US12325715B2
This disclosure provides compositions of SALTAME core containing compounds and associated methods for use in tracking cells by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and related methods.
US12325692B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer or solvate thereof for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a pathology associated with proinflammatory conditions, a disease associated with oxidative stress or production of reactive oxygen species or a skin pigmentation disorder. In addition, the invention also relates to a cosmetic method for preventing and/or treating skin aging, irradiated skin or for skin-whitening comprising administering a compound of formula (I) or a cosmetically acceptable salt, stereoisomer or solvate thereof. In addition, the invention relates to a method of inhibition of enzymatic browning in food or beverage comprising contacting said food or beverage with a compound of formula (I) or a salt, stereoisomer or solvate thereof under conditions sufficient to inhibit enzymatic browning of said food or beverage.
US12325680B2
A system for methanol synthesis from a synthesis gas rich in hydrogen and CO2/CO having a first adiabatic reactor (11) with a structure having an inlet stream (10), a first catalytic bed (12), one Venturi type mixing element (13), a first divergent nozzle (14), a second catalytic bed (27) and one outlet stream (28) all of them connected sequentially to each other; a first heat exchanger (15) connected to the outlet stream (28) downstream the reactor (11); a condenser (16) connected to the heat exchanger (15) downstream of the heat exchanger (15); a separator (18) connected to the condenser (16); a first cold gas stream (19) joining the separator (18) to both the first heat exchanger (15) and the first Venturi type mixing element (13); a first outlet stream (21) joining the heat exchanger (15) to a second adiabatic reactor (24) similar to the first adiabatic reactor (11).
US12325675B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for dehydrating a composition containing a fluorine-based hydrocarbon compound, such as HFC-134a. The dehydration method includes the step of bringing a composition containing a fluorine-based hydrocarbon compound into contact with a zeolite.
US12325662B2
The described systems, methods, and compositions relate to systems, methods, and compositions for forming one or more cementitious materials that cure into one or more mortars or concretes. More particularly, some embodiments relate to systems, methods, and compositions for producing cured cementitious materials that tend to increase in strength over time due to the use of one or more reactive aggregates that interact with one or more activating materials (lime components). In some cases, a mortar or a concrete includes a reactive aggregate with an oven-dried bulk density between about 0.25 and 3.0 gm/cc and a porous structure, wherein at least 5% of a total mass of the reactive aggregate is comprised of particles less than (or equal to) 1 mm. In some such embodiments, the cementitious mixture further comprises a hydrating solution including water and an activating material, wherein the activator comprises at least 40% calcium oxide, by mass.
US12325656B2
A method of manufacturing a glass film using a roll-to-roll process in which a long glass film from a feed roll is wound on a winding roll through a plurality of steps, the plurality of steps comprising: a step of cutting the glass film along a feed direction at a predetermined position in a width direction; and a step of polishing cutting surfaces of glass films into which the glass film is cut.
US12325654B2
A glass sheet forming station for forming a glass sheet may include an upper mold, a lower outer mold arrangement and a lower inner mold arrangement disposed inwardly of the lower outer mold arrangement and movable relative to the lower outer mold arrangement. The lower outer mold arrangement may include first and second outer longitudinal support portions and first and second outer lateral support portions that are each configured to contact the glass sheet. The lower inner mold arrangement may include first and second inner longitudinal support portions and first and second inner lateral support portions that are each configured to contact the glass sheet. Furthermore, the lower outer mold arrangement and the lower inner mold arrangement may each be operable to press the glass sheet against the upper mold.
US12325648B2
Disclosed herein is a composition for the treatment of a recirculating water system, comprising: trichloro-s-triazentrione (TCCA) in an amount of from about 75% to about 98% by mass of the composition; an inorganic salt present in an amount of from about 2% to about 25% by mass of the composition; and an auxiliary agent in a total amount of from about 0% to about 10% by mass of the composition. Also disclosed herein is a formed object comprising the composition, a process for preparing the formed object, and a method of using the formed object.
US12325647B2
The present disclosure relates to a biocide-generating device for outputting a biocide to a water system. The biocide generating device includes a housing having a water inlet for receiving water from the water system and a water outlet for outputting water containing biocide to the water system. The biocide-generating device also includes an electrode arrangement having first and second electrodes positioned in the housing for generating biocide in the water within the housing, and an electrical power circuit for establishing a flow of electrical current between first and second electrodes of the electrode arrangement for generating the biocide in the water within the first chamber electrolytic cell. A flow sensor such as an ultrasonic flow sensor is provided for sensing water flow through the housing.
US12325640B2
A process for treating crystalline silicon dioxide, comprising the step of grinding a crystalline silicon dioxide together with from 0.05 to 1.00% by weight of a substance selected from the group consisting of polyhydric alcohols, kaolin, aluminum alcoholates, and mixtures thereof.
US12325635B2
A 3-dimensional crystalline carbon material that is magnetic and metallic under ambient conditions is provided. The material, denominated U-carbon, has been synthesized using the molecular precursor, 3, 3-dimethyl-1-butene (C6H12). Depending on the atomic connections made between the carbon atoms of the material, U-Carbon forms structures that exhibit semiconducting and nonmagnetic to metallic and ferromagnetic behaviors. The use of selected molecular precursors (such as 3, 3-dimethyl-1-butene C6H12) that support crystal growth based on clustered rather than individual atoms is a paradigm shift in materials development. Rationally designed metastable materials with desirable properties, including U-Carbon, can have many scientific and technological applications.
US12325625B2
In an example, the present invention provides a micro-speaker device. The device has a movable diaphragm device comprising a thickness of silicon or graphene material which has a first surface and a second surface opposite of the first surface. The device has a housing enclosing the movable diaphragm device, the electrode device and an encapsulation device. The electrode device can be part of a CMOS device with electronics integrated on to the device. The device has a vented enclosure opposite of the movable diaphragm to allow air to move in and out of the one or more vent openings to generate a sound pressure signal. The diaphragm can be electrostatically actuated from one or more surfaces that include the electrode device and the encapsulation device.
US12325624B2
A method is provided with a stranded mesh material blank inserted into a cavity of a tool assembly shaped to form a cushion member. Fluid is circulated above a first temperature threshold through a series of apertures defined in a forming surface of the tool assembly and into the cavity thereby softening the blank and conforming a shape of the blank to the forming surface. Fluid is circulated below a second temperature threshold through the series of apertures in the forming surface and into the cavity thereby setting the shape of the blank to the forming surface and forming a cushion member. A cushion for a seat assembly is provided by a stranded mesh material member. A system is provided with a first tool, a second tool, and one or more inlet manifolds.
US12325618B2
The present disclosure relates to liquid dispensing arrangements, and particularly to arrangements for distribution of a dispensed liquid.
US12325614B2
Load-handling vehicle (18) comprising a chassis (2), a pivoting lifting arm (3), a device (13) for measuring the inclination angle (Y) of the arm (3), an accessory (5) which can be positioned at the end of the arm (3), and at least one actuator (61, 62) which is coupled to the chassis (2) and to the arm (3), respectively. The vehicle (I) comprises:—a device (12) for measuring the load (R) exerted by the arm (3) on the pivot pin (4) of the arm (3), —a device (71, 72) for establishing the inclination angle (a; P) of each actuator (61, 62), a device (81, 82) for measuring the load (L; C) exerted by the actuators (61, 62) on the arm (3), —a weighing system (9) which can be activated/deactivated in accordance with the inclination angle (Y) of the arm (3) and comprises a data-processing unit (10) configured, in accordance with the data (R; L; C; Y, α; β,) supplied and the non-loaded weight of the assembly comprising the arm (3) and accessory (5), to establish the weight of the load (18) when the vehicle is loaded.
US12325610B2
A feeder vessel for the onshore-to-offshore transport of elongate wind turbine objects with a motion compensating carrier assembly having a motion compensated platform for receiving and retaining the elongate object, and a motion compensation mechanism. The motion compensation mechanism includes extendable actuators which passively compensate motions of the platform out of a neutral position, and winches driving carrier cables such that traction by the respective carrier winch counteracts an extension of at least one of the carrier actuators. The winches are embodied as active motion compensation winches to compensate movements of the platform.
US12325606B2
The present invention relates to a transfer module (26) for a folder-gluer machine (1), the transfer module comprising a lower conveyor (36) and an upper conveyor (38) adapted to receive a folding box (2) therebetween and to transport the folding box in a direction of transportation (D) towards a downstream-located loading surface (90) in a stacker module. The upper conveyor (36) of the transfer module extends further in the direction of transportation than the lower conveyor (38) and the lower conveyor comprises a first conveyor belt (38a) and second conveyor belt (38b), each having an inlet end (67a, 67b) and an outlet end (65a, 65b), and wherein the outlet ends are displaceable in the direction of transportation.
US12325571B2
A package comprises a plastic bag delimiting a seat sealingly housing a product. The plastic bag has plastic film walls (4) and at least one sealing band connecting together opposed wall portions of the plastic film walls at a connecting zone. A tab is coupled with the connecting zone of the plastic bag. The tab includes an easy opening feature at one or more of its perimeter edges.
US12325570B2
A top-engaging carrier includes a top panel and a sloping shoulder panel hinged to the top panel by a first fold line. The first fold line is interrupted by at least two curved cut lines such that by folding the shoulder panel about the first fold line, an article-engaging edge is defined by each of the at least two curved cut lines. The shoulder panel includes a stress-reducing second fold line extending alongside at least a part of the first fold line.
US12325556B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a detachable reinforcing system (DRS). In an illustrative example, the DRS may include a detachable coupler, interior dividers, and a cargo receiving module. The DRS may, for example, support the interior divider within the cargo receiving module. Multiple detachable couplers may, for example, be configured to have prepositioned rib channels. The rib channels may, for example, enable the detachable couple to couple the interior divider of the cargo receiving module to an exterior wall of the cargo receiving module. The interior dividers may, for example, be configured to couple with other interior dividers within the cargo receiving module. For instance, two interior dividers may be coupled to the exterior wall of the cargo receiving module to form a smaller interior storage area. Various embodiments may advantageously enable a robust modular cargo system to resist accidental decoupling of dividers from the exterior wall during travel.
US12325553B2
A drip catcher for containers, and particularly, a drip catcher that is particularly practical and very versatile, above all suitable for necks of bottles containing liquids which can easily drip when poured.
US12325546B2
Method of manufacturing a packaging box (8) including the steps of: a) determining minimal packaging box dimensions based on outer dimensions of one or more merchandise articles (19) to be packaged into the packaging box; b) digitally printing an image according to the minimal packaging box dimensions on packaging material (1), such as corrugated card board; and c) cutting and creasing the packaging box from the packaging material according to the minimal packaging box dimensions. A manufacturing line for packaging boxes of different dimensions is also disclosed.
US12325544B2
A cover attaching unit for a blister pack, includes: a cover supply roller configured to supply a release film having the cover detachably attached thereto so that the lower surface of the cover is not exposed; a release film collecting roller configured to wind and collect the release film, with the cover separated therefrom; a cover suction plate comprising a suction surface configured to suck the cover; and a cover separating plate configured to be movable between a first position not overlapping the cover suction plate and a second position overlapping the cover suction plate and comprising a wedge to bend a travel direction of the release film at an acute angle so that the cover is separated from the release film.
US12325542B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising an outer protective cage, a propulsion system mounted inside the outer protective cage, a sensor support system fixed on the outer protective cage and a sensor system coupled to the sensor support system. The sensor system is coupled to the sensor support system via a load-limiting coupling mechanism that comprises a spring coupling exerting an elastic bias against the sensor system towards a normal operating position, the sensor system being retractable into the outer protective cage against the elastic bias of the spring coupling upon collision with an external object.
US12325537B2
One or more embodiments relates to an air-breathing plasma thruster including a thruster wall, an anode, a cathode, and at least one ring electrode. The thruster wall defines a cylindrical channel, the cylindrical channel having a first end and an opposing second end in fluid communication with the first end, where the cylindrical channel is adapted to receive incoming airflow. The anode is at the first end of the channel and the cathode is at the second end of the channel opposite the first end. The at least one ring electrode is positioned on the thruster wall.
US12325535B2
A system for ascending and descending a balloon. The system includes a first car, a first winch, a first cable, a second car, a second winch, a second cable, a memory, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to perform a method, the method comprising ascending and descending the balloon by control movements of the first car, the first winch, the first cable, the second car, and the second winch.
US12325533B2
An unmanned aerial robotic vehicle (UARV) that can fly to an object such as a palm tree, hover in place adjacent to the object, mount itself securely and releasably to a mounting location on the object using a mounting mechanism, and which uses an incorporated utility system for performing one or more utilitarian functions, such as use of a cutting tool to trim palm tree branches and foliage.
US12325531B2
Systems and aircraft are provided. An avionics system includes a storage device and one or more data processors. The storage device stores instructions for monitoring an actual performance of the aircraft. The one or more data processors are configured to execute the instructions to: determine a first measured value of a flight characteristic of the aircraft at a first position of the aircraft; execute at least one flight maneuver between the first position and a second position of the aircraft; generate a predicted energy change between the first position and the second position based on the at least one flight maneuver and an energy state model; determine a second measured value of the flight characteristic of the aircraft at the second position; and generate an adjustment to the energy state model based on the first measured value, the second measured value, and the predicted energy change.
US12325528B2
A cooling system includes a rotor (VTOL rotor, cruise rotor) for generating at least one of lift or thrust of an aircraft, a component group formed of a plurality of electrical components for rotating the rotor, and a cooling circuit for cooling the component group, wherein a plurality of the component groups corresponding to a plurality of the rotors are provided, and the plurality of component groups are cooled by the same cooling circuit.
US12325525B2
A method is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an ejection command for ejecting an ejection seat from an aircraft; determining, by the processor, an airspeed and an altitude of the ejection seat; responsive to the altitude of the ejection seat indicating a second mode of operation, determining, by the processor, whether the airspeed of the ejection seat is at or above a first threshold and below a second threshold; and responsive to the airspeed of the ejection seat being at or above the first threshold and below the second threshold: sending, by the processor, a command to deploy a drogue parachute; and, responsive to a first predetermined time period expiring, sending, by the processor, a command to deploy a main parachute and sever the drogue parachute based on a variable drogue severance delay.
US12325524B2
An electrothermal ice protection system (IPS) installed on an aircraft includes a sensor, a parting strip assembly, and a controller. The sensor monitors a direction of a local incident airflow that is imparted on the sensor. The parting strip assembly is coupled to the critical surface and includes a plurality of heating sections. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and the parting strip assembly. The controller determines a direction of surface airflow incident on a critical surface of the aircraft based on the local incident airflow and selectively concentrates power to at least one targeted heating section among the plurality of heating sections with respect to non-targeted heating sections among the plurality of heating sections based on the direction of the surface airflow.
US12325521B2
A drone-based payload management system includes at least one drone and a drone controller, the drone(s) having first and second payload bays configured to store first and second payloads, respectively. The drone controller may be coupled with the payload bays and may comprise at least one processor and at least one computer readable memory. The memory(ies) may store software instructions executable by the processor(s) to perform operations including obtaining a location of the drone(s) while the drone(s) is deployed, determining a ground attribute value of a ground surface associated with the location, deriving, based on the ground attribute value, a payload ratio of a first amount of the first payload relative to a second amount of the second payload, and causing the first and second payload bays to release the first amount of the first payload and the second amount of the second payload respectively according to the payload ratio.
US12325514B2
One embodiment is a rotorcraft comprising a fuselage; an empennage at an aft end of the fuselage; a tail rotor connected to the empennage; and a tail rotor guard (TRG) around the tail rotor, the TRG shrouding to the tail rotor; and a light emitting diode (LED) lighting element integrated into at least one surface of the TRG.
US12325507B2
In one embodiment, an aircraft includes a blended wing body (BWB) and a cargo bay having a polygonal shape. A longitudinal centerline of the aircraft intersects a vertex of the polygonal shape and an interior angle of the vertex.
US12325499B2
Disclosed is a system for reducing blade tip vortex cavitation by controlling mass flow. The system reduces blade tip vortex cavitation that occurs around blades of a propulsive propeller of a ship when the propulsive propeller rotates to generate force required to propel the ship across the sea by forming a plurality of flow holes in the propeller blades and controlling mass flow through the plurality of flow holes, i.e., appropriately discharging water to the outside or suctioning outside water through the plurality of flow holes, thereby reducing underwater noise and vibration of the hull. The system includes a propeller, a water feeding pipe, a water supply/suction unit, and a controller.
US12325496B1
A floating body capable of moving on water is provided. The device includes a recovery container with an accommodation space for accommodating target objects and an opening communicating with the accommodation space; and an agitation device rotatably installed on the floating body, forming a gap with the edge of the opening, the projection height of the gap on a vertical plane being within a threshold range, the gap being configured to allow the target objects to pass through and enter the accommodation space.
US12325492B2
Automatic transmission system for a bicycle configured to automatically adjust a torque ratio in response to changing drive forces by one of either diametric expansion or diametric contraction of the pattern of sprockets. The automatic transmission including a drive chain, a plurality of sprockets, and one or more mechanisms providing a spring force bias which biases the pattern of sprockets toward one of either diametric expansion or diametric contraction. The plurality of sprockets is in a substantially evenly spaced radial pattern and is configured to engage with the drive chain which encompasses a periphery of the pattern of sprockets. The pattern of sprockets is configured to expand and contract about its centroid in unison, and is restricted from rotating in a direction which enables a transfer of drive forces in propelling the bicycle forward but is able to rotate in the other direction.
US12325481B2
A bicycle seat accessory that includes an adjustable seat and a rear seat accessory to provide a seating surface for a user and a rider or passenger. The adjustable seat is movable between a first and second position and when in the second position, the seating surface of the seat substantially aligns with the seating surface of the rear seat accessory to form a substantially continuous seating surface. The frame of the bicycle includes an accessory shelf onto which the rear seat accessory can be mounted. Additionally, the frame includes one or more brackets to which footpeg accessories can be mounted to provide foot rests for the passenger of the bicycle while seated on the rear seat accessory.
US12325476B2
A position detection device includes a first positional sensor mounted on a reference portion, and a second positional sensor mounted on a detection target that is movable relative to the reference portion. A controller calculates a position of the detection target based on a detection value of the first positional sensor and a detection value of the second positional sensor. The position detection device may be applied to a steer-by-wire system for a vehicle. The reference portion may be a fixed portion of the vehicle, and the detection target may be a steering wheel or a vehicle wheel of the vehicle. The controller may calculate a steering angle of the steering wheel or a turning angle of the vehicle wheel as the position of the detection target.
US12325474B2
The present embodiments relate to a reducer for a vehicle steering device. According to the present embodiments, there may be provided a reducer for a vehicle steering device, comprising a worm shaft having a gear part, geared with a worm wheel, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, bearings individually fitted over two opposite side portions of the worm shaft, and dampers coupled to axially support at least one of the bearings and limited in axially elastically deformed length when assembled in a reducer housing.
US12325469B2
A vehicle floor structure, in one aspect, includes a floor pan, an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan, and a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan. The floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel plate, and a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate includes a first resin layer formed on the upper surface of the floor pan and a second resin layer formed on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan that is in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member.
US12325463B2
A steering device comprises a tilt-telescopic mechanism to switch between its tilt-and-axial move allowed state and its prohibited state. The tilt-telescopic mechanism comprises a pair of side wall portions provided on both sides, in a vehicle width direction, of an upper column, a bolt penetrating the side wall portions and pressing the side wall portions against each other in an approaching direction, a lever, and a biasing portion arranged between each of the side wall portions and the upper column and operative to apply a pressing force to the upper column from the both sides, in the vehicle width direction, thereof. The biasing portion comprises a pair of upper-side pressing portions to press an upper portion of the upper column above its axial center from both sides and a pair of lower-side pressing portions to press a lower portion of that below its axial center from both sides.
US12325457B2
Methods and systems implement an output interface of a display computing system to display a visualization of predictive output of an onboard computing system of a train. A display computing system obtains, from an onboard predictive control system of a train traveling along a rail from a departure to a destination, predicted speeds which the predictive control system uses to preemptively adjust control signals sent by an onboard train control system of the train. The display computing system provides a visualization of the predicted speeds obtained by the predictive control system.
US12325451B2
In a braking control method of responding to sensor failure for autonomous vehicles, when a braking-related sensor, such as a G sensor or a braking hydraulic sensor, has failed while driving of an autonomous vehicle, the host vehicle requests a nearby another autonomous vehicle determine a deceleration of the host vehicle and transmit deceleration information to the host vehicle. The host vehicle accurately determines a braking hydraulic pressure based on the deceleration information received from the aid vehicle and apply the accurate braking hydraulic pressure to a braking device. In the present manner, even in the case in which it is difficult to convert the vehicle to manual driving, the host vehicle is able to drive to a destination or a safe place.
US12325448B2
A method for lateral assist includes receiving work-zone data. The work-zone data includes information about a location of a work zone and a geometry of the work zone. The method further includes determining a route of a vehicle using the work-zone data. Determining the route path of the vehicle includes selecting a lane segment using the work-zone data. The lane segment is adjacent to the work zone. Determining the route path further includes determining a lane departure tolerance for the lane segment previously selected using the work-zone data. The method further includes commanding the vehicle to move within the lane departure tolerance along the lane segment previously selected.
US12325436B1
A method of controlling actuators of a vehicle includes receiving pixel data corresponding to an area outside of the vehicle, receiving desired dynamic set-points for the vehicle from a path planning application of the vehicle, receiving sensor data from the vehicle, generating one or more real actuator commands for the vehicle in response to the sensor data from the vehicle, the desired dynamic set-points for the vehicle received from the path planning application of the vehicle, and one or more inferences made by a first trained neural network model using the sensor data from the vehicle and the desired dynamic set-points for the vehicle as input, and communicating the one or more real actuator commands for the vehicle to actuators of the vehicle. The one or more real actuator commands for the vehicle are generally presented at an output of the first trained neural network model. The first trained neural network model was generally trained by performing computer vision operations on the pixel data corresponding to the area outside the vehicle arranged as video frames to detect features in a first set of the video frames, determining a first set of measured dynamic set-points for the vehicle by applying visual odometry operations on the features detected in the first set of the video frames, and modifying a plurality of weights and bias values of an untrained neural network model based on the first set of measured dynamic set-points, the sensor data, and a training dataset comprising dynamic set-points and corresponding actuator values that are representative of one or more desired inferences.
US12325428B2
A method of monitoring passenger health and comfort onboard a vehicle, including: transmitting a request to connect to a user device associated with a passenger on the vehicle; receiving a connection confirmation from the user device; obtaining, from one or more sensors associated with the user device, passenger health data; receiving from one or more other sensors onboard the vehicle, environmental data; generating, based on the passenger health data and the environmental data, an indicator value for each of a plurality of parameters; determining whether the indicator value for any of the plurality of parameters has reached a threshold value; generating, responsive to determining that the indicator value has reached the threshold value for any of the plurality of parameters, a recommended action; and automatically transmitting the recommended action to a designated device.
US12325425B2
A road manager system and method to identify a road surface property in a convenient and stable manner, including a vehicle positional information sensor and road surface condition sensor; a server computer that manages a road surface property; and a client computer that accesses the server computer. The server computer carries out processing of receiving, from the vehicle, permission information regarding provision of road surface condition information; receiving the road surface condition information transmitted from the vehicle, in which output information from the positional information sensor and output information from the road surface condition sensor are associated with each other; identifying, using output information from the road surface condition sensor, the road surface property of the road identified by the output information from the positional information sensor; and displaying the road surface property on the client computer in response to a request from the client computer.
US12325424B2
A traction control method for a vehicle provided with a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring motor includes determining, by first and second controllers, whether a current situation is a split-μ situation occurring when the vehicle is driven on a split road surface, based on vehicle driving information collected in the vehicle, determining and creating, by the second controller, a target speed for control of a slip wheel speed when both controllers determine the split-μ situation, and transmitting the target speed from the second controller to the first controller, generating, by the first controller, a torque command for the torque vectoring motor for slip wheel speed control to follow the target speed received from the second controller, and controlling, by the first controller, operation of the torque vectoring motor in accordance with the torque command.
US12325421B2
A method for holding a two-track motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has at least one electric drive machine. Four wheels of the motor vehicle can be held via a service brake. In an initial situation when the motor vehicle is at a standstill, the motor vehicle is held by virtue of a motor torque of the electric drive machine applied to at least two wheels. In a manner dependent on a situation and/or gradient, the motor torque that holds the at least two wheels is reduced at one wheel. After the motor torque at the one wheel is reduced, the service brake at the wheel is activated. After the service brake at the one wheel is activated, the motor torque at a further wheel is reduced. After the motor torque at the further wheel is reduced, the service brake at the further wheel is activated.
US12325420B2
A system for maintaining a range of a gap between an ego vehicle and a preceding vehicle can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a calculations module and an actuation module. The calculations module can cause the processor to determine a time, during a deceleration phase or an acceleration phase of a stop-and-go cycle of the preceding vehicle, when a preceding vehicle speed will equal a desired speed of the ego vehicle. The calculations module can cause the processor to determine: (1) in response to the time being during the deceleration phase, that the gap will be smaller than a desired maximum gap or (2) in response to the time being during the acceleration phase, that the gap will be larger than a desired minimum gap. The actuation module can cause the processor to change an ego vehicle speed to correct the gap.
US12325417B2
Example methods and systems for controlling speeds of a vehicle may generally determine a target vehicle acceleration using an autonomy control module of the vehicle. The target vehicle acceleration may be determined based upon at least one of a target vehicle following distance, a target vehicle following speed, or a target vehicle speed. The determined vehicle acceleration may be mapped to a level of vehicle torque using a vehicle dynamics module of the vehicle. Additionally, the level of vehicle torque may be applied to one or more wheels of the vehicle.
US12325410B2
Methods and systems for operating a hybrid vehicle having a first power source that uses a rechargeable battery and a second power source that uses a fuel. Preview information relating to upcoming road and traffic is used to generate a speed reference. A transmission torque reference is calculated using the speed reference and upcoming road information. A predictive power split plan is then determined by optimizing use of the first and second power sources to satisfy the transmission torque reference. At least a first sample of the predictive power split plan is then implemented.
US12325409B2
Vehicle control using map-based braking includes receiving, while a driver is operating the vehicle to traverse a vehicle transportation network, vehicle operation information including at least a current speed of the vehicle, retrieving, from a planned path of an in-vehicle navigation system, an upcoming turn in a current road when the driver is using the in-vehicle navigation system, and retrieving from map data, the upcoming turn in the current road when the driver is not using tin-vehicle navigation system. Thereafter, it is determined whether, during the upcoming turn, wheels of the vehicle will maintain contact with a road surface at the current speed. A braking instruction is issued to a control system of the vehicle responsive to whether the wheels of the vehicle will maintain contact with the road surface at the current speed.
US12325403B2
A brake system for a motor vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, includes at least one electronic control unit, at least one parking brake device, and at least one wheel-blocking detection device. The wheel-blocking detection device is configured to: detect at least one blocking condition of one or more wheels of the motor vehicle, generate at least one blocking condition signal in response to the detected blocking condition, and transmit the blocking condition signal to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the parking brake device such that, in a moving condition of the motor vehicle, at least one gradual actuation of the parking brake device is reduced or stopped if the blocking condition signal is generated.
US12325399B2
A vehicle control system includes a setting unit to sense a plurality of forward vehicles positioned ahead of a subject vehicle in a driving direction, to classify each of the forward vehicles as a far-away vehicle or a near-by vehicle, and to set each of the far-away vehicles as an interest vehicle, a receiving unit to receive braking information of each of the interest vehicles from the respective interest vehicles, and a control unit to control braking of the subject vehicle based on the braking information of each of the interest vehicles received by the receiving unit.
US12325390B2
A non-return valve having a valve opening spring is positioned between an unpressurized brake fluid reservoir and a brake master cylinder of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system having an externally-powered brake pressure generator. The non-return valve allows for a flow-through in the direction of the brake master cylinder and blocking against a return flow from the brake master cylinder into the brake fluid reservoir starting at a counterpressure in the brake master cylinder specified by the valve opening spring.
US12325388B2
A trailer jack comprising a vertically oriented vertically extendible jack and a mounting flange located on the jack. The mounting flange includes three bolt patterns. Each of the three bolt patterns includes a forward slot and two rear slots defined through the mounting flange. Each slot includes a longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axes of the slots of any single bolt pattern intersect at a bolt pattern axis that is closer to the forward slot than the rear slots. The longitudinal axes of the forward slots intersect at a central axis. The central axis is offset from each of the three bolt pattern axes. The rear slots of any of the bolt patterns are non-radial with regard to the central axis. The forward slot of any of the bolt patterns are radial with regard to the central axis.
US12325383B2
The present disclosure provides for a motorized rack having at least one motor, a plurality of attachment mechanisms, and lift mechanism coupled to the at least one motor. The motorized rack may be coupled to the back of a vehicle, provide for a mechanism to attach items, such as a bicycle, to the motorized rack, and will have at least one motor to raise and lower the attached items.
US12325368B2
A drive device includes a driver, a determination storage, a comparator, and at least one of a control storage and a monitor storage. The control storage stores a control pattern that includes a signal instructing a conduction state of each of loads. The driver control semiconductor switches respectively corresponding to the loads according to the control pattern. The determination storage stores a determination pattern. The monitor storage stores a monitor pattern that is a result of monitoring the conduction state of each of the loads. The comparator compares the determination pattern with a comparison pattern that is at least one of the control pattern and the monitor pattern, and determine that an abnormality of the comparison pattern has occurred in response to that the determination pattern and the comparison pattern satisfy a predetermined correspondence relationship.
US12325358B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to side-view mirror assemblies in vehicles and associated mirror controllers. A side-view mirror assembly may be configured with mirror tilt, power extend/retract, and power fold/unfold functionalities that may be electronically controllable via a mirror controller. The mirror controller may be interfaced with a tilt control switch and the side-view mirror assembly. The mirror controller may be configured to receive commands, via the mirror tilt control switch, and activate and/or deactivate the power extend/retract and power fold/unfold functionalities. Based on activation of the power extend/retract and power fold/unfold functionalities, the mirror tilt control switch may be used to cause extension, retraction, folding, and/or unfolding of a side-view mirror.
