US12025430B2
A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and/or said light emitter.
US12025429B2
The invention discloses an optical imaging system and an imaging method regulated based on a spatial coherence structure, including the steps of: building a 4f imaging system; detecting, by a first optical detector, the shape of the spectrum domain obstacle in the 4f imaging system; designing a spatial coherence structure of the incident beam based on the shape of the spectrum domain obstacle, so that all the modes of the incident beam can pass through the opening in the obstacle; and placing an object to be detected in the optical path and detecting, by the second optical detector, the optical imaging information of the object to be detected. According to the present invention, in the case where the frequency plane of the 4f optical imaging system is partially occluded, imaging without speckles is enabled, utilization of the systematic light is substantially improved, and the signal-to-noise ratio in imaging is improved.
US12025426B2
A measuring device for determining a course of a bonding wave in a gap between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a method for determining a course of a bonding wave in a gap between a first substrate and a second substrate.
US12025425B2
A system for analyzing layer thickness of a multilayer component is provided. The system includes: an opening forming device configured to create an opening having a predefined geometry partially into the multilayer component at a selected location on a surface of the multilayer component, where the multilayer component includes a plurality of material layers including a substrate and a bond coat and the opening exposes each of the plurality of material layers, and an imaging device configured to create an image of the exposed plurality of material layers in the opening. The system is configured to calculate at least a thickness of the bond coat of the exposed plurality of material layers from the image and based on the predefined geometry of the opening. The system may also include a repairing device configured to repair the opening, allowing the multilayer component to be used for an intended purpose.
US12025419B2
A dual shaft arrow insert. The dual shaft arrow insert includes a first portion, where the first portion is configured to attach to an inner surface of a terminal end of an inner shaft of a dual arrow system. The dual shaft arrow insert also includes a second portion. The second portion is attached to the first portion and includes an outer diameter which is larger than an outer diameter of the first portion. The dual shaft arrow insert further includes a collar. The collar is attached to the second portion opposite the first portion and includes a larger outer diameter than the outer diameter of the second portion. The dual shaft arrow insert additionally includes an attachment configured to allow for attachment of an arrowhead.
US12025411B2
A vehicle includes a frame, a front cabin, an armor component, and a retainer. The front cabin is coupled to the frame and selectively repositionable between an in-use position and a maintenance position. The retainer is coupled to the armor component and defines a slot extending laterally across a portion of the retainer. The vehicle is reconfigurable between an A-kit configuration and a B-kit configuration. In the A-kit configuration, the armor component is removed from the vehicle. In the B-kit configuration, the armor component is coupled to the front cabin. The retainer is offset the armor component by a retainer spacer.
US12025400B1
A continuous shooting device includes a shooting body having a driving chamber and a chain hole in connection with the driving chamber, a belt chain assembly, an arrow driving assembly and a string firing assembly. The belt chain assembly is for driving the arrow chain, to move along the chain hole, the arrow driving assembly has a push arm for pushing an arrow on the arrow chain to escape from the arrow chain, a string of the string firing assembly is for pushing the belt chain assembly, a part of the driving assembly is mounted in the driving chamber, the driving assembly includes a track rod assembly fastened in the driving chamber, and a sliding member assembly slidable along an arrangement direction of the track rod assembly. The sliding member assembly has a carrying portion for clipping a string, and a pushing portion for pushing the push shaft.
US12025392B2
An arrangement of a hammer and a sear for a firearm having a frame is disclosed. The arrangement includes a hammer mountable within said frame for pivoting motion about a hammer pivot axis. The hammer includes a hammer body defining a hammer lug surrounding said hammer pivot axis and a hammer face positioned distal to said hammer pivot axis. A slot is positioned within said hammer body. A catch surface is positioned on said hammer body within said slot. A sear is mountable within said frame for pivoting motion about a sear pivot axis. The sear includes a sear body defining a sear lug surrounding said sear pivot axis and an action surface positioned on said sear body distal to said sear pivot axis. The action surface is movable into and out of engagement with said catch surface upon rotation of said sear body about said sear pivot axis. At least a portion of said sear body is received within said slot.
US12025385B2
A liquid cooling device includes a water tank structure having parallel and separated first and second water tanks. The heat dissipation structure is installed between the first and second water tanks and the three are coupled to each other to form a curved cooling water passage. A mounting portion is formed in the gap between the heat dissipation structure and the first and second water tanks in the extension direction of the heat dissipation structure and the first and second water tanks. Both of the pumping structure and the endothermic structure are coupled to the first and second water tanks. The pumping structure and the endothermic structure are installed in at least one mounting portion and the pumping structure drives a working fluid to flow back and forth between the first water tank, the heat dissipation structure and the second water tank in the curved cooling water passage sequentially.
US12025382B2
A vapor chamber structure for heat dissipation of a heat source is provided. The vapor chamber structure includes a housing having a heat absorption side and a heat dissipation side, a first capillary structure disposed in the housing, and a working fluid filled in the housing. The first capillary structure is formed into cavities isolated from each other, and each of the cavities is connected between the heat absorption side and the heat dissipation side. Heat generated by the heat source is absorbed by the heat absorption side, thereby transforming the working fluid from liquid state to vapor state. The working fluid in the vapor state is transmitted to the heat dissipation side via the cavities, and is transformed to the liquid state while the heat is dissipated. The working fluid in the liquid state returns to the heat absorption side via the first capillary structure.
US12025380B2
There is provided a heat exchanger adapted to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger comprises an outer tubular body, an inner body, a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet and a second outlet. The outer tubular body has an inner surface. The inner body is arranged inside the outer tubular body and has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the outer tubular body, leaving free a gap between the inner surface of the outer tubular body and the outer surface of the inner body. The first inlet and the first outlet are arranged to provide a first flow path for the first fluid from the first inlet to the first outlet via a first channel and via a second channel. The second inlet and the second outlet are arranged to provide a second flow path from the second inlet to the second outlet for the second fluid in the gap between the inner surface of the outer tubular body and the outer surface of the inner body. The outer tubular body comprises the first channel. The inner body comprises the second channel. The inner body and the second channel are rotatable relative to the outer tubular body and the first channel.
US12025368B2
Provided are a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed.
US12025360B2
An ice cube tray assembly having an insulating box, a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The insulating box having a base and an upstanding structure, with a cavity. A top surface has an inner and outer perimeter, with the inner perimeter defining the opening of the cavity. The lower chamber includes an upper deck portion and container structure depending therefrom. The upper chamber includes a top wall and an inner container structure depending from the top wall. The upper and lower chambers are positioned in sealing engagement.
US12025356B2
An oil supply system for a compressor according to an embodiment includes an oil separator connected to a discharge pipe of the compressor, an oil tank for receiving oil from an oil sump of the oil separator, an oil pipe disposed between the oil separator and the oil tank, a pressure reducing valve disposed on the oil pipe, an oil supply pipe for supplying the oil to an oil line for supplying the oil to the compressor from an oil sump of the oil tank, and an agitator disposed on the oil pipe.
US12025353B2
An oil return control method of a multi-functional multi-split system with double four-way valves. The multi-functional multi-split system includes an outdoor unit, at least one set of hydraulic modules and at least one set of indoor modules. When the multi-split system is switched from a normal operation mode to an oil return mode, a first four-way valve and a second four-way valve are powered down, and operation modes of each set of indoor modules and each set of hydraulic modules, the on/off state of fans of an indoor heat exchanger and a hydraulic heat exchanger, opening degrees of a first electronic expansion valve of the indoor heat exchanger and a first electronic expansion valve of the hydraulic heat exchanger, and the on/off state of a first electromagnetic valve and a second electromagnetic valve are correspondingly adjusted based on the previous operation modes.
US12025341B2
A humidifier device includes one or more sensors configured to sense one or more air properties of air within a duct operably coupled to the humidifier device. The humidifier also includes control circuitry configured to receive an indication of the one or more air properties of the air, determine a water absorption capability of the air based at least in part on the one or more air properties of the air, and determine an amount of moisture to be outputted by the humidifier device to the duct based at least in part on the water absorption capability of the air. The humidifier also includes an atomizer configured to output the determined amount of moisture to the duct.
US12025338B2
In some examples, an electronic device includes an audio output device, an airflow generator to generate an airflow, and a system controller to control an operational speed of the airflow generator. The electronic device further includes an audio controller to generate a noise cancellation audio output based on an indicator of the operational speed of the airflow generator provided from the system controller to the audio controller, and send the noise cancellation audio output to the audio output device to mitigate noise produced by the airflow generator.
US12025334B2
A sealing mechanism for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fixed portion having an opening and a limiting rail; and a moving portion connected with the limiting rail and movable along the limiting rail to close or open the opening. At least one of the fixed portion and the moving portion is provided with a first sealing protrusion, and the first sealing protrusion is arranged between the fixed portion and the moving portion. The sealing mechanism may be used with a ventilation assembly of the air-conditioning apparatus.
US12025325B2
Provided are an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus and a method for assembling such an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus. Such an outdoor unit has a structure in which an oil separator is fixed to a partition plate with an auxiliary component. An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan chamber, a machine chamber accommodating a compressor and an oil separator, and a partition plate partitioning off the fan chamber and the machine chamber. The oil separator is fixed to the partition plate with an auxiliary component. The auxiliary component includes a leg portion fixed to the partition plate, and a bed portion attached to the leg portion such that the bed portion is detachable, the bed portion supporting the oil separator.
US12025322B2
A hot water circulation system comprises a water heater having a cold-water inlet and a hot water outlet. A water pump circulates water through the water heater to produce hot water. The hot water is circulated to a thermal bypass valve, which is configured to close when hot water contacts a heat activated seal. A bypass circuit is coupled between the hot water outlet and the cold water inlet of the water heater. The bypass circuit prevents hot water from circulating from the hot water outlet to the cold-water inlet when the thermal bypass valve is open and promotes circulating hot water from the hot water outlet to the cold water inlet when the thermal bypass valve is closed. Upon a temperature sensor sensing hot water entering the cold-water inlet, the water heater turns of the water pump.
US12025318B2
The invention relates to a household appliance comprising a liquid receiving entity (2) for storing liquid, a liquid port (3) for supplying liquid to the liquid receiving entity (2) and a coupling element (4) adapted to provide a liquid connection between the liquid receiving entity (2) and the liquid port (3), the coupling element (4) comprising a U-shape or essentially a U-shape with a first and a second leg portion (4.1, 4.2) and a curved portion (4.3) connecting the first and the second leg portion (4.1, 4.2), wherein the coupling element (4) comprises at least one flexible section and wherein at least one leg portion (4.1, 4.2) comprises stiffening means (5) for stiffening the leg portion (4.1, 4.2).
US12025316B2
A mounting bracket mountable to the underside of the cabinet prior to the range hood and configured to engage and support the range hood as the range hood is secured to the cabinet. The mounting bracket having a support feature engagable to the range hood to hold the range hood proximate the cabinet while fasteners are sunk to secure the range hood to the cabinet. The mounting brackets are pre-positioned on the cabinet such that range hood is aligned with the cabinet when the range hood is supported by the support feature. The smaller mounting brackets can be more easily mounted in the proper position on the cabinet then the larger range 10 hood speeding the installation process and reducing errors.
US12025313B2
A combustion chamber for an aircraft turbomachine includes an annular chamber end wall structure, an annular row of main injection systems mounted in the chamber end wall structure and configured to deliver a sheet of fuel, including a central recirculation region and a corner recirculation region around the central recirculation region, and secondary injection systems each configured to inject an additional flow of air and fuel directly into a corresponding corner recirculation region.
US12025310B2
A ceramic resonator for combustion chamber systems and combustion chamber system, wherein the resonator is annular when seen in the axial throughflow direction and has cavities in the interior, the cavities having at least one resonator neck per cavity as a connection to the inner surface of the ceramic resonator. By using a ceramic resonator, the amount of cooling air required is significantly reduced.
US12025294B2
A light source device includes plural light-emitting diodes arranged on a plane. A viewing angle of each of the light-emitting diodes is less than 50° or more than 80°.
US12025292B2
The invention relates, inter alia, to a light fixture (10) for illuminating building surfaces (44) or partial building surfaces, in particular a spotlight (11), comprising an in particular cylindrical housing (13) in which at least one LED (14), a collimator (15) and a singular lens element (16) formed as a scattering lens, are arranged, wherein the outside diameter (17) of the lens element extends as far as an inner peripheral surface (18) of the housing (13), wherein the lens element comprises a concavely curved light entry surface (19) and a planar or slightly convexly curved light exit surface (20).
US12025289B2
A lighting system enables the lights within the ceiling of a clean room to be serviced and maintained without compromising the clean room and without disturbing the hermetic seals between the clean room and the ceiling grid. The lighting system includes a light transmissible lens hermetically sealed to one or more tracks of the ceiling grid system on the first upward side of a portion of the tracks so as to inhibit particles from passing between tracks and the lens. A light fixture may also be hermetically sealed to a first upward surface of the lens so as to inhibit particles from passing between the lens and the light fixture.
US12025288B2
There is disclosed a forward cooling headlight comprising a body, a lens coupled to the body and a heatsink coupled to the body. There is also a heatpipe and at least one light. The light is coupled to the heatsink, wherein the heatpipe is coupled to the heatsink at a first end, and to the body at a second end. The heatsink draws heat away from the light, via the heatpipe and towards the body. There can be at least one synthetic jet coupled to the heatpipe to aid in cooling the light. In addition, in at least one embodiment, there can be at least two lights with at least two different drivers with a first driver driving a first light and a second driver driving a second light wherein when each of the lights is lit it is capable of generating a different focal point.
US12025269B2
Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir, a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control and a pump able to be used with a plurality of different types or of lubrication systems.
US12025262B1
A display stand having an opening in a vertical riser arm couples a display at a front side and selectively couples with an information handling system housing mount in the opening that supports a bracket to couple with an information handling system housing opposite to and at a rear side of the display. The mount fits a member at a bottom side into a cavity of the riser opening and a catch of a latch at an upper side of the riser opening with a toolless coupling a decoupling arrangement.
US12025253B2
At least one adjustable clamp device is disclosed that includes a catch member, a base member, a latch member, and a fine adjustment mechanism and is designed to clamp to a targeted object in a secure fashion. At least one quick release clamp device is disclosed that includes a catch member, a base member, a latch member, and a quick release mechanism and is designed to clamp to a targeted object in a secure fashion and to be quickly removable from the targeted object. At least one method for using the adjustable clamp device is disclosed that includes: wrapping an adjustable clamp device around a targeted object; placing a tool around the adjustable clamp device; squeezing the tool and thereby squeezing the adjustable clamp device around the targeted object; and causing the latch member to operably connect to the catch member in a locked position.
US12025245B2
Provided is a joint structure with which a pipe can be disconnected without moving the pipe in a longitudinal direction thereof, even if the pipe is not machined. A first sleeve has an inner cavity into which a pipe is inserted, and one end part of the first sleeve comes into contact with a joint body. A second sleeve has a hole into which the pipe is inserted, and one end part of the second sleeve comes into contact with the other end part of the first sleeve. A nut covers one end part of the joint body, the first sleeve, and the second sleeve, and the nut is threaded onto the joint body in a state of pressing against the surface of the second sleeve on the side opposite from the first sleeve.
US12025243B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerant pipe fitting, the fitting having a pipe shape with a hollow to connect a pipe, may include an out pipe opening which is opened at one end of the fitting and into which an out pipe is inserted; an inner pipe opening which is opened at the other end of the fitting and into which an inner pipe is inserted to be inserted into the out pipe inside the fitting; a pressing portion which is configured to form a part of an inner surface of the fitting and formed to have a narrower inner diameter as it extends toward the inner pipe opening to press and deform the out pipe to allow the out pipe to connect with the inner pipe in movement of the fitting; and a fastening portion which is formed on the inner surface of the fitting between the pressing portion and the out pipe opening to constrain an end of the out pipe to prevent the fitting from being separated.
US12025235B2
A pressure-reducing valve 1 includes a tubular valve body 3 movably accommodated in a housing 2, a valve seat 4 fixed inside the housing 2, and an urging member 5 that urges the valve body 3 in a direction separating from the valve seat 4. The valve seat 4 includes an annular elastic member (O-ring 42) capable of abutting against the valve body 3, an annular portion (inner ring portion 41b) that covers an outer periphery of the elastic member, an inner peripheral portion 43b disposed on an inner periphery of the elastic member, a connecting portion (closing plate portion 43a) that connects the annular portion and the inner peripheral portion 43b, and a detachment prevention portion provided in at least one of the inner peripheral portion 43b and the annular portion on a valve body side to prevent the elastic member from detaching from the annular portion.
US12025233B2
A relief valve 1 includes: a housing 6 connected to a supply-side connection pipe 4a and a discharge-side connection pipe 5a and has an inflow port 61c and an outflow port 62c; a valve seat (an opening rim 61a) provided in the housing 6; a main valve body 7 which is placed in the housing 6, and capable of cutting off communication between the inflow port 61c and the outflow port 62c in the housing 6 by being seated on the valve seat (the opening rim 61a); and a biasing member 8 that biases the main valve body 7 toward the valve seat (the opening rim 61a), wherein the inflow port 61c is provided in the housing 6 such that the inflow port 61c is decentered with respect to a central axis line of the main valve body 7 in a direction in which a supply pipe 4 extends.
US12025229B2
An annular sealing device is configured to be mounted in an annular groove provided on the outer periphery of a shaft so as to seal an annular space between the shaft and a housing that rotate with respect to each other, and change the fluid pressure in the space, and maintains the fluid pressure in a target region to be sealed, and slidably contacts a sidewall surface on the low pressure side of the annular groove. The sealing device includes a sliding portion that slides on the sidewall surface; an inner periphery portion that contacts the shaft; a sliding portion groove formed in the sliding portion so as to extend in the circumferential direction, the sliding portion groove being recessed in the direction of the axis; an introduction groove formed so as to extend from the sliding portion groove to the inner periphery portion, the introduction groove being formed so as to extend from the sliding portion groove to the inner periphery portion, the introduction groove being recessed in the direction of the axis; and an inner periphery groove provided in a joined portion of the sliding portion and the inner periphery portion, the inner periphery groove being recessed in the direction of the axis.
US12025227B2
A gasket includes an annular reinforcing ring formed around an axis, an annular base that is formed around the axis and that is formed from an elastic body into which the reinforcing ring is embedded, and an annular seal lip formed around the axis. The annular seal lip is disposed on an inner periphery side of the base and is integrated with the base. The seal lip includes one lip portion extending to the inner periphery side as progress toward one side in a direction of the axis and another seal lip portion extending to the inner periphery side as progress toward another side in the axis direction. A sum of a width of the base in a radial direction and a width of the seal lip in the radial direction is greater than a thickness of the base in the axis direction.
US12025220B2
A shift device that causes a transmission device to shift in response to a shift operation of a shift pedal includes a shift shaft configured to rotate in response to the shift operation of the shift pedal, a shift cam configured to rotate in a manner of being capable of changing a coupling state of a shift gear of the transmission device, a drive plate configured to move the shift cam in response to the rotation of the shift shaft, and a lost motion mechanism interposed between the shift shaft and the drive plate. The lost motion mechanism is attached to one end portion of the shift shaft and absorbs the rotation of the shift shaft to delay power transmission to the drive plate.
US12025214B2
Provided is a gear mechanism in which power transmission efficiency is good and strength of gear does not reduce. The gear mechanism 10 is provided with a gear body 12 in which a plurality of gears is stacked in a rotation axis direction, each gear being equipped with a disk portion 16 and a plurality of teeth 18 arrange at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the disk portion 16. The plurality of stacked gears 14 is shifted in the rotation direction such that the contact ratio is 1 or more. When the reference module of the gear 14 is m′, the diameter of the pitch circle is d, the number of teeth of the gear 14 is zA, and the number of gears 14 is a, m′=d/(zA×a) is satisfied.
US12025213B2
A powertrain includes a drive motor, a gear mechanism, a left half shaft, a right half shaft, a differential, a clutch, and a clutch control component, where an output shaft of the drive motor is connected to the gear mechanism, and the gear mechanism is mounted on the differential by using a bearing.
US12025206B2
A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes an environment sensor and a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes front and back channels. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid flow sensors and a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber to abate an external factor of concern associated with an external environment as sensed by the environment sensor.
US12025198B2
Provided is a friction material that includes a boron-containing solid lubricant. The friction material may be used to form a brake pad for automotive vehicles. The friction material may include, by weight, about 1.0% to about 6.0% of the boron-containing solid lubricant, about 5.0% to about 15.0% of a fibrous or powdered metal material, an abrasive, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a binder. Advantageously, an antimony free and copper free friction material of the present disclosure may still achieve high friction performance and long pad life, providing a more environment friendly solution to brake systems.
US12025197B2
Provided is a brake apparatus for a vehicle including a pair of brake pads that are disposed to face each other on a caliper body and disposed on two sides of a wheel disc, respectively, a first worm shaft part that is connected to a motor part, a first worm wheel part that is engaged with the first worm shaft part and rotates with rotation of the first worm shaft part, a second worm shaft part that is connected to the first worm wheel part and rotates together with the first worm wheel part, a second worm wheel part that is engaged with the second worm shaft part and includes a plurality of second gear teeth, and a linear motion conversion unit that is coupled to the second worm wheel part and converts a rotational motion of the second worm wheel part into a linear motion.
US12025192B2
The mobile body includes: a stepped transmission; a clutch; a control device; a drive source; an output detection means that acquires an output of the drive source; and an acceleration detection means that acquires acceleration; in which the control device includes: a travel resistance calculation means that calculates a travel resistance based on the acceleration; and a clutch capacity setting means that performs clutch capacity setting based on the output and the travel resistance.
US12025190B2
A driving force distribution device includes a lubrication path LP supplying lubricating oil from an oil inlet positioned on the case outside a cylinder into a hub of each clutch unit through an oil hole positioned between an external surface of the cylinder of each operation unit and a bearing supporting the same, between a spacer supporting the bearing and a snap ring supporting the spacer, between an internal diameter of the cylinder of each operation unit and an external diameter of a drum of each clutch unit, and in the drum of each clutch unit, allowing left and right lubrication paths for lubrication of left and right clutch units to have the shortest length, and simultaneously, each flow path to have an increased size.
US12025185B2
A sealing assembly for bearings, in particular for use in agriculture, the sealing assembly having a first shield, which extends from an outer surface of the inner ring to an inner surface of the outer ring, and is mounted on the outer surface of the inner ring, and a seal with a plurality of contact lips supported by the first shield, and provided with a predetermined number (N) of contact lips arranged in series axially next to one another. The contact lips may lie, when in a respective pre-assembly configuration, in respective planes (P) inclined with respect to a central axis (A) of the bearing, and may have radial lengths decreasing axially towards the bearing.
US12025183B2
A bearing assembly includes an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and rolling bodies located between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring. A gap is defined by a radially outer surface of the inner bearing ring and a radially inner surface of the outer bearing ring. The radially inner surface of the outer bearing ring includes a first radial surface portion that is offset a greater distance from a center of the bearing than a second radial surface portion. The first and second radial surface portions are connected by a sloped surface. A sealing arrangement located in the gap. The sealing arrangement includes a first annular body including an elastomeric sealing protrusion to contact the sloped surface of the outer bearing ring.
US12025180B2
A bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, a bearing, an elastomeric bushing, and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes two pieces. Each of the two pieces includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. Each of the proximal end portions includes an external shoulder having an outer radial face and an inner axial face. The bearing is rotationally mounted around the inner sleeve and captured between each of the inner axial faces of the external shoulders. The elastomeric bushing is disposed around the bearing and abutting the outer radial faces of the external shoulders. The outer sleeve is disposed around the elastomeric bushing and extending at least partially over the external shoulders.
US12025179B2
A thrust bearing includes two physically separate one-piece segments. At least one segment has a wedge-shaped surface serving as a sliding surface. An alternative thrust bearing includes precisely one segment of a one-piece design. The segment is interrupted along its course around an axis of rotation of the thrust bearing. The segment has a wedge-shaped surface serving as a sliding surface.
US12025178B2
A wall mounting bracket for mounting a channel profile element to a wall surface includes a wall plate to be mounted to the wall surface, and at least one support for supporting an end portion of the channel profile element. The support is attached to and extends from the wall plate. The support includes at least one wall portion having fastening apertures. The support includes at least a first support profile and a second support profile. In use the first support profile bears against an exterior side of one of the opposing walls of the channel profile element and the second support profile bears against an interior side of the other one of the opposing walls of the channel profile element.
US12025176B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a modular fastener assembly for use with multiple panel members. In some embodiments, the fastener assembly can include one or more fasteners (i.e., connectors, clips, etc.). Each of the fasteners can include a channel configured to receive an edge of a panel member, a coupling protrusion extending from an outer surface of the fastener, and an opening formed on another external surface of the fastener configured to be complementarily shaped to the coupling protrusion such that a coupling protrusion on another fastener can be received in the opening to secure two fasteners of the fastener assembly together.
US12025173B2
A corrosion-resistant screw-securing disc has an annular, stainless steel disc body for arrangement between a screw head and a flat support, with a disc upper side and a disc underside. The surfaces of the disc upper side and of the disc underside of the disc body are compacted by a stamping process, wherein the disc body has a material thickness of at least 1.5 mm and has a convex shape.
US12025169B2
A fastener and a method of fastening are provided. The fastener can comprise a first end, an oppositely disposed second end, and an elongate portion intermediate the first end and the second end. The elongate portion comprises a first region adjacent to the first end and a second region adjacent to the second end. The first region extends a distance along the elongate portion and has a first diameter. The second region extends a distance along the elongate portion and has a second diameter different from the first diameter. The fastener comprises a transition zone which extends a distance along the elongate portion and connects the first region and the second region. The transition zone comprises a radiused region and a taper region.
US12025160B2
A protection system for a hydraulic cylinder piston having a barrel and a piston rod reciprocating therein, the protection system comprising a piston rod shield which is fixed with respect to the piston rod in use to move with respect to the barrel to cover the piston rod when the piston rod is exposed from the barrel and wherein the piston rod shield comprises a non-metallic flexible material which substantially returns to shape after deformation.
US12025151B2
A blower configured to be positioned in confined spaces and to provide ventilation of a fluid, such as temperature controlled air, is disclosed. In various embodiments, the blower is configured to have a reduced axial thickness, which can be desired in such confined spaces. In some embodiments, the blower has an integral filter, a wire channel for the routing of one or more wires, and/or an exposed backplate. In some embodiments, the blower has a snap-fit circuit board, containment system for mounting the motor, one or more vanes for directing fluid flow, shrouded impeller, and/or integrated connector.
US12025147B2
A drench system includes a rotating mount to rotate a workpiece, a showerhead to dispense a fluid onto the workpiece; and a tray to collect the fluid and recirculate the fluid to the shower. A method of repairing or remanufacturing a coating includes abrading a surface to at least partially remove a portion of a coating to leave an abraded surface; applying a sol-gel over the abraded surface; applying a corrosion resistant primer onto the sol-gel; and applying an erosion coating onto the corrosion resistant primer.
US12025146B2
A fluid working machine comprises a rotor (7) with a blading (10) comprising 40 to 65 blades that radially project out of a body central and are suitably circumferentially offset on a plane normal to the axis of symmetry of the rotor, according to an appropriate spacing rule that can eliminate or appreciably attenuate the acoustic emission components that are mostly annoying to the human ear or at frequencies close to the resonance frequencies of other parts of the working machine.
US12025144B2
A vacuum pump includes a rotor having a shaft, a base housing the shaft, a thrust disc provided at a lower portion of the shaft, and a magnetic bearing supporting the shaft. The magnetic bearing has a first electromagnet arranged to face an upper surface of the thrust disc, and a second electromagnet arranged to face a lower surface of the thrust disc. The second electromagnet includes a core. The core includes a fastening portion provided with a through-hole into which a bolt that fastens the core to the base is to be inserted. The thickness of the fastening portion in a depth direction of the through-hole is greater than the nominal diameter of the bolt, or the center position of the fastening portion in the depth direction of the through-hole is higher than the center position of the second electromagnet in an up-down direction.
US12025143B2
A fan includes a frame, an impeller and a motor. The impeller includes a hub, a plurality of blades, first air-guiding plates and second air-guiding plates. The hub has a tapered shape. A width of the hub gradually increases along a direction from a top portion of the hub to a bottom portion of the hub. The hub has at least an air vent. The blades are disposed around an outer periphery of the hub. The first air-guiding plates and the second air-guiding plates are disposed around an inner periphery of the hub. The first air-guiding plates are arranged between two of the second air-guiding plates in staggered. The second air-guiding plates are arranged between two of the first air-guiding plates in staggered. The first air-guiding plates and the second air-guiding plates have different thicknesses, heights or shapes.
US12025137B2
A method to detect gulping in a pump driven by a motor drive to pump a liquid includes: determining a value of a work indicator corresponding to work performed by a pump pumping a liquid; comparing the value to a first threshold; changing a value of a tracking variable by a first amount if the value of the work indicator is below the threshold; changing the value of the tracking variable by a second amount if the value of the work indicator is above the threshold, wherein the first amount and the second amount have opposite signs; and determining that a gulping event occurred if an absolute value of the tracking variable is larger than an absolute value of a second threshold.
US12025135B2
The pump includes a ring-shaped first inclined surface formed in a portion of a production pipe located above a motor stator and inclined in a direction toward a central axis of the production pipe with respect to a direction from an upper end to a lower end of the production pipe, and a ring-shaped second inclined surface that is formed outside a lower end portion of a pump stator constituting an inner element and comes into surface contact with the first inclined surface.
