative of map geometry within a geographic area, where each pixel of the rasterized image includes a property representing at least one component of the map geometry; applying an object detection model to the rasterized image; generating a list of the bounding boxes together with classes of objects within the bounding boxes based on the object detection model; generating map data from the list of bounding boxes and the classes of objects within the bounding boxes; and updating a map in a map database with the map data.
US12292307B2
In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided that include: obtaining, via telematics systems of a plurality of vehicles, vehicle telemetry data as the plurality of vehicles travel through one or more geographic regions; transforming, from a computer processor, the vehicle telemetry data into a geohash encoded format pertaining to the one or more geographic regions; identifying, via a processor, a plurality of road junctions using the vehicle telemetry data that is transformed into a geohashed encoding; identifying, via the processor, a plurality of road segments using the vehicle telemetry data that is transformed into a geohashed encoding for the one or more geographic regions; and generating, via the processor, a road network mapping for the one or more geographic regions that includes the plurality of road junctions and the plurality of road segments utilizing the vehicle telemetry data that is transformed into a geohashed encoding.
US12292305B1
A lane recognition method and a lane recognition device operate such that when a travel lane of a vehicle is recognized by performing cross-check between first boundary information about a boundary dividing lanes acquired from map information and second boundary information about the boundary dividing the lanes acquired from a detection device of the vehicle, a movable center line is detected from at least one of the first boundary information and the second boundary information. The movable center line is a center line that can move in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle travels. When the movable center line is detected, the cross-check between the first boundary information and the second boundary information is not performed on one of a right side and a left side of the vehicle on which the movable center line is detected.
US12292287B2
An improved fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) is proposed for enhancing the optical measurement sensitivity through the application of a heterodyne effect. The improved FOG is characterized by the use of a dual-injection polarization-maintaining 3×3 directional coupler which is configured to receive a pair of source light beams that are injected thereinto in a bi-directional manner. The forward-injected light beam is used to be split into a pair of interrogating beams for use by a coiled optical fiber to implement the detection and measurement of the Sagnac effect due to a rotational movement. On the other hand, the backward-injected light beam is used to be mixed with the paired interrogating beams that have passed through and returned from the coiled optical fiber to thereby provide a heterodyne effect that can boost the differential optical power amplitude of the paired interrogating beams, thereby enhancing the optical measurement sensitivity of the FOG application.
US12292284B2
In order to monitor operation situations of site resources at a construction site efficiently, a measuring system uses a surveying apparatus 100 including a camera and a position-determining function using laser light, and the measuring system includes a photographing means for continuously photographing construction machines 201 to 204 which are site resources for performing operations at a construction site by the camera, a recognizing means recognizing the site resources in photographed images obtained by the photographing, a tracking means for tracking the image of the site resources recognized in the multiple photographed images obtained by the continuous photographing, and a position-determining means collimating to the site resources which are objects for the tracking, and determining the positions of site resources by the position-determining function, in which the determining of positions is performed multiple times at intervals.
US12292278B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a system, a device and a medium for measuring gear tooth profile roughness. The method includes: obtaining design parameters of a target gear pair and test parameters of each tooth profile working point; fitting a measured surface profile and a theoretical tooth profile curve to obtain a surface structure curve; calculating a Hertzian contact width according to the design parameters and the test parameters for each tooth profile working point on the theoretical tooth profile curve, and determining an evaluation length of surface roughness according to the Hertzian contact width; filtering the surface structure curve by means of a filter with a set wavelength to obtain a surface roughness profile; and determining surface roughness parameters of each tooth profile working point in a working area according to the surface roughness profile for each evaluation length.
US12292273B2
The device includes a projecting device, an image sensor and a computing circuit. The projecting device provides a light beam having a predetermined pattern that is projected onto an object. The image sensor receives the light beam reflected from the object to generate an image. The computing circuit compares the image with a first ground-truth image and a ground-truth image to generate a first depth value and a second depth value respectively. The first and second depth values are combined to generate a depth result.
US12292271B2
The invention relates to a wedging arrangement to plug a blast hole accommodating an explosive charge. The wedging arrangement comprises a body comprising a first part and a second part arranged to angularly slide relative to each other. Each of the first and second parts defines a holding arrangement for holding the first and second parts relative to each other. The wedging arrangement is configurable between a default configuration in which the holding arrangement holds the first and second parts relative to each other, and a stressed configuration in which the body is subjected to external stress forces thereby causing the holding arrangement to be disengaged to allow the first and second parts to angularly slide relative to each other, in use to locate and lock the wedging arrangement in place within the blast hole in order to plug the blast hole and contain the blast energy resulting from the explosive charge being detonated.
US12292260B2
The invention relates to a reflector comprising a reflector cavity (110) having a front opening for receiving EMR into the reflector cavity (110) for subsequent reflection of the EMR by at least one reflector element (120) arranged within the reflector cavity (110), characterized in that the reflector further comprises a front cover (130) that has high EM R transmittance in at least parts of the EM spectrum, the front cover (130) being arranged to cover the front opening of the reflector cavity (110), and that the front cover (130) and front opening form a gastight seal (140) impermeable to gas to prevent transport of material into and out of the reflector cavity (110) through the front opening.
US12292256B2
An adjustable firearm balance weight system comprising: a balance weight configured to secure to a part of a firearm in at least two alternative positions relative to the part of the firearm; and a lock system configured to hold the balance weight in each of the at least two alternative positions relative to the part of the firearm, wherein the lock system is configured to be operated, preferably by hand and without tools, to allow the balance weight to move between the at least two alternative positions.
US12292239B2
Disclosed herein is a double tube for heat exchange. The double tube for heat exchange includes: a spiral pipe having ridges and valleys alternately formed on a circumferential surface thereof along a spiral track thereof and guiding a first fluid to flow therethrough; an outer pipe receiving the spiral pipe axially inserted thereinto and guiding a second fluid to flow along the circumferential surface of the spiral pipe in an axial direction such that the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid; and a resistance member protruding from the spiral pipe or the valleys to increase residence time of the second fluid in the valleys on the circumferential surface of the spiral pipe and to support the ridges adjacent thereto. Unlike typical double tubes, the double tube for heat exchange can improve heat exchange efficiency between a second fluid flowing inside an outer pipe and a fluid flowing inside a spiral pipe axially inserted into the outer pipe to increase residence time of the second fluid inside the outer pipe by virtue of a spiral shape of the spiral pipe; can improve flow directionality of the second fluid through formation of the grooves in valleys of the spiral pipe along a spiral track of the valleys; can reduce flow-induced noise through expansion of a space defined between an end joint of the outer pipe and the inner pipe to reduce the pressure of the second fluid; and further improve heat exchange efficiency through resistance members protruding from the valleys to increase residence time of the second fluid.
US12292235B2
A method for liquefying a hydrocarbon stream using at least one heat exchanger of the plate and fin type having at least one first part and one second part, the first and second parts being physically separate and each comprising at least one stack of a plurality of plates that are parallel to one another and to a longitudinal direction that is substantially vertical, the plates of the first part and the plates of the second part being stacked in a stacking direction that is orthogonal to the plates, the plates being stacked with spacing so as to define between them a plurality of first passages for the flow of at least part of a second two-phase cooling stream in the first part and a plurality of second passages for the flow of at least part of a first two-phase cooling stream in the second part.
US12292228B2
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having an open front side to define a first compartment; a primary door mounted to the refrigerator body and used for opening/closing the first compartment, the primary door defining a second compartment having an open front side; and a secondary door mounted to the primary door and used for opening/closing the second compartment, the secondary door comprising a state adjustable door panel, and the state adjustable door panel being configured to controllably change transparency such that the visibility of an internal structure of the second compartment is adjustable. According to the refrigerator of the present invention, the frequency of opening the secondary door can be effectively reduced, the product high-tech element is added, and the user experience is improved.
US12292213B2
A fluoropropene composition comprising Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and optionally 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane wherein the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene being present in an amount of 0.00001 to 1.0%. A method of producing the fluoropropene, methods for using the fluoropropene and the composition formed are also disclosed.
US12292209B2
Example implementations can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture that is configured for operably releasing condensate received from a condensate-producing unit toward a drain without allowing a substantial quantity of gas to flow through the system, machine, device, and/or manufacture, those embodiments including a valve, a spring, and/or a housing.
US12292205B2
A protective barrier affixable to a curved substrate comprises a stack of two or more lenses, each of the two or more lenses including a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, a hard coat on a first side of the PET film, and an adhesive layer on a second side of the PET film opposite the first side. The stack of two or more lenses may have a modulation transfer function that exhibits a contrast value greater than 75% for a spatial resolution of one line-pair per 0.0003 radians at 65 degrees angle of incidence. Heat and pressure may be applied to conform the stack of two or more lenses to the shape of the curved substrate.
US12292201B2
A system and apparatus for controlling airflow in large industrial forced-convection ovens that are used for cooking, smoking, drying, and processing meat and food products. The system and apparatus reduce temperature, color, and yield variation within the ovens, and also reduce cooking times and power requirements. The system and apparatus use variable-width supply-air slots and dual, side-mounted return ducts to precisely control the airflow within the oven so that the air can be directed to the slowest cooking areas in the oven.
US12292200B2
An appliance door includes an inner door panel with a plurality of emboss locators and an outer door panel with a plurality of emboss locators. The outer door panel mounts to the inner door panel, and a plurality of handle brackets mount to the outer door panel. Additionally, each of the plurality of emboss locators of the inner door panel is engaged with a respective one of the plurality of emboss locators of the outer door panel.
US12292197B2
A fuel spray nozzle includes a fuel circuit having in series a gallery, circumferentially spaced passages arranged in a row around the nozzle, and an annular spin chamber. Each passage has an inlet for receiving a respective portion of the fuel from the gallery and a metering orifice for discharging its portion of the fuel. The passages are configured such that, when the flow of liquid fuel to the inlet port is shut off, a respective differential static pressure develops across stagnant liquid fuel remaining between the inlet and the metering orifice of each passage, and the passages are further configured such that one or more selected passages develop a different differential static pressure to the remaining passages causing a flow of purging air to enter the gallery from the combustor through the selected passages and exit through the remaining passages, thereby purging the gallery and the passages of fuel.
US12292194B2
A combustor for a gas turbine includes a combustor liner, an outer casing surrounding the combustor liner, an ignitor housing extending through an ignitor opening through the liner, and an ignitor disposed within the ignitor housing. The ignitor housing includes a housing wall including at least one airflow inlet passage on a downstream side of the housing wall and arranged within the outer flow passage, and at least one cooling passage on the downstream side within the housing wall. The at least one cooling passage extends along a length of the ignitor housing from the at least one airflow inlet passage and through the inner end of the ignitor housing, the at least one cooling passage being in fluid communication with the at least one airflow inlet passage.
US12292193B2
A combustor includes a combustion chamber and a liner that bounds at least a portion of the combustion chamber. The liner includes a first side facing the combustion chamber and a second side facing away from the combustion chamber. The liner is formed of a lay-up of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) plies that have a first CMC ply on the first side, a second CMC ply on the second side, and intermediate CMC plies between the first and second CMC plies. At least one of the intermediate CMC plies has a pattern of voids that define cooling channels in the combustor panel. The cooling channels are bound on lateral channel sides by the at least one of the intermediate CMC plies.
US12292191B2
A biochar apparatus and a related biochar module may have a horizontal table-shaking mechanism and a tapered channel for causing biochar pieces generated in a firebox to fall through openings in the table to a conveyor system below. The table may be configured with replaceable grate panels. A quenching reservoir pan for holding quenching liquid receives a drainage basket at a discharge end of the conveyor system for quenching hot pieces of biochar and allowing easy retrieval of the quenched pieces.
US12292189B2
A rich-lean flame burner having on an upper part thereof: a longitudinally elongated lean burner port; and a rich burner port lying adjacent to at least one lateral side of the lean burner port with a clearance therebetween. At a plurality of longitudinal points of straightening members having a plurality of straightening plates which divide the lean burner port into a plurality of laterally sectioned regions, there are disposed first constricted portions which bring upper parts of the straightening plates into intimate contact with each other. Second constricted portions are disposed in at least laterally outermost straightening plates to further divide each portion of the lean burner port that has been divided by the first constricted portions. The second constricted portions are such that the lower end thereof is positioned above the lower end of the first constricted portions, and that the vertical length is shorter than the first constricted portions.
US12292181B2
A canopy luminaire mounting system includes a canopy socket assembly configured to be mounted to canopy structure. A canopy luminaire includes a mating connector assembly that is configured to be received by the canopy socket assembly. The canopy luminaire is removably secured to the canopy socket assembly in response to relative rotation of the canopy luminaire and the canopy socket assembly. The canopy socket assembly may include at least one electrical contact and the mating connector assembly of the canopy luminaire may include at least one second electrical contact that cooperates with the at least one first electrical contact to establish an electrical connection therebetween in response to the relative rotation of the canopy luminaire and the canopy socket assembly.
US12292179B1
The present disclosure discloses a projection lamp for producing starry sky and galaxy effects. The projection lamp includes a lamp holder, a light source, an optical lens, and a first casing. The light source is arranged on one side of the lamp holder; the first casing is arranged on one side of the top of the lamp holder; a second casing is arranged on the other side of the top of the lamp holder; clamping slots are uniformly arranged at the bottoms of the first casing and the second casing; clamping blocks matched with the clamping slots are uniformly arranged on an outer side of the lamp holder; a bracket is arranged at top ends of the second casing and the first casing; the optical lens is arranged inside the bracket through a lens sleeve; and a projection plate is arranged between the optical lens and the light source.
US12292177B1
A commercial lighting and lighting display fixture which may include an illumination source disposed in a fixture that may or may not enclose the illumination source element. The result is a display that is both ornamental and serves the function of providing a continuous illumination surrounding the equipment to which it is affixed, through a continuous lighting element disposed between a base and an outer shroud of a valance assembly. The commercial lighting and lighting display fixture may additionally include one or more riser illumination elements mounted to one or more riser panels of the equipment.
US12292165B1
A light tube having rotatable end caps includes a tube body, two positioning connectors and two rotatable end caps. The two positioning connectors are disposed at the two ends of the tube body respectively. Each of the positioning connectors includes a base and a cylindrical body disposed on the base. The base is provided with a waved positioning structure between the outer edge of the base and the outer surface of the cylindrical body. The two rotatable end caps are disposed at the two positioning connectors respectively. Each of the rotational end caps is rotatably connected to the cylindrical body of the positioning connector corresponding thereto. Each of the rotatable end caps has an elastic element corresponding to the waved positioning structure and engaged with the wave structure.
US12292145B2
An unmachined cast body for a pipe fitting, the cast body includes a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, the cast body defining an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, the cast body defining a midpoint between first body end and the second body end, a centerline of the cast body defined at the midpoint perpendicular to the axis, a first distance from the centerline to the first body end being equal to a second distance from the centerline to the second body end, an inner body surface defining a fitting bore extending through the cast body from the first body end to the second body end, and an outer body surface spaced from the inner body surface, the outer body surface defining a first frustoconical shape and a second frustoconical shape.
US12292143B2
A coupling includes first and second housings, a valve element, and a guide link. The first housing is rotatable relative to the second housing. The first housing has helical cam slots and the second housing has linear cam tracks. The guide link is in the first housing and is fixed with the valve element. The guide link carries cam rollers. The cam rollers ride in the helical slots and the linear cam tracks. Rotation of the first housing causes rotation of the helical slots. The rotation of the helical slots induces the cam rollers to travel along the helical slots and along the linear cam tracks such that the guide link translates linearly. The valve element moves with the guide link between open and closed positions.
US12292138B2
A pipe connector for use in high temperature environments, such as those characteristics of molten salt reactors. The pipe connector can be used in any industry that uses pipe connectors, and in particular, can be used in a molten salt system including a reactor requiring a connection rated for a maximum of about 725° C. and about 15,000 psi. The pipe connector may comprise a pin, a seal ring, a retainer ring, a box, a locking nut, and a retaining nut.
US12292134B2
A valve assembly includes a valve body that houses valve components for controlling a flow of fluid through the valve body, and a solenoid component that controls operation of the valve components. The solenoid component includes a connector cap that is attached to a solenoid base, the connector cap having a plurality of electrical connection openings oriented at different directions that are configurable at multiple orientations corresponding to different directions connection paths with the solenoid component. The solenoid component is rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to the valve body to configure the electrical connection openings at one of multiple first orientations corresponding to a rotational position of the solenoid component relative to the valve body. The connector cap is rotatable about a transverse axis relative to the solenoid base to configure the electrical connection openings at one of multiple second orientations corresponding to a rotational position of the connector cap relative to the solenoid base.
US12292131B2
A gate valve and actuator for selectively opening and closing the gate valve. The gate valve has a housing having a passageway therethrough, a valve member moveable in the housing to selectively open and close the gate valve, and a connecting member connected to the valve member. The actuator has a linear actuator having a housing, a shaft selectively extendable from and retractable into the housing, a motor, and a bracket for connecting the linear actuator to the valve member. The bracket has a first pair of opposed slots having a length, and a second pair of opposed slots having a length greater than the length of the first pair of opposed slots. A securement mechanism selectively secures the connecting member between either the first pair of opposed slots or the second pair of opposed slots.
US12292130B2
A capacity control valve includes a main valve that opens and closes communication between a discharge port and a control port formed in a valve housing by movement of a rod driven by a solenoid, a CS communication passage providing communication between a control fluid supply chamber formed in the valve housing and a suction port, and an on-off valve formed by a communication passage forming member having an annular valve seat in an outer periphery of the CS communication passage and an on-off valve element biased in the valve closing direction with respect to the valve seat.
US12292125B2
A check valve assembly includes a first port fitting and a second port fitting with a base secured therebetween. The base has an annular sleeve encircling a seat, the seat having a central mounting hole and one or more flow channels passing therethrough. An umbrella valve includes a flexible sealing disk having an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, a mounting stem extending from the inner surface and projecting into the mounting hole of the base, the sealing disk being movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the sealing disk sits on the seat so as to cover the one or more flow channels and a second position wherein the sealing disk is resiliently flexed so as to at least partially uncover the one or more flow channels. A retention plate is disposed between first port fitting and the seat of the base so that the retention plate sits against the outer surface of the sealing disk.
US12292124B2
The check valve includes: an inlet pipe body part (23) which includes an inflow port (23b); an outlet pipe body part (25) which includes an outflow port (25b); a mobile body (a reciprocative body (2)). Insides of the inlet pipe body part, the outlet pipe body part, and the valve body (12) are communicated to form a curved flow path from the inflow port toward the outflow port. The reciprocative body includes a valve element (6). The seat (23c) is arranged so as to be capable of supporting the valve element and the inflow port and the seat are arranged parallel to each other. An inner wall surface (23y) on an outside-corner side of the flow path in the inlet pipe body part is formed so as to curve toward a side of the outlet pipe body part as a position gets closer from the inflow port to the seat.
US12292122B2
A bypass strainer valve assembly can be used for controlling the flow of a fluid. The bypass strainer valve assembly can have a valve body with a valve body inlet, a valve body outlet, and a filter chamber. A first valve element can be moveable within the valve body between a first position and a second position, and a second valve element can be moveable within the valve body between a first position and a second position. The first valve element in the first position and the second valve element in the first position can be configured to cooperatively direct fluid through the filter chamber, as the fluid flows from the valve body inlet to the valve body outlet.
US12292118B2
An outer circumferential surface of a piston ring has a cut surface forming a notched portion between an outer circumferential end surface and a lower surface, the cut surface including a first surface between the outer circumferential end surface and a bottom portion, and a second surface between the bottom portion and the lower surface. The second surface is inclined away from a central axis of the piston ring as it extends toward a crank chamber side, an angle of inclination of the second surface with respect to the bottom portion being greater than or equal to 50° and less than or equal to 85°. When an axial width of the piston ring is h1 and a distance in an axial direction between a connecting portion between the cut surface and the outer circumferential end surface and a connecting portion between the cut surface and the lower surface is H, H/h1 is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 0.4.
US12292117B2
A sealing device for a shaft passing through a partition wall includes a housing having an opening for a shaft to pass through, and an annular groove. The sealing device also has a rigid ring arranged with axial and radial play in the annular groove of the housing and having a through-opening for the shaft to pass through, and an annular groove on an inner circumferential surface of said through-opening. The sealing device also has an elastic ring arranged in the annular groove of the rigid ring, and a sliding band for bearing against the shaft, which is arranged circumferentially on the inner circumferential surface of the through opening of the rigid ring and covers the annular groove of the rigid ring and the elastic ring arranged therein, the elastic ring being urged against the sliding band.
US12292099B2
A friction drive transmission includes a drive pulley having an engaging face, a tip plate that supports the drive pulley and is configured to pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to an axis of rotation of the engaging face of the drive pulley, and a friction ring that drives an axle. The friction ring may contact the engaging face of the drive pulley and may be moveable relative to the engaging face of the drive pulley to transition between forward rotation and reverse rotation. When the friction ring moves into a reverse rotation position for reverse rotation of the axle, the tip plate may pivot, with the drive pulley, about the pivot axis from a first position into a second position. The first position may be different from the second position.
US12292092B2
A novel disc brake shim and a disc brake that can effectively suppress vibration and squeal are provided. The disc brake shim that is formed of a multilayer structure with three layers or more including at least a base material layer formed of a metal sheet, and a foamed rubber layer that is laminated on a main surface on one side of the base material layer, wherein the foamed rubber layer is an intermediate layer of the multilayer structure, and the disc brake including pad materials on both sides in an axial direction of a disc rotor, and shims on opposite sides from the disc rotor, of the pad materials adjacently, wherein each of the shims is the disc brake shim according to the present invention.
US12292091B2
A vehicle calliper disc brake comprising a brake disc connected to a vehicle wheel and having inboard and outboard side surfaces and a rotational axis; an actuator arranged in a calliper housing to displace at least one piston to actuate the disc brake; the calliper housing having facing first and second side walls on opposite sides of the brake disc, where the first side wall has at least one piston slidably mounted in a cavity between the side walls and where the second side wall is part of a calliper bridge extending from the first wall and spanning the brake disc.
US12292090B2
An electronic automatically decoupling hub assembly. The decoupling hub assembly has an axle and a hub shell rotationally positioned about the axle. A controller provides automatic activation/deactivation signals to an inductor. The decoupling hub assembly has a bearing rotationally positioned about the axle and a cassette body assembly, having a plurality of teeth, rotationally positioned about the bearing. One or more pawls are provided to engage with at least some of the teeth of the cassette body assembly and a seal is used to contain the pawls within the decoupling hub assembly. A cassette body assembly is coupled with the ratchet ring and an end cap is used to prevent a contaminant from entering into the decoupling hub assembly.