US12325348B2
An emergency lights assembly for emergency vehicles provided with an air conditioning unit is aerodynamically shaped, surrounds at least a portion of an air conditioning unit, and includes a front fresh air inlet and a top air outlet allowing the assembly to be mounted directly in contact with the cab of an emergency vehicle.
US12325346B2
A positioning system for controlling movement and position of a floor or platform within an enclosure. The enclosure may be that of a recreational vehicle and/or may be that of a room of a building, such as a garage or living quarter. The positioning system may include a motor and a plurality of cables configured to vertically slide the floor within the enclosure. The floor may be coupled to the enclosure within a plurality of channels that are connected to the enclosure at corners of the floor.
US12325344B2
A large animal hauling vehicle is provided that has a supplemental animal stability system. The supplemental support system offers protection or otherwise helps the large animal remain stable during driving situations that could lead to the animal's instability. These situations by may include abrupt movements of the hauling vehicle, such as pronounced or increasing trailer sway situations or crash events. The instability protection system may include a support system with at least one deployable device, such as an inflatable cushion(s) and a control system that evaluates operational conditions and commands deployment of the deployable device(s) upon a determination of an instability condition.
US12325341B2
A kinetic seat assembly includes primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame movable relative to the primary seat cushion frame, a primary seat back frame, and a secondary seat back frame movable relative to the primary seat back frame. In embodiments, the secondary seat back frame includes a power lumbar mechanism. In embodiments at least one of the secondary seat cushion frame and the secondary seat back frame includes at least one of a cooling mechanism and a heating mechanism.
US12325339B2
A vehicle has a vehicle seat and a ventilation system with at least one supply nozzle via which an air flow can be guided towards the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has an air feed opening for receiving the air flow from the supply nozzle, an outlet nozzle directed into a rear area of the vehicle interior, and an air-guiding channel for connecting the air feed opening and the outlet nozzle.
US12325330B2
An apparatus of controlling regenerative braking for battery charging according to driving information may include a driving information generation device that generates the driving information of a vehicle, a controller that is configured to control regenerative braking of the vehicle according to the generated driving information, and a charging device that controls charging of a battery of the vehicle according to the controlled regenerative braking.
US12325328B2
Systems, methods, and devices for a multi-purpose thermal component are provided. The system can include a thermal component to interface with a battery and an electrical component, and a controller in electrical communication with the thermal component. The controller can cause the thermal component to charge the electrical component. The controller can cause the thermal component to transfer thermal energy with the battery.
US12325318B2
A device for a wireless power transfer system for charging a vehicle. The device includes a coil having a first sub coil and a second sub coil both formed by one and the same continuous conductor wire. The first sub coil and the second sub coil are movably arranged relative to each other for adjustment of the charging characteristics of the device.
US12325317B2
An autonomous work system includes a charging station and an autonomous work machine. The charging station includes a power transmitter unit. The autonomous work machine includes a traveling body, a motor, a battery, and a power receiver unit. The battery supplies electric power to the motor. The autonomous work machine performs a predetermined task while autonomously traveling, moves to the charging station to charge the battery by wireless power transfer. The power transmitter unit includes a power-transmitting coil. The power-transmitting coil is arranged parallel to an installation surface on which the charging station is placed. The power receiver unit includes a power-receiving coil. The receiving coil is arranged parallel to the installation surface. The autonomous work machine moves to the charging station so that the power-receiving coil is positioned above the power-transmitting coil, and charges the battery.
US12325316B2
A stationary device includes a first base, a second base and a stationary device control assembly. The first base is configured to be detachably connected with the second base. The second base includes an inner cavity in which the stationary device control assembly is housed. The stationary device is configured to include a first state and a second state. For the first state, the first base is fixed on a working surface, and the second base is connected to the first base. For the second state, the first base is fixed on the working surface, and the second base is separated from the first base.
US12325315B2
The disclosure relates to a traction network for a motor vehicle, wherein the traction network comprises at least one high-voltage battery, an inverter, an electric machine, a DC charging terminal, and an AC charging terminal, wherein a rectifier and a DC/DC converter are arranged between the AC charging terminal and the high-voltage battery, wherein a DC/DC converter is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the inverter.
US12325306B2
Provided herein is a motor-wheel for an omni-directional motion vehicle. The motor-wheel generally includes a ring-shaped structure with a central axis, presenting an outer radial surface and an inner radial surface, whereby the outer radial surface includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatable about an inclined axis relative to the central axis, and the inner radial surface is adapted to be connected to a hub-motor such that the hub-motor is a load bearing element of the wheel.
US12325305B2
A power-split axle drive for an agricultural vehicle, including a first additional drive element, a first vehicle axle, a second vehicle axle, and a primary drive element for providing a torque which via a first shaft is able to be transmitted to a primary transmission. The primary transmission is connected to the second vehicle axle, and at least the second vehicle axle via the primary transmission is drivable by the torque of the primary drive element. The power-split axle drive has a power-splitting transmission connected to the second vehicle axle and the primary transmission and via a second shaft is connected to the first vehicle axle. The first additional drive element is able to be connected to the power-splitting transmission, wherein a first switching element is disposed on the second shaft.
US12325304B2
An in-vehicle display device includes n layers from a cover glass to a housing bottom member, including a display panel midway thereof. The housing bottom member is fixed to an interior portion of a vehicle at at least two fixing points. When a virtual plane R is defined based on the two fixing points, a distance Zcg is defined based on a main surface of the cover glass and the virtual plane R, and a distance Z is defined based on a main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, a ratio Z/Zcg is 0.6 or less. When a virtual line L is defined based on the main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, the n layers satisfy Expression (1).
US12325303B2
The operating unit (10) for a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) with a front panel (14), which has a recess (16), a display (24) arranged in the housing (12) and having a display area (26), and a fastening device (36) for fastening the display (24) in the housing (12). The fastening device (36) has a holding part (28) for the display (24), which is arranged in the housing (12) so as to be pivotable between a preassembly position and an installation position. The housing (12) also has at least one bearing axle (40). The holding part (28) has at least one bearing shell assembly (32) having at least two gripping-around protrusions (48, 50) for mounting on the bearing axle (40). The bearing axle (40) has a circumferential area along the longitudinal extent and in at least one mounting portion (57) with an outer contour which deviates from a shape complementary to the bearing shell area (52) of the gripping-around protrusions (48, 50) of the at least one bearing shell assembly (32). The bearing axle (40) is also arranged in the housing (12) so as to be oriented in such a way that the at least one bearing shell assembly (32) can be mounted on the bearing axle (40) in the preassembly position of the holding part (28) and, starting from the preassembly position, is pivotable into the installation position. The installation position of the holding part (28) is defined by bearing parts (60, 34) of the housing (12) and holding part (28) abutting on each other. The fastening device also has at least one fastening element (58) for fixing the holding part (28) in its installation position in and/or on the housing (12).
US12325300B2
An end drive unit for a work vehicle having a ground-engaging member includes a drive casing configured to mount to the work vehicle. An input shaft is disposed within the drive casing and configured to receive rotational power to drive a planetary set driven having a grounded carrier fixed with respect to the drive casing. A drive hub is mountable to the ground-engaging member of the work vehicle and supported for rotation about a drive axis by the planetary set and a bearing mounted to the grounded carrier. A drive brake arrangement is configured to impede rotation of the planetary set and thereby rotation of the drive hub about the drive axis. A service panel is coupled to the drive casing such that removal of the service panel facilitates access to the drive brake arrangement for service or deactivation of the drive brake arrangement without disassembly of the planetary set.
US12325298B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system. In one example, a fuel system includes a plurality of canisters with a fuel tank isolation valve (FTIV) configured to control a fluid coupling between each of the plurality of canisters and a fuel tank. The FTIV is actuated based on one or more of a fuel tank pressure and a load of each of the plurality of canisters.
US12325296B2
An air flap for an air flap assembly for a vehicle front is provided. The air flap has a front face and a lateral face having a slotted guide system. The air flap blocks an air inlet in the vehicle front through the front face in a closed position and opens the air inlet in an open position. The air flap is rotatable from the closed position into the open position by a rotary movement about an axis of rotation by way of a driver of an actuator, which driver can be guided in the slotted guide system. The slotted guide system located on the lateral face of the air flap has a tapered portion, so that the slotted guide system and the driver have substantially no play in relation to one another in the region of the tapered portion.
US12325295B2
An off-road vehicle includes a vehicle body 2 having an underguard 1. The underguard 1 has openings 3 that introduce traveling air into the vehicle body 2 and ribs 4 that reinforce the underguard 1 and guide the traveling air passing through the openings 3.
US12325286B2
An attachment structure includes expansion valves used in a vehicle, and a housing to which the expansion valves are attached. The housing includes a flow path through which heat medium circulating in a heat pump cycle of an air conditioner of the vehicle flows, and the flow path is opened and closed by the expansion valves.
US12325279B2
A vehicle includes a compartment having a first space having a first environmental condition and a second space having a second environmental condition. At least one camera captures a first image of a first part of a region external to the vehicle and a second image of a second part of the region. The first part of the region aligns with the first space, and the second part of the region aligns with the second space. An environmental control system of the vehicle has at least one of lighting control and climate control. Control circuitry is configured to determine brightness conditions of the region based on the first image and the second image and control the environmental control system to adjust the environmental conditions based on the brightness conditions.
US12325270B2
A vehicle accessory connectable to a vehicle. The vehicle accessory may include sequences of dots and dashes represents letters of the alphabet. The vehicle accessory may be a carrier for carrying an object. The carrier may include a hitch connector operable to be inserted into a hitch receiver, a first arm, a second arm, and a pivot joint connecting the first and second arms. The carrier may include a collar disposed in association with the pivot joint and a protrusion disposed in association with the collar. The carrier may include a support bracket whose vertical position along the first arm is adjustable. The hitch connector may include a bar, a wedge, a threaded rod extending away from the bar and through the wedge, and a threaded member configured to move axially along the threaded rod forcing the wedge to slide diagonally along the bar.
US12325269B2
A breakaway mitigation system is provided for addressing breakaway between a tractor and a trailer unit of a truck. The breakaway mitigation system can include a spool assembly, a sensor, and a controller. The spool assembly has a spool body configured to deploy a length of a tether coupled with the spool body and configured to couple with an energy source supply conduit and to retract the length of the tether. The energy source supply conduit is configured to convey a source of energy for use by a motor or by a fuel cell. The sensor is configured to detect the length of the tether that has been deployed. The controller is configured to receive an input corresponding to the detected length and to implement a countermeasure when the detected amount exceeds a threshold value. Mitigation can be provided by a coupler that decouples under a load over a threshold.
US12325241B2
A pouch is configured to accommodate one of ink, nozzle cleaning liquid or preserving liquid and is configured to be foldable from an expanded state in which the pouch has a thickness in a first direction to a shrunk state in which the pouch has a planar shape. The pouch includes: a body portion provided with a first edge and a second edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a gusset formed at an end portion of the body portion in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and a spout inserting portion formed at one end edge of the gusset in the first direction. The spout inserting portion is formed at a position shifted to the first edge with respect to a center between the first edge and the second edge in the second direction.
US12325237B2
A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzle holes from which a liquid is to be discharged in a liquid discharge direction, the multiple nozzle holes arrayed in a nozzle array direction orthogonal to the liquid discharge direction; and a pressure chamber communicating with the multiple nozzle holes, wherein a volume Vmin of a virtual hemisphere S1 is 5×105 μm3 or more and 5×106 μm3 or less, and a volume Vmax of a virtual hemisphere S2 is five times or more and less than 1000 times the volume Vmin, each of the multiple nozzle holes has a virtual center line, and the nozzle plate has an inner surface defining a wall of the pressure chamber, the inner surface having multiple openings of each of the multiple nozzle holes.
US12325228B2
A drying device (7) is a drying device which dries a sheet while conveying the sheet. The drying device (7) includes a conveying part (15) which conveys the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction; a heating part (13) which is arranged above the conveying part (15) and dries the sheet conveyed by the conveying part (15); and a supporting part (17) which supports the conveying part (15) in a heating position where the sheet is heated by the heating part (13), by power supplying, wherein when the power supplying to the supporting part (17) is cut off, a force by which the conveying part (15) is supported in the heating position is weakened, and the conveying part (15) is lowered to a retreating position separated downward from the heating part (13).
US12325225B2
Examples include a cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles contained in a coating agent on a substrate in a region of an outer circumference of the cylinder in a matrix-like manner. A number of n×m magnetic elements (where n, m are integers>1) that provide magnetic fields are arranged in n rows extending in an axially parallel manner and in m columns extending in a circumferential direction. At least two magnetic elements are provided one behind the other in the same column, disposed at magnetic element carriers that differ from one another, and can be positioned on the cylinder in the circumferential direction independently of one another. The at least two magnetic elements are mounted so as to be adjustable relative to the magnetic element carrier carrying the magnetic element in the circumferential direction within an adjustment range.
US12325222B2
An electronic device includes a display panel including non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the non-folding areas, a lower protective film disposed below the display panel, an external light reflective member disposed below the lower protective film, a lower member disposed below the external light reflective member, and cushion members disposed below the lower member. The display panel is foldable along a folding axis. The cushion members are spaced apart from each other and define a cushion hole in the folding area.
US12325201B2
A method for applying rubberized electronic tags to a tyre being processed. A continuous band is extended lengthwise along a longitudinal direction. The rubberized electronic tags are adhered to the front surface of the band and arranged sequentially along that direction. A rubberized electronic tag is peeled from the continuous band and applied to the tyre. The peeling includes imposing a longitudinal sliding motion and a sliding path on the band.
US12325200B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for repairing a damage to a thermoplastic composite element, in particular an aircraft component, wherein a socket is milled at the site of damage to the thermoplastic composite element. Then, in the socket a patch is formed from a thermosetting material containing a reinforcing phase of fabric layers and a matrix of thermosetting resin, the patch having a shape and size corresponding to the socket geometry. In the next step, the patch is cured, and finally the cured patch is glued into the socket by means of an adhesive.
US12325198B2
A method of manufacturing a composite part comprising a core and at least one skin region formed of a low friction UHMWPE skin polymer attached thereto, by: a) providing a mold with a heatable mold cavity; b) loading into the mold cavity UHMWPE powder followed by a core element having a surface with at least one contacting region provided with a plurality of anchoring sites, loading onto the core element, a layer of UHMWPE in powder form adjacent the contacting region, and applying a heat pressing step to melt the skin polymer powder to form a molten skin polymer matrix, and cooling to solidify the skin polymer matrix forming a skin region mechanically engaged into anchoring sites of the core element.
US12325195B2
A method produces a fiber-composite hollow component from a fiber-composite material which contains at least one fibrous material and one matrix material. The fiber-composite hollow component is formed from at least two fiber-composite half-shells which in a joining edge region of the fiber-composite half-shells are joined to one another such that a cavity is configured between the joined-together fiber-composite half-shells.
US12325161B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element having at least one optically effective surface. The optically effective surface comprises a contour and a surface structure superimposed on the contour. Transparent liquid plastic is injection-molded by means of a (smooth) injection mold of an injection molding machine (500) in dependence on a group of injection molding parameters to form an injection molded component (21) having the contour of the optically effective surface but without the surface structure superimposed on the contour, wherein at least one parameter of the group of injection molding parameters is set and/or corrected in dependence on properties of the injection molded component (21), and wherein the optical element is produced using the group of injection molding parameters.
US12325159B2
Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone heating structure. The CCMMs also include a press structure, a demold structure, and a supply structure. The methods include providing a thermoplastic matrix composite material (TMCM) that includes a thermoplastic material to a CCMM. During the providing, the methods also include heating the TMCM within a heat zone of the CCMM, cooling and consolidating the TMCM within a consolidation zone of the CCMM, relaxing stress within the TMCM within a stress relaxation zone of the CCMM, demolding the TMCM within a demold zone of the CCMM at a mold temperature that is greater than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, and periodically compressing the TMCM.
US12325156B2
A mold for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing of composite material, includes a mandrel around which a fibrous preform of the fan casing is to be wound; counter-mold angular sectors assembled on the external contour of the mandrel which are intended to close the mold and to compact the fibrous preform wound on the mandrel; wherein each angular sector includes a first lateral flange positioned at the first end of the angular sectors and a second lateral flange positioned at a second end of the angular sectors, the first and second lateral flanges cooperating respectively with the second and first lateral flanges of the adjacent angular sectors. An angular sector includes a first groove formed in the first of second lateral flange, a first seal being positioned in the first groove, the first seal to be compressed between the first and second lateral flanges of two adjacent angular sectors.
US12325149B2
An intelligent waste wooden formwork recovery and recycling system includes a screening part, a feeding part, and a processing part. The screening part includes a wood board unit, a wood strip unit and a wood block unit disposed inside a frame unit. The feeding part includes three conveying units inclined and disposed within an installation unit, and ends of the three conveying units are respectively aligned with the wood board unit, wood strip unit and wood block unit. The processing part includes a compaction unit, a moving unit, a discharging unit, a gauze unit, and a glue brushing unit sequentially disposed on a bracket unit. Wood materials are classified into three types and the three-layer conveying mechanism effectively controls an addition order of the wood material, significantly improving an utilization rate of the wood materials and ensuring a uniform density distribution of the compacted wood materials.
US12325148B2
A process for the production of particle board, MDF board or HDF board includes the step of recycling particle board material, MDF and/or HDF board material in which recycled chips and/or recycled wood fibers are produced. The process includes the step in which the particle board material, the MDF and/or HDF board material is wetted, heated and pressurized, such that this material is kept under pressure and at an elevated temperature for a certain time. The process involves the step of supplying the recycled chips and/or the recycled wood fibers as base material in a production process of particle board, MDF board or HDF board.
US12325145B2
A razor cartridge is disclosed herein. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a razor cartridge configured to be coupled to a razor handle and used, the razor cartridge including: at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge; a blade housing configured to accommodate the at least one shaving blade so that the at least one shaving blade is placed in a longitudinal direction, the blade housing including a top side to which the cutting edge is directed and a bottom side facing the top side; a support structure coupled to one side of the blade housing; and at least one first living hinge configured to connect at least a portion of the blade housing to at least a portion of the support structure.
US12325141B1
Systems and methods of sensor data fusion including sensor data capture, curation, linking, fusion, inference, and validation. The systems and methods described herein reduce computational demand and processing time by curating data and calculating conditional entropy. The system is operable to fuse data from a plurality of sensor types. A computer processor optionally stores fused sensor data that the system validates above a mathematical threshold.
US12325140B2
Systems and methods for grip-based transport speeds for objects transported at a manufacturing system is provided. A controller can detect an object placed on an end effector of a robot arm. The controller can apply vacuum pressure to secure the object to the end effector via vacuum grip pads. The controller can obtain a vacuum pressure measurement indicating the amount of vacuum pressure between the object and the end effector and determine whether the obtained vacuum pressure measurement satisfies a vacuum pressure criterion. The controller can determine a transport speed setting for transporting the object using the robot arm based on whether the obtained vacuum pressure measurement satisfies the vacuum pressure criterion. The controller can cause the robot arm to move the object according to the transport speed setting.
US12325138B2
An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be described herein. For example, a system for robotic assembly may include a first robot, a second robot, and a control unit. The control unit may be configured to receive a first target location proximal to a second target location. The locations may indicate where the robots are to position the features. The control unit may be configured to calculate a first calculated location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, measure a first measured location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, determine a first transformation matrix between the first calculated location and the first measured location, reposition the first feature of the first subcomponent to the first target location using the first robot, the repositioning based on the first transformation matrix.
US12325132B2
Provided is a primary-and-secondary robot system including: a primary robot whose posture is changed by external force applied by a user; a secondary robot whose posture is controlled to be the same as the posture of the primary robot; and a control unit that is configured to control the primary robot and the secondary robot, the control unit causing the posture of the primary robot to be the same as the posture of the secondary robot, and limiting an acceleration rate of a movement of the primary robot to a limited acceleration rate or lower in causing the posture of the primary robot to be the same as the posture of the secondary robot.
US12325126B2
An electrically-insulating insulating cover is for a bracket having a hollow structure. The bracket is attached to a tool attachment surface of a hollow arm member, and has a hollow hole that allows a wire body to pass therethrough from a hollow portion in the arm member into an interior of the bracket through an opening on the tool attachment surface. The insulating cover is disposed in the interior of the bracket, and covers both bracket fixtures for fixing the bracket to the tool attachment surface and the hollow hole.
US12325121B2
In various implementations a removable appendage of a robot can allow for stable pitch and yaw, while mitigating interference with other movements of the robot. A neck of the robot can include at least two linear actuators, each coupled to a rod that is driven to move linearly from the linear actuators. An appendage of the robot can be coupled to the neck. The appendage can include a at least two tracks, where each track receives an end of the rods to slidably engage the rod.
US12325113B2
A clamp assembly for a fall protection reinforcement post includes a clamp body at least partially defining a slot configured to receive a guardrail therethrough; a post fastener engaging the clamp body and configured to secure the clamp assembly to the fall protection reinforcement post; a slot stop engaging the clamp body and traversing a bottom slot end of the slot, the slot stop configured to prevent the guardrail from disengaging the slot at the bottom slot end; and a clamp spring biasing the clamp assembly to an untightened configuration.
US12325101B2
A polishing apparatus capable of preventing condensation on an inner surface of a transparent window provided in a polishing pad and capable of achieving accurate measuring of a film thickness is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes: a polishing pad having a polishing surface; a polishing head configured to press a workpiece against the polishing surface; a transparent window disposed in the polishing pad; a polishing table configured to support the polishing pad; an optical sensor head located below the transparent window and configured to direct light to the workpiece through the transparent window and receive reflected light from the workpiece through the transparent window; and a cooling device configured to cool a space between the transparent window and the optical sensor head.
US12325098B1
The present invention discloses a multi-task machining process on-line monitoring method and system based on cloud-edge collaboration, comprising multi-source sensing terminals, edge computing platforms and a cloud server. Each multi-source sensing terminal uses sensing equipment to obtain multi-source heterogeneous signals such as spindle vibration signals and acoustic emission signals generated in a machining process and transmit the signals to a controller of each edge computing platform; the edge computing platform is used for periodically collecting and processing the signals, synchronously monitoring cutting vibration, tool wear, tool breakage and machining surface quality in combination with intelligent prediction models, and uploading monitoring data to the cloud server; the cloud server is used for storing the monitoring data of each edge computing platform into the cloud database, and updating the intelligent prediction models regularly with global data to improve the generalization ability of the models.
US12325093B2
An orbital welding device (1), having a welding current source (10) in a welding current source housing (11) and a base controller (12), and an orbital welding head (20) connected to the welding current source (10) by a cable (2), the orbital welding head (20) having a pipe mount (21) and a welding electrode holder (22) mounted rotatably with respect to the pipe mount (21) for holding a welding electrode (23). A motor (31) is designed to drive the welding electrode holder (22). The orbital welding head (20) has a chamber (50) for shielding gas, and an electrical circuit (60) that is connected: to a position sensor (41) designed to generate a position value (41.1); and/or to a memory device (61) designed to store one or more loading values (61.1) and/or one or more calibrating values (61.2) in the memory device (61).
US12325083B2
The present disclosure is directed to a multi-segment device comprising an elongate first portion comprising a first metallic material, an elongate second portion comprising a different metallic material, the first and second elongate portions being directly joined together end to end, a heat affected zone surrounding an interface of the elongate first portion and the elongate second portion, a shapeable distal end formed from at least a portion of the elongate second portion, a coil disposed about a portion of the elongate second portion.
US12325078B2
A cutting insert has an upper surface having a long side, a short side, a lower surface, a lateral surface and a through hole. The lateral surface has a first lateral surface. The first lateral surface has a first plane that is overlapped with a central axis of the through hole in a front view and is parallel to the central axis, a second plane that is located closer to the short side than the first plane and is parallel to the central axis, a third plane that is located more away from the short side than the first plane and is parallel to the central axis, and a first inclined surface that is located between the second plane and the upper surface and comes closer to the central axis as coming closer to the long side. The first inclined surface is located away from the first plane.
US12325072B2
Provided is an R—Fe—B-based sintered magnet which has a composition comprising R (wherein R represents at least one element selected from rare earth elements, and essentially contains Nd), B, M (wherein M represents at least one element selected from Si, Al, Mn, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Pt, Au, Hg, Pb and Bi), X (wherein X represents at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, V and Ta) and C, with a remainder comprising Fe, O and unavoidable impurities, and has a main phase comprising R2Fe14B and a grain boundary phase comprising an R—C phase having a higher R concentration and a higher C concentration than those in the main phase, the R—Fe—B-based sintered magnet being characterized in that the area ratio of the R—C phase in a cross section of the magnet is more than 0% and 0.5% or less.
US12325070B2
A powder bed fusion apparatus includes a build platform movable in a build sleeve, the build platform for supporting a bed of metal powder, a powder layer formation device for forming layers of metal powder to form the bed, a scanner for directing an energy beam to selected regions of each layer to consolidate the metal powder and a radio-wave generator arranged to surround the metal powder and generate radio waves to heat the metal powder that forms the bed.
US12325068B2
A method for manufacturing a part made up entirely or partially of at least one three-dimensional lattice is disclosed. The three-dimensional lattice is produced by additive manufacturing by successive depositions of different layers of additive manufacturing powder and selective consolidation of the layers of powder along at least one path comprising different manufacturing vectors, the three-dimensional lattice comprising at least two layers of parallel strands that are spaced apart from one another, the strands of one layer extending in a longitudinal direction different from the longitudinal direction in which the strands of another layer extend. The manufacturing method provides that each strand is consolidated only via a plurality of manufacturing vectors extending in the longitudinal direction in which the strand extends.
US12325059B2
The present invention explains a process for manufacturing tubeless vehicle wheel without welding using a hoop 100 having an outboard end 101, a centre region 102, an inboard end 103. The process includes spinning the outboard end 101 to obtain a disc region 202, spinning disc end 203 to obtain preform nave region 301. Forming the disc region 202 to obtain a disc profile 401 and a nave region 403, forming the centre region 102, inboard end 103 to obtain a straight rim profile 402. Spinning and forming outer end 405 of the straight rim profile 402 to obtain an outboard flange 502a and spinning the straight rim profile 402 to obtain a concave rim profile 601a with a preform inboard flange 602a. Spinning the concave rim profile 601a to obtain bead seats 701a, well region 703a and, forming the preform inboard flange 602a to obtain an inboard flange 704a.
US12325058B2
An apparatus and a method for bending a heat exchanger. The apparatus includes: a plurality of support members, each of which includes a first support plate having a first support surface, a second support plate having a second support surface, and a connecting plate. The first support plate and the second support plate are spaced apart in a transverse direction. A distance between the first support surface and the second support surface keeps unchanged during bending a heat exchanger. A distance between a first support surface and a second support surface of one support member of any two support members is equal to a distance between a first support surface and a second support surface of the other support member. A connecting component connects the plurality of support members in a longitudinal direction.
US12325057B2
A clamping system for a press brake includes an elongate beam having a receiving space for receiving a part of a bending tool and a clamping element. The clamping element is movable between a first position, in which it may engage on the bending tool for clamping it in the receiving space, and a second position for releasing the bending tool. The system includes an actuating member for displacing the clamping element, the actuating member being movable between an active position in which it urges the clamping element towards the first position, and an inactive position in which it allows the clamping element to move to the second position. The clamping system includes a first biasing member acting on the actuating member for biasing the actuating member towards its inactive position. A press brake including such a clamping system.
US12325055B2
A sheet forming system has a body, at least one lower jaw and/or at least one upper jaw, located on the body so as to stay opposite to each other and move towards each other to apply force for the shaping process, at least two plates located on the lower jaw and/or upper jaw to provide strength against the force applied by the lower jaw and/or upper jaw thereto, at least two isolation sheets located on each plate so as to stay opposite to each other to provide heat insulation, at least one male die and at least one female die positioned on the isolation sheet on the lower jaw and/or upper jaw, and being able to be placed into each other in a completely form compliant manner, at least one workpiece positioned between the male die and female die and being shaped by applying heat thereto.
US12325053B2
The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method comprising: a liquid treating step for cleaning a substrate by supplying a treating liquid to the substrate in a first process chamber; a transfer step for transferring the substrate to a second process chamber after the liquid treating step; and a drying step for removing the treating liquid remaining on the substrate in the second process chamber, and wherein the method further comprises a standby step of a liquid treated substrate to standby in the first process chamber when the liquid treated substrate of the liquid treating step cannot be transferred to the second process chamber, and at the standby step the treating liquid is discharged until the substrate can be transferred to the second process chamber.
US12325047B2
Improvements in the extrusion of thermohardenable materials are achieved by cooling the material in the initial zone of the extruder and reducing residence time by use of a prescribed length to diameter ratio and screw speed, particularly useful for intermittent application during robotically controlled mass production.
US12325044B2
A method for depositing a film on a substrate, which includes the steps of forming a film using a liquid composition that includes a neutral surfactant and a charged lamellar compound, placing the film in contact with the substrate and depositing the film on substrate. Also, a process for analyzing a substrate onto which a film has been deposited by the method.
US12325040B2
A system for the deposition of microparticles comprises at least one launch unit configured to individually accelerate and convey a succession of microparticles in the direction of a work surface. The launch unit has a tubular shape defining a flow channel for the succession of microparticles and extends preferably linearly between an inlet end interfaceable with a device for feeding microparticles and an outlet end which can face the work surface. The launch unit comprises a charging portion, proximal to the inlet end, configured to generate an electric field of electrification adapted to electrically charge the succession of microparticles and an acceleration portion, proximal to the outlet end, configured to generate an electric field of acceleration adapted to accelerate the succession of microparticles towards the outlet end.
US12325038B2
A rotating sprinkler for irrigation is disclosed. The sprinkler can include a stator spaced upstream from a turbine to form a mixing region therebetween. The stator can define a primary flow path and a bypass flow path. The primary flow path is aligned relative to the plurality of blades so that water exiting the primary flow path traverses the mixing region and impinges on the plurality of blades at a first angle of attack. The bypass flow path is aligned relative to the primary flow path so that water exiting the bypass flow path intersects the water exiting the primary flow path in the mixing region to cause the water exiting the primary flow path to impinge on the plurality of blades at a second angle of attack. The sprinkler can further include a valve configured to regulate flow between the primary flow path and the bypass flow path.
