US12331333B2
The present invention includes a composition and method of allosterically potentiating the activity of neurolysin comprising contacting the neurolysin with an amount of a histidine-containing dipeptide that is an allosteric that increases the activity of neurolysin.
US12331332B2
The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US12331330B2
This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising a DNA binding domain, an endonuclease and a reverse transcriptase and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
US12331328B2
Compositions for use in treating subjects with USH2A-associated retinal and/or cochlear degeneration that result from mutations in exon 13 of the USH2A gene by deletion of exon 13 from the USH2A gene or transcripts, and methods of use thereof, as well as genetically modified animals and cells.
US12331319B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for identifying ionocytes from respiratory epithelial cells, and uses of such cells for treatment of inflammatory lung disease. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating respiratory tract epithelial cell proliferation, differentiation, maintenance, and/or function.
US12331316B2
The present invention provides a T cell which expresses a gamma-delta T cell receptor (TCR) and a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), wherein the CAR comprises: an antigen binding domain; a transmembrane domain; and a co-stimulatory intracellular signalling domain; wherein the intracellular signalling domain provides a co-stimulatory signal to the T cell following binding of antigen to the antigen binding domain.
US12331311B2
Non-genetically engineered mammalian cells modified by sortase-mediated conjugation of an agent thereto are provided. Methods of conjugating agents to non-genetically engineered mammalian cells using sortase are provided. Methods of using the cells, e.g., for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes, are provided.
US12331306B2
A method for conferring tolerance to a 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor herbicide in a plant by expressing one or more polypeptide components of an exogenous plastoquinone-9 pathway in the plant. Nucleic acids, vectors, transgenic cells and transgenic plants useful in such a method are also disclosed.
US12331303B2
The invention provides to improved methods for the modification of genes in plant cells, and plants and seeds derived therefrom. More specifically, the invention relates to the increased efficiency of targeted gene mutation by combining gene repair oligonucleotides with approaches that enhance the availability of components of the target cell gene repair mechanisms.
US12331302B2
The present invention provides for a system comprising: (a) a first nucleic acid encoding an α-factor receptor operatively linked to a first promoter, (b) a second nucleic acid encoding a recombinase operatively linked to a promoter which is activated by an α-factor receptor bound to an α-factor, and (c) a third nucleic acid encoding a gene of interest (GOI) flanked by a pair of recombinase recognition sequences, recognized by the recombinase, operatively linked to a second promoter. The present invention provides for a genetically modified fungal cell comprising the system of the present invention.
US12331301B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a protein in a filamentous fungus cell, comprising the overexpression of the TrAZF1 gene or of one of the variants thereof in said cell.
US12331298B2
Provided herein are genetic circuits and cell state classifiers for detecting the microRNA profile of a cell. The cell state classifiers of the present disclosure utilize phosphorylation state of a transcription factor to control classifier output. Kinases and phosphatase pairs that function in phosphorylating or dephosphorylating the transcription factor are integrated into the circuit, their expression tuned by the presence of microRNAs of interest (e.g., in a cell). The genetic circuits and cell state classifiers may be used in various applications (e.g., therapeutic or diagnostic applications).
US12331294B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the inhibition of miR-21 activity. The compositions have certain nucleoside modification patterns that yield potent inhibitors of miR-21 activity. The compositions may be used to inhibit miR-21, and also to treat diseases associated with abnormal expression of miR-21, such as fibrosis and cancer.
US12331290B2
The present disclosure relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule and an application thereof in preparation of a circular RNA, and in particular, to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule for preparing a circular RNA, a recombinant expression vector, a circular RNA, a composition, a method for preparing a circular RNA, a method for expressing a target polypeptide in a cell, a method for screening a target coding region sequence, a system for screening a target coding region sequence, and a method for screening a ribozyme recognition site sequence. The recombinant nucleic acid molecule provided by the present disclosure provides a Clean PIE system with a novel structure for preparing a circRNA in vitro, which can avoid introducing additional exon sequences into the circular RNA, improve the sequence accuracy of circular RNA molecules, reduce changes in a secondary structure of the circular RNA, and further reduce the immunogenicity of the circular RNA, and has a good application prospects in the fields of nucleic acid vaccines, expression of therapeutic proteins, gene therapy, and the like.
US12331285B2
The present invention provides a nucleic acid extraction instrument including a base, an outer housing connected with the base, and an instrumental main body positioned inside the outer housing and mounted to the base; and the instrumental main body includes an electrical power pack, a main control device, a first motor set, a second motor set, and a third motor set.
US12331278B2
A method for monitoring species of algae for stress comprises growing a test set of algae of a given species, applying a stress of a predetermined kind to some of the algae, and irradiating the algae at a predetermined first set of wavelengths. The algae are then monitored at a predetermined second set of wavelengths to detect fluorescence and/or absorbance carried out on the first set of wavelengths by the stressed algae. The detected fluorescence and/or absorbance is compared for each irradiation wavelength between the stressed algae and unstressed algae to find signs indicating the applied stress. There is then a stage of searching through combinations of respective irradiation wavelengths and detected wavelengths to find a minimal set of irradiating and detected wavelengths that detects the stress. The smallest size set is then used in irradiating further sets of algae of the tested species to detect the given stress.
US12331274B2
The present disclosure contemplates components, systems and methods for bioreactors that may be employed for producing and maintaining cells, optimizing cell growth and production of products from such cells, and for producing and isolating cells and products made by such cells. The systems, components and methods herein address the scale, cost, efficiency and consistency and are suitable for bespoke cell and bioproduct production.
US12331270B2
A solvent composition has an oxygenated solvent and a siloxane solvent. In one embodiment, the oxygenated solvent is propylene glycol methyl ether and the siloxane solvent is hexamethyldisiloxane or octamethyltrisiloxane. In another embodiment, the solvent composition is an azeotrope of propylene glycol n-butyl ether and decamethyltetrasiloxane. The siloxane solvent can be used in any situation where one desires to remove a silicone deposit, e.g., conformal coatings, adhesives, sealants, greases, heat transfer fluids, paints, oils, etc.
US12331268B2
Bleach catalyst detergent compositions are provided. The compositions are suitable for use with additional detergent and/or bleaching compositions while providing bleach catalysts within a detergent composition. The detergent compositions are free of anionic surfactant, are highly aqueous and have a pH of less than 6. Methods of use for cleaning are disclosed.
US12331265B2
A composition, lethal to a broad spectrum of microorganisms and capable of repeated applications to hard surfaces, includes solvent and solute components. The solvent component includes water and a lesser amount of at least one organic liquid, while the solute component includes a weak acid, a conjugate base of that acid, an oxidizing electrolyte, and an ionic surfactant. The composition is acidic but has a pH of at least 2.5 and an effective solute concentration of at least 2.5 Osm/L.
US12331264B2
The present disclosure provides for improved compositions of ionizable lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids to cells. Cationic ionizable lipids are engineered with improved stability to oxidative degradation while in storage, while retaining high transfection activity or potency in cells. These lipids are designed to be biodegradable, thus improving the tolerability of nanoparticles formed with them in vivo. In addition, targeting of these nanoparticles in a highly specific manner to dendritic cells is provided for through inclusion of antibody conjugates directed against cell surface receptors.
US12331263B2
Disclosed is a method for producing one or more cylinder oils of varying kinematic viscosity for a marine reciprocating internal combustion engine. The method comprises providing a first fluid having a first kinematic viscosity and a first BN, providing a second fluid having a second kinematic viscosity and a second BN, the second kinematic viscosity different from the first kinematic viscosity, and blending the first fluid and the second fluid in a first ratio to produce a first cylinder oil having a kinematic viscosity equal to or less than 14 mm2/s at 100° C.
US12331262B2
Provided is a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine containing: (A) a lubricant base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.0 mm2/s to 5.0 mm2/s; (B) 50 mass ppm to 2000 mass ppm of a molybdenum-based friction modifier based on the total amount of the composition as an amount of molybdenum; (C) a nitrogen-containing ashless friction modifier; (D) a succinimide or a derivative thereof as a dispersant; (E) an amine ashless antioxidant as an antioxidant; and (F) 1000 mass ppm to 2200 mass ppm of a metallic detergent based on the total amount of the composition as an amount of metal, wherein the amount of sulfated ash in the composition is 0.9 mass % or less, and a nitrogen management index is 0.60 or less. Provided is a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine having improved fuel efficiency and oxidative stability, while maintaining low amount of sulfated ash.
US12331261B2
A sulfonate-based grease composition and method of manufacture comprising the addition of one or more glycerol derivatives. The glycerol derivative acts to optimally disperse the thickener in the grease such that the conventional step of milling the grease may not be needed. The glycerol derivative reacts with water to form in-situ complexing acids, which may replace at least some of the normally used complexing acids for reacting with calcium containing bases. The greases according to preferred embodiments have a high dropping point, improved thickener yield, and faster conversion time.
US12331256B2
Described are a process and a system for processing aromatics-rich fraction oil. The process includes: (1) introducing an aromatics-rich fraction oil into a fifth reaction unit for hydrosaturation, followed by fractionation, to provide a first light component and a first heavy component; (2) introducing a deoiled asphalt and an aromatics-comprising stream including the first heavy component into a hydrogen dissolving unit to be mixed with hydrogen, and introducing the mixed material into a first reaction unit for a hydrogenation reaction; (3) fractionating a liquid-phase product from the first reaction unit to provide a second light component and a second heavy component; (41) introducing the second light component into a second reaction unit for reaction; and (42) introducing the second heavy component into a delayed coking unit for reaction; or using the second heavy component as a component of low sulfur ship fuel oil.
US12331249B2
A fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system for economically and efficiently converting biomass and other combustible materials into bio-oil. The system employs multiple closed loop tubes situated inside the heat exchanger. As a granular solid heat carrier is deposited at the top of the heat exchanger and caused to move downwardly therethrough, heat is transferred from the tubes to the heat carrier which is then transferred to a reactor where it is placed in contact with the combustible materials.
US12331248B2
The present disclosure discloses a novel multi-stable and erasable anti-counterfeiting technology with controlled reflection color and the application thereof in optical coding. The method and use are characterized by high thermal stability and robust fatigue resistance, and the realization thereof relies on the material system composed of an intrinsic chiral diarylethene molecule based on steric hindrance ethene bridge and a liquid crystal (LC) material disclosed herein. The diarylethene based on steric hindrance ethene bridge has the following structural feature: The material system composed of a diarylethene compound based on steric hindrance ethene bridge and an LC can be prepared by a simple preparation process from cheap raw materials, can achieve a wide spectral color adjustment range, and has excellent thermal stability and fatigue resistance, which is expected to be further widely used in the fields of dual erasable anti-counterfeiting and optical information encoding with high thermal stability and strong fatigue resistance.
US12331246B2
A polyacrylamide-based symmetric branched polymer surfactant and a process for preparing the same and use thereof are provided. The surfactant has an acrylamide structure unit, an anionic monomer structure unit, an optional non-ionic monomer structure unit, a branched structure unit, and an optional cationic monomer structure unit. The branched structure unit has at least one of structures represented by formula (1) or formula (2): The polymer surfactant can realize both the high viscosity of the aqueous solution and the low oil water interfacial tension, and can be used as the oil displacement agent in the tertiary oil recovery.
US12331245B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc.
US12331229B2
A UV curable silicone adhesive composition and method for its preparation are provided. The UV curable silicone adhesive composition is useful in electronic device fabrication for adhering components such as fingerprint sensors to substrates, such as OLED display devices.
US12331228B2
The photocurable resin composition of the present invention has a reaction force at 10% compression of a cured product of the photocurable resin composition of 1 to 300 kPa and a reaction force at 50% compression of the cured product of the photocurable resin composition of 1 to 500 kPa, contains a hollow organic resin filler as a component (A), and does not contain a monofunctional acrylic monomer having a hydroxyl group.
US12331226B2
The present invention refers to polyurethane adhesives with semi-crystalline and highly crystalline polyesters, a method for the production of the same as well as the use of the polyurethane adhesive in the production of electronic devices.
US12331224B2
A two-part epoxy coating composition for producing an adherent coating for articles such as large liquid storage tanks. The two-part epoxy coating composition includes a first liquid comprising a polyepoxide having a described formula and having an estrogenic agonist activity less than that of bisphenol S, and a second liquid comprising a curing agent configured to react with the polyepoxide under ambient conditions.
US12331223B2
A composition including: —at least one silane group-containing polymer with a silicon content ranging from 0.6 to 2 wt. %, obtained by reacting at least one isocyanate group-containing polymer and at least one amino-, mercapto-, or hydroxysilane, —at least one liquid epoxy resin, and—at least one polyamine with at least three amine hydrogens which are reactive towards epoxy groups. The composition facilitates adhesives, coatings, or sealing compounds with a good storage stability, a fast curing time, even in the event of moisture or humidity, a surprisingly high degree of strength while having a high degree of elasticity, a high degree of resistance against further tearing, a high degree of resistance in particular against glycol/water mixtures, and a high degree of adhesion to many substrates. When used on metals such as steel or aluminum, the composition protects same against corrosion.
US12331218B2
The disclosure is directed to an aqueous composition comprising a waterborne polymer, a non-ionic surfactant, a levelling component, an IR absorber, and at least one UV absorber.
US12331217B2
Disclosed is a method for forming a sensory textile. The method includes: providing a conductive polymer, a dopant and a solvent; mixing the conductive polymer, dopant and solvent to form a mixture having a predetermined ratio of the conductive polymer and the dopant, and a predetermined concentration of the conductive polymer; contacting a fabric with the mixture to coat the fabric with the conductive polymer and dopant; and drying the coated fabric. Also disclosed is a sensory textile device that includes such a sensory textile, a conductive backing layer and a spacer layer disposed between the sensory textile and conductive backing layer.
US12331211B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a cord for a power transmission belt, the method including: a first treatment step of treating an untreated yarn of a cord for a power transmission belt with a first treatment agent including a resin component (A) to obtain a first treated yarn; and a second treatment step of treating the first treated yarn with a second treatment agent including a condensate (B1) of resorcin and formaldehyde, an unmodified latex (B2), and an acid-modified diene-based polymer (B3) to obtain a second treated yarn.
US12331207B2
Provided is an ink jet recording ink containing a near-infrared absorbing colorant represented by Formula 1, a polymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator, and a dispersant, in which a content of the polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the ink jet recording ink, and a difference between an SP value of the polymerizable monomer and an SP value of the dispersant is 3.8 MPa1/2 to 16.0 MPa1/2. Also provided is an ink jet recording method. The description of a ring A, a ring B, XA, XB, GA, GB, kA, and kB in Formula 1 will not be repeated.
US12331202B2
Provided are an ink jet ink composition containing a monomer A represented by formula (A), a monomer B that is a radical-polymerizable monomer including an alicyclic structure and not including a heterocyclic structure, and a monomer C that is a radical-polymerizable monomer including a heterocyclic structure, the total content of the monomer A, the monomer B, and the monomer C being 60 mass % or more relative to the total amount of the composition, and applications thereof. R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. When n is 2 or 3, two or three R3's may be the same or different, and two or three R4's may be the same or different.
US12331175B2
The present disclosure relates to a polyester film and a preparation method of the same. Since the polyester film includes a resin layer formed from a mixture comprising a polyester resin, which includes a first diol moiety derived from isosorbide and a second diol moiety derived from cyclohexanedimethanol in a controlled ratio, and polyethylene terephthalate in a specific ratio, it is possible to exhibit improved heat resistance and adhesion with excellent light transmittance.
US12331173B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition, comprising the sequential steps of: a) unwinding from a first package of at least one first continuous glass multifilament strand having a first filament thickness t1 and a second package of at least one second continuous glass multifilament strand having a second filament thickness t2 larger than the first filament thickness t1 and b) applying a sheath of a thermoplastic polymer composition around the at least one first continuous glass multifilament strand and the at least one second continuous glass multifilament strand to form a sheathed continuous multifilament strand.
US12331167B2
The present invention provides a resin modifier (Y) containing: a block polymer (X) that has a block of a hydrophobic polymer (a) and a block of a hydrophilic polymer (b) as constitutional units, the block polymer (X) having an orientation index (ω) obtained by the following formula of 1.5 to 15: orientation index (ω)=(β)/(α) wherein (α) represents a weight ratio [(αb)/(αa)] between the hydrophilic polymer (b) and the hydrophobic polymer (a) in the block polymer (X), and (β) represents a weight ratio [(βb)/(βa)] between the hydrophilic polymer (b) and the hydrophobic polymer (a) determined by reflective infrared spectroscopy of the block polymer (X) heat-melted and pressed to a thickness of 500 μm.
US12331164B2
Provided is a curable siloxane composition with low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, in which organic alkoxy silane having a silicon-based asymmetric structure and organic alkoxy silane having a silicon-based symmetric structure are included. The curable siloxane composition has low dielectric constant and dielectric loss in a high frequency range, low water absorption, excellent workability, and high copper foil peel strength, and thus physical properties suitable for application to printed circuit boards for high-frequency communication electronic devices may be provided.
US12331156B2
A protective film-forming composition including good mask (protection) function against a wet etching liquid and a high dry etching rate during processing of semiconductor substrates, including good coverage even in stepped substrates, and from which flat films can be formed due to a small difference in film thickness after embedding; a protective film produced using said composition; a substrate with a resist pattern; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A protective film-forming composition which protects against a semiconductor wet etching liquid, wherein a reaction product (P) of a diepoxy compound (B) and an bifunctional proton-generating compound (C) contains a structure represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), Ar represents a C6-40 aryl group, n represents an integer of 2-10, —Y— represents —OCO—, —O— or —S—, and * represents the bonding site with the reaction product (P) molecule terminal). The protective film-forming composition further includes an organic solvent (S).
US12331155B2
A metal-chelating resin includes (a) a compound represented by Formula (I): or a stereoisomeric form thereof or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined herein; and (b) an organic polymer resin having at least one complementary reactive functional group covalently linked with at least one linking group of the compound represented by Formula (I).
US12331152B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a polyurethane core for use in a floor or wall panel, the core comprising a polyol made, at least in part, from one or more recycled materials, and an isocyanate.
US12331148B2
Provided are a block copolymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution such that the copolymer can be used in a DSA technique, a block copolymer intermediate thereof, and methods for producing the same. A block copolymer intermediate represented by the general formula (1) or (2) is used: wherein, in the general formulae (1) and (2), each of R1 and R3 independently represents a polymerization initiator residue, each of R2 and R4 independently represents an aromatic group or an alkyl group, Y1 represents a polymer block of (a)an (meth)acrylic acid ester, Y2 represents a polymer block of styrene or a derivative thereof, L represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X represents a halogen atom, and each of m and n independently represents an integer of 1 to 5.
US12331133B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and uses thereof for treating lung cancer.
US12331128B2
The present invention provides therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions for cancer, for example, bladder cancer. The invention provides methods of treating bladder cancer, methods of determining whether a patient suffering from bladder cancer is likely to respond to treatment comprising a PD-L1 axis binding antagonist, methods of predicting responsiveness of a patient suffering from bladder cancer to treatment comprising a PD-L1 axis binding antagonist, and methods of selecting a therapy for a patient suffering from bladder cancer, based on somatic mutation levels of genes of the invention (e.g., somatic mutation levels in a tumor sample obtained from the patient).
US12331126B2
Provided herein are VHH-containing polypeptides that bind OX40. In some embodiments, VHH-containing polypeptides that bind and agonize OX40 are provided. Uses of the VHH-containing polypeptides are also provided.
US12331124B2
The invention features ALK2 antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof (e.g., ALK2 binding fragments). The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the ALK2 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof to treat bone disease or damage, low red blood cell levels (e.g., anemia or blood loss), heterotopic ossification (e.g., heterotopic ossification resulting from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva), Sjogren's syndrome (e.g., dry eye associated with Sjogren's syndrome), multiple osteochondroma, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, posterior capsule opacification, or cardiac hypertrophy and/or cardiac fibrosis.
US12331122B2
Antigen binding proteins that interact with ASGR, ASGR-1 and/or ASGR-2 are described as well as methods of making and using such antigen binding proteins. Methods of treating and preventing cardiovascular disease by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of ASGR, ASGR-1 and/or ASGR-2 antigen binding proteins. Methods of treating and preventing cardiovascular disease by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of interfering RNA compositions that reduce expression of ASGR, ASGR-1 and/or ASGR-2 are described.
US12331121B2
Provided are multi-specific antibodies that target both a cellular efflux pump and a cancer-associated antigen as well as pharmaceutical compositions, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, cells, and kits that include or encode such multi-specific antibodies. Methods of treating a subject for a cancer that include administering to the subject a multi-specific antibody that targets both a cellular efflux pump and a cancer-associated antigen are also provided. Provided as well are methods of generating the described multi-specific antibodies and reagents related thereto, including genetically modified cell lines useful in the subject methods and methods of making such genetically modified cell lines.
US12331118B2
Described herein are humanized anti-PD-1 antibodies, nucleic acids encoding such, and uses thereof in enhancing immune responses by activating T cells and treating diseases such as cancer and an infectious disease.
US12331106B2
The present invention relates to mouse antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), humanized anti-Ang2 antibodies derived therefrom, and the use thereof. The anti-Ang2 antibodies have a dual function of activating the Tie2 receptor together with neutralizing Ang2. The anti-Ang2 antibodies show the property of normalizing abnormal and pathological blood vessels, and thus exhibits therapeutic efficacy against various diseases and disorders associated with abnormal blood vessels. The present invention further provides an angiogenesis inhibitor and a composition for treatment of diseases associated with abnormal Ang2 expression and Tie2 dysregulation, which comprise the antibody as an active ingredient, and a composition for diagnosing diseases associated with Ang2 inhibition and Tie2 activation, which comprises the antibody.
US12331105B2
The present invention provides broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV, compositions comprising the same and methods of use thereof.
US12331104B2
The present invention relates to anti-HBsAg antibodies, antibody fragments, and their uses for the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus infection and associated diseases.
US12331096B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds, complexes, compositions, kits and methods for determining interacting and/or binding sites between e.g., proteins, proteins and nucleic acids, proteins and small molecules, or intrachain protein domains. The disclosure provides rapid and direct positive identification of the contact interface region between such molecules, and can be applied to individual interacting pairs, as well as large-scale or global interactions.
US12331095B2
Combinations comprising one or more nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleic acid sequence A encoding for a TCR alpha chain linked to a dimerization domain, and a nucleic acid sequence B encoding for a TCR beta chain linked to a dimerization domain, as well as proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules and corresponding uses and methods.
US12331088B2
The present invention relates to a method for the acute treatment of a relapsing-remitting condition, the method comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof one or more doses of an effective amount of a peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 in response to or during a relapse, wherein the method causes remission of the condition.
US12331085B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising a Gram negative needle tip protein and a translocator protein and methods of their use.
US12331084B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding the same, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and the immunogenic polypeptide, nucleic acid or pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament, particularly a vaccine, or for use in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection.
US12331079B2
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are recombinant myxoma viruses (MYXVs) and nucleic acid constructs encoding the recombinant MYXVs. In some embodiments, the MYXVs are engineered to inactivate or attenuate an activity or expression level of an M153 protein. In some embodiments, the MYXVs are engineered to express one or more transgenes such as a tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-12 (IL-12), or decorin. Also disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are methods of using the MYXVs. Some embodiments include providing a MYXV as described herein to a subject in need thereof.
US12331072B2
The present inventors found that peptide compounds/amide compounds in which the protecting groups of interest are removed and/or which are removed from resins for solid-phase synthesis can be produced without main chain damage by contacting starting peptide compounds/amide compounds with silylating agents.
US12331070B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1A, R1B, n, R2A, R2B, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US12331067B2
A method for preparing 18F-BPA and an intermediate, by which high-purity 18F-BPA is obtained. The method simplifies the synthesis steps after 18F labeling, and is easy to operate and efficient.
US12331062B2
Provided are a compound having an excellent semiconductor property and a method for producing the compound, an intermediate of the compound and a method for producing the intermediate, and an organic semiconductor material and an organic semiconductor device each obtained with use of the organic semiconductor material. A compound represented by general formula (2): where: A1 and A2 are CM1 or N, and M1 is H or the like; J1 and J2 are each independently a skeleton giving an electron donating property or an electron accepting property; and X1 and X2 are where: M2 to M4 are H or the like, and M3 and M4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
US12331055B2
Disclosed herein are analogues of 6-(4-((2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl)oxy)piperidin-1-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine, i.e. 7-(4-((phenyl or pyridin-3-yl)oxy)piperidin-1-yl)-4H-pyrimido[1,2-b]pyridazin-4-one derivatives of formula (I) which may be useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions.
US12331045B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or salts thereof, wherein each R is independently H or D. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds to decrease the levels of IKZF1-4 proteins; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound. The compounds are useful in the treatment of viral infections and proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
US12331033B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and methods useful for inhibiting SARM1 and/or treating and/or preventing axonal degeneration.
US12331022B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of α7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation
US12331021B2
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of Pirfenidone (1) from 5-Methyl-3,4-dihydro-2-pyridone and halobenzene (chlorobenzene, bromobenzene, or iodobenzene) in the presence of a catalytic system consisting of a copper salt and an organic ligand, in the presence of a base.
US12331020B2
A method of synthesizing indole compounds. The method may include allyllating an indole compound, oxidizing the resulting α-indolepropene, and reductively aminating the resulting indoleacetaldehyde, providing a tryptamine. The indole compound may be substituted with a functional group on the indole ring or may be unsubstituted indole. The method may include substitution, oxidation or other derivatization of the indole ring of the indole compound, of tryptophan, of the tryptamine, or of intermediates. The method may include oxidizing tryptophan or a ring-substituted tryptophan analogue and reductively aminating the resulting indoleacetaldehyde, providing a tryptamine. The method may be applied in a telescoped approach without isolation of intermediates. The method may be applied to production of indoles, α-indolepropenes, indole propyl diols, indoleacetaldehydes and tryptamines. Compounds from each of these classes of compounds are also provided herein.
US12331016B2
Being used for drug modification, the multi-arm single molecular weight polyethylene glycol active derivative provided herein can effectively improve the solubility, stability, and immunogenicity of the drugs, improve the absorption of the drugs in vivo, prolong the half-life of the drugs, and increase bioavailability, enhance efficacy, and reduce toxic and side effects of the drugs. A gel formed from the multi-arm single molecular weight polyethylene glycol active derivative provided herein can be used for the preparation of controlled release drugs so as to prolong the action time of the drugs, thereby reducing the number of administrations and improving patient compliance.
US12331007B2
A multidentate phosphite ligand is used in the catalytic synthesis of adiponitrile. The ligand is represented by the following general formula (I). The method of catalytic synthesis of adiponitrile comprises primary hydrocyanation, isomerization, and secondary hydrocyanation reactions, wherein the catalyst adopted each comprises a phosphite ligand-nickel complex composed of a nickel precursor and a multidentate phosphite ligand. The ligand molecule has a higher electron cloud density, and the phosphorus content capable of participating in coordination in the ligand molecule per unit mass is higher, so that the catalytic activity of the catalyst is improved, and the amount of the catalyst is reduced.
US12330999B2
Provided in the invention are thiosulfate-urea based products (IIa) and/or a polysulfide-urea based products (IIb) and/or a (bi)sulfite-urea based products (IIc) suitable for use in fertilizers and comprising: one or more urea-containing compounds (a), one or more compounds (b), optionally, one or more urease (c1) and/or nitrification (c2) inhibitors that are different from compounds (b), and/or optionally, one or more additives (d) that are different from any of the above compounds, wherein the amount of water (e) in the product (II) is less than about 10 wt %, preferably less than about 5 wt %, wherein compounds (a) are selected from urea (a1) and/or from urea-aldehyde products (a2) and/or from urea-triazone compounds (a3), wherein compounds (b) are selected from thiosulfates (b1) and/or from polysulfides (b2) and/or from (bi)sulfites (b3). An advantage of products of the invention is that only minimal amounts of degradation products of compounds (b) are formed. Products of the invention can be made in various forms and in different ways. All of the materials of the invention are suitable for use in fertilizers and blend well with solid and liquid fertilizers standardly used.
US12330986B1
A cement composition is provided including a cementitious matrix containing Portland cement and a volcanic pumice component incorporated within the cementitious matrix. The volcanic pumice component is prepared by grinding in a ball mill using tungsten balls. The ball mill uses a tungsten carbide bowl of capacity 250 ml and the 12 tungsten carbide balls each having a diameter of about 20 mm. The volcanic pumice component is prepared in the ball mill at a speed of about 500 rpm for a duration about 10 minutes, about 1 hour, and about 3 hours. The volcanic pumice component is included in an amount of between about 10% w/w and about 30% w/w.