US12292087B2
A transmission shaft and a roller comprising a pair of connectable portions (M, F) for connecting a transmission shaft (5, 8) and a roller (4, 7) to be driven by torque exerted through the transmission shaft (5, 8). The pair of connectable portions (M, F) comprise a male portion (M) provided on one of the transmission shaft (5, 8) and roller (4, 7) and a complementary female portion (F) provided on the other of the roller (4, 7) and transmission shaft (5, 8). The male portion (M) has a longitudinal axis of rotation (X) and tapers inwardly from a proximal end to a distal end. The male portion (M) has a non-circular cross section.
US12292080B2
A head suitable to be supported by a tripod or a monopod includes a rotatable ball contained within a body defining a socket where the rotatable ball includes a shaft extending therefrom suitable to attach to a retainment structure to support a device thereon. A first movable member selectively increases and decreases the ability of the ball to freely rotate. A terminal end of the shaft includes a retainment structure that includes at least four angularly arranged “V” shaped members protruding from the terminal end, where each of the “V” shaped members extends over 90 percent of the distance from a central opening defined by the shaft and an exterior peripheral surface defined by the shaft.
US12292079B2
An adjustable-length stretch cord system has a connector and a stretch cord. The position of the connector along the stretch cord can be adjusted so as to adjust the effective length of the stretch cord. The connector has a primary path through which the stretch cord can slide during adjustment. A secondary path is also defined within the connector and parallel to the primary path. A cleat between the primary path and secondary path receives and compresses the cord as the cord turns about 180° in the cleat. The secondary path can have teeth that can engage and block sliding of the cord toward the cleat. The secondary path can also have grip that holds the cord.
US12292076B2
A method of anchoring a first object in a second object is described. The first object extends along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end and has a circumferential surface. The circumferential surface comprises at least one helical protrusion of a thermoplastic material. For anchoring, the first object is brought in contact with the second object, and mechanical vibration is coupled into the first object from a proximally facing coupling-in face thereof so as to drive the first object into the second object in a manner that the vibration and pressing cause the first object to be subject to a helical movement relative to the second object and cause thermoplastic material of the first object to become flowable and to penetrate into structures of the second object to yield, after resolidification, a positive fit connection with the second object.
US12292072B2
In a management system for an attachment state of an attachment object, a sensor capable of detecting a value equivalent to stress of stress loaded, or a predetermined value from which the value equivalent to stress can be calculated, a washer storage unit storing identification information of a sensing washer, and a washer control unit transmitting the value equivalent to stress and the identification information of the sensing washer via a communication unit, are provided in the sensing washer between a bolt and a nut that attach an attachment object to a structural object. A management processing device acquires the value equivalent to stress and identification information of the sensing washer transmitted from the sensing washer, and presents the value equivalent to stress of the sensing washer of the identification information, or a corresponding stress value, as relational information with respect to a reference value stored in a storage unit.
US12292071B2
A screw having a shank, wherein the shank has a tip end, a rear end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the tip end and through the rear end, wherein the tip end and the rear end are opposite ends of the shank, and a screw thread, which is connected to the shank, and which winds around the shank, wherein a wedge groove is provided in the shank, which wedge groove winds around the shank and extends alongside at least a section of the screw thread, wherein the wedge groove is delimited by a rearwardly tapered wedge flank for wedging a grout shell surrounding the shank. At least one ridge is provided within the wedge groove, wherein the ridge compartmentalizes the wedge groove.
US12292068B2
A mobile phone bracket is provided, includes a bracket body, a first clamping part for fixing the bracket body, and a second clamping part for clamping a mobile phone; the bracket body includes a first accommodating plate for accommodating the first clamping part, a second accommodating plate for accommodating the second clamping part, the second clamping part can rotate and swing along b-axis to be unfolded from the second accommodating plate and accommodated therein, the second clamping part can rotate along a1-axis and a2-axis to be adjusted to different directions, and can be accommodated in the second accommodating plate by disposing the second clamping part to rotate and swing along b-axis, adjustable direction is more comprehensive by disposing the second clamping part to rotate along a1-axis and a2-axis, and directions and positions of the second clamping part can be freely adjusted to adapt to a best user use state.
US12292057B2
A centrifugal blower includes a motor part having a rotor provided on a rotating shaft of an impeller, a coil provided around the rotor, and a motor housing that accommodates a coil, an inverter part having an inverter unit that supplies drive power to the motor part, and an inverter housing connected to the motor housing and configured to accommodate the inverter unit, and a cooling fan that is provided on the rotating shaft, rotates with the impeller and allows cooling air to flow through the inverter housing and the motor housing in order, wherein the inverter unit is disposed to be arranged with respect to the coil in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor.
US12292055B1
Disclosed are a combined blade device and a combined air outlet device. The combined blade device includes a hub, diagonal flow blades, and centrifugal blades, where a first air inlet is formed outside an edge of a first end of the hub, and a first air outlet is formed outside an edge of a second end of the hub, the hub is internally provided with a centrifugal cavity, the first end of the hub is provided with a second air inlet, the first air inlet surrounds the second air inlet, the second end of the hub is provided with a second air outlet, both the second air inlet and the second air outlet are communicated with the centrifugal cavity, and the hub expands gradually in a direction from the second air inlet to the second air outlet.
US12292052B2
A compressor module has a compressor housing with a high-pressure chamber and an outlet for a compressed refrigerant, and a separation device, accommodated in the compressor housing, for separating out a lubricant mixed with the refrigerant. The separation device has a hollow-cylindrical separation portion and a funnel-shaped outlet portion for the refrigerant, which outlet portion protrudes into the hollow-cylindrical separation portion, forming an annular space. The separation device, by use of a portion end of the separation portion, sits inside a receptacle in the compressor housing, which receptacle is connected to a lubricant reservoir. The separation device, by means of the outlet portion, at least partially sits inside the outlet. The separation device is securely held in the compressor housing by an interlocking connection such that it is prevented from twisting and/or axial displacement.
US12292051B2
A device for controlling a fluid mass flow for a device for compressing a gaseous fluid from a low to a high pressure level. The device has a housing with fluid connections at different pressure levels, and a closure element arranged to move in a translatory manner within the housing along a longitudinal axis, with effective surfaces assigned to the fluid connections. The closure element regulates a flow cross-section of a flow path extending between a first and a second fluid connection. The device has a receiving element for receiving the closure element. A primary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the receiving element as a first section of the closure element and a secondary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing as a second section of the closure element and the receiving element is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing.
US12292049B2
An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.
US12292047B2
A fluid routing plug for use with a fluid end section. The fluid end section being one of a plurality of fluid end sections making up a fluid end side of a high pressure pump. The fluid routing plug is installed within a horizontal bore formed in a fluid end section and is configured to route fluid between an intake and discharge bore. The fluid routing plug comprises a plurality of first and second fluid passages. The first and second passages do not intersect and are offset from one another. The first fluid passages are configured to direct fluid delivered to the horizontal bore from intake bores towards a reciprocating plunger. The second fluid passages are configured to direct fluid pressurized by the plunger towards a discharge bore.
US12292044B2
A rotary compressor includes a cylindrical casing, an electric motor, and a compression mechanism. The cylindrical casing has first and second end plates ends in an axial direction. The electric motor is a variable-speed electric motor. The electric motor is disposed in the casing in which a first space is sandwiched between the electric motor and the first end plate. The compression mechanism is disposed in the casing in which a second space is sandwiched between the compression mechanism and the electric motor. The compression mechanism is coupled with the electric motor. The rotational compressor satisfies 0.8≤(A+B)*D2/(Vcc*Nmax)≤1.0. An axial length of the first space is A, an axial length of the second space is B, an inner diameter of the casing is D, a suction volume per rotation of the compression mechanism is Vcc, and a maximum rotational speed of the compression mechanism is Nmax.
US12292035B1
A wind turbine system is disclosed. The wind turbine system includes a flow consolidating conduit and an air driven rotor assembly. The air driven rotor assembly includes a rotor housing, a rotor within the rotor housing, and an annular pre-rotor flow recirculation passage defined between the rotor housing and the rotor. The rotor has a plurality of air driven blades distributed around a rotor rotation axis. The rotor has a radially inward entry direction. The recirculation passage surrounds the rotor. The recirculation passage extends from a recirculation passage upstream end to a recirculation passage downstream end. The recirculation passage downstream end is open ended and provides fluid continuity from the recirculation passage downstream end to the recirculation passage upstream end. The recirculation passage has a passage cross-sectional area that decreases gradually from the recirculation passage upstream end to the recirculation passage downstream end.
US12292027B2
A horizontal axis wind turbine comprising a rotor having a plurality of blades, the rotor having a radius of at least 80 meters, the blades comprising: a root end and a tip end; a leading edge and a trailing edge; a shoulder between the root end and the tip end where a chord length defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge is at a maximum; wherein: Solr is at least 0.0140 at 0.7R; Solr is at least 0.0116 at 0.8R; Solr is at least 0.0090 at 0.9R; Solr being the combined radius specific solidity of the blades.
US12292020B2
A supply system for supplying ozone to an engine includes an electrolysis part that electrolyzes water to generate hydrogen and oxygen, a first supply part that supplies hydrogen generated by the electrolysis part to an intake pipe of the engine, an ozone generation part that generates ozone from oxygen generated by the electrolysis part, and a second supply part that supplies ozone generated by the ozone generation part to the intake pipe.
US12292009B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes a step of providing an oxygen-containing gas having greater than 22 volume percent oxygen and combining the oxygen-containing gas with a fuel to form a combustible mixture. The combustible mixture is provided to an internal combustion engine wherein combustion of the combustible mixture drive the internal combustion engine. An internal combustion system executing the method is also provided.
US12292007B2
A hydrogen supply assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a storage housing, a hydrogen supply component, and a leak detection system. The storage housing surrounds and forms a storage plenum. The hydrogen supply component is disposed within the storage housing coincident with the storage plenum. The leak detection system includes an interior pressure sensor, an exterior pressure sensor, and a controller. The interior pressure sensor is connected in fluid communication with the storage plenum. The exterior pressure sensor is connected in fluid communication with an ambient atmosphere outside the storage housing. The controller is configured to determine a differential pressure between the storage plenum and the ambient atmosphere with the interior pressure sensor and the exterior pressure sensor and identify a presence or an absence of hydrogen leakage from the hydrogen supply component to the storage plenum by comparing the determined differential pressure to a first differential pressure threshold.
US12292004B1
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft that is rotatable about an axis. The sun gear includes a first gear portion and a second gear portion. A plurality of intermediate gears are coupled to the first gear portion of the sun gear, a ring gear is coupled to the plurality of intermediate gears, a carrier supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears, and an accessory component is coupled to the second gear portion of the sun gear.
US12292002B2
There is provided a casing assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a casing and electrically conductive intumescent material extending around the casing. The intumescent material is being activatable in response to electrical current to expand. The casing assembly comprises an electrical activation line extending around the casing to activate the intumescent material. The activation line extends in a pattern such that an activation area which circumscribes the activation line has an axial extent of at least 50% of the casing and a circumferential extent of at least 50%, to thereby activate the intumescent material at multiple locations over a corresponding area of the casing.
US12291994B2
Power plant system and method of operating the same, the power plant system having a solid oxide fuel cell and a gas turbine, wherein the fuel cell and the gas turbine are set up such that compressed charge air of a compressor of the gas turbine can be provided to the fuel cell and/or an exhaust gas of the fuel cell can be provided to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine, wherein the system is configured such that the solid oxide fuel cell can be operated in a cell mode as well as in an electrolysis mode and wherein the solid oxide fuel cell is set up such that an excess grid energy is used for executing an electrolysis in the electrolysis mode of the fuel cell and thereby to chemically reduce water and/or carbon dioxide into hydrogen and/or syngas.
US12291989B2
Provided are systems and methods for transport vehicles using recyclable metallic fuels. The method includes capturing fuel products, including a metal oxide and unburnt fuel from the combustion of a metallic fuel, storing the unburnt metallic fuel and the fuel products, and recycling the metal oxide to recreate the metallic fuel and/or byproducts. Heat generated by the combustion and/or sintering of the metallic fuel may be transferred to a working fluid to drive the production of electricity and/or to provide propulsion in land, air and water vehicles and spacecraft. Furthermore, the thermal energy harvesting system may be used to generate electricity. The system includes a thermal (heat) engine having an induction heating assembly for heating the metallic fuel. Processes for complete combustion of the metallic fuel and recycling the metallic fuel in a sintering loop are described.
US12291988B2
A V-type engine, an outboard motor, and a ship capable of restricting exposure of a catalyst to water. Cylinders where pistons operate are arranged in a V-shape, a crankshaft driven by driving of the pistons is disposed vertically, and exhaust pipes communicating with exhaust openings in the respective banks of a cylinder head and a catalyst holder that holds a catalyst in a merge portion where the exhaust pipes are merged in a site located on an upper side of the banks are included.
US12291982B2
An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 900° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, thermal energy storage systems are used to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions associated with processing materials or other industrial applications.
US12291979B1
A turbine engine includes a core having a fan section, a compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement and defining an engine centerline. The turbine section has a set of turbine stages, having paired sets of non-rotating, circumferentially spaced vanes defining a respective nozzle, and rotating circumferentially spaced blades. A first stage turbine nozzle has a solidity that is a ratio of an axial chord length of the turbine vanes to the circumferential spacing between adjacent vanes.
US12291970B2
A seal assembly includes a carbon seal that has a sealing surface. A seal seat has a sealing surface and is positioned for rotation relative to the carbon seal. A diamond-like carbon coating at least partially forms the sealing surface on the seal seat.
US12291964B2
Methods for interpreting pressure transient tests and predicting future production for a well are provided. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future production includes beginning a pressure transient test within a well at a wellsite and obtaining pressure measurements of well fluid during the pressure transient test. The method can also include using the obtained pressure measurements to determine probabilistic estimates of input parameters of a pressure transient reservoir model while continuing the pressure transient test. Future production from the well can then be estimated based on the probabilistic estimates of the input parameters. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US12291963B2
Methods and systems are provided characterizing a formation traversed by a wellbore, wherein the formation includes at least a flushed zone and an uninvaded zone, which involve obtaining well log data based on plurality of different well log measurements of the formation at multiple depths in the wellbore. The well log data is used by a computational model that solves for a set of petrophysical parameters that characterize a portion of the formation corresponding to the multiple depths in the wellbore, wherein the set of petrophysical parameters include a cementation exponent, a saturation exponent, and a flushed zone water resistivity. The solved-for set of petrophysical parameters can be used to determine a value of water saturation of the uninvaded zone for the portion of the formation corresponding to the multiple depths in the wellbore.
US12291962B2
A method comprises deploying, in a borehole, a downhole tool coupled to a surface system by a wireline and repeating the following operations while the downhole tool is powered on and being deployed in the borehole, obtaining surface measurements, via surface sensors, and downhole measurements, via downhole sensors, determining a DC resistance of the wireline based on the surface measurements and the downhole measurements, injecting a step signal into the wireline from the surface system, determining AC aspects of the wireline based the surface measurements and the downhole measurements at a time period after injecting the step signal into the wireline, and controlling a bus voltage of the downhole tool based on the DC resistance and the AC aspects.
US12291956B2
A method comprises drilling a borehole and capturing data during drilling of the borehole, wherein the data comprises at least one value of at least one operational parameter of the drilling. A specific energy formula is modified and used to determine at least one of an efficiency and a quality of drilling of a borehole. Modifying the specific energy formula is based on data captured during drilling of the borehole. The specific energy formula comprises at least one of a mechanical specific energy formula and a hydromechanical specific energy formula. An adjusted specific energy value for the drilling is calculated based on the modified specific energy formula. At least one of the efficiency and the quality of the drilling of the borehole is determined based on the adjusted specific energy value. Also disclosed is a system comprising a machine-readable medium having program code executing the method.
US12291955B2
A method for optimizing drilling performance of a drilling operation is discloses. The method includes determining, while advancing a drill bit during the drilling operation based on drilling parameters specified by a user, a rate of penetration (ROP), acquiring, using sensors disposed throughout a rig of a well, sensor measurement data related to circulation of drilling fluid, generating, using a drilling hydraulics model based on at least the sensor measurement data of the circulation of drilling fluid, modeled rig and bit hydraulics data, displaying, on a driller console of the rig, the modeled rig and bit hydraulics data as a real-time drilling hydraulics profile, in response to a user viewing the displayed real-time drilling hydraulics profile, receiving an adjustment to the drilling parameters from the user, and further performing the drilling operation based on the adjustment to optimize the ROP.
US12291948B2
A well system includes a production string that extends in a wellbore from a terranean surface toward a reservoir formation; and a portable gas injection system configured to supply the fluid to the annulus to reduce a hydrostatic pressure of a wellbore fluid enclosed within at least one of the annulus or the production tubing downhole tool coupled within the production string. The downhole tool includes a mandrel that includes a top connection connected to the production string and a bottom connection connected to the production string to fluidly couple the mandrel to the production string, at least one gas injection port that fluidly couples the mandrel to an annulus of the wellbore, and a valve positioned to control a flow of a fluid from the annulus into the mandrel through the gas injection port.
US12291947B2
A flow assurance digital avatar is provided that combines the simulation of fluid flow through a network of oilfield facilities including reservoirs, wells and pipelines, detection and visualization of possible flow-related issues and risks in the network of oilfield facilities, user evaluation of possible optimizations (what-if scenarios) in the operation of the network of oilfield facilities for fixes and workovers with respect to flow-related issues and risks, and user evaluation and management of possible tasks or actions for the fixes and workovers for the flow-related issues and risks. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12291944B1
A system may include a wellbore extending a first depth into a formation. Additionally, a cured-in-place pipe liner may be coupled to walls of the wellbore. One or more fiber optic cables are embedded in the cured-in-place pipe liner to monitor a curing of the cured-in-place pipe liner and record well data. The one or more fiber optic cables may be used to continuously monitor the wellbore during a method for lining the wellbore is performed. The method for lining the wellbore may include inserting the cured-in-place pipe liner into the wellbore; forcing the cured-in-place pipe liner against walls of the wellbore; curing the cured-in-place pipe liner; monitoring the curing of the cured-in-place pipe liner with the one or more fiber optic cables embedded in the cured-in-place pipe liner; and coupling the cured-in-place pipe liner to the walls of the wellbore.
US12291933B2
The present invention addresses to a method of clearing submarine pipes, in which the method solves the most complex cases of obstruction of flexible submarine pipes, where the conventional approach is ineffective. Additionally, the present invention represents a cheaper alternative to the clearance of pipes in scenarios where the conventional approach is applicable. The method of clearing flexible pipes using flexitube from a well intervention rig of the present invention comprises as one of its main steps: with the aid of a remotely operated vehicle (51), opening a flanged connection (10) between two flanges (15) of the legs (12 and 14) of a submarine pipe (40) and installing a pull head (16 and 17) in each of these legs (12 and 14); and using well intervention rig (120) operations; assembling the hoisting assembly (58) for hoisting the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) with the drill string (50); hoisting the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) through its end using the hoisting assembly (58) coupled to the pull head (16); draining the internal pressure of the pipe by means of the connection of a tube (67) with the pull head (16); assembling the Surface Flow Tree (70) at the end of the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40), using the connection adaptation parts (90) and (91) to make the end of the leg compatible with the Surface Flow Tree; assembling the Flexitube (80) on the Surface Flow Tree (70) and surface lines (72); carrying out the operation of clearing the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) with Flexitube (80).
US12291930B2
The system for automating well construction operations includes a plurality of sensors, such as a fingerboard latch position sensor for providing position of a fingerboard latch, a stick-up height sensor for determining a height of a portion of a tubular section extending from a well center, a pipe handler rotation sensor for detecting a position of a pipe handler, a bell guide clearance sensor for measuring a distance between a bell guide and a tool joint, a link tilt position sensor for measuring an angle of a bail with respect to a top drive, an elevator latch status sensor for detecting whether an elevator latch is open or closed, and a power slips sensor for detecting whether a power slips is open or closed. Further, the system includes a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and configured to command one or more equipment based on inputs from the sensors.
US12291929B2
Various methods of hardbanding an apparatus are described. In one aspect of the invention an improved method of re-applying a hardbanding alloy to worn tool joints of a previously hardbanded drill pipe results in preservation of the metallurgical properties of the drill pipe and preservation of the internal polymer coating that lines the drill pipe. A method for applying hardbanding includes arc welding a consumable metal welding wire to a tool joint having a surface temperature that ranges from about 50° F. to about 170° F. and the arc welding power supply utilizes DC current. The method herein produces a hardbanded tool joint comprising a heat affected zone (HAZ) of a based metal having a Rockwell hardness of 40 Rc or less.
US12291923B2
The present invention relates to a dual blind curtain installed at an indoor window, a wall surface, or the like and is used for purposes such as view blocking, light adjustment, heating, and indoor interior decoration effects, wherein: both opposite ends of a curtain sheet composed by connecting multiple patterns to each other are wound in roll shapes around two rotation shafts, respectively, and then curtain circulative rotation and curtain longitudinal rotation are allowed to be freely adjusted by the two rotation shafts; and a difference between the amounts of winding and unwinding of the curtain sheet around and from the rotation shafts, respectively, the difference being caused due to a change in the amount of winding of the curtain sheet around a corresponding shaft, can be identically maintained. Accordingly, the curtain sheet wound around the rotation shafts can be freely changed in patterns that a consumer wants.
US12291916B2
A door opener includes a mount seat having a bottom wall. A reinforcing seat is fixed to the bottom wall. A driving device for opening or closing the door is detachably coupled to the reinforcing seat and includes a motor. A quick-release device includes a quick-release seat fixed to the bottom wall, a first coupling portion, a movable member slidably coupled to the quick-release seat and a movable coupling portion. A control device includes a protective housing and a control panel coupled to the protective housing. The protective housing is detachably coupled with the first coupling portion and the movable coupling portion. The driving device is selectively mounted to make the motor face or face away from the control device. An outer cover covers the driving device and the control device and includes a window in which the control panel is located.
US12291908B2
A roller assembly for a sliding vehicle door includes a bracket structure having a first and second inner horizontal guide roller arranged to interact with an inner vertical surface of the track member. The bracket structure further includes at least a first and second vertical guide roller arranged to interact with a first inner surface of the track member, a resiliently arranged rotatable member arranged to interact with a second inner surface of the track member and at least one outer horizontal guide roller arranged to interact with an outer vertical surface of the track member.