US12025127B2
A scroll compressor includes a casing, a main frame, a rotating shaft, an orbiting scroll, a fixed scroll configured to engage the orbiting scroll to form a compression chamber, and an Oldham ring slidably coupled to the orbiting scroll to prevent rotation of the orbiting scroll. The Oldham ring includes: a ring body provided between the main frame and the orbiting scroll to be supported in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a key portion extending in the axial direction from the ring body and slidably inserted into a key accommodating portion provided in the orbiting scroll, the main frame, or the fixed scroll. The ring body or the key portion includes an oil supply passage for guiding oil accumulated in a member on which the ring body is supported to between the key portion and the key accommodating portion.
US12025125B2
A scroll compressor having a sealed-oil interception structure, comprising: a partition plate unit which has an orifice, and a first sealing surface located at a bottom side of the partition plate unit and surrounding the orifice; a sealing assembly which is arranged below the partition plate unit and comprises a second sealing surface configured to surround a center hole of the sealing assembly, wherein the second sealing surface abuts against the first sealing surface to form a seal that separates a high-pressure side from a low-pressure side; and an oil interception device provided at the orifice of the partition plate unit. The present compressor may re-introduce a part of lubricating oil to an inner part of a scroll and/or to a low-pressure oil pool side, thereby improving the compression performance and operating stability of the compressor, and reducing the oil circulation rate.
US12025123B2
A pump and purge valve configuration may include an inlet, an outlet arranged downstream of the inlet and defining a portion of an operational fluid pathway, and a pump mechanism arranged along the operational fluid pathway between the inlet and the outlet. The pump and purge valve configuration may also include a purging fluid pathway having a purge inlet in fluid communication with the operational fluid pathway at a point downstream of the pump. The purging fluid pathway may extend from the purge inlet to a relief point. The pump and purge valve configuration may also include a purge valve arranged along the purging fluid pathway. The purge valve may be configured to remain open unless a triggering fluid pressure develops in the pump mechanism.
US12025121B2
An assembly for dispersing a lubricant upon a long stroke oil well rig's chain coupling roller trolley, the assembly incorporating a track frame receiving the roller trolley for leftward and rightward rolling motions; at least a first dip bucket fixedly attached to a lower end of the track frame; a front nozzle connected operatively to the at least first dip bucket for rearwardly emitting portions of the lubricant; an underlying lubricant well adapted for receiving and filling the at least first dip bucket; a rear conduit positioned for collecting the rearwardly emitted portions of the lubricant; a collection pocket underlying the rear conduit; a rear nozzle connected operatively to the collection pocket for forwardly emitting the portions of the lubricant toward the roller trolley.
US12025111B2
A hydraulic piston machine including a housing, a shaft that is able to rotate relative to the housing, and a cam secured to one of the housing or the shaft. A cylinder block includes pistons that are able to move in the cylinder block opposite the cam in order to generate relative rotation between the cylinder block and the cam. The cylinder block is linked in rotation to the other of the shaft or the housing. A mechanism forms rotation guide bearings for guiding the rotation of the shaft relative to the housing, which mechanism includes a tapered plain bushing interposed between a housing element and an element linked in rotation with the shaft and in which the tapered plain bushing includes a radial through-slit extending through the entire radial dimension of the bushing.
US12025096B1
The guide vane assembly for partially surrounds a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), and comprising a front guide and a side guide. The front guide extends ahead of the VAWT and covers a first portion of the VAWT. The front guide has a first inner side and a first outer side meeting at a first leading edge, the first inner side extending from the first leading edge to a first trailing edge and having a shape configured to accelerate incoming air flow from a front of the system into the VAWT. The side guide has a second inner side and a second outer side meeting at a second leading edge located laterally to the uncovered portion of the turbine and aligned with or to the side and behind a frontmost edge of the VAWT. The second inner side extends concavely around the VAWT toward a rear of the VAWT.
US12025094B2
A device for subjecting a cantilevered wind turbine blade to transverse force during a fatigue test of the wind turbine blade, the device comprising: a pivot arm having a longitudinal pivot arm axis and being pivotally supported in an arm supporting structure for pivoting about an essentially horizontal pivot axis, a mass member being connected to the pivot arm, and a coupling member providing a connection between the pivot arm and a blade fixture configured to be fixedly connected to the blade, the pivot axis, the mass member and the coupling member being mutually spaced along the longitudinal pivot arm axis. The system comprises the device and an exciter configured for cyclically subjecting the cantilevered blade to a transverse reciprocating movement.
US12025085B2
A tank has two substantially parallel side surfaces, a tank first side surface and a tank second side surface, and the return filter is provided in the tank via an insertion hole formed in the tank first side surface. The strainer has one end provided on an outflow portion provided on a bottom surface of a filter case and the other end provided on the tank second side surface.
US12025082B2
An air pre-cleaner spin tube includes a vaned inlet section including an inlet flange, and an outer tube inlet portion including an outer wall forming a nozzle that defines a radial direction, and a longitudinal axis. Also, a central stem is disposed in the nozzle, and a plurality of vanes extends from the central stem to the outer wall.
US12025071B2
An internal combustion engine (1) automatically stops when a predetermined idle stop condition is satisfied, and automatically restarts when a predetermined idle stop cancel condition is satisfied. The internal combustion engine (1) is controlled so that when fresh air does not flow into a GPF (18) even if fuel injection is stopped during operation of a vehicle, stop of the fuel injection is permitted even when temperature of GPF (18) is high. That is, the internal combustion engine (1) is controlled so that the stop of the fuel injection is forbidden when the temperature of the GPF (18) is higher than a predetermined temperature T1 and the stop of the fuel injection is allowed when the vehicle stops in a state in which the temperature of the GPF (18) is higher than the predetermined temperature (T1).
US12025070B2
A method of heating a catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine, wherein the method comprises the steps of: igniting the gas charge in one of the cylinders in a range from 10° CA before ignition top dead center to 20° CA after ignition top dead center; and opening the exhaust valve of the cylinder exhaust of the cylinder in a range from 30° CA to 55° CA after ignition top dead center. The method allows the catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine to quickly reach operating temperature and thus contributes to the reduction of pollutant emissions. An internal combustion engine is also provided that is designed to carry out the method of the invention for heating a catalytic converter.
US12025069B2
A hybrid control method controls a hybrid vehicle. A control unit sets a rotational speed threshold value at which a continuous gear tooth striking sound occurring in a gear mechanism connecting an electric power generation motor to the internal combustion engine is not a problem in terms of vehicle quality. The control unit generates negative pressure while maintaining the engine rotational speed in the firing state where the engine rotational speed is equal to or greater than the rotational speed threshold value. Also, the control unit generates negative pressure after switching from the firing state to a motoring state where the internal combustion engine is rotated by the electric power generation motor and where the engine rotational speed is less than the rotational speed threshold value.
US12025068B1
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting canister purge flow based on robustness conditions of pre-chamber ignition of an engine at non-steady state operating conditions wherein robustness conditions comprise operating conditions wherein the engine operates at air to fuel ratios that are under or exceed stoichiometric ratios and canister purge flow is adjusted proportionally based on a degree of robustness of the robustness conditions. Further methods are provided for adjusting canister purge flow based on robustness conditions of pre-chamber ignition of the engine at steady state operating conditions.
US12025065B2
Provided is an internal combustion engine control unit that controls an engine by detecting combustion characteristics with a simple configuration robust to disturbance such as noise. Therefore, the internal combustion engine control unit (ECU 12) of the present embodiment includes a rotational speed calculation unit 122a that calculates a crank rotational speed of an internal combustion engine (engine 1); an extreme value timing calculation unit 122b that calculates an extreme value timing of the crank rotational speed calculated by the rotational speed calculation unit 122a; and a combustion state estimation unit (combustion phase calculation unit 122c) that estimates a combustion state based on the extreme value timing of the crank speed calculated by the extreme value timing calculation unit 122b.
US12025058B2
A sealing member that forms a combustion gas flow path of a gas turbine includes a first body portion having a cooling passage. The first body portion includes a first end portion forming one end portion in a circumferential direction, a second end portion forming the other end portion on an opposite side in the circumferential direction, and an intermediate portion formed between the first and second end portions. The cooling passage includes an intermediate portion cooling passage inclined at a first angle with respect to an axial direction, a first end portion cooling passage provided in the first end portion and inclined at a second angle with respect to the axial direction, and a second end portion cooling passage provided in the second end portion and inclined at a third angle with respect to the axial direction, and the second and third angles are smaller than the first angle.
US12025053B1
A stator vane assembly includes a support structure a support structure and a plurality of cantilever stator vanes Each cantilever stator vane of the plurality of cantilever stator vanes extends from the support structure to a distal end of that cantilever stator vane. At least one notch is formed in each of the distal ends. At least one damper is received within the at least one notch formed in each of the distal ends. A method is also disclosed.
US12025048B2
A vehicle cooling system includes a first fan assembly, a second fan assembly, and a control unit. The first fan assembly generates a main cooling flow acting upon a first cooler arrangement. The second fan assembly generates a secondary cooling flow adjacent to the main cooling flow and acting upon a second cooler arrangement. The secondary cooling flow is branched off from the main cooling flow via the second fan assembly. The main and secondary cooling flows pass through a filter element located upstream of the first and second fan assemblies and the first and second cooler arrangements. The control unit is configured to determine an actual value of a rotational speed variable of the second fan assembly, compare the actual value with a desired value specified for a cleaned state of the filter element, and generate a trigger signal to initiate a reversing operation of the first fan assembly.
US12025039B2
A V-type engine includes an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase, an exhaust collecting pipe connected to the first and second cylinder banks, a catalyst accommodated in the exhaust collecting pipe, and a muffler detachably connected to the exhaust collecting pipe, wherein the catalyst extends in a width direction of the engine body from a distal end side of the first cylinder bank to a distal end side of the second cylinder bank.
US12025028B2
A manufacturing method of a turbomachine airfoil, such as an outlet guide vane airfoil, comprising positioning a first fibrous wall preform on a first mold portion, placing at least one core on the first wall preform, positioning a second fibrous wall preform on the core, assembling a second mold portion to the first mold portion so as to form a mold around the first and second wall preforms, applying a hardening treatment to the first and second wall preforms, removing the core, and positioning a reinforcing structure between the first wall preform and the second wall preform.
US12025020B2
A vane system includes a plurality of vane assemblies and a continuous support ring. The vane assemblies are arranged circumferentially about an axis and each include a hollow airfoil fairing and a spar. The spar has a spar flange and a spar leg extending radially inwardly from the spar flange and through the hollow airfoil fairing. The continuous support ring has radially inner and outer sides and defines a circumferential row of through-holes between the radially inner and outer sides. The spar legs extend through the through-holes and the spar flanges are affixed at the radially outer side of the continuous support ring.
US12025009B2
A valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic motor. The valve includes a sleeve and a spool. The sleeve includes a first fluid flow port for receiving hydraulic fluid from the supply line; a second fluid flow port for supplying hydraulic fluid to a second valve; a third fluid flow port for receiving hydraulic fluid from a first control line; a fourth fluid flow port for receiving hydraulic fluid from a second control line; and a fifth fluid flow port in fluid communication with the return line. The valve is arranged to be actuated to move the spool between a first position and a second position. When the spool is in the second position, the fifth fluid flow port is in fluid communication with the second, third and fourth fluid flow ports and the first fluid flow port is closed by the spool.
US12025005B2
An easy building-up hybrid rotary steerable drilling system includes a front supporting body, a weight-on-bit (WOB)-torque-on-bit (TOB) deflectable transmission joint and a deflection control system. The WOB-TOB deflectable transmission joint includes a universal joint. A front end of the front supporting body is fixedly connected to a drill bit, and a rear end of the front supporting body is fixedly connected to an outlet end of the universal joint. A front push-the-bit assembly is provided on a circumferential surface of the front supporting body. The deflection control system controls radial push-the-bit parts of the front push-the-bit assembly to push a borehole wall along a radial direction of the front supporting body, such that the front supporting body generates a deviation angle relative to an input shaft of the universal joint by taking a center point of the universal joint as a center, thereby controlling a drilling direction.
US12025002B2
A downhole tool comprises at least one inlet and a first pump coupled to the at least one inlet via a first flow line. The first pump is to pump at a first pump rate to extract fluid via the at least one inlet from a subsurface formation in which a borehole is created and in which the downhole tool is to be positioned. A sample chamber is coupled to the inlet via a second flow line, and a second pump is coupled to the inlet via the second flow line. The second pump is to pump at a second pump rate to extract the fluid via the at least one inlet from the subsurface formation and for storage in the sample chamber. The first pump rate is greater than the second pump rate.
US12024992B2
A curvature cruise controller has been designed to maintain a desired curvature when drilling a curve section of a wellbore. The curvature cruise controller utilizes a model-based controller (such as an LQR controller) to generate steering inputs based on the desired curvature and attitude setpoints and real time measurements. The model-based controller is configured with a wellbore propagation model that characterizes the tool's response dynamics. The curvature cruise controller utilizes real time drilling operation parameters measurements to tune the model-based controller.
US12024977B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to stage collars and related methods of operation thereof for stage cementing operations. In one implementation, a stage collar for stage cementing operations includes a barrel, and an activation sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The activation sleeve includes first fluid openings. The stage collar includes an activation ring that includes an activation seat. The stage collar includes a first set of shear fasteners coupling the activation ring to the activation sleeve, and a second set of shear fasteners coupling the activation sleeve to the barrel. The stage collar includes a setting piston, and a closing sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The closing sleeve includes second fluid openings. The stage collar includes a third set of shear fasteners coupling the closing sleeve to the barrel.
US12024967B1
A section milling system may include an anchor secured to a downhole end of a coiled tubing. The anchor is configured to expand radially outward to set the anchor at a desired downhole position and restrain rotation of the coiled tubing. The section milling system also includes a reamer positioned downhole from the anchor. The reamer having extendable cutting arms configured to extend in response to fluid flowing through the reamer. Additionally, the section milling system includes a motor configured to rotate in response to fluid flowing through the motor, and rotation of the motor is configured to drive rotation of the cutting arms of the reamer to mill wellbore casing positioned adjacent the reamer. The section milling system further includes an actuation feature configured to move the reamer to mill along a wellbore in the uphole direction.
US12024943B2
In one aspect, a covering for an architectural structure includes a headrail, a bottom rail supported relative to the headrail, and at least one stackable covering element positioned between the headrail and the bottom rail. The covering also includes an overpowered lift system configured to provide a lifting force that raises the bottom rail relative to the headrail towards a retracted position of the covering. In addition, the covering includes retention structure provided in operative association with the bottom rail, with the retention structure being configured to engage at least one hold-down bracket to hold the bottom rail in position relative to the headrail against the lifting force provided by the overpowered lift system.
US12024942B2
An operating wand for a window shade includes an elongate rod extending along a lengthwise axis, a catching portion protruding along the lengthwise axis from an end of the elongate rod, and a shoulder portion protruding sideways from the catching portion. The operating wand is operable to connect with and detach from a rail of a window shade. In particular, an end of the operating wand provided with the catching portion and the shoulder portion can engage with the rail for pushing or pulling the rail in movement so as to collapse or expand the window shade.
US12024937B2
A partial-opening device for a motor-vehicle door element, having an electric drive, an actuating element, more particularly a pushing element which acts the door element, wherein the actuating element can be moved by means of the electric drive and by means of a gearing arranged between the electric drive and the actuating element, such that the door element can be at least partially opened by means of the actuating element, and wherein the gearing has a drive lever, which is disposed on an outer end of the actuating element, which outer end is associated with the door element.
US12024923B2
A safety handle for the control of access to machines or industrial plants comprises a main body (3, 4) adapted to be gripped by a user for moving the movable part (M) of the access (A), fixing means for fixing the main body (3, 4) to the movable part (M), an actuator (2) suitable to be associated with the main body (3, 4) to interact with control means associated with the access (A) upon closure thereof for enabling the machine or industrial plant to be controlled. The main body (3, 4) houses thereinside one or more signalling and/or control devices (25, 26) provided with electrical connection means for connection to one or more power and/or service circuits of the machine or industrial plant, at least one of the signalling and/or control devices comprising one or more light sources (25) adapted to emit a light beam.
US12024919B2
The present invention relates to the field of lockset and provides a lock body a latch bolt installation structure comprising a latch bolt body having a driving part and a latch part, wherein the latch part is detachably connected with the driving part. The latch part is configured with a male part inserting into a female part on the driving part; the female part comprises a first installation position and a second installation position for installing the latch part; when the latch part is installed at the first installation position, a flat surface of the latch part faces towards a first direction; when the latch part is installed at the second installation position, the flat surface of the latch part faces towards a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. The present invention is advantageous in fast reversal of the installation of the latch bolt as well as the construction progress control and user experiences.
US12024917B2
A method for constructing a picket fence section includes the steps of: inserting a plurality of spring clips into a hollow interior of each of a plurality of hollow pickets. Each spring clip has a first leg and an opposing second leg that includes a locking protrusion that extends outwardly from the second leg. Each spring clip is disposed within the hollow interior of one hollow picket such that locking protrusion extends through one corresponding first hole formed in the one hollow picket. The plurality of pickets are coupled to a plurality of rails with each rail including a longitudinal locking channel and each picket being coupled to the plurality of rails by inserting the locking protrusions into the longitudinal locking channels of the corresponding rails, thereby coupling the hollow pickets to the corresponding rails.
US12024915B2
A lightweight and portable inflatable assembly includes an inflatable structural component and a chemical reaction based inflator device. The inflatable structural component includes a flexible housing defining a cavity. The inflatable structure is uninflated in a first operational mode and filled with an inflation fluid retained for at least 4 hours in a second operational mode. At least one primary and at least one secondary charge unit are in fluid communication with the cavity. The primary charge unit includes a first gas generant material configured to generate a first predetermined volume of inflation medium for filling the cavity, while the secondary charge unit includes a second gas generant material configured to generate a second predetermined volume of inflation medium for filling the cavity in the second operational mode. The second predetermined volume is ≤about 40% by volume of the first predetermined volume.
US12024898B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other.
US12024890B2
A tubular skylight assembly. The tubular skylight assembly may include a light tube pitch adapter that may be adjustable to alter an angle between its ends, a cylindrical light tube secured to the light tube pitch adaptor, a collar for securing to the light tube pitch adapter, a flashing surround preferably having an exterior base and a top cover, and a skylight cover having an outer frame and a glass pane. The collar and light tube pitch adapter may reside at least partially within the exterior base of the flashing surround and the skylight cover may be disposed over the top cover of the flashing surround.
US12024884B2
A continuous FRP composite fiber truss shear connector is provided. The connector includes two folding line segments I and multiple folding line segments II. Multiple folding line segments II are connected in sequence end to end, and the two folding line segments I are respectively connected to the head end of the first folding line segment II and the tail end of the last folding line segment II; and the included angle between the adjacent folding line segments II is 20°-140°. The present disclosure achieves the rigid connection strength of walls, and can cut off thermal bridge connection so as to greatly improve the thermal insulation efficiency of precast concrete sandwich panels.
US12024880B2
A mounting device includes a base that is rectangularly elongated. The base includes an open bottom that extends lengthwise along a direction of elongation of the base. A pair of guides is disposed on opposite sides of the base, extending lengthwise along the direction of the elongation of the base. The pair of guides are for guiding support hardware in linear movement along the direction of the elongation of the base. An internal cavity is within the base for containing a sealant against a roof when the mounting device is secured to the roof. An opening extends through the base for receiving a fastener to secure the mounting device to the roof. The opening is in communication with the internal cavity.
US12024878B2
A waterproofing membrane system for waterproofing a concrete substrate is disclosed. The waterproofing membrane may comprise a first layer comprising a thermoplastic elastomeric waterproof material using advanced polymerization and squeeze technology. The second layer may comprise a carrier sheet that comprises a fabric. The third layer may comprise an adhesive to provide bonding of the first layer with a concrete substrate upon contact. In addition, the third layer may reduce migration of water and vapor traveling between the first layer and the concrete substrate. In some examples, the waterproofing membrane may also comprise a fourth layer to provide mechanical protection and ease of handling for the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer. In some examples, the first layer may comprise a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), the fabric may comprise polypropylene and/or polyethylene, the adhesive may comprise a C5 petroleum resin, and the fourth layer may be a protective coating comprising quartz sand (SiO2) having a reflectivity of 4.5%.
US12024868B2
A modular vacuum plumbing assembly includes a frame, a water supply conduit attached to the frame, and a wastewater outlet conduit attached to the frame. Water travels from a water supply system to a plumbing fixture via the water supply conduit and wastewater travels away from the plumbing fixture via the wastewater outlet conduit.
US12024865B2
This invention discloses a faucet shell, comprising a cylinder body formed by cutting tubular profile, and a cover formed by punching from sheet plate. The outer edge of the cover is welded to the upper end face of the cylinder body or inner wall of the upper end of the cylinder body. A through hole is arranged in the center of the cover, and a valve element mounting cylinder is welded at the through hole. This invention can effectively reduce supporting facilities required, production processes and dependence on large production equipment so as to reduce production cost and exhibit beautiful appearance.
US12024861B2
An articulated work vehicle has front and rear frames coupled. The work vehicle includes a hydraulic actuator driven by hydraulic pressure to change a vehicle body frame angle of the front frame with respect to the rear frame, a lever rotatable to change the body frame angle, a control valve that controls a flow rate of oil supplied to the hydraulic actuator, and a controller. The controller sets a target angle of the vehicle body frame angle with respect to an input angle of the lever, and controls the control valve such that an actual angle of the vehicle body frame angle matches the target angle of the vehicle body frame angle.
US12024860B2
An intelligent work vehicle preheating system includes an electric drive subsystem containing a battery pack, a hydraulic subsystem containing a first hydraulic fluid (HF) heating device, and a first HF temperature sensor. A memory stores a first minimum target temperature at or above which a first hydraulic fluid body contained in the hydraulic subsystem is desirably maintained. A controller architecture selectively places the intelligent work vehicle preheating system in an off-duty preheat mode when the electric drive subsystem is connected to an external power supply utilized to charge the battery pack. The controller architecture further controls the HF heating device to heat the first hydraulic fluid body when (i) the intelligent work vehicle preheating system is placed in the off-duty preheat mode, and (ii) the current temperature of the first hydraulic fluid body is less than the first minimum target temperature.
US12024859B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a drivetrain for a work machine, wherein a first electric motor drives a work drive of the work machine via a first transmission arrangement, wherein a second electric motor drives a traction drive of the work machine via a second transmission arrangement, and wherein, during a shift process of the second transmission arrangement from a relatively low gear ratio stage to a relatively high gear ratio stage, the rotational speed of the second electric motor is reduced. The method according to the disclosure is distinguished by the fact that, during the shift process, a driving connection is produced between the first electric motor and the second transmission arrangement by a first clutch, such that, during the shift process, the first electric motor drives the traction drive. The disclosure furthermore relates to a corresponding drivetrain and to a work machine.
US12024852B2
A work machine includes a first actuator operatively coupled with a first suspension element and a second actuator operatively coupled with a second suspension element. A grading tool assembly is operatively coupled with the first suspension element and the second suspension element. A receiver is operatively coupled with the chassis and configured and operable to detect a wireless signal. An electronic controller is in operative communication with the receiver, the first actuator, and the second actuator and is configured and operable to control the first actuator and the second actuator in response to a wireless signal detected by the receiver.
US12024844B2
A reticular structure includes first elements distanced from each other and having an elongated conformation according to a first prevalent development trajectory, and second elements distanced from each other and having an elongated conformation according to a second prevalent development trajectory orthogonal, to the first prevalent development trajectory of the first elements. The first and second elements intersect at nodes to form meshes. The first elements have at a mid-portion defined between two consecutive nodes and orthogonally to the first prevalent development trajectory and a substantially T-shaped section including a base and a protuberance emerging orthogonally from the base. The second elements have, at a mid-portion defined between two immediately consecutive nodes and orthogonally to the second prevalent development path, a respective elongated base joined in a single piece to the base of the first elements to define a bottom surface of the reticular structure opposed to the protuberance of the first elements.
US12024842B2
The method for preventing and controlling glacial lake outbreak flood and related debris flows by the present invention is mainly controlling the scale of the floods by separating water and rocks and dispersing its energy step by step. The cascading amplification effects of floods can be reduced by controlling the initiation of source material with energy dissipation by using ground sills, groups of piles, and placed large stones and prefabricated artificial structures. The diversion dam built in the downstream area discharge floods in different layers, which can quickly guide water to the main river. The preconstructed engineering system can be used in a timely manner to prevent and control floods and debris flows induced by a sudden outburst of glacial lakes in areas with important facilities and inhabitants enduring the risk of natural hazards. Prevention and control systems can separate floods and debris flows and dissipate their energy. The groups of ground sills and check dams gradually dissipate the energy of floods, prevent high-energy boulders, and control the initiation of source materials in the channel and bank. Moreover, the systems can also separate the water and rocks in dilute debris flows or debris flows with high bulk densities but low viscosities. The diversion dams also enhance the separation function and keep the flood and debris flow discharge in the lower and upper channel to the main river.
US12024840B2
A module for implementing a protective barrier against liquid runoff and/or flooding comprising a retention member adapted to retain a liquid body on a front area located at a front side of the protective barrier, one or more sensors adapted to acquire at least one information about the module or about the liquid body, a relief valve, the relief valve being adapted to be actuated from a closed state to an open state according to the information acquired and provided by the sensor, and related system and method.
US12024837B2
The present invention relates to a railway weed control vehicle. It is described to activate (110) at least one weed control unit to control weeds along and around a railway track. The railway track comprises rails and sleepers. The at least one electrode based weed control unit is mounted at at least one first position of the vehicle. Sensor data is acquired (120) by at least one sensor. The sensor data relates to at least one location along and around the railway track. The at least one sensor is mounted at at least one second position of the vehicle. With respect to a forward movement direction of the vehicle the at least one second position is in front of the at least one first position. The sensor data is provided (130) to a processing unit. The sensor data is analysed (140) by the processing unit to determine locations of rail infrastructure components in addition to the rails and sleepers. The processing unit modifies (150) activation of one or more electrode based weed control units of the at least one electrode based weed control unit comprising utilisation of at least one location of the determined locations of the rail infrastructure components.
US12024827B2
A construction method for playground surfacing. The method of the present invention including the steps of: a) preparing in situ a mixture comprising 29-70% by weight of cork granules and 30-71% by weight of a polymeric binder, at room temperature; b) pouring the mixture obtained in step a) on at least one surface area; c) compacting the mixture to a thickness in the range of 35-135 mm and to a density in the range of 100-300 kg/m3; and d) curing the compacted mixture from step c).
US12024803B2
A circular knitting machine for knitted or hosiery items includes a supporting structure; a needle-holding cylinder rotatable around an axis of rotation and supporting a plurality of cylinder needles that are movable for producing a knitted fabric; a dial assembly, arranged above the cylinder and comprising a needle-holding plate rotating around the axis of rotation and supporting a plurality of plate needles that are movable for producing a knitted fabric. The machine includes motion generation elements, in order to rotate the needle-holding cylinder around the axis of rotation, and motion transmission elements configured for forming a motion transmission chain capable of transmitting to the plate, synchronously with respect to the cylinder, the rotation generated by the motion generation elements. The motion transmission elements include a first toothed wheel, receiving the rotary motion of the motion generation elements; a second toothed wheel, mounted coaxially with the needle-holding plate; an offset device, located between the first and the second toothed wheel and comprising an inlet gear, engaged with the first toothed wheel, and an outlet gear, engaged with the second toothed wheel. The inlet and outlet gears are mounted coaxially with one another and are translatable by an actuator, so as to change the engagement of the inlet gear with the first toothed wheel and/or the engagement of the outlet gear with the second toothed wheel.
US12024796B2
The present disclosure relates to designs and applications of Variable Heavy Only (VHO) domain regions. The present disclosure provides a VHO library of polynucleotides encoding VHO domains, wherein the VHO domains are designed based on the Vh domain of a human Vh family, and a method of generating the VHO library. The present disclosure also provides a phage library displaying the VHO domains encoded by the VHO library through the use of M13 bacteriophage minor coat proteins such as pIX and pVII and a method of generating the phage library. The present disclosure also provides a method of screening the phage library to identify VHO candidates that are capable of binding a target of interest.
US12024789B2
Methods for forming single crystal silicon ingots with improved resistivity control and, in particular, methods that involve gallium or indium doping are disclosed. In some embodiments, the ingots are characterized by a relatively high resistivity.
US12024786B1
Provided are methods of forming active materials for electrochemical cells using low-temperature electrochemical deposition, e.g., at less than 200° C. Specifically, these processes allow precise control of the morphology, composition, and/or size of the deposited structures. For example, a deposited structure may be doped, alloyed, or surface treated during its formation using a combination of different precursors. In particular, a silicon structure may be prelithiated while being formed. Different working electrodes (e.g., with different surface sizes and properties) allow forming different types of structures, e.g., precipitating particles from the solution or specific types of films deposited on the working electrode. These processes require minimal energy and do not use volatile precursors. Furthermore, these processes produce a more confined waste stream, suitable for post-reaction recycling. Finally, low-temperature electrochemical deposition can be readily scaled up.
US12024780B2
A method of preparing a metal mask substrate includes providing a metal substrate. Next, a gloss is measured and obtained from the surface of the metal substrate. Next, the gloss is determined whether to be within a predetermined range. When the gloss is determined within the predetermined range, a photolithography process is performed to the metal substrate, where the predetermined range is between 90 GU and 400 GU.
US12024763B2
The invention relates to a wire for electrically contacting temperature sensors, the wire consisting of at least 50 wt % of a platinum composition, the platinum composition containing between 2 wt % and 3.5 wt % tungsten, up to 47.95 wt % of at least one precious metal selected from the group consisting of rhodium, gold, iridium and palladium and mixtures thereof, between 0.05 wt % and 1 wt % oxides of at least one non-precious metal selected from the group consisting of (i) zirconium, (ii) aluminum and (iii) zirconium and at least one element selected from aluminum, yttrium and scandium, and, as the remainder, at least 50 wt % platinum including impurities. The invention also relates to a temperature sensor having such a wire, and to a method for producing such a wire and such a temperature sensor.