US12325034B2
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic container wherein a holder side portion has holder engaging protrusions formed on the inner surface thereof so as to face each other, left deformation assistance long holes are formed in straight shapes in left areas of the holder engaging protrusions, respectively, so as to extend from the lower end to positions higher than the holder engaging protrusions, and right deformation assistance long holes are formed in straight shapes in right areas of the holder engaging protrusions in parallel to the left deformation assistance long holes, respectively, so as to extend from the lower end to positions higher than the holder engaging protrusions. Accordingly, the inner container can be replaced easily.
US12325031B2
A dielectrophoretic (DEP) sensor includes a graphene electrode adjacent a channel for confining a target particle in a liquid, a surface probe attached to a surface of the graphene electrode, the surface probe having a selective reaction with the target particle, and a voltage source electrically connected to the graphene electrode and configured to apply a voltage to the graphene electrode to cause DEP trapping of the target particle at the graphene electrode.
US12325028B1
A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems, as well as methods of using the same, is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic plate with the seals.
US12325027B2
A microfluidic sample processing device, capable of automatically processing a microfluidic sample, comprises: a tray apparatus, for accommodating a reagent and a chip clamp for mounting a microfluidic chip; a mechanical arm, having a connecting head for connecting the chip clamp, a gas flow channel for communicating with an inner cavity of the chip clamp being arranged in the connecting head; a negative pressure suction apparatus, for providing negative pressure to the gas flow channel of the connecting head; a lifting apparatus, for driving the connecting head to rise and fall; and a translation apparatus, for driving the connecting head to move to above the chip clamp or above the reagent; wherein, the tray apparatus is positioned below the mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm is arranged on the translation apparatus and is connected to the lifting apparatus.
US12325023B2
Methods and systems for sorting particles are provided. Methods and systems for sorting cell beads are provided. In some cases, cell beads may be sorted from particles unoccupied with cell derivatives. In some cases, singularly occupied cell beads may be sorted from unoccupied particles and multiply occupied cell beads.
US12325021B2
Microfluidic devices are provided for separating particulates that have a major dimension above a predetermined threshold value from a fluid, the device comprising an inlet, an inlet channel, a curved channel, a separation chamber, a first outlet and a second outlet; the inlet being connected to the inlet channel, the inlet channel is connected to the curved channel, the curved channel is connected to the separation chamber and the separation chamber is connected to the first outlet by a first outlet channel, and the separation chamber is connected to the second outlet by a second outlet channel; the first outlet channel comprises a serpentine portion; wherein the second outlet channel branches from the separation chamber substantially perpendicular to the first outlet channel.
US12325020B2
The present disclosure relates to an analytical system with at least three components: a multiwell plate on which the wells are included in an optically transparent area; a frame holding the multiwell plate close to its edge while permitting the plate a certain extent of freedom of movement; a baseplate to which the multiwell plate, but not the frame is firmly fixed via a docking mechanism, such that different expansion of plate and frame can be compensated. A second aspect described herein relates to a method of docking a corresponding multiwell plate held by a frame to a baseplate and subjecting the multiwell plate to a step of a biological or chemical assay within this arrangement.
US12325019B1
A liquid holding assembly, comprising a first tube and a second tube. The first tube has a first longitudinal wall extending between a closed first bottom end and a first top end. The second tube is configured to be inserted in the first tube, and a second longitudinal wall extending between a closed second bottom end and a second top end, the second bottom end having a perforation and comprising a holding unit configured to hold a sponge below the second bottom end. The second tube is configured to be inserted into the first tube to compress the sponge between the first bottom end and the second bottom end, to cause the sponge to release a liquid absorbed therein. A tight fit between the first longitudinal wall and the second bottom end is configured to force the released liquid to travel into the second tube via the perforation.
US12325012B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for increasing reaction yield. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems for increasing a yield of a chemical reaction that include a pneumatic sprayer configured to generate a liquid spray discharge from a solvent. The solvent includes a plurality of molecules, a portion of which react with each other within the liquid spray discharge to form a reaction product. The system also includes a collector positioned to receive the liquid spray discharge including the unreacted molecules and the reaction product. The system also includes a recirculation loop connected from the collector to the pneumatic sprayer in order to allow the unreacted molecules and the reaction product to be recycled through the pneumatic sprayer, thereby allowing a plurality of the unreacted molecules to react with each other as the unreacted molecules cycle again through the system.
US12325010B2
In an agitator in which cavitation arising during treatment of a fluid being treated is suppressed, a stator part S is provided with a plurality of penetration parts in the circumferential direction of the stator part S, and a stator main part positioned between adjacent penetration parts. When a fluid is discharged from the inside of the stator part S to the outside through the penetration part by the rotation of a rotor, in the stator part S for the agitator treating the fluid, the side facing a blade of the rotor is an inner wall surface, the side facing a blade of the rotor is an inner wall surface, the side facing the side opposite to the blade of the rotor is an outer wall surface, an opening of the plurality of penetration parts that is provided in the inner wall surface is an inflow opening, and an opening of the plurality of penetration parts that is provided in the outer wall surface is an outflow opening, the opening area of the inflow opening being larger than the opening are of the outflow opening.
US12325009B2
The present application discloses an impeller assembly and a mixing apparatus, and relates to the technical field of solid and liquid mixing devices. The impeller assembly includes an impeller structure and a housing structure. The impeller structure includes a body, and a surface of the body is provided with a plurality of backward-skewed blades. A blade angle of each backward-skewed blade on any flow plane first decreases progressively and then increases progressively from an inlet to an outlet. A first baffle is disposed on a lower portion of the body. The housing structure includes a second baffle. The first baffle is provided with first guide slots, and the second baffle is provided with second guide slots. A fluid enters from the inlet at an upper portion of the body, flows along the surface of the body, and flows out through the outlet at a lower portion of the body and through the first guide slots and the second guide slots. A centerline of each first guide slot is deflected towards a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the impeller structure, and a centerline of each second guide slot is deflected towards the rotation direction of the impeller structure. The present application solves the problems of unstable discharge, large vibration and noise, and insufficient work efficiency.
US12325008B2
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, 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 having, alternately or simultaneously, setting in motion of the actuation system and heating by the heater element up to a target temperature; then cooling with kneading through setting in motion of the actuation system from which the kneading is stopped.
US12325006B2
An improved apparatus for the separation of gas or gas-vapor, as well as simultaneous product transformation or conversion of one or more of the separated gas or gas-vapor species, includes modification of a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube to include an electric field internal to the vortex tube, created either by an applied potential or induced by temperature-dependent triboelectric effects, or a combination of both. The electric field is used to enhance separation of gaseous components, with particular emphasis on separation of CO2 from a gaseous mixture, and to promote subsequent conversion of the resulting separated gaseous product or products.
US12325000B2
Various examples are provided for water purification systems that employ filters, and more particularly to water purification systems that extend the life of such filters. In one example, the water purification system includes a valve that in an energized position allows the flow of unfiltered water through a filter assembly containing filters. A monitor is provided to detect whether the faucet has been moved to the closed position. In the event no movement of the faucet from the closed position is detected within a predefined time interval, then the valve is de-energized causing water flow to bypass the filter assembly, thus extending filter life. In another example, the water purification system provides a flow path having a straight-line geometry to provide for quieter water flow and reduces pressure drop.
US12324999B2
A filter assembly comprising a housing, a filter, a heater, hose fittings, a heat bridge, and insulators. The housing defines interior and exterior regions communicating through apertures. The filter separate the housing into a region upstream of the filter comprising an aperture, and a region downstream of the filter comprising an aperture. The heater extends into the interior region. The hose fittings are each coincident with an aperture and are formed of a material having a high thermal conductivity. The heat bridge is formed of a material having a high thermal conductivity and thermally connects the heater to the hose fittings. The insulators each are formed of a material having a low thermal conductivity, and each at least partially cover a hose fitting.
US12324998B2
A liquid solid separator has a main container wherein a rotating filter belt receives influent for liquid sold mixture sieve processing. Various recirculation systems are proposed including an external pump sump, internal pump recirculation and dual pumps with one disposed externally in a sump and one internally in the lower basin of the container. Recirculation points include an inflow pipe connection, an influent basin connection located above the influent basin and influent basin connection located underneath the liquid solid mixture influent level.
US12324991B2
A game system includes one or more memories configured to store instructions and one or more processors communicatively connected to the one or more memories. The one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to: select one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode; execute authentication processing using biometric information of a player; permit the player to play a game without requiring the authentication processing in the first mode; and permit the player to play the game subject to success of the authentication processing in the second mode.
US12324987B2
A method for displaying a virtual item includes: displaying a first virtual environment picture, the first virtual environment picture displaying a second virtual item in an effective state; controlling, in response to a use instruction, a target virtual character to use an equipped first virtual item; displaying, in response to the second virtual item being located within a first influence range of the first virtual item, that the second virtual item is switched from the effective state to an ineffective state; and displaying, in response to satisfying a restoration condition, that the second virtual item is switched from the ineffective state to the effective state.
US12324984B2
An input device includes: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.
US12324980B2
A handle and a method, system and device for adjusting an operating rod threshold value are disclosed. The method for adjusting an operating rod threshold value comprises: acquiring position data of palm feature points when a user is grasping a gripping portion of a handle (S1); obtaining palm size data according to the position data of the palm feature points (S2); judging whether the operating rod threshold value of the handle is within a suitable operating threshold range corresponding to the palm size data, and if not, adjusting the operating rod threshold value so that the operating rod threshold value after adjusted is suitable for the user (S3). The method for adjusting an operating rod threshold value can adjust the operating rod threshold value of the operating rod of the handle according to the palm size of different users, thereby improving the operational comfort of users.
US12324970B2
A basketball performance monitoring system sensor including at least one sensor proximate a basketball goal having a backboard, a rim coupled to the backboard, and a net having strings coupled to the rim; the at least one sensor configured to determine shot information, the shot information comprising both an impact of a basketball with at least one of the backboard and the rim, and a shot passing through the rim; a local microprocessor coupled to the at least one sensor; a housing containing both the at least one sensor and the local microprocessor; the housing includes geometric features to reduce the likelihood of tangling housing in the net; and the housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; wherein the first end of the housing extends outside the net; wherein the second end of housing includes an arm extending inside the net.
US12324961B2
A method is disclosed for using an artificial intelligence engine to present a user interface capable of presenting the progress of a user in domains. The method includes generating, by the artificial intelligence engine, a machine learning model trained to receive measurements as input, and outputting, based on the measurements, a user interface that causes icons to dynamically change position on the user interface. While a user performs an exercise using the exercise device, the method includes receiving the measurements from sensors associated with the exercise device. The method includes presenting, on a computing device associated with the exercise device, sections of the user interface, wherein the sections are each related to a separate domain comprising the domains and wherein, based on the measurements, each section includes the icons placed.
US12324953B2
A treadmill arrangement, having a treadmill stand and an endless belt which runs over rollers mounted in the treadmill stand and is driven by a drive, with one surface of the endless belt serving as a walking or running surface. A motion state detection device is allocated to the treadmill to detect a motion state or a positional change of the legs and/or feet of the user relative to the treadmill stand and to obtain a control signal for the drive.
US12324951B2
A treadmill includes a treadmill body including a main support unit and a belt mechanism. The main support unit includes at least one first frame, at least one second frame located under the at least one first frame, multiple first elastic shock-absorbing members mounted between the at least one first frame and the at least one second frame, and multiple second elastic shock-absorbing members mounted on a bottom of the at least one second frame. The at least one first frame and the at least one second frame are arranged and combined to construct a multi-layer frame structure. The belt mechanism is mounted on the at least one first frame.
US12324945B1
A connector assembly for an exercise bar having two or more pieces or segments. A first bar segment can include a female end portion. The female end portion has a connector sleeve having a channel extending at least partially through the connector sleeve; a locking well; and a female threaded portion formed along a portion of an inside wall of the channel. A second bar segment can include a male end portion. The male end portion has a male threaded portion and a pin lock.
US12324941B2
A method of use and system of an adjustable, multiple routine, resistance exercise, apparatus having a single, continuous length of elastic flexible and/or stretchable tubing, banding, and/or strapping, formed in a continuous loop, by having the two free ends of the length of tubing, banding, and/or strapping connected securely together, thus forming a continuous loop exercise device, having at least three scalable calibrated sections demarcated by a plurality of adjustable-locking-release mechanisms facilitating the scalable calibrated sections, forming a chain of loops with the plurality of adjustable-locking-release mechanisms strategically spaced along the length of the formed continuous loop device.
US12324938B2
Disclosed herein are connection apparatus for connecting breathing gas delivery components of a breathing apparatus. The connection apparatus comprises a male connector configured to be received in a corresponding female port, the male connector comprising a perimeter wall defining an external shape of the male connector. In some examples, the male connector defines an insertion axis along which the male connector is receivable into a corresponding female port, and a distal edge of the perimeter wall defines a distal face of the perimeter wall and at least a portion of the distal face is inclined with respect to the insertion axis of the male connector. In some examples, the perimeter wall comprises first and second wall portions which taper together such that a first edge of the first wall portion and a first edge of the second wall portion are connected at an apex portion.
US12324928B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a neural probe incorporated with an optical waveguide. The method for manufacturing a neural probe incorporated with an optical waveguide comprises the following steps. A mold-filling step, for providing a base with at least one groove formed therein. A disposing step, for disposing and overlaying a substrate having a plurality of electrode parts on the groove of the base. A combining step, for solidifying the photosensitive adhesive by a solidification process, the solidified photosensitive adhesive forming an optical waveguide and being combined with the substrate. A mold-releasing step, for removing the base from the optical waveguide and the substrate, the substrate and the optical waveguide forming a product.
US12324914B2
An integrated functional electrical stimulation (FES) system includes a component of a mobility assistance device, and an FES system mounted within the component. The FES system includes an FES stimulator that is embedded within the component, and a plurality of FES jacks that are electrically connected to the FES stimulator and are located on the component. The FES jacks are configured to receive a plurality of FES electrodes, and an electrical stimulation output from the FES stimulator is conducted through the FES jacks to the FES electrodes. In a wireless embodiment, the FES stimulator is configured to wirelessly transmit a control signal for applying an electrical stimulation output to the plurality of FES electrodes, and the FES jacks are eliminated. The FES stimulator may be embedded within a back portion of the hip component of an exoskeleton device, and in the wired embodiment the FES jacks are located on wing portions of the hip component.
US12324913B2
This invention concerns treating apparently normal tissue surrounding sites of cancerous tumors so as to reduce both the probability of a recurrence of cancer at and near the site of a cancerous tissue, and to reduce the amount of apparently healthy tissue that is usually excised along with the tumor, thereby providing a substantial benefit to the cancer patient by eliminating or delaying tumor recurrence and sparing normal tissue for its functionality and for avoiding unnecessary disfigurement.
US12324912B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating cardiac arrhythmias are disclosed. An exemplary device includes a support member having a first end and a second. At least a first pacing electrode is located proximate the first end of the support member and at least a second pacing electrode is located proximate the second end of the support member. A defibrillating electrode is located between the first pacing electrode and the second pacing electrode. An exemplary method of treating a patient comprises a device for treating cardiac arrhythmias and placing the device adjacent a heart of the patient.
US12324909B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a flexible neural electrode having improved adherence to an object by using a three-dimensional structure. A neural electrode based on the three-dimensional structure of a flexible substrate, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first polymer layer, which is formed from a polymer material, is flexible, and functions as a base; at least one photoresist part, which is formed on one portion of the surface of the first polymer layer and forms a three-dimensional structure; a second polymer layer which is formed on the photoresist part and the rest of the surface of the first polymer layer, and which comprises protrusion parts caused by the photoresist part; a metal thin film layer formed by patterning a metal thin film on the surface of the second polymer layer and the surface of the protrusion parts; and a third polymer layer which is formed on the surface of the second polymer layer and the metal thin film layer so as to function as a covering, and which comprises measurement holes formed so that one portion of the metal thin film layer formed at the ends of the protrusion parts is exposed to the outside.
US12324907B2
An electrode plate (100) and a wearable defibrillation device are disclosed. The electrode plate (100) includes a hermetic shell (110), a capsule (120) and a sealing structure (130). The hermetic shell (110) has an inflation port (111) and an overflow aperture (112). The overflow aperture (112) is disposed in a conductive exposed surface (113) of the hermetic shell (110). The capsule (120) is provided in the hermetic shell (110) and defines a cavity (122) for storage of a conductive paste therein. The cavity (122) defines an inlet orifice (123) and an outlet orifice (124). The overflow aperture (112) is disposed at the outlet orifice (124). A sealing component (132) of the sealing structure (130) is positioned at the overflow aperture (112) and configured to close the overflow aperture (112) and the outlet orifice (124) when the hermetic shell (110) is not inflated. The force applying component (131) of the sealing structure (130) is disposed on the hermetic shell (110) and then is connected to the sealing component (132) after being inserted into the capsule (120) through the inlet orifice (123). The force applying component (131) is configured to pull the sealing component (132) as a result of inflation and expansion of the hermetic shell (110) and thus open the overflow aperture (112) and the outlet orifice (124) and bring them into communication. As a result, the conductive paste is allowed to flow through the outlet orifice (124) and the overflow aperture (112) onto the exposed surface (113). During cardiac defibrillation of the electrode plate (100), the conductive paste can automatically applied to provide a patient with timely protection, and the conductive paste can be released in a reliable and safe manner.
US12324904B2
An electric injection device at least comprises an outer case, a drive mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a linkage mechanism and a push mechanism. The drive mechanism, the transmission mechanism, the linkage mechanism and the push mechanism are all assembled in the outer case, and the drive mechanism is used to drive the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism can transmit power to rotate a push block regularly and drive a brake end of the linkage mechanism continuously. The push mechanism comprises at least a pushing shaft and a pushing element. The brake end can continuously push the pushing element, and the pushing element propels the pushing shaft to further push a syringe assembled on the outer case, so as to use electric injection instead of manual injection to complete the syringe.
US12324897B2
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination.
US12324890B2
A medical system includes a handle, a sheath extending from the handle, and an end effector connected to a distal end of the sheath, where the end effector directs a mass of material towards a target site of a body and cause release of the material onto the target site.
US12324889B2
A hysteroscopic fluid management system includes a saline source with an electrolyte concentration, at least one pressure mechanism for circulating saline to and from a targeted site and through a filter having filter characteristics back to the source, and a controller. The controller provides a saline inflow in a first flow path to the site and a saline outflow in a second flow path from the site through the filter and back to the source at a controlled flow rate. A diagnostic or therapeutic procedure is performed at the site in the presence of the saline. The filter characteristics and the controlled flow rate are selected to (1) cause substantially no change in the electrolyte concentration in the saline, (2) to prevent hemolysis of greater than 5% of filtered red blood cells exposed to the saline, and/or (3) to minimize effect on prothrombin time of plasma exposed to the filter.
US12324877B1
This invention is directed to a novel blood-gas exchange device comprising a stationary blood collecting tank, and a rotating tank, such that the stationary blood collecting tank surrounds at least part of a rotating tank. The circular movement of the rotating tank channels the inserted blood to flow along the rotatable tank wall from bottom to top, forming a blood layer on the wall that directly contacts with the gas and allows gas exchange, and wherein the stationary blood collecting tank is assembled with the rotating tank in a manner that the oxygenated and/or decarbonated blood that exit from the rotating tank through said at least one exit opening is being spilled into the stationary collecting tank and gathered to flow into a tube.
US12324869B2
A tissue graft for soft tissue repair or reconstruction comprising a sheet of a biopolymer-based matrix having a plurality of small perforations and a plurality of large perforations. The small perforations are sized to facilitate clotting and granulation tissue development within the perforations which, in turn, facilitates revascularization and cell repopulation in the patient. The large perforations are sized to reduce the occurrence of clotting and granulation tissue development within the perforations so that extravascular tissue fluids accumulating at the implant site can drain through the tissue graft. The large perforations enhance mammal tissue anchoring by permitting mammal tissue to compress into the perforations increasing mammal tissue contact area.
US12324867B2
A high-strength hyaluronate fiber, suitable for use in a surgical suture, a lifting thread, a tissue-engineering scaffold, etc., and a manufacturing method thereof are proposed. The method includes (a) controlling a water content of a hyaluronate having a weight average molecular weight of 100-3,000 kDa to 50-95 wt % to prepare a hyaluronate paste, (b) melting the hyaluronate paste having a controlled water content at a temperature ranging from room temperature to 100° C., and then extruding the hyaluronate paste through a nozzle, and (c) drying the extruded spinning fluid to form a fiber. The hyaluronate fiber has the water content of 5-25 wt %, the tensile strength of 3 to 15 kg/mm2, and a smooth surface with small cracks, so that the hyaluronate fiber can be used for a surgical suture, a lifting thread, a filler for cosmetic surgery, a tissue-engineering scaffold, etc.
US12324863B2
A connector is configured to electrically connect a plasma emitter array with an identification chip to a power supply controller, and to further mechanically support the emitter device supporting the array during use. Cooperating components of the connector and emitter device form a magnetic latch assembly: the connector includes one or more magnets flush with a top receiving surface of the connector, and one or more alignment pegs extending outward from the receiving surface; the emitter device includes a steel plate attached to a substrate, and one or more holes disposed through the plate and the substrate. The holes align with the alignment pegs and the magnets attract the plate and secure the emitter device against the top receiving surface. Electrical contacts of the connector establish electrical communication with the identification chip, providing power to the emitter device and enabling the controller to read data stored in the identification chip.
US12324861B2
It relates to a beaded nonwoven membrane comprising polymeric nanofibers and at least one active agent, wherein the active agent has a water solubility equal to or lower than 33 mg/mL. It also relates to a process for the preparation of the beaded nonwoven membrane, and to its use in medical, and veterinary applications.
US12324860B2
The present application provides methods of treating a CNS disorder (such as glioblastoma and epilepsy) in an individual, comprising systemically (e.g., intravenously or subcutaneously) administering to the individual an effective amount of a composition comprising nanoparticles comprising an mTOR inhibitor (such as a limus drug, such as sirolimus or a derivative thereof) and an albumin, optionally further comprising administering a second agent (such as an anti-VEGF antibody, a proteasome inhibitor, or an alkylating agent).
US12324857B2
Disclosed herein are a manufacturing process for encapsulating at least one solid inclusion into a softgel capsule. Also disclosed herein is a system for secondary encapsulation of solid inclusions using the rotary die process and system. Also disclosed herein are dosage forms having at least one solid inclusion encapsulated therein.
US12324854B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising an oil-in-water nano-emulsion dispersed in an external oil phase, methods for the preparation of such compositions as well as uses of such compositions, for example, for delivery of active ingredients to a subject. The methods comprise combining a first mixture comprising a liquid oil and a charged lipid with a second mixture that is an aqueous mixture comprising a film-forming thermoreversible emulsifier to prepare an oil-in-water nano-emulsion; and combining the oil-in-water nano-emulsion with a third mixture comprising a combination of solid lipids to prepare the composition.
US12324850B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods of cleansing, decontaminating and/or treating an affected area (such as the mouth, skin, hair, fur, nose, one or both eyes or combinations thereof) of a subject that has been exposed to a chemical irritant such as a cyanocarbon, a capsaicin, an oleoresin Capsicum or a vanilloid which binds to a TRPV1 receptor by applying to the affected area (e.g., mouth, skin, hair fur, nose, one or both eyes or combinations thereof), a cleansing, decontaminating and/or effective amount of a composition that comprises at least one salt, at least one zwitterionic surfactant, at least one quaternary ammonium compound, at least one reducing agent and water to decontaminate the affected area.
US12324845B2
A method of imaging, the method comprising administering, to a subject, a compound of Structure Alpha, of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: n is 0; R, R1, and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, OR4, F, Cl, Br, I, CF3, alkyl (C1-C4), aryl, heteroaryl, C(═O)R4, CO2R4, N(R4)2, CN, C(═NR4)OR5, NR4C(═NR5)NHR6, C(═NR4)NHR5, C(═O)NHR4, NR4C(═O)NR5, NR4NR5, SO2OR4, and imaging moiety Im; R2 is absent; R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl substituents; wherein the alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl may be substituted with imaging moiety Im, wherein optionally any two of R4, R5, and R6 form a cyclic structure selected from the group consisting of —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH2—CH2, —CH═CH—, —X═CH—, and —X—CH═CH—, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of O, NH, and NR7, and wherein R7 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl substituents; W, X, Y and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of H, OR4, N(R4)2, F, Cl, Br, I, CF3, imaging moiety Im, aryl, and heteroaryl; A is O or absent; and imaging moiety Im is 18F, 76Br, 124I, 131I, 99mTc, 153Gd, or 111In; and acquiring at least one image of the subject.
US12324834B2
The invention relates to an immunogenic or vaccine composition against the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), comprising a nucleic acid construct encoding a SARS-COV-2 coronavirus Spike(S) protein antigen or a fragment thereof comprising the receptor-binding domain, wherein the nucleic acid construct sequence is codon-optimized for expression in 5 human.
US12324829B2
The present invention relates to methods and materials useful for systemically delivering polynucleotides across the blood brain barrier using adeno-associated virus as a vector. For example, the present invention relates to methods and materials useful for systemically delivering α-N-acetylglucosamidinase polynucleotides to the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as the somatic system. Use of these methods and materials is indicated, for example, for treatment of the lysosomal storage disorder mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB. As another example, the present invention relates to methods and materials useful for systemically delivering N-sulphoglucosamine sulfphohydrolase polynucleotides to the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as the somatic system. Use of this second type of methods and materials is indicated, for example, for treatment of the lysosomal storage disorder mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA.
US12324823B2
The invention disclosed herein is a synergistic herbal composition comprising extracts of Mucuna pruriens, Cynara cardunculus, Trigonella foenum graecum, Withania somnifera and L-arginine along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, having libido enhancing, testosterone levels increasing and ejaculation delaying properties. The present invention also disclosed herein a process for preparation of said composition.
US12324822B2
The present disclosure provides a method of promoting respiratory burst in a subject with type 2 diabetic, comprising orally administering an effective amount of fermented papaya preparation (FFP) with carbohydrate, protein lipid, potassium, and water.
US12324821B2
A composition for promoting hair growth comprises hinoki oil, red clover extract, and a peptide. The hinoki oil can comprise from about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of the composition, the red clover extract can comprise from about 1 ppmw to about 1,000 ppmw of the composition, and the peptide can comprise from about 0.01 ppmw to about 500 ppmw of the composition.
US12324819B2
The present invention relates to a composition for prevention or treatment of obesity or obesity-induced metabolic syndrome containing Enterococcus faecalis as an active ingredient. Specifically, it has been confirmed that Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 exhibits the effect of inhibiting adipogenesis in adipocytes, and thus the Enterococcus faecalis, a culture solution thereof, or killed bacteria thereof can be greatly usefully used for the prevention, improvement and treatment of obesity that occurs through adipogenesis in adipocytes or obesity-induced metabolic syndrome disease.
US12324816B2
This document provides methods and materials relating to platelet lysates. For example, methods and materials for using platelet lysate compositions to grow adult stem cells, to differentiate adult stem cells, to grow primary cell cultures, to grow tumor stem cells, and to identify effective growth factors are provided.
US12324814B2
An immune enhancement composition and a vaccine composition comprising newly precipitated manganese and/or colloid manganese, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof for immunization and/or vaccination enhancement.
US12324813B2
The present invention provides a method for rescuing retinal degeneration comprising administering a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of DUSP6 via ERK 1/2 autophagy pathway.
US12324812B2
At present relates to a glucopyranosyl derivative and application thereof. In particular, relates to a glucopyranosyl derivative as a sodium-dependent glucose transporters1 (SGLT1) inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a stereoisomer thereof, and further relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative. Further relating to uses of the compound and pharmaceutical composition thereof in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related diseases.
US12324807B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for treating a disease or disorder associated with PI3K signaling. For example, such compositions can include use of modulators of glucose metabolism, use of at least one kinase in the insulin-receptor/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, and/or use of diet that influences the subject's metabolic state.
US12324805B2
The present invention is based on the finding that the inhibition of the proliferation of cancer cells by cannabinoids is brought about more effectively by combined treatment with low dose naltrexone (LDN) or 6-β-naltrexone (6BN), a metabolite of naltrexone. There is provided a pharmaceutical composition comprising naltrexone or a metabolite thereof or an analogue thereof, for use in the treatment of cancer within a subject, wherein a therapeutically effective amount of the naltrexone or metabolite thereof or analogue of either is to be administered to the subject in a first treatment phase, wherein after the first treatment phase the subject is to be administered a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid in a second treatment phase.
US12324801B2
This disclosure relates to new compositions and methods for making cannabinoid formulations. In one embodiment, this disclosure provides water soluble compositions comprising a first purified cannabinoid and Vitamin E TPGS. In one embodiment, the disclosure herein comprises a method of making powders comprising heatings material to a first temperature and a second temperature.
US12324793B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for renal protection in chronic kidney disease, which contains a citric acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a citric acid, or a hydrate thereof; and a mixture of the citric acid, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the citric acid, and the hydrate thereof, and is a tablet.
US12324792B2
Methods of making and using pharmaceutical compositions for iontophoresis that include selecting an isotonic pharmaceutical composition that has ions of active and non-active ingredients and reducing/removing the ions of the non-active ingredients from the pharmaceutical composition to produce a revised pharmaceutical composition. The revised pharmaceutical composition is thereafter utilized for iontophoresis in an iontophoresis system. During the step of performing iontophoresis with the revised pharmaceutical composition for a pre-determined dosage, ramp-up period, maximum current, overall time, etc., can be reduced, as compared to performing iontophoresis with the isotonic pharmaceutical composition to provide the pre-determined dosage.
US12324783B2
A massage device includes an outer housing, a control board arranged in the outer housing, a battery connected to the control board, and a control button connected to the control board and a charging port for charging the battery which are arranged on the outer housing. The outer housing is provided with an accommodation cavity, a contact massage portion is arranged in the accommodation cavity, the contact massage portion is connected to the outer housing by a main body, and the contact massage portion can completely enter a massage site for massage and can be pulled out from the massage site by the main body and placed in the accommodation cavity.