US12291906B2
A latching device for releasably latching to a support member is disclosed. The latching device has a housing with a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a transverse wall extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall. The first lateral wall and the second lateral wall define respective recesses with a first recess portion and a second recess portion. The first recess portion has a first width, and the second recess portion has a second width. The first width is larger than the second width. The first recess portion is configured for guiding the latching device when positioning the latching device relative to the support member. The second recess portion is shaped for receiving the support member when the latching device is latched to the support member. The latching device also has a rotary latching mechanism with a jaw, a pawl, and an actuator.
US12291902B2
A door opening/closing device includes an operation handle, a detection unit provided in the operation handle and configured to detect a contact state of a user with the operation handle, a door driving unit configured to open or close a door, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine that a first operation involving a direction is a user operation in which a user comes into contact with the operation handle, when the detection unit detects the first operation and a second operation. The control unit is configured to control the door driving unit and open or close the door based on the user operation.
US12291896B2
A drawer assembly includes a member having a first locking element. A drawer includes a frame and a handle. The handle includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the frame. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. A drawer release includes a first end and a second end. The drawer release is rotatably coupled to the drawer. The first end includes a second locking element. The second portion is rotatable relative to the first portion to move the drawer release from a first orientation in which the second locking element directly engages the first locking element to prevent the drawer from sliding relative to the member to a second orientation in which the second locking element is spaced apart from the first locking element to allow the drawer to slide relative to the member. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US12291895B2
The present invention includes a door having a first horizontal frame member with a rear wall, a front wall, and an interior cavity extending between the rear wall and the front wall, the front side having an aperture granting access to the interior cavity and to the rear wall of the first horizontal frame member. The door includes a first brace member secured to form a first side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a first vertical frame member securely engaged to the first horizontal frame member. Therein, the door includes a second brace member secured to the first side of the first vertical frame member and the first horizontal frame member to form a second side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a mounting assembly affixable within the bracing assembly. Whereupon, a pull assembly is affixable to the mounting assembly.
US12291893B2
An electronic lock includes a housing, and a locking system within the housing. The locking system includes electronics and a lock. More particularly, the housing contains therein, a controller and at least one electronic input device electrically coupled to the controller, where the controller causes the lock to transition between a locked position to an unlocked position responsive to input from the electronic input device.
US12291892B2
A panel closure apparatus has a panel (14) for closing against a strike jamb (12). A locking element (100) is displaceable between a released position and a locked position in which contact surfaces (102, 104) of the locking element and the panel prevent opening of the panel, and are configured so that force applied to open the panel does not generate a force to disengage the locking element. Locking element (100) has an input surface (108) deployed so as to be displaced by an actuating surface (110) of panel (14) during a closing motion of the panel from the open position to the closed position. Input surface (108) moves as a unit with locking element (100) so that displacement of the input surface by the closing motion of the panel displaces the locking element towards the locked position.
US12291890B2
Devices, systems, and methods may be used for wirelessly communicating underwater (or through air) with equipment such as, but not necessarily limited to, automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs). Such communication avoids any need for conventional wired communication with the APCs. At least some of the devices may be hand-held and capable of having at least portions immersed in water in normal use. The devices preferably do not use radio frequency (RF) signal to communication with APCs, instead employing light-based or other signal types.
US12291887B2
The present invention discloses an outdoor tent, including a tent frame and a tent roof, wherein the tent frame includes stand columns and tent beams; and the tent roof includes tent roof rods and a tent roof rod frame. By means of design optimization, matching of end plugs and brackets, and embedding mounting and elastic locking, quick assembly and mounting of the tent roof rods and the stand columns can be realized; the design is optimized, mounting seats are directly embedded and mounted in embedding grooves, and quick mounting of the tent roof rods and tent cross beams is realized by means of vertical clamping matching; extension pipes are designed in an optimized manner, and the tightness of a tarpaulin can be adjusted by means of matching of the extension pipes and tent long bones or tent short bones, and quick-assembly and quick-disassembly structures of the extension pipes are optimized.
US12291882B2
A 3D printing system for 3D printing of concrete buildings or other concrete structures. A set of cable support masts are temporarily installed at corners of a two-dimensional footprint area of any given level of a multi-level building to enable 3D printing of wall sections or other structural components of that given level of the building using a cable-guided concrete dispensing nozzle suspended from said cable support masts by a set of movable, motor-driven positioning cables. The building is built in stage-wise fashion, level-by-level, with the set of support masts being moved up level-by-level as the levels of the building are completed. The construction of the building is not dependent on a set of ground-level towers distributed around the ground-level footprint of the building, thus notably reducing equipment requirements for the 3D printed construction of tall, multi-storey buildings.
US12291871B2
The present disclosure provides a new design for an injection molded roof panel with multiple improvements. The panel is made from PVC-like materials via injection molding with a large standard size. It comprises laterally and longitudinally sloped watercourses and arches. A tongue at the front connects to a vertically adjacent panel's rear upper interlocking member. Interlocks at the lateral ends of the panel connect one panel to another horizontally adjacent panel. Condensed water ridges underneath the panel drain condensation to the panel's front, where it is drained with angled weep holes on the tongue. The upper surface has a non-smooth low-noise texture to prevent slips/falls and reduce noise. The roof panel is secured onto roof sheathing with nail flanges with screw holes/bosses. The design achieves improved water drainage, increased installation security and speed, improved wind resistance, increased personnel safety, reduced noise, lighter weight, lower cost, and improved lifespan.
US12291863B2
Girts, systems incorporating girts, and methods of using girts are disclosed. The girts are structurally reinforced by gussets that are formed with material from the girt walls. In some embodiments, the gussets are formed via an efficient metal stamping process. The girts have a high mechanical strength, are easily manufactured, allow for water drainage and air circulation, improve thermal performance, decrease sound transmission, and reduce material, transportation and labor costs relative to traditional girts. In addition, isolators that may be used with the girts reduce thermal conductivity and divert moisture from mounting locations.
US12291861B2
A connection system for providing a construction joint between a first concrete component and a second concrete component, the connection system including a rebate former for forming a rebate in a first concrete component, wherein the rebate former is formed of sheet metal, the rebate former including an elongated backing, the elongated backing having folded edges to a predefined depth.
US12291858B2
A modular assembly, including a first module, a second module, and a third module, each including upper and lower walls, a first end wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, a second end wall opposite the first end wall, and extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, and a first side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, and between the first end wall and the second end wall. The first side wall defines a first opening, where the second module includes a second side wall extending between the upper wall of the second module and the lower wall of the second module, and between the first end wall of the second module and the second end wall of the second module. The second side wall defines a second opening and interior and exterior seals between the first, second, and third modules.
US12291857B2
A timed pressure equalization member for use in a siphonic toilet to reduce water loss at the end of a flush cycle is disclosed. The equalization member functions to equalize the pressure in a pressurized chamber after a set period of time and consequently alleviates negative pressure within a pressurized trapway system at or near the end of a flushing cycle via a conduit, to help break the siphon at the end of the flush cycle, thereby reducing the amount of water drained from the water bowl/spot while the bowl is being refilled. At a resting state, the equalization member in the pressurized chamber is partially filled with water. The equalization member empties of water after a set period of time during a flush cycle and allows atmospheric air to enter the pressurized chamber (in fluid communication with the pressurized trapway) at or near the end of the flush cycle.
US12291854B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatically actuating preexisting water shut-off valves upon detection of leak conditions. A coupling of a valve actuator is connected to a handle of the valve, such that a motor of the valve actuator causes the selective opening and closing of the valve. A controller obtains water flow data from a non-intrusive flow sensor (e.g., an ultrasonic sensor) clamped onto a pipe attached to the valve in close proximity thereto, as well as obtaining additional sensor data from remote sensors disposed elsewhere in the water supply system (e.g., pressure levels measured by an in-line pressure sensor). When the controller determines a leak condition exists based upon the water flow data and the additional sensor data, it controls the actuator to close the valve. The controller may also test for leaks by periodically shutting the valve and measuring the pressure while the valve is shut.
US12291843B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for power machines, including a mini-loader that includes a frame, an operator station positioned toward a rear end of the frame and configured to be used by an operator who is behind or on the rear end of the frame, and a power source positioned toward a front end of the frame.
US12291835B2
The invention relates to a trench wall cutting device, to a trench cutter having a trench wall cutting device according to the invention, and to a method for cutting a cut trench using a trench cutter, which is constructed from at least two cutter modules, and at least one supply unit, which is connected to the cutter modules by means of cables. The first cutter module can be lowered into a guide trench before the second cutter module is placed onto the first cutter module. As a result, a cut trench can be created at a location with a restricted height, wherein in the trench the cutter has a guide height that is greater than the height of the site out of which the cut trench is generated.
US12291832B2
A tool for adjusting driven truss components and assembled truss foundations. A bridge separates a pair of collars, each having a pair of offset bearing surfaces that fit around the truss legs. A lever arm terminating in a handle extends away from the bridge to give leverage to the tool operator. The bridge width is adjustable to enable positioning of the tool at different heights along the driven truss components. An additional receiver proximate to one of the collars may enable single leg operation. Lateral and angular adjustment of the lever arm with respect to the bridge may enable greater force to be applied to one leg relative to the other.
US12291829B2
An expanded multilayer integral geogrid includes a plurality of oriented strands interconnected by partially oriented junctions having an array of openings therein that is produced from a coextruded or laminated multilayer polymer starting sheet. The integral geogrid has a multilayer construction, with at least one inner layer thereof having a structure that is expanded relative to at least one other layer of the multiple layers. By virtue of the expanded inner layer structure, the expanded multilayer integral geogrid provides for increased layer compressibility under load, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the expanded multilayer integral geogrid in soil geosynthetic reinforcement, and economic benefits compared to a like integral geogrid without an expanded inner layer structure.
US12291817B2
A method for dyeing leather with an organic colorant in a supercritical fluid. The method includes coating a surface of the leather to provide a coated surface of the leather. The method further includes dyeing the coated surface of the leather with the organic colorant in the supercritical fluid.
US12291813B2
A component for a water bearing appliance, wherein the component comprises a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material. The first polymeric material constitutes the external surface of the component and completely covers the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material and the second polymeric material have different characteristics.
US12291809B1
A device to apply a trim to textile surfaces is provided that can cut, fold, and adhere end pieces of the trim. The device includes a material holder assembly configured to hold and dispense a roll of trim material and a roll of adhesive material; a control and heating assembly including control inputs, status indicators, control electronics, a heating element and a heating chamber configured to receive the trim material and the adhesive material from the material holder assembly; and a cutting and forming compartment including drive rollers, a cutting device, a folding mechanism configured to fold cut ends of the trim material and the adhesive material, and pressing mechanisms to press the folded cut ends of the trim and adhesive material so that the folded ends are adhered to the remainder of respective trim material lengths.
US12291802B2
Disclosed is a polyethylene yarn capable of providing a user with a soft tactile sensation as well as a cooling feeling or a cooling sensation, and also having improved weavability that enables the manufacture of a skin cooling fabrics having excellent pilling resistance, abrasion resistance, cuttability, and sewability, a method for manufacturing the same, and a skin cooling fabric including the same. In a strength-elongation curve of the polyethylene yarn obtained by measuring at ambient temperature, (i) elongation at strength of 1 g/d is 0.5 to 3%, (ii) elongation at strength of 3 g/d is 5.5 to 10%, and (iii) a difference between elongation at strength of 4 g/d and elongation at maximum strength is 5.5 to 25%, and the polyethylene yarn has toughness of 55 to 120 J/m3 at ambient temperature.
US12291801B2
An air textured yarn (ATY) is disclosed. The ATY includes a first filament having a first cross section, and a second filament disposed adjacent to the first filament having a second cross section, wherein the first cross section has a substantially circular shape and has a degree of modification (M ratio) less than or substantially equal to 1.3, the second cross section has a polygonal shape including 3 to 6 lobes, and a difference between a length of the first filament and a length of the second filament is less than or substantially equal to 4%. Further, a method of manufacturing the ATY is also disclosed.
US12291799B2
Systems for producing M yarns, wherein M≥1, include N extruders, M spin stations, and a processor, wherein N>1. Each extruder includes a thermoplastic polymer having a color, hue, and/or dyability characteristic, which are different from each other. Each spin station produces one yarn comprising at least one bundle of filaments. Each spin station comprises at least one spinneret through which filaments are spun from at least two molten thermoplastic polymer streams received by the respective spin station and N spin pumps upstream of the spinneret for the respective spin station. Each spin pump is paired with one of the N extruders. The processor is in electrical communication with the N*M spin pumps and is configured to adjust the volumetric flow rate of the polymers pumped from each spin pump to achieve a ratio of the polymers to be included in each M yarn.
US12291795B2
A susceptor assembly for supporting a crucible during a crystal growth process includes a susceptor base, a tubular sidewall connected to the susceptor base, and a removable sacrifice ring interposed between the susceptor base and the sidewall. Each of the susceptor base and the sidewall is formed of a carbon-containing material. The susceptor base has an annular wall and a shoulder extending radially outward from an outer surface of the annular wall. The sidewall has a first end that receives the annular wall to connect the sidewall to the susceptor base. The sacrifice ring has a first surface that faces the outer surface of the annular wall, a second surface that faces an interior surface of the sidewall, and a ledge extending outward from the second surface that engages the first end of the sidewall.
US12291793B2
A solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system including a stack of electrolyzer cells configured to receive water or steam in combination with hydrogen, and a steam recycle outlet configured to recycle a portion of the water or steam.
US12291787B2
A process can be used for electrochemical preparation of an alkali metal alkoxide solution. The process is performed in an electrolysis cell having three chambers, where the middle chamber is separated from the cathode chamber by a solid-state electrolyte permeable to cations, for example NaSICON, and from the anode chamber by a diffusion barrier, for example a membrane selective for cations or anions. The process solves a problem where a concentration gradient forms in the middle chamber of the electrolysis cell during the electrolysis, which leads to locally lowered pH values and damage to the solid-state electrolyte used. This is prevented where a gas is introduced into the middle chamber during the electrolysis, which results in better mixing of the electrolyte solution in the middle chamber and prevents the formation of a concentration gradient.
US12291782B2
A component for an electrochemical device, the component including: a metallic substrate; and a plurality of particles bonded to a surface of the substrate by a metallurgical bond, wherein the particles include a metal, carbon, or a combination thereof, wherein the metallurgical bond is between the particles and the substrate, wherein a total projected area of the metallurgical bond is less than 90% of a total projected area of the substrate, and wherein the metallurgical bond has a composition which is a combination of a composition of the metallic substrate and a composition of the particle, a reaction product of the metallic substrate and the particle, or a combination thereof.
US12291781B2
A counter-rotating roller system for coating electrode materials includes a roll-to-roll apparatus including a dispensing roller that selectively dispenses a conductive substrate from a substrate roll along a first direction towards a receiving roller. A counter-rotating roller module including a counter-rotating roller is stationarily positioned at a predetermined height over the conductive substrate. The direction of the tangential velocity of the counter-rotating roller at an interface between the counter-rotating roller and the conductive substrate is 180 degrees opposite the first direction of travel of the conductive substrate. The system further includes a continuous powder application module positioned on a feed side of the counter-rotating roller to continuously deposit a volume of a dry powder mixture on the conductive substrate prior to contact with the counter-rotating roller. A contact roller scraper contacting the counter-rotating roller removes powder particles from an outer surface of the counter-rotating roller.
US12291777B2
Processing methods and apparatus for increasing a reaction chamber batch size. Such a method of processing deposition substrates (e.g., wafers), involves conducting a deposition on a first portion of a batch of deposition wafers in a reaction chamber, conducting an interval conditioning reaction chamber purge to remove defects generated by the wafer processing from the reaction chamber; and following the interval conditioning mid-batch reaction chamber purge, conducting the deposition on another portion of the batch of wafers in the reaction chamber. The interval conditioning reaction chamber purge is conducted prior to exceeding a baseline for acceptable defect (e.g., particle) generation in the chamber and is performed while no wafers are positioned in the reaction chamber.
US12291760B2
Some variations provide a composition for reducing a metal ore, the composition comprising a carbon-metal ore particulate, wherein the carbon-metal ore particulate comprises at least about 0.1 wt % to at most about 50 wt % fixed carbon on a moisture-free and ash-free basis, and wherein the carbon is at least 50% renewable carbon as determined from a measurement of the 14C/12C isotopic ratio. Some variations provide a process for reducing a metal ore, comprising: providing a biomass feedstock; pyrolyzing the feedstock to generate a biogenic reagent comprising carbon and a pyrolysis off-gas comprising hydrogen or carbon monoxide; obtaining a metal ore comprising a metal oxide; combining the carbon with the metal ore, to generate a carbon-metal ore particulate; optionally pelletizing the carbon-metal ore particulate; and utilizing the pyrolysis off-gas to chemically reduce the metal oxide to elemental metal, such as iron.
US12291756B2
An air blast system for melting furnaces includes: a supply unit supplying hot air into a melting furnace; a bustle pipe connected to the supply unit; a tuyere stock connecting the bustle pipe to the melting furnace to supply hot air from the bustle pipe to the melting furnace in a distributed manner; and a temperature management module determining whether the tuyere stock is damaged by comparing a temperature of the tuyere stock with a preset reference temperature.
US12291755B2
A method for the disintegration and fluid drying of sugar beet material which prevents the material's degradation reaction from taking place and which includes the steps of disintegrating the sugar beet material to particles with a particle surface area of at least 2.0 cm2, and subsequent immediate exposure of the disintegrated material to a drying gas(es) at a temperature of 25° C. to 160° C. and a flow rate of 5 m·s31 1 to 40 m·s−1, where the relative humidity of the drying gas(es) at the inlet to the drying space is at most 85%; and subsequent mixing of the disintegrated material with a flow of drying gas(es) until attaining a value of dry matter of at least 70% by weight.
US12291740B2
The present invention relates to detection of target nucleic acid sequences using different detection temperatures. The present invention employing different detection temperatures enables to detect a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences in conventional real-time manners even with a single type of label in a single reaction vessel. The conventional technologies detect a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences by a melting analysis after target amplification. Unlikely, the present invention does not require a melting analysis after target amplification, such that the time for analysis is greatly reduced.
US12291737B2
This disclosure relates to microbial technology, and more particularly to a Schizochytrium strain and a use thereof, a microbial oil containing DHA at an Sn-2 position, and a preparation and uses thereof. Sn-2 fatty acids of a triglyceride in the microbial oil contain 23% or more by weight of DHA. The microbial oil is prepared by fermentation using a Schizochytrium strain, where the Schizochytrium strain is Schizochytrium sp. with an accession number of GDMCC No. 60733.
US12291735B2
Method for the production of ethanol from corn fibers. Invention relates to a process for the preparation of ethanol from a corn fiber containing feedstock by using a set of process steps specifically identified for the treatment of the said feedstock. It particularly relates to the use of a soaking followed by mix acid and enzyme treatment that release fermentable C5 and C6 sugars from said feedstock. It further relates to using a recombinant yeast to convert both C5 and C6 sugars to ethanol.
US12291734B2
Microorganisms are genetically engineered to continuously co-produce amino acids, high-value, specialized proteins, microbial biomass, chemicals, or any combination thereof by microbial fermentation, particularly by microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate. The microorganisms are C1-fixing. The production of ethylene, microbial biomass, and heterologous high-value, specialized proteins can be improved. This can be improved by varying promoters or nutrient limiting means.
US12291733B2
The present invention relates to the process to prepare recombinant lectin having amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the process comprises fed-batch fermentation of a clone in a host cell at specific feeding rate with carbon to Nitrogen ratio of 3:1 to 6:1. The invention also relates to the process of purification of recombinant lectin having amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
US12291732B2
Disclosed herein is a method for producing a sialylated N-glycosylated recombinant protein in periplasm of a recombinant Escherichia coli. The sialylated N-glycosylated recombinant protein is produced in the periplasm of a recombinant Escherichia coli strain W3110ΔnanKETA::Kan, and a sialylated oligosaccharide chain is Neu5Ac-α-2,6-Gal-β-1,4-GlcNAc-β-1,3-Gal-β-1,3-GlcNAc.
US12291721B2
The present invention relates to activated lymphocytes comprising cytokine-induced killer cells in which CD8+CD56+NKG2D+ cells are present at a proportion of 20% or more, and a preparation method therefor, and more particularly, to activated lymphocytes comprising cytokine-induced killing cells which have high tumor cell killing abilities and growth rates and are almost free of side effects because they do not require the combined administration of interleukin-2, and a preparation method therefor.
US12291714B2
There is described herein a plant cell comprising: (i) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting or consisting essentially of a sequence having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5 (NtINV4-S) or at least 62% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7 (NtINV4-T); (ii) a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide set forth in (i); (iii) a polypeptide comprising, consisting or consisting essentially of a sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6 (NtINV4-S) or at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 8 (NtINV4-T); or (iv) a construct, vector or expression vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide set forth in (i), wherein said plant cell comprises at least one modification which modulates (a) the expression or activity of the polynucleotide or (b) the expression or activity of the polynucleotide the polypeptide, as compared to a control plant cell in which the expression or activity of the polynucleotide or polypeptide has not been modified.
US12291698B2
A method, and related apparatus, for producing beer from any types of grains includes activating phenomena of controlled hydro-dynamic cavitation during all the steps of the process, from mashing to hopping, and possibly after yeast inoculation. The present method and apparatus provide a number of advantages over traditional techniques, for example, avoiding the pre-crushing of the malts or the grains, thereby increasing the efficiency of saccharification and of starch extraction, and avoiding the boiling at equal efficiency of the hopping. Another advantage is the opportunity of causing the concentration of gluten to fall in the final product simply with controlled hydraulic processes through electromechanics, and of possibly extending fermentation.
US12291696B2
Cleaning compositions may include at least 0.001 ppm of a polypeptide having hexosaminidase activity. The cleaning compositions may include a polypeptide having at least 60% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide shown in one or more of the motif(s) of SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID 8, SEQ ID 9, SEQ ID 10, SEQ ID 11, or combinations thereof. The cleaning compositions may be or include laundry detergents, fabric finishers, acidic cleaning agents, neutral cleaning agents, alkaline cleaning agents, hand dishwashing agents, automatic dishwasher compositions, or combinations thereof.
US12291693B2
The present disclosure relates to stable aqueous compositions of alkyl sulfates, which are suitable for numerous commercial applications due to their favorable cleaning and foaming properties. More particularly, the disclosure relates to stable aqueous compositions of alkyl sulfates in combination with select hydrophobic agents, such as essential oils.
US12291691B2
Described herein are compounds of formula (I) as properfume compounds. In particular, described herein is a method to release a compound being a ketone of formula (II), a formate ester of formula (III), and/or an alcohol of formula (IV) by exposing the compound of formula (I) to an environment wherein it is oxidized. Moreover, a perfuming composition and a perfumed consumer product including at least one compound of formula (I) are also described.