US12024748B2
Described herein is the identification of the NMT1, NMT2 and metAP2 genes, mRNA overexpressed in PBMCs of patients with adenomatous polyps in comparison with patients with non-adenomatous polyps and healthy controls. We also discovered that NMT2 levels are higher in the PBMCs of patients adenomatous polyps in comparison with patients with non-adenomatous polyps and healthy control subjects.
US12024741B2
A sample holder includes a first member featuring a first retaining mechanism configured to retain a first substrate that includes a sample, a second member featuring a second retaining mechanism configured to retain a second substrate that includes a reagent medium, and an alignment mechanism connected to at least one of the first and second members, and configured to align the first and second members such that the sample contacts at least a portion of the reagent medium when the first and second members are aligned.
US12024739B1
A method of analysing a sample comprising nucleic acid. The method includes introducing the sample into a discrete container that is prefilled with a lysis buffer. Agitating the container to assist with lysing to release nucleic acid. Extracting a lysed sample from the container and introducing the lysed sample into a sample chamber of a disposable cartridge. Mixing the lysed sample with a dilution buffer in the sample chamber to obtain a first mixture. Fluidly connecting the sample chamber to a mixing chamber. “Displacing the first mixture from the sample chamber to the mixing chamber. Fluidly connecting the mixing chamber to a mastermix chamber containing a mastermix. Displacing the first mixture to obtain a second mixture.” Displacing the second mixture from the mastermix chamber to an analysis unit. Operating the analysis unit to identify the nucleic acid or other nucleic acids derived from the nucleic acid.
US12024734B2
The present disclosure provides a method for two-phase partitioning production of a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) by dry anaerobic digestion. In the present disclosure, due to a slow heat transfer of the dry anaerobic digestion, a same dry anaerobic digestion device is naturally divided into two phases, and the MCFA is synthesized while producing electron acceptors and electron donors in the same dry anaerobic digestion device. Meanwhile, the dry anaerobic digestion device is provided with a high-efficiency decomposing microbial inoculant on an upper part and inoculated with sludge having a carbon chain extension function on a lower part. In this way, a material residence time is regulated, and cycles of hydrolytic acidification and carbon chain extension are shortened, thereby achieving the high-value conversion of agricultural waste while increasing a conversion rate of organic acids in the dry anaerobic digestion.
US12024732B2
A method for preparing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a derivative thereof by an enzymatic-chemical cascade method, comprising: reacting an alcohol, an amine, an alcohol dehydrogenase, a flavin molecule and a coenzyme in a solvent to obtain the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and the derivative thereof; compared with the prior art, the method is a green and economical enzymatic-chemical cascade method, and is used for synthesizing nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and derivatives thereof; compared with a common toxic chemical catalyst, the alcohol dehydrogenase is selected as a catalyst in the method, which has the characteristics of high substrate specificity, no pollution, high catalytic efficiency, no toxic solvents and simple post-treatment.
US12024730B1
A granule for detecting glucose in pet urine, includes: 80-100 parts by weight of a filler, 30-50 parts by weight of water-absorbent material, 2-4 parts by weight of a bacteriostatic agent, 5-10 parts by weight of an adhesive, 1-2 parts by weight of glucose oxidase, 2-4 parts by weight of peroxidase, 2-6 parts by weight of an indicator.
US12024729B2
Disclosed herein are a polypeptide having cephalosporin C(CPC) acylase activity and a use thereof. More specifically, a mutant CPC acylase comprising a point mutation introduced thereinto, thereby exhibiting improved enzymatic activity and/or stability, and a use of the mutant CPC acylase for producing 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), are provided.
US12024727B2
The present disclosure provides for endonuclease enzymes having distinguishing domain features, as well as methods of using such enzymes or variants thereof.
US12024726B2
The present invention provides chimeric Flp-TAL recombinases, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for the use of the chimeric Flp-TAL recombinases for site-specific alteration of a target sequence in cells.
US12024725B2
In some aspects, provided herein are computational methods for structure-based protein design. These new methods and incorporated algorithms speed-up computational structure-based protein design while maintaining accurate calculations, allowing for larger, previously infeasible protein designs. In another aspect, provided herein are mutant c-RAF proteins, and conjugates comprising the same. The conjugates may be used in methods of treating cancer in a subject, such as in methods of treating a KRas mutant cancer.
US12024724B2
The present invention relates to an oncolytic virus which is, or is derived from, a clinical isolate which has been selected by comparing the abilities of a panel of three or more clinical isolates of the same viral species to kill tumor cells of two or more tumor cell lines in vitro and selecting a clinical isolate which is capable of killing cells of two or more tumor cell lines more rapidly and/or at a lower dose in vitro than one or more of the other clinical isolates in the panel.
US12024717B2
According to the present invention, there are provided a method for producing a human T cell, which comprises the steps of inducing an iPS cell from a human T cell, and differentiating the iPS cell into a T cell; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the T cell produced by the method; and a method for cell-based immunotherapy using the method.
US12024716B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods useful for an adoptive cell therapy. Some embodiments of the disclosure relates to methods for producing a population of lymphocytes enriched in T stem cell memory cells (TSCM cells). Further provided are compositions containing a substantially pure population of TSCM cells that are therapeutically effective in treating various cancers, and kits containing such compositions. Methods for treating a subject having or suspected of having a cancer using the compositions and kits as disclosed herein are also provided.
US12024713B2
Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased cold tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
US12024711B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering gibberellin (GA) content in corn or other cereal plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to gibberellin biosynthesis through editing of specific subtypes of GA20 oxidase genes to introduce an antisense sequence or segment into the gene. Modified plant cells and plants having a dominant allele reducing the expression or activity of one or more GA oxidase genes are further provided comprising reduced gibberellin levels and improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types.
US12024707B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of a methods and compositions for modulating lncRNAs and methods of treatment based on lncRNA expression.
US12024704B2
Compositions including metal nano- and/or micro-particles in solution with photosynthetic bioproduct producing microorganisms. These light harvesting complexes increase growth rates and photosynthetic efficiency of the constituent microorganisms, reducing the light required for a specific production level, or increases production for a specific light level. Compositions including zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVIs) in solution with photosynthetic bioproduct producing microorganisms. The nZVIs cause increased growth, lipid production and fatty acid production.
US12024702B2
A device and method preparing a sample that may contain a target microorganism, includes: placing the sample in a container including: a device for the capture and/or concentration of a target microorganism or of a protein therefrom, including a capture and/or concentration support; a receptacle including; inlet and fluid guides, a device controlling the sample volume transferred from the fluid guide to the capture and/or concentration device through the inlet orifice, an outlet orifice; the capture/concentration device being attached to a wall of the receptacle; generating a displacement of all or part of the sample to the fluid guide and a defined sample volume from the fluid guide to the capture and/or concentration device, capturing and/or concentrating, on the capture and/or concentration support, the target microorganism or a protein from the microorganism, the volume of sample crossing the capture and/or concentration support then exiting again through the outlet orifice.
US12024699B2
The disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for at least one of cell and gene therapy manufacture. In some embodiments, a cell processing unit is provided and comprises a housing defining an enclosure into which a cell processing platform can be mounted, a platform mounting bracket within the housing and configured and arranged to receive and retain a cell processing platform, a drive apparatus configured and arranged to operatively engage and act upon a cell processing platform so as to move same with respect to the platform mounting bracket, and an actuator configured and arranged to exert a force on a container mounted into the cell processing platform so as to expel a contents from the container.
US12024690B2
A method of countering malodour in a washing machine at the end of a wash cycle, comprising the addition thereto of a fragrance precursor. The fragrance precursor may be added alone in solution, or as part of a fabric softener/conditioner. The precursor is particularly ethyl (Z)-2-acetyl-4-methyltridec-2-enoate; ethyl N,S-bis(4-oxo-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)butan-2-yl)cysteinate; 4-(dodecylthio)-4-methylpentan-2-one; 1-butoxy-3-((1E,4Z)-hepta-1,4-dien-1-yl)benzene; 2-ethoxy-4-((1E,4Z)-hepta-1,4-dien-1-yl)phenol; and mixtures thereof. The use of precursor in this manner provides a washing machine that is free from malodour for a prolonged period.
US12024686B2
The present disclosure provides fuel additives including quaternary ammonium salt additive(s) and Mannich detergent additive(s) effective to improve engine performance in both port fuel injected and gasoline direct injection engines.
US12024684B2
Furnace systems and methods for steam cracking hydrocarbons to produce ethylene and other light olefins are provided herein. A furnace system for cracking hydrocarbons includes a radiant firebox containing a plurality of burners and an injection nozzle, a primary transfer line exchanger fluidly coupled to and downstream of the radiant firebox, and a flow restrictor fluidly coupled to and downstream of the primary transfer line exchanger. The furnace system also includes a decoke vessel containing an effluent inlet, a fluid outlet, and a coke outlet, where the effluent inlet is fluidly coupled to and downstream of the flow restrictor and the fluid outlet is fluidly coupled to and upstream of the injection nozzle of the radiant firebox, and a coke collection bin is coupled to the coke outlet of the decoke vessel.
US12024681B2
A process increases the concentration of normal paraffins in a feed stream comprising separating a naphtha feed stream into a normal paraffin rich stream and a non-normal paraffin rich stream. A naphtha feed stream may be separated into a normal paraffin stream and a non-normal paraffin stream. An isomerization feed stream is taken from the non-normal paraffin stream and isomerized over an isomerization catalyst to convert non-normal paraffins to normal paraffins and produce an isomerization effluent stream. The isomerization effluent stream may be separated into a propane stream and a C4+ hydrocarbon stream optionally in a single column. The C4+ hydrocarbon stream may be recycled to the step of separating a naphtha feed stream.
US12024677B2
The technology described herein includes methods and uses in oil and gas hydraulic fracking for a quaternary ammonium organosilane, and particularly AMOSILQ™ quaternary ammonium organosilane. Uses include coating and treating filters for use in the hydraulic fracking process, premixing in fracking fluid/water; flowback water treatment and proppant coating.
US12024675B2
Corrosion inhibition compositions and methods useful for inhibiting corrosion are provided. The corrosion inhibition compositions comprise at least one filming agent and at least one promoting agent and the methods for inhibiting corrosion on metal surfaces utilize the disclosed corrosion inhibiting compositions.
US12024674B2
The present disclosure provides methods for inhibiting scale formation in subterranean reservoirs. The methods may include depositing silica-based nanoparticles on a surface of the subterranean reservoir and transporting a scale inhibitor to the surface of the subterranean reservoir. The scale inhibitor may adhere to the silica-based nanoparticles through a chemical interaction. The silica-based nanoparticles may adhere to one or more surfaces within the subterranean reservoir.
US12024665B2
Disclosed are a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition and the use thereof. The composition comprises one or two polymerizable compounds represented by general formula I: (I), and further comprises a negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystal composition, wherein the negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystal composition has a dielectric anisotropy of Δε≤−1.5; and the added amount of the polymerizable compound(s) represented by general formula I is 0.1-0.5% of the total mass of the negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystal composition. A polymer film formed after the polymerization of the provided liquid crystal composition containing the polymerizable compound(s) has a very good uniformity, such that the problem of liquid crystal displays having poor display can be improved. Moreover, an alignment film formed after the polymerization of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition has an excellent alignment force, and can improve residual image problems caused by an insufficient alignment force in a PSVA liquid crystal display. The provided liquid crystal composition containing the polymerizable compound(s) can realize an adjustable response speed, and can in turn meet the requirements of different technical process conditions.
US12024661B2
A solvent-free and ligand-free ball milling method for preparation of cesium lead tribromide (CsPbBr3) quantum dot is provided. First, mixing a Cs source, a Pb source, and a Br source as per a molar ratio of Cs source:Pb source:Br source is 1:1˜6:1˜9, and then adding polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to obtain a mixture. The mixture is milled for 1-2 hours at a rotation speed in a range of 360˜630 revolutions per minute (r/min) in a ball milling device, obtaining CsPbBr3 quantum dot. The method has advantages such as simple process, easy industrial production, no solvent, no organic ligand, low cost, and environmental protection. A quantum yield of product obtained by the method is up to 78%, and the product has a strong environmental stability. A preparation temperature of the product is low, and the reaction can be completed at a room temperature without a high temperature treatment.
US12024659B2
Adhesive seals include an elastic sealing sheet, an adhesive layer, and a release sheet on the adhesive layer.
US12024654B2
The present disclosure relates to a non-conductive film comprising an adhesive layer containing a low molecular weight epoxy resin; and a tacky layer containing a predetermined composition, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor laminate using the non-conductive film.
US12024646B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or a salt thereof; and b) an aminosilane. The composition is effective for improving block resistance in such pigmented coating formulations.
US12024645B2
A coating comprising epoxy functional resin, corrosion resistant particles, and a multi-functional crosslinker are disclosed as are methods of using such a coating to coat at least a portion of a substrate and a substrate coated thereby.
US12024644B2
A process for producing a sealed stitched skin structure including the steps of: (a) providing a stitched skin member; (b) providing an aqueous thermoplastic polyolefin dispersion sealant coating composition; (c) applying the aqueous thermoplastic polyolefin dispersion sealant coating composition from step (a) to at least a portion of the surface of at least one side of the skin member to form a wet film or coating of the thermoplastic polyolefin dispersion sealant coating composition on the surface of the skin member; (d) drying the wet coating from step (c) on the skin member surface; and (e) heating the dried skin member from step (d) at a temperature sufficient to form a film or coating of the aqueous thermoplastic polyolefin dispersion sealant coating composition on the stitches of the seam in the skin member; wherein the film or coating seals the stitches in the skin member; a sealed stitched skin structure made by the process above; and a polyurethane foamed article.
US12024634B2
Proposed are copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure included in a coating composition for blocking near-infrared light, and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, a method of manufacturing copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure includes manufacturing CuS nanoparticles, manufacturing Cu2-xS nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the CuS nanoparticles, a reducing agent, and a solvent, and manufacturing Cu2-xS@Cu2-yO core-shell nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the Cu2-xS nanoparticles, an oxidizing agent, and a solvent.
US12024630B2
Disclosed is a dipping composite material for enhancing the cut resistance of chemical-resistant gloves, wherein an additive is added to a latex, and the additive is a metal oxide and/or silica and/or glass fiber and/or basalt fiber and/or aramid fiber. The present invention improves the formula of a dipping layer such that the dipping layer has the cut resistance, which can significantly improve the cut resistant level of gloves.
US12024628B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising A) aromatic polycarbonate, B) 0.1 to 5 wt.-% one or more polyether polyol(s) and C) one or more thermal stabilizer(s) selected from the group consisting of thio compounds excluding the following component D, characterized in that the composition additionally comprises D) 3,3′-thiodipropionic acid, wherein the total amount of components C plus D is 0.01 to 1.0 wt.-%. The invention also relates to medical technology products or parts of medical technology products consisting of such compositions as well as to a process for sterilization of such moulded parts by means of irradiation. The polycarbonate compositions according to the invention show significantly less yellowing after irradiation than known compositions.
US12024612B2
A composition contains an aryl-functionalized polysiloxane and quaternary ammonium compound, where the quaternary ammonium compound has an anion selected from a group consisting of: halides, salicylate, octanoate, acetate, dihydrogen citrate, maleate, hydrogenglutaric acid anion, and bistartaric acid anion.
US12024607B2
A battery module comprising an electric cell and a potting compound associated with the electric cell. The potting compound is formed of a flame retardant component; a first component having an isocyanate reactive compound and water; and a second component having an isocyanate compound. The potting compound is a foam.
US12024606B2
Provided is a composite prepreg including a region (A) containing a thermosetting resin (a) and a reinforcing fiber and a region (B) containing a thermosetting resin (b) and a reinforcing fiber, the composite prepreg satisfying conditions (i) and (ii) or satisfying conditions (ii) and (iii): (i) The thermosetting resin (b) is a resin having a gel time Tb longer than a gel time Ta of the thermosetting resin (a), and in at least a part of a temperature range of 40° C. or more and 180° C. or less, satisfy Ta/Tb≤0.8; (ii) A ratio of the region (A) on a surface of the composite prepreg is 20 to 80%; and (iii) The thermosetting resin (b) is a resin having a higher heat generation starting temperature Eb than a heat generation starting temperature Ea of the thermosetting resin (a), and in a differential scanning calorimetry chart obtained by measuring at 5° C./min with 40° C. as a starting temperature, satisfy Eb−Ea≥30.
US12024594B2
The materials and methods disclosed can be used for applications such as temporary bond and debond of semiconductor and display substrates. These materials have sufficiently low melt rheologies to be used as a bonding layer and can crosslink/cure to allow for reduction in material flow over long periods of time. This class of materials also incorporates the ability to be used as a single-layer system for debonding purposes and typically uses laser debonding for its release mechanism. These materials also allow for solvent cleanability using very mild acidic conditions instead of the typical harsh conditions used on curable layers.
US12024592B2
The present application belongs to the technical field of polymer materials, and hyperbranched polylysine powder with a low polydispersity index and a production method thereof provided. The present application adopts a thermal initiation polymerization method, Compared with the traditional method, the production method of hyperbranched polylysine has the advantages of no additional steps of introducing and removing amino protecting groups, no need of activating carboxyl groups, easy purification of products, short production period, controllable molecular weight of products and low polydispersity index (1.01-1.2), and is suitable for industrial production of hyperbranched polylysine materials, especially medical-grade hyperbranched polylysine materials.
US12024586B2
Described are polymerizable materials (e.g., compounds, prepolymers, and compositions thereof) useful in curable compositions such as anaerobically curable compositions, the compositions including adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, and the like, as well as methods of making the polymerizable materials and using the polymerizable materials and curable compositions.
US12024583B2
Polyurethane foams and methods of manufacturing are described herein. The foam can include (a) a polyurethane formed by the reaction of (i) one or more isocyanates selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more polyols; and (b) a filler. The amount of filler in the foam can be from 50 to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the foam. The filler can include a plurality of fibers and/or a particulate filler. The polyurethane foams described herein are made without adding a surfactant to the reaction mixture. The density of the polyurethane foam can be at least 5 lb/ft3.
US12024580B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a resin composition, in particular suitable for printing, a kit comprising components of the resin composition, printing methods, a polymer obtained by the printing methods, an article comprising or formed from the polymer, uses thereof, and a composition. The resin composition comprises at least one compound C1 having at least one terminal alkyne functional group; at least one compound C2 having at least two thiol functional groups; at least one compound C3 having at least one carbon-carbon double bond; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one stabilizer.
US12024570B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), and methods of use. In various embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that specifically bind to CTLA-4. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing CTLA-4 activity, thus providing a means of activating T-cells and/or for treating a disease or disorder such as cancer or viral infection.
US12024567B2
The present invention provides chimeric antigen receptor cells specific for carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and methods of using same for treatment of CAIX expressing cancers such as renal cell carcinoma.
US12024563B2
In certain aspects, the disclosure provides ALK7 antagonists. In certain aspects, these ALK7 antagonists are can be used to improve metabolic parameters in a patient in need thereof. In certain aspects, these ALK7 antagonists can be used to treat or prevent one or more kidney-associated disease or condition in a patient in need thereof. In certain aspects, these ALK7 antagonists can be used to treat or prevent cancer.
US12024555B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to and neutralizing West Nile virus and methods for use thereof.
US12024546B2
A peptide according to an embodiment may be used as an anti-cancer agent. The peptide has a binding activity to fibronectin and competitively binds to fibronectin with dysadherin. Therefore, the peptide may be used to prevent binding between dysadherin in a cell membrane of cancer cells and fibronectin in ECM, and may be used as an anti-cancer agent to weaken survival, migration or invasion of cancer cells.
US12024545B2
Provided herein are methods of killing or reducing the number of naturally-occurring and/or treatment-induced senescent cells and diseased cells in a subject in need thereof, decreasing the accumulation of naturally-occurring and/or treatment-induced senescent cells and diseased cells in a subject in need thereof, that include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more common gamma-chain family cytokine receptor activating agent(s) and/or one or more agent(s) that result(s) in a decrease in the activation of a TGF-β receptor.
US12024544B2
The present invention provides a method for treating a human patient with a pathology by administering to the subject an effective amount of an agent selected from the group of: native full-length CCN3 proteins; analog CCN3 full-length proteins with native cysteine residues substituted by a replacement amino acid; CCNp native peptide fragments having from about 12 to about 20 amino acids; analog CCNp peptide fragments with native cysteine residues substituted with a replacement amino acid; and combinations thereof.
US12024543B2
Process for detecting and identifying micropeptides (miPEPs) encoded by a nucleotide sequence contained in the sequence of the primary transcript of a microRNA and use thereof for modulating gene expression.
US12024535B2
An organosilicon compound having not more than 200 silicon atoms per molecule is provided. The organosilicon compound is represented by the following average compositional formula (I): YaR1bSiO(4-a-b)/2 wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyl group; Y is a specific acylphosphinate residue; and subscripts a and b are numbers satisfying the following conditions: 0
US12024532B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a silanol compound capable of efficiently producing a silanol compound. The method for producing a silanol compound includes a proton exchange step of forming a silanol compound having a structure represented by following formula (c) by reacting a silicate having a structure represented by following formula (a) with an acidic compound having an acid dissociation constant pKa of −1 to 20 in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). (In formula (a), Qi+ represents an i-valent cation and i represents an integer of 1 to 4).
US12024528B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds, of Formula I: Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods of making said compounds. The compounds of the disclosure are useful in treating or preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
US12024526B2
The present invention includes a fused polycyclic aromatic compound represented by general formula (1), where in formula (1), one among R1 and R2 is represented by general formula (2) and represents a substituent having three to five ring structures, and the other among R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, where in formula (2), n represents an integer of 0-2, R3 represents a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from benzene or naphthalene, R4 represents a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from an aromatic ring of an aromatic hydrocarbon, and when n is 2, a plurality of R4's may be the same as or different from each other, R5 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group.
US12024491B2
The disclosure provides processes for synthesizing compounds for use as CFTR modulators.
US12024488B2
A method for the isomerization of alpha-olefins to the corresponding internal olefins uses a heterogenous catalyst containing silicon-aluminum mixed oxide in a continuous fixed-bed operation mode.
US12024484B2
The present disclosure relates to PEG-lipids, cationic and/or ionizable lipids and nucleic acid-lipid particle compositions comprising the same. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making, using and delivering the described lipids and lipid-containing particles.
US12024468B2
The invention relates to the field of ceramics and concerns a method for use in displays of electronic devices with high mechanical stress, for example. The object of the present invention is to provide a method by means of which thin ceramic parts having thicknesses of substantially <1 mm with high transparency are produced. The object is achieved by a method for producing thin transparent ceramic parts, in which ceramic powders are mixed together with a solvent and a monomer and a photoinitiator, and at least 0.0005% by mass of a photoinitiator is added, the mixture is subsequently introduced into a mould, then the mixture is irradiated for at least 1 min with light which has a wavelength for activating the photoinitiator, the moulded body is subsequently removed from the mould and dried, and then the debinding and sintering of the moulded body is carried out.
US12024463B2
The disclosure discloses a high-flux and ultra-sensitive detection dot array enhancement chip, and belongs to the field of food safety detection. In the disclosure, single-layer Au nano-particles are chemically bonded onto a hydrophilic substrate, an Au nano-material is naturally deposited in holes of the chip under an electrostatic adsorption action, and a regular dot array is formed. Au particles distributed in the holes are separated with a particle surfactant (CTAB) to form plasma gaps so as to enhance the self-assemble of Au nano-particles distributed on hot-spots for a long range effect, thereby improving the sensing signal in detection efficiency and sensitivity of the chip.
US12024462B2
A method of manufacturing a flexible cover window is proposed. The flexible cover window includes a planar part and a folded part extending continuously from the planar part, wherein the folded part is thinner than the planar part. The method includes: forming a photoresist layer on a glass substrate, patterning the photoresist layer to form a gradation resist pattern layer for forming the folded part on the glass substrate, forming the folded part having an inclined portion formed between the folded part and the planar part using the gradation resist pattern layer as a mask, removing the gradation resist pattern layer, and reinforcing the glass substrate.
US12024461B2
An opaque gahnite-spinel glass ceramic is provided. The glass ceramic includes a first crystal phase including (MgxZn1-x)Al2O4 where x is less than 1 and a second crystal phase includes at least one of tetragonal ZrO2, MgTa2O6, mullite, and cordierite. The glass ceramic has a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 90 GPa, and has a hardness greater than or equal to 7.5 GPa. The glass ceramic may be ion exchanged. Methods for producing the glass ceramic are also provided.
US12024458B2
A method of forming a part includes forming a glass-ceramic matrix composite material to form a pre-consolidated feedstock sheet with a pre-determined shape. The pre-consolidated feedstock sheet is sectioned into a first piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet and a second piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet. The first piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet and a second piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet are assembled with a second piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet to form a composite layup. The first piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet and the second piece of pre-consolidated feedstock sheet are joined by compressing the composite layup to form a glass-ceramic matrix composite part.
US12024452B2
Analogues of citrate, namely hydroxycitrate (HCA) and isocitrate (ICA), have dual roles as nucleation inhibitors and growth suppressors in the formation of mineral scale. Their potency is comparable to commercial phosphorous-based inhibitors, but they are more environmentally friendly, which has practical advantages for use in a broad range of commercial applications.
US12024448B2
In a solid-liquid separation apparatus, which comprises multiple movable members and screws that extend and pass through the movable members without contacting the movable members and which dehydrates sludge while conveying same by means of the rotation of the screws, to apply a wringing action on the sludge and increase sludge dehydration efficiency. (Solution) A first movable unit 41 is configured by linking multiple movable members 4A and 4B as a unit with a linking rod 44, a second movable unit 41A is configured by linking multiple other movable members 4C and 4D as a unit with a linking rod 44A, and the movable members 4A and 4B of the first movable unit 41 and the movable members 4C and 4D of the second movable unit 41A are reciprocated with a phase difference.
US12024442B2
Modified activated carbon is disclosed for use in water treatment. In at least some embodiments, activated carbon may be treated with a positively-charged surfactant, i.e. a quaternary ammonium-based surfactant, to promote the removal of poly- and perfluorolkyl substances from water.
US12024436B2
A method for etching materials in which organic solvents are added to the etching mixture and combined in a mixing arrangement. When agitated organic materials mix with the etching agent and interact with the underlying material to form a shield around the etched areas that prevents the additional interaction of water with the newly etched areas and enables the etching of silicon oxides (SiOx) but does not oxidize Si. This method leads to milder reactions with less heat generation and avoids the safety hazards associated with conventional etching methods.
US12024428B2
A plant for producing a synthesis gas chiefly consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide by catalytic steam reformation of a hydrocarbonaceous feed gas, wherein the heat of burners required for the chemical reforming reactions to take place is generated by producing a flue gas and wherein, by utilizing the heat contained in the synthesis gas and in the flue gas, a pure steam is generated from boiler feed water and a process steam is generated from process condensate, wherein for the generation of the pure steam synthesis gas and flue gas are used and for the generation of the process steam a part of the pure steam is used as heat-transfer medium and the remaining part of the pure steam is discharged from the process as export steam.
US12024424B2
A method for converting amorphous boron nitride to crystalline boron nitride, the method comprising immersing the amorphous boron nitride into anhydrous molten magnesium chloride maintained within a temperature range of 720° C.-820° C. while the amorphous boron nitride is cathodically polarized at a voltage within a range of −2.2V to −2.8V for a period of time of at least 2 minutes to result in conversion of the amorphous boron nitride to the crystalline form. Also described herein is a method for converting an amorphous carbon material to a crystalline carbon material, the method comprising immersing said amorphous carbon material into anhydrous molten magnesium chloride maintained within a temperature range of 780° C.-820° C. while the amorphous carbon material is cathodically polarized at a voltage within a range of −2.2V to −2.8V for a period of time of at least 2 minutes to result in conversion of the amorphous carbon material to the crystalline form.
US12024412B2
A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.
US12024407B2
A drum and ring gear assembly for winches with geared transmission which comprises a substantially cylindrical drum adapted to be actuated rotationally about its own longitudinal axis and a ring gear accommodated substantially coaxially inside the drum, which are mutually associated so as to rotate integrally about the longitudinal axis by virtue of connecting means; the connecting means is of the positive and/or direct friction type.
US12024404B2
A guide rail-pillar system is disclosed. The system includes at least one guide rail pillar to guide an actuation of a cabin of a pneumatic vacuum elevator, wherein the at least one guide rail pillar is disposed at an external cylinder assembly. The at least one guide rail pillar includes a first surface. A curved structure is extruded from a first surface of the at least one guide rail pillar, wherein the curved structure enables movement of the cabin in a vertical direction. The at least one guide rail pillar includes at least two grooves disposed on lateral sides. The at least two grooves accommodates a covering sheet for enclosing the external cylinder assembly. The at least one guide rail pillar includes at least three ribs. The at least three ribs connects the at least one guide rail pillar with a base ring and the external cylinder assembly.
US12024392B2
A platen conveyance device includes a first conveyance path, a platen supporter, a second conveyance path, and a positioner. The first conveyance path is configured to convey a platen to a pretreatment device. The platen supporter is configured to support the platen conveyed by the first conveyance path. The second conveyance path is provided with the platen supporter. The second conveyance path is configured to convey the platen supporter to a printer. The positioner is configured to position the platen supported by the platen supporter at a prescribed printing position in a horizontal direction.
US12024385B2
A medium feeder includes: a path blocking member configured to rotate to switch between a blocking state that blocks a feed path for a medium fed out from a tray at a position of the guide member, and an open state that opens the feed path; and a switching unit that performs switching of the path blocking member, wherein the switching unit includes a rack configured to be displaced in a feeding direction in which a medium is fed from the tray to thereby perform switching of the path blocking member, and a pinion gear that drives the rack.