US12330984B2
Provided is oxide glass in which a content of P5+ is 7 to 43 cation %, a content of Nb ions is 10 to 21 cation %, a content of Li+ is 20 cation % or more, a total content of Nb ions and Li+ is 48 to 70 cation %, a content of Bi ions is more than 0 cation % and is equal to or less than 6 cation %, a content of Ba2+ is 5 cation % or less, a content of Zr4+ is 2 cation % or less, a total content of Ti ions and W ions is 5 cation % or less, and a cation ratio of the content of Li+ to a total content of Li+, Na+, and K+[Li+/(Li++Na++K+)] is 0.5 or more.
US12330983B2
An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.
US12330981B2
A polyimide precursor resin composition for forming a flexible device substrate, including a polyamic acid having a structure obtained from a tetracarboxylic acid component including at least one of 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and pyromellitic dianhydride, a diamine component including at least one of paraphenylene diamine and 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether, and a carboxylic acid monoanhydride, the polyamic acid satisfying equations (1) and (2) below: 0.97≤X/Y<1.00 Equation (1) 0.5≤(Z/2)/(Y−X)≤1.05 Equation (2) in which X represents a number of moles of tetracarboxylic acid component, Y represents a number of moles of diamine component, and Z represents a number of moles of the carboxylic acid monoanhydride.
US12330978B2
The window molding apparatus for processing a member having first and second opposed, substantially flat sides and a bendable portion disposed therebetween, the apparatus includes a first molding part controlled to move in a substantially linear direction and a jig including a support surface on which the member is seated and a recess in the support surface to receive the bendable portion of the member and the first molding part.
US12330972B2
A compact rotary algae biofilm reactor includes an algae biofilm module and a light guide module. The algae biofilm module includes a plurality of rotary members and a reaction tank. In the rotary member, an algae biofilm growth carrier and a power transmission belt are wound on a driving shaft and a driven shaft. A top end of the rotary member is fixed on a fixing frame while a bottom end thereof is submerged in the reaction tank. The light guide module includes a rotatable lens holder. The rotatable lens holder is fixedly provided with a linear Fresnel lens on an upper end thereof and is provided with a light guide plate on a lower end thereof. One side of the linear Fresnel lens is provided with a step motor configured to control the linear Fresnel lens to rotate with an angle of sunlight.
US12330971B2
A method and system to significantly reduce odor emissions caused by ammonia and other noxious gasses and reduce nitrogen levels in animal husbandry wastewater effectively and efficiently by the use of flush water that has been biochemically conditioned to lower the pH thus reducing the level of un-ionized compounds including NH3 which can volatilize into the atmosphere and which method and system can also be used to remove ammonia and nitrogen from the wastewater system. The present disclosure includes the use of flush water that has been biochemically conditioned to lower its pH thus sequestering non-ionized ammonia from being released from a liquid as ammonia gas. This disclosure relates to the new use of nitrification for biochemical conditioning of wastewater for use as flush water to reduce atmospheric ammonia emissions.
US12330970B2
A system and method for controlling the accelerated remediation of the water of an aquatic facility using at least one sanitizer sensor, a pH sensor, a temperature sensor and a chlorine dioxide sensor all interfaced with a programmable controller that is programmed to implement an accelerated remediation cycle and configured to calculate a Ct value of the water chemical feed system. The programmable controller activates a chemical feed system to supply an acid, an oxidizer and a chlorite ion donor to a conduit to form chlorine dioxide that is supplied to the water until a desire Ct value is reached.
US12330963B2
An automatic water faucet apparatus includes a faucet, a detection unit, a hot water storage tank, a first ultraviolet irradiation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The hot water storage tank heats water supplied to a water supply channel by using a heater, which is not illustrated, and stores hot water. The hot water storage tank is provided inside the faucet and heats water supplied to a second water supply channel. The first ultraviolet irradiation unit disinfects (sterilizes) the hot water stored in the hot water storage tank by irradiating the hot water with ultraviolet rays. The first ultraviolet irradiation unit includes an ultraviolet lamp disposed inside the hot water storage tank, and irradiation of ultraviolet rays to the hot water stored in the hot water storage tank and stop of the irradiation are controlled by the control unit.
US12330961B2
The present disclosure relates to a self-regenerable fibrous adsorbent for heavy metal adsorption, which is capable of adsorbing heavy metal ions in water, growing them into crystals and desorbing the grown heavy metal crystals on its own, and a method for preparing the same. The self-regenerable fibrous adsorbent for heavy metal adsorption according to the present disclosure is a fibrous polymer consisting of PAN and PMMA, wherein amine functional groups are immobilized on the surface of the PAN and hydroxyl groups (—OH) are immobilized on the surface of the PMMA.
US12330960B2
An apparatus for the desalination of sea water through vapour compression distillation, comprising a thermally insulated container element (12) inside which at least two cages (14) are arranged, comprising at least one block (16) consisting of stacked elements comprising layers of condensing chambers (17) and evaporation interspaces (19) intervalled with respect to each other, at least two low pressure compressors (18), said container element being modular, the apparatus comprising at least one tank (22) for heating the supply saline water, at least one further tank (24) for collecting condensed water, means (25) for supplying thermal energy at the at least one supply tank (22) and further means (26) for supplying thermal energy at the container element (12), one or more heat exchangers (20) of the counterflow type for preheating the supply sea water and in connection with the concentrated saline water purges (40), with the condensed fresh water (42), with the vapour purges (44 and 44), with the at least one tank (22), with the at least one further tank (24) and with the source of sea water (41).
US12330959B2
A water filtration system is also disclosed. The water filtration system includes a regenerative media filter vessel, a filtrate line, a feed line, a recirculation line, a gas line, and at least one pump. A method of filtering water in a system comprising a regenerative media filter is disclosed. The method includes operating the system in a filtration mode, operating the system in a cleaning mode responsive to a differential pressure measurement across the regenerative media filter, operating the system in an aeration mode, operating the system in a pre-filtration mode after operating the system in the cleaning mode, operating the system in a drain mode, and operating the system in the filtration mode following the drain mode. A controller and non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by the controller, instruct the controller to perform a method of operating a water filtration system are disclosed.
US12330944B2
An infrared stealth cloth includes a cloth substrate and an infrared light absorber located on the cloth substrate. The infrared light absorber includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other to form a network structure and a plurality of carbon particles in the network structure.
US12330937B1
A method may provide a mechanical mill for reducing a size of particles; wherein the mechanical mill includes: a core for accelerating particles, the core including: a first disc and a second disc facing the first disc in an axial direction, wherein each of the first disc and the second disc includes a plurality of concentric rings and a plurality of concentric channels alternately interleaved with the plurality of concentric rings; and wherein the first disc, the second disc, or a combination thereof are rotated. A method may introduce water into the mechanical mill. A method may introduce soil particles into the mechanical mill. A method may activate the mechanical mill to accelerate the water and the soil particles. A method may thereby produce nanoparticles from the soil particles and producing hydrogen from a reaction between the nanoparticles and the water.
US12330936B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a ceramic solid electrolyte having a even particle distribution, excellent crystallinity, and high ionic conductivity. Step 1 for preparing the ceramic solid electrolyte particles may be a step for adding and mixing raw materials to distilled water to prepare a solid electrolyte precursor. Step 2 may be a step for mixing the solid electrolyte precursor with a ball-mill. Step 3 may be a step for drying first by rotary concentrating or spraying. Step 4 may be a step for drying second in a dryer at 80° C. for at least 24 hours to completely remove the distilled water solvent. Step 5 may be a step for calcining first ceramic particles in a heat treatment device and firing second the ceramic particles.
US12330929B2
Disclosed is a horse harness saddle for pulling a cart. The harness saddle included portion which arches towards both sides of the horse and towards horse's tail so that the harness saddle bypasses the horse's withers, at the back thereof when the harness saddle is worn by the horse. Also disclosed is a method for releasing pressure of pressure towards horse's withers, wherein the horse is harnesses to the cart by the disclosed harness.
US12330927B2
A system detects a fuel dispensing operation that indicates fuel is being dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines an identifier value associated with a volume of fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines a measured volume per unit time parameter associated with the fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal by dividing the determined identifier value by a unit parameter. The system compares the measured volume per unit time parameter with a threshold volume per unit time parameter. In response to determining that the measured volume per unit time parameter is less than the threshold volume per unit time parameter, the system communicates an electronic signal to the fuel dispensing terminal that instructs the fuel dispensing terminal to stop dispensing fuel.
US12330919B2
The present disclosure presents systems and methods for assisting a crane operator. An imaging system automatically images each building material object contained within a shakeout field on a construction site and processes the images to determine each object's identifying indicium and its geometric properties. These values are compared with a construction site database to ensure that all necessary building materials are present. A positioning device tracks, in real time, the location of the imaging system, the location of structural members within the shakeout field, and/or other important features of the job site, such as obstacles that the crane operator will need to avoid while lifting a structural member from its initial location to its destination location. Real-time images of the construction site, including indications of the next building material object to be hoisted and/or a path between the object's initial and final locations, can be generated to guarantee that the crane operator hoists the expected object to the expected location.
US12330917B2
A safety brake system for use in a conveyance system. The safety brake system includes a guide rail and a conveyance component moveable along the guide rail. The safety brake system includes: a safety brake moveable between a non-braking position where the safety brake is not in engagement with the guide rail and a braking position where the safety brake is engaged with the guide rail; a linkage mechanism; and an actuator for the safety brake. The actuator is configured to be mounted to the conveyance component. The actuator includes an electromagnet switchable between a first state and a second state; and an actuation component configured to move relative to the electromagnet from a first position when the electromagnet is in the first state to a second position when the electromagnet is in the second state.
US12330914B2
An elevator installation system and method is disclosed that includes a support structure having a first surface and a second surface. The support structure is oriented such that the first surface faces in a first direction and the second surface faces in a second direction opposite the first direction. The system further includes a hoist supporting the support structure such that at least a portion of the hoist is positioned facing the second surface.
US12330910B1
An elevator switch adapted that ambidextrously attaches to either side of an emergency elevator off-on-off car safeties switch that biases the switch into the on position while blocking one of the off positions. The elevator car safeties temporarily, electrically limits elevator function in an over-speed situation.
US12330909B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for collaboratively controlling a multi-channel braking system of a mine hoist, including obtaining the abrasion loss of the brake shoe by detecting position information of the brake shoe of each of disc brakes in real time, dividing abrasion loss levels by determining different abrasion degrees of the brake shoe, formulating three braking force distributing modes: an average distribution, a proportional distribution, and an index distribution according to the abrasion loss levels, thereby dynamically adjusting a set braking pressure of each of the disc brakes, tracking and controlling the set braking pressure through the disc brakes by adopting a pressure closed-loop control method by utilizing a pressure signal feedback from an oil pressure sensor, implementing a collaborative braking control of the multi-channel braking system of the mine hoist based on the abrasion loss of the brake shoe.
US12330901B2
A paper feeding roll includes a shaft body and an elastic material layer. A first outer diameter portion and a second outer diameter portion having a larger outer diameter than the first outer diameter portion are provided in a portion where the elastic material layer is provided. A sloping portion is provided connecting between the first and second outer diameter portions so that the outer diameter varies along an axial direction. The sloping portion occupies 3% to 80% of the portion where the elastic material layer is provided. A difference in outer diameter between the first and second outer diameter portions is 50 μm to 1,000 μm. Protrusions that form surface unevenness are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the elastic material layer. Surface roughness of the first outer diameter portion is 50% to 200% of a step difference between the first and second outer diameter portions.
US12330900B2
An apparatus, system, and method for providing pay-out head utilized in unwrapping elongated materials with adjustable pintle flanges that allows for keeping a coil pack stay concentric on the head during the unwrapping.
US12330899B2
An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit executes image forming processing to form an image on a plurality of types of recording media including a first type recording medium having a coated layer and a second type recording medium that is without a coated layer. The varnish application unit executes varnish application processing to apply varnish to a recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. The receiving unit receives an instruction for selecting a recording medium and to receive an instruction for the varnish application processing. The control unit performs control to prevent the receiving unit from receiving an instruction to execute the varnish application processing on the second type recording medium.
US12330897B2
A tape attachment apparatus includes a tape feed unit configured to feed a tape to a battery cell; and a tape cutting unit configured to cut the tape fed from the tape feed unit. The tape cutting unit includes a cutter having a cutting blade with a larger width than a width of the tape and configured to cut the tape; a cutter elevation module configured to move the cutter in a Z-axis direction being perpendicular to a surface of the tape; and a cutter movement module configured to move the cutter in a Y-axis direction being perpendicular to a feeding direction of the tape.
US12330885B2
A system for controlling a flow of articles includes a conveyor driven in a direction to convey articles in the direction. A plurality of lanes are disposed along a portion of the conveyor. Each lane accepts a row of articles along the conveyor direction. A plurality of sensors count the articles in each lane. A plurality of actuators control the flow rates of the articles by comparing and adjusting the flow rates in respective lanes.
US12330882B2
A conveyance system according to the present disclosure includes a conveyance request receiver that receives the conveyance requests of the conveyance targets, a starting area selector that selects a starting area from among the partial areas, a partial area traveling order setter that sets the starting area to one of the partial areas to be traveled first and sets partial area traveling order for traveling of an automatic conveyance apparatus, and a storage position traveling order setter that sets storage position traveling order of the automatic conveyance apparatus inside each of the partial areas. The automatic conveyance apparatus travels the partial areas in accordance with the partial area traveling order and travels the storage positions in accordance with the storage position traveling order inside each of the partial areas so as to convey the conveyance targets corresponding to the received conveyance requests inside the entire area.
US12330877B2
A curved belt conveyor includes a conveyor belt with a hooking element associated with an outer periphery of the conveyor belt and multiple pairs of rollers guiding the hooking element. A plurality of supporting elements is placed at the outer periphery, each for supporting at least one pair of rollers. A holding space for the hooking element is defined among each pair of rollers and a corresponding supporting element. A main roller of one of the pairs of rollers is movable along a trajectory extending along a longitudinal development of a corresponding main roller shaft between a releasing position, wherein the rollers are spaced to define an intermediate space therebetween to allow the passage of the hooking element, and a retaining position, wherein the rollers are close to each other to prevent passage of the hooking element from the corresponding holding space through the corresponding intermediate space.
US12330875B1
Order fulfillment system comprises an order sortation system and an article storage and retrieval system positioned directly above the order sortation system. A controller is configured to: receive an order; direct a retrieval mechanism to move a storage bin containing a first article required for the order to an output station; determine a first destination receptacle among a plurality of destination receptacles to deliver, with a computer controlled vehicle, the first article based on a destination determined for the first article; direct collecting, at the output station, of the first article from the storage bin; direct the computer controlled vehicle to transport the first article received at the output station to the first receptacle.
US12330873B2
An inventory region integrating goods preparation and picking, and inventory management system and method. The inventory region comprises: a plurality of high-level shelves and a plurality of picking shelves, wherein any high-level shelf of the plurality of high-level shelves comprises a shelf board, and the shelf board partitions the high-level shelf into at least two levels; and a picking shelf is placed at a bottom level of at least one high-level shelf of the plurality of high-level shelves, and at least one storage container is placed on each of the other floors except for the bottom level where the picking shelf is placed. Inventory articles, which can be picked, are accommodated on each of the picking shelves, and inventory articles for replenishing the picking shelves are accommodated in the storage container.
US12330868B2
A refuse truck includes a chassis, a body, a lift assembly coupled to the chassis and/or the body, a cab coupled to the chassis and positioned in front of the body, and a control system. The cab includes an armrest comprising controls pivotable between an active position and an inactive position and an armrest position sensor configured to determine a position of the armrest between the active position and the inactive position. The control system configured to control a user interface to provide an indication of a current position of the lift assembly. The control system further configured to determine a position of the armrest, and selectively activate a pendent control on an exterior of the body.
US12330862B2
Systems and methods for a single serving beverage preparation cup are provided. The single serving beverage preparation cup may include a plurality of reverse teardrop ribs that may channel water combined with dried ingredients, for example coffee grounds, through the single serving beverage preparation cup. By channeling the combined water and dried ingredients through the single serving beverage preparation cup, the pressure within the single serving beverage preparation cup is reduced, an avenue for extraction is created, varying amounts of dried ingredients can be added, and water may be exposed to a greater proportion of dried ingredients than in conventional systems.
US12330854B2
A device, system, and method for maintaining temperature control of a distribution item, or of the contents of a distribution item, as the distribution item moves through the distribution network. A container housing an item can include a cooling unit, a heating unit, or both, and control circuitry including a temperature sensor. The control circuitry activates the cooling unit or heating unit as required to maintain the item at a desired temperature or within a desired temperature range.
US12330852B2
A packaging carton for packaging one or more articles and to blanks (100, 200, 1000) for forming the packaging carton. The carton and blanks comprise a plurality of panels for forming the carton including a top panel (108), a bottom panel (112), a first side panel (110), and a pair of partial side panels (106, 114). Each of the bottom panel, the first side panel, and the first partial side panel has a first and a second end flap hingedly connected thereto in opposition from each other, and the partial side panels adhere together to form a complete second side panel to enclose an interior volume for containing articles. The end flaps of the blank (100, 200, 1000) define an edge shape which is configured to be nested with the edge of an identical blank.
US12330851B2
A gas sampler device has a top plate with a concaved outer wall. The concaved outer wall allows users easily to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate without disturbing the bottom plate because the curved surface permits more positive contact between the outer wall and users' fingers. Moreover, the weight of the top plate is reduced by approximately twenty percent compared to conventional top plates, a feature that also makes it easier for users to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate.
US12330843B2
A display tray system including a first tray defining an outer perimeter of the display tray system, a second tray having at least three outer walls defining an outer perimeter of the display tray system, a first corner having a first height at a junction of two of the at least three outer walls, a second corner having a height equal to the first corner at a junction of two of the at least three outer walls, a joining wall defining an inner border with the first tray, a third corner at a junction of the joining wall and one of the at least three outer walls, a fourth corner at a junction of the joining wall and one of the at least three outer walls, and a joining member coupled to the joining wall of the first tray and coupled to the joining wall of the second tray to couple the first and second trays together and provide vertical support.
US12330842B2
A container closure and methods are disclosed for providing visible evidence of removal of the closure from a container after installation by a manufacturer. The closure includes tamper evidence bridges comprising small tabs of material that extend from a bottom-most edge of the closure to a tamper evidence ledge of the container. The bridges break when the closure is rotated relative to the tamper evidence ledge, thereby providing readily visible evidence that the closure has been removed after installation by the manufacturer. In some embodiments, a tamper evidence closure engages with threads of a finish of the container. Cam locks around the perimeter of the tamper evidence closure are permanently flared by cams on the finish during loosening of the closure. Outward flaring of the cam locks provides a visual indication that the tamper evidence closure has been loosened after installation by a manufacturer.
US12330841B2
A display case and assembly method are provided that allow the display of collectible items while being easy to assemble and disassemble. The display case includes a bottom and top panel, side panels, back panel, and front panel. The panels join together through elongated grooves on the bottom, top and side panels, and the side panels are secured with specialty hardware. The display case is assembled by inserting side panels into an elongated groove on a bottom panel, securing the side panels with specialty hardware, attaching a top bracket, inserting a back panel into an elongated groove in the side panels and bottom panel, inserting a front panel into an elongated groove in each of the side panels and the bottom panel, joining a top panel by inserting the side panels, back panel and front panel into an elongated groove in the top panel, and securing the top panel with specialty hardware.
US12330840B2
The collapsible container includes a base and a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base. A second wall or front wall is pivotably connected to a second edge of the base such that the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls. The front wall includes a frame including a pair of elongated vertical upstanding members each including a recess opening outward of the container. The front wall further includes a door pivotably connected to the upstanding members. The door includes an upper panel portion having a pair of wing portions projecting away from one another and receivable in the recesses in the upstanding members.
US12330839B2
The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles.
US12330827B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a case-handling system including movable flap openers positionable relative to a case and operable to fold the upper major flaps of the case outwardly before the upper minor flaps of the case are folded inwardly and closed.
US12330826B2
A pushing apparatus (100) for pushing and transferring products, comprising: a pusher element (A), conformed so as to abut a side of a product (P), or a group (P) of products, arranged on a conveyor (C) and which is to be pushed and transferred along a transfer direction (Z) transversal to the conveyor (C); a counter-pusher element (B), conformed and dimensioned so as to be positionable above and facing the product (P), or the group (P) of products, arranged on the conveyor (C) and follow the product (P), or the group of products, during at least a part of the transfer thereof along the transfer direction (Z) that is transversal to the conveyor (C) by means of the pusher element (A). The pushing apparatus (100) comprises a linear driving unit (U) for movement of the pusher element (A) and the counter-pusher element (B).
US12330822B2
Apparatus, system and process useful for bundling packaging articles particularly in a stack thereof. The apparatus and system includes at least a first bundling apparatus and second bundling apparatus, wherein the relative linear displacement of the first bundling apparatus and the at least second bundling apparatus is variable, and which further includes a reconfigurable bridge between the first bundling apparatus and the second bundling apparatus. A process of utilizing the apparatus and system is also disclosed. Also disclosed is a bidirectional strap magazine which may be used with one or more of the bundling apparatus.
US12330804B2
A flight-time variable associated with an aircraft is determined including by determining the flight-time variable while the aircraft is flying. It is determined whether the aircraft is airworthy based at least in part on the flight-time variable. In response to determining that the aircraft is not airworthy, the aircraft is automatically landed.
US12330799B2
Various apparatus and techniques for implementing unmanned, autonomous, cargo transport are disclosed. In certain instances, at least one towed aircraft is coupled to a tractor aircraft for inflight towing. The towed aircraft may be coupled using a towing element. In various instances, the towed aircraft includes one or more lift generating surfaces on its wings. The lift generating surfaces may be positioned at specific attack angles in the wake turbulence of the tractor aircraft to generate forward thrust gain.
US12330796B2
An air conditioning pack management system for controlling distribution of a predetermined amount of conditioned air from a system comprising two or more air conditioning packs, the pack management system comprising a management unit arranged to proportion the predetermined amount of conditioned air to be provided by one or more of the two or more packs based on the respective operating efficiencies of the packs or other pre-selected metrics.
US12330795B2
An aircraft humidification system includes a first duct configured to guide a first air stream, and a second duct configured to guide a second air stream, the second duct including a humidifier for humidifying the air stream in the second duct. The humidification system further includes a first conduit for directing part of the second air stream to the first duct. The first conduit includes a first conduit inlet leading into the first duct and a first conduit outlet extending from the second duct. A second conduit directs part of the first air stream to the second duct, the second conduit including a second conduit inlet leading into the second duct and a second conduit outlet extending from the first duct. The first conduit outlet is arranged downstream of the humidifier, the second conduit inlet is arranged downstream of the first conduit outlet, and the first conduit inlet is arranged downstream of the second conduit outlet.
US12330783B1
Described are systems and methods for active weathervaning of a hybrid flight aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Active weathervaning of the hybrid flight aerial vehicle during can be provided during vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)/hover flight without the assistance of any low-speed wind sensors and during transitions between VTOL/hover flight and fixed-wing, wing-borne, horizontal flight. Additionally, active weathervaning can be provided during propulsion mechanism failure conditions where the aerial vehicle may be experiencing failure conditions associated with one or more propulsion mechanisms.
US12330778B2
A high-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft has a lifting structure, a first rotor with a first and second blade, a second rotor with a first and second blade, an auxiliary propulsion unit for providing forward thrust, and a control system for controlling the pitch of each of the rotor blades. The aircraft has a first, rotor-only, flight mode for hovering and low speed maneuvering. It also has a second flight mode where the rotors are held in at fixed azimuth angles and forward thrust is provided by the auxiliary propulsion unit. Three axis control is provided during the second flight mode by adjusting the attack angles of the fixed rotor blades. Between these two flight modes, there is an intermediate flight mode covering a fully controlled transition between the first two flight modes.
US12330758B2
A marine vessel fuel control system may comprise an interface to receive data identifying the vessel and data identifying a voyage to be undertaken by the vessel. The control system may also comprise a memory to store program code to implement a predictive model and parameter values for the model, the values resulting from an optimisation of the model using historical data for marine vessels and voyages. The control system may also comprise a processor arranged to execute the program code to: instantiate the model using the values; supply the data identifying the vessel and the data identifying the voyage to be undertaken to the model; and apply the model to determine a fuel consumption estimate for the vessel for the voyage. A fuel supply system determines an amount of fuel to be supplied to at least one fuel tank of the vessel based on the fuel consumption estimate.
US12330757B2
A boat includes an inner hull layer an outer hull layer. Each layer includes a deck, a starboard side, a port side, and a stern. Each layer is assembled from flat sections. The boat further includes a waterproof layer located between the inner and outer hull layers. Each layer can be disassembled for boat storage purposes.
US12330750B2
A fail-safe sealing system for a watercraft includes a self-bailing drain plug having an outer wall with a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a fluid conduit that extends from the proximal opening to the distal opening. The sealing system includes a check valve including a ball disposed within the fluid conduit and being surrounded by the outer wall, and a ball retaining pin extending between opposite lateral sides of the outer wall adjacent the proximal opening for preventing the ball from passing through the proximal opening. The sealing system includes a sealing cap having a bayonet-style locking assembly that locks onto the ball retaining pin for securing the sealing cap to the proximal end of the outer wall for forming a water-tight seal with the proximal end of the outer wall of the self-bailing drain plug.
US12330741B2
A swingable shaft-driven tricycle, comprising a front frame (1), a rear frame (2), and a transmission mechanism, the front frame (1) is connected to the rear frame (2) through a swinging mechanism (3), the transmission mechanism comprises a front torque output assembly (4) arranged on the front frame (1) and a second torque output assembly (5) arranged on the rear frame (2), wherein the first torque assembly (4) transmits torque to the second torque output assembly (5) through a transmission shaft (6), and the second torque output assembly (5) is in linkage cooperation with at least one of two rear wheels (72). The tricycle solves the problem in the prior art that when swinging occurs between a front frame and a rear frame, a transmission agent needs to swing along with the frames, thus causing poor transmission reliability, and solves the problem in the prior art that a chain is prone to falling off when affected by jolts and vibrations, thus affecting riding experience or even safety.
US12330739B2
A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
US12330735B2
A control device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electronic controller configured to obtain driving-environment information relating to driving environment of the human-powered vehicle. The driving-environment information includes at least one of traffic information relating to traffic and road object information relating to road objects. The electronic controller is configured to control an electric component based on the driving-environment information.
US12330734B2
An active suspension system with body wearable device integration is disclosed. The system includes a prosthetic having a shock assembly with at least one active valve and a controller communicatively coupled with the at least one active valve of the shock assembly, the controller configured to communicate damping adjustment information to the at least one active valve of the shock assembly, the damping adjustment information used by said at least one active valve to modify a damping characteristic of the shock assembly.
US12330729B2
A vehicle body includes an upper body forming an internal space of the vehicle and to include a door for entry and exit of an occupant provided on a side thereof, a lower body including a floor on which the upper body is located and a bumper unit extending upward along a perimeter of the floor to surround a lower portion of the upper body, wherein the bumper unit includes an opening portion which is provided at a position corresponding to a lower portion of the door of the upper body to be selectively opened, and a driving unit coupling the upper body and the lower body to each other and configured to adjust the height of the internal space by raising and lowering the upper body with respect to the lower body.
US12330728B2
A work vehicle includes a chassis, an axle assembly, an actuator, a parking brake, and a controller. The axle assembly is coupled to the chassis. The actuator is coupled to the chassis and the axle assembly. The actuator is configured to transition the axle assembly between a raised position and a lowered position. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to generate signals to determine a vehicle state based on data representing at least one of a vehicle load, a vehicle location, and a vehicle operating condition; and operate the actuator to transition the axle assembly between the raised position and the lowered position based on the vehicle state.
US12330727B2
The present document relates to a device and method for controlling a reaction torque of an SBW system, which may include a yaw rate estimator for estimating a yaw rate of a vehicle, a vehicle state determinator for comparing a detection result of a yaw rate detection sensor and a yaw rate estimate which is estimated by the yaw rate estimator to determine whether the vehicle is in an under-steer or over-steer state, and a target torque compensator for compensating for a target torque by using an index which is a determination result of the vehicle state determinator and outputting a final target torque.
US12330726B2
During execution of steering reaction force control, when a lane change of a host vehicle is made, a vehicle control device sets a steering reaction force given to a steering operation in the direction of the lane change of the host vehicle to a reaction force of a smaller value than a reaction force of a standard value. Further, when a vehicle approach condition that another vehicle traveling in a lane on a side to which the lane of the host vehicle is to be changed is approaching the host vehicle from behind is met at the time when a lane change of the host vehicle is made, the vehicle control device does not set the steering reaction force given to the steering operation in the direction of the lane change of the host vehicle to a reaction force of a value smaller than the standard value.