US12291669B2
Disclosed herein is a liquid salt activator comprising a salt, a suspending aid, and water, wherein the salt is present in the liquid salt activator in an amount of from about 5 wt. % to about 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid salt activator. Also disclosed herein is an activated extended life slurry (ELS) composition comprising a hydraulic cement, a supplementary cementitious material, the liquid salt activator, and an aqueous fluid. The activated ELS composition can be used in a method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
US12291666B2
A fluoropropene composition comprising E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total amount of 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 1.0 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the fluoropropene composition. A method of producing the fluoropropene, composition and methods for using the fluoropropene composition are also disclosed.
US12291665B2
An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (R32), 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze), and carbon dioxide.
US12291663B2
A pre-polymer matrix formulation for a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display includes, in one aspect, a monofunctional monomer, a trifunctional oligomer, and a trifunctional monomer. A product, in another aspect, includes a PDLC display formulation comprising a polymer matrix having a plurality of liquid crystal (LC) domains dispersed therein, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polymerized product of a monofunctional monomer, a trifunctional oligomer, and a trifunctional monomer, and a pair of electrodes having the PDLC display formulation positioned therebetween. The PDLC display formulation is characterized as having a substantially constant optical transparency during application of a low power direct current (DC) electromagnetic field between the electrodes for a predefined duration of time.
US12291650B2
Example embodiments relate to a method of protecting a surface of an e-vaping device portion from corrosion, the method including preparing a coating mixture configured to protect the surface from corrosion, and coating the surface with a protective coating based on the coating mixture, wherein the coating is performed via one of electrodeposition, dipping, spraying, and vapor deposition, and the coating mixture includes at least one of a silane and a resin.
US12291648B2
A photocurable material formulation for a lost model that has a high elastic modulus, shows small thermal expansion, has heat resistance in a certain temperature region, and is free of a photoacid generator to be used in an epoxy material or the like. The formulation is a photocurable composition including curable materials formed of monofunctional (meth)acrylates each having a molecular weight of 150 or more and less than 350, and a bifunctional (meth)acrylate having a molecular weight of 200 or more and less than 400.
US12291640B2
To provide a polyorganosiloxane composition whose cured product has uniform good flame retardancy and good physical properties with less discoloring, for example, yellowing, and which has excellent temporal stability when stored. A flame-retardant polyorganosiloxane composition contains: (A) straight-chain polyalkylsiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups in one molecule and having a 10,000 to 1,000,000 mPa·s viscosity (25° C.); (B) resinoid polyorganosiloxane containing a Q unit and having 1.5 or more alkenyl groups on average, mass % of the component (B) being 30 to 80 mass % of the total of the components (A), (B); (C) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having three or more Si—H, an amount of the component (C) being such that Si—H/(total of the alkenyl groups in the components (A), (B)) becomes 1.0 to 3.0 moles; and (D) a catalytic amount of a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst, wherein the total content of phosphorus and an alkali metal is 20 mass ppm or less.
US12291636B2
Biodegradable polymeric material, biodegradable products and methods of manufacture and use therefor
The invention encompasses biodegradable compositions (e.g., biodegradable plastics) and methods of preparation and use thereof, and disposable products made from the claimed compositions. Raw materials for preparing the biodegradable plastic include one or more polymers, fiber, starch, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent. The biodegradable composition has the advantages of short degradation cycle, good mechanical properties, and a low manufacturing cost.
US12291620B2
A construction board comprising (i) a foam body having a generally planar shape with first and second planar surfaces, where said foam body is a closed-cell foam body including pentane and a blowing agent additive that has a Hansen Solubility Parameter that is greater than 17 MPa−0.5 contained within the foam body; and (ii) first and second facers attached to said first and second planar surfaces, respectively.
US12291615B2
Disclosed are a proton exchange membrane made of a crystalline sulfonated polyimide block copolymer, a preparation method and use thereof. The crystalline sulfonated polyimide block copolymer has a chemical structure as shown in Formula (I), in which Ar1 group is an aromatic group containing a naphthyl group, Ar2 group is an aromatic group containing at least one sulfonate group, and x is in the range of 5-100, m is in the range of 1-200, and n is in the range of 5-500.
US12291610B2
An aquatic plant biomass-based decomposable and antibacterial plastic masterbatch composition contains: environmental biodegradable polymer materials, aquatic plant fiber materials, natural decomposable polymer, antibacterial materials, mineral fillers, Bis (2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DOA), 1,1,1-Tris Methylolpropane 1,1,1-Trimethylolpropane (TMP), and silane coupling agent. Thereby, low cost, excellent mechanical properties, release of far infrared rays and antibacterial effect are achieved.
US12291609B2
A method for producing resin particles includes: mixing a binder resin and a dye at temperature T that satisfies formula (1) below to thereby obtain a mixture; and emulsifying the mixture, a basic compound, a water-based solvent, and a surfactant to thereby obtain a resin base particle dispersion: the melting point T1 of the dye≤the temperature T≤the thermal decomposition temperature T2 of the binder resin. Formula (1)
US12291599B2
Disclosed is a semi-crystalline polyester polyol having an acid number less than 4 and derived from a saturated fatty component having a hydroxyl number less than 2, the saturated fatty component being selected from the group consisting of saturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid ester, saturated oil, and combinations thereof, polyhydric alcohol that includes at least three hydroxyl groups, and a dibasic acid.
US12291593B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to formula I: wherein: each R1-R10 may individually be H, a halogen, an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy moiety, a nitrogen-containing moiety, an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, or an aralkyl moiety, wherein each R1-R10 comprises ≤10 carbon atoms, wherein each of R1-R10 may form a cyclic moiety with an adjacent R1-R10 moiety; Y is O or N—R11, wherein R11 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl moiety comprising 1-12 carbon atoms; M is a group 3 or 4 transition metal; X is a sigma-bonded ligand, or a diene; z is the number of ligands X that are bonded to M. Such compounds may be used in a catalyst system for olefin polymerisation.
US12291590B2
Responsive or degradable branched polymers may be prepared by the free radical polymerisation of a multivinyl monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, using a source of radicals, wherein the extent of propagation is controlled relative to the extent of chain transfer to prevent gelation of the polymer. The multivinyl monomer may comprise a cleavable group, for example an ester, or a multiplicity of such groups, between two vinyl groups. Said monomer may be a macromonomer containing multiple cleavage sites.
US12291582B2
A process for producing a crosslinked cellulose ether including the steps of (i) contacting at least one cellulose material with a mixture comprising (ia) at least one crosslinking agent and (ib) at least one alkalization reagent to form an activated cellulose material; and (ii) contacting the activated cellulose material of step (i) with at least one etherification reagent; wherein the at least one etherification reagent reacts with the activated cellulose material to form the crosslinked cellulose ether; and a crosslinked cellulose ether produced by the above process.
US12291581B2
We describe peptides and their uses for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic diseases.
US12291580B2
The present disclosure provides fish-derived peptides with ACE inhibitory activity, and methods of producing peptide isolates comprising the fish-derived peptides. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, and functional foods including the peptide isolates, and method of lowering blood pressure of a subject by administering to the subject one or more of the fish-derived peptides.
US12291575B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of subjects having a CD20-positive cell proliferative disorder. More specifically, the invention pertains to the treatment of subjects having a CD20-positive cell proliferative disorder by administering a combination of mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin.
US12291566B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods utilizing anti-TNF antibodies having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:36 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 for use in the safe and effective treatment of active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
US12291563B2
Improved methods for large scale production of proteins and/or polypeptides in cell culture is provided. In accordance with the present invention, the method provides for culturing cells that have metabolically shifted. The use of such a method or system allows high levels of protein or polypeptide production and reduces accumulation of unwanted metabolic waste such as lactate. Proteins and polypeptides expressed in accordance with the present invention may be advantageously used in the preparation of pharmaceutical, immunogenic, or other commercial biologic compositions, such as antibodies.
US12291561B2
The present invention generally relates to antigen binding receptors capable of specific binding to mutated Fc domains with reduced Fc receptor binding and T cells expressing these antigen binding receptors. More precisely, the present invention relates to T cells, transfected/transduced with an antigen binding receptor which is recruited by specifically binding to/interacting with the mutated Fc domain of therapeutic antibodies. Furthermore, the invention relates to a kit comprising the T cells of the invention and/or nucleic acid molecules, vectors expressing antigen binding receptors of the present invention and (a) tumor targeting antibody/antibodies comprising a mutated Fc domain. The invention also provides the production and use of T cells in a method for the treatment of particular diseases in conjunction with tumor-specific antibodies as well as pharmaceutical compositions/medicaments comprising T cells and/or therapeutic antibodies, wherein T cells are to be administered in combination with therapeutic-tumor targeting antibody/antibodies comprising a mutated Fc domain with reduced Fc receptor binding.
US12291557B2
The present disclosure relates to chimeric Tim4 receptors, host cells modified to include chimeric Tim4 receptor molecules, and methods of making and using such receptor molecules and modified cells.
US12291553B2
The present invention relates to novel small molecules Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as well as the preparation and the use thereof to inhibit FGF13-1b.
US12291552B2
The present invention relates to a chimeric protein comprising at least one human amyloid P component and at least one fragment of an Fc region of a human antibody, the human amyloid P component and the fragment of an Fc region with which it is associated being bound to each other by means of a hinge region.
US12291549B2
The present application provides a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or amino acid conjugate thereof, wherein R1-R10, m, n, p, and are as described herein. The present invention relates generally to FXR modulators and to methods of making and using said compounds.
US12291543B2
The present disclosure relates to a boron compound useful in an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode comprising same and, more particularly, to a boron compound represented by any one of [Chemical Formula A] to [Chemical Formula C], wherein [Chemical Formula A] to [Chemical Formula C] are as defined in the description.
US12291529B2
The present disclosure relates generally to GLP-1 agonists and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as methods for treating a GLP-1 associated disease, disorder, or condition.
US12291528B2
The invention provides a crystalline imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine compound, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting tropomyosin-related kinase and/or c-FMS, and methods of treating medical diseases and conditions, such as pain.
US12291527B2
This technology relates to immune system stimulating molecules to be used in the treatment of drug addiction and abuse and their synthesis processes. These molecules have a calixarene chemical structure, preferably calix[4]arene and/or calix[8]arene, coupled to an hapten analogous to cocaine, preferably GNE and/or GNC. An anti-drug vaccine, specifically anti-cocaine, is also described using such molecules. The anti-drug vaccine can be also used to prevent fetal exposure to drugs in pregnant women who use drugs and do not wish or cannot stop their use during pregnancy.
US12291523B2
The present invention relates to bicyclic compounds (e.g. indoles) containing a sulfonyl moiety, which bind to the liver X receptor (LXRa and/or LXKJ3) and act preferably as inverse agonists of LXR.
US12291521B2
Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US12291514B1
An ethyl 2-[9-(2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-3,6-diphenyl-1,8-dioxo-3,4,9,10-tetrahydroacridine-10-yl]-acetate compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12291503B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of pharmaceutical technology, providing three crystalline forms, i.e., a crystalline form AB, a crystalline form M and a crystalline form F, of the compound 6-[[4-[2-fluoro-4-[[1-[(4-fluorophenyl)aminoformyl]cyclopropanecarbonyl]-amino]phenoxy]-6-methoxy-7-quinolyl]oxy]hexanoic acid for treatment of diseases related to protein kinases AXL and/or VEGFR2. The present disclosure also provides methods for preparing these three crystalline forms and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these three crystalline forms. The crystalline form AB, the crystalline form M and the crystalline form F of the present disclosure all have good chemical stability, and the preparation processes of the three crystalline forms of the present disclosure are simple for implementation with high product yield and purity, allowing stable and mass production that facilitates promotion and application.
US12291500B2
The present specification relates to a carbazole derivative of Chemical Formula 1, a coating composition including the carbazole derivative, an organic light emitting device using the same and a method for manufacturing the same.
US12291494B2
The present disclosure is directed in part to methods of treating fibrosis, e.g., hepatic fibrosis and/or intestinal fibrosis, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a disclosed compound.
US12291492B1
A system for reducing particles from biosolids, comprising a storage tank for holding biosolids and an inlet pipe. The inlet pipe delivers biosolids from the storage tank to a screener and then to a percent solids meter. The percent solids meter measures the solid content in the biosolids and sends a signal to an electronic solenoid valve to control water content of the biosolids introduced to the system. A first venturi hydrodynamic cavitation to create vacuum bubbles in the biosolids. A mechanical hydrodynamic cavitation device operably connected to first venturi hydrodynamic cavitation, wherein the mechanical hydrodynamic cavitation device creates vacuum bubbles in the biosolids.
US12291479B2
A method is described herein of making a textured glass article, the method includes: etching an initial primary surface of a glass substrate having a thickness with a hydrofluoric acid-free etchant having a pH of about 3 or less; and removing the etchant from the glass substrate, such that the etching is conducted from above ambient temperature to about 100° C. to form a textured region that is defined by a primary surface of the substrate and comprises a sparkle of 2% or less, and the etching comprises a plurality of batch cycles.
US12291475B2
To provide a method for forming molten glass, capable of easily improving the forming accuracy of molten glass. One embodiment of the method for forming molten glass of the present invention comprises a supplying in which molten glass having a temperature of at least the softening point is discharged in a strip shape and supplied on the surface of molten metal, and a transporting the glass ribbon supplied on the surface of the molten metal, wherein the transporting includes a cooling the glass ribbon being transported, in a region on the upstream side in the transport direction, so that the temperature of the glass ribbon becomes lower than the softening point in the entire width direction.
US12291473B2
A water treatment system filters out solid material containing carbon, and provides that solid material to a fermenter. Volatile fatty acids are produced within the fermenter. After fermentation, a second filtering operation is utilized to permit passage of water and volatile fatty acids while filtering out solids from the fermenter. The volatile fatty acids are used as a food source for bacteria during secondary treatment of the water.
US12291471B2
The present invention provides a flocculant for catalytic decomposition of flue gas desulfurization wastewater treatment. The flocculant includes polyacrylamide, inorganic polymer, and an inorganic compound with low molecular weight. In the condition of using proper components, the flocculant has significant wastewater treatment performance.
US12291464B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for detecting and removing microplastics from wastewater effluent. Both, automatic/remote and manual monitoring and sampling components are included to detect the presence of microplastics. The automatic monitoring and sampling component includes a TSS sensor and associated apparatus calibrated to account for non-plastic solids present in the wastewater and, thereby, more accurately determine the presence of microplastics. Efficient separation and removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent is performed by a specialized capture net apparatus having multiple sized mesh components and optional diffuser devices which perform size exclusion filtration of microplastics from the water. In an exemplary embodiment, the methods generally include diverting treated wastewater effluent from a wastewater treatment facility's main line into a wastewater sampling mechanism via an intake pipe, and then into a solids monitoring and separation mechanism which includes the specialized capture net apparatus.
US12291460B1
A reaction system for preparing soda ash and a reaction method are provided in the present invention. The reaction system includes: a carbonization tower, a reaction crystallization tower, and a first micro-interface unit. A material outlet is arranged at the bottom of the carbonization tower, and the material outlet is connected to the reaction crystallization tower. The first micro-interface unit includes a first micro-interface generator and a second micro-interface generator, the first micro-interface generator is arranged below the liquid level in the carbonization tower, the second micro-interface generator is arranged above the first micro-interface generator, and a connecting pipe is arranged between the second micro-interface generator and the first micro-interface generator. The reaction system for preparing soda ash may effectively improve the reaction efficiency of raw materials and the utilization rate of carbon dioxide while reducing the input pressure of carbon dioxide, thereby effectively reducing energy consumption.
US12291457B2
A method for forming a porous silicon material can include forming a mixture of silicon, carbon, and an etchant element, solidifying the mixture, removing the etchant element to form pores within the silicon material. The porous silicon material can include a distribution of pores with an average pore diameter between about 10 nm and 500 nm, wherein the silicon particle comprises a silicon carbon composite comprising 1-5% carbon by mass, 1-5% oxygen by mass, and 90-98% silicon by mass.
US12291456B2
Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.
US12291453B2
A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed gas to methanol, including the steps of: providing a hydrocarbon feed gas; optionally, purifying the hydrocarbon feed gas in a gas purification unit; optionally, prereforming the hydrocarbon feed gas together with a steam feedstock in a prereforming unit; carrying out steam methane reforming in a reforming reactor heated by means of an electrical power source; providing the synthesis gas to a methanol synthesis unit to provide a product including methanol and an off-gas. Also, a system for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed gas to methanol.
US12291448B2
Methods and systems for producing Xenon-133 are disclosed. A method for producing Xenon-133 includes collecting an off gas from a Molybdenum-99 production process in a storage tank. The off gas includes Xenon-133 and Krypton-85. The method further includes selectively adsorbing Xenon-133 from the off gas onto a charcoal column assembly such that Xenon-133 is selectively adsorbed onto the charcoal column assembly relative to Krypton-85. The method further includes desorbing the Xenon-133 from the charcoal column assembly by heating the charcoal column assembly, and condensing the Xenon-133 within a coil assembly.
US12291443B2
Methods and systems directed to dispensing fluids, such as beverages, using wireless technology are provided. Aspects relate to a beverage dispenser with a dispensing system housing, a valve housing positioned exterior to the dispensing system housing and extending from the dispensing system housing. The valve housing may be configured to dispense a beverage and include self-contained electronics disposed within an interior area of the valve housing. In some embodiments, the beverage dispenser has one or more additional valve housings positioned exterior to the dispensing system housing. The valve housing may be configured to dispense a beverage and include self-contained electronics disposed within an interior area of the valve housing.
US12291434B2
An embodiment relates to a mobile crane having an articulated body and an elongate boom attached to the body, the boom being for carrying a load when the crane is stationary and while the crane is mobile. The boom is articulated to provide a movement for lifting and lowering an end of the boom, and the boom is further articulated to provide a movement of the boom laterally. A further embodiment relates to controlling swing of a load carried at the end of a boom of a mobile crane by varying lateral orientation of the boom.
US12291423B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes a motor, a medium tray, a roller, and a processor to control the motor so that the medium tray is located at a position at which the medium placed on the uppermost side of the media placed on the medium tray abuts on the roller each time a particular number of media of the media placed on the medium tray is conveyed, and detect a position of the placing surface. The processor sets the torque of the motor to a first torque when a position of the placing surface is a first position, and sets the torque of the motor to a second torque smaller than the first torque when a position of the placing surface is a second position above the first position.
US12291421B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding conveyor that feeds and conveys a recording medium to a conveyance path; an image former that performs image formation on the recording medium; a medium sensor that is disposed on an upstream side of the recording medium from the image former on the conveyance path and measures one or more sheet physical properties regarding the recording medium conveyed; a first hardware processor that determines a type of the recording medium on a basis of the sheet physical properties measured by the medium sensor; a second hardware processor that determines conveyance performance for the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that determines whether or not to perform the image formation on a basis of the conveyance performance in a case where the type of the recording medium determined by the first hardware processor is a type out of product specifications.
US12291413B2
An example bulk material dispensing apparatus includes: a frame; a hopper supported in the frame, the hopper configured to contain a bulk material for dispensing by the dispensing apparatus and having a hopper outlet; a feeding unit interconnected with the hopper outlet, the feeding unit configured to receive the bulk material from the hopper outlet and comprising: a feeding tube; and an auger disposed in the feeding tube, the auger configured to rotate to drive the bulk material received from the hopper outlet to be dispensed from a dispensing outlet; and a controller interconnected with the auger, the controller configured to: receive a dispensing request specifying a quantity of bulk material to dispense; and control the auger to rotate to dispense the quantity of bulk material.
US12291410B2
A bulk material handling method includes: a) receiving and pneumatically conveying bulk material via pressurized dilute phase, dense phase, and/or hybrid dilute/dense phase, and/or vacuum drawn conveyance into bulk material containers; b) storing the bulk material in the containers; c) dispensing the bulk material from the containers into a bulk material transporter; d) transporting the transporter from the containers to a bulk material transmitting vessel; and e) discharging the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, including releasing the bulk material from the transporter into the transmitting vessel, and pneumatically transmitting the bulk material out of the transmitting vessel to downstream bulk material processing equipment. Discharging also may include rejecting the bulk material from the transporter to a waste container. A related system, subsystems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US12291405B2
A device for intermediately storing and conveying containers in at least one conveying direction includes a multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes container outlet lanes arranged, in a conveying direction, downstream of the multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes at least one movable container outlet link each configured to receive containers from at least one row of the multi-row intermediate storage device, and to discharge and distribute the containers to a plurality of the container outlet lanes.
US12291404B2
A method for feeding articles includes the steps of: feeding transversally, by a first conveyor, a succession of parallel rows of articles to a transfer area; moving longitudinally, using a second conveyor, a succession of rows of articles from the transfer area; sending at least one row of articles, coming from the first conveyor, to a storage unit whilst the row of articles is fed transversely, preferably perpendicularly, to the row; transferring the row of articles inside the storage unit, positioning the row of articles in a longitudinal direction at an outfeed section of the storage unit; extracting longitudinally portions in sequence of the row, portions formed preferably by one or more articles, from the storage unit and feeding the portions of row to the transfer area.
US12291396B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a warehouse robot to store and fetch inventory materials. The method includes: instructing a material handling device to fetch a second inventory material located in the front row, and placing the second inventory material on a first tray; instructing the material handling device to fetch a first inventory material located in the back row, and placing the first inventory material on a second tray; and instructing the material handling device to return the second inventory material to the front row. By instructing the material handling device to fetch the inventory materials and storing the inventory materials in the trays, the inventory materials can be extracted from a designated shelf and stored in a warehouse, navigation is realized in a crowded warehouse filled with obstacles, and the inventory materials whose positions have been transferred can be processed.
US12291393B2
The disclosure relates to devices and methods for ventilating enclosed area such as shipping containers or structures erected to temporarily contain cargo items. A central element in such devices and methods is a ventilation stack assembly in which a vertically-oriented stack having an outlet is connected at its other end to a pipe leading to an inlet. A first housing having the dimensions (and preferably the fittings) of a standard shipping container is rigidly connected to the stack and pipes, and the assembly can be physically manipulated as if it were a standard shipping container. Gas (e.g., fumigant) provided to the pipe inlet passes through the pipe and into and through the stack, exiting at the outlet, which can be situated at an altitude whereat gas discharged therefrom is dispersed into the atmosphere at a location and concentration at which displeasure or hazard to humans can be reduced.