US12024375B2
A cup-loading device for planting cups includes a profile bracket, a horizontal driving mechanism, a pressing mechanism and a planting cup grasping mechanism fixed at an output end of the pressing mechanism, wherein the horizontal driving mechanism and the pressing mechanism are disposed on the profile bracket, an output end of the horizontal driving mechanism is connected to the pressing mechanism so that the pressing mechanism move horizontally along the profile bracket, and the planting cup grasping mechanism includes a plurality of mechanical clamping jaws and a guide device for adjusting a spacing between adjacent mechanical clamping jaws. The pressing mechanism moves to the arranged planting cups, the planting cup grasping mechanism is pushed downward to touch the planting cup, and then the planting cups are arranged at equal distances on the planting cup grasping mechanism, and then accurately fill in the planting plate.
US12024368B2
A linear motor conveyor system including: a plurality of track sections including a track and an interior area; a track cover covering the track of the plurality of track sections; a top plate covering at least a portion of the interior area of the plurality of track sections; at least one top cover covering at least a portion of the top plate and any uncovered portions of the interior area; and a plurality of gaskets providing a seal between the track cover and track, top cover and top plate such that the interior area of the plurality of track sections are sealed. The track cover may be a strong, flexible material configured to wrap along or around the track to cover any joints between track sections and provide a sealed, easy to clean cover.
US12024367B1
Automated container provisioning systems described herein may include one or more pairs of transport belts, one or more guide surfaces, and one or more sensors. The transport belts may engage flaps or other portions of containers, and the guide surfaces may support surfaces or other portions of containers, in order to transport containers to downstream stations within a facility. In addition, the sensors may detect containers during transport, responsive to which various additional operations may be performed with respect to containers, such as sortation, printing, labeling, tracking, packing, accumulation, or others.
US12024366B2
A system and method are disclosed relating to an automated store or system including an automated fulfillment section having a storage structure for storing fungible and/or non-fungible goods. The fungible and/or non-fungible goods may be retrieved from storage in response to a customer order. The system and method of the present technology allows retrieved fungible and/or non-fungible goods to be sorted and packed in accordance with stored customer preferences.
US12024362B2
A garbage receptacle assembly includes a garbage can has a lid is hingedly disposed on the garbage can for opening and closing the garbage can. A pair of rear wheels is each of the rear wheels is rotatably integrated into the garbage can and a wheel lock is movably integrated into the garbage can for selectively inhibiting each of the rear wheels from rotating. A rear handle is coupled to and angles upwardly from the garbage can and the rear handle has an adjustable length. A front handle is coupled to the garbage can for gripping. A roller is pivotally coupled to the garbage can for steering the garbage can along the support surface.
US12024361B2
An aircraft lavatory trash compactor includes a water source, a valve actuator connected to the water source, a trash can disposed below the valve actuator, and a controller configured to activate the valve actuator to spray water into the trash can.
US12024360B2
An immersion cooling system for cooling an object in an immersion cooling tank including an anti-sloshing device adapted to be attached to or attachable to (e.g., an inner surface of) the immersion cooling tank, the device including a connecting device(s), a first plate fixedly attached to or rotatably attached to the connecting device, and a second plate rotatably attached to the connecting device.
US12024358B2
A bulk fluid storage container includes a frame assembly having a lower rectangular frame, first and second wheel assemblies extending from opposite ends of the lower rectangular frame, and an upper rectangular frame member arranged in spaced relation to the lower rectangular frame member by a plurality of vertically extending posts. The bulk fluid storage container also includes a fluid storage vessel having first and second end walls held in spaced relation by first and second side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, which defines a fluid storage volume. A baffle assembly having a plurality of baffle plates is disposed in a space relationship in the fluid storage volume. The frame assembly provides an exoskeletal structure which surrounds the fluid storage vessel and is configured to support a second bulk fluid storage container in a vertically stacked relationship.
US12024353B2
Fluid container (1) for arrangement in a beverage container (2), wherein the fluid container (1) extends in an axial direction (3) between a first end (4) and a second end (5) and has a first volume (7) for storing a fluid (8) inside a fluid container wall (6); wherein the fluid container (1) has, between the first end (4) and the second end (5), a central region (9) which has, in the axial direction (3), a constant cross-sectional area (10) which extends transversely to the axial direction (3), and a longitudinal axis (11) which extends parallel to the axial direction (3) and runs through a centroid point of the constant cross-sectional area (10).
US12024346B2
Filtering assemblies to be used with a flowable material container. The assembly includes a filtering screen. The assembly further includes filtering media. The filtering media includes activated carbon. The filtering media includes dissolvable material. The assembly further includes a filtering basket to contain the filtering media. The assembly further includes a valve assembly. The assembly further includes a spout with a filter. The spout further includes a removable filter. The removable filter is configured to extend beyond the end of the spout. The removable filter includes circulation holes. The removable filter is configured to be pushed into the spout by a closure cap. The removable filter is configured to contain filtering media.
US12024342B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to dispensers. In some embodiments, a dispenser comprises a main body including an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining an aperture through the main body; a first seal, wherein the first seal is affixed to the main body and encloses a lower portion of the aperture; a button seated within the aperture and configured to be manipulable between a first position and a second position; a container housed within the button and configured to store a material, wherein when the button is in the second position the container contacts the first seal to allow the material to exit the dispenser; and a second seal, wherein the second seal is affixed to an upper surface of the main body and encloses an upper portion of the aperture.
US12024335B2
The application relates to a container assembly and a container. The container assembly comprises a first and a second container that are assembled to each other in a detachable manner. The first container has a first surface and the second container has a second surface. When the first container is assembled with the second container, the first surface is associated with the second surface. The first container comprises a first container body and a connection element mounted to the first container body. The connection element has an arm suspended on the first surface. The second container comprises a latch element arranged on the second surface, wherein the latch element is configured to be associated with the arm for assembling the first and the second container. Two or more such containers can be assembled to each other by means of association of the connection element of one container with the latch element of another container, so that the storage or transportation of the containers or the container assembly can be simplified.
US12024332B2
A label box includes a dispensing region and a storage region for holding a stack of labels, all of which have the same two-dimensional contour. The dispensing region includes a guiding-and-holding body that has been manufactured by an additive-manufacturing process based on a three-dimensional computer model thereof. The guiding-and-holding body forms a guide space for receiving and guiding of the stack and for dispensing the labels. The guide space includes a guide section that is adjustable to conform to the contour. The guiding-and-holding body also includes a securing region for at least partially securing the label box to a holding device.
US12024329B2
A device for preparing plastic containers (16) for being put into use. The containers (16) are molded to one another in container blocks (17) side by side along separating lines (18). Along the separating lines, the individual containers (16) can be separated from one another for use. Cutter blades (28) are movably guided at least in part along the separating line. The cutter blades (28) are, arranged on a carriage (64) movably guided back and forth between a position of use and a position of non-use. In the position of use, the r cutter blades (28) are raised by a swivel device (54, 78, 82) and move along the separating lines (18). In the position of non-use of the cutter blades, the cutter blades are lowered at a distance from the containers (16) to be separated from one another.
US12024319B2
A machine for filling bags with a granular product includes a filling station. The machine further includes a supporting device for supporting bags below the filling station. The supporting device includes an assembled supporting surface pivoting on a pivot shaft, and actuating means. The actuating means are a motor the angular position of which is controlled by control means. The supporting surface has a first end, arranged upstream of said filling station in the forward movement direction of the bags, and a second end, arranged downstream of said filling station in the forward movement direction of the bags. The supporting surface can pivot in an alternating manner around said pivot shaft for moving the base of the bag which is located in the filling station in operation during filling. A method for filling said bag can also be employed.
US12024311B1
A boom cover for covering a refueling boom, particularly a flying boom, of a refueling aircraft. The boom has a closure which has a shield sized to cover the open end of the refueling boom, to prevent intrusion of debris, animals, etc. The closure has a hoop for circumscribing the boom and drawing the shield taut for remaining on the boom and flaccid for attachment to and removal from the boom. The closure may be attached to and removed from the boom by a longitudinally rotatable handle which is manipulated by a ground operator. Optionally the handle may be removable from the closure for use on subsequent aircraft or storage.
US12024310B2
An ignition-suppressing device (100) for shielding fasteners (106) comprises a ribbon (102) and receptacles (104) that are spaced apart from one another along the ribbon (102).
US12024308B2
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a propeller assembly, a controller, and a pump system. The propeller assembly includes a propeller and a power system, the power system including an electric motor and a motor converter. The controller is connected to the power system and configured to switch the power system into a power-off arrangement in response to a temperature of the motor converter being greater than a threshold temperature. The pump system includes a pump and a coolant circuit that cools the motor converter. The pump is coupled to the propeller and to the motor such that rotation of either drives the pump.
US12024282B2
A guidance device 120 is provided with a processing device 124 that generates a control signal to control a propulsion device 110 of a flying object 100 and a communication device 121 that transmits the control signal to the propulsion device 110. The processing device 124 generates a patrol control signal to control the propulsion device 110 so that the flying object 100 flies along a first patrol path and generates, based on information of a moving object that the flying object 100 is to intercept, an interception control signal to control the propulsion device 110 so that the flying object 100 flies toward the moving object. In addition, the processing device 124 generates, when generating the interception control signal, a notification signal to notify that the flying object 100 flies toward the moving object.
US12024281B2
Methods and systems are provided for autonomous vehicle operation for collision avoidance. One method involves identifying an autonomous operating mode and one or more settings associated with the autonomous operating mode prior to entering an autonomous collision avoidance mode in response to an output from a collision avoidance system, and after entering the autonomous collision avoidance mode, automatically restoring autonomous operation upon deactivation of the autonomous collision avoidance mode. For example, the autonomous operating mode may be automatically reinitiated based on the current vehicle status using the one or more settings in response to deactivation of the autonomous collision avoidance mode when it is determined that the autonomous operating mode is viable based on a relationship between a current vehicle status and the one or more settings associated with the autonomous operating mode.
US12024273B1
A method for controlling a propulsion system of a marine vessel includes receiving proximity measurements from one or more proximity sensors on the marine vessel, identifying an object located less than a buffer distance from a side of the marine vessel, and controlling a display device to indicate the side of the marine vessel where the object is located. A user input is then received to activate a buffer zone on the side of the marine vessel where the object is located, and then at least one propulsion device is automatically controlled based on the proximity measurements to move the marine vessel away from the object.
US12024258B2
Presented here is a system and method for creating easy-to-understand notifications of the vehicle state. The notification can be visual or can be auditory and can indicate to the user the vehicle state even when the user's attention is directed elsewhere. The indication can serve to attract the user's attention before more involved information is presented to the user, such as text, or the indication can serve to communicate to the user the vehicle state in an easy-to-understand way such as using color-coded displays or audio indications. The intensity of the indication can be adjusted based on the likelihood that indication will be perceived by the user by, for example, measuring ambient light and/or ambient noise. Reducing the intensity of the indication conserves energy of an energy source associated with the vehicle.
US12024256B1
A light-up handle grip is provided, wherein the light-up handle grip includes: a grip sleeve; a light housing, at least a portion of the light housing being light-penetrable, the light housing including a receiving room and a connection end portion, the connection end portion and the grip sleeve being integrally and non-detachably connected to each other in a mutually embedded manner; a light assembly received in the light housing and including at least one lighting member and a switch, the switch being connected to the at least one lighting member to control the at least one lighting member, light from the at least one lighting member being capable of passing through the light housing; and an operation member movably mounted to the light housing, operation of the operation member actuating the switch to turn on or turn off the at least one lighting member.
US12024250B2
A fuel tank mounting system for allowing mounting of a fuel tank to a vehicle during assembly of the vehicle. A movable base moves along tracks on an assembly line and supports a fuel tank adjacent to a vehicle. Movable fastener drivers move to align with corresponding fastener apertures on the vehicle and drive fasteners to attach the fuel tank to the vehicle. Because the fastener drivers are movable, the system may be reconfigured to mount different fuel tanks to different vehicles needing differently aligned and/or differently angled fasteners.
US12024238B2
A rotation-limiting assembly for a steer-by-wire steering system is described. The rotation-limiting assembly comprises a housing, in which a shaft portion rotatable about a center axis is accommodated, wherein the shaft portion is coupled to the housing via a threaded pair, a sliding guide, and a force fit or a further sliding guide. The force fit couples the shaft portion to the housing in such a manner that, when a predefined breakaway torque is exceeded, the shaft portion is rotatable in relation to the housing. Furthermore, a first stop disk is provided on a first axial side of a sliding guide external contour of the sliding guide and a second stop disk is provided on a second axial side. Moreover, a steering wheel assembly for a steer-by-wire steering system, having such a rotation-limiting assembly is presented.
US12024234B2
An articulating tailgate assembly with improved accessibility into a cargo bed of a vehicle, incorporating at least one door. The tailgate system provides a tailgate with a combination of predetermined plurality of functions for accessibility into the cargo bed of the vehicle and to improve functionality of the tailgate assembly.
US12024228B2
An automobile suspension includes a side rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, a lower arm, and a bracket linking the lower arm to the side rail. A front end of the side rail and a rear end of the side rail are linked to a frame of the vehicle body, and the side rail curves such that a middle of the side rail is lower than at least one of the front end and the rear end. The bracket includes a pair of side plates that supports a shaft of the lower arm and is joined to a side face of the side rail, and an upper plate that links the side plates and is joined to an upper face of the side rail.
US12024221B2
An adjustment drive for a steering column of a motor vehicle may include a threaded spindle having an external thread, engaging with a corresponding internal thread of a spindle nut. A thread tooth of the external thread and a thread groove of the internal thread have corresponding axially sliding thread flanks that are braced against each other. At least one thread flank comprises at least one recessed lubricant uptake.
US12024220B2
According to the present embodiments, a torque applied to a torsion bar is attenuated to thus relatively increase the rigidity of the torsion bar, thereby improving the response performance to a driver's steering wheel operation, increasing a responsive torque range, securing the durability of components such as the torsion bar, and simplifying adjustment of the moving distance of a rack bar compared to the number of revolutions of the steering wheel.
US12024218B2
The disclosure provides a baby carriage brake mechanism and a baby carriage. The baby carriage brake mechanism includes a frame, a brake drive assembly, linkage assemblies, brake locks and wheels. The brake drive assembly is disposed on the frame. The linkage assemblies are respectively slidably disposed on the frame on both of left and right sides. Both ends of the brake drive assembly are respectively in abutting connection with the two linkage assemblies. The linkage assemblies are coupled to the brake locks. Two wheels are respectively pivotally disposed at both sides of the frame. By driving the brake drive assembly to push the linkage assemblies to act with the brake locks, the brake locks on both sides are engaged with the wheels, thereby locking the wheels on both sides. Therefore, the baby carriage brake mechanism of the disclosure may brake wheels on both sides simultaneously with simple operation.
US12024210B2
A rail vehicle, such as a power car or a locomotive, has a drive and brakes, and a drive controller for controlling the drive and the brakes of the rail vehicle. An operating device for the drive controller has a device for modifying the operating mode of the rail vehicle. The operating device has an operating lever, which can be operated by an operator of the rail vehicle, for operating the drive controller. In order to simplify the operation of the rail vehicle, the function of the operating lever is dependent on the operating mode of the rail vehicle.
US12024208B2
When the driving mode of a vehicle is switched from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode in response to steering of the steering wheel by a driver while the vehicle is traveling in the automatic driving mode, a control device determines whether a recognized steering angle which is the steering angle of the steering wheel recognized by the driver is near a neutral position or near a one turn position according to the grip positions on the steering wheel, and when the determined recognized steering angle differs from an actual steering angle, the control device changes a ratio between the steering angle of the steering wheel and a steered angle of a wheel such that the steered angle approaches a recognized steered angle corresponding to the recognized steering angle.
US12024203B2
A method of generating an output trajectory of an ego vehicle is described. The method includes extracting high-level features from a bird-view image of a traffic environment of the ego vehicle. The method also includes generating, using an automaton generative network, an automaton including an automaton state distribution describing a behavior of the ego vehicle in the traffic environment according to the high-level features. The method further includes generating the output trajectory of the ego vehicle according to extracted bird-view features of the bird-view image and the automaton state distribution describing the behavior of the ego vehicle in the traffic environment.
US12024198B2
The present disclosure enables a collection of training data suitable for training an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. A database is provided that stores predefined road scenarios, and user devices are provided with a simulation game for controlling a vehicle agent in a road scenario. A plurality of user devices, running the simulation game, play a road scenario from the database to control a vehicle agent in the simulation game with steering actions entered by individual users, which generates a human demonstration of each road scenario that is played. Several human demonstrations played on the plurality of user devices can be maintained by a demonstration database and made available as training data suitable for training an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. A large amount of training data can be automatically generated, without requiring expensive or time-consuming real-world tests to generate suitable training data manually.
US12024197B2
A system for dynamic policy curation includes a computing system and interfaces with an autonomous agent. A method for dynamic policy curation includes collecting a set of inputs; processing the set of inputs; and determining a set of available policies based on processing the set of inputs. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include any or all of: selecting a policy; implementing a policy; and/or any other suitable processes.
US12024196B2
A simulation test method for autonomous driving vehicle includes steps of: obtaining source data; constructing a simulation scene according to the source data; controlling a virtual vehicle to perform a simulation test in the simulation scene; detecting a virtual driving trajectory of the virtual vehicle at a predetermined time interval while performing the simulation test; calculating difference between a first position and a second position; adjusting perceptual information related to a coordinate of the first position as perceptual information related to a coordinate of the second position to obtain modified perceptual information when the difference exceeds a first preset value; controlling the virtual vehicle to perform the simulation test based on the modified perceptual information, and detecting the virtual driving trajectory of the virtual vehicle at the predetermined time interval again. Furthermore, a computer equipment and a medium are also provided.
US12024193B2
A violation inspection system based on visual sensing of a self-driving vehicle and a method thereof are disclosed. The violation inspection system receives traffic images captured by the self-driving vehicle, identifies image objects by artificial intelligence, continuously detects a movement status of each of the image objects, to generate image object dynamics; when the image object matches one of a trigger object factor and an association object factor, the image object and the image object dynamics thereof are inputted to an AI-based situation recognition model, to output a current situation, and when the current situation matches a violation situation template, the image objects corresponding to the trigger object factor and the association object factor corresponding to the violation situation template, and a violation item are outputted, so as to achieve the technical effect of improving accuracy and diversity in violation behavior determination.
US12024190B1
The present disclosure provides a lane change assistance system for a recreational vehicle. The lane change assistance system for a recreational vehicle includes an image acquisition device and a display device. The image acquisition device is configured to obtain image information around the recreational vehicle and transmit wireless signals through a wireless transmission device. The display device is configured to receive the wireless signals through a wireless receiving device and display the image information. A controller is arranged in the display device. The controller is configured to analyze the image information and output prompt information when there is an abnormal vehicle in a calibrated region.
US12024184B2
An object of the present invention is to accumulate data in an ECU related to a CAN message transmitted by an ECU in a CAN system. An ECU according to the present invention is an ECU among a plurality of ECUs connected to a CAN communication line, the ECU includes a transmission unit configured to transmit first CAN messages to other ECUs of the plurality of ECUs, and an accumulation unit configured to accumulate CANIDs of the plurality of first CAN messages transmitted by the transmission unit as transmission CANIDs.
US12024183B2
Provided are a vehicle control device and a computer program capable of simplifying design of state transition. An intermediate layer constituting an ECU divides a state of a lower-layer state machine for each function of a vehicle system in association with the state of the lower-layer state machine, and outputs the state to an upper-layer state machine, a state transition table of the upper-layer state machine includes, as a condition of state transition of the upper-layer state machine, a current state of a lower-layer state machine or a state to transition, and the upper-layer state machine receives the state of the lower-layer state machine input from the intermediate layer, refers to the state transition table, and outputs a signal for controlling the vehicle system.
US12024178B2
A method for evaluating locating measurements of a surroundings sensor for a motor vehicle. The method includes: associating locating measurements with an object described by an estimated object state, for the locating measurements in each case an association probability being determined for the association of the locating measurement with the object; estimating instantaneous state parameters of the object, including an adaptation of the state parameters to the locating measurements associated with the object, weightings of the locating measurements associated with the object being taken into consideration during the adaptation, for the locating measurements in each case the weighting being dependent on the determined association probability for the association of the particular locating measurement with the object; and transferring the estimated instantaneous state parameters of the object to a state estimator for updating the estimated state of the object. A sensor system is also described.
US12024173B2
A self-propelled work vehicle is provided with work state estimation and associated control techniques. The work vehicle comprises ground engaging units, a work implement configured for controllably working terrain, and various onboard sensors. A controller is functionally linked to at least the one or more onboard sensors and configured to ascertain a first parameter or operation of the work vehicle, determine a work state of the work vehicle, based at least in part on respective input signals from one or more onboard sensors, and generate a control signal for controlling at least a second parameter or operation of the work vehicle, responsive to the ascertained first parameter or operation and the determined work state. The control signals may be provided for proactive adjustments to engine speed, movements of the work implement, movements of the work vehicle itself, etc.
US12024168B2
A vehicle includes a speed profile generating device that generates a speed profile indicating an expected speed change of a vehicle with respect to a unit time, based on a current driving state of the vehicle, a time point selecting device that selects a target time point, a first time point earlier than the target time, and a second time point later than the target time point from the speed profile, a tracking acceleration generating device that generates a tracking acceleration for tracking the speed profile based on the target time point, the first time point, the second time point, and the speed profile, and a controller module that controls a driving state of the vehicle based on the tracking acceleration.
US12024166B2
Provided are a vehicle driving control method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, according to driving data of a vehicle, at least one piece of candidate speed information of the vehicle, the candidate speed information is used to indicate traveling speed of the vehicle at each moment in a first preset time period; predicting, according to movement data of an obstacle on a road, an obstacle trajectory of the obstacle in the first preset time period; determining right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory, the right-of-way information is used to indicate a priority in traveling of the vehicle and the obstacle; and determining target speed information in the at least one piece of candidate speed information according to the right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory and the obstacle trajectory, and controlling the vehicle to travel according to a route corresponding to the vehicle and the target speed information.
US12024165B2
An evaluation apparatus for evaluating a predefined trajectory hypothesis for a vehicle includes a calculation unit, a detection unit and an assigning unit. The calculation unit is configured to calculate at least one necessary driving parameter for the vehicle to follow the predefined trajectory hypothesis. The detection unit is configured to detect a current driving parameter of the vehicle. The assigning unit is configured to assign a probability value for the vehicle to follow the predefined trajectory hypothesis using the current driving parameter and the necessary driving parameter.
US12024160B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for operating an electric vehicle in a vehicle yaw mode. The electric vehicle includes a normal driving mode where the electric vehicle is steered by turning the steerable wheels (e.g., left or right) and vehicle yaw mode where the vehicle controls the torque applied to each wheel. In response to receiving input to initiate vehicle yaw mode and yaw direction, the system determines the inner wheels and the outer wheels and provides forward torque to the outer wheels of the vehicle and backward torque to the inner wheels of the vehicle to rotate the vehicle.
US12024159B2
A device and a method for generating a compressed network from a trained neural network are provided. The method includes: a model generating a compressing map from first training data, the compressing map representing the impact of model components of the model to first output data in response to the first training data; generating a compressed network by compressing the trained neural network in accordance with the compressing map; the trained neural network generating trained network output data in response to second training data; the compressed network generating compressed network output data in response to the second training data; training the model by comparing the trained network output data with the compressed network output data.
US12024158B2
Systems and methods for operating a driveline disconnect clutch of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a driveline disconnect clutch is positioned according to whether or not there may be slip across the driveline disconnect clutch. In one example, slip may be inferred from vehicle speed and a torque converter impeller speed.
US12024156B2
A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle executes control in which a state of charge of the battery at a time point at which the hybrid vehicle reaches a destination is lower than an upper limit state of charge by executing an EV mode until the hybrid vehicle reaches the destination. During execution of the control, if an estimated value of a lowest temperature of an engine coolant until the hybrid vehicle reaches the destination is equal to or higher than a first threshold value, the EV mode is started when the EV mode is continuable to the destination, and if the estimated value of the lowest temperature is lower than the first threshold value, a section for executing the EV mode is shortened compared to when the estimated value of the lowest temperature is equal to or higher than the first threshold value.
US12024151B2
A method for controlling a brake system of a vehicle comprises detecting a failure of a sensor for at least one of the vehicle wheels, checking whether a brake control function is being executed at the time of the failure, continuing the brake control function if a brake control function is being executed and deactivating the brake control function when execution of the brake control function has been completed. If no brake control function is being executed at the time of the failure then executing the brake control function if a brake control function is initiated within a defined period of time after the failure, and deactivating the brake control function after execution of the brake control function has been completed and the period of time has expired or if no brake control function has been initiated within the defined period of time.
US12024142B2
A system for cooling the brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, including: a compressor configured to generate a pressurized airflow, the compressor including at least one air outlet, and an air jet pump including: a pump tube including a first end connected to the air outlet and a second end, the pump tube being designed to carry the pressurized airflow between the first and second ends, and a plurality of injectors connected to the second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject the pressurized airflow.
US12024128B2
Proposed is a seat back cover having a storage section for a vehicle, in which a rotation plate is provided on a rear side of the seat back cover to form the storage section according to a rotation of the rotation plate as necessary, a storage rotation plate is rotated to conveniently form the storage section only when an article is stored so that various articles may be easily stored in the storage section, and the rotation plate is automatically rotated by elasticity of an elastic support member to make close contact with the back cover when all the articles of the storage section are taken out so that a space of a seat may be efficiently utilized.
US12024127B2
Systems and vehicles including a pop-out trunk/frunk and methods of using the same. A system may include a storage compartment. The storage compartment may have a base configured to receive a payload. The system may further include a trunk/frunk area. The trunk/frunk area may be configured to receive the storage compartment. The system may further include a mechanism. The mechanism may be attachable to the storage compartment and configured to traverse the storage compartment between an up position where the storage compartment extends up and out of the trunk/frunk area and a down position where the storage compartment is within the trunk/frunk area.
US12024124B2
A motor vehicle management system provides theft prevention based on contextual information. The motor vehicle management platform includes sensing equipment that can provide input data to determine a context of the vehicle and an operator of the vehicle. The context can include location information of the motor vehicle and an identity of the operator of the motor vehicle. Based on permissions for the operator, the system can determine if a context of the vehicle violates permissions for the identified operator.
US12024117B2
Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.
US12024115B2
A method for manufacturing a vehicle, in which, on a production line of a vehicle-manufacturing plant, attachments are mounted on a vehicle body, to each of which an attachment transponder is fastened, which, after the particular attachment is installed in the vehicle, is detected with the aid of an RFID reading device for the purpose of a construction state documentation, a belt retractor of a safety belt assembly being installed as an attachment in a cavity of a vehicle body column formed as a hollow girder on the production line. A belt retractor transponder is assigned to the belt retractor. The belt retractor transponder is not fastened directly to the belt retractor but rather to a belt strap of the belt retractor outside the body column cavity.
US12024113B2
An airbag attachment structure includes: a door portion whose one end portion is opened when an airbag is deployed; an attachment portion to which an airbag case for storing the airbag is attached, and which has an opening at which the door portion is opened and brought into an opened state when the airbag is deployed; a hinge portion configured to turnably hold the door portion; a guide portion protruding from the attachment portion to narrow a deployment passage between the airbag and the door portion, and configured to guide deployment of the airbag; and a flap connected to the guide portion, interposed between the airbag and the hinge portion, and configured to turn together with the door portion when being biased by the airbag during deployment of the airbag, and the guide portion has higher rigidity than the flap.
US12024106B2
A bumper crossmember for a vehicle having a first crossmember provided by an outer shell facing away from the vehicle and an inner shell facing toward the vehicle, which two shells are connected to one another along their circumference. This crossmember has at least one passage oriented in the direction of its longitudinal extension and extending over its middle with respect to its longitudinal extension (y direction), and by which the crossmember is divided into an upper hollow chamber section and a lower hollow chamber section. Crash boxes arranged at distance from one another are connected to the lower hollow chamber section on its side facing the vehicle. The bumper crossmember has a second lower crossmember spaced apart in the z direction from the lower hollow chamber section and connected by at least two connector parts to the lower hollow chamber section of the first crossmember. Crash boxes arranged at a distance to one another are connected on the side of the second crossmember facing the vehicle.
US12024103B2
A management system for identifying and bio-monitoring at least one user of a vehicle. An associated personal module is configured to access personal data of a user and thereby identify the user. The management system includes: a vehicle-related module configured to access at least one vehicle component; and a communication module configured to enable an exchange of data between the personal module and the vehicle-related module, even when the personal module is outside the vehicle. The vehicle-related module is configured to make or allow at least one change to the at least one vehicle component based on the exchanged data.
US12024102B2
Presented are vehicle control systems and logic for monitoring device batteries to provision virtual key functionality, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of operating a vehicle includes wire or wirelessly connecting a remote keyless entry (RKE) system with a wireless-enabled portable electronic device (PED) of a user. A vehicle controller receives a unique virtual key code from the user's PED to enable use of the RKE system and, after receiving the virtual key code, determines a battery charge level of the PED's battery. The vehicle controller then determines if the battery charge level is less than a preset minimum charge level and if the vehicle powertrain is off. If the powertrain is off and the battery charge level is less than the minimum charge level, the controller responsively commands a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation for charging the PED battery.
US12024097B1
The vehicle center console cover comprises a composite covering, a plurality of strap structures, a skirt, and a vehicle. The vehicle further comprises a center console. The center console is located in the cab of the vehicle. The center console refers to control devices and a storage compartment that are located in the cab of the vehicle. The superior surface storage compartment of the center console forms an armrest. The vehicle center console cover encloses the armrest of the center console. The plurality of strap structures and the skirt attach the composite covering. The composite covering forms a cushioned protective structure that encloses the superior surface of the center console. The skirt and the plurality of straps secure the composite covering to the center console.