US12330725B2
A steer-by-wire steering apparatus according to the present invention includes: a reaction force actuator control section that controls an output amount of a reaction force actuator; a steering actuator control section that controls a steering actuator in response to a manipulation of a steering operation input member, the steering actuator steering steered wheels via a steering unit; a deviation recognition section that recognizes a deviation between a manipulation amount of the steering operation input member and a steering amount of the steering unit; and a reaction force actuator output boost section that, when the deviation increases, increases the output amount of the reaction force actuator. Thus, the steering reaction force can be appropriately controlled in correspondence with a response delay in the steering amount of the steering unit with respect to the manipulation amount of the steering operation input member.
US12330722B2
A multi-modal robot that is configured to operate with a bipedal locomotion that may be augmented with aerial locomotion. Many embodiments of a robot may incorporate a robot with a main body portion that houses the various control systems and mechanical controls of the robot. The body of the robot can have a number of different propellers connected to an upper portion of the body and configured to generate lift and/or stability for the body of the robot. Additionally, many embodiments have at least two leg elements connected to a bottom portion of the body by way of a servo mechanism. The legs are configured to provide support for the body of the robot as well as generate a walking locomotion through the movement of the legs.
US12330717B2
A steering system for a vehicle includes a transmission cover on a steering gear housing. The cover is arranged adjacent to a bearing part. The side surface of the bearing part facing the transmission cover forms a support surface for the transmission cover.
US12330715B2
A vehicle body structure includes a rear floor panel on which a spare tire is placed at a predetermined position, an electric component fixed on the rear floor panel, and a cover member that is fixed on the rear floor panel and covers the electric component, wherein the cover member includes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the rear floor panel so as to collide with the spare tire pushed out from the predetermined position, load durability of the rear floor panel is lower than load durability of the cover member, and a space into which the electric component is pushed is provided below the electric component with the rear floor panel interposed between the space and the electric component.
US12330709B2
An absolute position sensor includes a first gear having a plurality of teeth, a rotational position sensor operatively coupled to the first gear to be configured to detect a rotational position of the first gear, and a second gear including a spiral tooth engaged with the plurality of teeth of the first gear to rotate with the first gear, and having a first end with a first distance from a center of the second gear, and an opposite second end with a second distance from the center of the second gear, the second distance being less than the first distance.
US12330705B2
A frame structure and a baby stroller are provided. The frame structure includes a hand-gripping part; a front leg pivotally connected with the hand-gripping part; a rear leg pivotally connected with the hand-gripping part; a basket tube including two side rods and a rear rod connected with the two side rods, each of the side rods including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally connected to the front leg, and the second end being pivotally connected to the rear leg; a fixing seat slidably disposed on the front leg for connecting the seat bracket to the front leg; a linkage rod having an end pivotally connected to the basket tube, and an other end pivotally connected to the fixing seat. The front leg includes a sliding rail along its longitudinal direction, and the fixing seat includes a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail.
US12330701B2
A train tracking system includes a train tracking module, a plurality of input sources providing train related information, and one or more interface(s) associated with the train tracking module, wherein the train tracking module is configured via computer executable instructions and through operation of a processor to receive the train related information from the plurality of input sources via the one or more interface(s), determine a position of a train within a train track map, the position of the train corresponding to a track location of the train in a track network, and wherein the train tracking module further comprises a learning algorithm, the train tracking module being configured to, utilizing the learning algorithm, determine an unexpected occupancy of the track location.
US12330699B2
The present invention refers to a system for monitoring a railroad axle and its peripherals comprising a steel axle (10), and at least one monitoring device (20) coupled to the axle and its elements (10), wherein the at least one monitoring device (20) performs measurements of data indicative of monitored conditions of the axle (10) and its peripherals, and transmits the measurements to at least one remote point.
US12330696B2
An on-board thermal track misalignment detection system method therefor is presented. The system can use on-board locomotive sensors attached to an end-of-train device to detect (on the edge), signs and symptoms of thermal misalignments of the track. Once detected an alert can be transmitted to prevent potential derailments. The system can also include a forward-facing and rearward-facing imaging sensors (e.g., camera, LiDAR sensor, etc). The system can wirelessly communicate (e.g., via radio) with a leading locomotive to ensure proper air pressure and location. The system can be powered by an on-board battery and/or air pressure device. Advantageously, the system can calculate whether any rail deviation is significant (e.g., via one or more threshold values). The system can also leverage image processing functionality, executed by one or more processors) to find the centerline and the distance between the tracks.
US12330692B2
A self-driving vehicle route planning system detects and transforms environment information of a host vehicle into an aerial view including the coordinate information of coordinate points to recognize and mark traffic lane boundaries, traffic lanes, and other vehicles therein, calculates central points of the traffic lanes, and then, calculates a speed of a front vehicle according to its positions and works out a predicted route thereof. If the predicted route is the same as a driving route of the host vehicle, the front vehicle is used as a route reference point to calculate a final route of the host vehicle; if not, the traffic lane boundary is used as a route reference line to calculate the final route. The invention can plan the route merely using a point cloud data, greatly reducing the cost HD map information and storage space.
US12330690B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statues for performing safe driving operation. An example method for operating the AV includes determining a trajectory related information of a vehicle operating on a roadway on which the AV is operating; receiving sensor data of a first area that includes the vehicle; determining an additional trajectory related information for the AV by comparing the trajectory related information of the vehicle to a current trajectory related information of the AV, wherein the additional trajectory related information is based on a category to which the vehicle belongs, and wherein the additional trajectory related information allows the AV to maintain at least a distance between the AV and the vehicle; and causing the AV to operate in accordance with the additional trajectory related information.
US12330684B2
A vehicle control interface includes: a memory in which a program including a predetermined API defined for each of signals is stored; and a processor configured to perform interfacing between an autonomous driving system and a vehicle platform by executing the program. The vehicle platform is configured to be activated in response to one of a first and second activation commands. The first activation command is a command transmitted from the autonomous driving system to the vehicle platform via the vehicle control interface. The second activation command being a command in response to a manual operation on the vehicle platform. The processor is configured to, when the vehicle platform is activated in response to the first activation command, reduce effectiveness of the manual operation on the vehicle platform compared to when the vehicle platform is activated in response to the second activation command.
US12330680B2
A vehicle positioning device, comprises a wireless communicator, at least one ultra-wideband transceiver and a signal processor. The ultra-wideband transceiver is disposed in a vehicle and configured to receive a pulse signal with source information from another ultra-wideband transceiver. The signal processor is connected to the at least one ultra-wideband transceiver and a speed measuring device of the vehicle, and configured to generate a position information according to the signal value of the pulse signal and the source information and transmit the position information and a vehicle speed information obtained from the speed measuring device through the wireless communicator to a server, and receive a driving information associated with the position information and the vehicle speed information from the server through the wireless communicator.
US12330668B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system and to a method of controlling a total driven wheel torque for a vehicle by controlling torque output of a first torque source of the vehicle and of a second torque source of the vehicle, wherein the first torque source is configured to provide drive torque to a first axle of the vehicle for generating first axle wheel torque, wherein the second torque source is configured to provide drive torque to a second axle of the vehicle for generating second axle wheel torque, the method comprising: receiving a total torque request for total driven wheel torque; producing a first torque request for the first torque source and a second torque request for the second torque source, in dependence on the total torque request for the total driven wheel torque; and when at least one of the first and second torque requests is not satisfiable, modifying at least one of the first and second torque requests to enable a sum of the first axle wheel torque and the second axle wheel torque to approach or satisfy the total torque request, wherein the modification of at least one of the torque requests is controlled by at least one torque rate modifier configured to increase or decrease a rate of change of at least one of the torque requests.
US12330664B2
A refuse vehicle has a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, as well as a motor. A vehicle body is also supported by the chassis and defines a receptacle for storing refuse. A lifting system is configured to engage and lift waste containers to transfer refuse within waste containers into the receptacle using a hydraulic system. The refuse vehicle also has a processing unit in communication with the lifting system and the motor. The processing unit is configured to access and execute a plurality of preset operational modes stored within a memory to adjust performance parameters of the hydraulic system. The operational modes include at least two different operational modes corresponding to different refuse types.
US12330661B2
Systems and method are described for receiving, by a computing platform, information about a first user of a shared mobility service, generating, based on the information about the first user, a first user profile comprising one or more first user attributes, comparing the one or more first user attributes to one or more second user attributes of a second user profile associated with a second user of the shared mobility service, and based on the comparison, causing a vehicle carrying the second user to pick up the first user.
US12330660B2
Vehicle sensing and control systems are provided. The vehicle sensing and control systems may use various sensors to capture sensor data from and interior of the vehicle and/or the exterior of the vehicle. The sensor data from the interior of the vehicle may be used to detect interactions by the user. The sensor data from the exterior of the vehicle may be used to detect items of interest for the occupants of the vehicle based further on the sensor data from the interior of the vehicle.
US12330658B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for identifying an origin of abnormal driving behavior for improved vehicle operation. A method includes identifying an abnormal driving behavior of a driver of a vehicle at a time T. The method includes identifying a set of events that occurred within a predetermined time Δt before time T. The method includes executing, by a processor, a cause-and-effect analysis on the set of events to determine one or more events from the set of events that caused the abnormal driving behavior. The method includes executing a strategy to reduce the abnormal driving behavior so that vehicle operation is improved.
US12330657B2
A vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source can be configured for reduced fuel consumption at idle. The vehicle drive system includes an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the first prime mover. The control system causes fuel to be eliminated to the first prime mover while the vehicle is stopped and causes the electric motor to rotate the first prime mover at a speed, thereby reducing fuel consumption at idle for the vehicle.
US12330656B1
The travel control device includes an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality of the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit, a first switching unit that switches to the automated driving control of the other of the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit when one of the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit during the automated driving control is detected to be abnormal, a permission unit that instructs the end of the automated driving control to the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit, and a second switching unit that switches between the automated driving control and the manual driving control in response to an instruction from the permission unit.
US12330655B2
A traction control method for a vehicle, in which a driving motor and a torque vectoring motor are controlled based on motor traction control torque, includes determining, by a disturbance observer based on a vehicle model, observer torque based on the slipping wheel actual speed and a torque vectoring motor torque, which are feedback information obtained from a vehicle in which the driving motor and the torque vectoring motor are controlled, and determining torque vectoring motor traction control torque based on the determined observer torque and a speed control torque determined based on a torque-vectoring-motor-based wheel speed error among motor-based wheel speed errors.
US12330649B2
A deceleration assistance device including: a target information acquisition unit for acquiring information of a target located in front of a vehicle; a position estimation unit for estimating an estimated position of a deceleration object; a position recognition unit for recognizing a position of the deceleration object; and a control unit for executing, based on the estimated position, first deceleration control of decelerating a vehicle at a first deceleration and executing, based on the recognized position, second deceleration control of decelerating the vehicle at a second deceleration. The control unit executes processing of gradually changing a deceleration of the vehicle from the first deceleration toward the second deceleration when the deceleration control is caused to transition from the first to the second deceleration control, and when a difference exists between the first and second deceleration.
US12330648B2
The braking force control device detects an impossible state where one or some of the actuators are temporarily unable to generate a negative driving force, and a predictive state where one or some of the actuators are predicted to become unable to generate a negative driving force. Every time the coasting state occurs before establishment of the impossible state and after establishment of the predictive state, the braking force control device gradually increases the negative driving force generated by the corresponding one or ones of the actuators. Even when the coasting state occurs in the impossible state, the braking force control device does not cause the corresponding one or ones of the actuators to generate a driving force. Every time the coasting state occurs after the impossible state, the braking force control device gradually decreases the negative driving force generated by the corresponding one or ones of the actuators.
US12330639B1
Systems and methods for identifying lane marks in an environment of a host vehicle are disclosed. In one implementation, a system includes a processor configured to receive an image acquired by a camera onboard the host vehicle and analyze the image using a trained model. The trained model is configured to identify a plurality of candidate regions, each of the plurality of candidate regions corresponding to a representation of an object in the image; determine a plurality of scores, each of the plurality of scores indicating a degree to which a corresponding one of the plurality of candidate regions corresponds to a representation of a lane marking in the image; analyze the plurality of scores to select one of the plurality of candidate regions; and output an indicator of the selected candidate region.
US12330633B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive sensor data indicating an obstacle, formulate a control barrier function for a vehicle and the obstacle based on the sensor data, determine a control input based on the control barrier function and a combination function, and actuate a component of the vehicle according to the control input. The combination function is a sum of a first function weighted by a first weight and a second function weighted by a second weight, and the first weight and the second weight are based on a kinematic state of the obstacle.
US12330622B2
A hybrid electric vehicle includes a transmission without a reverse gear and a control method thereof. A situation in which a connection between the motor and the engine is stuck is overcome. When a predetermined condition is met, whether or not an engine clutch is in a specific state is determined. A first driving source is disposed on one end of the engine clutch, and a second driving source is disposed on the other end of the engine clutch. When the engine clutch is in the specific state, reverse driving is prevented. A transmission is controlled to be in a neutral position.
US12330617B2
In the case of a method for operating a brake system of an at least double-tracked motor vehicle (10) which comprises 2 breakable wheels (12L, 12R), which are arranged at opposite ends of an axle (14V), and a rollover protection system, which can cause braking of the wheels (12L, 12R) in order to prevent a rollover situation, automatic braking of that wheel of the axle (14V), which is loaded more greatly when cornering is brought about by way of the rollover protection system. Subsequently, a counter-steering movement is detected by way of a predefined steering angle change being exceeded in a predefined time period in the direction counter to the cornering direction, and, thereupon, a brake force is caused to be built up at the opposite wheel, which is loaded less greatly by way of the rollover protection system.
US12330607B2
A manifold for a pneumatic control panel of a railway vehicle comprises at least one conduit for guiding a pneumatic fluid and at least one attachment section for attaching a pneumatic device. The manifold is obtained from a blank that is obtained by an additive manufacturing process. A method for producing a manifold for a pneumatic control panel of a railway vehicle, the manifold comprising at least one conduit for guiding a pneumatic fluid and at least one attachment section for attaching a pneumatic device comprises a first step wherein a blank for the manifold is formed by an additive manufacturing process.
US12330605B2
A brake force generator for a brake system. The brake force generator includes a driveshaft rotatably mounted in a housing, an electric motor, a displaceably mounted actuating element, and a transmission device that acts between the driveshaft and the actuating element in such a way that when there is a rotation of the driveshaft the actuating element is displaced. The transmission device has a planetary gear mechanism that has a sun gear connected in rotationally fixed fashion to the driveshaft, a rotatably mounted planet carrier, and at least one planet gear that is rotatably mounted on the planet carrier by a planet gear shaft. The planet carrier has a hollow shaft segment, and a jacket wall of the hollow shaft segment having a radial through-opening in which the planet gear lies. The planet gear shaft is mounted in the hollow shaft segment at both sides of the planet gear.
US12330599B2
Sensor cleaning systems are disclosed for cleaning an entrance surface through which light beams are transmitted from an environment to a vehicle-mounted sensor. The sensor cleaning system includes multiple washing elements that dispense a heated or non-heated washer fluid over the entrance surface from different angles, and multiple wiping elements that move independently over the entrance surface. The washing and dispensing elements wash and wipe the entrance surface in a sequence of reconfigurable wiping and washing steps. During vehicle shut down and startup processes, the sensor cleaning system automatically performs a cleaning process. After a last cleaning process performed during a vehicle shut down process, the wiping elements cover the entrance surface to shield the entrance surface from dirt and other debris that could interfere with sensor operation.
US12330575B2
The invention relates to an airbag module assembly (14) for mounting on a steering wheel main part (12), having a driver's airbag module (16) which comprises a folded airbag (18), a gas generator (20) for inflating the folded airbag (18) and a module housing (22) for receiving the gas generator (20) and the folded airbag (18), and a vibration absorber unit (24) which comprises a steering wheel mounting plate (26) for fastening the airbag module assembly (14) on the steering wheel main part (12) and at least one resilient damping element (28), wherein the driver's airbag module (16) is screw-connected, riveted or welded to the steering wheel mounting plate (26) via the at least one resilient damping element (28) in a manner capable of vibrating. The invention furthermore also relates to a vehicle steering wheel (10) having such an airbag module assembly (14) and to a method for producing and quality-testing such an airbag module assembly (14).
US12330573B2
A driving assistance device for assisting driving by a driver of a vehicle is provided. The driving assistance device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize an environment around the vehicle, a travel wheel detection unit configured to detect a travel wheel included in the environment around the vehicle, an operation determination unit configured to determine whether the travel wheel satisfies an operation condition of a safety device of the vehicle, and an operation unit configured to operate the safety device in a case where it is determined that the travel wheel satisfies the operation condition.
US12330567B2
Disclosed is an external image display device for vehicles, including a mounting unit having one surface exposed outside a vehicle, a housing configured to be selectively rotated by driving of a driving unit coupled to the mounting unit to expose a monitoring area outside the mounting unit, and a camera module mounted in a mounting area provided in the housing to be separated from the driving unit and configured to be selectively changed from a stowed state to an exposed state by rotation of the housing to monitor the area surrounding the vehicle.
US12330565B2
The present disclosure discloses a two-suction-cup vehicle-mounted support fixing device, including a mounting seat and a suction cup main body; a cylinder channel is formed in the mounting seat; a pressure valve switch is arranged in the cylinder channel; one end of the suction cup main body is embedded to a bottom of the mounting seat, and the other end of the suction cup main body extends into the cylinder channel and is hinged with the pressure valve switch; the suction cup main body includes an outer suction cup and at least one inner suction cup located on an inner side of the outer suction cup; a pull handle is also arranged on one side of the suction cup main body; and a support connector is arranged at one end of the mounting seat.
US12330563B2
Monitoring of a full cabin of a vehicle (e.g., including driver and passengers) is provided using a single 2D camera and adaptively applying monitoring algorithms based on different signals, based on a person's state as determined from images of the cabin and/or based on a signal from a non-image sensor. Together with logic to decide which algorithms to run based on available compute resources, embodiments of the invention provide efficient monitoring of the vehicle.
US12330561B2
A vehicle side mirror with hidden blind spot mirror device is provided. The device is comprised of a main mirror with at least one display screen positioned under the top surface of the main mirror. The device provides an improved vehicle side mirror with a blind spot mirror display that is only visible (i.e., illuminated) when a secondary vehicle is detected in the blind spot of the vehicle the device is attached to.
US12330557B2
Systems and methods for alerting a driver to a potential driving hazard are disclosed. Hazard parameters representing a driving hazard may be received. The driving hazard may have a corresponding Ground Truth Operation Sequence (GTOS) comprising an ordered sequence of GTOS Designated Meta Operations (DMOs). The corresponding GTOS may be retrieved and instantiated using the hazard parameters. Current driver operation parameters may then be received, and may then be mapped to a GTOS DMO of the ordered sequence of GTOS DMOs. Subsequent driver operation parameters may then be received, and may then be compared to a set of probable subsequent operations associated with the mapped GTOS DMO. It may then be determined that the subsequent driver operation is absent from the set of probable subsequent operations, and an output may be generated for alerting a driver to the driving hazard.
US12330549B2
A transport wagon with a loading platform configured to have a loaded state, wherein in the loaded state, cargo may be loaded onto the loading platform and wherein the loading platform extends along a longitudinal axis; a strapping system configured to secure the cargo on the loading platform, wherein the strapping system comprises at least one tensioning means configured to be guided, with the aid of a conveying device, at least partially around the cargo loaded onto the loading platform thereby tensioning the cargo against the loading platform; wherein the loading platform is delimited at a frontal end by transverse side parts comprising the conveying device of the strapping system; and wherein the at least one tensioning means is affixed to the transport wagon and configured to move along the longitudinal axis relative to the loading platform.
US12330542B2
The armrest of a vehicle seat is provided with a first armrest and a second armrest. The first armrest includes a first end portion rotatably supported by a side portion of a seatback, and selectively adopts a not-in-use position in which the first armrest is positioned so as to extend toward a seat upper side at the seatback side portion, and an in-use position in which the first armrest is positioned so as to be rotated from the seatback side portion toward a seat front side, so as to extend toward the seat front side. The second armrest includes a first end portion rotatably supported by a second end portion of the first armrest and, in the in-use position, selectively adopts a stowed position in which the second armrest is positioned at an upper surface side of the first armrest, and a deployed position in which the second armrest is positioned so as to be rotated from the upper surface side of the first armrest toward the seat front side, so as to extend obliquely toward a seat upper side in side view and so as to extend obliquely toward a seat width direction inside in plan view.
US12330539B2
In a seat-rotating device that enables a seat to be rotated on a base member, a rattle-suppressing member operating in association with a lock member, which switches between the locked state in which rotation of an annular rotating member supporting a seat frame is prevented and release of the locked state, is in close contact with both a support member and the annular rotating member when the lock member is at the locked position, and a gap is created between the support member and the annular rotating member when the lock member attains the lock release position. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the seat from rattling when it is in a stationary state and to facilitate rotation by releasing the rattle-preventing state when the seat is rotating.
US12330538B2
A vehicle seat includes: a seat main body; a lock mechanism portion that restricts a rotational operation of the seat main body; an operation portion that is operated to cause the lock mechanism portion to perform an unlock operation; a first member to which an operation force from the operation portion is transmitted; a second member that transmits the operation force toward the lock mechanism portion; and an intermediate member that is disposed, when the seat main body is slid to a specific position, at a first position at which the intermediate member is engaged with the first member and the second member, the intermediate member being disposed, when the seat main body is slid to a position different from the specific position, at a second position at which the intermediate member is disengaged from the first member and the second member.
US12330532B2
Provided is a brake control apparatus of an automobile that drives drive wheels by an electric motor to which electric power is supplied from a battery and obtains a braking force by regenerative braking of the electric motor while charging the battery, including: a speed change process unit configured to increase a rotation speed of the electric motor with respect to a rotation speed of the drive wheels when operating the regenerative braking.
US12330523B2
A method and system for managing electric vehicle (EV) distributed energy resource(s) (DER) are disclosed. A DER analytics engine may receive electricity consumption data of a plurality of sites from corresponding electricity meters of the plurality of sites, detect EV charging information based at least in part on the electricity consumption data, obtain EV telematics data of EVs associated with the EV charging information, reconcile the EV charging information and the EV telematics data, and generate, based on the reconciled EV charging information and the EV telematics data, models for at least one of continuous EV load prediction, electrical vehicle supply equipment (EVSE detection), and/or optimization for at least one of aggregated load, load per feeder, or maximum revenue for time-of-use tiers.
US12330522B2
A system and method for the overcurrent protection in an electric vehicle is illustrated. The system comprises an electric vehicle charging port that includes an AC pin, a DC pin, a sensor, and a controller. The electric vehicle charging port also includes a protection circuit, wherein the protection circuit is configured to control a transmission of power through the electric vehicle charging port.
US12330518B2
A method and apparatus for parking lot metering. The present invention allows multi-space meters to separately manage and control premium parking spaces, such as those for charging electric vehicles or those which supply electric power for engine block heaters in both pay-by-space and pay-an-display systems. Such premium spaces can be managed together over large areas (e.g., a city or region), or may be managed over smaller areas (e.g., the domain of an individual kiosk), or individually per parking space. Management includes pricing, time limits, hours, seasons of operation, and restrictions by vehicle type, and alternative pricing and restrictions for non-premium hours.
US12330512B1
A voltage detection system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes at least one electrode set configured to detect a voltage gradient measurement at a location in a body of water surrounding the marine vessel, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive the voltage gradient measurement from each electrode set; compare each voltage gradient measurement to at least one threshold to determine a voltage threat level, and generate a threat response based on the voltage threat level.
US12330507B2
A vehicle traction device having at least one energy storage component; at least one traction component; at least one acceleration sensor including a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, an accelerometer, and/or a piezoelectric sensor; and at least one deceleration sensor including a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, an accelerometer, and/or a piezoelectric sensor. The at least one acceleration/deceleration sensor is responsive to an operator input, and when the operator input is applied to the at least one acceleration/deceleration sensor, the energy traction device is signaled to transfer energy from the at least one energy storage component to the forward propulsion of the vehicle, or vice versa, using the at least one traction component. The vehicle traction device may be incorporated into, for example, a wheel, a motor, and/or a transmission.
US12330502B2
A vehicle designed to increase a maximum drive torque transmitted from an engine to drive wheels. The vehicle comprises: an input member to which a torque is delivered from the engine; an output member connected to drive wheels; a reaction mechanism that establishes a reaction torque; and a differential mechanism. A differential mechanism comprises: an input element connected to the input member; an output element connected to the output member; and a reaction element connected to the reaction mechanism. A torque converter is arranged between the input member and the output member.
US12330497B2
The power transmission device includes: a drive motor assembly including a motor housing, a first axial flow motor disposed in a front portion of the motor housing and rotating a first pinion gear in a first rotation direction, and a second axial flow motor disposed in a rear portion of the motor housing and operably coupled to a second pinion gear to rotate the second pinion gear in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; a drum surrounding the drive motor assembly by including a drum disk portion disposed on one surface in a wheel axial direction and a cylindrical portion extending from an outer diameter end of the drum disk portion in the wheel axial direction; a drum cover coupled to the other surface of the drum in the wheel axial direction, and having a ring gear disposed on its outer diameter and meshed with the first and second pinion gears; and a wheel hub installed with a tire, and coupled to the drum to be rotated together with the drum, wherein the first and second pinion gears are rotated at the same speed.
US12330485B2
An apparatus for moving a lower lid of a split tailgate in a car, including: a Bowden cable; a drive unit configured to drive the Bowden cable; and a mechanical interface configured to be connected with an end portion of the Bowden cable and with the lower lid of the split tailgate of the car; the mechanical interface including a structural element configured to be connected with a hinge of the lower lid of the split tailgate.
US12330483B2
A protective barrier is affixable to a curved substrate such as a vehicle windshield. The protective barrier may include a stack of three or more lenses. Each of the three or more lenses may include a thermoplastic film (preferably a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film) and an adhesive layer on a first side of the thermoplastic film. The three or more lenses may have respective thicknesses that define a monotonically decreasing function in a stacking direction of the stack and that include at least three different thicknesses. The protective barrier may be placed on the curved substrate with the adhesive layer of an innermost lens of the stack in contact with the curved substrate, and heat and pressure may be applied to conform the stack to the shape of the curved substrate. Thereafter, an outermost lens of the stack may be peeled off to reveal the next lens of the stack.
US12330477B2
A slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes various heat management modes using a number of parts including at least two three-way expansion valves. The various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode and a dehumidification max mode, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating.
US12330476B2
A cooling fan device uses a cooling fan coupled to an engine via a fan clutch to generate cooling air flow for a radiator. The cooling fan device includes an electronic control unit configured to control an engagement rate of the fan clutch. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first calculation process, a second calculation process, and an upper limit guarding process, thereby controlling the engagement rate based on a value of a coolant temperature requested engagement rate that has been subjected to an upper limit guarding process. A first upper limit rotation speed is set to a lower speed when a vehicle speed is relatively low than when the vehicle speed is relatively high.
US12330475B2
A method of providing thermal conditioning for a vehicle occupant according to an example of the present disclosure includes determining a respective target temperature for each of a plurality of discrete OPZs. Each OPZ is associated with a different occupant body area. The determining is based on a difference between a first OTS indicative of a target heat flux for the occupant and a second OTS indicative of an estimated heat flux experienced by the occupant, wherein the respective target temperatures differ between the OPZs. The method includes providing thermal conditioning in each OPZ based on the target temperature for the OPZ, which includes utilizing at least one thermal effector in the OPZ. The method also includes receiving a temperature offset value for a particular one of the OPZs from the occupant, and adjusting the target temperature for the particular one of the OPZs based on the temperature offset value.
US12330467B2
A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping profile and a driver actuatable input. The driver actuatable input may be positioned to be actuatable by the driver in the absence of requiring a removal of either of the hands of the driver from a steering device of the vehicle.
US12330466B2
A height-level adjustment system for a chassis of a motor vehicle comprises a spring and a spring seat against which the spring lies at one end, the spring seat including a threaded sleeve which is attached coaxially with respect to the spring and has an external thread and a threaded ring, which is attached to the threaded sleeve, with an internal thread which interacts with the external thread of the threaded sleeve, wherein the spring seat has a connecting element which is attached to the threaded sleeve for connecting the spring seat to the body of a motor vehicle.
US12330465B2
The vehicular state estimation apparatus includes: a physical quantity detector configured to detect a physical quantity indicating behavior by the vehicle; a vehicle behavior estimator configured to estimate current behavior by the vehicle; a distance sensor that is configured to detect a value pertaining to a distance between the vehicle body member and a measurement point on a road surface in front of the vehicle and corresponding to at least a central section of a road surface contact section on a wheel; a distance calculator configured to calculate a road surface distance; a spring constant calculator configured to calculate at least one of spring constants, in a vehicle stopped state; and a suspension controller configured to control operation of the active suspension apparatus based on the spring constants, the road surface distance, and vehicle behavior information.