US12291391B2
A refillable dispensing container and a refill container are disclosed. The refillable dispensing container includes: an outer container having an open top and a holding space; an inner container having an open top and inserted within the holding space; a holder that includes a holder body and a support protrusion; an inner cap which has a cap channel and is configured to be detachably coupled to the open top of the outer container; a shoulder having a through-hole and coupled to an outer side of the inner cap; a button having a dispensing hole and coupled to the through-hole of the shoulder such that the button is movable along a vertical direction; and a pump module arranged adjacently to the holder channel and the cap channel, where the pump module is configured to dispense a content out of the dispensing hole when the button is pressed.
US12291381B1
The leash system for use with a beverage container lid includes an anchor, a leash, and a band. The leash system for use with a beverage container lid may be configured to tether a lid to a handleless beverage container. The anchor may be coupled to the lid. The leash may detachably couple to the handleless beverage container. An aperture located at a top end of the leash may detachably couple to an anchor tab on the anchor to prevent loss of the lid. A bottom end of the leash may be coupled to the band. The band may detachably couple to the handleless beverage container by encircling the handleless beverage container.
US12291380B2
A container (1) for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer sleeve (20) and an inner slide (50) disposed within the outer sleeve (20), the inner slide (50) at least partially enclosing an interior space for housing consumer goods. The inner slide (50) is slidable with respect to the outer sleeve (20) between: a first position, in which the interior space of the inner slide (50) cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior space of the inner slide (50) can be accessed by a user. When the inner slide (50) is in the first position in the outer sleeve (20), an edge of an inner slide engagement flap (59) is configured to engage with a corresponding engaging element (31) on an outer sleeve wall, to form a locking mechanism for preventing the inner slide (50) from sliding from the first position to the second position.
US12291379B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to contain and dispense a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a control device, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some embodiments, a dispensing bottle includes a non-removable closure cap with a tamper evident feature that indicates whether the cap was previously opened. By one approach, the dispensing bottle includes discontinuous threads on a bottle neck and ratchet projections on a closure cap that engage the discontinuous thread(s) to prevent or inhibit manual removal of the cap from the bottle.
US12291377B2
A breathing assistance apparatus has a lid and latch assembly configured for one-handed operation. The apparatus also includes a hinge assembly that separates when over-rotated but that reengages upon closing of the lid onto the main body of the apparatus.
US12291375B2
A hanging storage basket includes a basket, suspension components, regulating screws and thumb screws. The suspension components are connected to the basket via regulating screws, and there is a hanging space between the suspension components and a basket top. The regulating screws are used to adjust a height of hanging space. A suspension component consists of a hanging component and a regulating component. There is a bar-shaped regulating groove on the regulating component, and first screw hole on top front side of the basket. each regulating screw inserts a respective bar-shaped regulating groove into a corresponding first screw hole to fasten.
US12291372B2
A method of forming a carrier ring on a metal article having an open end and a sidewall extending therefrom. The method includes contacting an inner surface of the sidewall with an inner roller to form a protrusion and contacting an outer surface of the sidewall with an outer roller to form a first groove positioned below the protrusion. The protrusion forms a gap therein. The method further includes contacting a portion of the outer sidewall with at least one second outer roller to form a second groove below the protrusion. The method further includes contacting a portion of the outer sidewall with at least one third outer roller to flatten the protrusion, such that the gap is substantially reduced or eliminated. The flattened protrusion forms the carrier ring.
US12291371B2
A metallic container includes a body with a bottom and a neck. The neck includes a thread profile, a curl, and a curl transition between the thread profile and the curl. The curl defines an opening. The thread profile of the neck is configured to receive a corresponding thread profile of a reusable closure when the reusable closure is coupled to the neck. The curl is configured to engage with an insert positioned proximate to the curl and within a cavity defined in a casing of the reusable closure. The curl is configured to reduce damage to the insert during at least one of the reusable closure being coupled to or uncoupled from the neck. Methods for fabricating the curl include applying a thread profile to a metallic container neck, reducing a diameter of a portion of the neck above the thread profile, and curling the reduced-diameter neck portion.
US12291363B2
A method for producing sterile solution product bags includes positioning a manifold assembly onto a filling machine. The manifold assembly includes a plurality of bags, a first filter, and a connection line in fluid communication with the first filter. Each of the plurality of bags includes a bladder and a stem in fluid communication with the bladder and with the connection line. The method includes activating a pump and at least partially filling one or more of the bladders by pumping fluid through the feed line, the first filter, and the connection line. The method includes sealing the stem of each of the filled product bags at a location between the connection line and the bladder, thereby creating one or more at least partially filled and sealed product bags. The method includes separating each of the at least partially filled and sealed product bags from the connection line.
US12291362B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mobile strapping device for strapping packaged products using a loop of wrapping strap. The strapping device includes a tensioning device for applying tension to the strap and a connecting device for connecting two overlapping portions of the strap. The tensioning device includes a rotatable tensioning wheel and a tensioning plate. The tensioning wheel is supported by a rocker that is pivotable to change a distance separating the tensioning wheel and the tensioning plate. The mobile strapping device includes a motor that is operably connectable to the rocker or the tensioning wheel such that the motor causes pivoting of the rocker or rotation of the tensioning wheel when operating in a first direction of rotation. In various embodiments, gearing, including a plurality of planetary gear sets, is used to operatively connect the motor to the rocker and the tensioning wheel.
US12291358B2
An integrated guidance and feedback control scheme for steering an underactuated vehicle through desired waypoints in three-dimensional space. The guidance and control algorithm takes as an input the desired trajectory for the translational motion that passes through the given waypoints, and autonomously generates the desired trajectory for the attitude based on the desired thrust direction to achieve the translational motion trajectory. A feedback control law is obtained to steer the underactuated vehicle towards the desired trajectories in translation and rotation.
US12291357B1
An artificial intelligence (AI) system includes an agent to learn a policy and provide an action; the agent can be a neural network. The AI system further includes a processor to process information associated with the action and provide a state and a reward to the agent. The state is based on a number of state variables, and the agent further updates the policy based on multiple updates of the state variables to achieve the highest reward.
US12291349B2
A supply system for an aircraft, wherein the supply system has a supply module with outlet pipes, feed pipes connected to dihydrogen tanks, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the feed pipes towards the outlet pipes, a distribution module having introduction pipes connected to the outlet pipes via heaters, distribution pipes connected to an engine, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the introduction pipes towards the distribution pipes, and a control unit which commands the means of the supply module and of the distribution module depending on the information provided by the detection means. Also an aircraft with such a supply system.
US12291331B2
An aircraft comprising at least one propulsion unit configured to propel the aircraft in a first direction and at least one further propulsion unit configured to propel the aircraft in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction. The aircraft also includes at least one wing, wherein the at least one propulsion unit is mounted in front of the leading edge of the at least one wing, such that the air downstream of the at least one propulsion unit flows around the at least one wing to provide lift and a longitudinal thrust in the first direction. The at least one further propulsion unit is configured to provide a longitudinal thrust in the second direction.
US12291329B2
The novel wing design disclosed herein has a cambered, swept wing design for aircraft application that can achieve steady state flight via the integration of an electric motor driven lift-thrust system that can provide both vertical thrust for take-off and horizontal thrust for flight propulsion by the selective use of fan blades connected to the motor.
US12291324B2
A remote control system for an aircraft includes an aircraft of the Magnus-effect type. The aircraft includes a cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis. The cylinder is able to rotate about the longitudinal axis. A pair of rotatable elements are arranged at a distance from the aircraft. A drive means is designed to drive a rotational movement of the pair of rotatable elements. A connection cable is arranged to connect the pair of rotatable elements to the cylinder of the aircraft in such a way that the rotational movement of the pair of rotatable elements, driven by the drive means, is mechanically transmitted to the cylinder of the aircraft so as to cause the cylinder to rotate about the longitudinal axis.
US12291313B1
A freestanding outdoor storage rack which allows a single person to load and unload a watercraft onto a designated area or slot of the storage rack. The storage rack can comprise support side panels having openings therethrough for receipt of arm bars that can extend the intended length of the storage rack. Exterior tube rollers can be disposed over the various storage sections of the arm bars as defined by the location of the support side panels. The rollers assist in loading the watercraft, such that elderly or other physically comprised individuals can load and unload a watercraft on their own by placing the bow end of the watercraft on a forward/front exterior roller of the intended storage slot. The person can then go to the opposite end of the watercraft and with rolling assistance provided by the forward roller, move the watercraft back forward such that the bow end reaches and rests on a back exterior roller of the storage slot.
US12291309B2
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods that involve automatically lifting a boat cover above an interior of the boat.
US12291307B2
The present invention relates to a system for driving a chainless electric bicycle comprising: a driving wheel; a pedal; a motor mechanically connected to the driving wheel; a generator mechanically connected to the pedal; and a battery, wherein provided is a system comprising: a generator location sensor for measuring the value of a rotation location of the generator; a motor location sensor for measuring the value of a rotation location of the motor; and a controller configured to calculate a difference value of the value of the rotation location of the motor minus the value of the rotation location of the generator multiplied by a gear ratio, and to control at least one of the generator and the motor on the basis of the difference value.
US12291302B2
The invention relates to an vehicle steering column internal device intended to facilitate driving in curves by modifying the alignment of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, by a transverse/lateral shift, using an eccentric rolling bearing, holding a part of the steering column shaft.
US12291298B2
An apparatus for fixing a device, in particular in the form of a display device, to an element, in particular to a handlebar of a single-lane vehicle, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding device, which is fixed to the element in a closed state. The apparatus further includes a fixing device, which is arranged on the holding device and which is configured to fix the device. And by way of a fixing element which is arranged jointly, in particular releasably, the holding device can be held in a closed state and the device is fixed to the fixing device.
US12291296B2
An object management system and locking mechanism and method, such as may be used in a bicycle rental station. The system comprises a plurality of docking stations and a terminal connected to the docking stations by a network. At least one of the docking stations includes the locking mechanism for locking a connecting member secured to a bicycle or other object. The locking mechanism comprises a locking receptacle configured to receive the connecting member; a movable member positioned in the locking receptacle, the movable member having a lockable position and an unlockable position; and a locking member having a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking member is configured to secure the movable member, the movable member is configured to secure the connecting member, and the locking member is configured to rotate to switch between the locked position and unlocked position.
US12291281B2
Methods and apparatus for transportation of equipment, generally but not necessarily limited to sporting equipment. Generally, the apparatus described herein comprises a collapsible or foldable frame adapted for installation in the bed of a pickup truck or similar vehicle, where the apparatus can be unfolded to a “deployment configuration” in which elongated equipment may be securely attached to the apparatus for transportation. The apparatus generally comprises two opposing rails with bracing and equipment storage elements mounted in between, foldable at about a midpoint for easy of storage when not in use.
US12291278B2
A jacking point structure disposed to project from a bottom surface of a vehicle and structured to be jacked up by a jacking device to provided. The jacking point structure includes a bottom including a jacking point surface structured to be lifted up first by the jacking device, and a partial contact surface disposed around the jacking point surface. The bottom of the jacking point structure may further include a curved surface between the jacking point surface and the partial contact surface.
US12291275B2
A vehicle body lower structure includes a front cross member, a rear side frame, a floor panel, and a front floor frame. The front cross member is disposed in front of a battery in a vehicle. The rear side frame is connected to an end portion of the front cross member on an outward side in a vehicle width direction. The front floor frame forms a closed cross section together with the floor panel and is coupled to the end portion of the front cross member on the outward side in the vehicle width direction.
US12291273B2
An embodiment panel assembly for a vehicle includes an inner panel configured to surround a roof, two opposite pillars, and a front side of a vehicle body of the vehicle, a first outer panel coupled to the inner panel and having a first assembling part at an end thereof, and a second outer panel coupled to surround a front side of the inner panel and having a second assembling part disposed at an end corresponding to the first assembling part and coupled to the first assembling part, wherein the first assembling part and the second assembling part are coupled to each other by fitting.
US12291271B2
An electric-vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space, extending in a front-rear direction, and including a bend portion at an intermediate portion, and a connecting member connecting the bend portion to the floor panel.
US12291266B2
An embodiment vehicle lower body includes a front lower body and a rear lower body spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, each including multiple pipes and having wheels and a suspension mounted thereto, a pair of lower body main members each having a pipe shape and spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, the pair of lower body main members connecting upper end sides of the front lower body and the rear lower body and extending in the longitudinal direction to define upper side members of the front lower body and the rear lower body, and a pair of lower body floor members each having a pipe shape and spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction, the pair of lower body floor members connecting lower end sides of the front lower body and the rear lower body.
US12291262B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle comprises an actuating unit. A steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction. A supporting unit is connectable to a motor vehicle body and in which the actuating unit is held so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction. An energy absorption device, which is incorporated between the supporting unit and the actuating unit, has an elongate energy absorption element fastened to the actuating unit or to the supporting unit via a fastening. A deformation member, which interacts with the energy absorption element, is attached to the supporting unit or to the actuating unit. In the event of a crash with a relative displacement of actuating unit and supporting unit, the deformation member brings about an energy-absorbing plastic deformation of the energy absorption element.
US12291261B2
A bearing is disposed between a steering shaft and an inner column covering at least a part of the steering shaft. The bearing includes: an inner ring supporting an outer circumference of the steering shaft and having an elastically deformable material such as a plastic-containing material; an outer ring of which at least a part faces an inner circumference of the inner column; and a roller rotatably disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing may be included in a steering apparatus.
US12291248B2
A system and method for automating railroad maintenance for a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables the automating of an adaptive maintenance process for the asset that is being maintainanced. The system can identify a railroad asset scheduled for maintenance using various forms of inspection including real-time kinematic (RTK)-corrected GPS data, radar signal processing data, and real-time imaging. The system also provides for the acquisition and upload of asset pictures for verification and analysis of a railroad asset. The system can identify a next location to perform maintenance and can calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics. The system further can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset.
US12291240B1
Techniques for determining a response of a simulated vehicle to a simulated object in a simulation are discussed herein. Log data captured by a physical vehicle in an environment can be received. Object data representing an object in the log data can be used to instantiate a simulated object in a simulation to determine a response of a simulated vehicle to the simulated object. Additionally, one or more trajectory segments in a trajectory library representing the log data can be determined and instantiated as a trajectory of the simulated object in order to increase the accuracy and realism of the simulation.
US12291239B2
A method with a SOTIF scene collection and a self-update mechanism, which is applied to a vehicle, includes a situation judging step, a scene collecting step, a modifying step, a verifying step, and an updating step. As the situation judging step judges that the sensing control dataset belongs to the accident scene dataset, the sensing control dataset collected by the scene collecting step belongs to a SOTIF scene.
US12291237B2
A trajectory planning system for an autonomous vehicle includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with one or more external vehicle networks that collect data with respect to one or more moving obstacles located in an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The one or more controllers determine, based on the discrete-time relative vehicle state, a position avoidance set representing relative lateral positions and longitudinal positions that the autonomous vehicle avoids while bypassing the one or more moving obstacles when performing a maneuver. The one or more controllers select a trajectory from the plurality of relative state trajectories for the autonomous vehicle, where the autonomous vehicle follows the trajectory while performing the maneuver.
US12291236B1
The technology relates to detection of a nearby occluded object based on illumination emitted from that object. Illumination by the occluded object of one or more areas in the surrounding area, for instance by headlights of an occluded vehicle, is detected by a perception system of a self-driving vehicle. The self-driving vehicle can classify the detected object to determine whether the illumination is caused by a vehicle or other road user, or from objects in the surrounding environment. Illumination data and other information can be evaluated by the self-driving vehicle, for instance to identify a type of the object, a location of the object along a roadway, to disambiguate the direction of travel of the other object, etc. As a result, the self-driving vehicle may infer the behavior of the other object and modify its own driving operations to account for the other object's presence and likely behavior.
US12291228B2
Provided are methods for post drop-off passenger assistance, which can include obtaining location data indicative of an environment where an autonomous vehicle is operating, determining a completion parameter indicative of a completion of a ride of the autonomous vehicle, determining, an assistance parameter indicative of an assistance of the autonomous vehicle to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle to be provided after the completion of the ride, and controlling an operation of the autonomous vehicle for assisting the passenger. Some methods described also include obtaining sensor data and controlling operation of the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor data. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
US12291224B2
An aircraft-based system for tracking and verifying control inputs from potentially incapacitated pilot stores to memory expected control input sets, e.g., control procedures for controlling an aircraft through segments of a flight plan. When pilot monitors indicate a state of potential incapacitation of a pilot (e.g., fatigue, unresponsiveness, hypoxia), the control input tracking system records any control inputs submitted via the flight deck controls by the incapacitated pilot, reviewing each recorded control input compared to expected control inputs (e.g., for the current flight segment). When a recorded control input sufficiently deviates from the corresponding expected control input (e.g., such that aircraft safety or mission criticality may be affected), the pilot and/or flight crew may receive feedback alerting to the deviant control input (e.g., which may be overridden or which may require confirmation prior to execution).
US12291218B2
Decalibration of a Lidar sensor of a vehicle is identified using a reference and verification measurement, each of which projects at least one line on a road surface. A position of the projected at least one lines from the reference and verification measurements are compared to determine whether the lines are displaced from each other by more than a specified amount, in which case degradation of the Lidar sensor is identified.
US12291211B2
A method for detecting a standstill of a vehicle includes detecting the standstill of the vehicle using at least one sensor, and, when the standstill is detected using the at least one sensor, carrying out a test routine for checking the standstill of the vehicle. The test routine uses at least one signal from at least one rate-of-rotation sensor as an input value. The method further includes rejecting the detected standstill of the vehicle when the at least one signal from the at least one rate-of-rotation sensor indicates that there is no standstill of the vehicle.
US12291210B2
Technologies and techniques for carrying out an assisted lane change onto a deceleration lane, during which an intervention in an acceleration device may be carried out in an at least partially assisted manner as a function of a driver input on a driving lane of the roadway. The lane change from the driving lane onto the deceleration lane may be carried out in an at least partially assisted manner, wherein swarm data are received from at least one further motor vehicle, which carried out a lane change onto the deceleration lane at a crossing, and a change position for the lane change of the motor vehicle is determined as a function of the received crossing position. The lane change is carried out at the determined change position. Other aspects relate to a computer program product and to an assistance system.
US12291208B2
A vehicle speed limiting device includes a control device with first and second speed limiting functions, and a first cancel function for disabling the first speed limiting function when a first condition is satisfied and the vehicle speed matches a first speed. The control device has a first cancel function canceling the second speed limiting function when an elapsed time from a first time at which the first speed limiting function is disabled by the first cancel function to a second time when the vehicle speed reaches a second speed lower than a predetermined threshold and the first condition is satisfied at the second time; or a second cancel function for disabling the second speed limiting function when a difference between the first and second speeds is smaller than a predetermined threshold and the first condition is satisfied at the second time after the first speed limiting function is disabled.
US12291207B2
A system has memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to instruct operation of at least one vehicle system (e.g., braking system, propulsion system, steering system, suspension system) in a minimum time mode for travel of the vehicle from a starting point to a destination point of a roadway. The system collects roadway data for the roadway from the starting point to the destination point. Based on the roadway data, the system determines a minimum time path from the starting point to the destination point and speed along the minimum time path. In response to a maximum acceleration input from a human driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is at the starting point, the system initiates the minimum time mode and instructs operation of at least one vehicle system to pursue the minimum time path and speed along the minimum time path from starting point to destination point.
US12291204B2
A downhill target acceleration control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes the vehicle, a road grade sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a processor. The processor stores an acceleration target value, determines the mass of the vehicle, and detects whether a downhill acceleration of the vehicle exceeds the target value by more than a threshold amount. If so, the processor is configured to receive and implement a driver-initiated change to the downhill target acceleration value, without input from the accelerator or brake. Based on the downhill acceleration, the target value, and the mass, the processor generates a negative power train torque request to reduce the downhill acceleration of the vehicle. If the acceleration of the vehicle is then below the target acceleration by more than a second threshold amount, the processor reduces the negative power train torque request to increase the downhill acceleration of the vehicle.
US12291203B2
A vehicle driving support device executes lane deviation suppression control when there is a possibility that an own vehicle deviates from a lane and when an execution prohibition condition is not satisfied, and executes the lane deviation suppression control so as to steer the own vehicle such that a behavior parameter representing a behavior of the own vehicle during the execution of the lane deviation suppression control does not exceed a behavior parameter upper limit value. The vehicle driving support device reduces the behavior parameter upper limit value or changes the execution prohibition condition such that the execution prohibition condition is not unlikely to be satisfied when the own vehicle is traveling at a speed equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, compared to when the own vehicle is traveling at a speed higher than the predetermined speed.
US12291186B2
A fuel less pneumatic and hydraulic lift system flight system provides the following systemic components. A chassis supporting an electric battery and a pressurized base hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic fluid pumping assembly fluidly coupled to the pressurized base hydraulic cylinder; a lift mechanism assembly providing an attractive levitation plate mounted to the chassis; and a repulsive levitation plate mounted to a carriage, wherein the repulsive levitation plate is disposed in a magnetic pole repulsive alignment relative to the attractive levitation plate causing a magnetic lift effect to the chassis; and a plurality of propulsions jets mounted to the chassis, wherein the plurality of propulsion jets enabling motive functionality using hydraulic fluid propulsion and pneumatic pressure via the hydraulic fluid pumping assembly in conjunction with the magnetic lift effect.
US12291185B2
An electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a first pressure chamber provided in front of a hydraulic piston and a second pressure chamber provided at a rear of the hydraulic piston, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by moving the hydraulic piston forward or backward; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic pressure supply device comprises a motor having a plurality of separate system windings for moving the hydraulic piston, and a control valve configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and when a portion of the plurality of separate system windings of the motor fails, the controller is configured to open the control valve to push the hydraulic piston so that a portion of a hydraulic pressure discharged from a pressure chamber is transferred to another pressure chamber.
US12291179B1
A foldable pedal device for vehicles enables an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module, which have different pop-up strokes, to be simultaneously popped up and hidden by operation of one actuator module and blocks introduction of moisture and foreign substances by shielding a gap between a footrest panel and the pedal module using a shield membrane.
US12291175B2
A system for cleaning sensors of a vehicle includes at least one cleaning apparatus which is configured to clean a number of sensors of a vehicle and a control apparatus which is configured to control the at least one cleaning apparatus. The control apparatus is also configured so as, on the basis of at least one situation parameter, to select a plurality of sensors which are intended to be cleaned from the number of sensors and to determine the order in which the selected plurality of sensors are intended to be cleaned.
US12291160B2
A side airbag device with a base member for an inflator to be easily fixed thereto, and a method for manufacturing same is provided. The side airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas; a base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator, and to be fixed to a vehicle body; an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface; and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes an inflator fixing portion to which the inflator is fixed and a base member fixing portion which is located in a position different from a position of the inflator fixing portion and fixed to the base member. The base member includes, at a left or right side portion thereof, a bracket fixing portion to which the mounting bracket is fixed.