US12024096B2
A component for a vehicle interior may be illuminated and may comprise a cover formed on a substrate. The substrate and/or cover may be at least partially light-transmissive. The cover may present a visual and/or surface effect on its exterior surface. The visual effect may comprise an illumination effect when illuminated. The cover may comprise a base layer formed on a cover layer. The cover may comprise a coating formed on the cover layer. The cover may present a texture visible through the coating. The cover may comprise a set of light-transmissive sections to provide illumination. The light-transmissive sections may comprise voids, holes or openings in the cover. The cover may comprise a deposited material formed on the substrate. The deposited material may comprise resin. The deposited material may comprise a form on the substrate. A method of forming the component is also disclosed.
US12024085B2
Adjustment device for a motor vehicle headlight for adjusting at least one optically relevant unit (ORU) of the motor vehicle headlight. The adjustment device includes (i) a base body fixedly arranged with respect to the ORU, (ii) a sliding body, displaceably mounted along a displacement axis on the base body and designed to engage the ORU, (iii) a drive device, fixedly arranged with respect to the ORU, preferably on the base body, and designed to engage the sliding body and displace it along the displacement axis such that during a displacement movement of the sliding body by the drive device, the ORU is moved. The sliding body is mounted on the base body by a guide device designed to guide the sliding body driven by the drive device along the displacement axis. The guide device includes at least one roller bearing, in which at least one roller body is mounted, such that the at least one roller body guides the sliding body relative to the fixed base body during the displacement of the sliding body along the displacement axis.
US12024069B2
A system and method are provided for controlling an interior configuration of a vehicle following a collision. Sensor data that includes, or is derived from data that includes, data collected by one or more sensors is received, and a vehicle accident condition indicative of an accident having occurred is detected by processing the sensor data. After detecting the vehicle accident condition, an actuator component is caused to prevent a passenger from adjusting an interior vehicle component outside a predetermined range of physical configurations, while allowing the passenger to adjust the interior vehicle component within the predetermined range of physical configurations.
US12024062B2
When regeneration control is performed while yaw rate control is being performed, the regeneration control is prohibited, or a regenerative torque of a second rotary machine based on the regeneration control is limited in comparison with a case in which the yaw rate control is not performed. Accordingly, since an influence of the regenerative torque controlled by the regeneration control on the yaw rate control can be suitably curbed, it is possible to curb deterioration in conformability of an actual yaw rate with a target yaw rate in the yaw rate control.
US12024061B2
An embodiment method of controlling traveling of an electrified vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a power source includes determining whether it is possible to enter a variable control function. The variable control function includes a function of variably controlling a coasting torque level using a regenerative braking force. In response to a determination that it is not possible to enter the variable control function, a cause of an inability to enter the variable control function is determined and control is performed in a manner that corresponds to a determination that it is possible to enter the variable control function or the determination of the cause of the inability to enter the variable control function in response to the determination that it is not possible to enter the variable control function.
US12024057B2
A state estimation system includes a first processor, and the first processor executes: a first state variable measurement process of measuring a first state variable of a monitored object; a second state variable estimation repetition process of repeating a second state variable estimation process of inputting a measurement value of the first state variable into a learned model and acquiring an estimate value of a second state variable outputted from the learned model; and an estimation accuracy decline information output process of outputting estimation accuracy decline information when a predetermined estimate value sudden change determination condition is met with respect to a first estimate value of the second state variable acquired in response to input of a first measurement value of the first state variable.
US12024055B2
A battery charging control method includes receiving a destination input to a navigation device. When a vehicle starts, a switch is turned on to charge a battery. When a State Of Charge (SOC) of the battery becomes larger than a preconfigured value, the switch is turned off for a first time interval derived on the basis of an estimated destination arrival time derived from the navigation device. The switch is turned on again at a time point at which the first time interval has passed. The switch is turned on again to charge the battery for a second time interval.
US12024051B2
A master electronic control unit controls a plurality of batteries, and is communicatively connected to each one of the battery control units. The master electronic control unit provides a predefined electric interference to the traction voltage bus after a signal to open the at least one contactor of each battery has been provided. Each battery control unit detects the predefined electric interference, and when the predefined electric interference is detected, the at least one battery control unit issues a signal that the predefined electric interference was detected.
US12024050B2
To accomplish the invention, each individual stator pole winding has its own voltage and amperage matched battery, capacitor or storage device pack or packs and winding system controller or controllers which are signaled for operations and timing for the operation of all the similar other windings in the whole Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination without the necessity of wired interconnection of whole Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination winding electrical power in order to accomplish Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination functions.
US12024045B1
A battery is provided that uses supercapacitors and battery cells connected by switches among themselves and to input and output terminals via multiplexed selection under the control of a microprocessor or microcontroller. The supercapacitors and battery cells of the battery may independently, or in combination, power an electric vehicle. The battery may be operated in several modes, at least one of which may be used to power an electric vehicle long enough to reach a charging station in connection with charge on the battery cells being partially or almost completely depleted. The battery may also deliver charge while the battery cells and/or the supercapacitors are being charged. The battery may be fast charging on-the-run in that the supercapacitors may be charged faster than the battery cells permitting an electric vehicle to be powered without spending considerable time, that would otherwise be required at a conventional charging station with traditional batteries.
US12024043B2
Before start of vehicle charging by using a power network, a first determination unit determines whether reserve of the power network is not less than a first reference value. When reserve of the power network is not less than the first reference value, a first permission unit permits supply of electric power from the power network to a vehicle. When reserve of the power network is smaller than the first reference value, a second determination unit determines whether or not electric power corresponding to charging power can be supplied to the power network by having at least one of power adjustment resources respond to vehicle charging. When the second determination unit determines that electric power can be supplied, a second permission unit permits supply of electric power from the power network to the vehicle.
US12024032B2
An energy monitoring system for discharging energy in an energy transfer device of a vehicle, including an isolation monitoring unit, a capacitor unit, a voltage terminal unit and a control unit. The voltage terminal unit is connectable to an energy storage system and transfers energy from the energy storage system to a vehicle subsystem. The isolation monitoring unit includes a first isolation resistor element and switch element. The resistor element is connectable to the voltage terminal unit via the switch element. The capacitor unit is connected to the voltage terminal unit and filters electromagnetic interference by storing energy during energy transfer to the subsystem. The control unit closes the first isolation switch element in case of a disconnection of the energy transfer to form a discharge circuit connecting the isolation monitoring unit and the capacitor unit. The discharge circuit discharges energy stored in the capacitor unit.
US12024031B2
A method of controlling an electric power supply system for a mild hybrid electric vehicle includes: a step of executing a sequence for turning on the electric power supply system, wherein when an ignition key is turned on, a voltage of the low voltage battery is boosted and in which, when the voltage of the high voltage power network reaches a preset setting voltage, the high voltage relay is closed; a step of causing the vehicle to travel in a normal mode; a step of limiting entering of a failure mode and checking a connected state of the high voltage relay when a voltage drop occurs; and a step of performing again the sequence, when the high voltage relay is opened, and of resuming the traveling of the vehicle in the normal mode when the high voltage relay keeps closed.
US12024030B2
A rotary electric machine is disposed coaxially with an input member more toward a first side in an axial direction than a first gear that meshes with a second gear. A third gear rotates integrally with second and fourth gears that mesh with third gear more toward second side in axial direction than first and second gears. An axis of a counter gear mechanism is below axis of rotary electric machine and axis of differential gear mechanism. An inverter device more toward first side in axial direction than fourth gear and above axis of differential gear mechanism while that inverter device overlaps fourth gear as seen in axial direction. A specific portion of inverter device is between rotary electric machine and fourth gear in axial direction, such hat specific portion overlaps counter gear mechanism as seen in up-down direction and overlaps rotary electric machine as seen in axial direction.
US12024028B2
According to the method and system of the present invention, a power management system regulates the power provided to various individual on-board vehicle systems in response to detection of vehicle operating conditions and overall anticipated vehicle energy requirements for completion of a planned route, with the objective of conserving as much energy as necessary for the vehicle to reach its planned destination.
US12024023B2
A control device that controls an internal combustion engine, a first rotary electric machine, a first engagement device, and a second engagement device performing first transition control when transition is performed from a first mode to a second mode. The first transition control includes first control, second control, and third control. The first control is control in which the second engagement device that connects and disconnects power transmission between two rotary elements selected from among three rotary elements of a distribution differential gear mechanism is changed from an engaged state to a disengaged state while a third engagement device of a transmission mechanism is maintained in an engaged state. The second control controls a rotational speed of the first rotary element to is changed from a disengaged state to an engaged state and the internal combustion engine is started by using drive power transmitted from the first rotary electric.
US12024018B2
A decorative panel in which a touch sensor member can be disposed with a large degree of freedom even in a relatively large electronic device is provided. The decorative panel includes a cover panel member that has an opening portion; a touch sensor member that is disposed at the opening portion; and a design film that covers the cover panel member and the touch sensor member, and that has a movable portion that supports the touch sensor member so that the touch sensor member is displaceable with respect to the cover panel member.
US12024016B1
A hybrid projector system for a head up display within a vehicle includes a digital light projector adapted to project a first graphical image onto an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle, and a vector graphics projector adapted to project a second graphical image onto the inner surface of the windshield of the vehicle.
US12024013B2
An agricultural machine transmission has a powershiftable main group arranged upstream or downstream of a powershiftable split group in the direction of force transfer. The split group has an input shaft, an output shaft, and powershift elements, which when selectively actuated permit configurations of at least six different forward gears and at least three different reverse gears between the input shaft and the output shaft of the split group. A driveshaft of the main group is connectable by a first powershift clutch to a first input shaft and is connectable by a second powershift clutch to a second input shaft of the main group. Spur gear stages of the main group can be integrated into the force transfer path by actuating an associated shift element, coupling an associated input shaft to the drive shaft of the main group by configuring a respective gear of the main group.
US12024005B2
A battery module includes an enclosure that has at least one heat sink. Within the module is a stack assembly composed of a series of cell carrier assemblies connected together. The cell carrier assemblies each include a cell carrier that has a first spring that is biased against the heat sink. Each of the cell carrier assemblies also includes a battery cell and a heat conductive sheet that is thermally coupled to the battery cell. The heat conductive sheet is positioned to be pressed against the heat sink by the first spring to facilitate a good thermal connection between the sheet and the heat sink. Heat is accordingly conducted away from the battery cell, along the heat conductive sheet, to the heat sink.
US12023999B2
A wing lock structure includes: a block provided to a side gate, and provided with a plurality of convex portions that are convex in a width direction of a vehicle and concave portions that are concave in the width direction of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a wing plate provided at a predetermined portion of a wing side panel facing the block in a closed state and having irregularities corresponding to the concave portions and the convex portions on a surface that comes into contact with the block; and a pressure contact portion that presses the wing plate to bring the wing plate and the block into contact by pressure.
US12023996B2
A door assembly, with at least one vehicle door, a carrier component, which is provided in the vehicle door and carries at least one functional component of the vehicle door, a window pane, which is adjustable in relation to the carrier component, for a window opening on the vehicle door, a window-side receiver unit for the wireless reception of energy and/or data, and a carrier-component-side transmitter unit for the wireless transmission of energy and/or data to the window-side receiver unit.
US12023994B2
The present invention relates to a reversible air-conditioning circuit (1) comprising: • a main loop (A) comprising a compressor (3) and a water condenser (5) jointly connected to an auxiliary circuit, a first expansion device (7), an external evaporator-condenser (9), a second expansion device (15), and an evaporator (17), • a first bypass branch (B) comprising an internal condenser (13), the first bypass branch (B) connecting a first junction point (31) arranged downstream from the water condenser (5) to a second junction point (32) arranged upstream from the second expansion device (15), • a second bypass branch (C) connecting a third junction point (33) arranged downstream from the external evaporator-condenser (9) to a fourth junction point (34) arranged downstream from the evaporator (17), and • a third bypass branch (D) connecting a fifth junction point (35) arranged downstream from the third junction point (33) to a sixth junction point (36) arranged downstream from the first junction point (31).
US12023993B2
A thermal management system for a motor vehicle includes a heating circuit with an interior compartment heat exchanger; a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; a condenser which is arranged in the heating circuit and in the refrigeration circuit, wherein the heating circuit and the refrigeration circuit are fluidically separated from one another in the condenser; and a chiller, which is arranged in the heating circuit and in the refrigeration circuit. The heating circuit and the refrigeration circuit are fluidically separated from one another in the chiller. In a heating mode, the interior compartment heat exchanger, the chiller and the condenser are connected in series in the heating circuit.
US12023991B2
A method for operating a coolant circuit of a refrigeration system of a vehicle having multiple system sections. A single pressure sensor is located in each system section. A temperature sensor is arranged downstream at each component to be balanced in the system sections, such as heat exchangers and a coolant compressor. The sensor signals of the pressure and temperature sensors are supplied to a control unit for the control or regulation of the refrigeration system. Furthermore, a pressure approximation value at the position of the temperature sensor is calculated by a pressure loss value determined using a pressure loss calculation function starting from the position of the pressure sensor arranged in the system section of the component up to the position of the temperature sensor if the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor are arranged at different positions in the system section.
US12023987B2
A system in a vehicle configured to control the temperature of a temperature controlled vehicle compartment. The system includes: a temperature controlled vehicle compartment configured to be cooled and/or heated; and a processing circuitry operatively connected to the temperature controlled vehicle compartment configured to cause the system to: detect at least a first attribute of at least a first object within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, activate any of cooling or heating of the temperature controlled vehicle compartment based on the at least first attribute of the at least first object.
US12023985B2
A method of controlling a microclimate system includes identifying a set of multiple microclimate thermal effectors configured to provide multiple occupant zones and determining a differential temperature between a local temperature at one of the microclimate thermal effectors and a preset temperature for the microclimate thermal effectors. The differential temperature is determined for each of the microclimate thermal effectors. A fuzzy set is generated for each of the microclimate thermal effectors based upon the respective differential temperature. A respective temperature set point for each of the microclimate thermal effectors is defined based upon the fuzzy set for the corresponding microclimate thermal effectors. Each microclimate thermal effector is commanded to the corresponding respective temperature set point.
US12023984B2
A compressor installation structure for a vehicle has: a battery that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor portion of a vehicle cabin; a power unit that is disposed at one side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery; and a compressor that is configured to be driven by electric power supplied thereto from the battery, and that is disposed at one side in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery, and that is disposed at another side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the power unit.
US12023978B2
Methods and systems for hydraulic vehicle suspension are provided. A hydraulic suspension system, in one example, includes a first manifold including a piston-side interface and a rod-side interface fluidically coupled to a piston chamber and a rod chamber, respectively, for each of a first hydraulic cylinder and a second hydraulic cylinder. In the system, the first manifold includes a first electrically activated valve fluidically coupled to the piston-side interfaces, a first damping device, and a second damping device, the first electrically activated valve is configured to lock and unlock vertical motion of the first and second hydraulic cylinders and, while vertical motion of the first and second hydraulic cylinders is locked, the first electrically activated valve permits fluidic communication between the first and second hydraulic cylinders to permit free roll motion in the hydraulic suspension system.
US12023952B2
Provided is a security item using the intensity of fluorescent materials and a user identification system using same, the security item containing fluorescent materials that have intrinsic luminescent characteristics when irradiated with excitation light, wherein the fluorescent materials are contained in an amount of 0.2-3.0 wt % on the basis of the weight of the security item, and the difference in relative value calculated by formula (I), according to a 0.2-0.5 wt % difference in the amount of the fluorescent materials, is at least 3. Formula (I): the relative value of χ wt % of fluorescent materials=(the relative intensity of the emission wavelength of χ wt % of the fluorescent materials×100)/(the relative intensity of the emission wavelength of 3.0 wt % of the fluorescent materials).
US12023943B2
A printer having a printing unit that prints an image; a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission; and a processor configured to: acquire an image to be printed from an external device; detect representative colors of regions by dividing the image to be printed by the printing unit into a plurality of regions; and control light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the processor further configured to cause the light emitting unit to switch colors of the light emission based on the representative colors of the regions in order according to a printing progress of the image to be printed by the printing unit.
US12023940B2
A thermal print head includes a head substrate (11) having a main surface (11a) on which a convex part (12) is formed, a resistor layer (21) that is formed on the main surface (11a) and the convex part (12), a wiring layer (22) that covers the resistor layer (21) such that the resistor layer (21) is exposed at a heat generating part (20) formed at a part of the convex part (12), and a protective layer (25) that is formed on the main surface (11a) of the head substrate (11) and covers the resistor layer (21) and the wiring layer (22). The resistor layer (21) has a main resistor layer that contains tantalum, and at least one of a first sub-resistor layer that contains tantalum nitride and is stacked below the tantalum layer and a second sub-resistor layer that contains tantalum nitride and is stacked on the tantalum layer. The nitrogen content of tantalum nitride contained in the first sub-resistor layer and the second sub-resistor layer exceeds a predetermined value such that the tantalum nitride is deposited in a stable structure.
US12023939B2
White-balance is improved when printing on colored media, while minimizing the time and use of costly materials required by present approaches. In an embodiment, the typical solid white fill or background layer is altered by including in the white layer one or more of the other colors already available in the printer to shade this layer. Thus, a small amount of cyan, for example, helps balance a pink-ish (red) media; yellow is used for blue media; and magenta is used for green media; as well as combinations thereof. A combination of transparent process inks and opaque white helps to maintain brightness (luminosity).
US12023938B2
An inkjet printing method includes moving an inkjet head to discharge ink to a substrate including printing row areas, discharging ink to a first printing row area and a second printing row area among the printing row areas, discharging ink to a third printing row area among the printing row areas and the second printing row area, and discharging ink only to the first printing row area.
US12023935B2
A fluid fillable cartridge, a method for preventing contamination of nozzle holes in a fluid ejector chip and a method for making an adhesive sealing tape. The fluid fillable cartridge has an open fluid reservoir therein and a fluid ejector chip attached to an exposed surface of the fluid fillable cartridge opposite to the open fluid reservoir. An adhesive sealing tape is attached to the fluid fillable cartridge, wherein the adhesive sealing tape has an adhesive pattern on a first end of the adhesive sealing tape that is configured to attach the adhesive sealing tape adjacent to the fluid ejector chip while being devoid of adhesive in nozzle hole areas of the fluid ejector chip.
US12023934B2
Examples of conductive connections are described herein. Some examples of a fluid ejection device may include an electrically conductive non-metal structure in contact with fluid in a fluid reservoir. Some examples of the fluid ejection device may include conductive adhesive forming a conductive connection between the electrically conductive non-metal structure and circuitry.
US12023925B2
A liquid ejection head includes a plate with a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction through which liquid is ejected. A substrate is on the plate and includes a hole extending along the first direction by which the liquid is supplied. An actuator is on the substrate along the hole. The actuator has a plurality of pressure chambers, from which the liquid from the hole is ejected by the nozzles, and a plurality of air chambers. Each air chamber is between two of the pressure chambers that are adjacent to each other. A plurality of individual electrodes is formed on the substrate and each is connected to a corresponding one of the pressure chambers. A common electrode is formed on the substrate and an inner peripheral surface of the hole.
US12023919B2
A microfluidic device for continuous ejection of fluids includes: a semiconductor body that laterally delimits chambers; an intermediate structure which forms membranes each delimiting a top of a corresponding chamber; and a nozzle body which overlies the intermediate structure. The device includes, for each chamber: a corresponding piezoelectric actuator; a supply channel which traverses the intermediate structure and communicates with the chamber; and a nozzle which traverses the nozzle body and communicates with the supply channel. Each actuator is configured to operate i) in a resting condition such that the pressure of a fluid within the corresponding chamber causes the fluid to pass through the supply channel and become ejected from the nozzle as a continuous stream, and ii) in an active condition, where it causes a deformation of the corresponding membrane and a consequent variation of the pressure of the fluid, causing a temporary interruption of the continuous stream.
US12023915B2
A printing apparatus, having a container to store a printing medium therein, an acquisition device to acquire image data, a printing device to print an image on the printing medium, a cutter assembly to cut the printing medium, and a controller, is provided. In a case where a size of the image contained in the image data acquired by the acquisition device is smaller than a size of the printing medium stored in the container, the controller generates rotated image data containing a rotated image, which is an image rotated from an original posture of the image in the image data acquired by the acquisition device, controls the printing device based on the generated rotated image data to print the rotated image on the printing medium, and controls the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium having the rotated image printed by the printing device thereon.
US12023913B2
An image printing apparatus and a method of controlling the same are capable of appropriately correcting the conveyance amount in each of a plurality of conveyance paths. In a case of conveying a print medium along a first conveyance path, a controller controls the driving of a conveyance motor based on first information. In a case of conveying the print medium along a second conveyance path, the controller controls the driving of the conveyance motor based on second information, which is different from the first information.
US12023910B2
A recording system that when formation of the image is restarted after a temporal stop of the formation of the image by temporarily stopping the conveyance of the recording target medium by the first conveyance unit and the discharging of the ink from the discharging part, a distance from a first position to a recording restart position is an integer multiple of image formation pitch, the first position being based on a position, at the time of the temporal stop, of the image that is formed on the recording target medium before the temporal stop, the recording restart position being a position where the ink is discharged at the time of the restart; and performing the post-processing on the recording target medium at the post-processing unit each time the recording target medium is conveyed, by the second conveyance unit, a distance corresponding to the image formation pitch.
US12023909B1
A printing device includes an input tray in which sheets of media are loadable and a media guide movably adjustable along a dimension of the input tray and positionable against the sheets. The printing device includes a drive conductor electrically exposed parallel to the dimension of the input tray, detect conductors differently electrically exposed parallel to the dimension of the input tray, and a cross-conductor disposed on the media guide. The cross-conductor selectively electrically connects the drive conductor with the detect conductors according to a current media guide position to permit detection of the current media guide position.
US12023908B2
A drying unit for a printing device for printing with ink to a recording medium in the form of a web includes at least one heating element. The recording medium to be dried is movable along an emission region of the heating element. The emission region is arranged angled in the transport direction of the recording medium.
US12023906B2
A printing machine for printing on planar substrates, in particular circuit boards. The printing machine includes a printing table which extends in a horizontal plane and on which at least one substrate to be printed on can be arranged and at least one printing device assigned to the printing table. The printing device has a screen holder for an interchangeable printing screen and a doctor device assigned to the screen holder, wherein, by means of the doctor device, a printing material can be applied onto the substrate to be printed on through the printing screen. A screen magazine is assigned to the doctor device for storing at least one printing screen for the doctor device.
US12023904B2
Methods for adhering a substrate onto a surface of a ceramic component are provided. The method may include applying a first bond coating onto an attachment surface of the substrate, applying a first alumina coating onto the first bond coating on the attachment surface of the substrate, applying a second bond coating onto an outer surface of the ceramic component, applying a second alumina coating onto the second bond coating on the attachment surface of the substrate, applying a cement onto at least one of the first alumina coating and the second alumina coating, and adhering the attachment surface of the substrate onto the outer surface of the ceramic component. Connections between a metal substrate and a ceramic matrix composite component are also provided.
US12023898B2
Multi-layer collation shrink film comprising a main layer based on a polyethylene mixture comprising 75 to 85 wt.-% low density polyethylene and 15 to 25 wt.-% high density polyethylene or linear low density polyethylene and a skin layer based on a polar ethylene copolymer with vinyl acetate or alkyl (meth)acrylate with a vinyl acetate or alkyl (meth)acrylate content of at least 15 wt.-% and containing 5000 to 20000 ppm silica and a slip agent, use of the film in multi-layer packaging films and method for packaging objects together with the multi-layer collation shrink film including printing the skin layer with a digital ink printing process before or after packaging the objects.
US12023897B2
A transparent display device includes a transparent substrate, a film provided on the transparent substrate via an adhesive layer, and a plurality of light-emitting units provided on the film, wherein each of the light-emitting units includes a light-emitting diode having a surface area of 1 mm2 or less, a thickness of the film is 2 μm or more and 400 μm or less, a value obtained by multiplying a tensile strength of the film by the thickness is 5×102 (Pa·m) or more, and a transmittance of visible light is 20% or more.
US12023893B2
An insulated metal substrate (IMS) and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The IMS includes an electrically conductive line pattern layer, an encapsulation layer, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a heat sink element. The encapsulation layer fills a gap between a plurality of electrically conductive lines of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. An upper surface of the encapsulation layer is flush with an upper surface of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. The first and second adhesive layer are disposed between the electrically conductive line pattern layer and the heat sink element. A bonding strength between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer is greater than 80 kg/cm2.
US12023891B2
Systems and methods for forming corrugated boards are disclosed. The system includes a single face unit configured to form a single face board having a fluted layer and an outer liner. The system also includes a single face buffer configured to store or hold a length of the single face board. The system has a glue station configured to attach a second outer liner to the single face board to form a single wall board. The system also has an ultrasonic unit configured to apply ultrasonic vibrations to the single wall board. The ultrasonic vibrations are configured to remove moisture from the single wall board, activate, heat, and/or dry an adhesive used to attach the fluted layer and the outer liners, and/or cause the fibers of the fluted layer and the outer liners to weave, intertwine, or otherwise stick together.
US12023884B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a rubber component (1), in the case of which at least one electronic assembly (2) is embedded between a lower and an upper ply (10, 11) of a rubber material, comprising the steps: a) providing a length portion of the lower ply (10) of the rubber material, which is equipped, on the top side (100), with at least one electronic assembly (2); b) stationarily positioning the length portion of the lower ply (10); c) unrolling a length portion of the upper ply (11) of the rubber material on the top side (100) of the stationary length portion of the lower ply (10) in an unrolling direction (A), and fixedly adhesively connecting the length portions of the plies (10, 11) of the rubber material so as to embed the at least one electronic assembly (2); d) conveying out the length portion of the rubber component (1). A corresponding device for producing the rubber components (1) is also specified.
US12023857B2
Methods to in-situ monitor production of additive manufacturing products collects images from the deposition process on a layer-by-layer basis, including a void image of the pattern left in a slurry layer after deposition of a layer and a displacement image formed by immersing the just-deposited layer in a renewed slurry layer. Image properties of the void image and displacement image are corrected and then compared to a binary expected image from a computer generated model to identify defects in the just-deposited layer on a layer-by-layer basis. Additional methods use the output from the comparison to form a 3D model corresponding to at least a portion of the additive manufacturing product. Components to control the additive manufacturing operation based on digital model data and to in-situ monitor successive layers for manufacturing defects can be embodied in a computer system or computer-aided machine, such as a computer controlled additive manufacturing machine.
US12023850B2
A position detection apparatus comprises an obtaining unit that obtains an image of a moiré that occurs due to first and second diffraction gratings overlapping; and a processor configured to perform a periodic analysis of a luminance distribution of the obtained image of the moiré, obtain a phase measurement value of the luminance distribution, and obtain a relative positioning between the first and second diffraction gratings, wherein the processor determines a phase shift amount for making the obtained phase measurement value be a value outside of a predetermined range including a discontinuous part of the phase, and performs a phase shift to shift the obtained phase measurement value by the determined phase shift amount, and obtains the relative positioning based on the phase-shifted phase measurement value.
US12023849B2
An expanding tool comprising: an actuator comprising a cylindrical housing that defines an actuator housing cavity; a primary ram disposed within the actuator housing cavity, the primary ram defining an internal primary ram cavity; a secondary ram disposed within the internal primary ram cavity; a cam roller carrier coupled to a distal end of the secondary ram; a drive collar positioned within a distal end of the actuator housing cavity; a roller clutch disposed within an internal cavity defined by an inner surface of the drive collar; a shuttle cam positioned between the roller clutch and a distal end of the primary ram; an expander cone coupled to the primary ram; and an expander head operably coupled to the drive collar. When triggered, the actuator first rotates the expander head and then the actuator expands the expander head.
US12023843B2
Provided is a stretching rod for a molding unit for manufacturing a container from a preform and a method for manufacturing a container by stretch blow-molding. The stretching rod extends longitudinally, parallel to a main axis Y, and comprises a body of cylindrical or tubular form, a distal end in the extension of said body, at least one internal channel to allow the circulation of a cooling gas to said distal end, a flat situated at the distal end of the stretching rod, an end-fitting protruding from said flat and a plurality of orifices, said orifices being fluidically connected with said internal channel and being distributed around said end-fitting on said flat. The rod can include an annular skirt in the extension of said body, at said distal end, said skirt having a height less than the height of said end-fitting.
US12023842B2
In a resin-film manufacturing apparatus of an embodiment, when a lip gap control is started, a difference between a state of a target heat bolt (THB) at a start of current control and a state of each of all the heat bolts at a start of last control is obtained, when the difference between the states of THB at the starts of the current and last control is a smallest one, a learning result of THB is set as an initial value of a control condition for THB, and when the difference between the states of THB is not the smallest one, either one of a learning result of the heat bolt of which the difference between the states is smaller than the difference between the states of THB and the learning result of THB is set as the initial value of the control condition for THB.
US12023837B2
This manufacturing method of a molded surface fastener involves a primary molding step for forming a primary molded body and a secondary molding step for compressing a provisional element of the primary molded body while heating the same. A molding apparatus is provided with a mold member comprising multiple penetration holes and multiple concave portions, whereof each penetration hole communicates to at least one concave portion; in the primary molding step, the molding apparatus is used to form a primary molded body comprising a provisional element having a primary stem portion and a pawl portion is formed from the protruded portion by compressing the provisional element. By this means, it is possible to stably manufacture a molded surface fastener that has an engaging element comprising a pawl portion that projects from the outer peripheral edge of an engaging head portion.
US12023836B2
A shrinkage detection device for a polymer injection molding apparatus detects a shrinkage experienced by an injection molded element for assessing a quality of the molded element. Shrinkage, along with temperature and pressure of the melt within the mold during cooling, indicates a sufficiency of the resulting molded element for intended purposes. Sufficiency includes parameters such as flexibility, shear strength and longevity, and is accurately performed can replace conventional sample testing of molded articles that are expensive and time consuming.