US12330463B2
A vehicle suspension system includes: a road surface sensor provided in a vehicle body portion ahead of a front wheel to detect an unevenness of a road surface; an electromagnetic damper that applies a damping force and a propulsive force along a stroke direction to a vehicle body and the front wheel with the aid of a motor element; and an ECU. The road surface sensor includes: a first road surface sensor; and a second road surface sensor that overlaps the first road surface sensor in a vehicle width direction and is provided at a position behind the first road surface sensor. The ECU includes: a road surface height calculation unit that calculates a road surface height based on detection values from the road surface sensors and a movement amount of the vehicle; and a damper control unit that controls the motor element based on the calculated road surface height.
US12330454B2
An auto-location system includes a first tire sensor unit that measures a footprint length of a first tire. A second tire sensor unit measures a footprint length of a second tire. A vehicle status determination module receives the measured footprint lengths and determines when the vehicle is in a static or cruising state. A mean calculation module receives the measured footprint lengths when the vehicle is in a static or cruising state, and determines a first mean footprint length corresponding to the first sensor unit and a second mean footprint length corresponding to the second sensor unit. A comparison module receives the mean footprint lengths and determines a longest and a shortest of the mean footprint lengths. A position determination module generates a position determination of the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit based on the longest and the shortest of the mean footprint lengths.
US12330449B2
An aerodynamic bicycle rim comprising: a circumferential outer portion comprising a circumferential outer surface, the circumferential outer portion adapted to seat a bicycle tire; a nose; and a set of sidewalls, each sidewall extending radially from the nose of the aerodynamic bicycle rim to a corresponding transition to the circumferential outer surface to form a rim body having a maximum rim body width that is greater than a maximum width of the bicycle tire. The aerodynamic bicycle rim is operable to seat the bicycle tire so that the aerodynamic bicycle rim and the bicycle tire form an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape.
US12330445B2
A method to produce a building panel, including: providing a substrate, applying a thermosetting binder in dry form on the substrate for forming a sub-layer, applying a sheet on the sub-layer, and pressing the substrate, the sub-layer and the sheet together to form a building panel, thereby the thermosetting binder of the sub-layer impregnates the sheet from below. Also, a semi-finished product.
US12330439B2
A leveler device (200) is proposed for use in a bookbinding sewing machine (100) adapted to sew signatures (115) into book blocks (155) with one or more sewing threads (415). The leveler device (200) is used to level each signature (115) loaded onto amovable saddle (150). The leveler device (200) has at least one inlet (215) for receiving a gas jet and one or more nozzles (220) for ejecting the gas towards corresponding free ends of the threads (415) projecting from a last signature (115) of each completed bookblock (155). A bookbinding sewing machine (100) comprising the leveler device (200) is also proposed. Moreover, a corresponding method for operating a bookbinding sewing machine (100) is proposed.
US12330438B2
A method of printing ink on a textile including providing a source of white ink; providing a first print head connected to the source of white ink and mounted for reciprocating translational movement through a printing zone; providing a heating source; moving the first print head through the printing zone to apply white ink to a substrate positioned in the printing zone; and moving the heating source through the printing zone to heat the white ink on the substrate to cause gelling of the white ink.
US12330437B2
An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a pair of printed sheets placed on either side of a substrate that allows for image infusion on both sides of the substrate. A second heat source, such as a heated plate, is included in order to heat the second printed sheet. Compared to the conventional systems in which a single heat source heats a single printed, the embodiments disclosed herein describe a process for simultaneous double-sided image infusion, which results in a substrate with sublimated images on both sides.
US12330429B2
A printing device includes a base plate extending in a direction orthogonal to a first direction, a mounting portion provided rotatably on a surface, which is at one side in the first direction, of the base plate, in which a ribbon roll having an ink ribbon wound is to be mounted on the mounting portion, a thermal head provided on the surface of the base plate, and configured to perform printing on a printing medium disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a printed circuit board located on one side, with respect to the base plate, in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and extending in a direction intersecting the base plate.
US12330425B2
An ink cartridge includes an ink container and a cartridge shell. The cartridge shell has a printhead and a mounting member which are disposed on the cartridge shell. The ink container is detachably connected to the mounting member. The ink container includes an ink container body and an ink outlet assembly. The ink container body includes an ink storage cavity configured to store ink. An ink inlet of the ink outlet assembly communicates with the ink storage cavity. An ink outlet of the ink outlet assembly communicates with an ink entry of the printhead. The ink container is connected to the cartridge shell with the arrangement of the mounting member and through the connection between the mounting member and the ink container.
US12330407B2
Linerless non-top coated thermal printable material, method for producing the same and thermal label
A method for producing linerless non-top coated thermal printable material. The method includes preparing thermal printable material by receiving base printable material, wherein base printable material being 75% w/w to 85% w/w of linerless non-top coated thermal printable material; applying heat-resistant material on base printable material, wherein heat-resistant material being 12% w/w to 18% w/w of linerless non-top coated thermal printable material; applying heat-sensitive material on heat-resistant material to produce thermal printable material, wherein heat-sensitive material being 3% w/w to 7% w/w of linerless non-top coated thermal printable material; and subjecting thermal printable material to supercalendering operation, supercalendering operation comprising passing thermal printable material through at least two calender rolls at temperature ranging from 30° C. to 80° C. rolling at speed ranging from 150 m/min to 500 m/min at pressure ranging from 50 bar to 120 bar to obtain linerless non-top coated thermal printable material.
US12330402B2
Laminated film structure comprising at least one first film having a thin ceramic or metal coating, being laminated to a second film and whereby the laminated film structure is based on polyethylene only, i.e. polymers other than polyethylene are substantially absent and whereby the laminated film structure has good barrier properties.
US12330400B2
The present invention relates to a multi-layer polypropylene film comprising: A base layer of polypropylene (2); Optionally, a tie layer (3) comprising a blend of polypropylene and an sacrificial engineering thermoplastic; A top layer (1) comprising film having a structured surface with water contact angles (WCA) superior to 104.5°, preferentially superior to 110°, more preferentially uperior to 120°, more preferentially superior to 130°; Wherein the top layer comprises a blend 20 to 40 wt % of polypropylene and 60 to 80 wt % of said engineering thermoplastic and in which the engineering thermoplastic has been selectively etched in order to create the said structured surface.
US12330399B2
Embodiments of multilayer films are disclosed comprising a first layer comprising polyethylene, a second layer comprising a first medium density polyethylene; a barrier layer; a third layer comprising a second medium density polyethylene; and a fourth layer comprising polyethylene. The second layer may be positioned between the first layer and the barrier layer. The barrier layer may be positioned between the second layer and the third layer.
US12330396B2
The laminated glazing proposed in this invention has an outer glass layer (201) with holes (20) and a thin inner facing glass layer (202) with shorter length dimension whereas the bottom edge (30) does not have holes on it and which does not overlap with the holes (20) in the outer glass layer (201). One or more retention layers (36), comprising reinforcement and adhesive layers, serve to connect the glazing mounting means (32) to both of the glass layers (201, 202) providing a thin laminated glazing with holes (20) that in the event of failure is retained by the mounting means (32).
US12330393B2
Provided are a glass multilayer structure, a method of producing the same, and a flexible display panel including the same. More particularly, a glass substrate multilayer structure including a flexible glass substrate; and a functional layer formed on at least one surface of the flexible glass substrate. The functional layer is a phase-separated layer formed by a single coating and a flexible display panel including the same are provided.
US12330391B2
A wear resistant steel material has high hardness and excellent cut crack resistance, that can be applied to a thick steel material of which the thickness is 60 mm or more, that is not cracked even after being cut using gas, and a method of manufacturing the wear resistant steel material.
US12330382B2
A shaping method includes suturing, with a linear suture material, first end regions in a first predetermined direction of a plurality of sheet materials. The method includes fixing a second end region in the first predetermined direction of a laminated body to a first shaping method having a curved portion including at least one of a concave shape and a convex shape along a second predetermined direction in a state where the first predetermined direction coincides with the second predetermined direction. The method includes pressing a second shaping mold against the laminated body, which has been fixed to the first shaping mold in the fixing step, to shape the laminated body along the surface shape of the first shaping mold. The laminated body is shaped by applying a tension in the direction of pulling the first end region away from the second end region.
US12330380B2
A hybrid electrofusion processor selectively operating on either battery power or AC power.
US12330371B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a method can include selectively sintering at least a portion of a part and one or more indexing features onto a build plate disposed in a build area of a feedstock powder bed, determining an actual orientation of the part and the build plate relative to a recoater prior to recoating, storing the actual orientation of the part and the build plate relative to the recoater, comparing the actual orientation of the part and the build plate relative to the recoater with a predicted orientation, and recoating the build area with feedstock powder if the actual orientation of the part and the build plate relative to the recoater matches the predicted orientation to achieve a predetermined build quality for a respective layer of the part.
US12330363B2
An injection stretch blow-molded (ISBM) container prepared by way of injection molding a tubular preform followed by reheating and concurrently stretching and blow-molding the heated preform into the container. The container and preform comprise from 70 wt. % to 97.5 wt. % of a semi-crystalline polyolefin composition comprising one or polymers selected from polyethylene polymers and polypropylene polymers and from 2.5 wt. % to 30 wt. % of an alicyclic polyolefin composition, wherein the alicyclic polyolefin composition has a glass transition temperature, Tg, of from 60° to 145° C.
US12330361B2
To reliably and safely suppress co-rotation of a screw drive unit when performing a tightening and loosening operation for a threaded fastener which fixes a screw to the screw drive unit. Provided is an injection molding machine 2 in which a threaded fastener 30 is tightened into a first threaded portion 23a of a screw drive unit 21, thereby fixing a screw 10 to the screw drive unit 21 through a fixation bush 25, wherein a jig 40, which is detachably mounted on the screw drive unit 21, and is brought into contact with a main body contact portion 4 of a main body portion 3 of the injection molding machine 2 by rotating the screw drive unit 21 to restrict further rotation of the screw drive unit 21, is mounted on the screw drive unit 21, and the threaded fastener 30 is tightened or loosened with respect to the first threaded portion 23a with the jig 40 in contact with the main body contact portion 4.
US12330357B2
A hot runner system includes a manifold having a heater and a manifold channel network extending between a manifold inlet and a plurality of manifold outlets for distributing a molten plastic. A nozzle seated against the manifold and received in a respective manifold outlet has an extension portion received in the respective manifold outlet, a body portion projecting downstream from the extension portion, and a nozzle channel extending through the extension portion and the body portion. The hot runner system further includes a nozzle support seated against the nozzle, the nozzle support including an upstream nozzle support and a downstream nozzle support, the downstream nozzle support is discrete from and in slidable contact with the upstream nozzle support, and the downstream nozzle support having a looser fit with the body portion of the nozzle than that of the upstream nozzle support's fit with the body portion of the nozzle.
US12330353B2
A method for producing a fibrous composite material component, in particular for a vehicle. According to the method, at least one dry woven fabric layer is initially provided, wherein the woven fabric layer includes carbon fibers. A binder is then applied to the woven fabric layer. Further, the woven fabric layer is reshaped into a preform layer, wherein the binder is activated during the reshaping and the woven fabric is stabilized in the reshaped shape. The preform layer is then applied to further woven fabric layers in order to strengthen the shape. The connection of the preform layer and the further woven fabric layers thus results in a preform, which is inserted into a molding tool for carrying out an RTM process. Then, the RTM process is carried out in order to obtain a fibrous composite material component.
US12330352B2
A method for manufacturing a turbine blade comprising designing a turbine blade includes receiving initial geometrical and aerodynamic information of the turbine blade, obtaining the maximum amount of stress within a determined area of maximum stress, and obtaining a safety factor by dividing material yield stress of the turbine blade by the maximum amount of stress. The method further includes performing a first plurality of operations responsive to the safety factor being less than 1.5 and the determined area of maximum stress occurring at the junction of the blade airfoil and the blade root. The first plurality of operations includes creating a fillet at the junction of the blade airfoil and the blade root and increasing respective thickness of each airfoil slice of the plurality of airfoil slices with a distance from the junction of the blade airfoil and the blade root of no more than 15% of the blade airfoil length.
US12330337B1
A system for dispensing a metered amount of a fiber additive into a concrete mixing system. The system includes a dispensing hopper to hold the fiber additive and to selectively dispense the fiber additive. A discharge outlet is included having an adjustable area formed between a fixed surface and a movable surface. Fiber additive exiting the dispensing hopper passes between the fixed surface and the movable surface. A conveyor and dosing wheel are the fixed and movable surfaces and dispense the fiber additive through the discharge outlet. A sensor senses an amount of fiber additive within the system and a controller controls the amount of fiber additive dispensed from the system. The specific amount is controlled by altering either a speed of the conveyor or dosing wheel or the distance between the fixed surface and the movable surface. As any of the above decrease, fiber additive discharge decreases.
US12330336B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating wash water from concrete production with carbon dioxide. The treated wash water can be reused as mix water in fresh batches of concrete.
US12330334B2
Adjustable concrete forms, typically fabricated from steel, allowing variation in the height, tilt, and shape of the form of gravity wall sections. The adjustable concrete form includes adjustable height vertical and sloped walls to change the height of the form through the operation of built-in mechanical jacks, such as ball screw assemblies. The separation distances at top and bottom of the walls can be adjusted by upper connectors (e.g., tie bars) and lower connectors (e.g., base straps). The same adjustable concrete form is assembled, used to pour a gravity wall section, disassembled, repositioned, and reassembled a virtually unlimited number of times to create varying height, tilt, and shape gravity wall sections for mile after of roadway construction.
US12330332B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to 3D printing a reactive vaterite cement composition, comprising feeding a composition comprising reactive vaterite cement through a 3D printing machine; printing a 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product; and curing the 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product by transforming reactive vaterite cement in the 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product to aragonite and/or calcite during and/or after the curing.
US12330330B2
The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products.
US12330326B2
A cutting machine for cutting a flat surface having a graphical design with optical registration features is disclosed. The cutting machine includes a working surface for receiving at least one object, a first camera unit arranged so that the field of vision encompasses the whole working surface, a working group above the working surface, and at least one cutting device for cutting the at least one object. A computing unit with a circuit and program code for controlling the cutting machine includes a storage unit, a circuit and program code for evaluating images of the first camera unit to identify registration features of the at least one object in an image of the first camera unit, and being designed to define a cutting path for the cutting device according to at least one stored instruction and based on positions of the registration features in the image.
US12330325B2
A frozen liquid container opening system for opening an end of a package containing a frozen liquid includes a pouch being elongated and having an upper end and a lower end. The pouch has the frozen liquid therein and is sealed to retain the frozen liquid therein. An opener is engaged by a user to facilitate opening the upper end of the pouch. A mount is coupled to the housing and removably mounts to the exterior of a refrigerated container.
US12330317B2
A method form performing calibration between a robot and a camera includes achieving a first state in which a criterion point of an image is captured with the camera, achieving a second state in which the camera is rotated by a first angle of rotation around a first imaginary axis passing through a control point at the arm, achieving a third state in which the criterion point is located at the center of the image captured with the camera, achieving a fourth state in which the camera is rotated by a second angle of rotation around a second imaginary axis passing through a reference point, achieving a fifth state in which that criterion point is located at the center of the image captured with the camera, and performing the calibration between the robot and the camera.
US12330301B2
An effector system comprises: an effector assembly including: a first segment having a conduit between a proximal end and a distal end, an inner surface of the conduit having a conductive portion and a resistive portion; an output member slidable within the conduit, the output member having a conductive exterior contacting the inner surface; a first shape-memory transducer affixed between the proximal end and the output member; and a second shape-memory transducer affixed between the distal end and the output member; and a controller configured to: selectively energize: (i) the first shape-memory transducer to slide the output member in a first direction, (ii) the second shape-memory transducer to slide the output member in a second direction, or (iii) the resistive portion of the inner surface; and in response to energizing the resistive portion, determine a position of the output member.
US12330297B2
A robot includes a base; a first arm rotatably connected to the base around a first rotation axis; and a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, wherein the second arm includes an arm base and a cover configured to attach to and detach from the arm base and the cover includes a cover main body that covers an upper portion of the arm base and a covering section that protrudes downward from the cover main body and that covers a portion of a side surface of the arm base.
US12330292B2
Apparatuses and methods for deploying and/or controlling movement of flexible tubular members such as endoscopes, using a sliding link assembly to support the flexible tubular member. For example, these apparatuses may include a base, a link assembly connected to the base and comprising: a plurality of links that are vertically adjacent to each other, in which adjacent pairs of links are each slidably coupled together by opposing flexible bands that extend around a cylindrical surface of a shuttle. A linear drive may drive extension and retraction of the links by engaging with just one shuttle of the link assembly.
US12330286B2
An oscillating power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed generally within the housing and including a drive shaft, an output spindle configured to be driven by the motor and journaled for oscillating rotation about an oscillation axis, a drive mechanism configured to convert rotation of the drive shaft into oscillating rotation of the output spindle about the oscillation axis, the drive mechanism including an eccentric member configured to rotate off center about the motor axis, and a forked member operatively coupled to the eccentric member and configured for oscillating rotation about the oscillation axis in response to rotation of the eccentric member, and an amplitude adjustment actuator configured to move the eccentric member in the direction generally parallel to the motor axis to change an angular amplitude of oscillating rotation of the forked member.
US12330284B2
Herein a hand-held electrically powered device (2) is disclosed. The hand-held device comprises a housing (4)), an electric motor (14), and a fan (18). The hand-held device (2) comprises a wall member (20) arranged inside the housing (4) and forming at least part of a wall (22) which delimits a first compartment (24) from a second compartment (26) within the housing (4). The wall member (20) forms an individual element. The wall member (20) is coupled to first and second housing elements. The wall member (20) comprises a through opening (42). The electric motor (14) extends from the first compartment (24) to the second compartment (26) via the through opening (42). The electric motor (14) is supported by the wall member (20).
US12330274B2
An impact tool includes a housing; an electric motor including a motor shaft rotating about a first axis; an output shaft used for outputting power and rotating about an output axis; and an impact assembly used for providing an impact force for the output shaft and including a main shaft, where the main shaft is driven by the motor shaft to rotate about an axis of the main shaft. The housing includes a first housing for accommodating at least part of the main shaft, and a support portion that forms sliding friction with the main shaft in the direction of rotation of the main shaft is formed on or connected to an inner wall of the first housing.
US12330272B2
A pneumatic fluid directional valve assembly for pneumatic torque tools controls and optimizes directional airflow for tightening and loosening threaded fasteners. The assembly includes an outer pneumatic valve portion, an inner pneumatic valve portion, and a push button rod assembly. The outer and inner valve portions form a relatively rotatable unit actuated by the push button rod assembly to direct airflow via various inlet and exhaust ports, slots, faces, passages, and sleeves. In another embodiment, the assembly includes a trigger lock safety feature to enhance operational safety.
US12330271B2
A vacuum gripper comprises a rigid base element and a loop-shaped vacuum seal element. The base element has first and second opposite sides. The seal element is attached at least indirectly to the second side and protruding therefrom in a direction away from the first side. The seal element comprises a contact surface that at least partially contacts with an object surface and an encircling surface oriented transversely to the contact surface so as to define a chamber. The seal element is elastically deformable at the contact surface to enable conforming to the object surface when pressed thereagainst. The vacuum gripper comprises an air extraction means mounted to the first side to be in fluid communication with the chamber through the base element, and configured to continuously extract air from the chamber to cause the contact surface to be urged towards and grip the object surface when pressed thereagainst.
US12330269B2
An abrasive article having a removable support sheet having a first major surface. An image layer containing inks applied over the first major surface. A polyurethane backing layer having a first major backing surface located adjacent to the image layer and a second major backing surface opposite the first major surface. A functional layer comprising an abrasive layer applied to the second major surface; the abrasive layer comprising a make coat, abrasive particles and a size coat.
US12330249B2
A hardware automatic fastening apparatus includes a magazine having a lever formed on an outer edge to store and supply hardware including any one or more types of a bolt, a nut, and a clip, a rotating part coupled to the magazine to rotate the magazine to position the hardware at a predetermined position, and a torque generating tool provided with an ascending and descending mechanism for ascending the hardware positioned by the rotating part upon ascending, and provided with a torque applying part for applying a torque to the ascended hardware, and the lever has a latch structure.
US12330247B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an improved design of a metal-cored welding wire electrode for use on a high deposition rate welding process that resistively preheats the wire prior to being subjected to the welding current. The preheat circuit reduces the welding current drawn by the electrode so that higher wire feed speeds, and thus higher deposition rates, may be obtained. The metal-cored welding wire includes both a higher fill rate (a greater percentage of the welding wire is the granular core) along with added sulfur and an added bead wetting agent. The bead wetting agent may be one or more of selenium, tellurium, arsenic, gallium, bismuth, and tin. The improved metal-cored welding wire leads to an enhanced weld deposit appearance that means the weld deposits are less likely to be rejected as unusable.
US12330239B2
An apparatus for cutting electrode sheets includes a conveyor and a laser device. The conveyor is configured to move an original sheet including an electrode portion and an ear portion extending from an edge of the electrode portion. The laser device is configured to move a laser to cut out a tab connected to the electrode portion from the ear portion of the original sheet. The laser device is also configured to move the laser from one edge of the electrode portion to another edge of the electrode portion to cut and separate a respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet. The laser is configured to cut out the tab from the ear portion and cut and separate the respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet as the conveyor is moving the original sheet.
US12330238B2
A processing program analyzer analyzes a processing program and extracts first and second codes included in the processing program and indicating a joint-constituting pair of a first endpoint of a cutting path on a laser cutting start side and a second endpoint of a cutting path on a laser cutting end side. A joint information adder adds joint information indicating the position of at least one of the first code and the second code to the processing program. A joint compensation amount generator generates a joint compensation amount to be set for a joint to be increased or decreased in a joint amount. A transmitter transmits to an NC device the processing program to which the joint information has been added and the joint compensation amount associated with information indicating the joint to be increased or decreased in the joint amount.
US12330231B2
An execution plan segment of an execution plan can be received at a control unit of a computer numerically controlled machine from a general purpose computer. The execution plan segment can define operations for causing movement of a moveable head of the computer numerically controlled machine to deliver electromagnetic energy to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The execution plan segment can include a predefined safe pausing point from which the execution plan can be restarted while minimizing a difference in appearance of a finished work-product relative to if a pause and restart are not necessary. Operations of the computer numerically controlled machine can be commenced only after determining that the execution plan segment has been received up to and including the predefined safe pausing point by the computer numerically controlled machine.
US12330225B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor located within the housing, a drive assembly located within the housing and connected to an output of the motor, at least one cutting wheel coupled to the drive assembly, and at least one switch configured to control activation of the motor for directional rotation of the drive assembly in either a forward rotational direction or a reverse rotational direction. The drive assembly is configured to operate in the reverse rotational direction during dry cutting. The drive assembly is configured to operate in the forward rotational direction during wet cutting.
US12330221B2
A tool holder is configured for rotation about a tool holder axis of rotation defining an axial direction. The tool holder, at one axial longitudinal end thereof, has a tool section with a tool-receiving formation for receiving a tool and, at the opposite axial longitudinal end, has a coupling section with a coupling formation for torque-transmitting coupling to a machine spindle of a machine tool. A measuring apparatus is configured for acquiring data relating to the operation of the tool holder. The measuring apparatus has a sensor, in particular an acceleration sensor, with at least two measurement axes. The two measurement axes are oriented substantially radially with respect to the tool holder axis of rotation.
US12330212B2
A method for manufacturing a thin sheet-like bonding member, including applying a paste including first particles including a first metal, second particles including a second metal having a lower melting point than the first metal, and a solvent to a surface of a base material made of a substance that does not react with the second metal; heating the paste at a temperature lower than a melting point of the first metal and higher than the melting point of the second metal to form a thin sheet-like bonding member on the surface of the base material; and peeling the thin sheet-like bonding member from the base material to obtain the thin sheet-like bonding member.
US12330210B2
A method for producing a flexible tooling liner for casting a ceramic core is presented. The method includes the steps of producing a three-dimensional (3D) reference object representative of a ceramic core to be cast, disposing the reference object into a containment vessel configured to receive a liquid flexible tooling material, filling the containment vessel with the liquid tooling material so that the reference object is encapsulated by the liquid tooling material on the surface whose topography is intended to be imparted, allowing the liquid tooling material to cure, and separating the cured flexible tooling along a parting surface into opposing portions and removing the reference the reference object.
US12330199B2
A meandering amount detection method for a metal strip traveling in a state of being overlapped in a plurality of stages, includes: calculating an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage using an angle formed by a reference direction, which is any direction determined from a reference point, and a direction connecting the reference point and an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage, a distance between the reference point and an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage, and a distance between a straight line including a width direction of the metal strip and the reference point; and calculating a meandering amount of a metal strip in each stage based on the calculated end portion position in the width direction of the metal strip in each stage.
US12330189B2
A monolithic integrated device may include a first device having a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and a second device arranged over the CMOS substrate. The second device may include a first conductive element, and a second conductive element arranged over the first conductive element. A via opening may extend through the first conductive element and the second conductive element of the second device to an interconnect of the CMOS substrate. A via contact may be arranged in the via opening to contact the first conductive element, the second conductive element, and the interconnect of the CMOS substrate. The via contact electrically connects the first conductive element and the second conductive element of the second device to the interconnect of the CMOS substrate.
US12330174B2
Systems and methods involving filtration are disclosed. A filtration device includes a first opening, a second opening, and a vortical filter, the vortical filter comprising a rib. The rib may be configured to generate vortices to keep the filtered particles in suspension and to provide a flow path extending from the first opening to the second opening. The filtration device may filter particle from the fluid by cross-flow filtration along the flow path across a filter media surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of the vortical filter. The filtration device may be effective at filters greater than 90% of microplastics by mass when post-filtered to 10 microns when measured using the method of either of Example 1 or Example 2. The filtration device may be effective at filtering particles from the fluid at high flow speeds, such as flow speeds greater than 50 cm/sec or greater than 100 cm/sec.
US12330173B1
An improved modular hydrocyclone and method of operating for centrifugal cleaning fluid wherein the hydrocyclone has a plurality of inserts each of different sizes and configurations for selectively and interchangeably inserting into the modular body thereby adjusting capacity and cleaning efficiency of the hydrocyclone without changing out the body. One or more embodiments relate to systems and methods for utilizing a hydrocyclone system with interchangeable components.
US12330168B2
A hopper assembly for accepting placer deposit and water for use with a highbanker includes a hopper and a cover. The hopper includes an intake surface for accepting the placer deposit, a hopper periphery portion extending along a periphery of the hopper, a water intake, and a window configured to allow the placer deposit and water to exit from the hopper. The water intake accepts water and is located within the hopper periphery portion. The cover includes a cover surface and a plurality of cover openings. The cover surface fits over the hopper periphery portion. The cover openings are formed on the cover surface. The cover surface and the hopper periphery portion define, at least in part, a hollow within which water from the water intake flows. The cover openings allow for water to exit the hollow and contact the placer deposit on the intake surface.
US12330160B2
The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic channel composition configured for establishing a liquid-liquid interface and a microfluidic platform comprising the microfluidic channel composition. More particularly, the present disclosure includes a microfluidic platform for analyzing oil-aqueous interface interactions and methods utilizing the platform, for instance to evaluate environmental settings where oil may be present.
US12330159B2
A multiplex assay device including: a separation structure on a first plate; and a sample contact area on the surface of the first plate. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating a multiplex assay, including: making a reagent into a non-liquid reagent particle; creating a well on a sample contact area of a plate of a Q-card two plate sample card; and dropping one or more of the non-liquid reagent particles into at least one well.
US12330148B2
Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography according to one embodiment is a humidified enclosure that delivers relative humidities above 95% and preferably above 97% in standard operation, and that can allow microscope observation of samples within. Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography can be used for preparation of protein crystal samples for examination using X-rays and for protein structure determination by X-ray crystallography, involving addition of liquid to the sample and removal of liquid from the sample using vacuum or suction.
US12330147B2
Apparatus for carrying out a catalytic gas-phase olefin polymerization having a first polymerization zone for growing polymer particles to flow upward under fast fluidization or transport conditions, a second polymerization zone for the growing polymer particles to flow downward, and a gas/solid separation zone; wherein the second polymerization zone has an upper part being connected to the separation zone and a lower part being connected to the upper part; wherein the ratio of the height H01 of the separation zone to the diameter D01 of the separation zone is 2.5 to 4.5.
US12330145B2
The supported catalyst synthesis device according to the present disclosure includes a first source for a liquid containing a reducing agent; a second source for a liquid containing elements to constitute single-metal fine particles or solid solution fine particles to be supported; a third source for a liquid containing support particles; a reaction unit that joins flows of these liquids; a liquid feed route connecting between the first source and the reaction unit; a liquid feed route connecting between the second source and the reaction unit; a liquid feed route connecting between the third source and the reaction unit; and a collection unit, connected to the reaction unit via a pipe, to collect a produced reaction product, and further includes a pressure adjustment mechanism connected to the collection unit.