US12291159B2
A knee airbag device including an airbag cushion, a storage case in which is formed a horizontally long opening part where the expanded and deployed airbag cushion pops outs, a first flap for covering the airbag cushion exposed through the opening part such that the airbag cushion is retained in the storage case, and having a first weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion during expansion and deployment, and a second flap, which is a component with a larger dimension in a length direction than the first flap and for covering an outer surface of the first flap so as to transverse in a short direction of the opening part a center part of the airbag cushion in a lateral direction, the second flap having a second weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion after rupture of the first weak part.
US12291156B2
Provided is an attachment structure for a functional component capable of easily changing a position while supplying power. An attachment structure for a functional component is the attachment structure for the functional component to be attached to an interior member of a conveyance, including: a rail member provided in the interior member and extending in a predetermined direction; and a power transmission unit provided in the rail member and the functional component includes an engagement member fixed to be slidable on the rail member and a power receiving unit disposed to face the rail member in the engagement member.
US12291155B2
A method of determining a target path according to a source electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on a vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining state information of a plurality of paths connecting the source ECU with a destination ECU, selecting the target path for target data from among the plurality of paths based on the state information, and transmitting the target data to the destination ECU through an ECU located on the selected target path, the state information including information about at least one of power consumption of an ECU located on the paths, a temperature of the ECU located on the paths, a latency of the paths, and a transmission success rate of the paths.
US12291150B2
A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head that accommodates a prismatic mirror reflective element. A camera is accommodated by the mirror head. The mirror reflective element is adhesively attached at a mirror back plate of the mirror head. An optically clear adhesive (OCA) and a neutral density (ND) filter are disposed between the mirror back plate and a mirror reflector coating disposed at a rear side of the mirror reflective element. The camera views through (i) the OCA, (ii) the ND filter, (iii) the mirror reflector coating of the mirror reflective element, and (iv) the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. With the interior rearview mirror assembly attached at an interior portion of a vehicle, image data captured by the camera is processed at an electronic control unit (ECU) for a cabin monitoring function.
US12291146B2
Vehicle trim panel having a switching function comprising a decorative front panel which conceals a switching device having switching areas defined on the decorative front panel for controlling vehicle functions and a lighting device for backlighting said switching areas. Particularly the switching device comprises a sensor foil comprising a light transmitting film wherein several independent sensing areas are configured and an elastic rubber-like portion configured to be compressed between the back side of the decorative front panel and the front side of the light guide in order to keep the sensor foil in tight contact free of air-gaps with the back side of the decorative front panel. The elastic rubber-like portion comprises first attaching means to tightly and removably attach the sensor foil to either the light guide or to the decorative front panel.
US12291143B2
A vehicle includes a display configured to emit light to a ground surface, a communicator configured to receive a movement signal of the vehicle through communication with an external terminal, and a controller communicatively connected to the communicator and configured to determine a moving area of the vehicle based on the received movement signal of the vehicle, determine a danger area and a safety area included in the moving area, and control the display to emit light to the danger area and the safety area.
US12291142B2
A light path processing element, comprising an element main body having a cut-off portion, wherein the element main body is a double-sided reflecting plate, or has a protrusion on one side and a reflecting surface on the other side. A headlamp module, comprising a low-beam illumination unit, a high-beam illumination unit, a collimating optical device, and the light path processing element, wherein light rays emitted by the low-beam illumination unit and the high-beam illumination unit can form low-beam and high-beam light patterns under the action of the light path processing element, and the low-beam and high-beam light patterns can be quickly and noiselessly switched between without needing to move the light path processing element. Further disclosed are a vehicle lamp including the headlamp module, and a vehicle including the vehicle lamp.
US12291139B2
A bracket for securing a container or an array of co-planarly adjacent containers, such as cylindrical barrels or oil drums to a transport vehicle. Each bracket can include a generally ring-shaped circular, planar body having a diameter sized to substantially match the outer diameter of the circular end of the barrel. Six movable couplings can extend radially outwardly from the peripheral sidewall of the bracket body at angularly spaced apart, but adjustable locations. The axial positions of the couplings can be reciprocatingly staggered so that couplings extending from adjacent brackets can overlap and interconnect to one another, thereby conjoining the brackets across the array. Hooked cables can secure the vehicle to the couplings.
US12291128B1
A truck includes a container with an upper portion with a plurality of photovoltaic panels mounted upon an exterior surface of the upper portion. The photovoltaic panels are mounted to permit movement from a closed position to one or more open positions. A battery is electrically coupled to the one or more photovoltaic panels to store electrical energy generated by the one or more photovoltaic panels.
US12291124B2
A method for estimating the charge state of a battery includes initializing the charge state, including estimating an initial charge state value. The initializing includes: receiving a stored charge state value for a sleep mode time of the battery, computing a charge state value from a measurement of the no-load voltage at the terminals of the battery at a wake-up time of the battery, and computing an error in the measurement of the no-load voltage due to the relaxation of the battery. The error is computed as a function of the current temperature of the battery and of a target relaxation duration modelled for each temperature. The initial value of the charge state is computed based on a comparison between the recorded and computed charge state values and as a function of the error.
US12291114B2
An electric vehicle charging plug includes a housing for connecting to an electric vehicle, a main housing, a sensor comprising at least one conductive path embedded in a wall or arranged on the surface of the housing and/or main housing, and a control unit wherein the sensor is configured to detect the crack of the housing and/or the main housing.
US12291106B2
A method for controlling an electric vehicle driven by a plurality of electric motors including a first electric motor, in which a lubricant, which is used for lubricating the electric motors and power transmission systems therefor, is used for cooling the electric motors is provided. The method includes setting torque distributions for the plurality of electric motors on the basis of a driving force required by the electric vehicle controlling the drive of the plurality of electric motors on the basis of the set torque distributions and circulating intermittently the lubricant used for cooling the first electric motor when the torque distribution set for the first electric motor is smaller than a predetermined value which is regarded as a reference value.
US12291100B2
In a method for adjusting a vehicle component a function of an operating element is selected by a first operating process and the vehicle component is adjusted by a second operating process carried out manually on the operating element. The first operating process is caused by a speech input, a gesture, and/or a gaze.
US12291097B2
A vehicle display control device that is configured to: change, in accordance with a type of shift range that has been selected, display proportions of a first display region for displaying a shift range of a vehicle and a second display region for displaying a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and display the first display region and the second display region on a display.
US12291092B2
A power storage device is a power storage device provided on a lower surface of a floor panel of a vehicle, the power storage device including: a housing case; a power storage module housed in the housing case; and a cooler housed in the housing case to cool the power storage module, wherein the housing case includes a bottom plate, a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant flows is formed in a portion of the housing case, the portion being located above the bottom plate, and the refrigerant passage is connected to the cooler.
US12291091B2
A riding lawn mower comprising, a pair of rear drive wheels, a pair of front wheels, a deck positioned between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear drive wheels, a rotatable cutting blade, and multiple battery packs removably coupled to the riding lawn mower and structured to provide power to the riding lawn mower, each battery pack graspable and removable by a user, wherein the multiple battery packs sequentially provide power to the riding lawn mower.
US12291087B2
A first molded part with a first concave-shaped part is provided on a front door, and a second molded part with a second concave-shaped part is provided on a rear door. The first and second molded parts make elastic contact with a main seal provided on an automobile body of a center pillarless automobile, to seal a gap between the doors. A rear surface of a first rear wall of the first concave-shaped part and a front surface of a second front wall of the second concave-shaped part of a sealing structure for a door of an automobile each have an upper part and an outer-cabin side part inclined toward a front part of the automobile body. The front surface makes elastic contact with the rear surface when the doors are in closed positions.
US12291078B2
The present invention relates to an air conditioning unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising a housing that is openable in a state when the air conditioning unit is mounted on the vehicle, the air conditioning unit further comprising a first air circuit within the housing, a second air circuit within the housing, an evaporator being arranged in the first air circuit and a condenser being arranged in the second air circuit, the air conditioning unit is configured such that at least two different fan arrangements, including a first fan arrangement and a second fan arrangement, can be installed in the air conditioning unit in a mutually exchangeable manner, wherein each of the at least two different fan arrangements comprising a first fan and a second fan, and, when installed in the air conditioning unit 1, the first fan is arranged in the first air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the first air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the first air circuit and the evaporator, and the second fan is arranged in the second air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the second air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the second air circuit and the condenser. The present invention further relates to a construction kit for the air conditioning unit, the construction kit including one of the fan arrangements.
US12291072B2
An air-spring assembly includes a flexible bellows extending from a top end to a bottom end and enclosing an air-spring chamber between the top end and the bottom end, a first panel partially defining the air-spring chamber and movable in response to a pressure of the air-spring chamber, an enclosure partially defining a working chamber fluidly isolated from the air-spring chamber, a second panel partially defining the working chamber and movable relative to the enclosure, and a linkage member fixed relative to the first panel and to the second panel and defining a fixed distance between the first panel and the second panel. The top and bottom ends are fixable to a frame and a wheel of a vehicle, respectively. A volume of the air-spring chamber varies with movement of the bottom end relative to the top end. Movement of the second panel changes a volume of the working chamber.
US12291066B2
A vehicle control method is provided. The vehicle includes an air suspension system, an air spring and an air storage tank in the air suspension system, which are connected through an air circuit. The method includes: obtaining a spring air pressure of the air spring and an air tank air pressure of the air storage tank; and adjusting, in response to determining that the spring air pressure and the air tank air pressure meet a preset condition, a height of an axle corresponding to the air spring in the vehicle by controlling connection or disconnection of the air circuit between the air spring and the air storage tank.
US12291058B2
The present invention is directed to additive manufacturing compositions and methods for producing additive manufacturing composite blends with oxidized discrete carbon nanotubes with dispersion agents bonded to at least one sidewall of the oxidized discrete carbon nanotubes. Such compositions are especially useful when radiation cured, sintered or melt fused.
US12291053B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data.
US12291046B2
A holding portion is held by a main body portion. The holding portion includes at least one recording head, a carriage, a cover portion, and a blowing unit. The recording head is capable of discharging ink. The carriage has a bottom wall portion to which at least one recording head is attached, and accommodates the at least one recording head. A cover portion has a facing surface facing the bottom wall portion. The blowing unit blows an air toward the facing surface so that the air reaches the recording head.
US12291045B2
A liquid ejecting device includes: a transport unit including a transporting belt at which a medium is mounted with the transporting belt in contact with a first surface of the medium, the transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, the transport unit also including a first roller and a second roller over which the transporting belt is stretched; an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid to a second surface of the medium mounted at the transporting belt downstream of the first roller in a circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the second roller; a cleaning unit configured to clean a portion of the transporting belt downstream of the second roller in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the first roller, the portion being a portion at which the medium is not mounted; and a removing unit provided upstream of the first roller in the transport direction and configured to remove deposits deposited on the medium, in which the removing unit is brought into contact with the second surface of the medium, and is brought into contact with a portion of the transporting belt where the medium is not mounted.
US12291042B2
A droplet discharge device for discharging a droplet into recess parts of a storage vessel includes a storage vessel, a discharge head configured to insert a discharge surface into a recess part and discharge droplets while moving in two horizontal directions, a mounting table, a vertical position adjusting part configured to change a relative vertical position between the head and table, a vertical position adjustment control part configured to control the adjusting part, a horizontal position detecting part configured to detect a horizontal position of the storage vessel, and a target position detecting part configured to detect, before starting discharge, a distance from a vertical reference height to a discharge target surface, wherein the control part controls, based on the detected distance, the vertical position of the head or table during the discharge such that a discharge height of the discharge surface relative to the discharge target surface stays constant.
US12291040B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an inkjet head; an ink reservoir that stores ink circulating between the inkjet head and the ink reservoir; a pressure generating unit that communicates with the inkjet head and generates a first pressure such that an internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes the first pressure; and a first fluid resistor that gives resistance to a fluid flowing through a fluid communication path between the ink reservoir and the pressure generating unit such that the internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes a second pressure.
US12291038B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid storage unit; a liquid ejection head; a liquid communication path to communicate the liquid storage unit with the liquid ejection head; and a liquid pressurization unit to supply a liquid in the liquid storage unit to the liquid ejection head through the liquid communication path by pressurization. The liquid ejection head includes: an inlet; a pressure chamber; and a circulation path through which the liquid supplied from the liquid communication path is circulated. The circulation path includes a supply channel, the pressure chamber, a collection channel, a circulation pump, and a pressure adjustment unit. The circulation pump is disposed at a position which is higher in the direction of gravity than a liquid inlet provided in a liquid channel extending from the liquid storage unit to the pressure adjustment unit and where the circulation pump is not in contact with the inlet.
US12291031B2
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle forming member having a nozzle configured to discharge liquid; an opening and closing member configured to open and close the nozzle; a piezoelectric body configured to expand and contract in an axial direction in response to a drive voltage so as to actuate the opening and closing member such that the nozzle is opened and closed; a first housing member having a cylindrical shape and configured to house the piezoelectric body; and a ground member configured to contact an inner side of the first housing member.
US12291030B2
A recording device includes: a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to a medium, a first dot that is a dot of a reaction liquid; a second nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to the medium to which the reaction liquid is discharged, a second dot that is a dot of ink containing a color material that coagulates with the reaction liquid; and a control unit configured to control discharging of the first dot by the first nozzle group and discharging of the second dot by the second nozzle group, in which the control unit controls arrangement, on the medium, of the first dot discharged by the first nozzle group so as to be more regular than arrangement, on the medium, of the second dot discharged by the second nozzle group.
US12291028B2
A printing apparatus includes: a print head that includes a plurality of nozzles ejecting an ink and performs printing on a print target; and at least one processor that controls an ejection operation of the print head based on ejection specification data defining ejection of the ink. At least a “first mode” and a “second mode” are provided with respect to the application of the ejection specification data, and the processor switches between the “first mode” and the “second mode” based on a set printing density.
US12291027B2
A liquid discharging apparatus has: a discharging section that discharges a liquid when at least one of a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element is driven; In a first mode in which the driving signal is output from the second output portion, the switch control circuit controls the first switch so as not to create a continuity and controls the second switch so as to create a continuity. In a second mode in which the constant-voltage signal is output from the second output portion, the switch control circuit controls the first switch so as to create a continuity and controls the second switch so as not to create a continuity.
US12291022B2
A printing apparatus includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction; a printing unit configured to cause ink to adhere to the medium to perform printing; and a blowing device including an air blowing port and configured to blow air from the air blowing port to the medium to which the ink adheres. A guide member is disposed, at the air blowing port, downstream in an air blowing direction. Of end portions of the guide member, a third end portion that faces the medium extends along the transport direction.
US12291009B2
The present invention discloses means and methods for manufacturing a multilayer of liquid crystal dispersion film using releasable supporting films and means and methods for manufacturing a haze-free and low-cost multi liquid crystal-layer PDLC, LCDP, PSLC or polymer network using reliable supporting films.
US12291007B2
A structural body including a plurality of convex-shaped rubber-elastic resonant portions, and a sheet-like support that supports the resonant portions. A specific gravity of the resonant portions is 1.0 g/cm3 or more and 3.0 g/cm3 or less, a height of the resonant portions is from 50 μm to 100 mm, and an areal density of the support is 1.0 kg/m2 or less.
US12291005B2
A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, on the inner surface of the first pane, a coating-free edge region which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from a side edge of the first pane over at least 5 mm to at most 25 mm on the inner surface, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer includes a transparent region and a colored region, the colored region being arranged at least in the entire coating-free edge region.
US12291003B2
A system, apparatus, process, or machine for forming a container for containing a cold fluid. The container includes a sidewall construct that includes an inner sidewall extending at least partially around an interior of the container, an outer sleeve attached to the inner sidewall, and a cavity defined between the inner sidewall and the outer sleeve. The container also includes a closed bottom defining a bottom of the interior of the container, and insulating features that include the cavity and a plurality of annular bands, each annular band of the plurality of annular bands includes a spacer that extends in the cavity from the inner sidewall to the outer sleeve. Adjacent bands define a respective pocket of a plurality of pockets in the cavity such that the insulating features maintain a desired temperature of the cold fluid.
US12291001B2
To provide an insole more easily fitting to a purchaser's foot. A method for manufacturing an insole comprises: a first step of forming a footprint resin portion 12 having a footprint shape having a predetermined thickness using a thermoplastic resin which melts at a predetermined temperature; a second step of performing shrink processing such that the footprint resin portion 12 is covered with a film, and thereafter vacuum packing the footprint resin portion covered with the film in a nylon polyethylene bag; a third step of heating the insole 10 manufactured through the first step and the second step at a predetermined temperature; and a fourth step of attaching the insole 10 having the footprint resin portion 12 melt by the third step to the inside of a shoe 2 of a user, and hardening the footprint resin portion 12 by leaving the shoe 2 stand for a predetermined time period while the user is wearing the shoe 2.
US12290995B2
The present invention relates to method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, the method comprising the steps of providing a first shell half and a second shell half, providing a shear web having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and attaching the first edge of the shear web to an inner surface of the first shell half. One or more guide members are mounted onto an inner surface of the second shell half for guiding the shear web, each guide member comprising a hollow body and a guiding surface.
US12290993B2
An object is to provide a composite pre-bonding treatment method that stabilizes quality of a bonded part. The present disclosure provides a composite pre-bonding treatment method performed when bonding a composite material to a member. The method includes: (S2) attaching an absorber adapted to absorb a contaminant to a surface of a prepreg laminate that is a precursor of the composite material; (S3) covering the prepreg laminate with a packaging material from above the absorber; (S4) vacuuming the packaging material and heating the prepreg laminate at a temperature lower than a curing temperature of a prepreg; (S5) then removing the packaging material; (S6) peeling off the absorber; (S7) attaching, to a surface of the prepreg laminate with the absorber peeled off, a release member that does not transfer silicone or fluorine to a resin, and then (S9) curing the prepreg laminate to mold the composite material; and (S11) peeling off the release member from the composite material before bonding the member.
US12290992B2
Provided is a laminate that includes a thin-film structure having a fine concave-convex structure at its surface, can be distributed on the market so that the thin-film structure is usable by a customer without staining or fracturing, and can be prevented from degradation even after storage. A laminate comprises a thin-film structure and holding films, wherein a first holding film is laminated on one surface of the thin-film structure and a second holding film is laminated on the other surface of the thin-film structure, the thin-film structure has fine concave-convex structures at both surfaces, and 0
US12290983B2
A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include a first supply configured to hold a liquid matrix, a second supply configured to hold a continuous reinforcement, and a wetting module configured to separately receive the liquid matrix and the continuous reinforcement from the first and second supplies, respectively, and to discharge a composite material including the continuous reinforcement wetted with the liquid matrix. The wetting module may include a body forming an internal chamber having an upstream open end and a downstream open end, an entrant nozzle disposed within the upstream open end and configured to receive the continuous reinforcement, and an exit nozzle disposed within the downstream closed end and configured to discharge the composite material.
US12290981B2
The invention relates to a 3D printing method for the layer-by-layer fabrication of objects using laser transfer printing, and to a 3D printing device for carrying out the method. According to the method, a printing compound (54) applied to a carrier cylinder (51) is irradiated with a laser (50), detached, and transferred to a base plate (27). The resulting printing compound layers are subsequently cured and the process repeated until the object is completely built up. Using said claimed method, objects can be printed from a variety of possible printing materials with high throughput (over 1 kg/h) without affecting the print quality.
US12290978B2
An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a carriage that deposits material in a defined pattern and a building platform that receives material deposited from the carriage. The carriage includes a pre-heating assembly with a plurality of pre-heating chambers and a printing block with a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of printing heads. The carriage is equipped with more pre-heating chambers than head slots.
US12290976B2
A method of controlling a device for conveying thermoplastic material preforms for use in a heat treatment oven and such a device for conveying preforms including at least one principal wheel and one auxiliary wheel at least one of which is driven in rotation to move at least one transport device to which are connected in movement holding device each configured to cooperate with a preform. In example embodiments, the holding device is adapted to be actuated relative to a preform- or vice versa-between an inactive position and an active holding position. In example embodiments, the at least one principal wheel of the conveyor device includes electric actuators that selectively drive at least in rotation the holding device in such a manner as to index said preform in a reference position.
US12290967B2
An object of the invention is to provide a method for conditioning a surface of a molded article. The present invention relates to a combination of a mold used for curing a thermosetting resin and a release film placed between the thermosetting resin and the mold during the curing. The release film comprises a base layer formed of a thermoplastic resin and a surface layer formed of a particle-containing fluororesin and laminated to the face which is placed during the curing on the side of the thermosetting resin among the two faces of the base layer. The mold has an irregularity formed on the face brought into contact with the release film during the curing.
US12290964B2
A 3D-configured production structure of rubber products based on an intelligent manufacturing unit and a production method thereof. The structure includes a stereoscopic production warehouse used to store a mobile intelligent manufacturing unit and an ex-warehouse delivery system used to deliver the mobile intelligent manufacturing unit. The mobile intelligent manufacturing unit includes a unit functional assembly, a molding vulcanization apparatus, a blank feeder, a material-delivering apparatus, a product-collecting apparatus and a reclaimer. The molding vulcanization apparatus includes a upper heat plate, a upper mold, a lower mold, a lower heat plate and a support post. The upper mold and the lower mold are arranged on the inner sides of the upper heat plate and the lower heat plate, respectively. The upper heat plate is fixed on one end of the support post, and the lower heat plate is arranged through the support post.
US12290958B2
Provided is a mold cooling system for the manufacturing of ceramic parts by freeze-casting including: a source (1) of cooling gas; a cooling gas cooling medium (7) fluidically connected to the cooling gas source (1); and a cooling cell (5), fluidly connected to the cooling gas cooling medium (7), including a mold (9) in its interior, wherein the cooling cell (5) includes a refrigerated cooling gas injection opening. Thus, a mold cooling system is provided for the manufacturing of ceramic parts by freeze-casting including the stages of: refrigerating a cooling gas coming from a cooling gas source (1); and injecting a cooling gas that is refrigerated in a cooling cell (5) including a mold (9) in its interior.
US12290946B2
A folding knife comprises a shank, a blade, a sleeve, a T-shaped lock lever, a cover plate, and an adjusting screw. The shank comprises a left handle and a right handle defining a storage slot. The sleeve has a guide hole and a guide slot. The T-shaped lock lever has a button lever and a guide lever, and the guide lever comprises a first lock catch and a second lock catch. The lock lever is installed in the guide hole. The blade has a lock hole. The cover plate is located on a right side of the right handle and is connected to a right end of the sleeve by adjusting screws.