US12023829B2
Devices and methods for producing a T-shaped semifinished product from a multiply non-crimp fabric with reinforcing fibers for a composite material. The product has a web and a flange. The device includes a web forming tool, with which a web portion of the non-crimp fabric is clamped in place, a forming tool, with which plies of a flange portion of the non-crimp fabric are split into two parts, a depositing device, with which a tube body is deposited on the flange portion formed into the flange, a holding tool, with which a clearance between the holding tool and the flange is formed, and a filling device, with which the tube body is filled with a gas such that the tube body fills the clearance and firmly holds the flange portion formed into the flange, and alternatively, a magnetic force can be generated between a sheet and the web forming tool.
US12023827B2
A permanent or temporary marker is embedded within a hydrogel plug used in a biopsy procedure to indicate the location of a suspicious lesion so that the marker may be found in a subsequent surgical procedure. A combination of at least one permanent and at least one temporary marker may be used. Inserts of differing sizes and shapes may also be placed into the hydrogel plugs during their manufacturing process and removed from the plugs after the plugs have cured so that air-filled cavities are left in the plug. These cavities are temporary but may be used to augment location of a permanent marker.
US12023825B2
A device for processing logs, comprises a deicing apparatus (11), a debarking apparatus (22), arranged downstream of the deicing apparatus, a thermal camera (30), arranged to acquire a thermal image of at least one log downstream of the debarking apparatus, and a processing device (40). The processing device (40) is configured to receive the thermal image from the thermal camera, to process the thermal image to determine a log surface temperature, and to provide a deicing control signal to the deicing apparatus (11) based on the log surface temperature. A method of processing logs is also disclosed.
US12023822B2
Method of manufacturing a substrate with a cut thermal film comprises obtaining an input digital image of a design to be transferred to the substrate; storing the input image in memory; rendering design elements of the design as a single output image; based upon a bleed size value, a maximum number of negative areas, a maximum number of positive areas, and attribute values: resizing the image to include a border for bleed; filling transparent areas of the image with the substrate attribute values; creating a cutting path; creating a mask image; inverting the mask image; modifying the mask image to adjust fill areas around details, to limit negative areas to be less than the maximum number of negative areas, and to limit positive areas to be less than the maximum number of positive areas; creating cutting path data in memory as a vector path outlining the mask image.
US12023821B2
A razor cartridge including a housing; a trailing blade assembly mounted to the housing and including a trailing blade with a blade tip; a leading blade assembly mounted to the housing in front of the trailing blade assembly and including a leading blade with a blade tip; and a skin support element affixed to the leading blade assembly and extending towards the blade tip of the trailing blade assembly. A horizontal length of the skin support element may be greater than a distance from a trailing part of the skin support element to the blade tip of the trailing blade assembly.
US12023819B2
A folding knife including a handle, a pivot axis, and a blade having a cutting edge. The blade is pivotably coupled to the handle such that the blade is pivotable relative to the handle about the pivot axis between a retracted position and an extended position. The cutting edge is exposed in the extended position and a portion of the blade is received within the handle in the retracted position. The folding knife further includes a bearing assembly for facilitating movement of the blade between the retracted position and the extended position. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing recessed within the blade and a second bearing recessed within the handle.
US12023812B2
Systems and methods for streaming sensor packets in real-time are provided. An example method includes obtaining a sensor data packet representing a first portion of a three-hundred and sixty degree view of a surrounding environment of a robotic platform. The method includes generating, using machine-learned model(s), a local feature map based at least in part on the sensor data packet. The local feature map is indicative of local feature(s) associated with the first portion of the three-hundred and sixty degree view. The method includes updating, based at least in part on the local feature map, a spatial map to include the local feature(s). The spatial map includes previously extracted local features associated with a previous sensor data packet representing a different portion of the three-hundred and sixty degree view than the first portion. The method includes determining an object within the surrounding environment based on the updated spatial map.
US12023808B2
A robot system includes two arms, each having a hand at an end thereof, and a controller to control operation of the arms. The hand has an openable and closable holder. The controller includes hand-number determining circuitry to determine the number of hands used to hold a holdable object based on the size of the holdable object, and hold controlling circuitry to control the holder of one of the hands to open so as to hold the holdable object by an inner surface of the holder, when the number of hands to be used is one, and control the holders of the two hands to close so as to hold the holdable object by outer surfaces of the two holders, when the number of hands to be used is two.
US12023803B2
Systems and methods for controlling an elongate device are provided herein. In some embodiments, a robotic system may comprise a manipulator assembly configured to drive an elongate device and a control device configured to receive user input commanding the elongate device. The robotic system may also comprise a control system communicatively coupled to the manipulator assembly and the control device. The control system may be configured to monitor movement of the elongate device during a plurality of intervals, monitor user input received by the control device during the plurality of intervals, and adjust a property of the elongate device based on at least one of the monitored movement or the monitored user input.
US12023802B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for optimizing the joint hinge point position of a hydraulic tandem mechanism based on lightweight. The method comprises: determining rotational load characteristics of each joint in the hydraulic tandem mechanism using dynamics simulation software based on said end load characteristics and said structural parameters of the tandem mechanism; establishing a fixed coordinate system between two adjacent rods in each joint and a joint global coordinate system, and determining the relationship between hinge point coordinates, joint rotation angle and joint drive force arm of each joint; calculating linear load characteristics of each joint according to said rotational load characteristics and said joint drive force arm to calculate hydraulic cylinder structural parameters and hydraulic oil source flow rate for each joint; determining a lightweight index for the joint hinge point position of the hydraulic tandem mechanism according to said hydraulic cylinder structural parameters and said hydraulic oil source flow rate; solving the coordinates of each joint hinge point of the tandem mechanism corresponding to the minimum of said lightweight index, using said lightweight index as a fitness function, so that the overall weight of the tandem mechanism is minimized.
US12023801B2
A suspended automation system includes a rail array secured to a ceiling. A gantry moves in an X-Y plane defined by the rail array with a drive mechanism. A controller with a human user interface allows for selective movement of the gantry to transport, and in some instances store or manipulate articles. A motorized rotating platform and one or more of a robotic arm, a camera, or a counter-balance are added to the platform to facilitate storage and manipulation, as well as actions in the area below the ceiling. A rail array in some embodiments is equipped with storage modules located above the rail array that can take a variety of shapes, sizes, and configurations for storage of an article, including a stack. A related process of article movement can be accomplished by the suspended automation system. Another related process is overhead storage and selective delivery of an article.
US12023794B2
Disclosed is a handheld tool using a battery pack (1). A positioning hole (118) is provided on the surface of the battery pack, a locking mechanism (31) matching the positioning hole is provided inside the handheld tool for locking or unlocking the battery pack, and an ejection mechanism (32) is further provided inside the handheld tool to work in conjunction with the locking mechanism to eject the battery pack when the battery pack is unlocked. The battery pack of the handheld tool can be completely inserted into a holding portion of the handheld tool, such that the tool can be made smaller. Moreover, the battery pack has a smooth surface and is convenient to carry, such that assembly/disassembly of the battery pack into/from the tool is more convenient. In addition, there is no detached gap between a tool housing and the battery pack on the surface of the tool, such that the appearance of the tool is more aesthetic.
US12023791B2
A nail tip guide tool is attached to an end of a nose of a nailing machine to provide guide pieces on a bottom surface inside same, the nail guide tool having a lower portion in a funnel shape. The top surfaces of the guide pieces have a recess in a mortar shape when brought together at the center of the funnel shape by a press board member biased by a coil spring. The guide pieces are used so that in the nose, the tip of a nail in an inclined posture is guided to a center of the mortar shape and is inserted thereamong, and correcting the posture thereof. For fastening a metal piece with a nail, distal ends of the guide pieces are structured to form a conical shape, and with this portion having been fitted into a pilot hole of the metal piece, the nail is struck.
US12023789B2
A pliers is provided, including a first member, a second member and a control assembly. The first member has a first grip portion, a first body portion and a first jaw. The first body portion has an engaging face, a slot which is disposed on the engaging face and at least one tooth row which is arranged along the slot. The second member has a second grip portion, a second body portion and a second jaw. A pivot hole is disposed in the second body portion. The control assembly has a positioning member which is movably disposed through the pivot hole and within the slot and an operation member which is rotatably connected with the second body portion. At least one position tooth is disposed on the positioning member. The positioning member is movable with the operation member.
US12023788B2
The present invention refers to a device for tensioning a connecting element fastened to a component to be tightened, comprising a fixation element for holding the connecting element; a support element for supporting the device against the component; and an actuating unit with a fluid chamber for receiving a fluid and a piston which is translationally guided in the fixation element. The actuating unit is configured for manipulating a volume of the fluid chamber by translationally actuating the piston so as to move the fixation element relative to the support element. The piston is coupled to the fixation element by means of at least one ball or roller screw.
US12023777B2
The present invention relates to a temperature regulating apparatus for regulating a temperature of a polishing surface of a polishing pad used for polishing a substrate, such as a wafer. The present invention further relates to a polishing apparatus including such a temperature regulating apparatus. The temperature regulating apparatus (5) includes: a heat exchanger (11) having a heating flow passage (61) and a cooling flow passage (62) formed therein; a holder (90) arranged over the heat exchanger (11); a coupling mechanism (80) configured to detachably fix the heat exchanger (11) to the holder (90), the coupling mechanism (80) including: a first hook (73) fixed to an upper surface of the heat exchanger (11); and a second hook (83) held by the holder (90). The second hook (83) is configured to be able to be engaged with and disengaged from the first hook (73).
US12023776B2
A device for deburring edges of a pile of metal blanks includes a first roller, a second roller, at least one motor, and a main body. The first roller is supported for rotation about a first axis. The second roller is supported for rotation about a second axis. The at least one motor is drivingly coupled to the first and second rollers to rotate the first roller in a first rotational direction and the second roller in a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction. The main body supports the first roller, the second roller, and the at least one motor. The main body is movable about a periphery of the pile of metal blanks and is configured to permit contact between the first and second rollers and the edges of the pile of metal blanks.
US12023773B1
A device and method of a floating shot pin combines the actions of a floating pin with a retracting pin. The assembly includes a body having an internal inward taper; and a pin retainer shaft at least partially housed within the body and connected to a cylinder shaft. The pin retainer shaft including a shaped shoulder portion corresponding to the inward taper. In an extended state, the cylinder shaft urges the shaped shoulder portion of the pin retainer shaft to engage with the inward tapered portion of the body creating a locked position to support a workpiece on a pin while work is performed. In a retracted state, the cylinder shaft retracts leaving the locked position allowing the pin retainer shaft to float within tolerances in the connection between the pin retainer shaft and the cylinder shaft thereby relieving pressure on a pin while the workpiece is removed.
US12023770B2
Magnetic coupling devices are disclosed having magnetic field sensors. The magnetic coupling device may include a calibration module for calibrating the magnetic coupling devices.
US12023769B2
A drilling detection system may include a drilling detection circuitry including one or more detection processors configured to receive a vibration signal indicative of vibration associated with a drilling machine configured to drill holes into a substrate and receive a movement signal indicative of movement of the drilling machine relative to one or more positions on the substrate. The one or more detection processors may also be configured to determine vibration associated with the drilling machine, and determine movement associated with the drilling machine. The one or more detection processors may also be configured to determine, based at least in part on the vibration associated with the drilling machine and the movement associated with the drilling machine, the drilling machine has drilled holes into the substrate and a position on the substrate at which the drilling machine has drilled the holes into the substrate.
US12023760B2
A laser machining method performing cutting machining to cut a composite material over a thickness direction thereof by applying a laser beam to the composite material. The method includes applying the laser beam from one side in the thickness direction of the composite material so as to form a first cutout in the composite material; and applying the laser beam from the other side in the thickness direction of the composite material, forming a second cutout in the composite material at a position opposing the first cutout, connecting the second cutout to the first cutout, and cutting the composite material. The first cutout is formed by applying the laser beam through a plurality of machining paths arranged in the width direction of the first cutout. The second cutout is formed by applying the laser beam through a plurality of machining paths arranged in the width direction of the second cutout.
US12023758B2
Provided is a method for laser additive manufacturing based on keyhole effects. A welding wire and a laser beam are arranged, at certain angles, on two sides of a normal line of a substrate respectively. The laser beam is applied on the welding wire to generate a deep penetration melting keyhole. The welding wire absorbs energy of the laser beam and is heated and melted in a deep penetration melting mode. The welding wire transmits energy to a surface of the substrate to form a cladding layer. The laser beam irradiates the surface of the substrate after passing through the welding wire, and preheats the surface of the substrate in a heat conduction mode.
US12023757B2
Air management systems are provided for optimizing airflow in laser welding with deflectors. A system for a welder includes a blower to generate an airflow stream. A plenum receives the airflow stream, directs it toward the workpiece, and defines an outlet facing the workpiece to expel the airflow stream toward the workpiece. A deflector adjacent the outlet is formed as a conical section converging from the plenum toward the workpiece, and is defined by an angled wall with an open center. The deflector concentrates the airflow stream to impart a velocity increase to the airflow stream after leaving the outlet and to impart a favorable directional component to the airflow stream toward a weld zone, as well as protecting the laser lens by increasing the downward momentum force of the air stream to eliminate the potential of spatter impinging the lens.
US12023756B2
A device for removing a defective electronic component from a circuit board includes a vacuum suction nozzle, a laser beam emitter and an infrared temperature sensor. The vacuum suction nozzle has a suction opening at which suction is generated. The suction opening is dimensioned to be larger than the defective electronic component. The laser beam emitter is oriented so as to emit a laser beam out the suction opening towards the electronic component on the circuit board. The temperature sensor measures the temperature of the electronic component based on infrared radiation emitted from around the electronic component. A method for removing the defective electronic component from the circuit board includes positioning the suction opening over the electronic component and directing the laser beam through the suction opening and onto the electronic component so as to heat and detach the electronic component, which is then sucked into the vacuum suction nozzle.
US12023755B2
A machining apparatus for laser machining a workpiece in a machining zone is provided, having an interface for a machining laser source for generating a machining laser beam with a direction of propagation; an outlet opening for the machining laser beam; and an optical system between the interface and the outlet opening, wherein the optical system has: at least one optical unit that adjusts the focal length of the optical system, and at least one stationary laser beam guiding device with at least one movable surface, wherein the at least one movable surface can be adjusted such that it modifies the focal length of the optical system and/or the beam parameter product of the machining laser beam integrated over time in at least one operating mode. Further provided is a method for laser machining a workpiece.
US12023745B2
A rotatable cutter wheel of a material reduction machine, the cutter wheel including a drive plate configured to be mounted on the material reduction machine for rotation in a forward rotation direction about a central axis. The drive plate includes a central driveshaft aperture and an outer peripheral edge. A wear plate is positioned along a first axial side of the drive plate and removably coupled to the drive plate. A cutter is removably coupled for rotation with the drive plate via a fastener. A wear insert is positioned to cover a portion of the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate, the wear insert being mounted to the wear plate and held in spaced relation to the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate.
US12023743B2
A clamping device is arranged for releasably holding a tool holder shank and includes a housing, a wedge engagement member reciprocally mounted inside the housing, and a wedge having a first pressure receiving surface and first and second wedge surfaces. An aperture extends radially through a wall of the housing and the wedge engagement member extends radially outwards into the aperture. The first wedge surface acts upon a wedge engagement slide surface on the wedge engagement member and the second wedge surface acts upon an aperture slide surface. The wedge is arranged between a surface of the housing and a surface of a member securely arranged to a drawbar to effectuate a displacement of the drawbar when the wedge is moved inwards, to clamp the tool holder shank. A sleeve is arranged around the peripheral surface of the housing for moving the wedge inwards when the sleeve is moved.
US12023742B2
A coated tool may include a base member and a coating layer. The coating layer may include a Ti(C, N) layer, and an Al2O3 layer covering the Ti(C, N) layer. The Ti(C, N) layer may include a void region including a plurality of voids along an interface between the Ti(C, N) layer and the Al2O3 layer. An average value of widths of the voids may be less than an average value of distances between the voids adjacent to each other. The Ti(C, N) layer may include a first Ti(C, N) layer located closer to the base member than the void region. An average atomic ratio of carbon to the sum of carbon and nitrogen (C/(C+N)) in the first Ti(C, N) layer may be 0.50 to 0.65.
US12023740B2
A device for producing a gear green compact from a powder includes a die, an upper stamp, and a lower stamp, wherein the die has at least one helical toothing on an inner lateral surface, which helical toothing extends only over a partial area of the circumference of the inner lateral surface, and which has a first helix angle, wherein, adjoining the first helical toothing in a circumferential direction, one toothed edge surface is formed on each side, both of which have a second helix angle, wherein at least one of the second helix angles of the die is unequal to the first helix angle of the helical toothing of the die.
US12023737B2
A method for producing a machining segment for a machining tool, where the machining segment is connectable to a basic body of the machining tool by an underside of the machining segment, includes producing a green body by placing first hard material particles in a first matrix material in a defined particle pattern. The green body is compacted by pressure between a first press punch, which forms the underside, and a second press punch, which forms an upper side of the machining segment, to form a compact body. The compact body is processed by temperature or by infiltration to produce the machining segment. The second press punch has depressions in a pressing surface where an arrangement of the depressions corresponds to the defined particle pattern of the first hard material particles.
US12023721B2
A rotary body including a drum and a wire support member winds a wire by rotation. A spacer is provided on the rotary body and is displaceable to a first position and a second position in the rotary body. When the spacer is in the first position, the wire is wound on the rotary body not via the spacer, and hence the wire is wound with the first diameter. When the spacer is in the second position, position, the wire is wound on the rotary body via the spacer, and hence the wire is wound with a second diameter larger than the first diameter.
US12023712B2
An apparatus and method for separating individual plants from plant and non-plant matter. In one embodiment, an air curtain is directed to a falling mixture of plant and non-plant matter. The air directs some of the plant and non-plant material into a waste or recycling bin and permits further processing of individual plants.
US12023711B2
A conveying device for conveying bulk material, comprising products and product breakage thereof, in a conveying direction has a first conveying element and a second conveying element which is arranged downstream of the first conveying element, with the result that a gap is formed between the first and the second conveying element. A covering element is arranged above the gap. The gap has a first width according to a predefined separating criterion in such a way that the passage of product breakage through the gap is allowed and the passage of products through the gap is prevented.
US12023710B2
The hydrophobic and corrosion resistive film of cross-linked poly(hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate) was prepared by photopolymerization. The starting materials were a monomer of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate, a photoinitiator of hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone, and a cross-linker of poly(ethyleneglycol diacrylate). Photopolymerization was used to start polymerization and to cure the polymer film on an aluminum surface. Drop-casting was used to deposit the fluoropolymer onto an aluminum substrate (AA 3003). The fluoropolymer film has high corrosion protection when measured by potentiodynamic polarization and open circuit potential techniques in an aqueous solution of 3.5% NaCl. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor the polymerization process. The dynamic contact angle technique was used to measure the hydrophobicity for the fluorinated polymer coating. Thermal stability of the fluorinated polymer was measured using thermogravimetric analysis. Treatment with strong acid followed by contact angle measurements before and after the treatment confirmed the chemical resistance for the coated aluminum.
US12023702B2
A spray gun for a plural component system is provided. The spray gun includes a first component delivery line and a second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes a nozzle, configured to receive and mix a first component received from the first component delivery line with a second component received from the second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes an air purge system configured to, when the spray gun is in a non-actuated position, purge the nozzle of the first and second components and, when the spray gun is in an actuated position, aid in atomization of the mixture of the first and second components.
US12023699B2
Provided is a container processing system capable of improving a speed of processing containers with a simple configuration and providing a compact production line. The container processing system (10) includes a container conveyer (20) having a container conveying path (21a) that conveys containers (C) arranged in a row and a container processor (40) that performs processing on the containers (C) in a container processing area (A2) set lateral to a container transfer area (A1) set in a segment of the container conveying path (21a). The container conveyer (40) includes a container carrier (21) conveying the containers (C) arranged in the row along the container conveying path (21a) and a container transferer (22) moving a container row including the plurality of containers (C) arranged in the row in the container transfer area (A1) toward the container processing area (A2).
US12023693B2
A modular liquid distribution system in which each module has a module body, a spray nozzle, and a piston for controlling the dispensing of liquid from the nozzle. Each module has a pneumatically operated system for moving the piston to an open position while facilitating quicker return movement to a closed position, enabling the dispensing of precisely controlled small droplet sized quantities of highly viscous liquids.
US12023691B2
A fluid switching valve comprising a valve housing, an inlet area, a first outlet and a second outlet out of the valve housing, a first fluid connection, a second fluid connection, a counter pressure chamber, a first valve unit, a second valve unit and a user-operable switching body for switching the valve closure bodies between their closed position and their open position. Here, the counter pressure chamber is fluid-connected through an inlet link duct to the inlet area. The valve units each have a valve closure body, which is movable between a closed position and an open position for the respective fluid connection and is arranged so as to be subjectable to fluid pressure on the one hand via the inlet area and on the other hand via the counter pressure chamber. The switching body is switchable between different operating positions by a switching movement. The counter pressure chamber is fluid-connected through a first blockable outlet link duct to the first outlet, and through a second blockable outlet link duct to the second outlet.
US12023688B2
A solid bowl centrifuge includes a rotatable drum having a cylindrical portion with length L1 and a conical portion with length L2, which, when added, give the length LT of the drum. A screw is arranged in the drum and is rotatable relative to the rotatable drum with a differential speed. At least two drum bearings for supporting the drum in the housing are spaced apart with a spacing LL. A spacing LL of the drum bearings for supporting the drum relative to one another is less than the length LT of the drum.
US12023678B2
A genetic testing device includes a safety cabinet, a gas flow control system, a first treatment module configured to treat an amplification reagent and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) plate, a second treatment module configured to treat a reagent, a tip, and a gene sample, a sample injection module configured to inject an amplification reagent into a microwell of a PCR plate, a purification treatment module configured to treat a gene sample, an amplification detection module for gene amplification and detection, a heat sealer configured to seal a PCR plate, a material delivery module A, a material delivery module B, and a material delivery module C.
US12023674B2
A field portable diagnostic apparatus uses a rotatable disk in which a microfluidic circuit is defined. The microfluidic circuit includes a centrifugal separation chamber receiving a sample to stratify the sample. A magnetic bead holding chamber is communicated to a mixing chamber, where mass amplifying functionalized magnetic-nanoparticles, held in a buffer solution and contained in the magnetic bead holding reservoir communicated to mixing chamber, are mixed with the separated fluid delivered to mixing chamber from the separation chamber. The functionalized magnetic nanoparticles conjugate with a target analyte in the sample. A magnet in proximity to a SAW chamber including a SAW detector draws the functionalized magnetic nanoparticles toward antibodies immobilized on the SAW sensor surface A wash reservoir is communicated to the SAW sensor chamber, and a cleanup/waste reservoir is communicated to the SAW chamber for receive fluid after it has passed through the SAW chamber.
US12023672B2
A lateral flow assay device of the present disclosure has numerous features to ensure correct operation of the device under gravity, such as vent pockets for enabling the flow of sample fluid from one chamber to the next when the vent pocket is unsealed. The vent pockets have protrusions to help prevent accidental resealing. The device also can have a gasket to ensure free air movement between open vent pockets. Flow control features that protrude horizontally into a chamber proximal to an outlet act to deflect the flow to the side of the chamber opposite from the outlet, prior to the flow entering the outlet. Such features can reduce the flow velocity of the sample fluid and increase the effective fluid flow path length, enhance mixing of reagents with a sample, and enabling more accurate control of fluid flow in the device. A flexible circuit with patterned metallic electrical components disposed on a heat stable material can be in direct contact with fluid in the chambers and has resistive heating elements aligned with the vent pockets and the chambers.
US12023653B2
A method of forming a silver catalyst layer in chemical plating includes providing a substrate; applying a silver-containing solution onto the substrate; and applying energy of activation to the silver-containing solution to form a silver catalyst layer over the substrate. The silver-containing solution includes silver ions, a diamine compound, a carboxylic acid compound, and a solvent. In addition, the substrate having the silver catalyst layer thereon can be immersed into a chemical plating solution to form a metal layer over the silver catalyst layer.
US12023650B2
The present application is related to a three-dimensionally ordered macroporous oxygen-deficient cerium dioxide catalyst, and a preparation method and an application thereof. The catalyst is prepared by using a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) colloidal crystal template method, calcining in a reducing/oxidizing atmosphere, and treating with water vapor, and the prepared catalyst shows an excellent activity and stability in photothermocatalytic purification of typical amospheric pollutants such as styrene, n-hexane, and cyclohexane. The method has the characteristics of cheap and easily available raw materials, simple preparation process, controllable oxygen vacancy, surface acid amount, and acid strength of the obtained material, and excellent photothermocatalytic performance.
US12023645B2
In the present invention, two adjacent supply lines for supplying two immiscible fluids are spirally disposed on a substrate where microchannels for microsphere production based on a droplet-based highly controlled method for mass-production of microspheres (HCMMM) are formed, and microsphere forming parts each comprising microchannels are arranged between and along the two supply lines, whereby a much larger amount of microspheres can be produced. Further, the two supply lines are disposed in a spiral configuration, and the microsphere forming parts can be disposed by branching microchannels from the two supply lines on inner and outer sides of the spiral configuration, whereby the limited space on a wafer normally having a circular shape can be maximally used to form multiple microsphere forming parts.
US12023644B2
An apparatus, system, and methods for polarizing nuclei of a noble gas are disclosed. The disclosed system may include a polarization apparatus configured to polarize a noble gas mixture including xenon-129. The disclosed system also may include separate volumes for (1) saturating the polarizable noble gas mixture with alkali metal vapor, (2) desaturating said noble gas mixture from its alkali metal vapor after polarization is completed, (3) intermediate storage of the resultant polarized noble gas mixture, and (4) transfer of said polarized noble gas mixture to a storage vessel (e.g., a delivery bag). The disclosed system further may include separate reservoirs for (1) the noble gas(es) to be polarized, (2) lightweight gas(es) to displace the noble gas(es), and (3) a heavy inert gas (e.g., such as natural xenon) to push the polarized noble gas(es) into a storage vessel.
US12023639B2
A method for producing a flowable active material-encapsulated core-shell microcapsule composition by mechanically removing solvent from a microcapsule suspension to produce a wet cake, and subsequently charging the wet cake with a dry flow aid, is provided.
US12023638B2
Described herein is a method for producing a sealant. The method includes mixing a first material with a second material at a manufacturing site to produce the sealant. The method also includes applying x-ray energy to the sealant at the manufacturing site. The method includes measuring an amount of fluorescence emitted from the sealant in response to applying the x-ray energy. The method also includes calculating a mix ratio of the first and second materials of the sealant based on the amount of fluorescence. The method includes determining whether the mix ratio is within a predetermined mix ratio range.
US12023630B2
A method of obtaining a compound may include adding a substrate to a medium in a reactor, and reacting the substrate in the reactor to form the compound. A first stream is separated from the reaction liquid through a first membrane. A second stream is separated from the reaction liquid through a second membrane. The first membrane is a filtration membrane and the second membrane is configured for liquid-gas or liquid-liquid extraction The first membrane and the second membrane are at least partially immersed in the medium and are moved relative to the reactor during the separation steps.
US12023627B2
Zoned diesel oxidation catalysts containing a higher precious metal loading in the inlet zone that the outlet zone and an equal or shorter length inlet zone are described. Emission treatment systems and methods of remediating nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons using zoned diesel oxidation catalysts are also described.
US12023622B2
A dust-containing gas treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical treatment room configured to introduce gas containing dust and remove the dust from the gas, a catcher including a brush with hair planted in a support in the cylindrical treatment room and configured to catch the dust contained in the gas, a liquid sprayer in the cylindrical treatment room, a rotary driver configured to rotate the catcher and a stirrer, a gas introduction portion configured to introduce the gas containing the dust, a gas discharge portion configured to discharge the gas and the removed dust from the cylindrical treatment room, and a liquid discharge portion configured to discharge a liquid containing the removed dust.
US12023618B2
A filter reinforcing material is disclosed that does not cause peeling or pleat adhesion at the time of pleating, is excellent in pleating, and has high stiffness. A filter reinforcing material includes a bonding layer comprising a thermal bonded nonwoven including thermal bondable short fibers, and a reinforcing layer comprising a nonwoven including high-melting fibers having a higher melting point than a melting point of the thermal bondable short fibers having the lowest melting point in the bonding layer by 30° C. or more. Further, the bonding layer preferably comprises two or more kinds of thermal bondable short fibers with a fineness difference of more than or equal to 5 dtex.
US12023614B2
A portable air filter cleaning device includes a housing configured to receive an air filter to be cleaned, at least one spray mechanism within the housing for spraying fluid onto the air filter to be cleaned within the housing, a cleaning fluid reservoir coupled to at least one spray mechanism for selectively spraying cleaning fluid onto the air filter to be cleaned within the housing, a rinsing fluid reservoir coupled to at least one spray mechanism for selectively spraying rinsing fluid onto the air filter to be cleaned within the housing; and a motor for facilitating cleaning, rinsing and drying of the air filter to be cleaned. The device may be rotational for cylindrical type air filters or designed for cleaning flat plate type air filters. An associated method of cleaning an air filter is disclosed.
US12023606B2
A core sheet includes a primary textured surface and separate secondary cuspations or corrugations. The core sheets are configured for use within a fluid or wastewater treatment unit that typically includes one or more fabric layers. The primary textured surface enhances retention of wastewater fluid received by the unit, which over time causes an increase in build-up of biomatter on the surface, which in turn enhances the efficacy of treatment of the wastewater.