US12330136B2
An anionic sorption agent, method for forming the anionic sorption agent and a barrier system are disclosed. The anionic sorption agent including a modified pseudo or glycol-boehmite base comprising a structure having cationic metal ion sites. The method for forming the anionic sorption agent includes providing a pseudo or glycol-boehmite base and contacting the pseudo or glycol-boehmite base a modifying composition comprising a metallic ion to form the modified pseudo or glycol-boehmite base comprising a structure having cationic metal ion sites. The barrier system includes the anionic sorption agent comprising a first barrier component comprising a modified pseudo or glycol-boehmite base comprising a structure having cationic metal ion sites and a second barrier component comprising a cationic sorption agent.
US12330134B2
Provided are: a hydrocarbon adsorbent capable of adsorbing hydrocarbons, storing the adsorbed hydrocarbons up to a relatively high temperature, and desorbing the adsorbed and stored hydrocarbons at a relatively high temperature; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition using the same; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst; and a method for treating an exhaust gas. The hydrocarbon adsorbent comprises a zeolite having an MRT-type framework structure. The hydrocarbon adsorbent comprises a small-pore zeolite having a total desorption amount ZD1 of propylene desorbed at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. being 3.5 mmol/g or less and a total desorption amount ZD2 of propylene desorbed at 300° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower being 0.5 mmol/g or more, per 1 g by mass of the small-pore zeolite, when adsorbing propylene at 50° C. and then heating from 50° C. to 500° C. under the condition of 10° C./min by a temperature-programmed desorption method.
US12330120B2
A spiral wound membrane module is suitable for use with high temperature water that may also have a high pH, for example steam injection produced water. The module uses a membrane with a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) backing material. The feed spacer of the module may be made from polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) or ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE). The permeate carrier may be made of a woven nylon (i.e. nylon 6, 6) fabric coated with high temperature epoxy. The core tube and anti-telescoping device may be made of polysulfone. In some examples, the module may be used at a temperature of up to 130° C. Optionally, the module may be used at a pH of 9.5 or more. In a filtration method, the module may be operated at a pressure in the range of 150 to 450 psi. The module may be operated at a generally constant pressure.
US12330119B2
Embodiments relate generally to a filter, for example, for attachment onto a gas detector device or a gas sensor, and attempt to improve the efficiency and service life of the filter. Embodiments typically comprise a dustproof membrane and a waterproof membrane. Some embodiments may also comprise a splash-proof cap and/or features to reduce negative pressure on the filters.
US12330118B2
There is provided a system and method for angstrom confinement of trapped ions. The method including: receiving water molecules and ionic compounds in a first reservoir, an angstrom confinement assembly is positioned between the first reservoir and a second reservoir, the angstrom confinement assembly defining angstrom conduits; and repeatedly applying an electric field across a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode on a same side of the angstrom confinement assembly as the first reservoir and the second electrode on a same side of the angstrom confinement assembly as the second reservoir, the electric field applied such that, when the electric field is applied, positive ions of the ionic compounds are induced to flow through the angstrom conduits, and wherein, when the electric field is not applied, water molecules flow into the angstrom conduits due to capillary forces to confine the positive ions in the angstrom conduits.
US12330116B2
A system for directly capturing and measuring greenhouse gasses from a mixture of gasses over a wide range of concentrations from ambient air to combustion exhaust products including: an emissions capture reaction vessel; a reaction media container configured to house a volume of reaction media, the reaction media configured to extract a constituent gas from gas flowing through the emissions capture reaction vessel and capture constituent gas; an intake and exhaust manifold configured to receive and release, respectively a portion of a gas stream via a first access tap on the exhaust stack; a computer system comprised of sensors and actuators connected to a network to directly measure efficiency and uptake of a system, and a fan arranged within the housing and configured to influence the amount and speed of the gas stream processed.
US12330114B2
Compressor installation includes a compressor device, a compressor element, a compressed gas outlet, a compressed gas outlet pipe connected to the compressor device, and a dryer connecting to the outlet pipe with a desiccant for drying the compressed gas coming from the compressor device. The dryer includes a drying section and a regeneration section with an entry and an exit for a regeneration gas. A regeneration pipe is connected to the entry of the regeneration section. In the regeneration pipe, a first heat exchanger is provided for heating the regeneration gas. The compressor installation includes a heat pipe with a first end which is in contact with a hotspot at a location in the compressor device where the temperature is higher than the temperature at the outlet of the compressor element and with a second end which is in contact with a secondary section of the first heat exchanger.
US12330111B2
A modular structure accommodating structured sorbent in a parallel plate arrangement for the separation of gases, such as the removal of CO2 from air in a direct air capture process is provided. The modular structure includes individual units which act as support structures for the sorbent, and the individual units can be assembled into a larger bed of arbitrary dimensions. The sorbent includes parallel plates through which fluid can flow in many directions (at least two perpendicular directions), with additional features in the support structure that mitigate bypassing effects and reduce parasitic thermal mass. A method for integrating sensors into the bed to understand the performance of the bed in gas separation while minimizing damage to the structure or disruption to performance is also provided.
US12330107B2
An apparatus is used with supplied power for treating air flow of an air handing system of a facility. A frame has a plenum with an inlet and an outlet. The frame is configured to position in the air flow of the air handing system for passage of the air flow therethrough. A filter is disposed in the plenum and is configured to filter the air flow therethrough up to a filtration threshold. An ultraviolet light source disposed in the plenum is connected in electrical communication with the supplied power and is configured to generate ultraviolet radiation in the plenum. A permeable metal barrier disposed in the plenum is configured to impede the air flow therethrough up to an impedance threshold. The barrier is connected in electrical communication to the supplied power and is heated to a surface temperature.
US12330102B2
A filter for a pulsed laser deposition device includes a housing with two pass-through openings arranged in the housing wall and forming a pass-through channel for passing at least part of the plasma plume through the housing, which pass-through channel extends from one side of the housing to an opposite side of the housing, at least one primary blade arranged at a distance from and rotatable around a rotation axis, with the path of the at least one primary blade intersecting with the pass-through channel and with the at least one primary blade having a contact surface for contact with the plasma plume, and a drain channel connecting to a drain opening arranged in the housing wall.
US12330097B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of solid-liquid separation of grain fermentation, and provides a solid-liquid separation mechanism and solid-liquid separation method for grain fermentation. A filter screen cylinder mechanism is inserted and mounted at an upper end of a rotating seat. According to the present disclosure, the rotation of the filter screen cylinder mechanism and a rotating disc mechanism has a speed difference, to realize the rolling and solid-liquid separation of fermented grain on an inner wall of the filter screen cylinder mechanism by rolling cylinders; and the rolling and solid-liquid separation is performed on fermented grain on an inner wall of the filter screen plate by the rolling cylinders, and the liquid in the fermented grain on the inner wall of the filter screen plate is rolled out, achieving a more thorough solid-liquid separation.
US12330096B2
Disclosed is a method for separating a plurality of chemical components from a chemical mixture comprising a plurality of fluorinated fluids, the method comprising: ⋅ a step of identifying, in the chemical mixture, at least two sub-mixtures, each complex sub-mixture being associated either with a first group for secondary pressure swing distillation or with a second group (G2) for secondary extractive distillation, ⋅ a step of primary distillation, using a main column, so as to separate each identified sub-mixture, ⋅ a secondary distillation step, using the same advanced unit of two auxiliary columns, for distilling each complex sub-mixture, the complex sub-mixtures of the first group being separated by the pressure swing distillation method and the complex sub-mixtures of the second group being separated by the extractive distillation method.
US12330095B2
A liquid distributor for a separation device is provided. The liquid distributor comprises at least one pre-distributor member positioned above a plurality of distributor members. The at least one pre-distributor member comprises at least two troughs each comprising a plurality of discharge openings. Each two of the at least two troughs are connected with each other, and a first trough has an overflow portion and at least one deflector attached to the overflow portion or a side wall of the first trough. A second trough has an upper edge. If a liquid level in the first trough reaches the overflow portion, the at least one deflector extends from above the upper edge of the second trough to the second trough so that liquid flows into the second trough from the first trough over the overflow portion or the side wall and the at least one deflector.
US12330092B2
A modular structural device for assembling a funnel of a filtration apparatus including a base sheet having a polygonal shape. The base sheet having two sections connected by a hinge along a diagonal from a first corner of the base sheet to a second corner opposite the first corner, the second corner being substantially concave. The device having at least connector having a first part and a second part disposed on opposite sections of the base sheet along opposite edges adjacent to the concave corner. The first part of the connector comprising a projection that extends away from an upper surface of the base sheet. The second part of the connector comprising a depression in a lower surface of the base sheet. The first part of the connector of the modular structural device is configured to interlock with the second part of the connector of another modular structural device.
US12330083B2
Toys, building sets, and toy assemblies are provided which include at least one digit or digit toy. Each digit toy includes a first segment and a second segment connected by a joint comprising a living hinge. Interference members of the joint interfere as the joint transitions between a first state (e.g., an extension state) and a second state (e.g., a flexion state). The first segment and the second segment each optionally include a first retention feature disposed on a same first side thereof, wherein the first retention features reversibly stabilize the first segment to the second segment in the second state.
US12330082B2
A method of providing a telescopic assembly includes providing a power mechanism to rotate a threaded spindle which is coupled to telescopic segments. Rotating the threaded spindle causes the telescopic segments to extend out of a handle to an extended position. A safety feature is provided such that, if the telescopic segments in the extended position are pressed by a poking force against a person, the poking force causes the telescopic segments to retract in a direction towards the handle thereby preventing injury to the person, and the power mechanism and the threaded spindle are not compromised or destroyed by retraction of the telescopic segments due to the poking force.
US12330077B2
A body mounting assembly, model vehicle, and method for engaging a model vehicle body to a model vehicle chassis are provided. The body mounting assembly includes a latch assembly. The latch assembly further includes a latch member with a latch engagement surface. The body mounting assembly also includes a retainer assembly. The retainer assembly further includes a retainer engagement surface. The latch assembly is releasably engaged to the retainer assembly when the latch engagement surface and the retainer engagement surface are interlock together. A body mount able to be coupled to a model vehicle body includes one of the latch assembly or the retainer assembly and a chassis mount able to be coupled to the model vehicle chassis includes the other corresponding retainer assembly or the latch assembly corresponding to the body mount.
US12330073B2
A movable puzzle platform includes a puzzle board having a top surface and a board accessible unit having a first moving member, a second moving member, and a first bearing unit coupled between the first moving member and the second moving member. A first circumferential surface of the first moving member is engaged with a second circumferential surface of the second moving member via the first bearing unit to enable the second moving member to be coaxially rotated with respect to the first moving member. The first moving member includes a first horizontal flat base and a first rolling surface arranged along the first horizontal flat base. Therefore, a player is able to move the puzzle board on the playing surface at a desired orientation to assemble the puzzle pieces on the top surface of the puzzle board.
US12330070B2
The present technology provides solutions for spectator-based interactions in a virtual esports environment. A method can include establishing an interactive session associated with the virtual esports environment, the interactive session including a plurality of user devices, wherein a subset of the user devices is associated with designated players, and another subset of the user devices is associated with designated spectators; receiving data from one of the user devices over a communication network, the data indicating a spectator action performed by a spectator associated with the user device; identifying that the spectator action is associated with one of the players in the virtual esports environment; and modifying the virtual esports environment based on the spectator action and the association with the identified player.
US12330065B2
A role capable of being designated and determined on the basis of an aptitude information piece set for an operation character, among a plurality of roles for which usable item types are determined, respectively, is presented and designated. In addition, a special character with which any of a plurality of aptitude information pieces is associated is associated with the operation character. A game event is advanced using an item designated by a user from among aptitude items corresponding to the role of the operation character among owned items owned by the operation character. A parameter set for a combination of the operation character and the special character is updated on the basis of progress of a game, and when the parameter satisfies an aptitude information addition condition, an aptitude information piece of the special character is added to the operation character.
US12330059B2
An acquisition section acquires first image data from another information processing device. A display processing section displays a first image corresponding to the first image acquired by the acquisition section. An acceptance section accepts operation information of an input device for operating a first information processing device when the first image is displayed. A system image generation section generates second image data corresponding to the operation information accepted by the acceptance section. The display processing section reduces the first image and displays a second image corresponding to the second image data in a manner superimposed on the reduced first image.
US12330054B2
A directional pad for a controller can comprise a shell, a suspension system, and a haptic actuator. The shell can include a top that has opposing upper and lower surfaces. The suspension system can be coupled to the shell and include three or more elastic arms. Each of the arms can extend between a first end that is coupled to the shell and a second end that is disposed lower than the shell and the first end of the arm. The haptic actuator can be configured to vibrate the shell.
US12330051B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code that when executed by a processor cause the processor to obtain at least one image of a trigger accessory within a video stream, the at least one processor executing an augmented reality game requiring visual input from the trigger accessory to enable a user to play the augmented reality game, identify a trigger icon positioned on the trigger accessory having a configuration selected from a group of configurations dependent upon at least one of a shape and orientation of the trigger icon, apply image analysis to the trigger icon within the image to determine the orientation of the trigger accessory, and execute at least one software module of the augmented reality game dependent upon the configuration of the trigger accessory.
US12330046B2
A system that manages a package of shuffled playing cards and gaming chips includes a storage box and a control apparatus. The storage box is provided in association with a game table and stores a plurality of shuffled playing cards and a plurality of chip cases and also includes a card reader that reads playing card ID codes of the shuffled playing cards and a chip reader that reads case ID codes of the chip cases. The control apparatus outputs total numbers of the shuffled playing cards and the chip cases stored in the storage box and the playing card ID codes and case ID codes stored in the storage box by monitoring read playing card ID codes and case ID codes.
US12330043B2
A combination sliding mitten and lower-leg protector comprising a sliding mitten sleeve; one or more lower-leg guards carried by the sliding mitten sleeve, wherein in a lower-leg protector configuration, a user's lower leg is received along the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more lower-leg guards, in a sliding mitten configuration, a user's hand is received within the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more lower-leg guards.
US12330038B2
An apparatus includes a rolling mechanism and a pulley device. The rolling mechanism is connected to a cable and configured to traverse the cable from a first end of the cable toward a second end of the cable, the cable being attached to and extending between a pair of support members. The pulley device is removably coupled to the rolling mechanism and attached to a tackling bag, the tackling bag being configured to be tackled when propelled from the one of the pair of support members toward the other of the pair of support members. The pulley device is separated from the cable when the tackling bag is propelled from the one of the pair of support members toward the other of the pair of support members.
US12330037B2
A supporting device for a punching bag includes a hollow tubular pillar; a connector; a flange body; a rubber shock absorber; and a support tray. The connector includes a first end and a second end; the second end is bigger than the first end in diameter; the first end is disposed into the hollow tubular pillar. The connector includes a first connection hole, and the hollow tubular pillar includes a second connection hole. The connector and the hollow tubular pillar are fixed by a locking screw through the first connection hole and the second connection hole. The flange body includes a central blind hole, and the second end of the connector is disposed into the central blind hole. The flange body further includes a radial base. The circumference of the radial base includes a plurality of mounting holes configured to receive a counterweight unit to stabilize the supporting device.
US12330029B1
A golf bag having a base assembly, a shaft immobilization component, a top assembly, an internal assembly, and an outer assembly is disclosed herein. The combination of the shaft immobilization component, the top assembly and the internal assembly restrict the movement of golf clubs and prevents the interaction of golf clubs within the golf bag.
US12330028B2
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion including a toe portion edge, a heel portion edge, a face portion, an interior portion, and first and second ports connected to the interior portion; a mass portion; and a filler material between the face portion and the mass portion. The mass portion has a different shape than the first port or the second port, a distance between the second port and the toe portion edge is greater than a distance between the mass portion and the toe portion edge, and a distance between the first port and the heel portion edge is greater than a distance between the second port and the heel portion edge. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12330019B2
An upper and lower body reciprocating arcing motion exercise machine with an adjustable angle user support frame, left and right lower body user support assemblies having foot platforms and shin support pads mounted on an arcing track for movement along rearward and central portions of the user support frame, and left and right upper body user supports having gripping handles mounted on pivotable levers that move in an arcing motion relative to a forward and central portion of the movable user support frame. A linkage assembly operatively connects and synchronizes the exercise motions of the upper and lower body user support assemblies. In certain embodiments, an adjustable resistance mechanism is operatively engaged with the upper and lower body user supports for providing adjustable resistance to the exercise motion of the upper and lower body user supports.
US12330013B2
The invention relates to a handstand training device (10, 100). In order for the user (50) to learn how to do a handstand and to be able to hold the handstand without using any device afterwards, the handstand training device (10) has a base element (11, 111) and a support element (13) with a contact surface (14) for an arm (52).
US12329994B2
A respirator has a shell that defines a breathable air zone for a user wearing the respirator. An air flow control system for the respirator has an air delivery conduit within the shell of the respirator, a valve member moveable relative to the air delivery conduit and within the shell to vary the amount of air flow through the air delivery conduit, and a valve actuator outside of the shell of the respirator. The valve actuator is manipulatable by a user of the respirator while wearing the respirator to control movement of the valve member.
US12329991B2
An ultrasound transducer array is incorporated in a light-weight, conformable, and wearable patch that may be used to deliver, monitor, and control localized transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). The patch may include full-duplex transmit-receive circuitry that may be used for continuous monitoring of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) application. The circuitry may include a circulator. The ultrasound transducer array may be coupled to an aperture interface having irregularly sized or shaped channel conductors to provide a coarse aperture for the array. The coarse aperture may be designed using a method that provides a reduced channel count.
US12329987B2
A system and method for patient positioning during radiotherapy. The system can include a patient support structure configured to receive a patient during a radiotherapy process using a radiotherapy source to deliver a therapy to the patient when positioned on the patient support structure, a patient positioning system configured to adjust a position of the patient support structure relative to the radiotherapy source, a flexible actuator configured to secure the patient to the patient support and adjust a position of the patient relative to the patient support, and an imaging system configured to acquire imaging data of the patient, the patient support, and the flexible actuator during the radiotherapy process.
US12329980B2
Presented herein are techniques that provide an external component of an implantable medical device system with the ability to use a single inductive coil assembly to both receive charging signals from an inductive charger and for bi-directional transcutaneous communication with an implantable component. In particular, an external component comprises a coil assembly comprising a first coil segment and a second coil segment. The first and second coil segments have a first electrically connected arrangement that is used to receive charging signals, and a second electrically connected arrangement that is used for the bi-directional transcutaneous communication.
US12329976B2
Implementations provide a method that includes: placing a controller device over a surface region of the patient where the implantable wireless stimulation device has been implanted; configuring the controller device to (i) monitor a return loss representing electrical power reflected from the implantable wireless stimulation device to the controller device; (ii) compute a first path loss metric based on a first monitored return loss when the controller device is place over a first location within the surface region; (iii) compute a second path loss metric based on a second monitored return loss when the controller device is over a second location within the surface region; and (iv) generate a feedback to an operator to indicate whether the second path loss is smaller than the first path loss such that the controller device is placed at a location with more electrical energy non-inductively transferred to the implantable wireless stimulation device.
US12329973B2
A Wearable Medical System (WMS) includes one or more pacing capabilities. The WMS may detect when the patient's heart rhythm starts to deteriorate, but not necessarily in a way that requires defibrillation. In particular, the WMS may detect bradycardia of one or more types, and then confirm the detection before pacing to treat the detected bradycardia.
US12329971B2
Disclosed is a method of adapting the operation of an implantable device for delivering neurostimulation therapy to a patient. The method comprises: delivering the neurostimulation therapy to electrically excitable tissue of the patient according to at least one therapy parameter; measuring a physiological characteristic of the patient; adjusting the at least one therapy parameter according to a schedule of adjustment and the measured physiological characteristic; and repeating the delivering, measuring, and adjusting.
US12329970B2
Proposed are a method and device of determining optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment. The method of determining the optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment includes: identifying one or more sound stimuli selected by a user input from among a plurality of sound stimuli; identifying one or more electrical stimuli selected by the user input from among a plurality of electrical stimuli; determining a first complex stimulus sequence of complex stimuli in which the one or more selected sound stimuli and the one or more selected electrical stimuli are combined; and applying the complex stimuli to a user, wearing a tinnitus treatment device, according to the determined first complex stimulus sequence.
US12329963B2
The present disclosure relates to implantable neuromodulation devices and methods of fabrication, and in particular to anatomically contoured spinal cord stimulation leads for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the stimulation leads. Particularly, aspects are directed to a thin film lead assembly that includes a cable having: a first supporting structure formed of dielectric material, a first set of conductive traces formed on the first supporting structure, a second supporting structure formed of dielectric material, and a second set of conductive traces formed on the second supporting structure. The thin film lead assembly also includes an electrode assembly having: a third supporting structure formed of dielectric material, a first set of electrodes in electrical connection with the first set of conductive traces, and a second set of electrodes in electrical connection with the second set of conductive traces.
US12329957B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes a frame having struts that define a plurality of cells. In its non-radially-constrained configuration, the frame includes a generally cylindrical portion. A tube defines blood outlet openings, and a portion of the tube is disposed outside the frame and is coupled to the generally cylindrical portion of the frame, such that the portion of the tube conforms with a structure of struts of the frame. An inner lining is coupled to an inside of the generally cylindrical portion of the frame, such as to provide the generally cylindrical portion of the frame with a smooth inner surface. An impeller is disposed at least partially inside the generally cylindrical portion of the frame and is configured to pump blood through the tube and out of the one of more blood outlet openings. Other applications are also described.
US12329955B2
The present disclosure describes intravascular oxygenation systems and methods with one or more of improved oxygen diffusion flux, improved resistance to bubble formation on the surface of non-porous hollow fibers, and reduced size. The systems and methods include a pneumatic inlet coupled to a pneumatic source that provides a gas containing oxygen at a high pressure. A plurality of hollow fiber membranes (HFM) are in pneumatic communication with the pneumatic inlet to receive the gas containing oxygen and with an outlet to exhaust a partially deoxygenated gas. An electronic controller drives the motor to oscillate the plurality of HFMs to cause a diffusive flux of the gas containing oxygen from the plurality of HFMs into a region of interest of a subject. The electronic controller may drive the motor according to an oscillation pattern, which may include a macro-oscillation with superimposed micro-oscillations.
US12329952B1
A medicament delivery device has a needle for injecting medicament, a body and a needle cover. The needle cover is axially movable relative to a locked position in which the needle cover covers the distal end of the needle. The device has an inner housing with an aperture. A collar is located at least partially within the inner housing and is configured to rotate relative to the inner housing. The collar has one or more arms. A rotational member rotates the collar from a first position to a second position. When the needle cover is in the locked position and the collar is in the second position then the arm extends radially through the aperture and blocks proximal movement of the needle cover away from the locked position.
US12329941B2
A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing with a proximal end and a distal end, a multi-chamber container arranged in the housing, a power assembly having accumulated energy arranged in the housing and configured to act on the multi-chamber container for obtaining and delivering a blended compound inside the multi-chamber container and a manually operable assembly extending from the distal end of the housing and being connected with the power assembly, wherein upon a manual movement of the manually operable assembly the power assembly is forced to move towards the proximal end to pressurize the multi-chamber container and wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a needle shield sleeve slidably arranged in the housing, the needle shield sleeve being configured to interact with the power assembly to release the accumulated energy after the power assembly has been moved towards the proximal end.
US12329926B2
Disclosed herein is an insertion device for installation of a medical device comprising a transcutaneous element. The insertion device includes a device holder for holding the medical device. The insertion device also includes an installation surface configured to contact the medical device so as to deploy the transcutaneous element of the medical device. The insertion device also includes an elastic installation element configured to apply a force to the installation surface so as to bring the installation surface into contact with the medical device. The insertion device also includes a tensioner configured to adjust the force applied by the elastic installation element to the installation surface.
US12329923B2
A topical applicator of the propel/repel type includes an expandable reservoir with a port, an attachable applicator tip, and a metered dosing system. The reservoir can be a cylindrical housing with a movable elevator movable by a drive mechanism that is initially not engaged to allow filling of a flowable compound through the port, moving the elevator. An actuator, such as a rotating ring or pushbutton may engage the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism can include a one-way ratcheting feature. Metered doses can be dispensed through a hole or holes in the applicator tip by rotating a dosing knob or pushing a pushbutton causing the drive mechanism to advance the elevator. The drive mechanism and the action to dispense metered doses can be combined into a single motion. The drive mechanism can include detent positions that correspond to discrete doses, and can also provide audible and tactile feedback.
US12329922B2
A method of determining a pressure of a body cavity with a controller of a fluid management system includes determining a pressure and a volume of a cuff disposed about a collapsible bag, determining a volume of the collapsible bag based on the pressure and the volume of the cuff, and determining a pressure of the collapsible bag based on the volume of the collapsible bag. The method also includes calculating a fluid flow from the collapsible bag into a body cavity from the collapsible bag and determining a pressure of the body cavity based on the fluid flow.
US12329917B2
A catheter assembly and/or an introducer may include one or more features configured to guide a probe and/or a catheter distally through a septum. The catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter and the septum. The catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. In some embodiments, the septum may be disposed within the lumen. The septum may include a proximal surface that is tapered inwardly in a distal direction such that the proximal surface of the septum is configured to guide the probe and/or the catheter distally through the septum. The catheter assembly may be configured to receive an introducer, which may include an introducer element. A proximal end of the introducer element may include another proximal surface that is tapered inwardly in the distal direction such that the other proximal surface is configured to guide the probe or the catheter distally through the septum.
US12329910B2
A medical circuit incorporates a medical tube and a connector. The medical circuit transports gases to and/or from a patient via a patient interface. The connector has a plurality of rigid components at least partially surrounded by an overmold. The medical tube has a first elongate member and a second elongate member. The first elongate member is substantially hollow. A vent can be coupled to the first elongate members such that it maintains gaseous communication with the lumen. The vent may provide a pathway between the lumen and the atmosphere, such that gases may move into and/or out of the lumen during cleaning. The vent may also provide a barrier to liquid and/or substance ingress into the first elongate member during cleaning of the medical circuit. The medical circuit can be reusable.
US12329906B2
A respiratory treatment device includes a blower for providing flow of breathable gas to a patient and one or more accessory devices. The respiratory treatment device includes active power management to distribute power from a power source that does not have sufficient power to simultaneously power the blower and the accessory devices. The active power management prioritizes power to the blower and limits, based on current measurements of the blower and the accessory devices, the power supplied to the accessory devices to keep the sum of the power drawn at or below the capacity of the power supply. When additional power is available, due reduced power consumption of the blower, the power to one or more accessory devices is raised beyond a target in order to compensate for when power was not supplied to the one or more accessory devices.
US12329895B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site with negative pressure may comprise a manifold layer having a first surface configured to face the tissue site, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a thickness extending between the first surface and the second surface. The manifold layer may comprise a tissue portion and a bridge portion. The bridge portion may be coupled to the tissue portion and may comprise a distal end configured to be extended away from the tissue portion. The dressing may also comprise a flexible drape configured to form a sealed space including the manifold layer at the tissue site.
US12329892B2
System and methods for sensing fluid characteristics of peritoneal dialysate infused into and removed from a patient during treatment are provided. The systems and methods can use an optical sensor including a transmitter light source operable to emit light through a fluid flow path and an optical receiver operable to receive at least a portion of the light emitted by the transmitter light source.
US12329891B2
A medical fluid management assembly includes a pneumatic manifold, a pump engine, a valve engine, and a fluid manifold. The pneumatic manifold includes a plurality of pneumatic passageways and a plurality of pneumatic connectors. The pump engine includes a pump chamber and the valve engine includes a valve chamber. Each of the pump engine and valve engine includes a pneumatic connector mated sealingly and releaseably with one of the pneumatic connectors of the pneumatic manifold. Additionally, each of the pump engine and valve engine includes a fluid connector. The fluid manifold includes a plurality of fluid pathways and a plurality of fluid connectors mated sealingly and releaseably with the fluid connectors of the pump engine and the valve engine.
US12329890B2
Dialyzer systems can consolidate multiple technologies and functionalities of blood treatment systems in a significantly integrated fashion. For example, this disclosure describes dialyzer systems that include a magnetically driven and magnetically levitating pump rotor integrated into the dialyzer. Such a dialyzer can be used with treatment modules that include a magnetic field-generating pump drive unit. In some embodiments, the dialyzers include pressure sensor chambers with flexible membranes with which corresponding pressure transducers of the treatment modules can interface to detect arterial and/or venous pressures.
US12329888B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preparing dialyzate, wherein the apparatus has a first part and a second part that is configured as a circuit; wherein the first part comprises a water connection or a water container as well as the primary side of a filter; wherein the filter is configured to prepare purified water from the water through forward osmosis; and wherein the second part comprises the secondary side of the filter, a reservoir, a filtrate line that leads from the secondary side of the filter to the reservoir, and a line leading from the reservoir to the secondary side of the filter, with the reservoir being a container having means for connecting the container to a dialysis machine.