US12324782B2
A sex toy having a stimulation chamber extending along longitudinal direction for accommodating a male penis includes at least two massage arms and a drive assembly. The at least two massage arms include a first massage arm and a second massage arm respectively arranged on opposite sides of the stimulation chamber. The drive assembly is in torque-transmission connection with the at least two massage arms, for driving the first massage arm and the second massage arm to slide towards or away from each other, thereby changing a radial dimension of the stimulation chamber at a portion corresponding to the first massage arm and the second massage arm.
US12324779B2
Intelligent multipoint bedridden excretion and automatic cleaning and water filling treatment system
A multipoint bed excretion and automatic cleaning and water filling treatment system includes a robot, a main machine, a bed, and an excrement collector disposed in the bed. The excrement collector includes an installation block disposed in the bed, an installation seat disposed on top of the installation block, a flap pivotably disposed externally of the installation seat, and a cleaning nozzle disposed in the flap. The robot includes a waste collection mechanism. The main machine includes a waste discharge mechanism. The waste discharge mechanism includes a first collection box and a first booster pump disposed in the main machine. Input of the first booster pump is connected to a first waste collection pipe extending externally of the main machine. Bottom of the installation block is connected to a first waste discharge pipe extending externally of the bed.
US12324776B2
A patient support apparatus for use in treating patients with behavioral health indicia. The patient support apparatus includes a support structure with a patient support deck defining a patient support surface having one or more ligature risk locations arranged outside of a ligature safety zone defined relative to the patient support surface. A sensor system is coupled to the support structure to generate data representing load acting on the support structure. A controller is disposed in communication with the sensor system and is configured to issue a ligature risk event alert in response to the data generated by the sensor system satisfying a predetermined load criteria indicating a distribution of load acting on the support structure outside of the ligature safety zone for a predetermined period.
US12324773B1
This disclosure relates to a horizontal whole body chamber (HWBC) for conducting whole-body exposure analyses therein. The HWBC is configured to provide a uniform distribution of a test material within an air flow to achieve reliable whole body exposure. The HWBC achieves uniform mixing over short distance lengths to provide whole body exposure chambers that are practical for smaller animals and lessen the consumption of laboratory space.
US12324768B2
A surgical system includes a fluid source including a fluid inflow tube, a fluid delivery device coupled to the fluid inflow tube and configured to deliver fluid from the fluid source into a patient, a surgical instrument, and a control box coupled to the surgical instrument. The control box includes one or more waste heat-generating electronic components and a heat pipe assembly disposed in thermal communication with the one or more waste heat-generating electronic components. The fluid inflow tube is disposed in thermal communication with the heat pipe assembly of the control box such that the heat pipe assembly conducts heat away from the one or more waste heat-generating electronic components and heats fluid flowing through the fluid inflow tube.
US12324766B2
A lid for a medical implant has a first part, a second part and engaging means. The second part is rotatable relative to the first part such that, in use, rotation of the second part relative to the first part causes the engaging means to engage with and attach the lid to the implant.
US12324764B2
A nasal plug includes a first tube having a first wall forming a first lumen of a first diameter. The first tube has a first tube proximal end in a proximal plane and a distal end in a distal plane. The nasal plug further includes a second tube that includes a second wall forming a second lumen of a second diameter, the second diameter smaller than the first diameter. A channel is formed by the second lumen and extends from the first tube proximal end into the first lumen of the first tube. The second tube also includes a flexible wall having a free end within the first lumen. The flexible wall is movable within the first lumen and has a length sufficient to touch a surface of the first lumen and fluidically seal the first lumen between the flexible wall and the surface of the first lumen. The second tube includes a channel proximal end in a channel proximal end plane. The channel proximal end plane is at an angle with respect to the distal plane of the first tube.
US12324753B2
An orthopedic trialing instrument may include a shaft extending from a first end to a second end, a handle coupled to the shaft, and a first interbody trial disposed on the first end. In various embodiments, the first interbody trial may include a first bone screw indicator configured to visually represent a corresponding bone screw trajectory. In some embodiments, a double-sided orthopedic trialing instrument may include a first interbody trial on a first end and a second interbody trial on a second end. In various embodiments, each of the first interbody trial and second interbody trial may have at least one bone screw protrusion configured to visually represent a corresponding bone screw trajectory. In some embodiments, a plurality of orthopedic trialing instruments having differently sized interbody trials may be provided as a kit.
US12324738B2
A flow diversion device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology may include, for example, a housing including openings to channels that intersect at a junction. The flow diversion device may also include, for example, a flow control component disposed at the junction and movable to selectively form pathways for fluid communication based on a position of the flow control component. For example, when the flow control component is in a first position, a first pathway may allow fluid flow causing deployment of the prosthetic heart valve device and, when the flow control component is in a second position, a second pathway may allow fluid flow causing recapture of the prosthetic heart valve device. The flow diversion device may include a handle movable to position the flow control component in the first or second positions thereby selectively controlling fluid flow of the delivery system.
US12324732B2
An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions.
US12324729B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus with electronic components integrated within a wound dressing. In some embodiments, a wound dressing apparatus can comprise a wound contact layer, an absorbent layer over the wound contact layer, the absorbent layer comprising one or more apertures, a cover layer configured to cover and form a seal over the wound contact layer and the absorbent layer, and an electronics assembly comprising a negative pressure source. A portion of the cover layer overlying the one or more apertures in the absorbent layer can be configured to be compressed within the aperture in the absorbent layer when negative pressure is applied to the wound dressing apparatus. The compressed cover layer can indicate a level of negative pressure below the cover layer. In some embodiments, the wound dressing apparatus can comprise an indicator material layer and a cover layer configured to cover and form a seal over the wound contact layer and the indicator material layer. The indicator material layer can be configured to protrude relative to a surrounding surface of an upper surface of the wound dressing apparatus when negative pressure is applied to the wound dressing apparatus and the protruding indicator material layer indicates a level of negative pressure below the cover layer.
US12324726B2
Wound therapy compression garments and layered dressing kits are described. In an aspect, a kit includes a compression garment and one or more fenestrated dressing layers. The compression garment includes a plurality of hydrophobic longitudinal wales arranged to form a fabric with a plurality of hydrophilic transverse elastomeric threads under variable tension connecting adjacent ones of the hydrophobic longitudinal wales in such way as to deliver elastic compression at a wound site. The hydrophobic longitudinal wales and the hydrophilic transverse elastomeric threads cooperate to generate hydrostatic pressure for transporting fluid away from the wound site. The fenestrated dressing layer(s) is configured to form a textured interface with the compression garment and increase movement of fluid away from the wound site.
US12324719B2
The present invention relates to a clamp (100) for a tooth. The clamp (100) comprises a body (105) for adjustably supporting a band (110) such that a looped section (115) of the band (110) projects from the clamp (100). The clamp (100) further comprises a removable implement (120) configured to adjust a shape of the looped section (115) of the band (110) once the removable implement (120) has been removed from the clamp (100). The clamp (100) comprising the removable implement (120) may be used by a dentist during restorative procedures, e.g. to fill a tooth cavity.
US12324718B2
A root canal treatment device relates to the technical field of dental treatment instruments. The root canal treatment device includes a contra-angle hand-piece and a root canal file detachably connected to the contra-angle hand-piece, and further includes a drive module in transmission connection with the root canal file, the drive module includes a rotation driver and a vibration generator, wherein the rotation driver is configured to drive the root canal file to rotate axially, so as to mechanically cut and ream the root canal, thus shaping the root canal, and the vibration generator is configured to drive the root canal file to vibrate radially.
US12324715B2
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient. The first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and an interproximal portion corresponding with an interproximal surface of the tooth, the interproximal portion being of unitary construction. The first mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a first portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth.
US12324709B2
X-ray imaging systems and methods comprising, at least, an x-ray source, an x-ray detector, and a collimator assembly. The collimator assembly comprising a computer, a display, a camera, an x-ray source to object (patient) measuring device to measure source to object distance (SOD), and a plurality of metallic barriers used to manipulate a size and shape of X-ray beams, thereby also reducing the volume of irradiated tissue in the patient. The collimator may comprise computer-controlled motorized shutters to admit radiation into the region defined by the adjustable beam-defining components of the collimator of an X-ray apparatus. In some embodiments, the plurality of metallic barriers may be a fixed cone, or a cone comprised of movable plates.
US12324707B2
A station for tomotactic-guided biopsy in prone includes a table with an aperture, and a tomosynthesis imaging system. A biopsy gun can be mounted on a stage arm assembly disposed below the table. The imaging system and stage arm assembly can be independently rotated and linearly repositioned in one or more dimensions, thereby allowing the tomotactic scan axis to be located relative to a breast being imaged.
US12324702B2
An ultrasonic catheter is disclosed. The ultrasonic catheter comprises a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) based Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (pMUT) array disposed within a distal end of a body. The ultrasonic catheter further comprises a plurality of electronic flex circuits, connected at one end to a handle connector and at other end to a first layer of AIC. The handle connector passes ultrasound signals to the distal end via the plurality of electronic flex circuits. Further, a distal pMUT interposer is disposed between the first layer and a second layer of AIC, with InvisiVia connections. The InvisiVia connection is configured to bring the electronic flex circuit from one side of the distal pMUT interposer to the other. Further, the MEMS based pMUT array sends a pressure wave and receives a returning pressure wave echo via the InvisiVia connections of the distal pMUT interposer.
US12324694B2
An X-ray sensing module includes a substrate, multiple normal pixels, and at least two dark pixels. The substrate includes a sensing area. The sensing area has four corners in a top view direction. The normal pixels are disposed in the sensing area and are configured to sense light signals. The at least two dark pixels are respectively disposed at different positions in the sensing area. A distance between the at least two dark pixels and an edge of the sensing area is ¼ to 1/350 of a length of the edge.
US12324692B2
A scan window for an imaging system includes at least one flexible sheet made of an X-ray transparent material and having a first end and a second end. The scan window also includes at least one tapered joint formed between the first end and the second end and secured via a bonding agent to form a joined member with the at least one flexible sheet.
US12324691B2
Methods for an imaging system are provided. In some examples, a method includes determining an imaging field of view (FOV) of a rotatable imaging system, determining a size and/or shape of the imaging FOV and a position of the imaging FOV relative to the rotatable imaging system, determining a first location of the imaging FOV relative to an environment in which the rotatable imaging system is positioned, and sending information indicating the size and/or shape and the position of the imaging FOV as well as the first location of the imaging FOV relative to the environment to an external computing device.
US12324686B2
Movement detection of at least one part of a subject located inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided. A method includes performing an MR scan by executing a programmable MR sequence protocol. The sequence protocol includes MR excitation pulses to be transmitted via a parallel transmit system and receive time windows for receiving magnetic resonance signals via a receive system. The MR sequence protocol includes, in between the MR excitation pulses, the generation of multi-channel pilot tone signals that are transmitted via the parallel transmit system and an RF transmit coil array. During transmission of the multi-channel pilot tone signals, the pilot tone signals are received with an RF receive coil array. The received pilot tone signals are forwarded via the receive system to an analyzing unit, and movement of at least one part of the subject is determined by analyzing the received pilot tone signal.
US12324682B2
A flexible system for utilizing data from different monitoring techniques and capable of providing assistance to patients with diabetes at several scalable levels, ranging from advice about long-term trends and prognosis to real-time automated closed-loop control (artificial pancreas). These scalable monitoring and treatment strategies are delivered by a unified system called the Diabetes Assistant (DiAs) platform. The system provides a foundation for implementation of various monitoring, advisory, and automated diabetes treatment algorithms or methods. The DiAs recommendations are tailored to the specifics of an individual patient, and to the patient risk assessment at any given moment.
US12324680B1
Camera and/or other sensor analysis of skin, used to diagnose and monitor health conditions. A computer, receiving skin data from a user, where the skin data is images and/or other data of the skin. The computer processes the skin data identify skin conditions, their status, and to compare the skin data with information indicative of health conditions that are not skin diseases. This can be done by finding similar skin data to other data received from other people who have specified health conditions and/or by looking for changes from previous images. The skin data can be captured by a smart phone camera (alone or with digital peripheral attachments) or a dedicated capture device such as a periscope, one way mirror, or cubicle. An augmented reality marking system can be used to mark areas on the user's skin to compare against other previous skin images and/or data.
US12324677B2
A system and method for a quantitative evaluation of a breast health of a pregnant and lactating woman for clinical management of a breast feeding by performing (i) receiving a thermal image of a breast region of the pregnant and lactating woman, (ii) automatically determine network structures associated with ductal or vascular thermal patterns of the pregnant and lactating woman by analysing the thermal images of the pregnant and lactating woman, (iii) estimate quantitative parameters corresponding to the network structures associated with the ductal or vascular thermal patterns using the machine learning model and (iv) generate a breast health report with the estimated quantitative parameters and the schematics of vascular network to enable clinical management of breastfeeding.
US12324676B2
A system for displaying the results of TMT test can acquire time-dependent changes in the position of a contact part on a coordinate plane as time-series coordinate data on the basis of an electric detection signal from a sensor, acquire an elapsed time associated with movement of the contact part as time data from a timer on the basis of the detection signal from the sensor, calculate a test value relating to the movement of the contact part on the basis of the data, and generate and output a characteristic image indicating a time-dependent change in the test value.
US12324675B2
Techniques are provided for determining a qualitative, quantitative and/or categorical assessment of one or more users and/or images with respect to one or more populations. The eye movement data of the user may be obtained with respect to each image of the one or more images displayed for a period of time. One or more memory performance measures and/or one or more salience performance measures may be determined using the eye movement data with respect to the one or more regions of the one or more images for one or more of predetermined time ranges of the period of time. The quantitative, qualitative and/or categorical assessment of the user and/or images presented may be determined with respect to one or more populations, using the one or more memory performance measures and/or one or more salience performance measures.
US12324674B2
A computer-implemented method for voxelizing a 3D structural medical image of a human's brain. The method including obtaining a 3D structural medical image of the human's brain, including a reference frame, generating a voxelized 3D structural medical image, obtaining parameters of at least one EEG electrode sensor and, for each EEG electrode sensor: a localization in the voxelized 3D structural medical image's reference frame, and a sensor detection distance, obtaining a regular 3D grid of voxels, and for each voxel of the 3D grid, iteratively subdividing the voxel while the distance between the voxel and the localization of any electrode sensor is smaller than or equal to the sensor detection distance and while a size of the voxel is greater than a predetermined length, each subdivided voxel joining a finite number of voxels of the voxelized 3D structural medical image.
US12324669B2
A system includes a processor and a display. The processor is configured to: (i) produce an electroanatomic (EA) map of a surface of the organ, the EA map specifying a propagation vector-field (PVF) indicative of propagation of an electrophysiological (EP) wave over at least the surface, (ii) select at least a region of the organ, (iii) calculate a gaussian integral of the PVF along a perimeter of at least a closed contour indicative of the selected region, and (iii) produce at the region, a tag indicative of the LAS, in case the calculated gaussian integral meets a criterion. The display is configured to display the EA map and at least the tag over the EA map.
US12324666B2
A fatigue measurement method includes obtaining a face video of a target object, processing the facial video to obtain a plurality of quasi-heart rates and a plurality of quasi-vibration frequencies, selecting a target heart rate from the plurality of quasi-heart rates and a target vibration frequency from the plurality of quasi-vibration frequencies, detecting the target heart rate and the target vibration frequency, and determining, according to the detection result, that the target object is in a fatigue state. The quasi-heart is obtained through one or more of a region of interest (ROI) between eyebrows and an ROI of chin, and the quasi-vibration frequency obtained through one or more of an ROI of eyes and an ROI of mouth.
US12324661B2
A health monitor system is provided. The health monitor system is a non-contact, adherence-independent home health monitoring system that longitudinally quantifies dynamic forces across diverse amplitudes and time scales to measure weight, respirations, and ballistocardiograms each night, as people sleep in the comfort of their home beds. Weights and respiratory signals are demixed even when users share the bed with a partner or pet. The incorporated technology is scalably manufacturable and thus inexpensive compared to implantable medical devices intended for the same purpose.
US12324657B2
A system and method are provided for diagnosis of animal respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Animal lung sounds are recorded and digitized. Lung sounds are obtained by an electronic digital stethoscope or a wireless audio digital recording unit. The sounds are stored as digital data, and one or more algorithms are applied to the data for producing an output to the user indicative of the health of the animal. The acoustic characteristics of the sound are compared with baseline data in the algorithms. One embodiment includes a digital stethoscope with an integral display. Another embodiment provides a system for gathering information about an animal to include not only auscultation data, but also information from other field devices such as temperature probes or weigh scales. The combined information can be analyzed by system software to generate detailed information to a user to include a diagnosis and recommended treatment options.
US12324648B2
A solution is proposed for assisting a medical procedure. A corresponding method comprises acquiring a luminescence image (205F), based on a luminescence light, and an auxiliary image (205R), based on an auxiliary light different from this luminescence light, of a field of view (103); the field of view (103) contains a region of interest comprising a target body of the medical procedure (containing a luminescence substance) and one or more foreign objects. An auxiliary informative region (210Ri) representative of the region of interest without the foreign objects is identified in the auxiliary image (205R) according to its content, and a luminescence informative region (210Fi) is identified in the luminescence image (205F) according to the auxiliary informative region (210Ri). The luminescence image (205F) is processed limited to the luminescence informative region (210Fi) for facilitating an identification of a representation of the target body therein. A computer program and a corresponding computer program product for implementing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a computing device for performing the method and an imaging system comprising it are proposed. A medical procedure based on the same solution is further proposed.
US12324645B2
Systems and methods for collision avoidance using object models are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system, includes a platform, one or more robotic arms coupled to the platform, a console configured to receive input commanding motion of the one or more robotic arms, a processor, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to control movement of the one or more robotic arms in a workspace based on the input received by the console, receive an indication of one or more objects are within reach of the one or more robotic arms, and update the model to include a representation of the one or more objects in the workspace.
US12324641B2
An apparatus for robotic surgery comprises a processor configured with instructions to receive patient data from treated patients, receive surgical robotics data for each of the plurality of treated patients, and output a treatment plan of a patient to be treated in response to the patient data and the surgical robotics data. This approach has the advantage of accommodating individual variability among patients and surgical system parameters so as to provide improved treatment outcomes.
US12324640B2
A medical robot includes an arm, a controller that controls driving of the arm, a holding body that is connected to the arm at a connection portion and holds a held body, and a selector switch provided on the holding body for selectively switching between a control state in which the driving of the arm is controlled by the controller and a manual state in which control by the controller is released. The controller performs control of switching between the control state and the manual state based on an operation signal from the selector switch.
US12324633B2
A device comprising includes an insertable structure usable in a surgical theater, a fiber optic line extending through the structure, wherein a computer system is configured to determine a shape of the fiber optic line extending through the structure, and one or more electromagnetic sensors wrapped at least in part around one or more portions of the fiber optic line, wherein the computer system is configured to determine a position and orientation of the one or more electromagnetic sensors, wherein the computer system is configured to determine a shape and a position of the structure based on the determined shape of the fiber optic line extending through the structure and the determined position and orientation of the one or more electromagnetic sensors.
US12324631B2
The present invention relates to a guidance for treatment of a chronic total occlusion. In order to provide improved guidance information for chronic total occlusion treatment, a device (10) for guidance for treatment of a chronic total occlusion is provided that comprises an image supply (12), a data processor (14) and an output (16). The image supply provides a sequence of angiographic images comprising a vascular structure. The data processor detects at least one portion of the vascular structure indicating a total occlusion of a vessel based on the sequence of angiographic images; and determines an image of the sequence of images that shows at least one segment of the vessel next to the total occlusion; and generates guidance image data based on the determined image. The output provides the generated guidance image data. Thus, additional information relating to spatial aspects is provided to the user based on 2D image data.
US12324629B2
A method for assisting in the performance of a surgical procedure on a patient is disclosed. The method includes receiving an intra-operative CT scan image, generating a three-dimensional isotropic scaffold based on the intra-operative CT scan image, fusing one or more images with the three-dimensional isotropic scaffold to form a three-dimensional model of a portion of the body of the patient, receiving information regarding the surgical procedure, determining obstacles in the path of the surgical procedure, and determining possible trajectories for the surgical procedure. The received information includes information regarding a surgical target to be operated upon, a region of access on the skin of the patient, and a surgical instrument to be used during the surgical procedure.
US12324625B2
The present invention provides an ophthalmic device comprising at least one linear array of a plurality of light sources. The linear array is rotationally mounted about a central axis on a mounting body which may contain a motor. The linear array has an inner end and an outer end, and the inner end is mounted closer to the central axis and the mounting body than the outer end. As the array is rotated, it forms a series of concentric and conical rings of light that can be projected onto an eye.
US12324624B2
A glare source device, a glare test system and methods that assesses visual performance and discomfort under varying levels of glare under varying lighting conditions is provided.
US12324609B2
The present invention provides a spinal plate which is used to perform fixation surgery on a spine in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery. According to the present invention, a rotation device and a locking device may be installed so as to be used by fixing any one or more of longitudinal ends of the plate with being rotated at any angle, thereby allowing a doctor to modify a shape of the spinal plate to the shape desired by the doctor, and to perform the surgery by coping with various spin shapes of patients. In addition, according to the present invention, since the shape of the spinal plate may be rotated at any angle, it is possible to cope with various spin shapes of the patients.
US12324607B2
A uterine manipulator includes a handle and a central shaft that extends distally from the handle. The central shaft includes a distal end portion supporting a balloon. The central shaft also supports a cervical cup. An occluder shaft is slidably supported on the central shaft. A non-inflatable plug is secured to the occluder shaft and configured to move with the occluder shaft as the occluder shaft slides along the central shaft.
US12324600B2
A surgical clamp jaw is disclosed, having an inner profile and a deflection control profile opposite the inner profile. In one embodiment, the inner profile has a first substantially concave profile in an unclamped position and a second substantially flat profile in a clamped position. In one embodiment, the deflection control profile has one or more sets of corresponding abutment surfaces, at least one set of which is not contacting each other when the inner profile is in the unclamped position and which is contacting each other when the inner profile is in the clamped position. In one embodiment, the surgical clamp jaw defines one or more flexion assistance voids, wherein at least one of the one or more flexion assistance voids is in contact with a gap between one of the one or more sets of corresponding abutment surfaces.
US12324598B2
A method is disclosed for making a glenoid guide that includes obtaining scapula surface profile information of a specific patient, providing a manufacturing plan for making the glenoid guide having at least one patient specific contact surface configured to contact a portion of the glenoid rim or glenoid surface and for making the guide having a rotation control feature forming member, and adapting the manufacturing plan to specify the location of the rotation control forming feature relative to a portion of the glenoid determined to benefit from augmentation based on the surface profile information.
US12324590B2
Surgical instruments and methods for performing an osteotomy are disclosed herein. A surgical instrument includes a body with a distal end, a proximal end, a first surface, and a second surface. The surgical instrument can include cutting burrs positioned on the first surface and/or the second surface. The surgical instrument can also include cutting burrs positioned on the first surface and cutting blades positioned on the second surface.
US12324589B2
A surgical instrument for applying surgical clips to tissue comprises an end effector having first and second jaws that are movable between open and closed positions and configured to receive first and second rows of clips in the open position. The instrument further includes an actuator coupled to the end effector and configured to move the jaws into the closed position and to discharge the first and second rows of clips. This allows an operator to apply multiple rows of clips to tissue with a single instrument insertion, which obviates the need to remove the surgical instrument from the cannula to manually reload a new cartridge, thereby reducing the overall time of the surgical procedure.
US12324575B1
Devices and methods are provided for closing an incision through fascia or other tissue of a subject. A first closure element is positioned against tissue on a first side of the incision, a second closure element is positioned against tissue on a second side of the incision, and a fastener from or through the first closure element is directed through the tissue and the second closure element to secure the closure elements against the tissue to close the incision.
US12324573B2
Suture constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The suture construct is a soft, suture-based anchor which is self-cinching and has a specific, accordion-type configuration (i.e., with the ability to fold from a first, extended position to a second, folded or compressed position). The suture-based anchor may be formed essentially of a flexible material such as a high strength surgical suture, suture chain, or suture.
US12324572B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing minimally invasive spinal procedures are described herein. The systems, devices, and methods may be used to percutaneously access the spinal canal and perform a spinal procedure in multiple locations along the canal, e.g., bilaterally and/or at multiple levels from a single access point. The systems and devices may integrate various instruments for performing the procedures, thus improving their ease of use, reducing procedural complexity, and minimizing procedure time.
US12324561B2
A surgical system may comprise a display device and an endoscope. The surgical system may also include a processing device configured to operate the surgical system to perform a process comprising receiving a source image and receiving a gaze location of a user of the surgical system. The process may also comprise determining a first region of the source image based on the gaze location. A second region of the source image partially surrounds the first region and includes a source distortion. The process may also comprise applying a distortion correction to the source image to generate a modified image by applying a first degree of distortion correction in the first region and a second degree of distortion correction in the second region. The second degree of distortion correction preserves the source distortion in a portion of the second region. The process may also comprise displaying the modified image.
US12324558B2
An extraction cleaner includes a recovery tank assembly with a recovery tank that has a removable cover assembly and a separator adapted to provide fluid separation between an inlet of the recovery tank assembly and an exhaust outlet of the recovery tank assembly. The recovery tank assembly also includes a float that is slidably arranged within the recovery tank proximate the cover assembly. A suction inlet is in fluid communication with the recovery tank assembly. A recovery duct assembly is interconnected with the recovery tank assembly and includes a vertical inlet conduit and a vertical exhaust duct.
US12324553B2
A dishwasher uses washing water containing microbubbles. The dishwasher includes a flow path forming rib that defines a washing water flow path inside an upper body and a lower body of a spray arm. The dishwasher further includes a fusion rib for fusion coupling the upper body and the lower body to effectively secure a flow path structure and simplify a fastening structure.
US12324552B2
A dishwashing appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a door, a sensor assembly, and a controller. The tub may be mounted within the cabinet and define a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The door may be movably mounted to the cabinet. The door may be movable between a latched position restricting access to the wash chamber and an unlatched position permitting access to the wash chamber. The sensor assembly may be mounted to the door to detect a position thereof. The controller may be configured to initiate a detection operation. The detection operation may include determining a future-use chamber cycle (FCC) to be initiated at a delayed time period, detecting the door in the unlatched position at the sensor assembly, generating a door-alert signal in response to detecting the door in the unlatched position, and restricting initiation of the FCC following generating the door-alert signal.
US12324551B2
A cleaning device comprises a surface interaction layer (ML), a cleaning fluid supply (CFF) provided with a cleaning fluid channel (CFC) at the surface interaction layer (ML) for supplying a cleaning fluid to a surface (F) through the surface interaction layer (ML) being in contact with the surface (F), and a dirty fluid drain (DFD) having a dirty fluid channel (DFC) at the surface interaction layer (ML) for draining, by means of underpressure, dirty water from the surface (F) through the surface interaction layer (ML) being in contact with the surface (F).
US12324543B2
A food processing base of a food processing system includes a housing having a mounting area for receiving an attachment including a processing assembly and a motorized unit arranged within said housing. The motorized unit is operable to rotate said food processing assembly about an axis of rotation. The motorized unit includes a diameter to height ratio that is greater than 3:1.
US12324541B2
Disclosed is a coffee grinder having improved accuracy of burr alignment for grinding uniformity. The coffee grinder having improved accuracy of burr alignment for grinding uniformity of the present disclosure comprises: a lower flat burr carrier having a rotary base part rotatably coupled to a grinder body and a lower flat burr part coupled to the rotary base part so as to rotate together with the rotary base part and having a first grinding blade; and an upper flat burr carrier that is coupled to a fixed coupling part provided on the grinder body and grinds introduced coffee beans together with the first grinding blade, wherein the lower flat burr part is coupled to the side of the rotary base part.
US12324537B2
Described herein is an appliance for making a beverage that can include a pod receiver, a camera oriented to capture an image of a code depicted on the pod, a processor and memory in communication with the processor where the processor includes programmed instructions that cause the processor to analyze a design section of the code.
US12324531B2
Carbonated beverage container (1), particularly a glass, comprising a sealed wall made of at least one structural material defining an internal surface intended to receive the beverage, said internal surface comprising an area provided with a discontinuous hydrophobic coating (7) comprising a polymerized siloxane, a plurality of recesses (8) being provided in the hydrophobic coating (7), said recesses (8) not passing through the sealed wall.
US12324512B2
A structure for determining shelves and items of furniture, formed by nodes (1) and tubular profiles (2). Each node (1) has at least two arms (1.2) fitted and fastened inside the ends of each section of tubular profile (2), which is a single-body piece along the entire inside of an internal shape (2.1) with a square external edge. Each arm (1.2) of the node (1) has a part (1.2.1) corresponding to the internal square shape (2.1) with a square polygonal edge, the corners have bevels along the length with screw threads (1.2.2) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of each arm, such that by inserting each arm (1.2) into a tubular profile (2) and rotating relative to one another, the crests of the screw threads (1.2.2) engage against the internal faces of walls (2.2) of the internal square shape (2.1), fastening each node (1) to a respective tubular profile (2).
US12324511B2
The present disclosure discloses a parallelly-connectable storage including: a plurality of bamboo-joint rods provided with a plurality of installation positions in their length direction; a clip piece arranged at the installation position of the bamboo-joint rod; a main tier-panel, of which four corners are respectively provided with a tapered casing engaging with the clip piece, and which is respectively provided with two hook holes on two end faces spliced with each other; and a first accessory tier-panel, of which two corners of one end is provided with tapered casings configured to engage with the clip piece, wherein two hook holes are opened on the end face of one side provided with the tapered casings, and of which the other end is provided with two hooks used to fit with two hooks used to connect with the hook holes disposed on the main tier-panel.
US12324498B2
A hair care device according to the present disclosure includes a tank that stores a liquid, a liquid feed pump that outputs the liquid stored in the tank, and a controller that controls an output of the liquid feed pump. The hair care device according to the present disclosure further includes a detector that detects torque of the liquid feed pump. The controller adjusts the output of the liquid feed pump based on a detection value of the detector. Thus, the hair care device that suitably sprays a cosmetic component is provided.