US12023605B2
A system and method are provided for producing from a first fluid having particles of a substance suspended or dissolved therein with a first concentration of the substance, a second fluid having a second concentration of the substance lower than the first concentration and a separated-fluid product, in which concentration of the substance is greater than that in the first fluid. The system comprises a pre-treatment module for processing the first fluid to produce aggregates from the substance and at least one separation duct in fluid communication with an outlet of the pre-treatment module, the duct having at least one bay portion having such design as to cause aggregates to accumulate along a pre-determined wall of the bay portion, thereby facilitating separation between the second fluid and the separated-fluid product.
US12023582B2
A method for displaying a virtual backpack interface in a game application is provided. A main interface including a virtual environment of a virtual object in the game application is displayed. A backpack display signal is received during the display of the main interface. The virtual backpack interface that includes at least two sublists including different types of virtual items is displayed in response to the backpack display signal. Each of the sublists includes only one of the different types of virtual items. The different types of virtual items include at least one of a healing type, a gun attachment type, and an ammunition type.
US12023580B2
This application discloses a method and apparatus for displaying a picture of a virtual environment, a device, and a medium, and relates to the field of virtual environments. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment picture, the first virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a first observation position as an observation center, the first virtual environment picture displaying a master virtual character at a first position in the virtual environment, and the first observation position being determined according to the first position; displaying a second virtual environment picture, the second virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a second observation position as the observation center, the second virtual environment picture displaying the master virtual character at a second position and a target virtual character at a third position, and the second observation position being determined according to the second position; and displaying a third virtual environment picture in response to that the second virtual environment picture displays the target virtual character, the third virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a third observation position as the observation center, the third virtual environment picture displaying the master virtual character at the second position and the target virtual character at the third position, and the third observation position being determined according to the second position and the third position. The method may display a virtual character more completely on a virtual environment picture.
US12023575B2
First and second resilient deformable spheres each have a pattern such as dots or a grid of lines projected or printed/deposited onto their inner surfaces, a camera positioned to image the pattern. When the spheres are deformed, the patterns are distorted. Distortions in the patterns are mapped to input signals to a computer simulation or other computer program. The spheres may each be attached to respective ends of a hollow tube also bearing the pattern such that not only can the spheres be squeezed, but the assembly also can be twisted to deform the pattern in the tube for further correlation to input signals.
US12023570B2
Devices and methods are provided for removing wax from surfaces, such as the exterior surfaces of surfboards. The devices are configured to be sufficiently stiff remove hardened wax, while being soft and pliable enough to avoid scratching or otherwise damaging the underlying surfaces, and to permit the devices to conform to contours and curves on the surfaces.
US12023566B2
A system and method for networking fitness machines for allowing an instructor to control various settings for a plurality of exercise machines simultaneously, and for allowing an individual user and/or trainer to modify the settings of an individual exercise machine. The system and method for networking fitness machines generally includes a trainer remote control device, one or more machine-mounted onboard trainer controllers, and a machine-mounted onboard user controller. The trainer remote control device may be securely mounted to the arm of a trainer so that the trainer's hands remain free to instruct exercisers. The trainer remote control device includes a touch screen that displays selections corresponding to various settings on the exercise machines. The trainer remote control communicates with the plurality of exercise machines via a wireless network or Bluetooth connection allowing the trainer to change the settings of a plurality of exercise machines in a class mode simultaneously.
US12023564B2
A method for monitoring the motion of a sport ball that has been impacted by an individual during the course of an athletic activity includes the steps of the sport ball sampling motion data from one or more of its motion sensors at a sampling rate, the sport ball saving the sampled motion data in a buffer at a first saving rate, the sport ball saving at least a portion of the sampled motion data in a file separate from the buffer at a second saving rate, wherein the second saving rate is adjustable separate from the sampling rate and varies during the course of the athletic activity based on impacts to the sport ball, and the sport ball wirelessly transmitting the sampled motion data in the file to a portable electronic device.
US12023555B1
A method and system for determining concentricity of a multiple layer golf ball are disclosed herein. One or more images of a golf ball are generated using an X-ray source, a camera or a digital detector, and an image intensifier. An edge detection algorithm is preferably utilized. The method also includes calculating Y,Z center coordinates of the a best fit diameter or ellipse of the inner edge layer and outer edge layer of the multiple layer golf ball.
US12023554B2
A golf ball a core, one or more intermediate layers, and one or more cover layers. The core may comprise an inner portion and an outer portion. One or more layers of the golf ball may be formed by the application of ultrasonic welding on two half shells to form. One or more of the layers may be formed by a number of different chemical compositions, and may have varying thicknesses, hardnesses, coefficients of restitution, and PGA compression. The golf ball itself may have varying coefficient of restitution and PGA compression, depending on the layers.
US12023552B2
Provided are a golf ball which has a surface that sparkles when exposed to ultraviolet rays even if a naturally derived substance is used as a fluorescent material, and it is environmentally and human friendly, and a resin composition for a cover or a topcoat therefor. A resin composition for a cover or a topcoat of a golf ball of the present invention includes: a resin for a cover or a topcoat; and a plant-derived or alga-derived extract which emits light using an absorbed light as an energy source, as a fluorescent material. In the golf ball of the present invention, the cover or the topcoat is formed by using such a resin composition.
US12023541B2
A fitness device includes a main body, a left wing extending outwardly from the main body in a first direction, and a right wing extending outwardly from the main body in a second direction opposite the first direction. A cable extends from the main body to each of the left wing and the right wing. The fitness device further includes a gearbox, a spool assembly connected to an input end of the gearbox, a brake assembly connected to an output end of the gearbox, and a pulley assembly.
US12023535B2
An aqueous fire extinguishing agent and a preparation method thereof are provided, which are used for making a throw-type fire extinguisher. The aqueous fire extinguishing agent is composed of two compositions of A and B. The composition A is a fortified water added with a flame retardant (e.g., one or more of ammonium chloride, diammonium hydrogen phosphate and ammonium polyphosphate), a wetting agent (e.g., alkyl polyglycoside) and a colloid (e.g., polyacrylamide solution). The composition B is a regulator. After the composition A and the composition B are mixed, a discharge rate/speed of fire extinguishing substances is increased, so that an escape passage/route can be opened up quickly.
US12023533B2
A fire suppression apparatus includes a valve assembly connected to a container holding a fire suppressant. The valve assembly includes a valve body and a first disc. The valve body defines a passageway that extends between a first valve body end and a second valve body end. The first disc is disposed within the passageway. The first disc has a first disc body defining a perforation that extends completely through the first disc body.
US12023531B2
A connector includes a first ring with a blocker collaborating with a rod. The rod is movable between a first position where the first ring is closed and a second position where the first ring is open. The blocker is movable between a first position collaborating with the rod to keep the first ring closed and a second position allowing opening of the first ring. A second ring includes a probe. The probe is connected to the blocker. When the distance between the probe and the sliding area is greater than a threshold value, the probe prevents opening of the first ring by the blocker. When the distance between the probe and the sliding area is smaller than the threshold value, the probe allows opening of the first ring by the blocker.
US12023525B1
The present disclosure relates to a handpiece for relieving pain and swelling in skin of a person being treated, including a housing, a cartridge having a transducer that emits ultrasonic waves, and a vertical movement unit mounted in the housing and configured to move the transducer in a vertical direction by a magnetic force.
US12023522B2
An apparatus in a radiation therapy system includes: a base configured to support a first quality assurance phantom at a first position and a second quality assurance phantom at a second position; and at least one coupling element. The at least one coupling element is configured to: mate with at least one indexing feature of a first patient treatment couch of the radiation therapy system; and fix a position of the base relative to the first patient treatment couch.
US12023518B2
The invention relates a system for assisting in planning a radiation therapy treatment provided using a treatment plan comprising irradiation parameters for controlling a delivery of radiation. The system is configured to (i) receive a first dose distribution, (ii) obtain a first objective function, which depends upon at least one parameter and a dose distribution, (iii) determine a first value of the parameter such that the first objective function fulfills a predefined criterion when being evaluated for the first value of the parameter and for a second dose distribution derived from the first dose distribution, (iii) provide the first objective function in connection with the first value of the at least one parameter to a user for modifying the first objective function to generate a second objective function, and (v) determine the treatment plan using the second objective function. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method and computer program.
US12023513B2
A light source for myopia prevention article includes a light emitter to emit light having an emission spectrum continuing from a first wavelength of not less than 360 nm nor more than 400 nm to a second wavelength of more than 400 nm.
US12023507B2
An opto-electronic probe system is disclosed. The probe system has a probe element including at least one microelectrode, with the probe element being implantable in tissue of an anatomy to receive electrical signals generated within the anatomy. A subsystem is included for at least one of generating excitation signals to be used in stimulating the anatomy, or for receiving electrical signals received from the anatomy. An interface portion is included which is in communication with the subsystem for communicating at least one of electrical signals or optical signals indicative of the electrical signals received by the microelectrode.
US12023503B2
An electrode apparatus includes a portable amplifier and a plurality of external electrodes to be disposed proximate a patient's skin. A portable computing apparatus is operably coupled to the electrode apparatus. The portable computing apparatus is configured to monitor electrical activity from tissue of a patient using the plurality of external electrodes to generate a plurality of electrical signals over time. The portable computing apparatus is configured to perform at least one of optimizing at least one parameter of the of the implantable pacing device based on the plurality of electrical signals and determining cardiac synchrony based on the plurality of electrical signals.
US12023501B2
Devices, systems, and techniques for controlling electrical stimulation therapy are described. In one example, a system may be configured to deliver electrical stimulation therapy to a patient, the electrical stimulation therapy comprising a plurality of therapy pulses at a predetermined pulse frequency over a period of tune and deliver, over the period of time, a plurality of control pulses interleaved with at least some therapy pulses of the plurality of therapy pulses. The system may also be configured to sense, after one or more control pulses and prior to an immediately subsequent therapy pulse of the plurality of therapy pulses, a respective evoked compound action potential (ECAP), adjust, based on at least one respective ECAP, one or more parameter values that at least partially defines the plurality of therapy pulses, and deliver the electrical stimulation therapy to the patient according to the adjusted one or more parameter values.
US12023498B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses for delivering electrical or other therapy in the vicinity of the eye. One or more electrodes are positioned on or near the eye, such as contacting the superior or inferior eyelids, on the conjunctiva or medial or lateral canthus, on or inside the nose, or on the forehead. A remote or return electrode is optionally positioned elsewhere on the patient on the torso, neck, back, a limb, an extremity, on the back or side of the head, or near the ear, mandible or temple. A variety of pulse generator positions and support apparatuses are disclosed as well. The pulse generator is used to deliver one or more of therapy or diagnostic electrical pulses to the patient to address a condition of the eye.
US12023487B2
A medical electrical lead and methods of implanting medical electrical leads in lumens. Leads in accordance with the invention employ preformed biases to stabilize the lead within a lumen and to orient electrodes in a preferred orientation.
US12023482B2
An architecture is disclosed for an Implantable Pulse Generator having improved compliance voltage monitoring and adjustment software and hardware. Software specifies which stimulation pulses are to be measured as relevant to monitoring and adjusting the compliance voltage. Preferably, specifying such pulses occurs by setting a compliance monitoring instruction (e.g., a bit) in the program that defines the pulse, and the compliance monitor bit instruction may be set at a memory location defining a particular pulse phase during which the compliance voltage should be monitored. When a compliance monitor instruction issues, the active electrode node voltages are monitored and compared to desired ranges to determine whether they are high or low. Compliance logic operates on these high/low signals and processes them to decide whether to issue a compliance voltage interrupt to the microcontroller, which can then command the compliance voltage generator to increase or decrease the compliance voltage.
US12023475B2
A fluid injection system and a fluid verification system for determining the operating status of the fluid injection system, for example by confirming that a fluid reservoir, containing a fluid for injection, is fully filled with fluid and has free space (i.e., air) near the distal end thereof when the syringe is provided in an upright position nor contains air bubbles. Imaging processing techniques, methods, and systems are also provided to determine various injection parameters and to verify the type and certain properties of fluid that is present within the fluid reservoir.
US12023470B2
A chemical reaction system is disclosed for use in a device for delivering a therapeutic fluid comprising a liquid base and a polymeric acid. A reaction rate of the chemical reaction system is capable of being adjusted by adjusting at least one of surface area-to-volume ratio, acid concentration, and cross-linking of the polymeric acid.
US12023469B2
Disclosed is an auto-injection apparatus for receiving a syringe, including: an outer casing enclosing a drive assembly and a syringe carrier configured to hold a barrel of the syringe, the syringe carrier being forward of the drive assembly and having stowed and delivery positions; an interlock extending between the syringe carrier and a syringe carrier housing at least partially surrounding the syringe carrier, the interlock preventing forward motion of the syringe carrier under the influence of an insertion actuator whilst in the stowed position. The drive assembly includes the insertion actuator for inserting a needle of the syringe into an injection site and a delivery actuator for driving a plunger into a barrel of the syringe which contains a substance for injection. The syringe carrier includes an interlock release mechanism which is configured to release the interlock such that the insertion actuator drives the syringe carrier forward.
US12023459B2
Negative pressure therapy systems are provided for increasing urine production, the negative pressure therapy system including: (a) a pump assembly, the pump assembly including: (i) a pump configured to provide negative pressure to a kidney, and (ii) a controller configured to regulate the negative pressure provided by the pump within a pressure range that facilitates increased urine production from the kidney.
US12023455B2
A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (22), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip disposed in the catheter (22), a catheter hub (14) housing the catheter (22) and the needle (12), the catheter hub (14) having a collar (34) including a notch (36), a needle shield (20) connected to the catheter hub (14) when the needle (12) is in a first position, and a clip (40) disposed in the needle shield (20) that cooperates with the needle (12), wherein the clip (40) engages the catheter hub (14) in the first position of the needle (12), and the clip (40) disengages the catheter hub (14) via the notch (36) when the needle (12) is retracted to a second position to enclose at least a portion of the needle (12). The clip (40) is mounted in the outer housing (38) of the needle shield (20) via a spade (66) having an outer wall (70) exposed to the outside of the needle shield (20), in order to reduce the overall width of the needle shield (20).
US12023443B2
A user interface has a non-sealing nasal cannula and a mask arranged about the nasal cannula, the mask including a seal configured with a user's face to allow the interface to be pressurised, the cannula configured to deliver breathing gases to the nares of a user at a flow rate exceeding the intended user's peak inspiratory flow requirements so that the mask and the user's pharynx are flushed continuously with fresh breathing gases to reduce dead space.
US12023442B2
An intubating airway can include a first having a first guiding surface and a second articulating component that is attached to the first component via a hinge and has a second guiding surface. In a closed configuration, the first and second guiding surfaces can be flush with one another so that the first and second components collectively define a conduit having an interior passage that is dimensioned to direct a fiber-optic scope or an endotracheal tube extending through the interior passage for tracheal intubation. In an open configuration, the first and second guiding surfaces are not flush with one another so that no such conduit is formed.
US12023441B2
The invention comprises a method of operating a breathing apparatus comprising measuring a baseline breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, varying the flow rate provided by the breathing apparatus, measuring a current breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, comparing the baseline and current breath flow parameters, and altering operation of the breathing apparatus based on the comparison. The invention also comprises a breathing apparatus that implements the above method.
US12023429B2
Provided is a photodynamic therapy device that enables efficient light irradiation of blood of a patient. A photodynamic therapy device (100) of this disclosure includes a cartridge (10) including a winding core and a tube arranged so as to be wound around the winding core, a casing (50) configured to accommodate the cartridge (10), and a light source (60), which is arranged inside the casing (50), and is configured to irradiate the tube with light. The tube arranged around the winding core has a cross section taken along a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the tube, which has a first dimension in a first direction and a second dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second dimension is smaller than the first dimension. The second direction is directed outward with respect to the winding core.
US12023426B2
A breast shield arrangement (300) for a breast pump is provided. The breast shield arrangement comprises a breast receiving portion (300a) with a flexible collapsible funnel (301) and a rigid frame (340) which are made as a single unit by 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) has a circumferentially extending wall (301a). The breast receiving portion (300a) has a first and second end (310, 320). The flexible funnel (330) and the rigid frame (340) are connected at the first and second end (310, 320) of the breast receiving portion (300a) during a 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) is configured to collapse if a vacuum is applied to the breast receiving portion (300a).
US12023422B1
A UV air purification system. In some implementations, the system includes a UV lamp housed in a module that can be installed in a vehicle anywhere that the vehicle's return air is accessible. In some implementations, the module includes a filter, and provides a UV light/cabin filter module that replaces the OEM filter in the return air duct in the vehicle. In other implementations, the module is installed in the vehicle's glove compartment or auxiliary recess.
US12023420B2
The present invention relates to a vascular stent, deployed or non-deployed, the surface of which is coated by a film comprising at least one protein, to a process for coating of the surface of a vascular stent with a film comprising at least one protein and to a device for carrying out the process according to the invention.
US12023410B2
The invention provides an apparatus for the generation and administration of a micro-nanobubble solution to a tissue, a method for the treatment of a tissue with a solution of micro-nanobubbles, and a kit for the treatment of tissue with micro-nanobubbles.
US12023407B2
Novel artificial exosomes and methods for producing novel artificial exosomes are provided. Methods of delivering cargo molecules to a cell using artificial exosomes are also provided.
US12023404B2
Disclosed herein are liquid cleansing compositions comprising a foam booster comprising ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil present in an amount ranging from about 0.5% to about 2% based on the total weight of the composition, castor oil maleate, glycerin, and at least one surfactant, wherein the pH of the composition is less than about 7. The liquid cleansing compositions disclosed herein provide enhanced foam volume and texture. Further disclosed herein are methods of making a liquid cleansing composition.
US12023399B2
A cleansing composition containing pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, and a co-surfactant. The cleansing compositions can help skin maintain its natural barrier against bacteria, can help balance skin's pH, and can help skin retain moisture.
US12023388B2
Components, for example, nanoparticles for detecting and/or treating one or more active carious lesions or microcavities in teeth of a subject are provided. The component or nanoparticle may comprise a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer (e.g., a starch) bearing at least one cationic region and/or having a net positive charge and thereby capable of associating with one or more active and/or early carious lesions on a tooth in an oral cavity of a subject. The components or nanoparticles are optionally water soluble or dispersible. The components or nanoparticle also comprises an imaging agent (e.g., a fluorophore or dye) bonded to the biocompatible and biodegradable polymer. The component or nanoparticle is thus capable of indicating the presence of one or more active carious lesions when the component or nanoparticle is associated therewith. Oral care compositions comprising such compounds/nanoparticles and methods of making and using the same are also provided.
US12023384B2
The invention relates to isolated immunogenic peptides comprising a MHC class II T cell epitope, and immediately adjacent or separated from said epitope a H-X(0,2)-C-X(2)-[CST] or [CST]-X(2)-C-X(0,2)-H redox motif.
US12023380B2
Combined therapy of cancer using an immune check point modulators (e.g., an immune checkpoint inhibitor) and a fermented product, which may be prepared using symbiotic microbiota.
US12023377B2
The present invention relates to an adenoviral vector capable of encoding a virus-like particle (VLP), said VLP displaying an inactive immune-suppressive domain (ISD). The vaccine of the invention shows an improved immune response from either of both of the response pathways initiated by CD4 T cells or CD8 T cells.
US12023372B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12023362B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions of engineered oncolytic viruses for administration to a subject with cancer that specifically lyse tumor cells and actively target tumor cells and cell debris to antigen presenting cells, in order to generate anti-tumor immunity.
US12023355B2
The present disclosure provides proteins, such as antibodies, that include an antigen binding portion that specifically binds to Programmed Death 1 Ligand 1 (PD-L1). Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the proteins, and cells (e.g., genetically modified cytotoxic lymphocytes) that include such nucleic acids. In some embodiments, a subject method includes reducing the interaction between PD-L1 on a first-cell and PD-1 on a second cell. In some cases, the contacting is in vivo. For example, the methods and compositions provided can be used in the treatment of viral infection and cancer, such as the treatment of solid tumors via ACT or via administration of a subject protein that specifically binds to PD-L1.
US12023350B2
A health benefiting daily nutrition includes protein, the protein having a protein weight. The health benefiting daily nutrition includes fiber, the fiber having a fiber weight. The fiber weight is more than 5 g. A ratio of [the protein weight]:[the fiber weight]=1:0.5-1.5.
US12023346B1
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for delivering compositions to a subject in need of treatment for epilepsy. The disclosed compositions are orally delivered. Further disclosed are kits comprising the disclosed compositions as part of a method of delivering cannabidiol and CBD-containing compositions to subjects in need of treatment for epilepsy.
US12023341B2
Platinum-acridines and analogs thereof as cytotoxic agents for cancer treatment. Also provided methods of using hMATE1 (SLC47A1) as a biomarker to identify tumors that are likely to respond to the agents, and epigenetically sensitizing tumor tissue to anticancer drugs targeting this membrane transporter.
US12023339B2
In an embodiment of the invention, a method of treating cancer includes screening to select a patient population that will respond to an Illudofulvene Analog composition based on the presence of one or more Transcription Coupled Repair (TCR) mutations, deletions or other events interfering with TCR biomarker expression in combination with upregulation of Myc and/or PTGR biomarker expression and treating the patient population with the Illudofulvene Analog composition.
US12023338B2
A pharmaceutical composition for genetic diseases caused by an aberrant splicing regulation is provided. Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, suppressing progression of, and/or treating the genetic diseases caused by an aberrant splicing regulation, the pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, a compound capable of suppressing an aberrant splicing regulation that contributes to the development or progression of genetic diseases caused by an aberrant splicing regulation, and a method for preventing, ameliorating, suppressing progression of, and/or treating the genetic diseases using a compound capable of suppressing an aberrant splicing regulation that contributes to the development or progression of genetic diseases caused by an aberrant splicing regulation.
US12023328B2
Provided herein are low impurity compositions comprising a compound represented by Formula (I): which are useful in the treatment of disorders related to the activity of the c-KIT and PDGFRα kinases, and oncogenic forms thereof.
US12023316B2
Disclosed are prodrugs of cytotoxic anthracyclines (such as doxorubicin) and other therapeutic agents that are selectively cleaved and activated by fibroblast activating protein (FAP). The prodrugs are useful for targeted delivery of cytotoxic and other agents to FAP-expressing tissues, including cancer (e.g., solid tumors). Also provided are pharmaceutical compounds comprising the prodrugs, as well as methods of using the prodrugs to treat a disorder characterized by FAP upregulation, e.g., cancer, fibrosis, and inflammation.
US12023305B2
This invention relates to the use of the phytocannabinoid cannabidivarin (CBDV) and combinations of the phytocannabinoid CBDV with tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of epilepsy. The invention further relates to the use of the phytocannabinoid CBDV in combination with standard anti-epileptic drugs (SAEDs). Preferably the SAED is one of ethosuximide, valproate or phenobarbital.
US12023304B2
Fluid transfer systems are disclosed that can be configured to transfer precise amounts of fluid from a source container to a target container. The fluid transfer system can have multiple fluid transfer stations for transferring fluids into multiple target containers or for combining different types of fluids into a single target container to form a mixture. The fluid transfer system can include a pump and a destination sensor, such as a weight sensor. The fluid transfer system can be configured to flush remaining fluid out of a connector to reduce waste, using air or a flushing fluid.
US12023303B2
A combinatorial drug delivery device is provided herein including: a plurality of serially connectable modules, each including at least one drug component; and, a master controller. Each of the modules includes: a power line; a ground line; a multiplexer having a plurality of identified input channels, at least a subset of the input channels being selectively connected to one of the power and ground lines; a first digital logic line configured to select the input channels; a voltage reference line having a first resistor in line with an output of the multiplexer; a branch line connected to the voltage reference line having a normally closed switch thereon to connect the branch line to the ground line, the switch being opened with connection to a further module. The master controller selects, in sequence, the same identified input channels across all of the modules with measuring a reference voltage thereacross.
US12023300B2
Devices, systems, and methods for high frequency chest wall oscillation pumps can include a pressure cavity, defined by one or more diaphragms, for fluid pressurization to provide pressure oscillation, a drive assembly can be arranged to provide reciprocation to a plunger assembly to move the one or more diaphragms to generate fluid pressure.
US12023295B2
A contact-type massage tapping device includes: a main body of the tapping device and a cavity having a first opening. The main body of the tapping device includes a tapping body with at least one movable connection member and a driving end; a connecting seat, and a tapping driving assembly. The at least one movable connection member of the tapping body is connected to the connecting seat. The tapping body has at least one reciprocating swinging degree of freedom A relative to the connecting seat. The tapping driving assembly is connected to the driving end of the tapping body, and the tapping driving assembly is used to provide reciprocating motion power of the tapping body within the degree of freedom A. The main body of the tapping device is disposed inside the cavity.
US12023288B2
An inflatable device includes a top sheet and a bottom sheet to define a cavity when inflated such that the top sheet forms a top wall of the cavity and the bottom sheet forms a bottom wall of the cavity. The device includes a cavity junction connecting the top sheet and the bottom sheet configured to separate the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The device includes a first port having a first opening in fluid communication with the first cavity and configured to allow passage of air into the first cavity. The device includes a second port having a second opening in fluid communication with the second cavity and configured to allow passage of air into the second cavity. The device further includes an opening in the cavity junction configured to allow air flow from the second cavity into the first cavity.
US12023276B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is an intracanalicular injectable applicator device includes a body forming a cavity and a cannula coupled to a first distal end of the body. The cannula forms a channel that is aligned with the cavity of the body. The cannula is configured to store an intracanalicular injectable in the channel. The intracanalicular injectable applicator device further includes a tip structure coupled to the body. The tip structure is disposed around at least a portion of the cannula. A distal end of the tip structure is configured to dilate a lacrimal punctum by inserting the distal end of the tip structure into the canaliculus via the lacrimal punctum. The intracanalicular injectable applicator device further includes an actuating structure configured to push the intracanalicular injectable through the channel and the distal end of the tip structure into a canaliculus via a lacrimal punctum.
US12023274B2
Thermal therapy systems, devices, and methods of using the same disclosed. A localized hypothermia of the pancreas with a delivery and placement procedure in the stomach of a patient comprising a cooling balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the treatment of pancreatitis in a patient. The cooling balloon system can have mechanisms for affecting the pancreas without impacting or inducing hypothermia in the patient in a systemic fashion. The localized hypothermia system can have a simplified delivery system and can be intended to reduce patient discomfort while reducing the metabolic activity of the inflamed pancreas of the patient.
US12023268B2
A hand support including a base component arranged for securing to at least a portion of a hand, an anchor element adjustably connected to the base component and arranged for grasping a thumb, and a counterforce device connecting to the base component and the anchor element. The counterforce device arranged to generate a counterforce in combination with or against the base component and anchor element. The hand support may be arranged to provide traction for an extended period to remedy complications of the hand and associated joints.
US12023264B2
An actuator includes a plurality of power transmitters configured to transmit power sequentially, and an elastic element configured to connect a first power transmitter and a second power transmitter that are adjacent to each other and perform a coaxial rotation motion, among the plurality of power transmitters.
US12023261B2
Improved hip arthroplasty trial devices and hip arthroplasty trial systems are described. A hip arthroplasty trial device has a head member having a central axis and defining an inner chamber, a head member opening providing access to the inner chamber, and a cavity extending inward from the outer surface of the head member. A rotatable member is disposed in the inner chamber and along an axis between the central axis and one side of the head member. The cavity extends along an axis between the central axis and another, opposite side of the head member. A spacer is disposed within the head member opening and is moveable between a spacer first position and a spacer second position. Rotational movement of the rotatable member moves the spacer from the spacer first position to the spacer second position.
US12023257B2
A hybrid spinal implant for performing an intervertebral fusion procedure can include a pair of spacers separated by an expandable container that are formed of a porous titanium scaffold material. A connecting rod can span longitudinally between the pair of spacers. The spacers can be formed of titanium or PEEK, with endplates that are formed of the porous titanium scaffold material. The endplates can be bioactive. Exposed surfaces of the porous titanium scaffold material can be coated in a snag-preventing substance. The expandable container can be formed of a mesh material.
US12023256B2
An interbody system for implanting between vertebrae, the interbody system comprises a cage having a cage body that includes a graft chamber having a volume that receives graft material, a sagittal wall that forms a portion of the graft chamber, and a wall membrane that forms another portion of the graft chamber. The interbody system may comprise an interbody device that includes an aperture that receives a bone fastener, wherein the wall membrane interacts with the bone fastener. The wall membrane may bend as result of a force applied by the bone fastener to a portion of the wall membrane, thereby providing directional support to the bone fastener and/or forcing graft material from the graft chamber.
US12023251B2
Provided are biocompatible and implantable scaffolds for treating a tissue defect, such as a bone gap. The scaffolds can have a modular design comprising a tissue scaffold rack designed to accommodate one or more modules. Also provided are methods for fabrication and use of such scaffolds.
US12023247B2
A device (e.g., an annulus-constricting device) with N anchors may be affixed to a cardiac valve annulus as follows. First, the device is delivered to the vicinity of the annulus via a catheter. Next, the position and layout of the device is adjusted via the catheter. Next, only those anchors which are properly positioned are driven into the annulus or tissue adjacent to the annulus. The remaining anchors remain unlaunched at this point. The unlaunched anchors are subsequently moved into a good position using either a manipulating tool or catheter-steering techniques, after which they are driven into the annulus or tissue adjacent to the annulus.
US12023234B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for aseptically filling of flexible packages containing dry cloth. Such a method may include a first stage that is performed in a non-sterile environment. The first stage may include cutting a first substantially dry cloth to a predetermined size; inserting the first cloth into a flexible package; sealing a first end of the flexible package; and sterilizing the flexible package. The method may also include a second stage performed in a sterile environment. The second stage may include filling the flexible package with a medical solution such that the substantially dry cloth absorbs at least a portion of the medical solution; and sealing the open end of the flexible package.