US12329885B2
A surgical tool with an elongated implement of enhanced stiffening character due to the use of a stiffening coating and/or a lumen of inconsistent diameter. The stiffening coating may be supplied by a deposition technique utilizing materials tailored to biocompatibility, stiffening and even to reducing glare. The lumen of inconsistent diameter may include a distal end taking up a minority of the lumen that is of a larger diameter than a proximal portion of substantially smaller diameter for increasing wall thickness and stiffening of the majority of the implement.
US12329881B2
A bioprosthetic valve for repairing a deep venous insufficiency in a subject includes a single leaflet from a xenogeneic heart valve attached at natural margins of attachment to a patch of valve wall tissue. The patch may extend axially above and below the leaflet and circumferentially on either side of the leaflet to provide a region for attaching the patch to a fenestration in a host vein. A bioprosthetic valve may be manufactured by excising a portion of a xenogeneic heart valve including a single leaflet and contiguous wall tissue, and may further comprise shaving off excess leaflet tissue from adjacent leaflets. A method of replacing a malfunctioning venous valve in a subject includes providing a bioprosthetic valve as described above and inserting it to the host vein.
US12329875B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device having a housing that includes a major side portion having a curved major surface and an inside major surface, the major side portion comprises a first section and a second section each having different opacities. An aspect of the present disclosure is that the housing is not powder coated, or painted. The electronic device can have a display comprising an array of display elements surface mounted on a rigid printed circuit board such that the array of display elements are planar, a display element from the array of display elements is aligned with the second section such that light is transmitted through the second section and projected onto the curved major surface.
US12329870B2
Mobile decontamination systems and microwave assisted decontamination methods for decontaminating a variety of contaminated surfaces disposed external to the system. The systems and methods include treating the surfaces with benign chemical formulations followed by exposing to microwave irradiation for short periods of time to achieve at least 6-log reduction in biological contaminants including viruses and spores of B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, and P. roqueforti. The formulations include a percarbonate and surfactant in water.
US12329865B2
This document describes self-sanitizing systems that sanitize the cabins of vehicles. In one aspect, a method includes initiating a sanitizing cycle for sanitizing one or more surfaces of one or more components of a vehicle cabin. During the sanitizing cycle, one or more UV light sources are activated, and at least one of a shape, a position, or orientation of the surface is adjusted with respect to the one or more UV light sources. The sanitizing cycle is terminated.
US12329858B2
Disclosed are combination therapy methods useful for the therapeutic treatment of cancer by combining local administration of compositions containing antineoplastic particles, such as taxane particles, with systemic administration of compositions containing immunotherapeutic agents. Local administration methods include topical application, pulmonary administration, intratumoral injection, intraperitoneal injection, and intracystic injection.
US12329856B2
The present invention refers to hyaluronic acid crosslinked with polyglycerol polyglycidyl ether containing local anesthetic agents, to a process for its preparation and its use in therapy, cosmetics and as a carrier.
US12329853B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of ocular diseases in a human subject. In particular, the invention relates to an intracameral administration of a sustained release biodegradable intracameral implant.
US12329849B2
A method for dyeing keratinous material, such as human hair, may include applying a first agent to the keratinous material. The first agent may include at least one organosilicon compound from the group of silanes having one, two, or three silicon atoms, and at least one dyeing compound from the group of pigments and/or direct dyes. The method may further include applying a second agent to the keratinous material. The second agent may include at least one film-forming polymer. The method may also include applying a third agent to the keratinous material where the third agent may include a hydroxyamine-functionalized silicone polymer having the INCI name “Bis-Diisopropanolamino-PG-Propyl Disiloxane/Bis-Vinyl Dimethicone Copolymer”. At least one of the first and/or the second agents may include at least one dyeing compound from the group consisting of pigments and/or direct dyes.
US12329844B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising, in an aqueous phase at least one anionic surfactant; at least one amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant; at least one alkyl(poly)glycoside nonionic surfactant; at least one polymer chosen from cationic polymers of cationic cellulose, cationic alkyldiallylamine or dialkyldiallylammonium cyclopolymer, amphoteric polymers which comprising one or more units derived from a monomer of (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide type, a monomer of (meth)acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium type, or a monomer of (meth)acrylic type, or a mixture thereof; and at least one fatty acid ester of glycerol and/or of polyglycerol.
US12329842B2
Polymer combinations may be incorporated in a hydroalcoholic solution to improve fragrance longevity. The polymer combination may include at least one plant-based hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, a third cosmetically acceptable sensory polymer, and a fragrance oil in hydroalcoholic solution having prolonged fragrance intensity. The tri-polymer combination may synergistically create a film mesh on the surface of the skin that locks in the fragrance ingredients. The combination may provide an unexpected film forming property with the fragrance oil in hydroalcoholic solution, thereby providing a thin film matrix and adhesive power for the fragrance ingredients to attach/remain on the skin.
US12329838B1
A tunable hair dye composition that includes at least two photochoromic dyes, each activatable by activating electromagnetic radiation and deactivatable by deactivating electromagnetic radiation. The composition can be applied to a target skin or hair surface and, when activated, impart a temporary color change to the skin or hair. Prior to activation, the photochromic dye is generally colorless. The intensity or shade of a color imparted by a photochromic dye can be tuned by adjusting the fluence of the activating and/or deactivating electromagnetic radiation. Thus, a wide variety of different hair colors can be obtained from a single hair dye composition containing specific combinations of photochromic dyes.
US12329829B2
The present invention relates to a kit for radiolabelling a targeting agent with gallium-68. The present invention also relates to the use of said kit for radiolabelling a targeting agent, a method for radiolabelling a targeting agent with gallium-68 using said kit, said kit and a method of preparation.
US12329825B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload promotes the expression or activity of a functional dystrophin protein. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide, e.g., an oligonucleotide that causes exon skipping in a mRNA expressed from a mutant DMD allele.
US12329824B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload promotes the expression or activity of a functional dystrophin protein. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide, e.g., an oligonucleotide that causes exon skipping in a mRNA expressed from a mutant DMD allele.
US12329821B2
The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (X): or an enantiomer, diastereomer, or stereoisomer thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of BTK through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to BTK which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by BTK.
US12329805B2
Provided are dosage forms of one or more tissue kallikrein-1 (KLK1) polypeptides which have a total KLK1 polypeptide dosage of about 0.1 μg/kg to about 10.0 μg/kg, including subcutaneous and intravenous dosage forms. Also provided are related devices and methods of use thereof, for example, for treating ischemic and hemorrhagic conditions.
US12329800B2
The present invention relates to an annexin-coated particle, comprising a negatively charged phospholipid and an annexin non-covalently coupled thereto. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising an annexin-coated particle. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a product for use in a method of preventing or treating a disease selected from a chronic inflammatory disease, an autoimmune disease, an allergy, and a cancer, said product comprising an annexin-coated particle, and/or a composition. The present invention further relates to a method of preparing an annexin-coated particle.
US12329797B2
A method for improving health conditions of mammals or livestock by feeding, to the mammals or livestock, a licorice extract including: (A) glycyrrhizic acid, a glycyrrhizic acid derivative, glycyrrhetinic acid, and/or a glycyrrhetinic acid derivative; (B) licorice saponins other than (A); and (C) licorice flavonoids; (B) including at least a licorice saponin H2, a licorice saponin G2, and macedonoside A, (C) including at least liquiritin apioside, isoliquiritin apioside, and isoliquiritin, where feeding is of 0.017 g/day/head or more of the licorice saponin H2, 0.002 g/day/head or more of the licorice saponin G2, and 0.002 g/day/head or more of the macedonoside A, 0.001 g/day/head or more of the liquiritin apioside, 0.001 g/day/head or more of the isoliquiritin apioside, and 0.001 g/day/head or more of the isoliquiritin.
US12329796B2
The present invention relates to a composition for prevention, alleviation, or treatment of obesity.
US12329791B2
An isolated strain of bacteria Bifidobacterium breve (B632) DSM 24706 and related mixtures, compositions and methods for treatment of a disorder or an ailment or a disease of the respiratory airways including asthma and dyspnoea are described. The composition comprising the mixture includes at least one physiologically and/or pharmacologically acceptable additive and/or technological excipient. The isolated strain mixture and composition can be administered to paediatric subjects having a disorder or an ailment or a disease of the respiratory airways.
US12329789B2
The present invention falls within the technical field of aquaculture, and specifically, the invention relates to a specific solution for preventing and treating bacterial diseases using a Lactococcus lactis lactic acid bacterium transformed to produce an interferon type II (IFN II) immunostimulating cytokine, particularly interferon gamma (IFNg or IFNγ). Said transformed bacterium has been deposited in the Chilean Microbial Genetic Resources Collection at INIA with accession number RGM 2416 dated 22 Oct. 2017. The invention is also related to an immunostimulating food for aquaculture species comprising the lactic acid bacterium transformed with IFN type II from salmonidae. Moreover, the invention relates to the method for preparing said probiotic food, the method for preparing said lactic acid bacterium expressing IFNg, in other words which produces a cytokine that stimulates the antibacterial immune response.
US12329787B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, kits, and devices for the treatment of skin diseases. Also provided herein are isolated and purified bacteria, excipients, carriers, dosage forms and routes of administration for such bacteria. Furthermore, provided herein are isolated and purified mixtures of bacteria, excipients, carriers, dosage forms and routes of administration for such mixtures. Also provided herein are conditions for treatment with bacteria and bacterial mixtures.
US12329778B2
The invention relates to particles of a mixture of iron(III)-oxyhydroxide, sucrose and one or more starches, preferably of sucroferric oxyhydroxide having a certain particle size distribution, a process for the manufacture thereof, the pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, in particular compressed tablets.
US12329771B2
The methods and assays described herein relate to detection, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer, e.g., by detecting the level of expression of certain miRNAs described herein and/or by therapeutically increasing the level of those miRNAs.
US12329770B2
This disclosure relates to certain N4-hydroxycytidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections, such as Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (EEE, WEE and VEE, respectively), Chikungunya fever (CHIK), Ebola, Influenza, RSV, and Zika virus infection with the disclosed compounds.
US12329761B2
Disclosed are methods of treating patients with AD using a rho kinase inhibitor. A preferred rho kinase inhibitor used according to the invention is fasudil, which is typically administered orally in a total daily dose of 70-140 mg. A preferred dosing regimen involves administering the daily dose in three equal portions throughout the day. Preferred methods continue for more than one month and typically at least 2 or 3 months. Some preferred methods do not treat mild cognitive impairment and patients have and MMSE score of ≤23 and/or a CDR-SOB score of ≥4.5.
US12329757B2
The present invention features compositions including sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods for the treatment of BH4-related disorders. In some embodiments, these compositions and methods result in an increase in plasma, CSF, and/or brain exposure of sepiapterin.
US12329747B2
Disclosed is method for converting a beta-lactam antibiotic into a “masked” beta-lactam antibiotic to permit it to cross the waxy cuticle of a plant and then subsequently unmasking the beta-lactam and converting it into an active beta-lactam antibiotic in the plant phloem. The method permits the use of beta-lactam antibiotics to be used to treat a variety of plant bacterial infections that was not previously possible because the native beta-lactam antibiotics cannot cross the waxy cuticle of plants. In one embodiment the disclosure finds special use in the treatment of bacterial infection of citrus plants with Huanglongbing disease.
US12329734B2
Compositions for inducing and maintaining a state of flow in a subject include optically pure S-beta-hydroxybutyrate or non-racemic mixtures enriched with the S-enantiomer. The S-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer modulates the effect of ketone bodies in the subject and controls the rate at which ketosis is achieved. Beta-hydroxybutyric acid is more rapidly absorbed and utilized by the body than salts or esters, enhances taste, and reduces the need to include citric acid or other edible acids. Beta-hydroxybutyrate salts are more slowly absorbed and utilized by the body and can provide one or more electrolytes. Compositions for controlling ketone body level in a subject may contain a dietetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and optically pure S-beta-hydroxybutyrate or non-racemic mixture enriched with S-beta-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the compositions contain from about 50.5% to 100% by enantiomeric equivalents of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate and from about 49.5% to 0% by enantiomeric equivalents of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate.
US12329732B2
A method for administration of citrulline for the treatment of sickle cell disease and other complications of sickle cell disease thereof.
US12329724B2
The present invention regards a multicomponent composition comprising L-tryptophan, resveratrol, a Crocus sativus extract and, optionally, magnesium. The present invention also regards said composition for use in a method for the therapeutic or non-therapeutic treatment of menstrual cycle disorders.
US12329721B1
A system for aseptically transferring a liquid substance comprises a sterilized vial filled with the liquid substance and sealed with a sterilized septum; a sterilized fluidic assembly including a piercing member including therein first and second channels and having a tip end that operably punctures the sterilized septum, the first and second channels having first and second channel openings at the tip end; a manual air pump; an inlet line fluidically connects the manual air pump to the first channel of the piercing member; and an outlet line fluidically connected to the second channel of the piercing member at one end and hermetically sealed at the other end; and a sterilized pouch enclosing and hermetically sealing the sterilized vial and the piercing member and operably allowing the piercing member to puncture the sterilized septum when the piercing member is manually pushed from the exterior of the sterilized pouch.
US12329717B2
A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.
US12329716B2
The present invention provides, among other things, apparatus and methods of use for treating a subject in need of assistance with breathing. In some embodiments the subject suffers from airflow obstruction. In some embodiments, the subject suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US12329714B2
A mechanical CPR device having one or more of a piston, a driving component configured to extend the piston toward a patient's torso and retract the piston away from the patient's torso, a controller configured to control the driving component to at least compress the patient's torso by extending the piston from a reference position to a depth and retracting the piston from the depth to the reference position, and a contact member such as one or more of a pressure pad and a suction cup attached to the end of the piston. The contact member can include a semi-adhesive material that has low adhesiveness when the controller controls the driving component to compress the patient's torso less than 60 times per minute and high adhesiveness when the controller controls the driving component to compress the patient's torso more than 60 times per minute.
US12329712B2
A handheld focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (f-ESWT) device includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a power supply circuit, and a plurality of driver circuits. The piezoelectric elements are each configured to generate an individual shock wave. The power supply circuit is configured to output a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage. The first DC voltage greater than the second DC voltage. The driver circuits are each operably connected to the first DC voltage, the second DC voltage, and to a corresponding piezoelectric element of the plurality of piezoelectric elements. Each driver circuit includes a switching element electronically configurable in an open state and in a closed state. When the switching element is in the open state, the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage are applied to the corresponding piezoelectric element to pre-charge the corresponding piezoelectric element with a DC pre-charge voltage having a first polarity.
US12329709B1
A male sexual stimulation device includes a first stimulation member, a second stimulation member and a driving assembly. The first stimulation member includes a first stimulation portion and a second stimulation portion which are opposite to each other, wherein a first chamber is defined between the first and second stimulation portions. The second stimulation member defines a second chamber therein, and the first and second chambers communicate with each other and cooperatively form an accommodating chamber for receiving a male genitalia therein. The driving assembly includes a first swinging arm and a driving source configured for driving the first swinging arm to swing. One end of the first swinging arm extends into the first stimulation portion, making the first stimulation portion be swingable relative the second stimulation portion to stimulate the male genitalia received in the accommodating space.
US12329700B2
A patient support includes a mattress with an inflatable bladder, where the inflatable bladder has a cavity and an upper bladder wall forming an outwardly facing side for facing and supporting the patient on the patient mattress and forming an inwardly facing side facing into the cavity. The patient support further includes a light transmitter operable to emit light through the cavity to impinge on the inwardly facing side of the upper bladder wall and a light receiver operable to detect a reflection of the light off the inwardly facing side of the bladder wall, with the light receiver generating a signal responsive to detecting the reflection. A controller is in communication with the light transmitter and is operable to determine immersion of a patient into the mattress based on the signal from the light receiver.
US12329691B2
An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids.
US12329687B1
An eye mask is provided in the present disclosure. The eye mask includes a first wrapping layer, a first flexible rebound layer, and a flexible support layer. The first wrapping layer includes an inner sheet and an outer sheet. A first accommodating cavity is defined between the inner sheet and the outer sheet. The first flexible rebound layer is received in the first accommodating cavity and attached to the inner sheet. The flexible support layer is received in the first accommodating cavity, attached to the first flexible rebound layer, and connected to the outer sheet. A rebound speed of the flexible support layer is faster than a rebound speed of the first flexible rebound layer.
US12329681B2
A handpiece for ocular surgery that includes a handle having at least inlets for irrigation and aspiration; a sleeve extending distally from a first end of the handle, wherein the sleeve comprises a bore extending a length of the sleeve along a central axis of the sleeve, and includes at least one port suitable to deliver irrigation from the irrigation inlet substantially distal from the first end of the handle; the aspiration being provided between an aspiration inlet and a distal bore port; a motor coupled with a second end of the handle and having a shaft; and an auger associated with the shaft, and extending at least partially through an interior portion of the handle between the second and the first ends and extending along the length of the sleeve, wherein a tip of the auger distal to the shaft is advanced by actuation of the motor.
US12329675B1
A urine collection device comprises a primary collection element shaped to surround a stoma formed in a person's abdomen, an outlet opening in the primary collection element, a drain tube connected to the outlet opening and extending distally from the primary collection element, an anti-backflow device positioned at the outlet opening of the primary collection element or within the primary collection element, the anti-backflow device restricting urine from backflowing from the drain tube into the primary collection element, and a secondary collection element connected to the distal end of the drain tube to collect the urine draining from the drain tube, wherein the secondary collection element is configured for coupling to the person at a location spaced apart from the primary collection element.
US12329674B2
An ostomy pouch or wound bag includes a fluid tight collecting bag for containing bodily fluid or waste matter. The collecting bag includes an opening for receiving bodily fluid or waste matter. A flexible material cover is provided that at least partially covers the collecting bag. The cover comprises a front part arranged on a first side of the collecting bag that in use faces forward away from the wearer. The front part of the cover includes a first panel section having a viewing window through which the opening is visible and a cover panel section that is reconfigurable between a closed configuration in which at least part of the cover panel section covers and obscures the viewing window and the opening is obscured, and an open configuration in which the viewing window is uncovered and the stoma opening is at least partially visible.
US12329671B2
A posture correction brace is disclosed. The brace includes a first member for supporting the back portion of the user, a pair of second members, a third member and a fourth elastic member. The pair of second members extend from the superior side of the first member and extend over the shoulders of the user. The third member extends laterally from the inferior side of the first member and surround the waist portion of the user. The fourth elastic member is connected between the pair of second members at the anterior side in a horizontal direction or between the pair of second members and the third member at the anterior side of the user in a vertical direction. The fourth elastic member is configured to offer resistance to at least one of staying erect or stretching the chest for keeping the shoulder broad.
US12329668B2
One or more medical devices may be provided that may be used, for example, in bariatric surgery including a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Occlusion devices can be integrated with a catheter or tube to occlude one or more proximal or distal landmarks of a stomach and a stapling guide may be used to occlude a lateral boundary of the stomach to define a cavity. A volume of the potential resultant sleeve may be determined by inserting fluid or gas into the catheter or tube, measuring pressure, and calculating the volume of the cavity.
US12329658B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for graft delivery with accurate dispensing. For example, a device for delivering graft material to a target site includes an actuation mechanism and a tube. The tube defines a lumen and an open end and is configured to receive graft material through the open end. The tube includes a pressure relief opening and a dosage window. The pressure relief opening is disposed in a wall of the tube, defining a pressure chamber between the open end and the pressure relief opening. The device further includes a plunger positioned within the lumen of the tube and coupled to the actuation mechanism such that at least a portion of the plunger (or the actuation mechanism) is visible through the dosage window. The actuation mechanism is configured to advance the plunger toward the open end to deliver graft material through the open end.
US12329649B2
This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implants disclosed herein include augment geometries that may approximate a surface contour or bone void along a surgical site and include patterns of peripheral apertures that may be utilized for improved fixation of the implants at the surgical site.
US12329642B2
A tissue anchor for securing an implantable device to tissue such as soft tissue. The anchor includes a tissue-engaging portion having a tissue-engaging configuration which enhances, improves, increases, etc., the engagement, grasp, purchase, etc. of the anchor with the body tissue in which the anchor is implanted. In some embodiments, the tissue-engaging portion cinches or pinches or compresses tissue between sections of the tissue-engaging portion to grab onto or otherwise engage tissue. In some embodiments, a section of the tissue-engaging portion expands or otherwise extends away from the other portions of the anchor to increase engagement of the anchor with the tissue. In some embodiments, a section of the tissue-engaging portion may flare outwardly to drive further into tissue in a direction transverse to other portions of the anchor.
US12329633B2
An intraocular lens (IOL) injectors and associated methods are described. The IOL injectors may include a collapsible portion configured to reduce the length of the IOL injector when the collapsible portion is altered from an uncollapsed configuration to a collapsed configuration. In some instances, an IOL may be advanced from a storage location to a dwell location when the collapsible portion is altered from the uncollapsed configuration to the collapsed configuration. The IOL injectors may also include a combination push and screw drive.
US12329629B2
An implant is produced by fabricating first and second layers. The first layer of repeated and truncated building units is fused together to define pores. The second layer of repeated and truncated building units are fused together to define pores and fused onto the first layer of truncated building units. The first and the second layers form at least part of a porous portion of the implant. The formed porous portion is attached onto a base portion of an implant. The truncated building units of each of the first and the second layers are in the form of spatially overlapping three-dimensional shapes.
US12329625B2
An incontinence clamp is provided. The incontinence clamp includes an upper clamp arm and a lower clamp arm. Each of the upper and lower clamp arms include a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces face each other. A hinge pivotally connects the first ends of the upper and lower clamp arms together. An upper guide is coupled to the inner surface of the upper clamp arm and a lower guide is coupled to the inner surface of the lower clamp arm. A connector releasably connects the second ends of the upper clamp arm and the lower clamp arm together.
US12329620B2
A disposable diaper in which an absorbent body (7) is provided on a crotch part of a pants-shaped exterior member (2), wherein the absorbent body (7) is adhered to a skin-facing side of the exterior member (2) at a first adhering region (14), an inner sheet (5) and an outer sheet (6) of the exterior member (2) are adhered to each other at a second adhering region (16), the second adhering region (16) includes a second middle adhering region (16M) provided at the crotch part, a second front adhering region (16F) located anterior thereto and a second rear adhering region (16B) located posterior thereto, the second front adhering region (16F) and/or the second rear adhering region (16B) is provided intermittently from one side edge to the other side edge, with respect to the width direction, of the absorbent body (7), and a second front non-adhering region (17F) and/or a second rear non-adhering region (17B) is formed at a portion which the absorbent body (7) is overlapped with and is provided so as to overlap with one side edge and the other side edge, with respect to the width direction, of the first adhering region (14).
US12329617B2
In one example, a sensor system of a patient monitoring system includes a voiding sensor that includes an electrical circuit configured to be transitioned from a first impedance state to a second impedance state in response to a voiding event in an absorbent region of an absorbent article worn by a patient. The sensor system also includes one or more processors configured to: determine, based on whether the impedance state of the electrical circuit is open or closed, that the voiding event has occurred; and generate, based at least in part on the occurrence of the voiding event, patient status data of the patient. The sensor system also includes a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit, via a relay module, the patient status data to a remote monitoring device that is distinct from the relay module.
US12329612B2
A foam earplug for reception at least partially within the ear canal and including a body portion formed of resilient foam plastic material having a multiple open cell structure and having a size and shape for at least partial reception within the ear canal. A transdermal material having a particular beneficial action, and with an outer layer of the foam earplug infused with the transdermal material so that the benefits of the transdermal material is in transdermal contact with the ear canal. One example is a humectant material and, specifically, a moisturizer/lubricating material, for providing an increase to the lubrication and moisturizing in the ear canal. A second example is where the beneficial action is provided by systemic distribution such as a sleep aid, i.e., Melatonin, so that when the earplugs are worn during sleep, the earplugs will provide a sleep aid to the wearer.
US12329609B2
Embodiments of the invention can accommodate multiple variations and goals of impressions, including but not limited to dental and orthodontic models. To adapt embodiments of the invention for multiple purposes, and to standardize the process, embodiments include a housing that allows for impressions to be suspended and/or sealed in the housing so that modelling material can pour up the impression, form a model base or some other type of design, and/or articulate the models if desired, without the need for or with reduced need for trimming and substantial reduction of time and use of modelling material (hereafter “MM”) like gypsum, stone, plaster, resin, etc. Embodiments allow models to be created and formed and articulated if desired. Professionals may pour up impressions, form base models, and, optionally, articulate models, allowing less waste, material, and use of time than traditional and current methods.
US12329599B2
Methods for detecting missing or ectopic teeth. At least one tooth that is missing or ectopic may be detected in a dental arch by determining that a gap between adjacent teeth of a digital model of the dental arch exceeds a gap threshold. At least one tooth of the dental arch may be determined to be ectopic by performing an ectopic analysis of a region of the digital model of the dental arch above or below the gap. Anatomical identifiers may be assigned to the teeth of the digital model of the dental arch to account for the at least one tooth that is missing or ectopic. An orthodontic treatment plan to reposition one or more teeth of the dental arch using the assigned anatomical identifiers of the teeth of the digital model of the dental arch may be created.
US12329598B2
A method of planning an orthodontic treatment for a patient may include receiving a digital representation of the patient's dentition in an initial arrangement, determining a first geometry for an upper shell of an orthodontic appliance. The first geometry may include a first plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive an upper jaw of the patient's dentition and an upper cutout disposed along an upper gingival edge of the upper shell. The method may also include determining a location of an upper elastic band receiving member. The location of the upper elastic band receiving member may correspond to a position of the upper cutout. The location of the upper elastic band receiving member may be determined so as to generate a tooth repositioning force to facilitate repositioning of the patient's dentition when an elastic band is secured to the upper elastic band receiving member.
US12329586B2
An electrosurgical instrument includes a light source, a first conductor, a second conductor, an insulation material positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a light pipe that carries light from the light source to the insulation material.
US12329577B2
An ultrasound system includes a processor and an ultrasound transducer array. The processor receives a first ultrasound image and a second ultrasound (1320) image from the transducer array. The first and second ultrasound images may be perpendicular to one another. The processor generates a score associated with the first ultrasound image and compares the score to a threshold score. Based on the score not satisfying the threshold score, the processor then determines a new imaging plane and directs the transducer array to obtain a third ultrasound image (1410) according to the new imaging plane. The third ultrasound image may also be perpendicular to the second ultrasound image. The processor circuit then displays the third ultrasound image and the second ultrasound image. The processor circuit also identifies an angle corresponding to the new imaging plane and displays an indicator (1342) overlaid over the second ultrasound image identifying the new imaging plane of the third ultrasound image.
US12329568B2
A system and method are presented for treating targeted tissue using cryoablation. A linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) device is positioned adjacent the targeted tissue and is used to guide a percutaneously inserted cryoprobe into the targeted tissue. The EBUS device is partially rotated in order to create multiple image slices that are combined together. To overcome the acoustic shadow created by the ice ball, a 3D model is created of the ice ball based on the locations identified on visible portion of the ice ball's peripheral surface. These locations are mirrored across an axis defined for the cryoprobe to define an approximate location for the hidden, non-visible periphery. This model is then displayed along with the location of the targeted tissue and an indication of the killing zone of the ice ball defined by a selected isotherm.
US12329564B2
An electronic device includes a housing with a handle formed on one part of the housing, a display, a sound collecting part, and a controller. A handle is formed on one part of the housing and the display is positioned on another part of the housing and placed on one surface side of the housing. The sound collecting part is positioned on the housing on another surface side of the housing. The controller is configured to input first auscultation sound data obtained through the sound collecting part into a first AI model. The device obtains an abnormality analysis result corresponding to the first auscultation sound data and provides the abnormality analysis result through the display.
US12329562B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method for determining parameters related to a medical operation. The method includes obtaining optical image information of a target object, determining target part information of the target object, and determining the parameters related to the medical operation at least based on the optical image information and the target part information.
US12329558B2
An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, an X-ray image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image, a target distribution learning identification unit for outputting distribution of a target appearing in an X-ray image using a learning model, an image quality improvement processing unit, and a display unit. The image quality improvement processing unit is configured to switch, using a learning identification result by a target distribution learning identification unit, between a first image processing mode for performing image quality improvement processing on an X-ray image and a second image processing mode for performing image quality improvement processing on the X-ray image without using the learning identification result.