US12324490B1
A uniform badge attachment device including a sign assembly, a hinge assembly, and a rod assembly. The sign assembly includes an insignia with indicia of a rank, grade, mark or the like in a front side thereof. The hinge assembly includes a hinge support with a hinge lock attached at the rear side of the insignia, wherein a rod is coupled to the hinge support by means of a pin capable of rotating and secured in a predetermined position by the hinge lock. The rod has a sharpened edge adapted to pierce a layer of garment, thereby the rod and a plurality thereof may pierce the layer of garment allowing the rod to be folded and secured in place by means of the pin and the hinge lock, preventing from falling down.
US12324485B2
The shoe 100 includes the outer sole 10 brought in contact with the road surface, the midsole 20 arranged on the outer sole 10, and the upper 9 covering the foot from the upper side. The midsole 20 includes at the middle foot portion the cut-out portion 21 and the like opened to the outside and closed at the middle portion in the width direction.
US12324481B1
A boot with an integrated ruler in a first embodiment features true measurement markings corresponding to standard measurement units positioned vertically on a foot portion extending to a shaft of the boot, and in a second embodiment, the measurement markings are visual indicators on the foot portion of the boot, that may in some other embodiments correspond with the vertical measurement markings in the first embodiment. In another embodiment, the boot features a moisture sensitive exterior that when exposed to water, changes color or pattern in conjunction with the integrated ruler as further way to incorporate measurement markings into the boot.
US12324479B2
A shock absorber includes a shock absorbing portion having a three-dimensional shape formed by a wall in which an outer shape is defined by a pair of parallel curved surfaces. The shock absorbing portion includes at least one three-dimensional structure body obtained by changing a shape of a unit structure body thickened based on a unit structure of a Schwartz P structure. The shape of the three-dimensional structure body in an unloaded state is a shape obtained by changing the shape of the unit structure so as to follow the shape change of the unit structure body, which is the regular hexahedron shaped space occupied by the unit structure body, into the trapezoidal space.
US12324474B2
A protective garment assembly can include an elongate main portion having a length that extends between first and second ends. The main portion can include an upper fabric layer and a lower fabric layer. At least one energy-absorbing layer can be arranged between the upper and lower fabric layers and can extend at least partially between the first and second ends. At least one high-strength strip can be arranged between the upper and lower fabric layers adjacent to the at least one energy-absorbing layer. A plurality of armor elements can be arranged between the upper and lower fabric layers adjacent to the at least one energy-absorbing layer and the at least one high-strength strip.
US12324464B2
An activewear garment having facial opening formed on an anterior side of an upper head portion of the garment. An elongate elastic member is attached to the upper head portion. The elongate elastic member includes a top portion and a bottom portion, each portion having a first end and a second end. There are first and second gaps between the respective ends of the top portion and bottom portion of the elongate elastic member to facilitate the insertion and removal of items intended for insertion in or on a user's ears such as, for example, ear pods and athletic glasses. The elongate elastic member can be constructed of woven fabric, braided fabric, and/or knitted fabric.
US12324462B1
An underwear includes an underwear main body. The underwear main body includes a front piece and a rear piece. The front piece is connected to the rear piece. The front piece is provided with a first cup body and a second cup body. The underwear main body further includes an elastic supporting piece. The front piece includes an inner piece and an outer piece. The inner piece is connected to the outer piece. The elastic supporting piece is disposed between the inner piece and the outer piece. The elastic supporting piece is connected to the inner piece or the outer piece, and a transverse tensile force of the elastic supporting piece is great than a longitudinal tensile force of the elastic supporting piece.
US12324459B2
An atomizer/liquid portion for an electronic smoking device (10) is described and electronic smoking devices. Of the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) and the electronic smoking devices, each has a liquid reservoir (34) for storing a liquid, and an atomizer (26) comprising a capillary element (30) and a heating coil (28). The capillary element (30) is configured to capillary draw the liquid from the liquid reservoir (34) towards the heating coil (28). The capillary element (30) comprises different metal meshes (310, 320, 330, 340) differing in capillarity. The different capillary actions result in an overall capillary action which is directed from the ends of the capillary element (30) towards a central portion of the capillary element (30).
US12324458B1
An electronic vaporizer for vaporizing liquids is provided herein featuring a cylindrical, glass reservoir tank within a non-cylindrical case. The glass reservoir tank may reside between a detachable mouthpiece disposed at an upper section of the case and a lower section of the case that houses the interior components of the electronic vaporizer including the atomizer, battery, circuit board, and heating element comprising a heating wire and a cotton-free ceramic bucket. The reservoir tank may further include at least one tube providing an air flow passage that may be made of glass. The at least one tube may extend between the mouthpiece and the heating element. Based upon the cylindrical, glass reservoir tank within the non-cylindrical case, the electronic vaporizer may provide a desirable oxidation of vape oils within the glass reservoir tank while maintaining the desired taste of the vape oil, depending the terpene content of the vape oil.
US12324454B2
An improved rotary head extruder has at least one rotatable auger disposed within a single barrel and having an upstream end and a downstream end. The extruder has a die assembly that includes (i) a stator having a stator head at the downstream end of the at least one rotatable auger and a stationary plate surrounding an outlet end of the stator downstream from the single barrel and (ii) a rotatable plate downstream and spaced apart from the stationary plate to define a die gap. The apparatus includes a heating mechanism to maintain, within a predefined temperature range, one or more of the temperature of the die assembly or an extrudable composition disposed in the die gap.
US12324447B2
The present invention relates animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. The invention also relates to polypeptides having lysozyme activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US12324444B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions including casein, and methods for making these compositions.
US12324436B2
The system and method for providing antimicrobial and/or antiviral characteristics to substrates via an additive process for providing safe handling and reduction of cross contaminations from person to person from handling, shipping, storage and use of papers, boxes, liners, hospital barriers, respirator filters and liners, hospital curtains, masks, draperies, bed liners, and the like.
US12324430B2
Novel antimicrobial compositions and kits thereof containing these antimicrobial compositions, methods of manufacture and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The novel aqueous transdermal or topical delivery systems are useful, inter alia, for treatment of various microbial infections, including for use on tissue infections, particularly skin antisepsis and/or nasal mucosal tissue antisepsis to a mammalian host in need thereof.
US12324428B2
Methods and devices for repelling mosquitoes may operate by generating the beats of fore and hind pairs of dragonfly wings, which may be dragonfly wing beats in the form of pressure waves. Such beats may be generated using digital or analog circuitry. The digital beats may be recordings of synthesized or enhanced beats of dragonfly wings beating. The device may take the form of a button that may be worn or otherwise carried by a user.
US12324426B2
An equine boot including a sole member having an interior for receiving a bottom of a hoof; and an upper for retaining the boot on the hoof, the upper having dorsal apertures such that when the boot is worn, bulbs of the hoof protrude through respective apertures. The apertures at least partially define a bulb-engaging element for engaging the peripheries of the bulbs so as to retain the bulbs in the apertures and impede rotation of the boot relative to the hoof.
US12324424B2
A bead-shaped fishing lure is provided that can easily be secured to a fishing line while a hook is attached to the line. The lure includes a body and cap, where the cap includes a protrusion and the body has a corresponding hole, where the cap and body can be affixed to one another by inserting the protrusion into the hole to yield a spherical or spheroidal shape. A channel along the length of either the body or the protrusion receives the fishing line such that the lure is affixed to the fishing line by friction to inhibit motion of the lure along the fishing line when the cap and body are secured together. The cap can be affixed to the body using screw threads, friction, or pegs on the protrusion that rotate into recesses at the bottom of the hole. The fishing lure can be made from plastic, metal, rubber, polymer, and the like.
US12324420B2
A birdfeeder apparatus for discouraging squirrels from accessing birdfeed in the birdfeeder apparatus may comprise a feed holder configured to contain a quantity of birdfeed and having a perimeter wall with an upper portion and a lower portion, with the upper portion and the lower portion of the feed holder each having a width. The apparatus may also comprise at least one feed opening being located on the lower portion and extending through the perimeter wall of the feed holder, and a perch configured to support a bird feeding at the at least one feed opening, with the perch being located adjacent to the at least one feed opening on the lower portion of the perimeter wall and extending outwardly from the perimeter wall. The width of the upper portion may be larger than the width of the lower portion.
US12324415B2
A method of using a reconfigurable pet enrichment system to help pets fulfill their natural behaviors is provided. The system can be arranged to facilitate an environment that helps stimulate, entertain, and exercise a pet, and also provides a defensible space for napping, resting, or sleeping. The system can be constructed from two pieces of pliable material: a base component and a top-covering component attached to the base component by means of semi-permanent fasteners to create a variety of forms such as ripples, nooks and tunnels. The top component can contain several openings of different sizes. Openings appeal to a pet's predatory nature, as the openings provide a source of stimulation and interaction. The system may also be configured with a plurality of members attached via semi-permanent fasteners.
US12324412B2
A configurable labyrinth for an animal is stackable and has a support structure with a vertical column. A first connector is configured to connect to the first end of the vertical column. A second connector is configured to connect to the second end of the vertical column. A first horizontal platform support is configured to connect to the first connector and is configured to retain at least a portion of the first plate. A second horizontal platform support is configured to connect to the second connector and is configured to retain at least a portion of the second plate. A removable panel is configured to slidable traverse the track of the vertical column of the support structure, whereby at least a portion of an edge of the removable panel is retained in the track of the second horizontal platform support.
US12324411B2
A modular frame expandable to form a pet's cage comprises a plurality of modules each of which comprises a substantially quadrangular vertical wall, said modules being arranged adjacently to each other to define the outer shape of the cage, and wherein each vertical edge of each module comprises connecting elements adapted to allow the connection and retention of each vertical wall of a module to a vertical wall of another adjacent module. The modular frame is expandable on a horizontal plane according to a predetermined configuration to form a pet's cage having predetermined shape and dimensions.
US12324400B2
A pea cultivar, designated Esmeralda, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of pea cultivar Esmeralda and to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar Esmeralda with itself or another pea cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pea plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic pea plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to pea cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from pea cultivar Esmeralda, to methods for producing other pea cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from pea cultivar Esmeralda and to the pea plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid pea seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Esmeralda with another pea cultivar.
US12324399B2
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Lunar’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Lunar’ is characterized by its dark green pods in mainly the 4 sieve class, heat tolerance, strong, compact and erect plant habit, and resistance to several races of Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and Uromyces appendiculatus (Rust).
US12324391B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV932686. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV932686, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV932686 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV932686 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV932686.
US12324389B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV880196. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV880196, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV880196 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV880196 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV880196.
US12324383B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PRNC82 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PRNC82 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PRNC82 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PRNC82 or a locus conversion of 1PRNC82 with another maize variety.
US12324379B2
An expansion joint for a pivot irrigation system includes an inner support member having an elongate body terminating in ends having diameters that are larger than a diameter of the elongate body, a first external support member, and a second external support member. Each of the first external support member and the second external support member define an open interior that is configured to slidingly receive a respective end of the inner support member. Each of the first external support member and the second external support member in a stop member positioned on either end of the open interior that limit a range of movement of the respective end of the inner support member.
US12324375B1
A harvesting apparatus and machine is provided for permitting a pair of pickers to pick ground growing fruit from a comfortable and moving position. The harvesting machine includes a frame separated into a first frame half, and a second frame half horizontally adjustable relative to the first frame half. A first seat is positioned on the first frame half and a second seat is positioned on the second frame half, the distance between the first and second seats being adjustable by adjusting the position of the first frame half relative to the second frame half. A propulsion system, including a plurality of wheels, is provided to move the harvesting machine down a row of ground-growing fruit. A steering system is provided to control the direction of movement of the harvesting machine.
US12324374B2
An agricultural device is movable in a direction of advance and includes: a cutter bar equipped with cutting elements intended to cut a standing crop product; a conditioner positioned behind the cutter bar; and a grouping device intended to move the product transversely to the direction of advance and located behind the cutter bar, in an active position. A retraction actuator is configured to transpose the grouping device between the active position and a passive position in which the product is deposited at the rear of the device. A collecting device extends partially under and partially behind the conditioner in active position of the grouping device.
US12324371B1
The present disclosure provides a navigation method and system for caterpillar-type agricultural machinery during loss of a navigation real-time kinematic (RTK) signal, falling within the technical field of vehicle navigation. The method includes the steps of: S1, acquiring operation parameter information about the caterpillar-type agricultural machinery before signal loss, and adjusting a state of the caterpillar-type agricultural machinery based on the operation parameter information; and S2, calculating an operation deviation amount after adjusting the state of the caterpillar-type agricultural machinery for a time t. In the present disclosure, deviation operation caused by signal loss during large-scale operation of agricultural machinery can be improved, and problems in regional scale planting can be prevented.
US12324366B2
Disclosed herein is a hydraulic circuit for an agricultural tractor. The hydraulic circuit includes: a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic oil; a horizontal control cylinder configured to control the horizontality of a working machine for a work target surface by using a flow output from the hydraulic pump; a horizontal control valve disposed between the hydraulic pump and the horizontal control cylinder, and configured to control the operation of the horizontal control cylinder; a lifting control valve configured to control the operation of a lifting control cylinder that controls the height of the working machine for the work target surface; a lifting connection valve disposed between the hydraulic pump and the lifting control valve, and configured to selectively connect and block a flow path between the hydraulic pump and the lifting control valve; and a basic hydraulic line forming flow paths.
US12329047B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a first resistance change layer disposed on the first electrode, a conduction control layer disposed on the first resistance change layer, a second resistance change layer disposed on the conduction control layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second resistance change layer. The conduction control layer includes a metal-organic framework layer and metal particles embedded in the metal-organic framework layer.
US12329040B2
An electronic device may include a first electrode, a first magnetostrictive layer electrically coupled to the first electrode, a first ferroelectric layer above the first magnetostrictive layer, and a ferromagnetic layer above the first ferroelectric layer. The electronic device may further include a second electrode electrically coupled to the ferromagnetic layer, a second ferroelectric layer above the ferromagnetic layer, a second magnetostrictive layer above the second ferroelectric layer, and a third electrode electrically coupled to the second magnetostrictive layer. The first ferroelectric layer may be switchable between different polarization states responsive to a first voltage applied across the first and second electrodes, and the second ferroelectric layer may be switchable between different polarization states responsive to a second voltage applied across the second and third electrodes.
US12329039B2
The present disclosure relates to a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) cell having an extended upper electrode, and a method of formation the same. In some embodiments, the MRAM cell has a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) arranged over a conductive lower electrode. Two protection layers sequentially surround a sidewall of the MTJ. The two protection layers have etch selectivity over one another.
US12329034B2
The present technology relates to an audio device and a driving method thereof, and a display device which are configured to make it possible to obtain sufficient sound pressure level in a wider frequency band. The audio device includes: a diaphragm; an electrodynamic vibrator that vibrates the diaphragm to output sound; and a piezoelectric vibrator that vibrates the diaphragm to output sound. The present technology can be applied to the display device.
US12329031B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for annealing poled ceramic over a heating period during which the temperature is raised incrementally to “lock-in” desirable high temperature characteristics.
US12329028B2
Provided is an organic EL device including: a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other, in which the light emitting layer contains a first host, a second host, and a luminescent dopant, an indolocarbazole compound represented by General Formula (1) is contained as the first host, and a biscarbazole compound or a dibenzofuran compound having a dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene ring is contained as the second host. This organic EL device has a low drive voltage, high efficiency, and high drive stability.
US12329026B2
The present invention describes carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene derivatives which are substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising these compounds.
US12329025B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element excellent in suppression of a change in an external quantum efficiency during a continuous drive. In addition, an imaging element and an optical sensor related to the photoelectric conversion element are provided. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes a conductive film, a photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent conductive film in this order, contains a first compound that has a maximum absorption wavelength at a wavelength of 500 to 620 nm, and that is a compound represented by Formula (1), and contains a second compound that is different from the first compound and that has a maximum absorption wavelength at a wavelength of 450 to 550 nm.
US12329019B2
Provided are a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display device. The display substrate includes sub-pixel units on a base layer, each sub-pixel unit includes a light propagation unit including a first medium structure and a second medium structure, orthographic projections of the first medium structure and the light emitting unit on the base layer are at least partially overlapped, the second medium structure contacts at least one side of the first medium structure. The first medium structure has a refractive index larger than that of the second medium structure. A first included angle between a diagonal line and a bottom side of a first cross section of the first medium structure is equal to a total reflection angle at a contact surface between the first medium structure and the second medium structure. The first included angle is smaller than or equal to a preset angle.
US12329014B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a transmission area, a display area, and a middle area that includes at least one groove and is located between the transmission area and the display area; an input sensing layer stacked on the display panel, wherein a metal layer that overlaps the at least one groove in a plan view is in one of the display panel and the input sensing layer.
US12329011B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes: a substrate, a first display area in which a plurality of main sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a second display area in which a basic unit is arranged, the basic unit including an auxiliary light-emitting area, in which a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a transmission portion, wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode on the substrate, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer, wherein intermediate layers of auxiliary sub-pixels for emitting light of a same color from among the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are connected to each other.
US12329002B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a first power supply line in the non-display area and applying a first supply voltage to the display area, and a driving voltage line which is in the display area and connects the display area to the first power supply line. The first power supply line includes a first sub-power supply line, and a second sub-power supply line which is on the first sub-power supply line. The second sub-power supply line includes a same material as the driving voltage line.
US12329001B2
A display panel, a detection method of a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a plurality of sub-pixels and at least one first detection line. At least one sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels includes at least one to-be-tested device, and the at least one to-be-tested device is electrically connected to the at least one first detection line. The non-display region includes at least one detection pad, and a detection pad of the at least one detection pad is electrically connected to a first detection line of the at least one first detection line.
US12328997B2
This disclosure discloses a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate, wherein the substrate has a display region and a border region surrounding the display region; the border region includes a first power voltage line and a first planarization layer sequentially stacked on a side of the substrate; the border region has a first dam region surrounding the display region and a second dam region surrounding the first dam region; an orthographic projection of the first power voltage line on the substrate is within the first dam region; the first planarization layer is at least within the first dam region and the second dam region, and the first planarization layer within the first dam region at least covers a side surface of the first power voltage line; and the first planarization layer has a first groove and a second groove.
US12328995B2
A display device includes a substrate, a display unit disposed over the substrate, and an encapsulation layer sealing the display unit. The display unit includes a thin film transistor, a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a protection layer, and a planarization layer. The protection layer and the planarization layer are disposed between the thin film transistor and the display element. The display unit includes a display area and a non-display area outside the display area. The non-display area includes a voltage line. The planarization layer includes a dividing region dividing the planarization layer into a center portion and an outer portion. The dividing region surrounds the display area. The voltage line is partially disposed in the dividing region. The protection layer at least covers the sides of the voltage line disposed in the dividing region.
US12328990B2
Disclosed are a preparation method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The drive backboard comprises: a pixel circuit disposed on a base substrate; an anode disposed on a side of the pixel circuit facing away from the base substrate and electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and a first insulating layer disposed between the base substrate and the anode; the first insulating layer is provided with a groove surrounding the pixel circuit, the anode covers the first insulating layer, and an edge of the anode extends to an inner wall of the groove.
US12328985B2
A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit arranged beneath the first light emitting unit. The first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are alternately conducted. The first light emitting unit includes: a first cathode, a first electron transport layer, a first luminescent layer, a first hole transport layer, and a first anode arranged sequentially from bottom to top. The second light emitting unit includes: a second anode, a second hole transport layer, a second luminescent layer, a second electron transport layer, and a second cathode arranged sequentially from bottom to top. The first cathode, the first anode, the second cathode, and the second anode are all connected to AC power supplies, respectively.
US12328977B2
A light-emitting device package includes a frame including one side on which a first electrode is formed and the other side on which a second electrode is formed, an LED chip including a first conductive connection pad electrically connected to the first electrode and a second conductive connection pad electrically connected to the second electrode, a reflective member disposed on the frame, forming a cavity for accommodating the LED chip therein, and reflecting light emitted from the LED chip, and a wavelength conversion member filled in the cavity to cover the LED chip, wherein the reflective member includes a first side and a second side different from the first side, and a first height of the first side and a second height of the second side are formed to be different from each other.
US12328971B2
A micro LED chip transfer method includes: determining the transfer object size for a transfer, by using a block-by-block LED chip map in which the use state information of an LED chip is stored for each block of the wafer; determining a mask size that can minimize a scrap block of the wafer that is not used for transfer, by using the transfer object size; determining a starting point position of the wafer transfer object region for transfer; and positioning a mask having the mask size at the starting point position of the wafer transfer object region and irradiating a laser, such that the LED chip formed in the wafer transfer object region is transferred.
US12328970B2
An electrode structure, a solar cell, and a photovoltaic module are provided. The electrode structure includes: busbars extending along a first direction and each including two sub-busbars arranged opposite to each other along a second direction intersecting with the first direction, each of the sub-busbars includes first sub-portions and second sub-portions that are spaced at intervals; fingers extending along the second direction and arranged at two sides of the busbars, the fingers are connected to the sub-busbars; and electrode pads sandwiched between the first sub-portions of the two sub-busbars and connected to the first sub-portions, the first sub-portion of at least one of the sub-busbars protrude towards a side away from the electrode pads.
US12328969B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solar cell and a solar cell module. The solar cell includes a first region and a second region, and further includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a tunneling layer covering the second surface; a first emitter formed on part of the tunneling layer in the first region; and a second emitter formed on part of the tunneling layer in the second region and on the first emitter, a conductivity type of the second emitter being different from a conductivity type of the first emitter. The solar cell further includes a first electrode configured to electrically connect with the first emitter by penetrating through the second emitter; and a second electrode formed in the second region and configured to electrically connect with the second emitter.
US12328968B1
Provided are a back-contact solar cell, a method for preparing the same, and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes a substrate, a plurality of first doped sections and a plurality of second doped sections. The substrate has a first side, and the first side has two opposing first edges perpendicular to a first direction and two opposing second edges perpendicular a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction. The plurality of first doped sections are formed on the first side, and each first doped section includes a first portion extending along the second direction and a plurality of second portions distributed at intervals along the second direction, where each second portion protrudes from the first portion in a direction parallel to the second edges.
US12328955B2
This thin film is a thin film for detecting circularly polarized light, and includes a plurality of inorganic layers constituting a layered structure and/or a plurality of inorganic chains constituting a chain structure, which are formed of a perovskite type substance, and chiral molecules incorporated in at least a part of a boundary part between the adjacent inorganic layers and/or between the inorganic chains, wherein the chiral molecules include only one of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules or chiral molecules with a higher abundance proportion of one of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules than an abundance proportion of the other of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules, and wherein the crystal structure of the perovskite type substance is oriented in a predetermined direction.
US12328946B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of the transistor devices. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, where a transistor device is provided on the semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device further comprises a stack of routing layers over the semiconductor substrate, and a diode in the stack of routing layers. In an embodiment, the diode is configured to provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to the transistor device.
US12328942B2
A special-shaped thin-film transistor and an array substrate are provided. The special-shaped thin-film transistor includes a first gate portion, a first compensation electrode, and a first source electrode. The first compensation electrode is connected to the first gate portion. The first source electrode includes a first extension part, a first source portion, and a second extension part which are connected in sequence. Part of the first extension part overlaps the first gate portion, and part of the second extension part overlaps the first compensation electrode.
US12328936B2
Discussed herein is gate spacing in integrated circuit (IC) structures, as well as related methods and components. For example, in some embodiments, an IC structure may include: a first gate metal having a longitudinal axis; a second gate metal, wherein the longitudinal axis of the first gate metal is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the second gate metal; a first dielectric material continuously around the first gate metal; and a second dielectric material continuously around the second gate metal, wherein the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material are present between the first gate metal and the second gate metal.
US12328927B2
Low resistance and reduced reactivity approaches for fabricating contacts, and semiconductor structures having low resistance metal contacts, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor structure above a substrate. A gate electrode is over the semiconductor structure, the gate electrode defining a channel region in the semiconductor structure. A first semiconductor source or drain structure is at a first end of the channel region at a first side of the gate electrode. A second semiconductor source or drain structure is at a second end of the channel region at a second side of the gate electrode, the second end opposite the first end. A source or drain contact is on the first or second semiconductor source or drain structure, the source or drain contact including an alloyed metal barrier layer and an inner conductive structure.
US12328925B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed including a sub-layer with first conductivity type, a drift layer with first conductivity type, a base region with second conductivity type positioned on the drift layer, a source region in contact with the base region, a source electrode, a plurality of trenches, at least one of the trenches in contact with the drift layer, the base region, and the source region, a plurality of insulating regions, at least one of the insulating regions positioned inside of each trench, a plurality of gate electrodes, at least one of the gate electrodes positioned inside of each trench; and a plurality of field plates, at least one of the field plates electrically connected to the source electrode and positioned in the insulating region in the trench. The field plate comprises high-resistance polysilicon.
US12328894B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an n-type drift layer; a p-type blocking layer; a gate opening which penetrates through the blocking layer to the drift layer; an electron transport layer and an electron supply layer provided on an inner face of the gate opening; a gate electrode above the electron supply layer and covering the gate opening; a source opening penetrating through the electron supply layer and the electron transport layer to the blocking layer; a source electrode covering the source opening, the source electrode being connected to the electron supply layer, the electron transport layer, and the blocking layer; and a drain electrode on a side of the substrate opposite from a side on which the blocking layer is located. A bottom face of the gate electrode is closer to the drain electrode than a bottom face of the blocking layer is.
US12328886B2
Some implementations described herein provide a semiconductor device and methods of formation. The semiconductor device may include a photodiode device electrically connected to a metal-insulator-metal deep-trench capacitor. The metal-insulator-metal deep-trench capacitor includes a layer of an amorphous material between an insulator layer stack of the deep-trench capacitor structure and a capacitor bottom metal layer of the metal-insulator-metal deep-trench capacitor. The amorphous material includes a bandgap energy level that provides a conduction band offset and lowers a probability of electron tunneling from the capacitor bottom metal electrode layer to the insulator layer stack. In this way, leakage associated with grain boundaries, crystal defects, and interfaces of a bottom layer of the insulator layer stack may be overcome to improve a lag performance of the semiconductor device including the metal-insulator-metal deep-trench capacitor.
US12328881B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate containing first-type deep trenches and second-type deep trenches. The first-type deep trenches and the second-type deep trenches have lengthwise sidewalls that laterally extend along different directions. The semiconductor structure includes a capacitor structure, which includes a layer stack containing at least three metallic electrode layers interlaced with at least two node dielectric layers. Each layer within the layer stack includes a horizontally-extending portion that overlies a top surface of the substrate and vertically-extending portions that protrude downward into a respective one of the first-type deep trenches and second-type deep trenches. The different orientations of the lengthwise directions of the deep trenches reduces deformation of the semiconductor structure. Stress-relief structures may be formed in corner regions of the capacitor structure to provide structural reinforcement.
US12328874B2
A device includes a first region including first semiconductor pillars extending through first conductive layers; a second region including second semiconductor pillars extending through second conductive layers; and a third region disposed between the first region and the second region and including insulator columns extending through third conductive layers. The third region includes a fourth region and a fifth region. In the fourth region, one third conductive layer electrically connects one first conductive layer and one second conductive layer to each other, and in the fifth region, one third conductive layer is connected to a contact plug. A first diameter of a first subset of the insulator columns provided in the fourth region is smaller than a second diameter of a second subset of the insulator columns provided in the fifth region.
US12328868B2
A memory structure is described, which includes a substrate, a word line structure, a bit line contact, and a bit line. The substrate has a trench. The word line structure is disposed in the trench of the substrate. The word line structure includes a word line, a gate dielectric layer, and a capping layer. The word line is disposed in the trench. The gate dielectric layer is disposed between the word line and the substrate. The capping layer covers the word line. The capping layer includes a first material film, and a dielectric constant of the first material layer is smaller than a dielectric constant of silicon nitride. The bit line contact is disposed on a portion of the trench and a portion of the capping layer. The bit line is disposed over the bit line contact and electrically connected to the bit line contact.
US12328863B2
A transistor, a 3D memory and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic device are provided in the present application. The 3D memory includes a plurality of layers of memory cells stacked in a direction perpendicular to a substrate, and a word line. A memory cell includes a transistor which includes a source and a drain, a gate extending in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a semiconductor layer surrounding a sidewall of the gate. The semiconductor layer includes a source contact region and a drain contact region arranged at intervals. A channel between the source contact region and the drain contact region is a horizontal channel, and the word line extends in the direction perpendicular to the substrate and penetrates through the memory cells of different layers.
US12328858B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a carrier substrate, a buried dielectric region overlying the carrier substrate, and a semiconductor film separated from the carrier substrate by the buried dielectric region. NMOS transistors and PMOS transistors are disposed at a surface of the semiconductor film and coupled together to form a static random access memory (SRAM) cell. The NMOS transistors and the PMOS transistors each include a gate dielectric layer having a thickness greater than three nanometers and an active region in the semiconductor film. The active region of the PMOS transistors are formed from a silicon-germanium alloy.
US12328851B2
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a liquid-to-air heat exchanger is associated with a fan wall and a refrigerant-based cooling system to provide air cooling and refrigerant-based cooling to cool secondary coolant or fluid received from at least one cold plate.
US12328850B2
The disclosure relates to a data center cooling system including a cooling tower, an air cooling unit, a liquid cooling unit and a cabinet, the air cooling unit including a first heat exchanger, a fan and an air returning channel, the liquid cooling unit including a second heat exchanger, the cabinet including a server. A coolant outlet of the cooling tower is connected to a coolant inlet of the first heat exchanger and a first coolant inlet of the second heat exchanger, a coolant outlet of the first heat exchanger and a first coolant outlet of the second heat exchanger are connected to a coolant inlet of the cooling tower, a second coolant outlet of the second heat exchanger is connected to a coolant inlet of the server, and a coolant outlet of the server is connected to a second coolant inlet of the second heat exchanger.