US12023227B2
A brace for treating/preventing carpal tunnel injury including a body having a proximal end and a distal end defining s longitudinal direction, the body including a forearm support at the body proximal end, a wrist support coupled to the forearm support by a neck portion, the wrist support comprising a first palmar strap support, a first member and a second member extending from the wrist support in the longitudinal direction towards the distal end, a distal palmar support, a proximal palmar aperture, a palm band having a second palmar strap support, and a palmar strap, extending between a proximal end attached to the first palmar strap support to a distal end, the palmar strap configured to extend across a portion of the back of the hand and over a purlicue of the hand, the distal end of the palmar strap configured to removably attach to the distal palmar support.
US12023197B2
In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a main body configured to generate an ultrasonic image; a body housing configured to house the main body; a display/operation panel configured to operate the main body and display the ultrasonic image; and a lifter on which the display/operation panel is placed, the lifter being attached to the body housing and configured to adjust height of the display/operation panel from a floor in each of an electric mode and a manual mode.
US12023171B2
An antioxidant sensor according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a touch sensor; a light source configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength onto an object touching the touch sensor; a light receiver configured to receive light returning from the object; and a processor configured to extract an image of a contact surface of the object based on a sensor value of the touch sensor, to analyze the extracted image of the contact surface, and to obtain an antioxidant signal of the object by driving the light source based on a result of analyzing the image of the contact surface.
US12023163B2
An apparatus for generating ECG recordings and a method for using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a handheld device having four electrodes on an outer surface thereof, the handheld device having an extended configuration and a storage configuration. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to measure signals between the electrodes to provide signals that are used to generate an ECG recording selected from the group consisting of standard lead traces and precordial traces. When the handheld device is in the extended configuration and the first and second electrodes contact a first hand of a patient such that the first and second electrodes contact different locations on the first hand, the third electrode is in contact with a location on the patient's other hand and the fourth electrode contacts a point on the patient's body that depends on the particular trace being measured.
US12023161B2
A device and a method for detecting a stress level of a driver are provided. The device includes an electrocardiogram sensor for measuring an electrocardiogram of the driver using electrodes arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle, and a controller that monitors the electrocardiogram of the driver, determines an invalid section in the electrocardiogram based on a shape of the electrocardiogram, and compensates for an electrocardiogram in the determined invalid section.
US12023160B1
Non-invasive system and method to determine a probability of deceit based on the remote measurement of physiological changes that the evaluated individual presents when interacting with stimuli provided by the system after a pre-interview assisted by an avatar. The system comprises an interaction module, a face recognition and localization module, a processing module, and a deceit probability determination module. The system records the conscious responses of the evaluated individual and determines the physiological variables of the individual, and their changes caused by stress and cognitive load in response to the stimuli generated to calculate a probability of deceit in the conscious responses made by the individual.
US12023158B2
A whole blood filtration device is provided with a filter membrane separating a feeding volume and a clean side of the filter membrane from each other. The feeding volume communicates with a first feeding side opening and with a second feeding side opening. The filter membrane has pores with a pore size that ensures permeability of the filter membrane to blood plasma/serum and that retains blood cells. The first feeding side opening can be coupled to a first blood pump for feeding blood from the first feeding side opening into the feeding volume so that blood plasma/serum permeates the filter membrane and blood cells, retained by the filter membrane, exit from the feeding volume through the second feeding side opening.
US12023152B2
A system SY for determining a tissue type TY of a tissue region TR is provided in which the distal ends OFDE1..n of at least three optical fibers define a plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k within the tissue region TR. A tissue signal Q1..k indicative of a tissue type TY for the respective optical path IOP1..k is generated from said spectral measurement data SMD corresponding to each of the plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k. Each tissue signal Q1..k is compared with a reference threshold QRT for the tissue type, and with an average of the tissue signals QMA. At least a portion of the tissue region is identified as the tissue type TY if i) every tissue signal Q1..k in the tissue region TR indicates that its corresponding tissue is not the tissue type TY in the comparison with the reference threshold QRT and ii) at least one of the tissue signals Q1..k in the tissue region TR lies between the average QMA of the tissue signals Q1..k and the reference threshold QRT, and a difference Δ between the at least one tissue signal Q1..k and the average QMA of the tissue signals Q1..k exceeds a predetermined value ΔP.
US12023143B2
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing medical procedure (e.g., needle guidance, ablation, biopsy, etc.) planning and/or performance, and/or for performing registration using at least one mask, are provided. Examples of applications for such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, lesions and tumors, and such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be used for radiotherapy applications (e.g., to determine whether to place seed(s) for radiotherapy). The devices, systems, methods and storage mediums provide improved registration results by utilizing at least one mask to suppress one or more artifacts or objects (which may or may not include, but is not limited to, at least one medical instrument or tool) in an image including a portion of the medical guidance device and/or to enhance a region or target of interest in the image.
US12023142B2
A feedback-type intelligent syringe is provided, which includes a syringe needle and a needle seat, the syringe needle is provided with a first electrode and a second electrode for detecting impedance of a human tissue, the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected with a main control device, and the main control device is electrically connected with a displayer or a reminding device.
US12023139B1
The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.
US12023138B2
An apparatus for estimating bio-information, the apparatus including a pulse wave sensor and a processor. The pulse wave sensor includes a plurality of channels, each channel of the plurality of channels being configured to measure a first pulse wave signal of a first wavelength and a second pulse wave signal of a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength. The processor is configured to: for each channel of the plurality of channels, generate a first oscillogram based on the first pulse wave signal, generate a second oscillogram based on the second pulse wave signal, and convert a phase delay between the first oscillogram and the second oscillogram into an area. The processor is further configured to determine a channel among the plurality of channels based on the area of each channel, and estimate bio-information based on the determined channel.
US12023137B2
A wearable electronic device, a system and methods of monitoring with a wearable electronic device. The device includes a hybrid wireless communication module with wireless communication sub-modules to selectively acquire location data from both indoor and outdoor sources, as well as a wireless communication sub-module to selectively transmit an LPWAN signal to provide location information based on the acquired data. The device may also include one or more sensors to collect one or more of environmental data, activity data and physiological data. The device may transmit some or all of its acquired data to a larger system, including a cloud-based server to, in addition to providing location-based data, be used as a part of a predictive health care protocol to correlate changes in acquired data to salient indicators of the health of a wearer of the device. In one form, the predictive health care protocol uses a machine learning model.
US12023135B2
System and method for monitoring vital signs of a subject, such as a sleeping patient. A health monitoring device includes a thermal camera such as an uncooled microbolometer array, to monitor breathing, pulse, core temperature, and other vital signs. An audio sensor, e.g., microphone, may be used for monitoring patient respiratory sounds and other sounds. Further information such as pulse rate, PRV, blood pressure, breathing rate and oxygenation level are derived from these signals. The health monitoring device utilizes acquired signals and higher order data in analyzing patient conditions and behaviors. Higher order data include visual data based upon thermal camera signals and audio data based upon audio sensor signals. A processor is configured to output a health determination relating to one or more health parameters of the patient by inputting one or both of the visual data and the audio data into one or more machine learning models.
US12023134B2
An example method includes (a) generating, via a sensor of a computing device, a signal representing vibrations originating from a blood vessel of a subject, where the vibrations are indicative of heart beats and/or respirations of the subject; (b) using the signal to determine first times elapsed between respective pairs of consecutive heartbeats indicated by the vibrations and/or second times elapsed between respective pairs of consecutive respirations indicated by the vibrations; and (c) using the determined first times elapsed to determine a heart rate variability of the subject and/or the determined second times elapsed to determine a respiration rate variability of the subject.
US12023131B2
A Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) guidewire and method of use includes at least two pairs of small surface area, closely spaced electrodes spaced axially along the length of the guidewire to allow one electrode pair to be positioned on each side of a coronary stenosis. The electrodes can sense electrical signals from the myocardium immediately adjacent to the electrodes, enabling the guidewire to record and analyze an Intra-Coronary Electrogram (ICEG) and heart pacing, and, therefore, facilitate more accurately diagnosis of an individual patient's stenosis and provide a more patient specific diagnosis of clinical need.
US12023125B2
The present disclosure provides a measuring device for biological tissue by using an optical sensor, the device being compact enough to fit in a user's hand and casually usable by the user. The measuring device is provided with: an optical sensor that measures optical data about an object of measurement through a measurement surface in contact with the object of measurement by irradiating the object of measurement with light from a light emitter and causing a light receiver to receive reflected light that is reflected from the object of measurement, the object of measurement being a portion of biological tissue; a temperature sensor that measures the temperature of the optical sensor; and a data processor that processes the optical data on the basis of the temperature of the optical sensor and derives a measurement result pertaining to the object of measurement on the basis of the processed optical data.
US12023123B2
A surgical robotic system comprising: a surgical robot; a user interface console coupled to the surgical robot whereby a user can control motion of the surgical robot; a data logger for logging data from a surgical procedure performed by means of the robot; and a portable user terminal; the system further comprising: a display controllable by one of the data logger and the user terminal, that one of the data logger and the user terminal being configured for displaying a machine-readable code whereby the data logger or a user of the user terminal can be identified; and a camera coupled to the other of the data logger and the user terminal; the said other of the data logger and the user terminal being configured to, on receiving from the camera an image of a machine-readable code, decode that code to identify the data logger or a user of the user terminal and to cause the identified entity to be logged in association with a procedure performed by means of the robot.
US12023119B2
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for alignment and docking of robotic arm of a robotic system for surgery. In one aspect, the system includes a robotic arm, a drive mechanism attached to the robotic arm, and a cannula. The system may further include a first sensor coupled to either the robotic arm or the drive mechanism configured to direct automatic movement of the robotic arm towards the cannula, and a second sensor, that is different than the first sensor, coupled to either the robotic arm or the drive mechanism configured to direct manual movement of the robotic arm towards the cannula.
US12023099B2
Apparatus and methods are described for performing tear film structure measurement on a tear film of an eye of a subject. A broadband light source (100) is configured to generate broadband light. A spectrometer (250) is configured to measure a spectrum of light of the broadband light that is reflected from at least one spot on the tear film, the spot having a diameter of between 100 microns and 240 microns. A computer processor (28) is coupled to the spectrometer and configured to determine a characteristic of the tear film based upon the spectrum of light measured by the spectrometer. Other applications are also described.
US12023097B2
Systems, devices, and methods for identifying different structure types with distinct composition in vivo and adjusting surgical laser output accordingly in a medical procedure are disclosed. An exemplary laser treatment system comprises a laser system configured to generate a laser beam for delivery to a target in a body, and a controller circuit configured to receive a signal reflected from the target in response to electromagnetic radiation produced by a light source, and generate one or more spectroscopic properties from the reflected signal. The controller circuit can identify the target as one of a plurality of structure types, such as tissue types or calculi types with respective compositions, using the one or more spectroscopic properties. The laser system can be controlled to operate in an operating mode based on the target identification.
US12023092B2
A guidewire includes a metal wire, a first electrically-insulating layer, and a second electrically-insulating layer. The metal wire has a distal end. The first electrically-insulating layer covers the wire. The second electrically-insulating layer covers the distal end of the guidewire, wherein a breakdown voltage of the second electrically-insulating layer is larger than that of the first electrically-insulating layer.
US12023088B2
A surgical instrument includes a handle, and an elongated shaft extending from the handle. An end effector extending from the elongated shaft is in communication with a source of electrosurgical energy and defines an end effector axis. A roll joint couples the end effector to the elongated shaft and includes a first tubular structure extending distally from the elongated shaft and a second tubular structure rotatably coupled to the first tubular structure. The second tubular structure supports the end effector such that the end effector is rotatable about the end effector axis.
US12023086B2
An electrosurgical system comprising an end effector and a control circuit is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. At least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable to transition the end effector from an open configuration to a closed configuration to grasp tissue therebetween. The control circuit is configured to cause an application of two different energy modalities to the tissue simultaneously and separately during a tissue treatment cycle comprising a tissue coagulation stage and a tissue transection stage.
US12023084B2
A method of determining a pulsed field ablation waveform parameter for creating a desired lesion characteristic in cardiac tissue. The method of provides an electrosurgical generator configured to deliver electroporation pulses, the generator configured to: load predetermined waveform parameters (yi); load predetermined modeling data (xi); accept entry of a user inputted desired lesion characteristic (ui); and determine at least one corresponding pulsed field ablation waveform parameter based on (ui), (yi); and (xi).
US12023077B2
A method of promoting healing of a fracture of a human humerus using a proximal humeral fracture plate.
US12023076B2
An osteosynthesis plate includes a plate body in which there is formed an anchor through-orifice having a first orifice region and the second orifice region which are secant and joined by an intermediate region, the first orifice region being of plain cylindrical overall form and coinciding with a first virtual cylinder, the second orifice region having a second upper segment of plain spherical or frustoconical overall shape centred on a second axis and a second lower segment of threaded cylindrical overall shape and coinciding with a second virtual cylinder intersecting the first virtual cylinder, a helical rib being formed in the second orifice region to define a screw thread having a screw thread external radius smaller than the major radius of the second upper segment, and the intermediate region being formed of two planar intermediate faces facing one another.
US12023075B2
Bone fixation systems and methods include a surgical plate formed of a shape memory material, and an insertion tool for bending the plate. Receptacles are formed in the plate inwardly of an outer periphery. The plate further includes a body central portion located inwardly of the outer periphery, disposed between the first and second receptacles. The insertion tool includes first and second arms configured to engage the receptacles, and a rod disposed between the arms and configured to engage the body central portion. The rod is movable between a first rod position, in which the surgical plate has the initial shape, and a second rod position, in which the rod engages and displaces the plate body central portion so that the surgical plate has the flexed shape. In some embodiments, the insertion tool may be operated to modify a length of the surgical plate.
US12023074B2
Systems and methods for intermedullary bone fracture fixation are described herein. The fixation device includes a main body having a flexible state and a rigid state. The fixation device further includes a proximal interface coupled to a proximal end of the main body to anchor the fixation device to an exterior surface of the bone and a distal interface coupled to a distal end of the main body to anchor the fixation device to an interior cavity of the bone. The fixation device further includes a locking interface to configured to convert the main body from the flexible state to the rigid state.
US12023070B2
The present invention provides a sacral-iliac plate having an iliac portion with a first screw hole for receiving a first fastener to secure the iliac portion to the iliac bone. A sacral portion integrated monolithically with the iliac portion is also provided with a second and third screw holes for receiving second and third fasteners to secure the sacral portion to the sacral bone. The sacral portion also includes a tulip for receiving and securing a spinal rod.
US12023063B2
Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
US12023052B2
A surgical tool for use in a system for removing bone from vertebrae to relieve stenosis is provided. In one embodiment, the surgical tool includes a drill bit having a proximal end and a distal end, a drive shaft having a proximal rod portion and a distal tubular portion, the drill bit and the drive shaft configured to rotate about a horizontal axis in a clockwise direction; and an engagement system disposed between the drill bit and the drive shaft; wherein the engagement system is configured to selectively engage the drill bit to the drive shaft for powered rotation when the drill bit contacts a first material at a first predetermined resistance and to disengage the drill bit from the drive shaft when the drill bit engages a second material at a second predetermined resistance; and wherein the first predetermined resistance is greater than the second predetermined resistance.
US12023050B2
An acetabular reamer handle including a shaft having a distal end, a neck part having a longitudinal axis, a driveline extending through the shaft and the neck part, and a locking mechanism. A distally located head part of the driveline is mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the neck part and is connectable to a reamer. The distal end of the shaft and a proximal end of the neck part are pivotally attached to allow the shaft to be tilted relative to the longitudinal axis. The tilting can allow part of the acetabulum and/or reamer that is otherwise obscured to be viewed. The locking mechanism includes an engagement member having an engagement surface located at the distal end of the shaft. The engagement member is moveable distally to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the neck part.
US12023047B1
A trephine may be used to form a tunnel through bone and/or cartilage. The trephine may have a trephine body with a generally tubular shape centered on a trephine body longitudinal axis, and a trephine body distal rim. The trephine may also have a drive shaft that receives torque and transmits the torque to the trephine body. The trephine body distal rim may lie substantially in a plane that is non-perpendicular to the trephine body longitudinal axis. The trephine may further have a cutting tooth extending distally from the trephine body distal rim. The cutting tooth may have a first distal tip and a second distal tip displaced circumferentially from the first distal tip. The trephine may be advanced while rotating to form the tunnel through bone and a first, adjacent cartilage surface of a joint, without breaching a second cartilage surface on the opposite side of the joint.
US12023042B2
A surgical instrument includes a rod unit extending in a first direction along a tibia of a human body, an attachment located at a first end of the rod unit that is attachable to an ankle joint, and a fastener located at a second end of the rod unit that is fasten-able to a proximal end of the tibia. The fastener has a through-hole extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a pin that is arranged in the through-hole and that has a tip which is received in the tibia. The through-hole has an opening larger than a profile of the pin to allow the fastener to move about a portion of contact between the through-hole and the pin when the pin is received in the tibia.
US12023034B2
Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. Embodiments may include a permeable implant connected to an expandable stent through a plurality of wires. The permeable shell is configured for placement in an aneurysm and the expandable stent is configured for placement in a parent vessel proximal, near, or adjacent the aneurysm.
US12023031B2
Implantable medical devices for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions, a central region, and a covering material. The devices are endoscopically deployable and may include flange members having hinge members or variable properties such as length, angle, shape, material stiffness, and wire diameter.
US12023027B2
A surgical instrument includes a tool assembly having an anvil and a cartridge assembly that are movable in relation to each other between an open position and a clamped position to clamp tissue between the anvil and the cartridge assembly. The staple cartridge and/or the anvil includes a tissue contact surface that is formed of or includes a compliant material to allow the tool assembly to adapt to the topography of the tissue being clamped to uniformly compress the tissue along the length of the tool assembly and minimize trauma inflicted on the tissue.
US12022997B2
A distal end hood that is detachably mounted on a distal end portion of an endoscope includes a groove having a groove bottom portion formed in a ring shape over an entire circumference at a predetermined position on an outer peripheral surface of the distal end hood, a plurality of projections, which are provided on an inner peripheral surface on one side sandwiching the groove and in each of which a tapered surface is formed, the tapered surface reducing a wall thickness by continuously increasing a diameter of an inner peripheral surface from the groove side toward a distal end surface of the distal end hood, and a locking portion provided on a side opposite to the projections sandwiching the groove and locked to the distal end portion of the endoscope, in which the projections are configured to bend at the groove bottom portion toward a proximal end side.
US12022986B2
An evacuation station for collecting debris from a cleaning robot includes a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations. The one or more operations includes initiating an evacuation operation such that an air mover draws air containing debris from the cleaning robot, through an intake of the evacuation station, and through a canister of the evacuation station and such that a receptacle received by the evacuation station receives at least a portion of the debris drawn from the cleaning robot. The one or more operations includes ceasing the evacuation operation in response to a pressure value being within a range. The pressure value is determined based at least in part on data indicative of an air pressure, and the range is set based at least in part on a number of evacuation operations initiated before the evacuation operation.
US12022974B2
The present application discloses a multi-media interactive story-telling system that provides natural conversational interactions between a human user and a contributor who appears in multi-media recordings. The multi-media interactive story-telling system includes an intake device for recording interview sessions in which a contributor tells a life story about her life experience. The contributor may rely on a script when creating the life story. The multi-media interactive story-telling system further comprises storage devices for storing the recorded interview sessions and processors for organizing the recorded interview sessions. The multi-media interactive story-telling system further comprises an interactive device for retrieving and playing a recorded interview session in response to a query from a user.
US12022968B2
A system for securing packages has a support pole secured proximate to a hinged side of a door; a frame secured to the support pole; a securing means secured to the door frame and to the door; and a package box that is secured to the frame and that receives a delivered package. The package box is defined by a front panel, a bottom panel rotatably secured to the front panel, a lid panel rotatably secured to the frame, and a first and second plurality of side members rotatably secured to the frame and the front panel. When the package box is in a folded position, the front panel, the bottom panel, and the lid panel are oriented vertically and are proximate to the frame. When the package box is opened, the front panel extends outwardly in a vertical orientation and the bottom panel rotates downwardly to a horizontal orientation.
US12022967B2
A plastic hook for securement to a paper hanger body, and a method of assembling same. The plastic hook provides a sizer for displaying indicia about the garment, particularly a crown sizer.
US12022966B2
A system provides behavior therapy by including separate compartments, where one compartment holds an object visibly positioned as a reward for clearing an objective. The system includes a first receptacle. A second receptacle is coupled to the first receptacle. The second receptacle includes a compartment for receiving the object. Access to the compartment in the second receptacle is obstructed by a wall of the first receptacle. The apparatus further includes a magnetic lock. Access to the compartment in the second receptacle is provided in the event the magnetic lock is opened. The system further includes a magnetic key including a third magnet. When the magnetic key is placed proximate to the magnetic lock, the third magnet displaces the first magnet from the magnetic attraction to the second magnet to open the magnetic lock.
US12022961B2
A play yard includes a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of rails, a floor structure and at least one soft good assembly. Each of the plurality of corner posts includes a first guiding component. Each of the plurality of rails is connected between two adjacent corner posts. The floor structure is connected to the plurality of corner posts. The soft good assembly includes soft goods, a soft goods connector and a second guiding component. The soft goods connector is fixed to the soft goods. The second guiding component is connected to the soft goods connector and adapted to be detachably assembled with the corner post via the first guiding component for tensioning the soft goods.
US12022950B2
An oscillation mechanism for a seat or a backrest of a chair or of an armchair is provided. The oscillation mechanism has a seat coupling, a backrest coupling, and a functional body made in a single piece of plastic material and consisting of a flexible unit portion, the functional body being elastically deformable by bending for the oscillation of the seat and of the backrest.
US12022949B2
A drive motor-linear actuator system, for use within, for example, powered chairs, comprises a single drive motor provided with a pair of output drive shafts, and a pair of laterally spaced, left and right-side linear actuators operatively engaged respectively with the pair of output drive shafts. In this manner, the single drive motor can simultaneously actuate both linear actuators in a synchronized manner. The linear actuators are disposed near the opposite left and right sides of the chair so as to provide enhanced stability to the chair while reducing the weight and cost of the chair since only one single drive motor is required to drive both linear actuators.
US12022947B2
An over-the-door organizer includes a first mounting rack, a plurality of second mounting racks, a plurality of storage baskets, and a plurality of hanging plates. The plurality of hanging plates are connected to the first mounting rack, and the first mounting rack is hung on a door through the plurality of hanging plates. The plurality of second mounting racks are detachably connected one by one to form a whole and then detachably connected to the first mounting rack. Each of the first mounting rack and the second mounting racks is provided with a plurality of pairs of mounting holes at an interval. Each of the storage baskets is provided with a pair of hooks, and the pair of hooks are detachably connected to any pair of mounting holes. The storage baskets are hung by inserting the hooks into the mounting holes at different positions, and the spacing between each two adjacent storage baskets is adjustable.
US12022946B2
Provided are a foot adjusting system and a refrigerator having same, the foot adjusting system including: a driving rotating wheel, a part of which forms a driving rotating shaft; a drive belt, sleeved on an outer periphery of the driving rotating shaft; and a foot, provided with a screw rod and a driven rotary disc, the screw rod being rotatably screwed into a threaded hole at a bottom of an apparatus where the foot adjusting system is installed, an outer periphery of the driven rotary disc being sleeved with the drive belt to be in a transmission connection with the driving rotating shaft, and the driven rotary disc being fixedly connected to the screw rod or integrated with the screw rod to form a one-piece part so as to drive the screw rod to rotate. The leveling difficulty and the installation difficulty of the apparatus can be reduced.
US12022941B2
An apparatus can be configured to position an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases, the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including, for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
US12022940B2
A height-adjustable office furniture comprising a table top, at least one height adjustable leg unit and a drive unit to drive adjustment of the height of the leg, a drive control system configured to control and power the drive unit and an anti-collision system connected to the drive control system and configured to detect when movement of the table top along the vertical direction Z is blocked. A resilient element is provided in the connection between the drive unit and the table top, the resilient element defining a suspension travel extending along a vertical direction Z to reduce vibrations.
US12022934B2
A terminal holder for holding the mobile terminal includes the fixed portion and the holding portion. The fixed portion has a fixed surface fixed to the mobile terminal or the terminal case covering the mobile terminal. The holding portion has both ends connected to the fixed portion, and a finger insertion space is defined between the fixed portion and holding portion, and the mobile terminal is held by inserting a finger into the finger insertion space. The finger insertion space fails to overlap with the fixed portion as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the fixed surface of the fixed portion.
US12022930B1
A lipstick container includes a rotational shell; an illumination assembly including a disc; battery powered LEDs; a transparent recessed member in the shell; and a mirror in the transparent recessed member; a casing including spaced second ridges on a rim and secured to the first ridges, and a well; a lipstick tube in the casing and including a rotational member, two internal opposite curved protrusions, two gaps between the protrusions, and two raised blocks on the protrusions respectively; a joining device including projections in the well and a rear first shoulder; a locking device including a seat, two opposite protuberances on an axial member with the raised blocks fastened between the protuberances and the seat, and a shaped member; and a base including a second shoulder secured to the first shoulder, and an internally shaped projecting member secured to the shaped member.
US12022927B1
A luggage locating system for locating personal luggage includes a piece of luggage and a light emitting assembly mounted to the piece of luggage and comprising a plurality of light emitters. A remote controller is in wireless communication with the light emitting assembly via transmission circuitry and is actuatable to activate the plurality of light emitters.
US12022926B2
The invention relates to an item of luggage comprising: a casing forming a frame; a lid forming an opening panel mobile relative to the frame between a closed position in which it is folded back on the frame, and at least one open position; at least one electric motor motorising the opening and the closing of the opening panel.
US12022924B1
A wallet includes a wallet body and an accommodating pocket which is coupled on the wallet body for accommodating the anti-lost tag. The accommodating pocket has a pocket opening, the wallet includes a switch control mechanism which is disposed at the pocket opening to allow the pocket opening to be switched between a first state to allow the anti-lost tat to enter and exit the accommodating pocket and a second state in which the anti-lost tag is blocked from entering and exiting the accommodating pocket through the pocket opening.
US12022921B2
A decorative structure (20) comprising a planar support (22) and a faceted microstructure (24) on at least one side of the planar support (22) is provided. The decorative structure (20) may further comprise an at least partially reflective layer (26) configured to at least partially reflect light that passes through the microstructure (24). The faceted microstructure (24) comprises a plurality of grooves (28) creating a pattern of facets (30) over the surface of the support (22), such that the microstructure (24) is capable of splitting incident light into spectral colours. In embodiments, the grooves (28) have a triangular or V-shaped profile. Methods of making a decorative structure(20) and articles incorporating the decorative structure (20) are also described.
US12022919B2
A top stop for a slide fastener includes a first body portion, which includes a channel having an inlet at a first side of the top stop and an outlet at a second side of the top stop. The channel is defined by a channel first side wall and a channel second side wall, and a channel bottom surface therebetween. The channel second side wall includes a protruding portion, which defines an abutment protrusion in the channel. A distance parallel to the longitudinal axis of the top stop between the channel first side wall and channel second side wall defines a channel width. The channel width extending from the abutment protrusion to the channel first side wall is less than the channel width at the inlet and the channel width at the outlet.
US12022917B1
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
US12022912B2
A footwear component that includes a sole including a recessed area and a support member positioned in the recessed area, where the support member includes a main support, a front support that extends at least partially over a front end of the main support, and a rear support that extends at least partially below a rear end of the main support. A cushion member is positioned between the front support and the main support or the rear support and the main support, where the cushion member is configured to control movement of the front support or the rear support.
US12022909B2
Resin compositions composed of a polyolefin copolymer, a polymeric resin modifier, and a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) are provided herein. A variety of sole structures for footwear, including plates, are provided including the polyolefin-based resin compositions described herein. Articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin-based resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear and sporting equipment are also provided.
US12022905B2
A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet may have various features to protect the wearer's head against impacts, such as linear impacts and rotational impacts. For example, pads of the helmet may be movable relative to one another in response to an impact on the helmet. The helmet may comprise a frame comprising a plurality of frame members carrying respective ones of the pads and configured to move relative to one another in response to the impact to allow relative movement of the pads.
US12022904B2
Protective helmet (1) designed to be worn by a user and to protect the head (H) of the user during an impact. The protective helmet (1) comprises a rigid outer shell (6) and a comfort liner (10) having an inner surface (18), designed to be in contact with the user's head (H) when the helmet (1) is worn by the user, and an outer surface (20), opposite to the inner surface (18). The helmet (1) further comprises an impact absorbing liner (8) interposed between the rigid outer shell (6) and the comfort liner (10) and having an inner surface (22) facing the outer surface (20) of the comfort liner (10). The inner surface (22) of the impact absorbing liner (8) comprises at least one layer (36) made of an epoxy resin in contact with the comfort liner (10) in use.
US12022900B2
A footgear barrier and a foot covering incorporating a footgear barrier. The footgear barrier is sized and shaped to be placed around a user's ankle and over the footgear, such as an athletic shoe, to block the gaps between the user's ankle and the footwear and reduce the amount of debris that may pass through the gaps. The footgear barrier may be incorporated within a foot cover such as a sock, such that the barrier is secured within an upper portion of the sock.
US12022897B2
A facemask is disclosed. The facemask comprising an outer facemask layer and an inner facemask layer, which are fixed to each other to define a facemask interior. The outer facemask layer has an opening. A disk is rotatably fixed within the facemask interior such that a first portion of the disk is viewable through the opening in the outer facemask layer and such that the disk may be rotated so that a second portion of the disk may be viewable through the opening in the outer facemask layer. A fastener rotatably fixes the disk within the facemask interior.
US12022895B1
The heated glove is a garment. The heated glove comprises a glove and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts in the glove. The glove is worn on the hand of the client. The control circuit controls the temperature within the protected space provided by the glove. The control circuit is an electric circuit. The control circuit converts chemical potential energy into electrical energy used to heat the protected space provided by the glove.
US12022893B2
A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.