US12329545B2
According to the present invention, a filtering apparatus includes an FIR filter that has multipliers arranged to multiply input digital data having their respective different input time points by respective variable tap coefficients. The variable tap coefficients are each switched from a first tap coefficient to a second tap coefficient sequentially for the input digital data from later to earlier input time points. The first tap coefficient is arranged to cause the FIR filter to serve as a low-pass filter with the cut-off frequency set at a first frequency. The second tap coefficient is arranged to cause the FIR filter to serve as a low-pass filter with the cut-off frequency set at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
US12329544B2
A system and a method include an implantable medical device (IMD) having one or more inputs configured to receive one or more sensed signals from one or more electrodes. A plurality of filters are configured to filter the one or more sensed signals and output a plurality of filtered signals. Memory is configured to store program instructions. A processor, when executing the program instructions, is configured to receive the plurality of filtered signals, and analyze the plurality of filtered signals to determine a desired one of the plurality of filters.
US12329541B2
This application relates to a breast implant and an apparatus for sensing an abnormality of the breast implant. In one aspect, the breast implant includes a shell including an injection hole and forming an outer cover of the breast implant and a filler of a gel state injected into the shell through the injection hole. The breast implant may also include a first patch configured to seal the injection hole, the first patch including a first sensor module. The breast implant may further include a second patch configured to be attached on at least one of a second position facing the first position and a third position to which a pressure due to a gravity is applied when the breast implant is inserted in a breast and a body is kept upright without an external pressure applied, the second patch including a second sensor module.
US12329535B2
A measuring system for measuring an object, the measuring system comprising a capture device comprising a set of illumination elements for illuminating the object and a set of cameras for capturing an image of the object, and a controlling and processing unit. The controlling and processing unit comprises at least a data acquisition functionality which is configured to provide surface data by activating at least a part of the set of illumination elements for illuminating the object with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected at the object by means of at least a part of the set of cameras.
US12329530B2
A device for monitoring the health state is made in a chip including a semiconductor die integrating an electric potential sensor and a cardiac parameter determination unit. The potential sensor is configured to detect potential variations on the body of a living being and associated with a heart rhythm and to generate a cardiac signal. The cardiac parameter determination unit is configured to receive the cardiac signal and determine cardiac parameters indicative of a health state. In particular, the cardiac parameter determination unit is configured to detect triggering events and to determine features of the cardiac signal in time windows defined by the triggering events. The die also integrates a decision unit, configured to receive the cardiac parameters and generate a health signal based on a comparison with threshold values. The cardiac parameters include heart rate and QRS-complex.
US12329526B2
Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.
US12329525B2
A therapeutic training device configured to be worn on the face of a therapist and capable of displaying media content to a patient with ASD, wherein a level of the displayed media content may be adjusted to permit the patient to see the eyes of the therapist through the media content.
US12329521B2
A ring of detecting physiological information of a user includes a case and a detection assembly. The case has an inner space including an annular region and a sunken region. The sunken region has a first lateral side, a lower bottom and a second lateral side. The first lateral side and the second lateral side are located on two sides of the sunken region and respectively connected with two sides of the annular region. The annular region covers a back of the user's finger. The lower bottom of the sunken region contacts against a finger pulp of the user's finger. The first lateral side and the second lateral side respectively contact against lateral sides of the finger. The detection assembly is disposed inside the case and includes a first detection module and a second detection module respectively located on the first lateral side and the second lateral side.
US12329520B2
Blood glucose level measurement includes a light source configured to irradiate light to a subject; a monochrome part configured to separate wavelength components of the light that is reflected and scattered from the subject; a light receiver configured to receive the light transmitted via the monochrome part and to generate electrical signals based on the received light; and a processor configured to extract information on the blood glucose level of the subject based on a frequency shift of the light due to the Raman effect.
US12329518B2
An auditory ability test device based on optical coherence tomography of the present disclosure includes: a main console including a light source, a light classifier to classify light emitted from the light source into reference light and measurement light, a coherence signal collector to perform conversion into data from a signal by coherence of reference reflected light and measurement reflected light corresponding to reflection of the reference light and the measurement light respectively, and a calculator to calculate a 3-dimensional structure of a hearing organ and measure an auditory ability according to the data; a reference end to receive the reference light through an optical fiber connected to the light classifier and transmit the reference reflected light generated through a reflector to the main console; and a measurement end to receive the measurement light at one end through an optical fiber connected to the light classifier and generate a sound inside, the measurement end being inserted into the hearing organ through a speculum coupled to the other end to emit the sound and the measurement light and transmit the measurement reflected light reflected from the hearing organ to the main console.
US12329492B2
The present invention relates to a test device for body fluid analysis. The device according to the present invention comprises: a first assembly having a magnifying lens for magnifying and observing a target body fluid; a second assembly configured to be assembled to the first assembly and having a lens transmission hole for condensing light; and an observation sheet for receiving the target body fluid between the first assembly and the second assembly, wherein the observation sheet includes a body portion disposed inside the first assembly and the second assembly, and a handle portion extending from the body portion. According to the present invention, by providing a test device for body fluid analysis that can be easily carried and conveniently used by a user, the user can directly perform a body fluid test at a desired place and time, and immediately confirm an analysis result of the body fluid through a user terminal.
US12329480B2
A surgical robotic system may comprise a manipulator assembly including a manipulator arm having a distal portion. The surgical robotic system may also comprise a registration device mounted to a surgical table. The table mounted registration device includes a registration element shaped to contact with the distal portion of the manipulator arm by receiving the distal portion of the manipulator arm to define a spatial relationship between the manipulator assembly and the table mounted registration device. The distal portion of the manipulator arm moves in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The plurality of degrees of freedom is reduced by the table mounted registration device when the table mounted registration device is in contact with the distal portion of the manipulator arm. The surgical robotic system may also comprise a control system that determines the spatial relationship between the manipulator assembly and the table mounted registration device.
US12329478B2
A system and method of breakaway clutching in a device includes a plurality of links coupled by a plurality of joints, a brake coupled to brake a first joint of the plurality of joints, and a control unit operatively coupled to the brake. The control unit includes one or more processors. The control unit switches the first joint from a first state of the first joint to a second state of the first joint in response to a determination that an external stimulus applied to the plurality of links or the plurality of joints meets at least a first criterion and switches the first joint from the second state to the first state in response to a speed associated with the first joint meeting at least a second criterion. The control unit causes more braking with the first brake in the first state than in the second state.
US12329471B2
A surgical robotic system includes: a surgical table; a plurality of movable carts being oriented toward the surgical table, each of which includes a robotic arm, and an alignment unit configured to determine an orientation of the movable cart and the robotic arm relative to the surgical table; and a computer coupled to each of the plurality of movable carts and configured to calculate a yaw angle for each of the plurality of movable carts.
US12329470B2
Systems and methods for automated docking include a linkage, a docking arm located near a distal end of the linkage, a docking support mechanism, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to detect a docking port using the docking support mechanism and actuate the linkage based on the detection to align the docking arm with the docking port, move the docking arm toward the docking port, and dock the docking arm to the docking port. In some embodiments, to actuate the linkage based on the detection, the one or more processors are configured to align the docking arm with an alignment point of the docking port, align an alignment axis of the docking arm with an alignment axis of the docking port, rotationally align the docking arm with the docking port, and reduce a relative distance between the docking arm and the docking port.
US12329467B2
A method for downloading data from a surgical hub to a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method comprises assembling a first shaft assembly to a handle and downloading a first set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the first shaft assembly is attached to the handle. The method further comprises assembling a second shaft assembly to the handle and downloading a second set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the second shaft assembly is attached to the handle, wherein the second set of operational data is different than the first set of operational data.
US12329446B2
Surgical systems and methods for administering an ablation treatment and other therapeutic or diagnostic protocols to a patient tissue involve a flexible stabilizer mechanism having an inner recess and an ablation mechanism coupled with the stabilizer mechanism.
US12329444B2
The present disclosure provides a tissue imaging method, including: inserting an electronic probe into a lesion area of a patient and ablating tissue of the lesion area; capturing a first image including the lesion area by using an imaging apparatus; vibrating the electronic probe to generate displacement of at least a portion of the tissue of the lesion area, and capturing a second image including the lesion area by using the imaging apparatus; generating a correlation image according to a correlation between the first image and the second image; and computing an ablation boundary according to the correlation image.
US12329424B2
A surgical instrument comprises a first member including a drive engageable with a first mating surface of a bone fastener. A second member is rotatable relative to the first member and includes an element engageable with a second mating surface of the bone fastener. An actuator is connected with the second member and includes visual indicia of engagement of the element with the second mating surface. Systems, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US12329418B2
A surgical instrument includes a driver shaft couplable to a cannulated pedicle screw. The driver shaft having a through bore for conveying a surgical guide wire through the cannulated pedicle screw. The surgical instrument also includes a wire positioning assembly having a positional adjustment mechanism for adjusting an axial position of the surgical guide wire with respect to the cannulated pedicle screw and a locking mechanism for locking the axial position of the surgical guide wire. Additionally, the surgical instrument includes a driver actuator coupled to the driver shaft. The driver actuator is operable to rotate the driver shaft to drive rotation of the cannulated pedicle screw.
US12329406B2
A thrombectomy system comprising an aspiration catheter having an aspiration lumen and a high pressure irrigation lumen, the aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal, and a control box fluidly connected to the aspiration catheter and configured to synchronously provide irrigation and vacuum through the aspiration catheter.
US12329403B2
Provided herein is a mechanism to controllably move a wire within a flexible tubular member, the wire including opposed wire ends extending outwardly of a proximal end of the flexible tubular member, comprising a drive mechanism and a coupling located between the drive mechanism and the wire end, wherein movement of the coupling in the direction of the wire end results in opposed motion of the wire end.
US12329394B2
The invention relates to a set for the endoscopic fixation of an implant by means of a nail or pin. It comprises the following: an applicator sheath insertable through an endoscope into an intervertebral disk and through which an implant is insertable into an intervertebral disk defect; a drill wire guide sheath sized to be insertable into the applicator sheath; and a pusher for imparting blows during the fixation of an implant in the intervertebral disk by means of a nail or pin, wherein the pusher being sized to be insertable into the applicator sheath. In addition, the set may comprise an implant and or at least one nail or pin.
US12329373B2
A surgical method can include passing at least two adjustable loops of a flexible construct through at least the first tissue to extend from an outer surface of the first tissue opposite a tissue engaging surface facing the second tissue, and attaching the two adjustable loops to a first selected area of the second tissue. The method can further include positioning an elongated locking member within the two adjustable loops such that the locking member extends between the two adjustable loops adjacent the outer surface, engaging the locking member with the outer surface by drawing the two adjustable loops towards the outer surface, and compressing the first tissue between the locking member and the second tissue by tensioning the two adjustable loops. Related tissue fixation devices are also provided.
US12329372B2
A bone anchor element/inserter/system for inserting into a bone and/or fixing tissue to the bone. The bone anchor element has a proximal end, a proximal section, a distal section and a distal end, and the proximal section has on the outside a contoured. On the inside a continuous hollow space in the longitudinal direction there is a proximal opening and a distal opening. The distal section has in the longitudinal direction to the distal end a first transverse through-hole through the plate plane. A first transverse through-hole and a second transverse through-hole are separated by a web. The web has on its proximal side an abutment surface where when an eyelet is pushed through from the proximal opening through the continuous hollow space of the bone anchor element, through the distal opening and through the first transverse through-hole in the longitudinal direction, the eyelet is guided outward.
US12329370B2
An illuminated surgical retractor including a handle, a blade including a curved portion at a proximal end thereof and a main blade portion extending from the curved portion, with the curved portion being disposed between the handle and the main blade portion, and an illumination assembly including at least one direct light source positioned to emit light toward a distal end of the blade and a cover partially enclosing the at least one direct light source, with the cover extending along the curved portion of the blade.
US12329365B2
Disclosed here are kits comprising pre-packed stabilizing solutions for stabilizing combinations of biomarkers demonstrating sufficient accuracy and specificity for identifying kidney injuries. Such kits can be better adapted for sample collection at a subject's dwelling, thus easing the burdensome requirement of continuous monitoring for kidney injury.
US12329362B2
An illumination apparatus includes an exit layer including a phosphor; a plurality of first light sources and a plurality of second light sources; wherein, the first light sources and the second light sources are arranged in plural unit cells; the plurality of the first light sources is controllable separately from the plurality of the second light sources; the first and second light sources are arranged spaced apart from the exit layer; the phosphor converts at least a portion of the first lights into first converted lights; if the first and second light sources emit the first and second lights, respectively, on a line connecting corresponding positions of two adjacent unit cells of the plurality of unit cells projected on the exit layer, a variation of a total intensity of the respective lights is less than 20%.
US12329344B2
A system includes a dishwasher having a receptacle for items to be washed, an image capturing facility configured to capture an image of the receptacle of the dishwasher for items to be washed, and an image processing facility configured to determine in dependence upon the captured image a map of an arrangement of the items to be washed. The map includes a division of the receptacle into a number of regions, with each region having a predetermined arrangement of items to be washed from a number of predetermined arrangements of items to be washed. An allocation unit determines a cleaning matrix including an allocation of a treatment specification to each of the regions in the map, and outputs the cleaning matrix. A control apparatus executes a wash program based on the cleaning matrix.
US12329340B2
A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. Separate entrance and exit openings may be provided in some instances to minimize employee interaction with unwashed customer beverage containers, and a beverage container may be conveyed from the entrance opening to the exit opening past one or more stations using a holder that is capable of spinning the beverage container when the beverage container is disposed in at least one of the stations.
US12329335B2
In a moving robot and a control method according to the present disclosure, an obstacle is detected using structured light irradiated in a predetermined type of light pattern in a traveling direction while traveling, and a specified operation is performed in response to the obstacle. Moreover, a dangerous obstacle is recognized by extracting changes over time using a plurality of images for an obstacle or a low obstacle that is difficult to determine as detected data, and thus, it is possible to improve accuracy according to the determination of the obstacle, improve a corresponding operation according to the obstacle, minimize the uncleaned area while preventing restraint due to the obstacle, and improve the cleaning performance.
US12329329B2
A portable, lightweight toilet system is collapsible into the small pouch that is easily stored in the glove compartment of a vehicle or carried on a belt loop of an outdoor person. The device has a built-in shovel to dig cat holes and an LED to provide nighttime illumination. It allows outdoors people to go to the bathroom in relative comfort, carrying a minimum of gear. The device can be collapsed into a carrying bag and is easily carried in a backpack on a belt loop or in the glove compartment of the vehicle.
US12329328B1
A waterless urinal comprises a receptacle, a lid assembly, and a pipe. The receptacle comprises an inner body and truncated-conical outer body; a leakproof liquid storage chamber is defined between inner and outer bodies. The lid assembly is movably attached to receptacle and comprises a pump spray assembly in fluid communication with the liquid storage chamber and distributes a cleaning solution drawn from the liquid storage chamber to the receptacle in a fine mist. The pipe supports the receptacle and lid assembly and in fluid communication with the receptacle and waste line of a bathroom fixture at a position upstream of a water trap. The waterless urinal may be adapted for female users. A method for installing the waterless urinal to a bathroom fixture is also provided, and a tailpiece may be used to replace a drain line for retrofitting the fixture with the waterless urinal.
US12329327B2
A dispenser assembly facilitating selective dispensing of sheet material from a plurality of supplies of sheet material can be provided. The dispenser assembly can include a drive system that includes a plurality of driven rollers configured to engage and move sheet material from a respective supply of sheet material and a drive mechanism configured to drive the plurality of driven rollers. When the drive mechanism is driven in one direction, one of the plurality of driven rollers is rotated to dispense sheet material from one of the plurality of supplies of sheet material, and when the drive mechanism is driven in the opposite direction, another one of the plurality of driven rollers is rotated to dispense sheet material from another supply of sheet material.
US12329323B2
A mixer according to the present disclosure comprises: a mixer body including an outer container, a pulverizing blade and a blade driving unit for rotating the pulverizing blade; an inner container unit including an inner container disposed within the outer container, provided with the pulverizing blade, and having a lateral opening formed therein, and an inner container driving unit configured to rotate the inner container; and; and a dewatering unit including a dewatering container which has a dewatering hole formed therethrough and surrounds the inner container while blocking the lateral opening to receive a mixing object in the inner container, and a dewatering container speed change device for changing the rotational speed of the dewatering container, wherein a scraper protrudes from the outer side surface of the inner container to scrape down a blocking-component of the mixing object, which blocks the dewatering hole of the dewatering container.
US12329321B2
An implement attachment holder for a hand mixer includes a body defining opposed first and second surfaces and first and second mounting projections coupled with the body and extending away from the first surface of the body at respective first and second locations spaced apart at a first distance along a first direction. The attachment holder further includes a device retention projection extending away from the second surface of the body and partially along the first surface to at least partially overlie the first and second locations from which the first and second mounting projections extend. The device retention projection further defines a plurality of attachment channels extending in a second direction normal to the first direction at spaced-apart locations along the device retention projection.
US12329319B2
Coffee grinding machine configured to provide different particle size profiles and associated method
A coffee grinding machine (10) and an espresso coffee machine are described. The coffee grinding machine comprises a first grinder and second grinder cooperating with each other so as to grind coffee beans, obtaining a first dose of ground coffee during a first grinding cycle. The coffee grinding machine comprises a motor which rotates one of the grinders relative to the other one at a rotation speed. The coffee grinder machine is configured to modify the rotation speed so as to perform a second grinding cycle in which a second dose of ground coffee is obtained. The rotation speed is modified depending on quantitative information received from the espresso coffee machine and based on a coffee preparation cycle performed with said first dose of ground coffee, wherein the quantitative information may be a flow value measured in the espresso coffee machine or a brew ratio value.
US12329317B1
A cooking device and an oil guiding structure includes an oil guiding pipe, a cover and an oil collecting barrel. A first snap-fit part is provided at a bottom of the cover, a second snap-fit part is provided at an outer peripheral of the oil collecting barrel. When the oil collecting barrel is coaxially rotated to a first angle relative to the cover, the first snap-fit part is locked with the second snap-fit part. When the oil collecting barrel is coaxially rotated to a second angle relative to the cover, the first snap-fit part is unlocked with the second snap-fit part. The cooking device includes the above oil guiding structure.
US12329310B2
Machine for preparing and dispensing a beverage, such as tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cold chocolate, milk, soup or baby food, comprising a capsule recognition module for recognizing a capsule inserted in said machine at a capsule recognition position, the capsule recognition module comprising a camera for capturing an image of at least part of said capsule in said capsule recognition position; wherein the capsule recognition module comprises a neural network computing device, said neural network computing device being configured to determine a type of said capsule amongst a plurality of predefined capsule types on the basis of an image of at least part of said capsule captured by said camera.
US12329309B1
A device for the convenient frothing or mixing or agitating of milk or other liquids is disclosed. The unit may take many forms, but common to nearly all is that the user simply pours or dispenses the liquid from the devices vessel or holding area, and as the fluid flows to the devices exit spout, the fluid is frothed, thus providing a “Pour to Froth” experience.
US12329297B2
A repositionable frame system includes a frame component for holding an image substrate and having a rear face. The system further include a frame mount that is fixedly attached to the rear face of the frame component. The frame mount comprises a first magnetic element. The system also includes a repositionable wall pad for placement on a support surface and configured to detachably couple to the frame mount. The wall pad includes a cross-linked closed cell polyethylene foam having a first face that faces away from the frame mount and an opposite second face that faces the frame mount. The wall pad further includes a removable transfer adhesive layer disposed directly along the first face, a permanent transfer adhesive layer disposed directly along the second face, and a second magnetic element that is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic element.
US12329295B2
The utility model discloses a goods propulsion apparatus with a reducer, comprising a base, a push plate and a propulsion component, wherein the push plate is installed on the base, the propulsion component is arranged on the push plate for controlling the movement of the push plate, the outside of the push plate is provided with a decelerating mechanism, and the decelerating mechanism comprises a damper and a gear-rack component; the damper is installed on the side end of the push plate and extends with a rotating axis; the gear-rack component comprises a rotating wheel and a rack meshed with the rotating wheel, wherein the rotating wheel is arranged on one side of the damper and sleeved on the rotating axis, and the rack is arranged along the axial extension direction of the base; and the utility model has the advantages of simple structure, reasonable design and easy-to-use. The reducer composed of a damper and a gear-rack component can effectively slow down the movement speed of the propulsion apparatus, when the push plate is pushed forward, the gear on one side will move in a straight line along the rack, and the damper on the inner side of the gear can further make the propulsion apparatus slow down and move smoothly, so as to ensure the smooth delivery of goods to consumers.
US12329292B1
A side structure includes: a middle vertical rod arranged vertically after being unfolded; a first lower horizontal rod arranged horizontally after being unfolded; a second lower horizontal rod arranged horizontally after being unfolded; a sliding support base, wherein a first sliding groove slidably connected to the middle vertical rod is provided in the middle part of the sliding support base, the sliding support base can slide along the middle vertical rod, and the first lower horizontal rod and the second lower horizontal rod are hinged on the left and right sides of the sliding support base; a triangular support sliding assembly, wherein the triangular support sliding assembly includes a sliding sleeve, a first diagonal brace and a second diagonal brace, and the sliding sleeve is slidably sleeved on the outer wall of the middle vertical rod.
US12329281B2
The present invention provides a collapsible bed frame and a collapsible bed. The collapsible bed frame includes two side bed frames and a plurality of transverse boards, and the plurality of transverse boards are spaced between the two side bed frames. Each side bed frame includes a plurality of collapsible units, hinged to the transverse boards through first hinge elements, and a second hinge element is provided in a middle portion of each collapsible unit, so that the collapsible bed frame is transformable between an expanded state and a collapsed state. Each collapsible unit includes a first side plate and a second side plate. A front surface of the first side plate or the second side plate includes at least a first region and a second region, and the first region protrudes outward relative to the second region. According to the collapsible bed provided in the present invention, the first region on the first side plate or the second side plate protrudes outward relative to the second region. In this way, the stability of the collapsible bed frame in the expanded state can be enhanced.
US12329277B2
A desktop organizer may include: a housing and a plurality of drawers received by the housing, the drawers being interlocked by paired slots extending from bottom faces of the drawers and fins extending vertically from top faces of the drawers. In some examples, the fins may extend vertically from dividers extending from a front edge to a back edge of the drawers, which may separate the drawers into compartments configured to hold and display elongate writing objects. The slots may be longer than a distance between the fins, such that the drawers are staggered when withdrawn from the housing.
US12329271B2
Hammock mounting systems are disclosed herein that may be used to mount a hammock in a variety of ways, including anchoring the system to a vehicle roof rack or from bed rails extending across a truck bed, or using the system as a hammock stand positioned on the ground. These hammock mounting systems include arms that can be deployed in one or more hammock-supporting positions, or folded flat to provide a low profile for height clearance. In some implementations the hammock mounting systems are adjustable to allow the system to be secured to anchor points located various distances apart.
US12329267B2
The invention relates to a packaging device (10) for a cosmetic product comprising: a cosmetic product reservoir (12); a seal (14) mounted fixed on an edge of a reservoir opening (22); and a cover (16) that can be removably assembled to the reservoir in a closed position; said cover comprising a closing element (62) capable of cooperating with the seal to close and seal the opening in the closed position. The seal comprises a tubular skirt (30) for receiving the closing element, said skirt being arranged along an axis (25) passing through the opening in the reservoir and comprising a free edge (38) oriented towards the exterior of said reservoir, the free edge being elastically deformable. The closing element is configured (70) to radially deform the free edge in the closed position.
US12329264B2
A two-part nail polish capsule for use by a nail polish application apparatus comprising a body portion defining a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid and a neck section, and a non-screw detachable cover mechanically coupled to an upper face of the neck section. The non-screw detachable cover having an integrated nail polish applying element comprising a dispensing head and a stem having one or more radial sealing elements and one or more radial wiping elements disposed one above the other. The radial sealing element(s) is configured to fully peripherally contact an inner surface of the neck section when the non-screw detachable cover is attached to the upper face and the stem protrudes into the body portion while the radial wiping element(s) comprise one or more openings configured to enable passage of air between the reservoir and a gap formed between the radial wiping element(s) and the radial sealing element(s).
US12329263B1
A liquid cosmetic container is provided. A roll-on packaging bottle includes an outer bottle, a cap, a roller ball, a connector, and an inner bottle, where the roller ball is provided in the connector; an inner ring of the cap is provided with a limit member; the connector includes a connecting seat, a limit ring, and a roller ball cavity; a diameter of an inner cavity of a barrel matches with an outer diameter of the roller ball; the roller ball is provided in the roller ball cavity; a liquid outlet and an annular profile attached to an outer surface of the roller ball are provided on the connecting seat; and an opening of the limit ring is collapsed inward along the outer surface of the roller ball by a certain distance.
US12329259B2
A luggage case includes expansible sleeping compartment apparatus. The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus comprises at least two housing members which define a volume when closed together for receiving therein or thereon an expansible sleeping compartment in an unexpanded state. The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus is attached to at least one of said housing members. In an expanded state the surfaces of expansible sleeping compartment defines an enclosure with an opening for receiving a person therein.
US12329254B2
An angle-adjustable umbrella has a column, a transverse rod, a tilted rod, an umbrella frame and a clutch mechanism. The tilted rod has a first tilted rod and a second tilted rod, and the top end of the first tilted rod is hinged to the top of the column, the bottom end thereof is rotatably connected to a connector on the second tilted rod through a tilted rod joint. The transverse rod has a first transverse rod and a second transverse rod which are connected each other by connecting pieces, and the connecting pieces are coupled to the tilted rod. The bottom end of the transverse rod is connected to a slider joint through the clutch mechanism and the top end thereof is rotatably connected to the upper nest in the umbrella frame.
US12329249B2
A wearable electronic device, and strap for the same are disclosed. The wearable electronic device includes: a housing, including a first connection pin detachably inserted in a first direction and a second connection pin detachably inserted in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first strap detachably affixed to the housing via the first connection pin, and a second strap detachably affixed to the housing via the second connection pin, wherein the first strap includes a body member including a seated part in which an insert member is accommodated, and a clip member coupled to the insert member, the clip member defining an opening therein that extends lengthwise, and wherein the clip member is rotatably combined with the first connection pin.
US12329246B2
A sole portion for an item of footwear having a plurality of cleat systems, cleats, or plate structures that dissipate force by deflecting, deforming, displacing or otherwise shifting under selected force, or by facilitating cleat movement around a radial line during ground engagement.
US12329238B2
An article includes a receptacle defining an interior void and an adjustment element attached to the receptacle. The adjustment element includes bladder defining one or more chambers each having a compressible component disposed therein. The adjustment element is operable between a contracted configuration providing the receptacle with a first size and an expanded configuration providing the receptacle with a second size different than the first size by adjusting a pressure within the one or more chambers.
US12329236B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and a guide secured to the inner surface of the sole structure. An outer surface of the bottom of an upper is secured to the inner surface of the sole structure, the upper and the guide forming a passage. A tensioning component extends along the guide in the passage, and extends out of the passage at a medial side and/or a lateral side of the upper. An increase in tension in the tensioning component flexibly conforms the sole structure to a foot disposed in the upper. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear includes placing an upper on a last, applying adhesive on an inner surface of a sole structure, placing a guide on the adhesive, the tensioning component on the guide, and the inner surface of the sole structure against an outer surface of the upper.
US12329235B2
An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a chamber that encloses a pressurized fluid. The chamber includes subchambers laterally extending in a medial to lateral direction of the bladder. A bottom surface of the chamber may include at least one bond that laterally extends across the bottom surface of the chamber from one side edge to another side edge of the chamber in the medial to lateral direction. The bond may cooperate with an indentation in the bottom surface that separates one subchamber from an adjacent subchamber. A diameter of the subchambers may decrease in a direction from a heel region of the bladder to a forefoot region of the chamber.
US12329224B2
A neck protection system includes a support structure, helmet, force transmission arrangement, actuator arrangement, sensor arrangement, and controller. The force transmission arrangement is coupled to the support structure and the helmet and applies a relative force between them. The actuator arrangement applies a load to the force transmission arrangement to initiate the relative force between the support structure and the helmet. The sensor arrangement measures movement changes of a vehicle. The controller is connected to the sensor arrangement to receive data representing the measured movement changes, and connected to the actuator arrangement, and generates and sends control commands to the actuator arrangement based on which the actuator arrangement applies the load to the force transmission arrangement. The controller receives maneuver information from a control computer of a vehicle and generates the control commands based on the received maneuver information and/or based on measurements of the sensor arrangement.
US12329221B1
The present disclosure relates to a front flap-integrated uniform with anti-lifting and volume retention functions that makes it extremely easy to wear the front flap-integrated with the uniform through zipper operation, that keeps firmly in contact with a body without shifting and retains the volume of the body even under various movements of the wearer because the degree of stretch of the fabric is actively maintained by embedding a silicone tape having set elasticity in the edge of the front flap, and that induces maximization of convenience and efficiency of use by employing the front flap having a general configuration different from the related art.
US12329219B2
A collar sized to be worn around the neck of a human subject has at least one member that defines an arc of less than 360° and greater than 180° having a diameter, a first compressor at a first end of the arc, a second compressor at a second end of the arc and a bend angle sensor. The collar is adapted to exert an inwardly-directed force on the first and second compressors when worn. The bend angle sensor is configured and positioned to detect a bend angle of the collar, wherein the bend angle correlates to the inwardly-directed force on the first and second compressors when worn.