US12328846B2
An elastic heat conduction mechanism for electronic devices includes a heat-conducting unit and a heat-exchanging member that are tightly assembled in an elastic and floating docking adjustment to achieve the effect of preset heating element cooling. The base and heat-conducting assembly of the heat-conducting unit are floatingly assembled in the storage space of the heat-exchanging member to form a floating adjustment and a stable fit to assist the preset heating element to quickly dissipate heat.
US12328840B2
A heater device connectable to a network and adapted to mine cryptocurrency includes a housing having at least one sidewall, a top cover, and a bottom cover, the at least one sidewall including a sound insulation layer connectable thereto. A mining assembly is configured to mine cryptocurrency. The mining assembly includes a shroud that includes a mining motherboard, a power supply unit, and a control board and a fan assembly connectable to the mining assembly. The fan assembly is configured to transfer heat when generated by the mining assembly. The sound insulation layer surrounds both the mining and fan assemblies to provide noise absorption of the mining assembly or fan assembly when the heater device is activated.
US12328837B2
A chassis architecture and a server comprising same. The chassis architecture includes: a PCIE module layer, a threading layer and a computing layer. The threading layer is provided with a plurality of first threading holes, allowing a passage of PCIE cables connected to PCIE modules; the upper surface of the threading layer is configured for bearing the PCIE cables; the computing layer is provided with a plurality of second threading holes, allowing a passage of the PCIE cables. Moreover, an upper surface of the threading layer is configured for bearing the PCIE cables, so that a plurality of PCIE modules may be arranged in one row, and thus each of the plurality of PCIE modules may meet the heat dissipation requirement thereof.
US12328829B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a display module including a display panel; an arm having an upper arm that is coupled to a rear of the display module and a lower arm that is hinge-connected to the upper arm; a bottom case to which the lower arm is pivotally connected; and a top case hinge-connected to the bottom case.
US12328819B2
A connection element for electrically connecting a circuit carrier to another circuit carrier includes at least one solder connection for soldering onto the surface of the circuit carrier and a connection pin, which is electrically connected to the solder connection, for inserting into the other circuit carrier. The connection element has a holding body and a contact element which is connected to the holding body and which is designed to be elastic. The contact element has an end section, the solder connection being formed on the end section. The connection element has a locking element which is connected to the connection element in a movable manner back and forth between a locking position and a release position. The locking element is designed to limit the displacement of the contact element in the locking position and release an elastic movement of the contact element in the release position.
US12328817B2
A flexible printed circuit board includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a chip mounting region, and the circuit pattern includes a wiring portion and a pad portion, wherein the circuit pattern includes: a first circuit pattern including a first-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a first-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a first wiring portion that connects the first-first pad portion and the first-second pad portion, and extending in a first direction based on the chip mounting region; a second circuit pattern including a second-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a second-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a second wiring portion that connects the second-first pad portion and the second-second pad portion, and extending in a second direction; and a third circuit pattern including a plurality of third pad portions disposed inside the chip mounting region and including a third wiring portion connecting the third pad portion and an extension wiring portion that extends to the outside of the third pad portion, and a protective layer is disposed on the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion.
US12328816B2
The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board assembly including a first circuit board including a first footprint, the first circuit board further includes a plurality of first vertical vias extending between a first side and an opposing second side; a second circuit board including a second footprint smaller than the first footprint, the second circuit board further includes a plurality of second vertical vias extending between a subsequent first side and an opposing subsequent second side; an adhesive layer coupling the first side to the subsequent first side; and a plurality of third vertical vias extending through the first side and the subsequent first side.
US12328814B2
A printed wiring board having a sheet material including a cloth-like material woven of reinforced fiber. An angle between a warp thread and a weft thread of the reinforced fiber of the sheet material is 90 degrees. In the sheet material, threads configuring the cloth-like material are cut so that one side of a circumferential edge portion of the sheet material is tilted leftward or rightward at an angle no smaller than 5 degrees and no larger than 30 degrees and a length of a cut portion obtained by cutting out the cloth-like-material configuration threads aligned on a cutting blade with the cutting blade is longer by 0.3 mm to 6.3 mm than a total length of a clearance between an upper blade and a lower blade configuring the cutting blade for cutting the cloth-like material and a thickness of the cloth-like-material configuration threads aligned on the cutting blade.
US12328813B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first insulating base, a wiring layer and a sensor electrode. The first insulating base is made into a mesh-like form. The wiring layer is disposed over a first band portion of the first insulating base. The sensor electrode is disposed over a first island-shaped portion of the first insulating base. The second substrate includes a second insulating base, a common electrode and a sensor sheet. The second insulating base is made into a mesh-like form. The common electrode is made into a mesh-like form. The sensor sheet overlaps a second island-shaped portion of the second insulating base in plan view and is disposed below the common electrode.
US12328800B2
A heater device for heating an user's body seated on a seat includes a heat generating portion that is arranged in a recess recessed from a surface of the seat, and generates heat by energization, a distance detection unit that detects a distance between an object around the heat generating portion and the heat generating portion, and a control unit that controls energization of the heat generating portion. A first control portion controls energization amount of the heat generating portion so that the output of the heat generating portion becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined output, when the distance is longer than an offset distance between the heat generating portion and the surface of the seat. A second control portion controls the energization amount so that the output becomes less than the predetermined output, when the distance is equal to or less than the offset distance.
US12328798B2
The present disclosure provides an atomizer and an electronic cigarette with the atomizer. The atomizer includes a cartridge assembly and a mouthpiece assembly; the cartridge assembly includes a liquid reservoir, an opening communicating the liquid reservoir with an external environment, and an atomization chamber communicating with the liquid reservoir; the mouthpiece assembly is inserted into the opening; the cartridge assembly includes an engaging portion located adjacent to the opening, and the mouthpiece assembly includes an inserting portion inserted into the engaging portion; the inserting portion defines a discharging hole, air discharges through the discharging hole while the inserting portion is being inserted into the engaging portion, and after the inserting portion is inserted into the engaging portion in place, the discharging hole is blocked, thus, e-liquid in the liquid reservoir can be prevented from being pushed to flow into the atomization chamber and liquid leakage can be prevented.
US12328793B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a card assignment, allocation, and distribution service is provided. The service may include generating vendor-agnostic identifiers that create a unified inventory among cards of different vendors. The service may also include generating vendor-agnostic identifiers with criterion data based on the vendor-agnostic identifiers. The criterion data may be used to steer and distribute cards among distribution devices associated with different vendor platforms. The vendor-agnostic identifiers with criterion data may optimize or minimize the generation and storage of data used to manage allocation and distribution of cards. Also, the vendor-agnostic identifiers with criterion data may reduce and/or streamline the network processing in allocation and distribution procedures of the cards to end devices.
US12328792B2
A computer-implemented method for sender activated mobile call overloading (SAMCO) is described that includes processors configured for receiving request call data comprising a data request initiated by a sending mobile device intended for a receiving mobile device, receiving active call data corresponding to a telephone call placed by the sending mobile device to the receiving mobile device, wherein the active call data comprises the data request, determining that the receiving mobile device is subscribed to a data request service configured to execute the data request, determining that the sending mobile device is authorized to access the receiving mobile device, and responsive to determining that the sending mobile device is authorized, the method includes processors configured for transmitting the data request to the receiving mobile device.
US12328785B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitter user equipment (UE), a receiver UE, or both of a sidelink communications link may detect a radio link failure (RLF) on the sidelink communications link. For example, the transmitter UE may perform a radio link monitoring procedure to identify the RLF. Additionally or alternatively, the receiver UE may detect if the RLF occurs based on using a timer or counter. Accordingly, the receiver UE may initiate the timer when no sidelink transmission is received and may declare RLF upon the timer expiring. The receiver UE may initiate the timer when a data transmission is not received, when a data transmission is supposed to be received and is not received, not decoding sidelink control information (SCI), not receiving the SCI, etc.
US12328767B2
Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetitions. A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving signaling information for indicating a synchronization signal block (SSB) group size; mapping indices of a plurality of SSBs to a plurality of physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions for a number of PRACH repetitions, wherein the plurality of SSBs are divided into one or more SSB groups based on the indicated SSB group size; and determining a set of PRACH occasions corresponding to one of the indices of the plurality of SSBs from the plurality of PRACH occasions based on the mapping.
US12328762B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless sensing. In an aspect, a network node detects a collision between at least one wireless communication signal scheduled to be transmitted by the network node and two or more bundled radar reference signals scheduled to be transmitted by the network node, wherein the at least one wireless communication signal is scheduled to be transmitted during a gap between a first radar reference signal and a second radar reference signal of the two or more bundled radar reference signals; performs a collision avoidance operation based on detection of the collision, and transmits the two or more bundled radar reference signals.
US12328756B2
A method for detecting control signaling includes: receiving downlink control information, the downlink control information includes an information field, and the information field is configured to indicate a detection location of the control signaling in an unlicensed frequency band; and receiving the control signaling at the detection location in the unlicensed frequency band according to the information field.
US12328747B2
A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes joining a network as a child of a parent node and receiving a downlink broadcast channel from the parent node. The method further includes setting the downlink broadcast channel as an uplink broadcast channel in response to the step of receiving.
US12328740B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a gNB, a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) that indicates a number of narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) downlink subframes for a downlink scheduling delay of a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) in one or more radio frames configured for time-division duplexing (TDD) operation. Subframes of the one or more radio frames may include uplink subframes, NB-IoT downlink subframes for downlink NB-IoT transmissions, and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions. The UE may determine the downlink scheduling delay based on an earliest subframe for which a count of NB-IoT downlink subframes is equal to the number of NB-IoT downlink subframes indicated in the NPDCCH.
US12328714B2
Technology for an eNodeB operable to apply scrambling to coded bits transported via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The eNodeB can generate a code word that comprises coded bits for transmission to the UE. The UE can be a bandwidth-reduced low complexity (BL) UE or a coverage enhancement (CE) UE. The eNodeB can identify, for the BL UE or the CE UE, a scrambling sequence to be applied to the coded bits. The scrambling sequence can be initialized using a defined initialization value (cinit). The eNodeB can apply the scrambling sequence with the defined initialization value to the coded bits to obtain scrambled coded bits. The eNodeB can encode the scrambled coded bits for transmission to the UE via the PDSCH.
US12328712B2
A data transmission method, apparatus, device and system for direct communication are provided. The method includes that a first terminal sends, according to information sent by an access network device, sidelink data to a second terminal through a sidelink. The first terminal receives sidelink hybrid auto repeat request (HARQ) feedback information fed back by the second terminal, where the sidelink HARQ feedback information is configured to indicate a receiving state corresponding to the sidelink data. The first terminal reports the sidelink HARQ feedback information to the access network device.
US12328709B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, terminal device, and network device for transmitting sidelink data. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal device, sidelink transmission resource indication information and first uplink transmission resource indication information configured by a network device, where the sidelink transmission resource indication information is used for indicating a sidelink transmission resource, and the first uplink transmission resource indication information is used for indicating a first uplink transmission resource; transmitting, by the first terminal device, sidelink data to at least one second terminal device on the sidelink transmission resource; transmitting, by the first terminal device, the first feedback information to the network device, where the first feedback information is used for indicating whether the sidelink data has been received correctly.
US12328700B2
A system and method of providing an enhanced downlink (DL)-uplink (UL) timing relationship. The system and method include identifying, by a first wireless communication device, an offset between a first time-domain tag at which the first wireless communication device detects a signal transmitted from a wireless communication node and a second time-domain tag at which the first wireless communication device applies the signal. In some embodiments, the offset includes at least one of a common offset portion or a user equipment (UE)-specific offset portion.
US12328696B2
The scheduling flexibility of CSI reference signals enables time and frequency synchronization using multiple non-zero CSI-RSs transmitted in the same subframe, or using CSI-RSs transmitted in the same subframe with other synchronization signals. Also, multiple synchronization signals may be scheduled in the same subframe to enable fine time and frequency synchronization without cell-specific reference signals.
US12328694B2
A system and method for wireless communications are disclosed herein. Example implementations include a wireless communication method of receiving first system information in a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) Block (SSB), where the first system information indicates an offset, and at least two value ranges are defined for the offset, and determining reception configuration of downlink control of second system information according to one of the at least two value ranges.
US12328693B2
Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.
US12328692B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for providing a time-stamp based controller for synchronization of sink or source sampling rate with external packet rate. A method for wireless communications includes receiving a transmission of a packet using a wireless transceiver of an electronic device, and using a processor of the electronic device to read a first value of a system timer and store the first value as an arrival time-stamp. The packet is decoded and processed by the processor, and sent to an output. When the processed packet is sent, a second value of the system timer is read, adjusted and stored as a departure time-stamp. The arrival time-stamp and the departure time-stamp are used to calculate an adjustment stimulus for a sample rate actuator of the electronic device. The sample rate actuator is configured to maintain synchronization of sampling rate with an external packet rate.
US12328687B2
A power control method, a terminal device and a network device are disclosed, wherein power adjustment information is associated with a resource, so that power control for URLLC is more targeted and is also more efficient. The power control method includes: a terminal device receiving first information, wherein the first information comprises at least one piece of power adjustment information; and the terminal device determining, according to the at least one piece of power adjustment information and power configuration information, a sending power, wherein the power configuration information at least comprises a first correlation, and the first correlation is a correlation between the power adjustment information and a resource.
US12328676B2
A base station is configured to transmit wake-up signals to a user equipment to wake-up the UE to receive a page from the base station. The base station transmits one or more synchronization signals, wherein the synchronization signals correspond to a wake-up signal (WUS) that is to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) operating in a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, wherein the paging DRX cycle includes a paging occasion (PO) and transmits the WUS to the UE during a WUS occasion, wherein the WUS indicates whether the UE is to utilize an active mode or a sleep mode during the PO.
US12328672B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wake-up signal processing method, an information issuing method, a communication device. The wake-up signal processing method comprises: determining frequentnesses Ni of a wake-up signal being applied to different types of first cycles, wherein each of Ni is the number of a corresponding first cycle in which a terminal maintains a sleep state during an On Duration, and respective values of Ni are 0 or a positive integer; and determining a terminal state of the terminal during the On Duration in a corresponding type of first cycle according to one of frequentnesses Ni and a monitoring result of the wake-up signal, wherein the terminal state is a wake-up state or the sleep state.
US12328661B2
Provided is a broadcast signal output device and a vehicle having the same. The broadcast signal output device includes: a communicator configured to receive current location information; a memory in which map information is stored; a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal having a frequency; a processor configured to determine whether a current location is a shadow area based on the current location information and the map information, determine whether a broadcast device is present upon determining that the current location is the shadow area, mute the received broadcast signal to prevent noise from being output upon determining that the broadcast device is absent, and control an output of the received broadcast signal upon determining that the broadcast device is present; and a sound outputter configured to output an audio signal in the received broadcast signal in response to a control command of the processor.
US12328656B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to network optimization solutions provided as software agents (applications) executed on network nodes in a heterogenous multi-vendor environment to provide cross-layer network optimization and ensure availability of network resources to meet associated Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS). In one aspect, a network slicing engine is configured to receive at least one request from at least one network endpoint for access to the heterogeneous multi-vendor network for data transmission; receive information on state of operation of a plurality of communication links between the plurality of nodes; determine a set of data transmission routes for the request; assign a network slice for serving the request; determine, from the set of data transmission routes, an end-to-end route for the network slice; and send network traffic associated with the request using the network slice and over the end-to-end route.
US12328652B2
A method for providing feedback to a user regarding usage of an aerosol delivery device, the method including storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a packet that includes the information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; transmitting the packet to a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface, and via a Bluetooth protocol; processing the information from the aerosol delivery device at the remote wireless device; and providing feedback regarding the usage of the aerosol delivery device on a graphical user interface displayed on a display device.
US12328651B2
An automated method is provided for initiating a transaction function in a transaction processing device. The method comprises establishing near field communication between the transaction processing device and an NFC transmitting device having an associated tag identifier and receiving NFC information including the tag identifier. The transaction processing device transmits the NFC information to a merchant processor and receives from the merchant processor a tag rule communication including an instruction to carry out a transaction function associated with the tag identifier or a request to associate a new transaction function with the tag identifier. Responsive to receiving an instruction to carry out a transaction function associated with the tag identifier, the transaction processing device executes the transaction function. Responsive to receiving a request to associate a new transaction function with the tag identifier, the transaction processing device transmits a request response to the merchant processor.
US12328642B2
A communication system and method include a group of multiple, discrete communication devices, each including an isotropic antenna element and a controller. A role of a first communication device is master device, and the role of the other communication devices is follower device. The controller of the master device determines relative locations of the follower devices to the master device, and assigns different phase delay values to the communication devices based on the relative locations. The controller of the master device communicates message information including the phase delay values, a message payload, and a transmit time to the follower devices for the isotropic antenna elements of the communication devices to collectively form an antenna array that transmits the message payload at the transmit time. The antenna array transmits the message payload with a phase taper defined by the phase delay values to form a beam towards a target.
US12328639B1
Dynamic geofences may be generated and updated based on locations of related assets. For example, locations of a group of related assets, including a primary asset and one or more secondary assets, may be determined. A geofence associated with the primary asset may then be analyzed to identify any geofences of secondary assets that overlap. This process may be repeated for each overlapping geofence to identify additional overlap and expand or move a combined dynamic geofence. Environmental aspects such as time of day, weather conditions, and risk levels may be considered for dynamic geofence adjustments. The combined geofence and asset locations may be displayed on a user interface.
US12328624B2
A communication network receives inbound device context for an inbound wireless communication device from a source network. The communication network detects when the inbound wireless communication device attaches to a target Non Third Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access node, and in response, retrieves the inbound device context for the inbound wireless communication device. The communication network transfers network signaling to serve the inbound wireless communication device over the target non-3GPP access node based on the inbound device context. The communication network determines outbound device context for an outbound wireless communication device for a data session over a source non-3GPP access node. The communication network detects when the outbound wireless communication device detaches from the source non-3GPP access node to handover to a target network, and in response, transfers the outbound device context for the outbound wireless communication device to the target network.
US12328623B2
Disclosed in the present application are a method and device for data forwarding. The method includes: sending to a second wireless access network node a first interface message requesting to modify the node; receiving a second interface message returned by the second wireless access network node, where the information in the second interface message includes first radio resource control (RRC) configuration information and first data forwarding and distribution information used for indicating first data that needs data forwarding; and sending a third interface message carrying the information in the second interface message to a third wireless access network node, to request the third wireless access network node to receive the first data forwarded from the second wireless access network node.
US12328620B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically disabling beamforming for particular user devices. At a node that utilizes carrier aggregation, a node, such as an eNodeB or a gNodeB, communicates with a user device that is located at a cell edge, the communicating comprising transmitting data on at least two channels that utilize beamforming. Performance of the user device is determined to be below a predetermined threshold. When this occurs, beamforming capabilities are disabled for at least one of the at least two channels used to communicate with the user device.
US12328617B2
A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. An example method includes: performing, by a terminal device, neighboring cell measurement in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell based on a first parameter, wherein the first parameter is associated with one or more of following information: a distance between the terminal device and a network device in the NTN cell; a height of a network device in the NTN cell from ground; an azimuth angle of an antenna of a network device in the NTN cell; a sub-zone in the NTN cell, or a distance between an edge of the NTN cell and the network device.
US12328614B2
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system. The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to an application layer network architecture providing an edge computing service in a cellular wireless communication system. According to an embodiment, a method of an EES comprises receiving, from an EEC, a first message including information used to determine matching EAS, and triggering an EAS management system to instantiate the matching EAS in response to receiving the first message.
US12328609B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to report beam information for a secondary cell. The UE receives a signal from a network indicating that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) secondary cell (SCell) activation procedure has been initiated, collects beam information corresponding to a target PUCCH SCell, reports the beam information to the network, determines that the target PUCCH SCell has been activated as a PUCCH SCell and transmits uplink control information (UCI) over a PUCCH to the PUCCH SCell, wherein the UE is also configured with a different PUCCH corresponding to a primary cell (PCell).
US12328599B2
Various arrangements of hybrid cloud cellular network systems are presented herein. A cellular radio access network (RAN) that includes multiple base stations (BSs) can be in communication with a cloud computing platform. Multiple cloud-implemented national data center (NDC) instantiations can be present and executed on the cloud computing platform. Network functions (NFs) are executed within each cloud-implemented NDC instantiation on the cloud computing platform. The system further includes instances of a cellular network database function that updates each other instance of the cellular network database function across the NDC instantiations.
US12328596B2
A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; determining whether a shared spectrum channel access is enabled; determining a first index of the SS/PBCH block as a candidate SS/PBCH block index (ISSB1) based on a number of candidate SS/PBCH blocks in a half frame; and determining a second index of the SS/PBCH block as an SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) based on a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter (Q) indicated by a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block, wherein the SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) is determined as: ISSB2=ISSB1 mod Q based on a determination that the shared spectrum channel access is enabled, where mod is a modular operation; or ISSB2=ISSB1 based on the determination that the shared spectrum channel access is not enabled.
US12328595B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication over a shared spectrum carrier utilizing a broadcast, common control channel. The broadcast control channel may be multiplexed with a unicast control channel. Further, a scheduling entity may allocate a semi-static set of resources for the broadcast control channel, providing a shared search space on the shared spectrum carrier. The resource allocation for the shared search space may be based on one or more parameters, which may be cell-specific parameters. This shared search space may include resources distributed across the shared spectrum carrier, or a contiguous set of resources that spans only a portion of the carrier. The broadcast control channel may be configured for high reliability, and may carry time-critical control information relating to access control for the shared spectrum carrier. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US12328589B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12328575B2
Techniques are disclosed for security management during an onboarding process for user equipment. For example, from a perspective of an onboarding network, a method comprises authenticating, via the onboarding network, user equipment based on an onboarding record previously configured for the user equipment or a set of user equipment and maintained by the onboarding network. Upon successful authentication, a communication session is established from the onboarding network to a provisioning server for remote provisioning of the user equipment. Advantageously, the onboarding process is performed without a default credential server.
US12328566B2
An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology includes a storage unit that stores HRTF data corresponding to a plurality of positions based on a listening position; and a sound image localization processing unit that performs a sound image localization process on sound data of an utterer by using the HRTF data according to an utterance situation of a participant participating in a conversation via a network. The present technology can be applied to a computer that performs remote conference.
US12328560B2
A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises an expanding collet constructed and arranged for positioning at an interior of a bobbin having an inner diameter, the expanding collet including a hole that extends through an interior in a longitudinal direction of the expanding collet; a center pin extending through the hole of the expanding collet, the expanding collet applying a force against the inner diameter of the bobbin in response to a position of the center pin in the hole of the expanding collet relative to the interior of the expanding collet; and a forming mandrel including a hole that extends through an interior in a longitudinal direction of the forming mandrel. The expanding collet extends through the hole in, and coaxial with, the forming mandrel. The expanding collet rotates the bobbin about the longitudinal direction of the expanding collet relative to the forming mandrel to form helical leadout regions of a voice coil about the bobbin.
US12328556B2
A sound processing method includes: receiving, using the communication device, from the remote apparatus, a first sound signal representing first sound generated by a user of the remote apparatus; emitting, using the sound emitting apparatus, the first sound represented by the first sound signal; receiving, using the sound receiving apparatus, sound that includes second sound generated by a user of the sound processing system; generating a second sound signal by sound processing, using processing parameters, a reception sound signal generated by the sound receiving apparatus; transmitting, using the communication device, the second sound signal to the remote apparatus; updating the processing parameters based on the first sound signal or the reception sound signal; and stopping the updating of the processing parameters in a state where musical sound is included in at least one of the first sound or the second sound.
US12328549B2
Provided in the present disclosure are an integrated bone conduction sound generating device and method. The device includes a controller, a sound generating structure and a functional structure, and the three components are integrated together. The functional structure can touch the oral cavity and/or the teeth of the human body, and after the controller drives the sound generating structure to generate a vibration signal, the functional structure can transmit the vibration signal to the auditory system of the human body through the oral cavity and/or the teeth of the human body.
US12328546B2
A display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a structure at a rear surface of the display module, and a vibration generator at the structure. The structure may include a nonlinear portion covering a periphery of the rear surface of the display module and a sound emission port spaced apart from the rear surface of the display module.
US12328538B2
An example method includes storing status data for a network communication device connected to a host device by a pluggable connector in a memory of the network communication device. A change in the status data is signaled using a signal on the pluggable connector. The status data is sent from the memory of the network communication device to the host device over the pluggable connector. The status data is displayed on a local indicator of the host device.
US12328522B1
An image sensor has photo-sensitive cells arranged on a photo-sensitive surface; and a colour filter array with first type(s) of colour filters, second type(s) of colour filters, third type(s) of colour filters, and fourth type(s) of colour filters. Information indicative of a gaze direction is obtained. A gaze region and a peripheral region in the photo-sensitive surface are determined. Image data from the image sensor is read out, wherein when reading out, processor(s) is/are configured to: selectively skip reading out the image data from those photo-sensitive cells in the gaze region that have the fourth type(s) of colour filters; and selectively read out the image data from those photo-sensitive cells in the peripheral region that have the fourth type(s) of colour filters. The image data is processed to generate an image.
US12328518B2
A light detector is configured such that a light receiving portion having APDs and a peripheral portion are provided on a first principal surface of a p-type semiconductor substrate, and further includes a back electrode provided on a second principal surface of the semiconductor substrate and a p-type first separation portion provided between the light receiving portion and the peripheral portion. The APD has, on a first principal surface side, an n-type region and a p-epitaxial layer contacting the n-type region in a Z-direction. The peripheral portion has an n-type MISFET provided at a p-well and an n-well provided to surround entire side and bottom portions of the p-well.
US12328503B2
A method and apparatus for focusing and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining phase information detected respectively by at least four groups of phase detection pixels that an image sensor includes, where the at least four groups of phase detection pixels are arranged in different directions relative to a target pixel on the image sensor; determining phase difference information in at least two directions based on the phase information of the at least four groups of phase detection pixels; and focusing, based on the phase difference information in the at least two directions, a camera module to which the image sensor belongs.
US12328496B2
Mobile handheld electronic devices such as smartphones, comprising a Wide camera for capturing Wide images with respective Wide fields of view (FOVW), a Tele camera for capturing Tele images with respective Tele fields of view (FOVT) smaller than FOVW, and a processor configured to stitch a plurality of Wide images into a panorama image with a field of view FOVP>FOVW and to pin a Tele image to a given location within the panorama image to obtain a smart panorama image.
US12328495B2
A display assistant device comprises a display, a camera, a speaker, microphones, a processor and memory. The memory stores programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable a plurality of modes of the display assistant device. The modes include a monitoring mode and an assistant mode. In the monitoring mode, the device is configured to perform a remote monitoring function in which first video captured by the camera is streamed to a remote server system for monitoring uses. The monitoring uses include transmission of the first video to remote client devices authorized to access the first video. In the assistant mode, the device is configured to perform a second plurality of functions that excludes the monitoring function and includes a video communication function in which second video captured by the camera is transmitted to second devices participating in a video communication with a first user of the device.
US12328493B2
This application discloses an electronic device and a camera module thereof. The camera module includes a photosensitive chip, a first lens, a second lens, and a plurality of reflective members, where the photosensitive chip is a Bayer array sensor, the photosensitive chip includes a plurality of pixel regions arranged in rows and columns, each pixel region includes four sub pixel regions, fields of view of the first lens and the second lens are the same, and both the first lens and the second lens fit the photosensitive chip by using the plurality of reflective members; and a first image is generated through a first sub pixel region of the photosensitive chip based on light incident from the first lens, a second image is generated through a second sub pixel region of the photosensitive chip based on light incident from the second lens.
US12328486B2
A method for generating a video cover is performed by a computer device and includes acquiring a video title and a candidate video cover of a target video; determining highlighted characters of the video title; determining typesetting parameters of the highlighted characters based on the highlighted characters and a cover parameter of the candidate video cover; and generating a target video cover of the target video by rendering the highlighted characters to the candidate video cover based on the typesetting parameters.
US12328479B2
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining video data for a video stream; detecting a first object in at least one video frame of the video stream, the first object being one of a first set of defined objects associated with the video stream; and in response to detecting the first object: identifying the first object as a current target object associated with the video stream; and causing display of the current target object as an object of interest in at least one subsequent video frame of the video stream.
US12328474B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to correct misattributions of media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining first demographic-based impressions transmitted via a network in response to access to media by a first set of individuals, obtaining, from a database, second demographic-based impressions of the media accessed by a second set of individuals, and multiplying a vector of database proprietor impression data from the database by a pseudo-inverse matrix representative of misattribution data among a first and second set of individuals to calculate corrected demographic-based impression values.
US12328459B2
System for present content. The system includes means for receiving a set of timepoints relating to a content data and means for generating display signals based on the content data. The system also includes means for sending display signals to a display device that represent the content data and means for notifying a server over the Internet, that a timepoint among the set of timepoints has been reached in the content data. The system also includes means for receiving, from the server, via the Internet, an identification of one or more particular additional content and in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular additional content from the server, means for interrupting presentation of the content data; and presenting the one or more particular additional content. The system further includes means for resuming, presentation of the content data after presenting the one or more particular additional content.
US12328458B2
An embodiment may verify advertisements dynamically inserted correctly in a data stream or media feed. A capture server may emulate one or more target profiles. The advertisements may be inserted from an ad server based on the target profile retrieved from a data match vendor. The inserted advertisement may then be recorded and captured by the capture server, and a fingerprint of the inserted advertisement may be extracted. The extracted fingerprint may be compared to fingerprints in a database of known advertisements to confirm/verify that the correct advertisement was successfully shown.
US12328436B2
Embodiments for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video having one or more layers having one or more video pictures having one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, in which the rule defines network abstraction layer (NAL) units to be extracted from a bitstream during a sub-bitstream extraction process to output a sub-bitstream, the rule further specifies that one or more inputs to the sub-bitstream extraction process include a target output layer set (OLS) index (targetOlsIdx) that identifies an OLS index of a target OLS and is equal to an index to a list of OLSs specified by a video parameter set, and the one or more inputs satisfy a set of conditions.
US12328435B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method includes the steps of: deriving a current prediction mode as a prediction mode of a current block; constructing neighboring samples of the current block with available reference samples; filtering the available reference samples; and generating predicted samples of the current block on the basis of the filtered available reference samples. The filtering step includes performing the filtering using the available reference sample located in the prediction direction of the current prediction mode and a predetermined number of available reference samples neighboring to the prediction direction of the current prediction mode.