US12290936B2
A numerical controller uses specifications to control position-controlled axes of a production machine and determines a current group of position setpoint values and groups of position setpoint values expected for a forecast horizon. The numerical controller checks for the risk of a collision between at least one element moved by the position-controlled axes and at least one other element. The numerical controller carries out the same check for the expected groups. If there is no risk of collision, it stores the expected groups in a braking path memory and uses the current group. If there is the risk of a collision, it changes the axes along a path to a standstill defined by the braking path memory and braking is effected along a path which has been previously checked for the risk of a collision and for which no risk of a collision has been detected.
US12290929B2
A method includes using at least one processor to detect that a tool coupled to an end effector of a robot having multiple joints is contacting a surface. The robot includes multiple joint motors configured to control multiple motions of the multiple joints. One or more control systems are configured to control each of the joint motors in a joint position mode. The method also includes identifying, via the at least one processor, a first joint of the multiple joints in response to detecting that the tool is contacting the surface. The method also includes sending, via the at least one processor, a command to at least one of the one or more control systems associated with a first joint motor of the multiple joint motors that corresponds to the first joint. The command is configured to cause the at least one of the one or more control systems to operate in a torque mode. The method also includes sending, via the at least one processor, a joint torque value to the at least one of the one or more control systems. The at least one of the one or more control systems is configured to cause the first joint to apply the joint torque value via the first joint motor.
US12290920B2
An arm module includes a housing with a first connection side controllably rotatable relative to a second connection side, about an axis of rotation. The first connection side has a rotatable first connection device. The second connection side has a second connection device fixed to the housing, with a rotation-compatible data transmission device for transmitting data signals along at least one transmission path between the first and second connection sides. The transmission path includes at least one wireless transmission sub-path for wireless transmission of data signals, and at least one wire-guided transmission sub-path for wire-guided transmission of data signals. The rotation-compatible data transmission device includes at least one first wireless transmission unit and at least one second wireless transmission unit, interconnected via the transmission path and arranged to wirelessly transmit and receive data signals along the wireless transmission sub-path. An industrial robot can have a plurality of such arm modules.
US12290906B2
An empty-firing prevention safety device for a nail gun includes: a gun body including an actuating space and a nail groove; a trigger, capable of being pressed, located in the actuating space; and a connecting rod pivoted to the gun body and capable of being moved between an actuating position and a locking position, and including: a sensing portion located in or away from the nail groove, and a limit portion located in the actuating space and facing the abutting portion, when the connecting rod is in the actuating position, the sensing portion moves out of the nail groove, the limit portion is misaligned with the abutting portion, allowing the trigger to be pressed, when the connecting rod is in the locking position, the sensing portion is located in the nail groove, and the limit portion is aligned with the abutting portion, so that the trigger cannot be pressed.
US12290901B2
An impact tool includes a hammer that is rotated by a motor and energized toward a front side from a spindle by a cam mechanism and a spring, and an anvil that is struck by the hammer. The hammer includes a main body part, and claw parts extending forward from the main body part, and tapered surfaces are formed such that an inner diameter side end of each of the claw parts of the main body part is located on the front side relative to an outer diameter side end of the claw part. The tapered surfaces are formed, on an outer peripheral side of a front facing surface of the hammer, in such a shape that the tapered surfaces recede as separating in a radial direction from a rotation axis.
US12290896B2
A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad during a polishing process, and a temperature control system including a source of a fluid medium and one or more openings positioned over the platen and separated from the polishing pad and configured for the fluid medium to flow onto the polishing pad to heat or cool the polishing pad.
US12290889B2
An apparatus for replacing at least one tooth of a gear includes an elongate anchoring lip having a laterally extending lip body with at least one anchoring hole extending longitudinally therethrough. The lip body is bounded within a lateral plane by transversely spaced front and rear lip faces and laterally spaced first and second side edges. A tooth block extends longitudinally from a selected one of the front and rear lip faces. The tooth block includes at least one replacement gear tooth extending longitudinally therealong. The tooth block is spaced laterally apart from at least one of the first and second side edges, with at least a portion of the lip body extending laterally between the tooth block and the at least one of the first and second side edges.
US12290886B2
An arc start adjustment device adjusting an arc start procedure in a welding process comprises an obtainment unit that obtains welding data indicating a welding state during or after a welding process, and a procedure adjustment unit that adjusts the arc start procedure such that the cycle time of the welding process is shortened based on welding data obtained by the obtainment unit.
US12290879B2
A method for shaping a thin-film photovoltaic cell module from a photovoltaic cell sheet according to a predetermined contour of the module, where the cell sheet includes a flexible substrate based on a polymer or metal foil and a photovoltaic stack including one or more photo-active layers arranged on a front surface of the substrate. The method includes: providing the cell sheet, directing a laser beam towards a rear surface of the substrate; creating, by the laser beam, a trench in the rear surface, the trench shaped according to the contour such that the cell sheet is “divided” in a first portion within the contour and a second portion outside the contour; affixing a handling tool to one of the portions of the cell sheet on the rear surface of the substrate; selectively separating the portions by displacing the handling tool and one portion relative to the other portion.
US12290873B2
An additive friction stir deposition machine and the method of using it. The friction stir deposition machine has a stationary tool with a fixed shoulder and an opening. The fixed shoulder is fixed from rotation with respect to a substate onto which feedstock material is deposited to build a layer. A guide tube holds the feedstock material and is rotatable within the stationary tool. The opening in the stationary shoulder circumscribes the open end of the guide tube. The feedstock material is co-rotatable with the guide tube and rotating the guide tube rotates with the feedstock.
US12290869B2
A tipped saw blade includes a disc-shaped base metal and a plurality of tips. Each tip has an edge selected from a flat edge, a left beveled edge, and a right beveled edge. The tips are positioned circumferentially adjacent each other about a radially outer periphery of the base metal. Each flat edge includes a cutting edge that is oriented parallel to a thickness direction of the base metal. Each left beveled edge and each right beveled edge include a corresponding cutting edge that is inclined with respect to the thickness direction of the base metal. Cutting edge line lengths correspond to the lengths at which the cutting edges come in contact with a workpiece when cutting a workpiece. The cutting edges have the following relationship: (sum of cutting edge line lengths of the plurality of beveled edges)≤[((cutting edge line length of one of the flat edges)−(kerf thickness+1.5))×(number of the plurality of flat edges)×1.2].
US12290856B2
The invention relates to a method for additively manufacturing, wherein an irradiation path of the impinging beam deviates during the feed from a, in particular straight, feed centre line M, wherein at least one line P parallel to M or corresponding to M is successively crossed by the irradiation path at three points P1, P2 and P3, so that applies: P2 lies further forward in the feed direction than P1 and P3 lies between P1 and P2, at a distance p1 from P1 and a distance p2 from P2, where: p2/p1≥2.0, preferably p2/p1≥3.5.
US12290855B2
The invention relates to a single-piece feeder body for use as a component of a two-part or multi-part telescopic feeder insert in metal casting, having a feeder wall which at least partially delimits a feeder cavity for receiving liquid metal, wherein the feeder wall has a passage opening for the liquid metal into the feeder cavity, and an outer surface on which there are arranged at least one outwardly projecting holding element and at least one guide part with a sliding section for a feeder element which corresponds with the feeder body, wherein the guide part has a supporting section which protrudes outwardly on the outer surface and which, adjoining the sliding section of the guide part for guiding the feeder element, extends in the direction of the passage opening.
US12290851B2
An electrically assisted forming process and device for a high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe includes a die sleeve, wiring terminals, a pulse power supply, a die seat, sealing baffle plates, a drawing die, and a cooling water circulation chamber. A process for forming a high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe includes first, graphite or fusible metal, i.e., an aluminum rod, is introduced into a high-strength metal alloy pipe to be drawn to fill the whole pipe; and then, pulse current is introduced into a plastic deformation area of the thin-walled pipe. A cooling device can be provided to achieve a good cooling effect. The thin-walled pipe with corresponding length is cut according to a production requirement after processing is completed, and annealing treatment is performed in a vacuum heat treatment furnace.
US12290843B2
Method and sorting system for sorting out waste glass cullet with a higher content of iron oxide from a single-layer material stream of waste glass cullet. The material stream contains waste glass cullet with a higher and a lower content of iron oxide. The material stream is irradiated with visible light and the visible transmission light passing through the waste glass cullet is detected, the material stream is irradiated with infrared light in a frequency range of at least 1100-1200 nm and the infrared transmission light passing through the waste glass cullet is detected, a waste glass cullet is classified as having a higher content of iron oxide if the ratio of the intensity of the infrared transmission light to the intensity of the visible transmission light exceeds or falls below a predetermined threshold value, and the cullet classified in this way is separated from other waste glass cullet.
US12290835B2
The present disclosure provides embodiments of processes and methods for stabilizing self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). In the present disclosure, a cyclic vapor deposition process is used to selectively deposit a polymer thin film on a SAM structure formed on a target material. The polymer thin film selectively deposited on the SAM structure stabilizes the SAM structure by: (a) healing defects in the SAM structure and providing blanket coverage over the target material surface, (b) preventing migration of SAM-forming molecules to neighboring non-target surfaces, and (c) increasing the thickness and rigidity of the SAM structure. In one embodiment, sequentially pulsed initiated chemical vapor deposition (spiCVD) is used to selectively deposit the polymer thin film on the SAM structure.
US12290834B2
A slot die has a die gap which is formed by a first die surface and a second die surface where the second die surface opposes the first die surface. The die gap extends in a width direction and has a height. At least the first die surface has variable degrees of roughness in the width direction.
US12290831B2
A gluing station for applying glue to product elements guided in a product stream is intended to permit continuation of the production process and gluing of the product elements in a particularly simple and reliable manner even after a temporary machine stop or production standstill. For this purpose, according to the invention, a moistening system is assigned to a glue application roller that can roll on the product stream. During operation of the gluing station, in the event of a stopped product stream, the glue application roller is pivoted away from the product stream and the transfer roller for the duration of the standstill and is kept rotating, whereby the surface of the glue application roller is moistened.
US12290825B2
The invention relates to a device for applying a viscous substance, in particular for the purposes of cosmetics, writing, painting, drawing, and/or marking, with a tank (40) for storing a liquid substance, a pump cage (42) arranged within the tank (40), an application apparatus (2), and a conveying device (3), which is configured such as to convey the substance out of the tank (40) to the application device. According to the invention, provision is made for the conveying device (3) to comprise a cylinder (10), a piston (30) arranged such as to be axially displaceable in the cylinder, a pump plunger (20) for the axial displacement of the piston (30) and having a plunger hole (26), a first connection channel (41) between the cylinder (10) pump cage (42) and the tank (40), and a second connection channel (21) between the cylinder (10) pump cage (42) and the application apparatus (2), plunger hole (26) the piston (30) to be adjustable in relation to the pump plunger (20), for the piston (30) to open or close the first connection channel (41) depending on the setting in relation to the cylinder (10), and for the piston (30), depending on the position in relation to the pump plunger (20), to open or close the second connection channel (21).
US12290824B2
A solid bowl screw centrifuge includes a housing and a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing. The centrifuge has a rotatable drum having an axis of rotation, the drum having a cylindrical section having a length L1 and a conical section having a length L2. The centrifuge also has a first inlet for feeding a suspension to be processed into the drum and a liquid outlet arranged in the cylindrical section of the drum and a solids outlet arranged in the conical section of the drum. A screw is arranged in the drum and rotatable at a differential speed relative to the rotatable drum, the drum and the screw together forming the rotor. The centrifuge also a second inlet for supplying an additive to a solid phase within the drum.
US12290821B2
Electric pulse decomposition method, composite material, and composite material decomposition method
An electric pulse decomposition method for separating a composite material by an electric pulse, the composite material being obtained by bonding or joining a plurality of conductors to each other with an insulating member, the electric pulse decomposition method including a protrusion formation step for forming a protrusion in a specific site, on a side on which the composite material is arranged, of at least one of the plurality of conductors, and a separation step for separating the plurality of conductors in the composite material 1 by respectively bringing electrodes into contact with surfaces of the plurality of conductors and applying an electric pulse between the electrodes to destroy the insulating member. This makes it possible to separate the plurality of conductors from the composite material by making a shock wave caused by a current of the dielectric breakdown functioning as an adhesive to effectively destroy the insulating member.
US12290816B2
A system and method facilitates transfers of specimen containers (e.g., vials with caps) between storage cassettes and carrier cassettes. The storage cassettes are designed to be stored in cryogenic refrigerators while the carrier cassettes are designed to be temporarily stored in a portable carrier. Identification information is read from wireless transponders carried by the specimen containers. Visual mappings of the positions of the specimen container in the cassettes is provided. Presence and position of the specimen containers in the cassettes is verified, and alerts of inconsistencies provided along with corrective commands. Inventories of specimen container and even specific specimen holders are provided.
US12290808B2
The object of the present invention is a microfluidic method for cleaning and/or regenerating at least one microfluidic sensor comprising at least one glass microchannel forming a microfluidic circuit and at least two electrodes, comprising at least the following steps of cleaning the microfluidic circuit, comprising at least the circulation of a fluid sample in the microchannel; and step of cleaning the microfluidic circuit, comprising at least the circulation of a nitric acid solution in the microchannel.
US12290807B2
An incubation segment in a microfluidic chip for microbiological assays, wherein said incubation segment is formed in a substrate with an upper major face and a lower major face, said segment includes an incubation well, an inlet channel through which a sample may be inputted into said incubation well, and a gas cavity connected to said incubation well by a microfluidic communication channel, wherein said gas cavity is unvented and the base of the gas cavity is connected to the base of the incubation well by the communication channel.
US12290800B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of co-crystallized pentasil zeolite and zeolite mordenite (hereinafter “MFI/MOR zeolites”). This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products are, or contain, co-crystallized MFI/MOR zeolites, whereas in the absence of the ODSO, the resulting products are analcime, typically considered a zeolite impurity.
US12290794B2
A shaped sorbent is described comprising a plurality of layers of photopolymerised resin containing particles of a sorbent material. The shaped sorbent may be used as a getter for use in gettering one or more contaminants in a sealed enclosure.
US12290793B2
The invention refers to the process of obtaining porous spheres based on CaO modified with carbon nanotubes for the capture of CO2. The invention also refers to the spheres obtained and their use to capture CO2 generated by a vehicular internal combustion engine, aiming to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere.
US12290792B2
In order to provide a treatment apparatus that can efficiently perform microwave irradiation, a treatment apparatus includes: a vessel made of a microwave-reflecting material, and having a first end and an irradiation opening portion, which is an emitting portion of microwaves that are emitted into the vessel; a first filter located so as to partition the vessel, and configured to separate solids that are to be separated, from the contents of the vessel; and a first reflecting member located closer to the first end than the emitting portion is and so as to partition the vessel, and configured to allow at least the contents having passed through the first filter to pass through the first reflecting member, and to reflect microwaves.
US12290790B2
A mixing method using a manufacturing apparatus having a mixing machine having a support defining a receiving housing including a first and a second receiving locations configured to receive a first and a second deformable capsules, respectively, the first and second capsules configured to be fluidly linked and containing respectively a first and a second formulations and a second formulations, an actuation system configured to transmit a pressure force to the first and second capsules to move the content of the first capsule in the second capsule, and vice versa, the mixing machine includes a heater element configured to heat at least one of the first and second capsules when received in the mixing machine, the method includes: heating and/or kneading alternately or simultaneously, setting in motion of the actuation system and heating by the heater element, and maintaining a withdrawal temperature by the heater element, without motion of the actuation system.
US12290783B2
Gaseous carbon compounds can be converted to carbon neutral or negative products using biological processes to metabolise the gaseous carbon compounds or use thermochemical processes to convert gaseous carbon compounds to syngas followed by thermochemical or biological processes to produce products. The gaseous carbon compounds include a mixture of CO2 and CH4 from either a single source, or two or more different sources. Separate biological processes are incorporated to process different gaseous carbon compounds. A gaseous carbon compound produced as a by-product of one biological process can be used as at least part of the feedstock for another process. A renewable energy system can be provided to power equipment. A control system can be used to control flow of gaseous carbon compounds and reactants entering the entire carbon processing systems to provide mass balanced quantities of gaseous carbon compounds and reactants in each processing system and/or between processing systems.
US12290781B2
An air dryer includes a pair of main air dryer dehumidification tanks in which a dehumidification process and a regeneration process are alternately performed; a main compressor for compressing wet air to supply the wet air to an inlet line; a first direction switching valve unit; a regeneration special dryer; a second direction switching valve unit; a heating unit; and a cooler, wherein a path of cooled dry air passing through the cooler is connected to the inlet line.
US12290777B2
A filter screen component, a base assembly, a clothes dryer, and a washing and drying integrated machine. The filter screen component comprises a motor and a filter screen part; the filter screen part comprises an annular filter screen body having holes; one end of the filter screen body is connected to a rotary shaft of the motor, and the other end is provided with an opening. The filter screen component, the base assembly, the clothes dryer, and the washing and drying integrated machine can not only effectively filter impurities such as soft flocks in an air flow, but also require, when cleaning the impurities such as soft flocks, no additional cleaning parts or manual cleaning; the cleaning is thoroughly completed.
US12290769B2
The present disclosure relates to a diester-based material production unit including a reaction device in which an esterification reaction of dicarboxylic acid and a primary alcohol is performed, a column in which the gas-liquid separation of the primary alcohol and the water introduced is performed, a heat exchanger installed on a gas phase line of the column to remove heat of the gas phase line, a flash drum in which separation of a liquid phase and a gas phase is performed in the mixture stream including the primary alcohol and the water, a condenser installed on the flash drum upper line, and a layer separator in which the layer separation of a mixture of a liquefied primary alcohol and water into an organic layer and an aqueous layer is performed, wherein one or more lines through which recirculated primary alcohol from the flash drum and the layer separator flows are connected to an upper portion of the column. According to the present invention, a coolant usage amount can be reduced and a rheological problem can be eliminated since a liquid phase and a gas phase coexist in a pipe.
US12290768B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out mass transfer processes, comprising a column having at least two inlet pipes for introducing a gaseous phase, where separation-active internals are accommodated in the column and a column section extends from the at least two inlet pipes to the separation-active internals, in which section a coverage of a cross-sectional area of the column is less than 25%, based on the total cross-sectional area, and where the at least two inlet pipes have a height offset which corresponds to not more than three times an inlet pipe diameter and the at least two inlet pipes are at an angle (α) of from 60° to 150° to one another and have asymmetry with respect to one another. The invention further relates to a use of the apparatus and also a method for designing the apparatus.
US12290762B2
A system for preparing solutions for chromatography application is disclosed. The system comprises a T-joint for preparing a buffer solution by mixing at least one first solution and a second solution. The T-joint receives the second solution from a solution supply unit connected to the T-joint. Further one or more low pressure pumps supply the one or more first solutions into the T-joint. The high pressure pump collects the buffer solution and delivers it to a chromatography apparatus.
US12290757B2
An information exchange method and a related apparatus include a game picture that may be displayed that includes a candidate skill region, a target skill determined based on a skill selection operation for the candidate skill region, a virtual joystick object displayed on the game picture, and when a movement operation for the virtual joystick object is detected, at least one skill generation position of the target skill is calculated based on the movement operation. A skill effect model of the target skill is generated at the at least one skill generation position when a cast operation for the virtual joystick object is detected. A user may control a plurality of skill effect model generation positions of a game skill through the virtual joystick object, so that precision of information exchange can be improved.
US12290751B2
Method and system for generating virtual maps. For example, the method includes determining first real-world driving characteristics based upon first real-world telematics data of a first real-world user, determining first real-world geolocation characteristics based upon first real-world geolocation data of the first real-world user, generating a first virtual map based upon the first real-world driving characteristics and the first real-world geolocation characteristics, presenting the first virtual map in a virtual game, determining second real-world driving characteristics based upon second real-world telematics data of a second real-world user, determining second real-world geolocation characteristics based upon second real-world geolocation data of the second real-world user, generating a second virtual map based upon the second real-world driving characteristics and the second real-world geolocation characteristics, and presenting the second virtual map in the virtual game.
US12290743B2
An ice and snow dual-purpose sliding device includes: a shoe cover main body. An accommodating cavity is disposed on a top of the shoe cover main body. The accommodating cavity is matched with a shoe and configuring to receive the shoe. A bottom of the shoe cover main body includes a first area, a second area, and a third area. The second area is horizontally disposed. Two sliding devices are disposed on the second area in a protruding mode. The two sliding devices are in a rail shape to slide on an ice surface or a snowfield. First accelerating devices are detachably disposed on the two sliding devices. Second accelerating devices are detachably disposed on the first area. Braking devices are detachably disposed on the third area. The first area and the third area incline upwards relative to the second area.
US12290730B2
A connected hockey training system that records and generates digital displays of the position and parameters of a smart hockey puck. The system is also configured to providing training programs about which the smart hockey puck is used to track progress of those training tasks and generate a score or other statistical parameters related thereto, such as feedback on stickhandling and shooting performance.
US12290725B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a face portion, and a periphery. The bottom portion may include a forward portion and a rear protrusion at or proximate the rear portion. The rear protrusion may project downward from the periphery and extend longitudinally in a rear-to-front direction. The rear protrusion may include a front-side portion. A toe-side portion may extend rearwardly from the front-side portion towards the rear portion. The rear protrusion may also include a heel-side portion extending rearwardly from the front-side portion towards the rear portion. A weight port may be defined by the rear protrusion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12290716B2
Disclosed is a tongue strengthening device that includes a handle on one end and a bulb structure on the other end. The bulb is resiliently flexible, and enables a user to exercise their tongue by repeatedly compressing and releasing the bulb. Provided is a system or kit that includes multiple tongue strengthening devices having different compression specifications that allow a patient to graduate to devices which are harder to compress as the patient gains tongue strength.
US12290713B2
The present disclosure provides a rotary dumbbell. The rotary dumbbell includes a handle part, a base part, weight parts arranged at two ends of the handle part respectively, and a transmission self-locking mechanism and a driven mechanism which are arranged at the two ends of the handle part respectively and abut against the weight parts respectively. The transmission self-locking mechanism includes a transmission assembly and a self-locking ring; the transmission assembly includes a planetary gear transmission mechanism, a first output screw, a long nut and a first screw spline. The driven mechanism includes a decorative ring, a second handle flange, a second transition flange and a driven assembly. The driven assembly includes a second output screw and a second screw spline; the weight parts are provided with weight plates with a dovetail groove structure; and the base part is provided with an unlocking thimble.