US12329217B2
The disclosed invention relates generally to various embodiments of garments for use with electrocardiographs. In particular, the invention relates to a garment with a lead placement layer or precordial patch with incorporated ECG leads and a support layer configured to support the breasts of a user while a patient undergoes an exercise stress electrocardiograph. Various portions of the garment are easily and quickly removable.
US12329212B2
The present invention relates to a collar formed along the neck circumference of a top, and more particularly, to a water container storage collar that is formed with a storage part having a hollow collar, provided with a heat insulating material inside the storage part to constantly maintain the temperature of a beverage contained in a water container, and formed with a water intake pipe extending from the water container to drink water without using a hand.
US12329209B1
An electronic atomizer includes a housing, an atomization device, a blowing device, a cover, and a sensor switch. The housing defines a second vapor outlet and a first air inlet. The atomization device is disposed within the housing, and defines a first vapor outlet, and a second air inlet. The first vapor outlet is communicated with the first vapor outlet. The blowing device is disposed on one side of the second air inlet, the blowing device is configured to direct gas entering the housing via the first air inlet towards the atomization device through the second air inlet. The cover is disposed on the housing. The sensor switch includes a first sensing component, and a second sensing component. The first sensing component is mounted on the cover, the second sensing component is mounted on the housing and is electrically connected to both the atomization device and the blowing device.
US12329208B2
A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the non-nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.
US12329207B1
Disclosed are an atomizing device, an assembling method, and an aerosol generating device. The atomizing device includes a liquid storage container, an atomizing assembly, and a base assembly. The liquid storage container includes an outer shell and an atomized liquid guide tube connected to the outer shell, and an atomized liquid outlet is disposed at the connection between the atomized liquid guide tube and the outer shell. The atomizing assembly includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end is engaged with the atomized liquid guide tube. The base assembly includes a convex structure and a support portion connected to the convex structure. The convex structure is engaged with the second end. The support portion is engaged with an end of the outer shell away from the atomized liquid outlet.
US12329203B2
An electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of the main body is at least one of a hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic surface.
US12329202B2
The disclosure discloses an electronic atomization device, including a housing, and an atomization unit and a baking unit which are disposed in the housing. The atomization unit includes a first airflow passage configured for bringing out an atomizing gas, and the baking unit includes a baking cavity. The atomization unit and the baking unit are disposed side by side in a transverse direction of the housing, and the first airflow passage is communicated with the baking cavity to enable a mixture of a smoke with an atomizing gas. Through a combined use of the atomization unit and the baking unit, a comprehensive requirement of a user on taste and mouthfeel can be met. Further, the atomization unit and the baking unit are disposed side by side in the transverse direction of the housing, such that the electronic atomization device is more compact in overall structure.
US12329195B2
A water pipe with a washing vessel for a washing liquid, a smoke column and a pipe bowl for tobacco or tobacco substitutes. The smoke column and/or the washing vessel has at least one mouthpiece connection and in the ready-to-use state, i.e., when the washing vessel is at least partially filled with a washing liquid, and when a negative pressure is applied to the mouthpiece connection, a gas flow is effected from the pipe bowl via the smoke column into the washing vessel, into the washing liquid, into an unfilled volume of the washing vessel and through the mouthpiece connection. A receptacle for a fuel is implemented in the immediate vicinity of the pipe bowl. The fuel, in the ignited state, heats the tobacco or the tobacco substitute and generates smoke that can be consumed. Carbon monoxide exhaust gases generated are catalyzed by a catalyst unit located above the receptacle.
US12329194B2
An aerosol-forming article includes: an aerosol-forming substrate; an encapsulation layer encircling a recessed portion, the aerosol-forming substrate being arranged in the recessed portion; and a cover layer covering at least a part of the encapsulation layer and an opening of the recessed portion. The aerosol-forming substrate is arranged between the encapsulation layer and the cover layer. A through hole is provided at a position of the cover layer corresponding to the opening.
US12329181B2
A composition for administration to an animal is provided. The composition comprises a bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus. Also provided is a method of improving or enhancing one or more characteristics of an animal by administering a composition comprising a bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus to the animal. The animal may be cattle, such as a calf. Related animals and animal products are further provided.
US12329174B2
Methods, kits, and treatment compositions for treating agricultural products to reduce or preventing wildfire smoke taint or other types of taint, including treated agricultural products, are provided. One or more treatment compositions effective in reducing or preventing wildfire smoke taint are preferably applied to agricultural products such as, for example, wine grapes prior to and/or during wildfire smoke exposure.
US12329171B1
A food preservative having antimicrobial and antioxidant activity and a method of fabrication. The food preservative includes an inner core including an extract of pomegranate pools and onion pools, and an outer coating of chia nano particles. The outer costing encapsulates the inner core.
US12329163B2
A formulation for repelling insects and arthropods comprises about 0.5% by weight to about 4.0% by weight of an active ingredient and an emulsifier. The active ingredient includes a mixture of one or more natural essential oils. A method for making the repellant formulation comprises forming an oil-in-water emulsion by mixing one or more of the natural essential oils into an aqueous solution including an emulsifier, homogenizing the oil-in-water emulsion, and adding a buffer to the emulsion for maintaining a pH of the emulsion at above about 7.5. The repellant formulation is used by applying an effective amount of the repellant formulation onto the skin or fur of a mammal, clothing or other surface.
US12329162B2
Methods are provided for enhancing the health, growth and/or sturdiness of turf grasses by applying a combination of microbes and/or their growth by-products to the turf grass roots and/or to soil. Specifically, in one embodiment, the subject invention utilizes Trichoderma harzianum and a strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The methods can further be used to improve maintenance and upkeep of natural turf grass fields used in, for example, athletics and recreation, as well as to increase the functionality and safety of these natural turf grass fields.
US12329160B2
Aqueous activated ferrate solutions, methods of their preparation, and methods of disinfecting organisms and oxidizing pollutants in water are provided.
US12329155B2
A slow-release silk thread and a method for preparing the slow-release silk thread are provided. The slow-release silk thread includes a substrate layer, a slow-release layer, and a protective layer. The slow-release layer is provided between the substrate layer and the protective layer. The slow-release layer includes porous microspheric particles in which a functional agent is adsorbed. The slow-release silk thread obtains a composite structure through the method and realizes slow release of the functional agent by taking advantage of an adsorption performance of a special granular powder, thereby prolonging effective duration of the functional agent.
US12329150B2
The present invention relates to organ perfusion systems that can be used at room temperature. The organ perfusion systems do not comprise a temperature controller. In some embodiments, the organ perfusion systems do not comprise a cleaning device for cleaning the perfusion fluid. The perfusion fluid can comprise Williams' medium E. The organ perfusion systems can be portable and can be used to preserving an organ, preventing ischemic damage in an organ, or recovering an ischemically damaged organ.
US12329146B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a pest repelling magnetic field generating device (PRD) having a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of a solenoid coil during operation. The detected temperature to be used to ensure that the PRD operates within an ideal temperature range. Additionally, a fan is oriented within a housing of the PRD to force the flow of air from inside a housing of the PRD to outside a housing the PRD. In an illustrative example, the PRD may shut off if the temperature of the solenoid coil moves outside the ideal temperature range. By operating the PRD within an ideal temperature range, the service life of the PRD may be extended. Further, the fan may mitigate dust collection within the housing of the pest repelling magnetic field generating device.
US12329141B1
This invention provides a modular fishing rod holster arrangement having a backing plate with a plurality of slots located at for removably receiving a semi-cylindrical pipe and a belt clip assembly on each of opposing sides of the backing plate. The backing plate and slots are constructed and arranged to allow the pipe and belt clip assembly to be located on either of opposing sides of the backing plate. The pipe is oriented at an acute angle relative to the vertical so that a handle of a fishing rod can removably reside within the pipe at a forward-facing angle one either the left side or right side of the user. The pipe includes, at a top end thereof, a keyway locking mechanism that rotatably engages and captures the shaft of the reel foot in either a left-sided or right-sided position. The arrangement can be constructed from molded polymer.
US12329140B1
An artificial bait for fishing contains a body and a movable sheet. The body includes a head, a loop element, and a fishhook connected on and end of the body opposite to the head. The movable sheet is connected with the body and swings back and forth with respect to the body. The movable sheet is formed in a polygon shape, and the movable sheet includes a fixing orifice defined on a bottom thereof to connect with the loop element, a groove formed on a center thereof and configured to receive a fishing line, a knock zone defined between the fixing orifice and the groove and configured to making noises when the knock zone touches the head of the body, and a hollow accommodate chamber located adjacent to the groove and formed in a capsule shape to accommodate multiple steel balls.
US12329136B1
A pneumatically controlled aquaculture apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a lift vessel that lifts containers holding shellfish out of the water when the lift vessel is floating in order to allow air desiccation to prevent bio-fouling of the equipment and shellfish. The apparatus has a floatation control tank positioned above the containers holding shellfish in a centered position of the apparatus. The apparatus also has a suspension buoy for suspending the apparatus in the water column. The apparatus may be deployed in two different suspended positions with either the floatation control tank or the suspension buoy floating on the water surface and the containers holding shellfish suspended below the surface. The apparatus may also be deployed in a submerged position in which the apparatus is resting on the water bottom.
US12329128B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring animals comprising inputting at least one digital image into analysis software that depicts excretions from one or more of the animals and analyzing the image by the analysis software. The method includes outputting a recommended action suitable for maintaining or improving the current physiological state of the animals, wherein the recommended action depends on a result of the analysis of the at least one image or outputting a predicted manifestation of a performance indicator of one or more of the animals, wherein the performance indicator is a physiological parameter, a disease symptom, or a disease, wherein the predicted manifestation depends on a result of the analysis of the at least one image. The systems and methods function to maintain and improve the health of the animals and may particularly be used for automatic recognition of management error and early detection of emerging diseases and production interruptions.
US12329121B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for analysing a cleaning fluid, comprising: •a line portion (2) for the cleaning fluid, •a light-source unit (4), which emits light into the line portion (2), •a detection unit (5) for spectrally resolved capturing of light exiting the line portion (2), and •an analysis unit (6) which is designed to analyse the cleaning fluid with regard to the constituents on the basis of signals from the detection unit (5).
US12329115B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01094676. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01094676. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01094676 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01094676 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US12329106B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010398. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010398, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010398 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010398.
US12329101B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV949849. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV949849, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV949849 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 CV949849 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 CV949849.
US12329094B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV874402. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV874402, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV874402 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 CV874402 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 CV874402.
US12329092B1
A maize variety designated X08R659 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08R659 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R659 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R659, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R659 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R659 and methods of using maize variety X08R659 are disclosed.
US12329091B1
A maize variety designated X05P336 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05P336 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P336 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P336, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P336 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P336 and methods of using maize variety X05P336 are disclosed.
US12329089B2
A novel maize variety designated 1PUQG87 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PUQG87 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PUQG87 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 1PUQG87 or a locus conversion of 1PUQG87 with another maize variety.
US12329086B1
A wheat variety designated 6PVCB46B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PVCB46B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PVCB46B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PVCB46B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PVCB46B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PVCB46B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US12329084B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095144. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095144. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095144 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095144 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US12329068B2
A reel assembly of an agricultural header includes an arm configured to rotatably couple to a frame of the agricultural header, in which the arm has a substantially straight portion. The reel assembly also includes a carriage slidably coupled to the arm and configured to move along the substantially straight portion of the arm, in which the carriage is configured to support a reel of the reel assembly. In addition, the reel assembly includes a cam coupled to the carriage and having a cam surface, and a follower configured to couple to the frame and to engage the cam surface of the cam. The cam surface is configured to control rotation of the arm relative to the frame in response to movement of the carriage along the substantially straight portion of the arm.
US12329057B2
A planting unit includes a seed meter for singulating and dispensing seed. Opening wheels or discs are included to create an opening in the field, such as a furrow. The unit includes one or more continuous tracks for supporting the row unit as it moves through the field. The tracks can be positioned on opposite sides. The tracks reduce compaction around the created furrow and provide better control of seed depth placement. One or more motors are included to operate the tracks to move the planting unit through a field for planting independent of a tow vehicle.
US12336439B2
A quantum gate device includes a first superconducting circuit which includes at least one of Josephson devices in an annular circuit including a superconducting wire and resonates at a first resonance frequency, a second superconducting circuit which includes at least one of Josephson devices in an annular circuit including a superconducting wire and resonates at a second resonance frequency, a connection unit which includes a capacitor and a superconducting wire provided at each electrode of the capacitor and connects the first and second circuits, a magnetic field application means applying a magnetic field to one or both of the first and second circuits, a quantum gate control electromagnetic wave irradiation unit irradiating one of the first and second circuits with a control electromagnetic wave, and an unnecessary transition suppression electromagnetic wave irradiation unit irradiating one of the first and second circuits with an unnecessary interaction suppression electromagnetic wave.
US12336432B2
A MEMS device is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate including a main surface extending perpendicular to a first direction and a side surface extending on a plane parallel to the first direction and to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. At least one cantilevered member protrudes from the side surface of the semiconductor substrate along a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions. The at least one cantilevered member includes a body portion that includes a piezoelectric material. The body portion has a length along the third direction, a height along the first direction and a width along the second direction, and the height is greater than the width. The at least one cantilevered member is configured to vibrate by lateral bending along a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US12336431B2
A piezoelectric material having a large electromechanical coupling coefficient is provided. The material is manufactured by a method including the steps of: heating a piezoelectric material having a low-temperature side ferroelectric phase A and a high-temperature side ferroelectric phase B between which the phase of the piezoelectric material transitions according to a temperature change, from room temperature to a temperature range higher than T(B→A) at which temperature a change from the ferroelectric phase B to the ferroelectric phase A occurs in a temperature lowering process and lower than T(A→B) at which temperature a change from the ferroelectric phase A to the ferroelectric phase B occurs in a temperature rising process; starting application of an electric field to the piezoelectric material in a state where it is held within this temperature range; and continuing and finishing the electric field application at a temperature lower than T(A→B).
US12336422B2
A method of aging a display device includes: inputting a display device including a plurality of pixels into an aging chamber, reaching a preset condition of the display device, sensing each of the plurality of pixels, compensating each of the plurality of pixels, and aging the display device.
US12336421B2
The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescence display having ultra-high resolution. The present disclosure, an electroluminescence display according to the present disclosure comprises: a first bank having a first height and a second bank having a second height less than the first height for defining an emission area on a substrate; an anode electrode disposed at the emission area; a light emitting layer disposed on the anode electrode in the emission area; a cathode electrode disposed on the light emitting layer; a first protective layer disposed on the cathode electrode; and a dummy light emitting layer disposed on the second bank. The cathode electrode is disposed on the dummy light emitting layer on the second bank excepting the first bank.
US12336416B2
A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing circuit. The input sensing circuit includes a plurality of sensors and signal lines electrically connected to each of the plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of signal lines includes a lower line and an upper line overlapping the lower line, and the lower line and the upper line are electrically connected in a plurality of contact areas. A long signal line among the plurality of signal lines has more contact areas than a short signal line.
US12336413B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a display device and a manufacturing method of a display panel. The display panel includes: a display substrate having a display area and a non-display area, the display substrate including a substrate and an IC bonding portion which includes: a pin; a first passivation layer located on one side of the substrate adjacent to the pin and covering a peripheral area of the pin, and exposing a central area of the pin; a first barrier layer located on one side of the first passivation layer away from the substrate and covered at the first passivation layer and an edge of the first passivation layer connected to the pin; and a first metal layer located on one side of the first barrier layer away from the substrate, at least covering a central portion of the pin, and electrically connected to the pin.
US12336412B2
A light-emitting diode display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic light-emitting diode display device are provided. The light-emitting diode display panel includes: a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; a plurality of sub-pixels located in the display region and located at a side of the base substrate; a color-resistance layer located at a side of a second electrode in the sub-pixel away from the base substrate; and a light-blocking structure located in the peripheral region and being an annular structure surrounding the plurality of sub-pixels. The light-blocking structure includes a first light-blocking structure and a second light-blocking structure. The first light-blocking structure includes at least one interval extending in a direction from the display region pointing to the peripheral region. The second light-blocking structure at least fully fills the interval.
US12336407B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate; a light-shielding metal layer disposed on a side of the substrate, wherein the light-shielding metal layer includes a first trace disposed in a frame area; a driving circuit layer disposed on a side of the light-shielding metal layer away from the substrate, wherein the driving circuit layer includes a pixel driving circuit disposed in the display area and a gate driving circuit disposed in the frame area; a first electrode disposed on a side of the driving circuit layer away from the substrate; a light-emitting layer disposed on a side of the first electrode away from the substrate; and a second electrode disposed on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the substrate, wherein the first trace and the gate driving circuit are at least partially overlapped.
US12336406B2
A device configuration designed to mitigate display defects resulting from voltage drops in current supply lines offers a display with better display quality. The display includes: a plurality of VOLETs arranged in arrays along a first direction and a second direction; a data line supplying a voltage for controlling gate electrodes of the plurality of VOLETs; TFTs each connected between a gate electrode of each of the VOLET and the data line and controlling voltage supply to the gate electrodes of the VOLETs; a gate line connected to gate electrodes of the TFTs and transmitting a signal that controls the TFTs; a plurality of current supply lines extending along the first direction and supplying a current to each of a group of VOLETs aligned along the first direction; and an auxiliary line extending along the second direction and connecting at least two of the plurality of current supply lines.
US12336404B2
Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a pixel unit, including a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element, the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a threshold compensation transistor; a first power line configured to supply a first power supply voltage to the pixel circuit; a blocker, electrically connected with the first power line; and a first conductive structure, connected with the gate electrode of the driving transistor, the first channel and the second channel of the threshold compensation transistor are connected by a conductive connection portion; an area of an orthographic projection of a portion of the blocker overlapping with the first conductive structure on the base substrate is larger than an area of an orthographic projection of a portion of the blocker overlapping with the conductive connection portion on the base substrate.
US12336401B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area at a periphery of the display area; a plurality of conductive lines on one side of the peripheral area in a first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a first insulating line on the plurality of conductive lines between a first conductive line and a second conductive line, which are adjacent to each other from among the plurality of conductive lines, and extending in the second direction; and a second insulating line on the plurality of conductive lines between a third conductive line and a fourth conductive line, which are adjacent to each other from among the plurality of conductive lines, and extending in the second direction.
US12336400B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same and a display device. In a sub-pixel driving circuit of the display panel, a gate electrode of a driving transistor is coupled to a second electrode of a second transistor through a fourth conductive connection portion, and a second electrode plate of a storage capacitor is coupled to a second electrode of a first transistor through a third conductive connection portion, a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the second transistor are respectively coupled to a gate line pattern in the corresponding sub-pixel area; orthographic projection of the gate line pattern on the substrate does not overlap orthographic projection of the third conductive connecting portion on the substrate, and/or does not overlap orthographic projection of the fourth conductive connection portion on the substrate.
US12336395B2
A display substrate includes a source-drain metal layer and a common electrode layer. A pattern of the source-drain metal layer includes a power supply voltage line; the power supply voltage line includes a wire inlet portion; the display substrate further includes a barrier wall, there is a gap between an orthographic projection of the barrier wall on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the effective display area on the base substrate. The wire inlet portion includes a first part and a second part; an orthographic projection of the first part on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the gap on the base substrate at least partially overlap; the second part is located at a side of the barrier wall away from the effective display area and located between the barrier wall and the binding area, and used for receiving power supply voltage signal.
US12336392B2
The present application provides a touch electrode structure and a touch display panel. The touch electrode structure includes: a first touch electrodes including first main electrodes, branch electrodes including a first branch portion and a second branch portion intersecting each other; second touch electrodes including second main electrodes, wherein at least one of the branch electrodes is provided with a first hollow portion, or/and at least one of the second touch electrodes is provided with a second hollow portion disposed outside the second main electrodes.
US12336390B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display terminal are provided. The display panel includes a substrate layer, an anode layer, a pixel separating layer, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode layer. The pixel separating layer includes a plurality of pixel opening regions and a non-opening region disposed between two adjacent pixel opening regions. The cathode layer includes at least one via hole corresponding to the non-opening region of the pixel separating layer.
US12336389B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes: a base substrate (10); a plurality of pixel units (P) are arranged on the base substrate (10); a pixel defining layer (11), located on the base substrate (10); the pixel defining layer (11) includes: a plurality of openings (U) located in all the pixel units (P) respectively, and a plurality of communicating grooves (T); and the openings corresponding to the two pixel units with the same color are connected through the communicating grooves (T).
US12336388B2
A method for fabricating a thin film transistor comprises disposing a semiconductor layer including a channel area, and a first and second electrode areas, disposing a gate insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer, disposing a diffusion barrier layer covering the gate insulating layer, disposing first and second electrode holes corresponding to the first and second electrode areas, and disposing a gate electrode overlapping the channel area, first and second electrodes electrically connected to the first and second electrode areas through the first and second electrode holes. The disposing of the first electrode hole, and the second electrode hole includes patterning the diffusion layer with a patterning mask disposed on the diffusion barrier layer. The disposing of the gate electrode and the first and second electrodes may include disposing a conductive material layer covering the diffusion barrier layer, and patterning the conductive material layer.
US12336381B2
A display panel includes a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region. A plurality of self-luminescent elements is on a first main face of the display region of the flexible substrate. A plurality of thin film transistor (TFT) circuits is between the first main face and the self-luminescent elements. The TFT circuits drive the self-luminescent elements. A first inorganic film is between the TFT circuits and the self-luminescent elements, and includes a step portion which is a thinned portion of the first inorganic film disposed in the peripheral region of the flexible substrate. A second inorganic film covers the self-luminescent elements. A resin layer overlaps the second inorganic film and overlaps at least a portion of the first inorganic film in contact with an end portion of the second inorganic film.
US12336373B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, an overcoat layer on the substrate, a plurality of first electrodes assigned to a plurality of sub-pixels and on the overcoat layer, a first bank in the display area and the non-display area and including a plurality of first openings exposing the plurality of first electrodes, a second bank on the first bank which is in the display area and the non-display area and including a plurality of second openings exposing the plurality of first electrodes, and an organic light emitting layer on the plurality of second openings, respectively, wherein in the non-display area, the plurality of second openings each include a first dummy opening adjacent to the display area, and wherein at least one among the plurality of second openings includes a second dummy opening extending from the first dummy opening.
US12336370B2
A quantum dot light emitting diode according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are opposite to each other; a light emitting layer that is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a quantum dot; and an electron transport layer that is arranged between the first electrode and the light emitting layer and includes a metal oxide thin film, wherein the metal oxide thin film has a composition including at least one selected from the group consisting of In2O3, ZnO, SiO2 and SnO2.
US12336363B2
To improve detectivity of a photoelectric conversion element (10). A photoelectric conversion element including a pair of electrodes (12, 16), an active layer (14) provided between the pair of electrodes, and an intermediate layer (13. 15) provided between the active layer and at least one of the pair of electrodes, in which the intermediate layer has a surface that is in contact with the active layer, the surface having a surface roughness having an absolute value greater than 0.22 nm but smaller than 1.90 nm, and in which the active layer is not less than 350 nm but not more than 800 nm in thickness.
US12336361B2
Cofacial vertical organic electrochemical transistor (vOECT) pairs, electronic circuits into which the vOECT pairs are integrated, and methods for fabricating the vOECT pairs are provided. The vOECTs pairs are formed from a vertically stacked structure that includes a first layer of an electrically conducting material, a first layer of an electrically insulating material, and a second layer of an electrically conducting material. The vOECTs of the pairs are formed on opposing sidewalls of a trench formed in the stacked structure.
US12336360B2
A display device includes a bank including an opening defining pixels, light emitting elements disposed in the pixels, a color conversion layer disposed on the light emitting elements in the opening, a capping layer overlapping the color conversion layer, and a color filter layer disposed on the capping layer. The color filter layer includes a low refractive material.
US12336357B2
Disclosed herein are a light source for a display system and methods of fabricating the light source. The light source includes a backplane wafer including a first bonding layer that includes an array of pixel contact pads in a first dielectric layer; a second bonding layer including an array of small metal contact pads in a second dielectric layer; and an array of mesa structures on the second bonding layer and configured to emit light. The second dielectric layer is bonded to the first dielectric layer such that each pixel contact pad of the array of pixel contact pads is in contact with two or more small metal contact pads that are electrically coupled to a same mesa structure of the array of mesa structures.
US12336347B2
A light emitting device includes a resin package including a first lead, a second lead, a resin portion holding the first lead and the second lead, at least one light emitting element mounted on the resin package, and a covering member covering at least a portion of an upper surface of each of the first lead, the second lead, and the resin portion. The resin portion includes at least one resin recess between the first lead and the second lead. At least a portion of the resin recess is located between a first portion of the first lead and a second portion of the second lead in a first direction, and is located between a first extended portion of the first lead and a second extended portion of the second lead in a second direction, and at least a portion of the resin recess is covered by the covering member.
US12336343B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a shielding structure disposed on the substrate, and a layer disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes an edge, and the shielding structure is disposed close to the edge. The shielding structure includes a first surface away from the substrate, a first step and a second step. In a cross-section view of the electronic device, the layer is contacted with the first surface, the first step and the second step.
US12336336B2
Exemplary processing methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming subpixels on a substrate. Each of the subpixels may include a gallium-and-nitrogen-containing layer formed on an exposed portion of a nucleation layer on the substrate. The subpixels may further include a porosified region formed on or in the gallium-and-nitrogen-containing region, and an active region formed on the porosified region. The active region may include an indium-gallium-and-nitrogen-containing material. The processing methods may further include forming a first reflection layer around one of the subpixels, wherein the first reflection layer includes a first metal layer. The methods may additionally include forming a second reflection layer around another of the subpixels, wherein the second reflection layer includes a second metal that is different than the first metal.
US12336333B2
Disclosed is a display device including a substrate, an insulating layer, a light blocking layer, a light emitting element, and a light conversion element. The insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and includes at least one opening. The light blocking layer is disposed on a top surface of the insulating layer. The light emitting element is disposed in the at least one opening and includes an electrode. The light conversion element is disposed on the light emitting element, wherein the electrode is disposed between the substrate and the light blocking layer.
US12336328B2
A white light emitting device (backlight) comprises: a Multiple Quantum Well (MQW) dual-wavelength LED; and a narrowband photoluminescence material that generates red light with a peak emission wavelength from about 620 nm to about 660 nm. The MQW dual-wavelength LED comprises at least one first Quantum Well (QW) that generates blue light with a dominant wavelength from 440 nm to 470 nm and at least one second Quantum Well (QW) to generate green light with a dominant wavelength from 520 nm to 540 nm.
US12336326B2
A method of manufacturing micro devices includes: preparing a GaN-based epitaxial structure including a p-type GaN layer, a n-type GaN layer on the p-type GaN layer, and an undoped GaN layer on the n-type GaN layer; forming a photoresist layer on the GaN-based epitaxial structure with the undoped GaN layer contacting the photoresist layer; patterning the photoresist layer; performing a plasma etching process to the GaN-based epitaxial structure through the patterned photoresist layer until the patterned photoresist layer is completely removed, such that a plurality of mesas are formed on the etched GaN-based epitaxial structure, in which a height of the mesas is at least 1.0 μm; and continuing to perform the plasma etching process until the undoped GaN layer is completely removed and the etched GaN-based epitaxial structure is cut into a plurality of micro devices.
US12336312B2
Provided are a light receiving element and an electronic apparatus that prevent generation of a false signal due to light emission caused by a circuit. The light receiving element includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion layer that photoelectrically converts incident light; a signal reading circuit including an in-pixel transistor that is provided on a side opposite to a light incident side surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, amplifies signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion layer, and reads the signal charge out of a pixel array; and a metal junction that bonds the photoelectric conversion layer and the signal reading circuit. The metal junction covers the in-pixel transistor when viewed from the light incident side surface of the photoelectric conversion layer.
US12336307B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a photodiode. The photodiode includes a semiconductor region coupled to a node of application of a first voltage, and at least one semiconductor wall. The at least one semiconductor wall extends along at least a height of the photodiode and partially surrounds the semiconductor region.
US12336301B2
An electro-static discharge (ESD) protection device includes a first well region and a second well region disposed to contact each other, a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region disposed in the first well region spaced apart from each other, a third diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region disposed in the second well region spaced apart from each other, a fifth diffusion region of the second conductivity type disposed in the first well region spaced apart from the first and second diffusion regions, a resistive pattern coupled to the first diffusion region through a first contact plug, a first electrode coupled to the second diffusion region through a second contact plug and electrically coupled to the resistive pattern, and a second electrode coupled to the third diffusion region through a third contact plug and coupled to the fourth diffusion region through a fourth contact plug.