US12328422B2
A color calibration method applied to an image-forming device includes: determining whether there is a first task which is an image-forming task being executed or an image-forming task to be executed; when the first task exists, acquiring a size of a first imaging medium corresponding to the first task; determining whether the size of the first imaging medium is within a preset range; and when the size of the first imaging medium is within the preset range, executing the first task and a color calibration task at the same time.
US12328421B2
A method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a multifunction printer (MFP) that generate a signed digital document from a document generated by the multifunction printer. The method includes displaying a third-party screen for a third-party scan or fax workflow; switching to a multifunction printer vendor signing screen and obtaining signing settings for the generation of the signed digital document; calculating a document hash of the generated document using a cryptographic hashing algorithm; sending a digital signing request to a signing server, the digital signing request including the document hash of the generated document and an authenticated account identity of a user; receiving a digital signature and a public digital signing certificate for the user from the signing server; generating the signed digital document by embedding the digital signature and the public digital signing certificate of the user into the generated document; and switching to the third-party screen for the workflow.
US12328414B2
A system and method for monitoring, analyzing, and testing calls between computers of remotely working call center agents and callers in real-time. A real-time testing module implemented as a browser extension or a side-loaded application relays live call information and on-demand or periodic passive-test results to a test and dashboard server for analysis and triage. Additionally, the real-time testing module may actively test calling conditions between the agent's equipment and a distant caller by suspending the agents calls and tasks, intercepting and taking command of the agent's audio equipment, and placing a test call to a testing server. Thus, allowing actual data to be used in troubleshooting issues, rather than simulations or synthetic data. Dashboards with analytics and predictions are made available in both the browser application and an end point server for agents and operations/management personnel respectively.
US12328411B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for recognizing undesirable calls on a remote device. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, generating, for each call, a call identifier from a probabilistic hash received from a secure device, the probabilistic hash having been computed by the secure device based on a unique call identifier associated with call data collected for the call; analyzing the generated call identifiers to identify at least one of the generated call identifiers as a suspicious call identifier; requesting data, from the secure device associated with the suspicious call identifiers, where the requested data includes at least information about the call associated with the suspicious call identifier; and analyzing data received in response to the request and recognizing suspicious call identifier and the call associated with the suspicious call identifier as undesirable based on the analysis of the data received in response to the request.
US12328409B2
A media content sharing method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The method includes: displaying target media content on a media content display page; in response to a display operation on a target user to share with, displaying a user identification of at least one user to share with in a preset area of the media content display page, wherein a background screen of the preset area is associated with the target media content; in response to a share operation on the target media content, sharing the target media content with the target user to share with corresponding to the user identification that the share operation is applied to.
US12328407B2
A cover body structure, a back cover, and an electronic device are provided, related to the field of electronic device technologies. The cover body structure includes a glass cover plate, a first ink layer, a first glue layer, and a plastic edge portion. The first ink layer is disposed at least on an edge of the glass cover plate. The first glue layer is disposed on the first ink layer on the edge of the glass cover plate. The plastic edge portion is disposed on the first glue layer on the edge of the glass cover plate. The first glue layer is a glue layer viscous at least at an injection molding temperature of the plastic edge portion, and the first ink layer is an ink layer that is able to withstand the injection molding temperature of the plastic edge portion.
US12328403B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a screen module, a functional module, and a control mechanism. The functional module and the control mechanism are located in an accommodating space formed by the housing and the screen module. The screen module includes a first screen and a foldable second screen, and the control mechanism is connected to the second screen and drives the second screen to switch between a folded state and an unfolded state. In a case that the second screen is in the unfolded state, the second screen blocks the functional module. In a case that the second screen is in the folded state, the functional module is exposed from the accommodating space.
US12328402B2
Methods and systems for storing data are disclosed. To store data, transactions may be generated and sent to a storage system. Hashes of the transaction may also be generated and distributed to ledger agents of a distributed ledger system. The hashes of the transaction may be used by the storage system to verify integrity of the transaction. To establish trust in the ledger agents, the storage system may require that the hashes of the transaction be signed with a private key. The private key may be protected with multiple protection mechanisms.
US12328394B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for augmented hash-based portioning of non-fungible electronic resources for detection of unauthorized duplicates. The present invention is configured to receive an unauthorized duplication detection request for a first NFT from a first user; segment the first digital resource into a first set of resource portions; generate a first set of hash values corresponding to the first set of resource portions; retrieve a second digital resource, wherein the second digital resource is associated with a second NFT; segment the second digital resource into a second set of resource portions; generate a second set of hash values corresponding to the second set of resource portions; determine that the second digital resource is similar to the first digital resource; determine that the second NFT is an unauthorized duplication of the first NFT; and trigger one or more responsive actions.
US12328385B2
Provided are techniques for providing security for edge computing using location data. A command base location of an entity, an application identifier of the entity, and an expire date for the application identifier are determined. A message generated from the command base location and the application identifier is sent to a location authority. A signed command base location is received based on the command base location being within a jurisdiction of the location authority and a current date being before the expire date. A common key for the command base location is generated using the application identifier and the signed command base location. A public key is generated using the common key. A message is encrypted using the public key to create a cryptographic message. The cryptographic message is sent.
US12328376B2
Techniques described herein are used to support cross-platform data sharing, access, and management between a communication process flow management platform and a communication platform. Specifically, techniques described herein support a communication process flow management platform detecting an event associated with a communication process flow that control electronic communications between a tenant and a set of users. The platform may generate a data object corresponding to the event. The data object may include metadata associated with the event. The platform may transmit, to a communication platform, a request that includes the data object. The request may be configured to cause an entry associated with the event to be posted into the communication platform.
US12328369B2
A method includes receiving, by a processing system of a user endpoint device, a network cookie directly from an internet service provider who provides a subscriber who is associated with the user endpoint device with connectivity to the internet, storing, by the processing system, the network cookie in a local memory of the user endpoint device, generating, by the processing system, a request to send to the Internet service provider, wherein the request comprises a request for an internet protocol address associated with a uniform resource locator of an internet content provider, attaching, by the processing system, the network cookie to the request, and sending, by the processing system, the request including the network cookie to the Internet service provider.
US12328362B2
A cloud-based system for maintaining a distributed cloud spectrum access system (SAS) is disclosed. The system may include one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform the a method including: syncing one or more edge databases at a frontend-SAS with corresponding cloud databases at a backend-SAS; monitoring a connection between the frontend-SAS and the backend-SAS; determining the connection between the frontend-SAS and the backend-SAS has been severed; continuing to operate within an interference headroom; attempting one or more robustness mechanisms to ensure impact to the frontend-SAS is minimized and to reestablish the connection between the frontend-SAS and the backend-SAS; and upon determining the connection is reestablished, reconciling the one or more edge databases at the frontend-SAS with the corresponding cloud databases at the backend-SAS.
US12328360B1
Systems and methods directing requests to a particular node in a multi-tiered middleware environment are provided. In one embodiment, traffic requests can be dynamically routed to a desired server, and not be load balanced, based on an identification of the client generating the traffic requests.
US12328358B2
A server system including a first server to execute first role, other server to execute at other role, spare server and management layer server. The management layer server is configured to allocate first group of users to access first server and other group of users to access other server, receive status information sent by first server and status information sent by other server, analyse status information to determine an operational status of first server and operational status of other server, update role of spare server to first role when operational status of first server indicates failed state and reallocate first group of users to the spare server, and update a role of another spare server to the other role when the operational status of the other server indicates a failed state and reallocate the other group of users to the other spare server.
US12328357B2
A request is received from a client device over a Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel. The request is received at a first one of a plurality of edge servers of a distributed cloud computing network. A destination of the request is determined and an optimized route for transmitting the request toward an origin server is determined. The optimized route is based at least in part on probe data between edge servers of the distributed cloud computing network. The request is transmitted to a next hop as defined by the optimized route.
US12328354B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for adapting content items to device operations of an endpoint media device are disclosed. A first content composite may be created by one or more processing devices for delivery in a packet stream from a content provider system via one or more networks, where the first content composite may include an adaptable content item corresponding to a set of one or more audio and/or video packets corresponding to audio and/or video content. The first content composite may be transmitted, where, consequent to delivery of the first content composite to a first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device may perform one operation relating to a second content item of the first content composite, where the adaptable content item may be modified based on the second content item.
US12328353B2
Methods and systems are described for content delivery. A user of a first computing device that is playing back content may want to transfer or cast the content to a second computing device. When the first computing device receives the request to cast the content to the second computing device, the content may continue to be received and played back by the first computing device while it establishes a seamless transition to the second computing device. The first computing device may contact the content origin and send to the second computing device a manifest file that instructs the second computing device to request an initial portion of the segments of the content from the first computing device. The content origin may then process the cast request from the first computing device and begin providing subsequent segments of content to the second computing device.
US12328348B2
Updating user-specific instances of a second application for individual users of a group based on a data file for the second application being shared via a collaboration object that corresponds to the group within a first application. The instances of the second application present each individual user with their own custom user experience that is configured to provide access to specific content based on object permissions data. An application extension is executable, by the first application, to extend content editing functionalities of the second application into the collaboration object. Responsive to specific content being associated with the collaboration object via the application extension, each of the instances of the second application may be automatically updated to provide direct access to the specific content. Thus, each user within the group defined for collaboration object can access the data file via the collaboration object and their own instance of the second application.
US12328344B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communication method, customer premise equipment CPE, user equipment UE, and a network side device. In the wireless communication method, a target bearer is used by the UE to perform VOWIFI service communication, and is a dedicated target bearer that is established by the network side device and that is used to transmit VOWIFI communication data. Then, the VOWIFI communication data of the UE may be transmitted by using the dedicated target bearer, to be specific, the CPE may parse and process the VOWIFI data of the UE into data that can be transmitted on the dedicated target bearer.
US12328343B2
A determination is made that an identity of a non-target communicating entity (102) with which a target communicating entity (101) is communicating, is to be obfuscated in any report of lawful interception of the target communicating entity (101) to a law enforcement agency (131). Lawful interception is performed of the target communicating entity (101) and information pertaining to the lawful interception of the target communicating entity (101) is reported to the law enforcement agency (131). The reported information comprises non-obfuscated identity information of the target communicating entity (101) and obfuscated identity information of the non-target communicating entity (102).
US12328339B2
The invention provides mechanisms for enhancing the security and protection of a computer-based system or network. It relates, in part, to the use of a decoy (which may be termed “honeypot” or “honeynet”) for collecting attacker-related data, and/or diverting malicious behaviour away from legitimate resources. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising the steps of receiving, processing and logging network traffic data of a plurality of users, where the network traffic is received from a plurality of participating users; determining an attacker profile from the network traffic data; determining a honeypot or honeynet configuration based on the attacker profile; and upon receipt of a valid information request from a user of the plurality of users, providing the determined attacker profile and configuration to the user. Additionally or alternatively, it may provide a computer-implemented method comprising the steps of receiving, processing and logging network traffic data; based on processed network traffic data: determining that network traffic originates from an attacker, determining a risk classification; and determining a decoy configuration based on the risk classification; upon receipt of a valid information request from a user, providing the determined risk classification and decoy configuration to the user.
US12328337B2
A method implemented on an electronic device detects and mitigates software attacks exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, such as Spring4Shell, against a computer server. At least one initial identifier, which indicates an attempt to extract a predetermined type of information on the computer server, is detected within an activity log of the computer server to thereby indicate occurrence of an initial stage. Then, prior to elapsing of a search window having a predetermined time duration, at least one subsequent identifier, which indicates an attempt to perform remote code execution on the computer server, is detected within the activity log of the computer server. Then, a source of network activity associated with the detected identifiers is detected, and a security response associated with the identified source of network activity is performed to mitigate the exploitation of the vulnerability.
US12328335B2
A method and system provide computer system security for a focus computer system (FCS). The method comprises creating a security digital twin (SDT) for the FCS with an associated security ontology for the FCS. A potential threat analyzer receives a potential threat object (PTO), and maps it to an enterprise attack vector pattern. The method further comprises searching, on another computer system (OCS) for a predicted attack pattern having a similar pattern to the enterprise attack vector pattern. Conditioned upon finding the predicted attack pattern, and using a potential threat handler locating an action mitigation plan (AMP) related to the predicted attack pattern in the data fabric associated with the OCS, the method further comprises copying the OCS predicted attack pattern to an FCS predicted attack pattern store, copying the OCS AMP to an FCS AMP store, and defending the FCS from the PTO using the AMP.
US12328329B2
A system and methods for protecting a serverless application, the system including: (a) a serverless application firewall configured to inspect input of the serverless function so as to ascertain whether the input contains malicious, suspicious or abnormal data; and (b) a behavioral protection engine configured to monitor behaviors and actions of the serverless functions during execution thereof.
US12328326B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting anomalous user interface interactions. One of the methods includes receiving, for a user interface element, interaction locations that indicate where interactions with the user interface element occurred when the user interface element was provided on behalf of a first system; determining a difference between (i) a first distribution of the interaction locations for the user interface element when the user interface element was provided on behalf of the first system and (ii) a second distribution of the interaction locations for the user interface element when the user interface element was provided on behalf of a second system; classifying the first distribution of the interaction locations as anomalous in response to the difference not satisfying a condition; and preventing the first system from accessing another system to which the first system was trying to gain access.
US12328324B2
A method may include receiving from a first computing device, metadata that includes a suspected malicious activity indicator and a device identifier associated with the indicator; receiving, from a second computing device, log activity data; matching the device identifier included in the metadata to a device identifier in the log activity data; and based on the matching, transmitting an alert identifying the second computing device as a source of the suspected malicious activity.
US12328323B2
An anomaly detection system uses an AI engine to analyze configurations of endpoints using backup archives and system events on shared network assets to detect and verify anomalies. Cascade of machine-learning models consist of a behavior analysis model and a system configuration model that are trained to detect anomalous configurations of endpoints and behavioral anomalies on shared network assets and configuration-behavior analysis model that is trained to detect threat with great accuracy using a combination of configurations and system events as input.
US12328320B2
A method for providing subscriber data from a first service provider network to a content provider external to the service provider network comprises receiving a first network identifier sent from a subscriber device that is authenticated to communicate over the first service provider network, wherein the first network identifier is sent by the subscriber device in a first message to an entity outside of the service provider network; receiving a second network identifier sent from the subscriber device to the first service provider network; performing a verification process using the first network identifier and the second network identifier to verify whether it is permissible for subscriber data stored at the service provider network to be provided to the content provider external to the service provider network. In response to the verification process being successful, the subscriber data is provided to an entity that is external to the service provider network.
US12328319B2
Aspects of the subject technology include a method comprising obtaining an enrollment confidence score and a validation confidence score, and determining an identity assurance score associated with the user account that indicates a level of confidence in an identity of the user. The identity assurance score is determined based at least in part on one or more of the enrollment confidence score or the validation confidence score. The method also comprises receiving, from a service provider, a request for the identity assurance score for the user account, the request corresponding to at least one of an authorization or an authentication of the user account at the service provider, and providing, responsive to the request, the identity assurance score of the user account to the service provider for at least one of the authorization or the authentication of the user account at the service provider.
US12328306B2
Disclosed embodiments may include a method for authentication using partitioned authentication tokens. The system can receive an indication of a first and second user device associated with a user. The indication can include a priority order of the first and second user device. The system can then receive an authentication request associated with the user from an application. The system can generate an authentication token to authenticate the user and partition the authentication token to create a first token portion and a second token portion. The system can determine which device of the first and second user device has a higher priority based on the priority order and can transmit the first token portion and the second token portion to the devices in order of priority. The system can receive a receipt of the token portions and transmit instructions to the application to authenticate the user.
US12328299B2
A system includes a radio node connected to a core network through the Internet. The system further includes a load balancer connected to the Internet and the radio node, a mobility management entity connected to the Internet and the core network, and a packet data network gateway connected to the Internet and the core network. The load balancer receives a plurality of Internet connections and consolidates the Internet connections into a single Internet connection to be provided to the radio node. The mobility management entity is configured to verify a core network connection request from a user equipment using a private blockchain network, and the packet data network gateway is configured to establish a virtual private network connection between the user equipment and the core network in response to successful verification of the core network connection request to provide permitted core network services to the user equipment.
US12328293B1
The present disclosure provides a communication node and method for routing data packets for a client device. The communication node includes: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the processors; and computer program instructions stored in the memory, which, when executed by the processors, perform actions of: obtaining, from a downstream communication node, NAT routing information for a data packet communicated between the client device and an external node through at least the communication node and the downstream communication node; and performing NAT on a subsequent data packet to be communicated between the client device and the external node based on the NAT routing information.
US12328290B2
Described herein are embodiments of testing MMS messaging capacity of a wireless network using commercially available client devices. An exemplary method includes receiving, at a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC) of the wireless network, a plurality of seed MMS messages from one or more client devices. Each of the plurality of seed MMS messages is targeted at one of a plurality of destination numbers, none of the plurality of destination numbers is associated with any database that the MMSC uses for routing determination, and each of the plurality of seed MMS messages gets stuck in an infinite loop and keeps generating MMS messages. The method further includes capturing at least a portion of the seed messages and the generated MMS messages; determining that the number of captured MMS messages reaches a predetermined number; and in response to such determination, terminating each of the infinite loops.
US12328281B2
A first UE includes: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, configured to: at least one of: initiate a first UE-to-UE positioning function in response to receiving a first UE-to-UE positioning trigger from a second UE via the transceiver; or send a second UE-to-UE positioning trigger for the second UE via the transceiver to cause the second UE to initiate a second UE-to-UE positioning function; or communicate with the second UE via the transceiver to determine a characteristic of a UE-to-UE location reference signal to be exchanged between the first UE and the second UE; and exchange the UE-to-UE location reference signal with the second UE via the transceiver.
US12328273B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may map a code block to resources, of a physical shared channel, that are allocated for data-modulated demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in which each of the resources carries both at least a portion of a DMRS sequence and data. The wireless communication device may transmit a communication, via the physical shared channel, that includes the code block that is mapped to the resources that are allocated for the data-modulated DMRSs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12328272B2
A communication method and an apparatus are provided, to improve transmission resource utilization. The communication method and the apparatus relate to the field of automatic driving or smart driving technologies. The method includes: obtaining first data and second data; and sending the first data to a second apparatus based on a first period, and sending the second data to the second apparatus based on a second period, where the first period is a sending period of the first data, the second period is a sending period of the second data, and the first period and the second period are different.
US12328251B2
A network adapter includes a port and one or more circuits. The port is to send packets to a network in accordance with a Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) protocol. The one or more circuits are to decide whether a packet is permitted to undergo Adaptive Routing (AR) in being routed through the network, to mark the packet with an indication of whether the packet is permitted to undergo AR, and to send the marked packet to the network via the port.
US12328248B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an information reporting method, an information processing method, and a device. According to the information reporting method, a network device obtains Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) information of a network device. The network device sends a BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) notification message to a first device, where the BMP notification message carries the BGP information of the network device.
US12328231B2
Processing logic may determine that a service is absent among a plurality of nodes within a zone of a mesh network. Processing logic may nominate one of the plurality of nodes to run the service. Processing logic may request a consensus among the plurality of nodes within the zone of the mesh network to confirm the nomination. Processing logic may, in response to receiving confirmation of the nomination by the plurality of nodes in the zone of the mesh network, push the service to the one of the plurality of nodes to run the service.
US12328229B2
A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.
US12328227B2
A system, computer-readable media and computer-implemented method for automated, dynamic capacity planning using HTTP response header fields. The computer-implemented method includes: automatically determining a server workload statistic relating to operation of a server, the server being configured to serve a content item in response to HTTP-formatted requests; automatically determining an expiration value based at least in part on the workload server statistic; automatically updating a configuration file corresponding to the content item with the expiration value; receiving a request for the content item from a requesting device; automatically accessing the configuration file and generating a HTTP-formatted response header incorporating the expiration value; and, automatically transmitting the HTTP-formatted response header and the content item in response to the request.
US12328219B2
Systems and devices are provided for receiving or transmitting IQ data (e.g., suitable for passband quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)) over a wireline using pairs of baseband pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-n) signals. Encoding circuitry may map data from an input bit stream to IQ data that includes an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component. Modulator circuitry may determine an in-phase PAM-n signal based on the in-phase component and a quadrature-phase PAM-n signal based on the quadrature-phase component. Driver circuitry may transmit the in-phase PAM-n signal and the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal across a wireline channel. The in-phase PAM-n signal may be different by 90° from the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal. This may enable a remote receiver on the wireline channel to detect the in-phase PAM-n signal independently of the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal.
US12328207B2
A method and system include a symbol processing block to generate log likelihood ratios (LLRs) associated with one or more data symbols. The method and system include a channel estimation (CE) module to receive the LLRs from the symbol processing block, and to process iterative CE (ItCE) for new radio (NR) based at least on reference signals and the LLRs. The CE module can process the ItCE with a granularity of one or more resource blocks (RBs) based at least on pilot resource elements (REs) and virtual pilot REs obtained from the LLRs. The CE module can process the ItCE based at least on a frequency domain orthogonal cover codes (FD-OCC) structure of the reference signals. The reference signals can be demodulation reference signals (DMRS) configured in 5G NR. The CE module can process the ItCE by updating a CE result by adding a quantity that represents a contribution obtained from virtual pilot REs.
US12328204B2
In one embodiment, a device determines a hierarchy of layers of a network comprising a plurality of networking devices. The device configures, in response to a request by a client to access remotely a particular endpoint in the network, a proxy chain of remote access agents executed by a plurality of networking devices in the network to allow the client to access remotely the particular endpoint. Each of those networking devices proxies traffic between different layers of the hierarchy. The device determines an access policy for the particular endpoint indicative of which commands may be sent to the particular endpoint by the client, based in part on where the particular endpoint is in the hierarchy. The device controls, based on the access policy, whether a command sent by the client is transmitted via the proxy chain to the particular endpoint.
US12328191B2
A resource determining method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: determining, based on first resource information and second resource information, a resource for a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback for downlink transmission; where the first resource information is any one of the following: a first target resource and a first resource set, where the first resource set includes at least two resources.
US12328187B2
A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: an outer encoder configured to encode input bits to generate outer-encoded bits including the input bits and parity bits; a zero padder configured to generate a plurality of bit groups each of which is formed of a same number of bits, determine whether a number of the outer-encoded bits satisfies a predetermined number of bits required according to at least one of a code rate and a code length for Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding, pads zero bits to some of the bits in the bit groups if the number of the outer-encoded bits is less than the predetermined number of bits, and maps the outer-encoded bits to remaining bits in the bit groups, based on a predetermined shortening pattern, thereby to constitute LDPC information bits; and an LDPC encoder configured to encode the LDPC information bits, wherein the some of the bits, in which zero bits are padded, are included in some of the bit groups which are not sequentially disposed in the LDPC information bits.
US12328185B2
A method for processing information related to one or more monitored areas, the method may include receiving by a central control unit, UAV indicators about at least one unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) located within the one or more monitored areas; wherein the UAV indicators are generated by a preprocessing step that comprises extracting information that is embedded within sensed UAV communication, the sensed UAV communication is sensed by at least one sensor of a group of sensors; aggregating, by a central control unit, the UAV indicators, to provide aggregated information; and responding to the aggregated information, wherein the responding comprises at least one out of (i) outputting the aggregated information, and (ii) storing the aggregated information.
US12328160B2
In accordance with particular embodiments, there is disclosed herein a method performed by a wireless device for measurement reporting. The method includes detecting a first number of beams. The method also includes measuring one or more characteristics of a second number of beams. The second number of beams comprises one or more beams of the first number of beams. The method additionally includes generating a measurement report that includes beam measurement information derived from the measurement of the one or more characteristics of the second number of beams. The method further includes transmitting the measurement report with the beam measurement information to a network node.
US12328151B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for adaptively tuning a wireless data transmission system in an electronic device, including receiving one or more operating characteristics of a wireless data transmission system of a device; determining, using a wireless data transmission system configuration model, a target wireless data transmission system configuration based on the one or more operating characteristics; and implementing the target wireless data transmission system configuration in the wireless data transmission system.
US12328143B1
A radio system includes a feed network, an edge wavelength switching system (EWSS), a photodetector, and a broadband lens-based antenna subsystem. The feed network aggregates a plurality of unmodulated optical carriers and modulated optical carriers for delivery to an optical link. The EWSS receives the plurality of unmodulated optical carriers and modulated optical carriers from the optical link, and selects a first unmodulated carrier and a first modulated carrier as a first selected optical carrier pair. The photodetector receives the first selected carrier pair from the EWSS, and generates a first electrical signal from an optical beat of the first unmodulated carrier with the first modulated carrier. The broadband lens-based antenna subsystem receives the first electrical signal from the photodetector, propagates the received first electrical signal through a lens body, and outputs a first directional wireless beam signal containing signal data from the first modulated carrier.
US12328140B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a measurement apparatus and method for nonlinear damages in an optical link. The apparatus may include a processor to control execution of a process to generate multiple band-notch signals with different band-notch widths corresponding to a frequency point to be measured; and calculate respective multiple nonlinear noise-to-power ratios at the frequency point to be measured according to multiple band-notch signals obtained after the multiple band-notch signals with different band-notch widths pass through the optical link. A real nonlinear noise-to-power ratio may be extrapolated at the frequency point to be measured according to the multiple nonlinear noise-to-power ratios corresponding to the multiple band-notch signals with different band-notch widths.
US12328138B2
Disclosed is a millimeter-wave transceiver (TRX) interface including a transmitter (TX) front-end, a receiver (RX) front-end, a TX/RX switch disposed in series between the TX front-end and the RX front-end, a TX output transformer disposed between the TX front-end and an input of the TX/RX switch, a first capacitor, and at least two diodes, wherein the first capacitor and the at least two diodes are connected between the TX output transformer and ground.
US12328133B2
A circuitry includes a first to fourth waveform synthesizers, each waveform synthesizer includes a first terminal and a second terminal to which input signals are input and a third terminal from which an output signal obtained by synthesizing the input signals is output. Frequencies of first to fourth input signals input to each waveform synthesizer are equal to each other, and phases of the second to fourth input signals are values delayed by approximately 180 degrees, delayed by approximately 90 degrees, and delayed by approximately 270 degrees, with respect to a phase of the first input signal. The output signal of each waveform synthesizer transitions from one state to the other state and transitions from the other state to the one state.
US12328131B2
An wireless audio transceiver housing comprising an air inlet, an intake manifold, one or more fans, directing vanes, and an exhaust port, wherein the geometry of the intake manifold, the directing vanes, and the exhaust port are configured to enhance airflow from the one or more fans through the housing, over a heatsink, and out the exhaust port towards the rear of the housing by minimizing the pressure drop for the one or more fans and maximizing the potential for airflow through the unit.
US12328115B2
A switching circuit includes a switching element of a field-effect type, the switching element being configured to switch between an ON state and an OFF state in accordance with a potential of a control terminal, and a control circuit configured to supply a potential of a first level to the control terminal when maintaining one state of the ON state and the OFF state of the switching element, and make the control terminal floating after charging or discharging the control terminal via a resistor and supply a potential of a second level to the control terminal when switching the switching element from the one state to another state of the ON state and the OFF state, the first level bringing the switching element into the one state, the second level bringing the switching element into said another state.
US12328112B2
A system includes a bootstrap circuit having an input and an output. The bootstrap circuit includes a boost capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, a first transistor coupled between the first terminal of the boost capacitor and the output of the bootstrap circuit, a second transistor, and a third transistor, wherein the second transistor and the third transistor are coupled in series between a gate of the first transistor and the second terminal of the boost capacitor. The system also includes a switch transistor, wherein a gate of the switch transistor is coupled to the output of the bootstrap circuit, and a terminal of the switch transistor is coupled to the input of the bootstrap circuit.
US12328110B2
A silicon microelectromechanical system, MEMS, resonator assembly, includes four flexural beam elements forming a rectangular frame, each beam element being connected at an end thereof to an end of a neighboring one of the beam elements. The resonator assembly further includes connection elements for connecting the rectangular frame to at least one mechanical anchor, and the resonator assembly supporting an in-plane flexural collective resonance mode.
US12328105B2
Techniques are provided for a transimpedance amplifier (TIA). A TIA implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a pre-amplifier stage configured to amplify an input signal. The pre-amplifier stage includes a first P-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) (P1), a second P-channel MOSFET (P2), a first N-channel MOSFET (N1), and a second N-channel MOSFET (N2), coupled in series. The gates of P1 and N2 are driven by the input signal. The output of the pre-amplifier stage is provided at a coupling between the drain of P2 and the drain of N1. The pre-amplifier stage also includes an active resistor network configured to provide a variable resistance based on a provided current bias generated from a gain control signal. The active resistor network is coupled between the gate of P1 and the drain of P2. The variable resistance is used to control the gain of the pre-amplifier stage.
US12328104B2
An ultra-wideband power amplifier includes a preamplifier circuit and a post amplifier circuit. The preamplifier circuit includes a first DC blocking capacitor C1, a first decoupling capacitor C2, a second decoupling capacitor C3, a stabilizing resistor Rin, a first AC blocking resistor RG1, a first input inductor L1, a second input inductor L2, an output inductor L3, a first input microstrip line MLIN1, a second input microstrip line MLIN2, an output microstrip line MLIN3, and a first transistor Q1. A first end of the first DC blocking capacitor C1 acts as an input terminal of the preamplifier circuit, and a second end of the first DC blocking capacitor C1 is connected to the stabilizing resistor Rin, the first input inductor L1, the first input microstrip line MLIN1, and a gate electrode of the first transistor Q1 sequentially. One end of the first decoupling capacitor C2 is grounded.
US12328102B2
An example apparatus includes: An amplifier comprising folded cascode circuitry having an input and an output, an input pair coupled to the input, clamp circuitry including: a first transistor having a first drain, a first source, and a first gate, the first source coupled to the output, a second transistor having a second drain, a second source, and a second gate, the second drain coupled to the first drain and the second gate coupled to the first drain and second drain, a third transistor having a third drain, a third source, and a third gate, the third source coupled to the output, and a fourth transistor having a fourth drain, a fourth source, and a fourth gate, the fourth drain coupled to the third drain and the fourth gate coupled to the third drain and the fourth drain.