US12290711B2
Siloxane-triazoleglucoside and glucoside surfactant formulations for fire-fighting foam applications
The compound below may be used in a fire-fighting formulation along with a poly(glucoside)-alkane, a poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether, and water. The value n is 2 or 3, R is a C3-C9 alkylene group, X is —O— or —N(COCH3)—, and c is a positive integer. It may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with acetic anhydride, propargyl alcohol, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane. Alternatively, it may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with propargylamine, acetic anhydride, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane.
US12290704B2
Radiation treatment planning includes accessing values of parameters such as a number of beams to be directed into sub-volumes in a target, beam directions, and beam energies. Information that specifies limits for the radiation treatment plan are accessed. The limits include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target. Other limits can include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume in the target, a limit on dose rate for each sub volume in the target, and a limit on dose rate for each sub-volume outside the target. The values of the parameters are adjusted until the irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target satisfies the maximum limit on irradiation time.
US12290702B2
A method of accumulating radium radionuclides, comprising providing a first solution including thorium radionuclides and a thorium-binding extractant, wherein the first solution does not bind to radium, allowing a portion of the thorium radionuclides in the first solution to decay into radium atoms and collecting radium atoms resulting from the decay. The collected radium atoms may be included in a solution in which brachytherapy sources are dipped, in a manner which collects the radium atoms onto the source.
US12290695B2
A system for treating chronic inflammation may include an implantable microstimulator, a wearable charger, and optionally an external controller. The implantable microstimulator may be implemented as a leadless neurostimulator implantable in communication with a cervical region of a vagus nerve. The microstimulator can address several types of stimulation including regular dose delivery. The wearable charger may be worn around the subject's neck to rapidly (<10 minutes per week) charge an implanted microstimulator. The external controller may be configured as a prescription pad that controls the dosing and activity of the microstimulator.
US12290690B2
A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a patch antenna integrated into a housing, is described. The housing includes an annular wall that contains electronic circuitry of the biostimulator and provides a ground plane of the antenna. The patch antenna includes a meandering trace embedded in a curved dielectric layer that is mounted on the annular wall. The trace provides a conductor of the antenna and the dielectric layer provides a dielectric substrate of the antenna between the conductor and the ground plane. The electronic circuitry contained within the annular wall is electrically connected to the trace via an electrical feedthrough that passes through the annular wall and the dielectric layer. The electrical feedthrough places the electronic circuitry in communication with the antenna to transmit or receive wireless communication signals from an external device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US12290689B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for an electrical sensing, pacing, and ablation device comprising a bendable and stretchable balloon catheter and a bendable and stretchable first layer connected to or embedded in said balloon catheter, where the first layer has an electrode array with a plurality of electrodes. The is also a bendable and stretchable second layer connected to or embedded in the balloon catheter, and the second layer has a pressure sensor array with a plurality of pressure sensors.
US12290679B2
An exemplary electrode lead includes a flexible body formed of a flexible insulating material and that comprises a fantail region that connects to a cochlear implant configured to be implanted within a recipient and that extends to a ground electrode located toward a proximal end of the electrode lead, an electrode contact disposed on a side of the flexible body, a coiled electrode wire provided within the flexible body so as to extend along a length of the flexible body and electrically connect the electrode contact to a signal source, and a coiled reinforcing element provided within the flexible body so as to extend together with the coiled electrode wire along the length of the flexible body. The coiled reinforcing element may only be provided within a proximal portion of the electrode lead. Corresponding methods of manufacturing an electrode lead are also described.
US12290666B2
Methods, devices, and components are provided to reduce tissue resistive pressure during a subcutaneous drug delivery operation by increasing the size of the injection cavity by partially retracting the drug delivery member after inserting the drug delivery member to a subcutaneous position. The drug delivery devices described herein include a resilient member that interacts between stationary and moveable components of the drug delivery device. The drug delivery device include drives to move the stationary and moveable components relative to one another to insert a drug delivery member to a subcutaneous depth within a patient and to dispense a drug to the injection cavity in the patient. The resilient member is deformed during the operations or is pre-deformed and the stored energy of the resilient member in the deformed state then acts on the stationary and moveable components to partially retract the drug delivery member to relieve pressure in the injection region.
US12290663B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling an auto injector and an auto injector for administering a medicament from a cartridge having a first cartridge end and a second cartridge end and having a cartridge outlet at the first cartridge end, the cartridge comprising a cartridge compartment with a first cartridge subcompartment containing a first medicament component of the medicament and a second cartridge subcompartment containing a second medicament component of the medicament. The auto injector comprises: a housing; a cartridge receiver; a cartridge sensor; a drive module; an orientation sensor; and a processing unit.
US12290657B1
An adaptable connector for connecting a drain assembly for draining an urostomy bag to urostomy bags having different drain outlet configurations. The drain assembly includes a flexible conduit connected to the adaptable connector and a discharge valve connected with a distal end of the flexible conduit from the connector. The flexible conduit includes sufficient length and sufficient flexibility to permit an urostomy bag wearer to position the discharge valve into a discharge position outside of the urostomy bag wearer's clothing for discharge of urine waste from the urostomy bag.
US12290656B2
A multi-port connector such as a closed intravenous (IV) access device with a y-port needle-free connector may be provided. The multi-port connector may include a main housing with a longitudinal axis, a needle free connector disposed along the longitudinal axis, and a y-port extending from a sidewall of the main housing at an angle that is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis. The needle-free connector may include a compressible sealing member that, when compressed opens a first fluid pathway from a first port, through a chamber within the housing, and to an output port. The y-port may be fluidly coupled to the chamber and the output port.
US12290655B2
A negative pressure wound therapy dressing comprising a drainage tube. The drainage tube comprises a tube knitted or braided from monofilament yarn and surrounded by an impermeable sheath. Also disclosed is a method of treating a wound using the negative pressure wound therapy dressing, and the knitted or braided tube for use in medical applications.
US12290651B2
Applicator devices (1), kits, systems, and methods of using such devices for treating one or more body surface conditions (e.g., warts, Molluscum contagiosum, conjunctivitis, otitis) are provided. The applicator device facilitates topical administration of a controllable amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a desired area of an affected body surface (e.g., skin, eye, ear, nose, mouth, anus, vagina). The applicator device includes an ampule (40) containing the pharmaceutical composition, the ampule being positioned within a tube (50). Squeezing the tube breaks the ampule, releasing the pharmaceutical composition. The applicator device includes a filter (30) that permits passage of fluid and inhibits passage of broken ampule shards. The applicator device includes a dispensing tip (20) through which the pharmaceutical composition passes.
US12290650B2
Provided are a solution preparation device and a nasal irrigator. The solution preparation device includes a casing, a flow valve, an on-off valve, a top cover, a first mixer, and a second mixer. A partition is provided in the casing and divides a receiving space into a first chamber and a second chamber. The partition is provided with a mixing channel communicated with the first and second chambers, and a part of the bottom plate corresponding to the second chamber is provided with a discharge channel. The flow valve is arranged in the mixing channel, and the on-off valve is arranged in the discharge channel. Each of the first and second mixers is provided at the top cover, and extends into a respective one of the first and second chambers when the top cover is connected to the casing.
US12290649B2
Catheter having an elongate tubular shaft including an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen defined therein, the guidewire lumen extending along at least a distal length of an inner tubular member of the elongate tubular shaft. The catheter includes a distal tip member having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal tip member is monolithic and the proximal end of the distal tip member is secured to a distal end of the inner tubular member. The catheter includes a balloon having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion of the balloon sealingly coupled to the distal portion of the elongate tubular shaft. The distal portion of the balloon is sealingly coupled to the distal tip member and the balloon defines an inner chamber in communication with the inflation lumen, wherein the proximal end of the distal tip member is disposed within the inner chamber.
US12290643B2
Devices for transferring fluid to or from a subject include an extension tube assembly with an axially extending inner tube configured to couple to an elongate tubular cannula having opposing proximal and distal ends with an axially extending lumen and an axially extending inner tube. The inner tube extending through the tubular cannula defines an exposed needle tip and is in fluid communication with the inner tube of the extension tube assembly. The needle tip extends out of a distal end of the tubular cannula a suitable distance.
US12290636B2
A respiratory device can include an oxygen generator and a ventilator. The oxygen generator can include a first inlet to ambient air, a vacuum or pressure swing oxygen generating system in fluid communication with the first inlet, a first fluid pathway, and a first outlet. The ventilator can include a second inlet to ambient air and a blower in fluid communication with the second inlet to draw ambient air. The ventilator can include a third inlet in fluid communication with the first fluid pathway upstream of the first outlet. The blower can also be in fluid communication with the second inlet to draw at least some of the extracted oxygen. The ventilator can also include a second outlet in fluid communication with the blower to dispense a mixture of the ambient air and the extracted oxygen to the user.
US12290634B2
An airway mask interface apparatus for administering gas to a person's respiratory system is provided. The invention acts as a membrane between the person's face and a gas producing mask and covers and forms to the person's facial features and to the contours of the gas producing mask. The interface includes a first conduit passing through the interface in the region of the user's mouth, and a second conduit passing from the first conduit to the region of the user's nose. In this way, gas delivered to the interface passes through the first and second conduits and into the user's respiratory system with minimal leakage.
US12290631B2
An electronic smoking article includes a reservoir including a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a spiral path insert including a channel having a spiral configuration along an outer periphery of the spiral path insert. A coating can be applied to the outer periphery of the spiral path insert.
US12290628B2
A medical device that includes a handle for conveying an agent having particles and a receiver having a first lumen defined by a first end and a second end. The receiver having an axis extending between the first end and the second end. The first end configured to receive the particles from the handle, and the second end in fluid communication with a second lumen having a cross-sectional dimension smaller than a cross-sectional dimension of the first lumen. Each of the cross-sectional dimensions of the first lumen and the second lumen is measured transverse to the axis. The second end is configured to receive the particles from the first end of the receiver. The second lumen is configured to control delivery of the agent to a delivery conduit in fluid communication with the second lumen based on sizes of the particles.
US12290622B2
A closed circulation system test apparatus independently sets the amount of a liquid such as a dialysate for a blood purification device, facilitates management of operations of multiple pumps, and is capable of evaluating performance for removing wastes in blood and lifespan performance of membranes. The closed circulation system test apparatus includes: a blood sending line for sending blood from the blood bag to the blood purification device via a blood pump; a blood returning line for sending blood exiting from the blood purification device to the blood bag via a resistance imparting means; a filtrate line for sending the filtrate exiting from a dialysate outlet of the blood purification device to the replacement fluid container via a filtrate pump; and a dialysate line for sending, via a dialysate pump, dialysate or replacement fluid from the replacement fluid container to a dialysate inlet of the blood purification device.
US12290615B2
A drug coated balloon includes a balloon body and a drug loaded coating layer. The drug loaded coating layer includes a first drug loaded coating component having at least two controllable sustained release drugs with different drug release kinetics, and a second drug loaded coating component including an active drug. The second drug loaded coating component is dispersed among the controllable sustained release drugs and couples the controllable sustained release drugs on the balloon body. The first and second drug loaded coating components are both non-hydrophilic compositions. The drug coated balloon provides sufficient initial drug loading dosage to the lesion site, and has adjustable drug release rate, thereby allowing the drug coated balloon to provide bioactive drugs to the treatment site at different stages of the cascade reaction of vascular restenosis, providing the controllable long-acting therapeutic drugs, and improving the overall vascular drug release efficacy.
US12290605B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a drug delivery system. The method comprises the steps of screen-printing a base paste, and curing the base paste. Furthermore, the method comprises the steps of screen-printing a first paste separate to the base paste, and curing the first paste.
US12290597B2
An oral film in an individual unit dose for delivery of one or more actives is disclosed herein, the film having a precisely calculated and controlled active dissolution profile. A wide variety of actives may be used, including, for example, clobazam, diazepam, or riluzole. Also disclosed are methods of treating a variety of diseases and conditions, for example, epilepsy and seizures, by administering the oral film disclosed herein.
US12290591B2
The various aspects presented herein relate to the field of perfumery. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions having an increased and/or improved long-lastingness and/or fragrance profile. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods of using such compositions to increase and/or improve the long-lastingness and/or fragrance profile of a fragrance composition.
US12290590B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a waterproofing polymer that is a substantially non-sequential reaction product of the following components: (i) at least one polyglycerol; (ii) at least one dimer acid; and (iii) at least one fatty acid having 8-30 carbon atoms, wherein (iii) and (i) are in a molar ratio of less than 2:1. The components are charged to a reaction vessel and subsequently reacted to produce a polyester polymer having excellent waterproofing properties. The polymers impart high static and water-resistant SPF to anhydrous sunscreen formulations.
US12290587B2
A cosmetic active agent comprising a mixture of mannose-6-phosphate and mannose is disclosed.
US12290585B2
The present disclosure provides porous composite powder which includes biodegradable polymer particles with a porous structure having positive charges dispersed uniformly thereon and further includes inorganic particles. The porous composite powder adsorbs and removes fine particulate matter remaining in the skin and skin pores effectively through ionic bonding, while maintaining a spherical shape. The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing porous composite powder for adsorption of fine dust including particles forming a composite homogeneously, while maintaining a spherical shape, through a single process.
US12290576B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of dimeric contrast agents for use in Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI), in particular [μ-[1-[bis[2-(hydroxy-κO)-3-[4,7,10-tris[(carboxy-κO)methyl]-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododec-1-yl-κN1,κN4,κN7,κN10]propyl]amino]-1-deoxy-D-glucitolate(6-)]]di-gadolinium complex, which includes preparation steps carried out one-pot (without isolation of the obtained intermediate) and precipitation of at least part of free gadolinium metal ions in excess.
US12290573B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNAi (dsRNA) duplex agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The dsRNA duplex comprises one or more motifs of three identical modifications on three consecutive nucleotides in one or both strand, particularly at or near the cleavage site of the strand. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
US12290571B2
Compounds useful as biologically active compounds are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I) or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, M, m, and p are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds is also provided.
US12290566B2
In some aspects, the present invention provides cell-reactive compstatin analogs and compositions comprising cell-reactive compstatin analogs. In some aspects, the invention further provides methods of using cell-reactive compstatin analogs, e.g., treat a complement-mediated disorder, e.g., to inhibit complement-mediated damage to a cell, tissue, or organ. In some aspects, the invention provides long-acting compstatin analogs and compositions comprising long-acting compstatin analogs. In some aspects, the invention further provides methods of using long-acting compstatin analogs, e.g., to treat a complement-mediated disorder, e.g., to inhibit complement-mediated damage to a cell, tissue, or organ. In some aspects, the invention provides targeted compstatin analogs and compositions comprising targeted compstatin analogs. In some aspects, the invention further provides methods of using targeted compstatin analogs, e.g., to treat a complement-mediated disorder, e.g., to inhibit complement-mediated damage to a cell, tissue, or organ.
US12290562B2
The invention provides a composition useful to prepare influenza vaccine viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes internal viral segments from an influenza virus vaccine strain or isolate, e.g., one that is safe in humans, for instance, one that does not result in significant disease, and encodes a heterologous antigen.
US12290561B2
Provided herein are non-naturally occurring variants of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) Core protein, the HBV polymerase N-terminal domain, and the HBV polymerase C-terminal domain, as well as immunogenic fragments thereof. Fusion proteins comprising the HBV variants fused to a herpes simplex virus (HSV) glycoprotein (gD) sequence, as well as methods of using the fusion proteins, are also provided.
US12290560B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an effective vaccine capable of preventing and treating congenital infection with CMV. The vaccine for preventing or treating congenital infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) according to the present invention comprises a CMV envelope glycoprotein B (gB protein) antigen and a pentamer antigen.
US12290557B2
The present invention is directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The present invention is also directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), alone or as combination vaccine to protect against PEDV. The compositions of the invention provide killed viruses whose effectiveness is enhanced by the selection of preferred adjuvants. Novel culture methods are also employed to increase reproducible yield of cultured viruses. Live vaccines are also provided from the Calaf14 PEDV isolate.
US12290554B2
The present disclosure provides for methods, systems, and compositions of nucleic acid and peptide sequences. The present disclosure provides for a nucleic acid sequence encoding two or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 44. The present disclosure also provides for an immunogenic peptide composition comprising two or more peptides selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 44. The present disclosure further provides for a nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 46 to 112. The present disclosure additionally provides for an immunogenic peptide composition comprising one or more peptides selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 46 to 112.
US12290551B2
Methods for treating, identifying and localizing tumors expressing somatostatin receptors (SRs), including methods of enhancing the efficacy of imaging techniques by administration of a heteroaryl-ketone fused azadecalin glucocorticoid receptor modulator (HKGRM) effective to increase SR expression in tumors. HKGRM administration for enhancing SR-based tumor imaging and treating neuroendocrine tumors. HKGRM and somatostatin or somatostatin analog combination therapy for treating and enhancing SR-based tumor imaging.
US12290550B1
Disclosed herein are compounds and ligands, and compositions formed therewith, that modulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite by activating ectopic olfactory receptors. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the compositions to treat endocrine diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, and disorders, such as abnormal insulin secretion.
US12290536B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods to differentiate pancreatic cells into functional insulin-producing CD133/Ki-67-positive activated islet proliferating cells (AIPCs) derived from isolated pancreatic islets and expand derived-AIPCs in in vitro cultures using a culture medium comprising an active agent. Also disclosed herein is the use of the AIPCs for implantation into a mammal for in vivo therapy, specifically for pancreatic disorders, including diabetes type I.
US12290524B1
The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition that includes enclomiphene and pregnenolone, and pharmaceutical combinations and uses thereof. The present disclosure also provides a pharmaceutical combination that includes a selective estrogen receptor modulator and testosterone in a form suitable for oral administration, and uses thereof.
US12290520B2
Disclosed herein are novel pharmaceutical formulations of aprepitant suitable for parenteral administration including intravenous administration. Also included are formulations including both aprepitant and dexamethasone sodium phosphate. The pharmaceutical formulations are stable oil-in-water emulsions for non-oral treatment of emesis and are particularly useful for treatment of subjects undergoing highly emetogenic cancer chemotherapy.
US12290517B2
The present invention provides formulations of 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile (compound I) and methods for treating ocular surface pain by administering such formulations. The present invention also provides methods for treating dry eye disease and ocular hyperemia by administering formulations of 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile.
US12290516B2
New methods and kits for treating diseases caused or exacerbated by overactivated EphA4 signaling are provided. The method includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a small molecule compound inhibitor for EphA4 signaling. Also provided are methods for identifying additional compounds as therapeutic agents useful for treating conditions involving overly active EphA4 signaling.
US12290509B2
Methods of reducing hepatitis delta virus (HDV) viral loads in a patient are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises treating the patient with lonafarnib-ritonavir co-therapy. In some embodiments, the method further comprises treating the patient with an interferon.
US12290505B2
A tissue factor (TF)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a method for preparing the ADC. The ADC is capable of binding to TF antigen with high specificity, and has high affinity, low immunogenicity, high cytotoxicity, and significant anti-tumor activity.
US12290489B2
A protective interface cushion device includes an upper half, a lower half, a cutout, a recessed surface, and an exclusion region. The upper half has a first interior surface and a first outer surface. The lower half has a second interior surface and a second outer surface. The first and second interior surfaces are configured to receive a cryostorage bag. The cutout forms an opening through at least one of the first interior surface, the first outer surface, the second interior surface, and the second outer surface. The cutout is configured to restrict a first cryostorage bag fill volume. The recessed surface, on the first and/or second interior surfaces, is configured to restrict a second cryostorage bag fill volume. The exclusion region, between the first interior surface and the second interior surface, is configured to displace liquid contents of the cryostorage bag into the first and/or second fill volume.
US12290482B2
A foldable, elevating walker chair is disclosed having a height adjustment mechanism and a height limiter. The elevating walker chair has a unique lifting mechanism that allows the chair to be readily raised and lowered without motors. The weight of the elevating walker chair may be optimized by use of innovative bracing struts. The folding mechanism allows the elevating walker chair to achieve a compact configuration. Innovative components such as a swivel seat, hinges, seatbelt, telescoping wheel mounts, height adjustment devices and safety mechanisms may be included in the elevating walker chair.
US12290480B2
A layout for a tapering rear section of an aircraft passenger cabin. The layout includes a seat row positioned between an aisle and an exterior wall, and a closet positioned behind the seat row. A first portion of the closet extends behind the seat row and a second portion of the closet extends into gap space formed between an outboard side of the seat row and the exterior wall. The closet forms interior space dimensioned, for example, to accommodate a folded wheelchair positioned along the exterior wall, as well as interior space behind the seat row. The second portion further forms an exterior surface for use by a passenger in the seat row, for instance a horizontal surface including a provision for mounting a bassinet. The interior space is accessible from the rear facing side of the closet to facilitate stowing and retrieving items from the interior space.
US12290479B2
Mobile medical clinic vehicles are disclosed. An enclosure is connected to a chassis and accommodates medical equipment items for patients and healthcare providers to utilize. One or more electrical components receive electrical power output from a generator, when operated, and provide a first output at a first voltage to a first subset of the medical equipment items and a second output at a second voltage to a second subset of the medical equipment items.
US12290472B2
Multi-dose preservative-free ocular fluid delivery devices are provided. The fluid delivery device includes a fluid dispensing system and a fluid package for storing a liquid therein and supplying said liquid to the dispensing system. The dispensing system comprises an elongated chamber which includes a check valve which defines a frontal closure to the chamber. The valve is normally closed and hermetically seals the chamber. The dispenser includes a vibration motor that induces oscillations to the chamber and to the fluid within. The oscillations of the chamber impart momentum to the fluid stored in the chamber which in turn imparts force that cyclically opens the valve to dispense streams or liquid droplets. Fluid is dispensed only when the motor oscillates while otherwise the valve is hermetically closed. Preferably, the fluid package and check valve are included in a disposable reservoir assembly.
US12290469B2
A portable system for cold therapy with optional compression therapy is disclosed, including a cooling mechanism, a reservoir, and a control assembly. The cooling mechanism includes a compressor, a condenser, a fan, and a heat exchanger. The compressor has an air inlet connected to the heat exchanger through a first tube. The heat exchanger is connected to the condenser through a second tube. The condenser is connected to an air outlet of the compressor through a third tube. The first tube and the second tube are connected by fluid, and the second tube and the third tube are connected by fluid. The fan has a working surface facing the condenser. The liquid in the reservoir flows into the heat exchanger for cooling and then flows into the body wrap, and the liquid in the body wrap can flow into the heat exchanger or flow back into the reservoir.
US12290457B2
An intracranial stent includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a tubular sidewall extending there between and a patch covering at least a portion of the sidewall; wherein the patch is capable of diverting blood flow past the neck of an intracranial aneurysm. The patch may be made of a photon-activatable material or a tightly woven metal material with a density greater than a density of the sidewall itself.