US12328099B2
Apparatus and methods for oscillator interface circuits with quadrature clock generation and phase correction are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a clock system includes an external oscillator that provides a differential input clock signal, and a semiconductor die that includes a first pin that receives a non-inverted component of the differential input clock signal and a second pin that receives an inverted component of the differential input clock signal. The semiconductor die further includes an oscillator interface circuit that includes a first controllable resistor and a first controllable capacitor connected in series between the first pin and the second pin, and a second controllable resistor and a second controllable capacitor connected in series between the second pin and the first pin.
US12328091B2
The present disclosure comprises a controller for controlling an electrical power supply system, the electrical power supply system comprising a generator for generating electrical energy and an engine for driving the generator, wherein the controller comprises a first control mode in which the generator is feedback-controlled on the basis a difference between an output voltage produced by the generator and a target voltage. The controller further comprises at least a second control mode in which the generator is feedback-controlled on the basis of engine speed and/or independently of output voltage.
US12328087B2
Systems and methods for braking a power tool using a stamped brake resistor. The power tool includes a motor, a trigger configured to be actuated, and a brake switch coupled to the motor. A brake resistor assembly is selectively coupled to the motor via the brake switch and includes a stamped brake resistor. The stamped brake resistor includes a terminal portion and a resistive portion. The resistive portion includes a planar serpentine path. A controller including an electronic processor and a memory is coupled to the trigger, the motor, and the brake switch, and is configured to control power delivered to the motor based on a position of the trigger, determine to brake the motor during operation of the motor, and activate, in response to determining to brake the motor, the brake switch to connect the stamped brake resistor to the motor.
US12328086B2
An aircraft includes an internal combustion engine and an electrical power system. The electrical power system includes a permanent magnet machine and an inverter coupled to the permanent magnet machine. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator.
US12328084B2
A propulsion controller includes a controller that performs mode switching control and power consumption control, on the basis of a filter capacitor voltage and a main motor speed. The mode switching control switches between an asynchronous mode and a synchronous mode. The power consumption control causes power consumption resistor of a brake chopper circuit to consume regenerative power generated when a main motor operates as a generator. The controller controls an operating point, depending on the position of which the asynchronous mode and the synchronous mode are switched, to a desired position by changing a target value of the filter capacitor voltage controlled by the power consumption control.
US12328082B2
In a motor drive control device including a machine learning function, appropriate motor drive control in accordance with the usage environment of a motor is realized. A motor drive control device 10 includes: a measurement data generation unit 23 that generates measurement data 300 relating to operation of a motor 50; a training data generation unit 24 that attaches predetermined identification information indicating the operation state of the motor 50 to the measurement data 300 and generates training data 310; a machine learning unit 25 that generates a learned model 320 for determining the operation state of the motor 50 by performing machine learning using the training data 310; and a monitor control unit 26 that monitors the operation state of the motor 50 using the learned model 320. In the motor drive control device 10, the training data generation unit 24 starts generation of the training data 310 when the training data generation unit 24 receives a command ordering acquisition of the training data 310 from a host device 4.
US12328080B2
Provided are embodiments for a system and method for controlling a boost control circuit. Embodiments include a power supply and a boost converter circuit coupled to the power supply, wherein the boost converter circuit is operable to provide power to the load. Embodiments also include a 3-phase inverter coupled to the boost converter, wherein the 3-phase-inverter is operable to provide a 3-phase output, and a controller coupled to the boost converter and the 3-phase inverter. The controller can be configured to receive a voltage level of a power supply and a voltage level of a 3-phase inverter; compare a power threshold to at least one of: the voltage level of the power supply and the voltage level of the 3-phase inverter; and control an operation of the boost converter circuit to operate in a boost mode or a rectification mode based at least in part on the comparison.
US12328074B2
A power converter includes a plurality of power stages configured to generate an output current that has an output voltage based on an input current that as an input voltage a control circuit coupled to the plurality of power stages. The control circuit is configured to control operation of the plurality of power stages. The control circuit includes a plurality of constant-on-time loops for the plurality of power stages. The power converter is configured to operate in a single-phase mode or a multiphase mode. A first power stage of the plurality of power stages supports a continuous conduction mode and a discontinuous conduction mode when the power converter operates in the single-phase mode.
US12328062B2
The invention provides an inverter device which effectively cancels the generation of common mode noise associated with dead-time effects and misjudgement of the polarity of a phase current at switching in the case where a fluctuation in a neutral point potential of a motor is suppressed by canceling a change in a phase voltage with another change in the phase voltage. A phase voltage command operation unit 33 of a control device includes a phase current prediction part 41 which predicts a phase current at a switching timing of each phase, and a correction control part 42 which corrects a switching operation so as to cancel a change in the phase voltage applied to the motor with another change in the phase voltage, based on the phase current of each phase at the switching timing predicted by the phase current prediction part 41.
US12328057B1
A kinetic energy recovery system may include a first rotatable assembly, attachable to and jointly rotatable with a vehicle wheel assembly, and a second rotatable assembly, rotatably mountable on a wheel axle of the vehicle wheel assembly and independently rotatable about the wheel rotation axis with respect to the first rotatable assembly. The first and second rotatable assemblies may include a first and a second plurality of magnets, respectively. The second rotatable assembly may be rotatable about the wheel rotation axis by a magnetic field produced between the first plurality of magnets and the second plurality of magnets. The system may include a stator, mountable about the wheel axle. The second rotatable assembly may produce an electrical current in the stator responsively to a rotation of the second rotatable assembly about the wheel rotation axis.
US12328056B2
Disclosed is a drive system. The drive system comprises a first and a second electrical motor respectively provided with a first rotor and a second rotor. The first rotor presents a first rotor shaft and the second rotor presents a second rotor shaft which is aligned and distal from the first rotor shaft. Furthermore, the system comprises an interface configured to interface the first electrical motor and the second electrical motor through a first and a second element coupled to respective rotor and developing outside of the rotation axis toward each other overlapping in an overlapping area wherein at least one interfacing bearing is inserted.
US12328049B2
A slot wedge of a dynamoelectric machine which includes a stator having axially extending slots and a winding system disposed in the slots, is configured to cover a corresponding one of the slots in a direction of an air gap and includes a first layer, and a second layer arranged in spaced-apart to the first layer at least in one section to form a flow channel between the first and second layers. The second layer can have a perforation with a different density of holes per unit area, with the density of the holes being greater in a central area of the second layer and/or a perforation having holes defined by a diameter which is greater in a central area of the slot.
US12328035B2
The present invention may provide a motor including a rotor and a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core and a magnet disposed on the rotor core, the rotor core includes a first region in which the magnet is disposed, the first region of the rotor core includes two grooves, one of the two grooves is disposed at a position corresponding to one end region of the magnet, and the other one of the two grooves is disposed at a position corresponding to the other end region of the magnet.
US12328027B2
The power supply device is provided with: a battery pack that comprises a plurality of battery units each of which includes a battery, a first terminal and a second terminal; a capacitor connected in parallel with the battery pack; and a current adjusting circuit that includes a load and a switching device for controlling a current to the load and adjusts a current from the capacitor to the battery pack. When a battery that has reached an upper limit voltage is detected during charging the battery pack, between control for closing a first path that connects the first terminal to the positive side of the battery and control for opening a second path that connects the first terminal to the second terminal and negative side of the battery, the power supply device causes the current to flow to the load to adjust the current flowing to the battery pack.
US12328019B2
A cyclic power generation and storage system with dynamic battery switching capability is provided, comprising: a power supply modules, a driving module, a transmission module, a plurality of power generation modules, a control module, and a plurality of power storage modules. The present invention can dynamically switch in battery packs to provide a stable power to an electrical device, as well as, switch in a battery or battery pack for recharging with the power generated by the power generation modules. The power storage module having a power management unit, together with the control module, uses the detection result from the power detection unit of the power storage module to dynamically adjust the power generation, distribution, storage, and usage to improve the overall efficiency of the present invention.
US12328018B2
An electric vehicle (EV) charging station for fast charging (e.g. 5 to 15 minutes) an electric vehicle (EV). The EV charging station can be configured to include one or more energy storage device comprising multiple electric reservoir modules.
US12328004B2
Voltage in a power transmission-distribution system is managed by calculating a power control amount of a distributed energy resource in consideration of the whole power transmission-distribution system. A power control system includes: a power distribution system contraction unit contracting the power distribution system including the distributed energy resource in a point of a power transmission system using control power amount range, and calculating a contraction control power amount range; a contraction power amount calculation unit calculating a contraction power amount to satisfy the contraction control power amount range based on a power transmission system evaluation value; a power control amount calculation unit calculating a power control amount controlled by the distributed energy resource based on the contraction power amount and a power distribution system evaluation value; and a communication unit transmitting the power control amount to the distributed energy resource.
US12327998B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for adaptive power supply voltage transient protection are disclosed. One system includes a power supply, a voltage transient sensor, and a power control processing entity. The power supply operates to provide power to one or more processors. The voltage transient sensor is connected to the power supply and operates to sense voltage transients on the power supply at greater than a predetermined speed or rate. The power control processing entity operates to receive a representation of the sensed voltage transients and adjust a power load based on the sensed voltage transients.
US12327997B2
A circuit for preventing sparks. The circuit having a power storage component having a first power storage end and a second power storage end; a power source electrically connected to the power storage component, the power source having a first power source end and a second power source end; a first current directional component electrically connected to the power storage component and having a first current direction; a first power absorption component electrically connected to the power storage component and having a current direction, the first current directional component and the first power absorption component being electrically connected to the power storage component in parallel; and at least one switch electrically connected to the power storage component.
US12327989B2
A protective device for electrical conduits including a body having a lower opening for engaging with a first conduit and a central cavity for receiving conductors extending from the first conduit to a second conduit, a top member having an upper opening for engaging with the second conduit, and a coupler extendable between the body and the top member to close the protective device, wherein the coupler includes an exterior wall with at least one orifice configured for receiving a fastener.
US12327986B2
A unitary fastener and cable guidance device is operable with a pulley block assembly for stringing cable across towers. The device guides a cable onto a sheave wheel of the assembly, while fastening directly to the assembly through a unitary cantilevered axle. The one-piece design comprises a pair of discs forming an annular depression there between, and a cantilevered axle extending from the outer side of one disc. This unitary configuration reduces the number of fasteners and other components. Since the cantilevered axle is the fastening mechanism, rather than a separate fastener passing through a hole through the center of the device, the minimum outer diameter of the annular depression can be smaller than the outer diameter of the cantilevered axle, allowing the central portion of the device to be smaller and thus its sides to be higher, which helps hold the cable more robustly within the device.
US12327981B2
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device and a method for manufacturing the VCSEL device without wire bonding process for the topmost positive electrode are disclosed. The device includes epitaxial layer, ohmic contact layer, positive electrode, first insulating layer, conductive layer, and negative electrode. The epitaxial layer includes first and second opposing surfaces, and sidewalls connected to first and second surfaces. The ohmic contact layer is disposed on the first surface and the positive electrode connected thereto is disposed on the second surface. The first insulating layer is disposed on the second surface and extends to the ohmic contact layer along the sidewall. The conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer corresponding to the sidewall/sidewalls which carry power for the positive electrode.
US12327980B2
The present technique reduces the wiring inductance between a semiconductor laser and a laser driver in a semiconductor laser driving apparatus. A semiconductor laser driving apparatus includes a substrate, a laser driver, and a semiconductor laser. The substrate incorporates the laser driver. The semiconductor laser has at least one light emitting point. The semiconductor laser is mounted on one surface of the substrate in such a manner that an electrode of the light emitting point and a pattern of the substrate are connected to each other via a bump. Connection wiring electrically connects the laser driver and the semiconductor laser to each other with a wiring inductance of 0.5 nanohenries or less. A sealing portion seals a connection terminal portion of the semiconductor laser for the substrate.
US12327971B2
A light bulb socket adapter comprising a main body having an internal cavity, the main body having a first end and a second end, the first end having an Edison screw extending therefrom, a power supply driver arranged within the main body in communication with the Edison screw, a primary light source arranged within the main body proximate the second end, the primary light source in communication with the Edison screw, a processor arranged within the main body and in communication with the power supply drive, the processor in communication with at least one sensor within the main body, the processor having a radio transceiver and at least one antenna, and an electrical output in communication with the power supply driver. The light bulb socket adapter may also include at least one of a passive heat management system and an active heat management system.
US12327968B2
An adapter, including a socket body, a guiding body, a movable conducting strip and a control member. The guiding body and the movable conducting strip are both disposed on one side of the socket body facing away from jacks, the control member is connected to the movable conducting strip in a transmission fashion, and is configured to drive the movable conducting strip to rotate relative to the socket body.
US12327967B2
Technologies are generally described for multiple individual connectors in a single connector assembly. The individual connectors may be any form-fit suitable connectors such as USB type connectors and similar ones. The connector assembly may be circular, oval, rectangular, or other shapes. Coupling between the plug and receptacle of the connector assembly may be through threads, pressure, a click-on mechanism, screws, or other compatible mechanisms. Off-the-shelf individual connectors may be fitted with a module adaptor, then inserted into an accordingly shaped inside portion of the outer shell, and held in place through a latching mechanism or similar. Alternatively, the connector assembly may be formed with the individual connectors and cabling may be added subsequently. In some examples, post retention or backshell retention may be implemented in conjunction with the plug connectors.
US12327966B2
The present disclosure discloses a multi-way sliding plug, including a housing, and a British standard pin, an American standard pin and a European standard pin which are slidably mounted on the housing respectively; a British standard region is formed among three legs of the British standard pin; an American standard region is formed among three legs of the American standard pin; a European standard region is formed among three legs of the European standard pin; the English standard region, the American standard region and the European standard region are sequentially distributed on an outer surface of the housing; and the American standard region interferes with the English standard region and the European standard region respectively. The multi-way sliding plug has the characteristics of small size and convenience in carrying; and the compactness of the structure is improved, the utilization rate of the inner space of the housing is increased.
US12327964B1
Disclosed are a 28-pin dual-tongue magnetic connector and a dual-tongue connector, the connector includes two tongues, and 28 terminals are arranged on inner sides of the two tongues; compared with the prior art, the 28 terminals can achieve a lower loop impedance on a power supply loop and allow applications with higher power. Further, arrangement of the 28 terminals on the inner sides of the two tongues can provide good dustproof effects, and better heat distribution can be achieved. The terminals on both sides are far apart, making them less likely to generate crosstalk when data runs at a high frequency of 80 Gbps and a high power of 480 W, thereby ensuring stable and efficient data transmission.
US12327962B2
A receptacle connector includes a ground contact including a cylindrical fitting portion and a grounding connection portion connected to a substrate, a signal contact disposed in a manner of being surrounded by the fitting portion, a housing holding the ground contact and the signal contact in an insulated state, and a fixing portion fixing the housing to the ground contact. The signal contact has a central conductor and a signal connection portion extending in a manner of being drawn out from the central conductor and connected to a signal terminal portion. The fixing portion extends from the housing in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the signal connection portion and fixes the housing to the ground contact by being interlocked with the grounding connection portion outside the fitting portion.
US12327961B2
It is aimed to improve workability at the time of assembling. A connector device is provided with a first connector including a first terminal unit and to be mounted on a first circuit board, a second connector including a second terminal unit and to be mounted on a second circuit board, and an adaptor including a pair of connecting end parts. The pair of connecting end parts are connected to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit with the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit facing each other, and symmetrical with respect to a facing direction of the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit.
US12327948B2
A high density coupling panel of the present disclosure presents a compact grouping of coupler wherein each of the couplers couples a first free connector with a second free connector wherein each of the free connectors is coupled to exactly two electrical conductors. The high density coupling panel can be manufactured in a shielded (e.g., metal) or non-shielded (e.g. non-metal) form as appropriate to a specific application. In the shielded configuration, a bonding strip is used to connect all metal components (e.g., shielded free connectors, shielded couplers, and metal panel of the high density coupling panel) to ground via a shielding tab.
US12327941B2
Methods and apparatus that can allow an electronic device housed in a protective accessory to communicate with another electronic device, and are readily manufactured. An example can provide a connector assembly that can include a number of top contacts electrically connected to a corresponding number of bottom contacts. The top contacts can be spaced at a first pitch while the bottom contacts can be spaced at a second pitch, the second pitch different than the first pitch.
US12327940B2
Example implementations relate to a mechanical clamp for a plurality of electronic devices of a computing system. The mechanical clamp includes a retainer section and a fastener section extended from the retainer section. The retainer section has an aperture, which engages with a free end portion of a first electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices to establish a connection between the mechanical clamp and the first electronic device. The fastener section has an elongated groove, which engages with a hook portion of a second electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices to releasably hold the first electronic device to the second electronic device that are detachably connected to each other. The second electronic device is disposed in the computing system and connected to an electronic component coupled to the computing system.
US12327939B2
A connector of the present invention includes a fixed housing, a movable housing, a plurality of terminals, and a metal movement restricting member to be attached to the fixed housing. The movable housing includes a main body portion for insertion in a loose fit state into an insertion hole of the fixed housing, and a protrusion portion projecting from the main body portion. In the state where the main body portion has been inserted into the insertion hole, the protrusion portion projects from the main body portion along a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the width direction. When the main body portion becomes displaced in a direction opposite to the insertion direction, the movement restricting member restricts the amount of displacement of the movable housing by abutting against the protrusion portion.
US12327936B2
A light-transmitting antenna includes a substrate, a first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern has a first feeder unit, a first radiation unit, a second radiation unit, and a first connection unit. The first feeder unit and the first connection unit are connected to two sides of the first radiation unit. The first connection unit connects the first radiation unit and the second radiation unit. The second conductive pattern has a second feeder unit, a third radiation unit, a fourth radiation unit, and a second connection unit. The second feeder unit and the second connection unit are connected to two sides of the third radiation unit. The second connection unit connects the third radiation unit and the fourth radiation unit. An orthogonal projection of the second feeder unit on a first surface of the substrate at least partially overlaps the first feeder unit.
US12327930B2
This disclosure describes techniques that enable individual antenna arrays of a base station node to transmit digital information via a plurality of frequency bands. More specifically, a remote radio unit (RRU) may include a first set of antenna arrays and a second set of antenna arrays. Each set of antenna arrays comprise antenna elements that are configured for use with different frequency bands. In this way, the RRU, via the first and second sets of antenna arrays, may be configured for simultaneous use with different frequency bands.
US12327929B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first radiator, a second radiator, a first signal source, and a second signal source. The first radiator is coupled to the second radiator, the first signal source is electrically connected to the first radiator, the second signal source is electrically connected to the second radiator, the first signal source is a signal source used when the electronic device works at a positioning frequency band or works at a first WiFi frequency band, and the second signal source is a signal source used when the electronic device works at a second WiFi frequency band.
US12327926B2
An antenna for reducing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) using a dielectric insert with a feedline tunnel is disclosed. The antenna comprises a first metallic portion, a second metallic portion, a plastic insert, and a cable. The first and second metallic portions held together by the plastic insert, which bridges a gap separating both portions. Both portions include trough-shaped shells and conduits, the conduits configured to be disposed inside the shells and connected to the shells. The cable is configured to pass through a tunnel belonging to the plastic insert and configured to communicate signals to the antenna, the cable comprising an electrically insulative shielding configured to be grounded to one of the metallic portions, and an electrically conductive core encapsulated by the shielding and configured to be connected to the other metallic portion.
US12327915B2
A modular wideband antenna includes a ground plane, a first antenna element and a second antenna element disposed on a first surface of a substrate, a first segment of the first antenna element extends parallel to a first segment of the second antenna element along the substrate and a second segment of the first element diverges from a second segment of the second antenna element along the substrate, the first antenna element having a first horizontal element electrically coupled to the second section of the first antenna element, and the second antenna element having a second horizontal element electrically coupled to the second section of the second antenna element, and a first wall and a second wall disposed on a second surface of the substrate, the first wall being capacitively coupled to the first antenna element and the second wall being electrically coupled to the second antenna element.
US12327911B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a foldable housing structure for connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure. The first housing structure and the second housing structure may include a front plate for interconnecting front surfaces with a flexible display, a rear plate which is an opposite surface to the front plate, a side member which surrounds a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and includes at least in part a conductive portion and an insulating portion, a communication circuit and at least one switch electrically connected to the communication circuit. Other various embodiments are possible.
US12327910B2
A terminal includes a terminal body part and an electronic accessory part. A WI-FI antenna apparatus is disposed on the terminal body part. The WI-FI antenna apparatus has a closed slot antenna. The closed slot antenna has an antenna slot that includes a main straight slot and a first slot and a second slot that are separately bent with respect to two ends of the main straight slot and extend to a same side of the main straight slot. The first slot and the second slot are perpendicular to the main straight slot, and the electronic accessory part is located on a side surface of the main straight slot.
US12327905B2
The present disclosure discloses an integrated 5G antenna system and a communication network, the 5G antenna system comprises a base station system and at least one microwave antenna system integrated on a holding pole. The base station system includes a radio remote unit and at least a base antenna electrically connected to the radio remote unit and configured to transmit 5G signals. Each microwave antenna system includes a radio frequency unit electrically connected to the base station antenna and a microwave antenna connected to the radio frequency unit. The present disclosure integrates the base station system, the microwave antenna system and the holding pole together to improve the integration of the antenna system, the whole communication network uses the microwave system for signal backhaul[QW1], which reduces the cost of deploying the network and enhances the flexibility of networking.
US12327904B2
The present disclosure relates to a triple-mode resonator, comprising: a main body made of a dielectric material and having a cuboid shape defining three orthogonal axes (x, y, z) substantially aligned with faces of the main body; and a conductive coating covering all of the main body except portions of the faces of the main body which defines at least one coupling aperture through which a signal can be coupled into and/or out of the main body, wherein the coupling aperture has a closed shape comprising a first and a second main edges extending along two of the axes respectively and a third main edge extending neither parallel nor perpendicular to the first and second main edges, the general shape and size and location of the coupling aperture is mainly determined by the first, second and third main edges, and the coupling aperture is configured in such a manner that desired three dominant resonance modes can be excited independently in the resonator by an input signal introduced therethrough.
US12327902B2
An electrical isolation apparatus. A signal is transmitted between a first transmission circuit, a first reference circuit, a second transmission circuit, and a second reference circuit according to a principle of electric field coupling between conductors. Therefore, the electrical isolation apparatus can be applied to isolation and transmission for a signal with a relatively high frequency between a first signal device and a second signal device. In addition, a material used by the electrical isolation apparatus may be a common metal conductor, which greatly reduces a size and costs of the electrical isolation apparatus and facilitates manufacturing and implementation of the electrical isolation apparatus.
US12327894B2
An apparatus for controlling a cold start and a cold shutdown (CSD) of a fuel cell system and a method thereof are provided. A monitoring device may individually monitor at least one of an amount of accumulated power and/or an accumulated driving time of one or more fuel cell stacks. A controller may select a representative fuel cell stack among the one or more fuel cell stacks, based on the amount of accumulated power and/or the amount of accumulated driving time, performs a cold start of the representative fuel cell stack, and perform cold starts of the remaining fuel cell stacks, using power of the representative fuel cell stack after the cold start of the selected representative fuel cell stack is completed. The apparatus makes power used for a cold start and a CSD highly efficient.
US12327893B2
The present invention relates to a humidifier for a fuel cell, the humidifier comprising: a humidification module for humidifying dry gas supplied from the outside by using wet gas discharged from a fuel cell stack; a mid-case including a first cap coupled to one end of the humidification module and a second cap coupled to the other end of the humidification module, both ends of the humidification module being open; a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet formed on one side of the mid-case; and a hollow fiber membrane bundle accommodated inside the mid-case along the lengthwise direction, wherein the hollow fiber membrane bundle includes a plurality of first hollow fiber membranes, the first hollow fiber membranes each independently include a first hollow, and the center of each of the first hollows is offset toward the other side of the mid-case with respect to the center of each of the first hollow fiber membranes.
US12327892B2
A method of operating a fuel cell system (100) comprising a fuel cell stack (110) and a closed loop water cooling circuit for direct injection of cooling water into the stack (110), the method comprising: measuring an operational parameter of the fuel cell system (100) over a time period; adding an amount of water to the closed loop cooling circuit from the total amount of water generated during operation of the fuel cell stack (110) over the time period; and removing the amount of water from the closed loop cooling circuit generated during operation of the fuel cell stack (110) over the time period is automatically determined by the fuel cell system (100) as a function of the operational parameter.
US12327885B2
A battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a tab, a first connecting piece, and a second connecting piece. The electrode assembly includes a first end face and a second end face that are disposed opposite to each other, and a first surface and a second surface that are connected to the first end face and the second end face respectively. The tab protrudes from first end face. The first connecting piece surrounds the first end face and is connected to the first surface and the second surface separately. A first via hole is made on the first connecting piece. The tab is threaded out of the first via hole. The second connecting piece surrounds the second end face and is connected to the first surface and the second surface separately. A plurality of second via holes are made on the second connecting piece.
US12327881B2
Provided are separators for use in batteries and capacitors comprising (a) at least 50% by weight of an aluminum oxide and (b) an organic polymer, wherein the aluminum oxide is surface modified by treatment with an organic acid to form a modified aluminum oxide, and wherein the treatment provides dispersibility of the aluminum oxide in aprotic solvents such as N-methyl pyrrolidone. Preferably, the organic acid is a sulfonic acid, such as p-toluenesulfonic acid. Also preferably, the organic polymer is a fluorinated polymer, such as polyvinylidene fluoride. Also provided are electrochemical cells and capacitors comprising such separators.
US12327878B2
A battery module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a cell block including a battery cell assembly containing one or more battery cells and a pair of terminal busbars connected to the battery cell assembly to electrically connect the battery cell to an external device, and a module frame for housing the cell block. Two or more of the cell blocks may be contained in the module frame. The two or more cell blocks may not be electrically connected to each other within the module frame.
US12327866B2
An electrode structure, a positive electrode and an electrochemical device including the same, and a method of preparing the electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a current collector; and an electrode active material layer on a surface of the current collector, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and an opening penetrating through the electrode active material layer; and a conductive layer comprising a conductive material and a binder on an inner surface of the opening, and wherein the content of the conductive material and the binder is 0.05% to 3% by weight on the basis of the total weight of the electrode active material layer.
US12327861B2
Aspects of the disclosure include leveraging an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping of copper current collectors for non-contact, non-destructive, in-line quality inspections of thin lithium metal anodes. An exemplary method can include receiving an electrode at a detection surface of the XRF detector. The electrode can include the lithium anode on a surface of a current collector. X-rays are passed through the lithium anode and into the current collector and the intensity of characteristic radiation returning from the current collector is measured at the XRF detector. A lithium anode characteristic can be inferred based on the measured intensity of characteristic radiation from the current collector.
US12327857B2
An electrode manufacturing device is provided. The electrode manufacturing device includes a pressing roll configured to apply pressure to an uncoated part of the electrode, wherein the pressing roll comprises a central part, a first end part and a second end part, wherein the uncoated part comprises an insulating coated part and a non-insulating coated part, wherein the first end part is adjacent to a boundary between the insulating coated part and the non-insulating coated part, wherein the second end part is located at a portion far away from the insulating coated part, and wherein a first outer diameter of the central part connected to the first end part is greater than a second outer diameter of the central part connected to the second end part.
US12327855B2
A method for producing secondary battery electrodes includes a step of preparing a moisture powder formed of aggregated particles that contain electrode active material particles, a binder resin, and solvent, wherein the solid phase, liquid phase, and gas phase in at least 50 number % of the aggregated particles form a pendular state or a funicular state; a step of forming, using the moisture powder, a coating film while the gas phase remains present; a step of forming a first groove that extends in a first direction, by transferring depressions and elevations, using a first roll die, into the coating film; and a step of forming a second groove that extends in a different direction, by transferring depressions and elevations, using a second roll die, into the coating film. Depression/elevation transfer is carried out in such a manner that the second groove is made deeper than the first groove.
US12327852B2
A cooling system includes a fluid circuit and a cooler arranged in fluid communication with said fluid circuit. The cooler regulates the temperature of said coolant. The fluid circuit comprises a first coolant fluid branch for circulating coolant to regulate a temperature of a low temperature component and a second coolant fluid branch for circulating coolant to regulate a temperature of a high temperature component. A first pump unit is arranged in said first coolant fluid branch. A coolant temperature control system is disposed in said first coolant fluid branch and regulates a temperature of the coolant to the low temperature component on the basis of a temperature difference between a coolant temperature upstream the coolant temperature control system and a temperature required at an inlet of the low temperature component. A second pump unit is arranged in said second coolant fluid branch, and directs coolant to said high temperature component; wherein the second coolant fluid branch intersects with the first coolant fluid branch at a fluid circuit position downstream the low temperature component.
US12327847B2
A method of recycling lithium-ion battery materials is provided. The method includes isolating a composite electrode that includes an electrode material adhered to a current collector. The composite electrode is combined with an aqueous buffer solution to form a mixture. The electrode material is delaminated from the current collector in the mixture to give a free electrode material and a free current collector. Each of the free electrode material and the free current collector is recovered from the mixture. Combining the composite electrode with the aqueous buffer solution occurs before delaminating the electrode material from the current collector. The step of delaminating optionally may include adding a surfactant to the mixture.
US12327840B2
A method of processing a stack of layers to provide a stack of discrete layer elements, comprises the steps of: providing a stack of layers comprising: #a first layer (20) provided by a first material; #a third layer (16) provided by a solid electrolyte; and #a second layer (18) located between the first and third layers, the second layer having a thickness of at least 500 nm and being provided by a second material comprising at least 95 atomic % amorphous silicon; removing a through-thickness portion of the first layer (20) to form a first discrete layer element (20a) provided by the first material; removing a through-thickness portion of the second layer (18) to form a second discrete layer element (18a) provided by the second material, the second discrete layer element being located between the first discrete layer element (20a) and the solid electrolyte; and etching the third layer (16) using the second discrete layer element (18a) as an etching mask, to form a third discrete layer element (16a) provided by the solid electrolyte; wherein the first, second and third discrete layer elements provide the stack of discrete layer elements.
