US12111471B2
A free-form prism-lens group includes: a primary prism, a first auxiliary lens and a second auxiliary lens, the primary prism includes three optical surfaces, the first auxiliary lens is arranged adjacent to the primary prism and is not used for imaging the image light entering the first auxiliary lens; the second auxiliary lens is arranged adjacent to the primary prism and a gap with a predetermined thickness is arranged between the second auxiliary lens and the primary prism, the second auxiliary lens extends in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to cover an effective aperture of the image light entering the second auxiliary lens from the primary prism.
US12111470B2
Provided are an optical system and a mixed reality device. The optical system includes a projection apparatus, a substrate layer and a diffraction grating layer. The projection apparatus is configured to project two beams of image light. The substrate layer has two side surfaces and two planes, where each of the two side surfaces is configured to receive a respective one of the two beams of the image light, and the two planes are configured to totally reflect each of the two beams of the image light entering the substrate layer. The diffraction grating layer is disposed on at least one plane of the substrate layer and is configured to diffract, in a reflective manner or a transmissive manner, the two beams of the image light propagating in the substrate layer, where energy of target image light diffracted out of the diffraction grating layer is uniformly distributed.
US12111463B2
A head-mounted display apparatus is provided. The head-mounted display apparatus includes at least one camera, at least one sensor, and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one camera and the at least one sensor. The at least one processor may be configured to acquire information about head pose and head-based gaze direction of a user, based on data input from the at least one sensor and multiple key points input from the at least one camera according to recognizing rotation of a user's head, estimate gaze lines of the user, based on the acquired information about head pose and head-based gaze direction, and estimate a distance to a target point, based on the gaze lines of the user, according to identifying that vestibulo-ocular reflex is activated based on the gaze lines of the user.
US12111462B2
A light display system may display an image to a user and/or an audience using a persistence of vision effect. In an embodiment, a light display system includes a light source configured to emit a plurality of light patterns that correspond to multiple frames of an image. The light source is configured to sequentially emit the plurality of light patterns based on instructions from a control system such that the multiple frames are presented in a sequence at a first rate. The light display system also includes an image expander configured to reflect the plurality of light patterns toward a user of the head-mounted device, wherein at least a portion of the image expander is configured to rotate relative to the light source at a second rate that is coordinated with the first rate by the control system to thereby display the image for visualization by the user.
US12111453B1
Disclosed are a differential dark-field confocal microscopic measurement apparatus and method based on a polarized vector light beam. The apparatus includes a vector polarized illumination light generation module, a light beam scanning illumination module and a differential dark-field confocal imaging module; a half wave plate and a vortex wave plate are regulated to generate radially polarized signal light and azimuthally polarized signal light respectively, and an acousto-optic modulator is controlled to modulate light beams into a pulse form, so that the radially polarized signal light and the azimuthally polarized signal light alternately illuminate during the same period, both of which have a time occupation ratio of 50%, separately. Difference values of scattering signals under separate illumination of the radially polarized signal light and the azimuthally polarized signal light are analyzed, and super-resolution detection imaging can be performed on the three-dimensional distribution information of defects such as subsurface scratches, and abrasion.
US12111450B2
The present disclosure provides a camera lens assembly, which includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having a refractive power with a convex object-side surface; a second lens having a refractive power with a convex object-side surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave object-side surface; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens having a refractive power. A half of a maximal field-of-view Semi-FOV of the camera lens assembly satisfies: Semi-FOV≥70°. A half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane of the camera lens assembly satisfies: ImgH≥7.8 mm.
US12111448B2
An optical camera system is provided, including, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens and a ninth lens having refractive powers. The first lens has a convex object side surface; the fifth lens and the ninth lens have negative refractive powers; and a distance TTL from an object side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical camera system on the optical axis and a half ImgH of a diagonal length of an effective pixel region of the optical camera system satisfy: TTL/ImgH<1.5.
US12111445B2
An optical imaging system includes: a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, and an image sensor on an image side of the fifth lens such that the fifth lens is most adjacent to the image sensor. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side of the optical imaging system and the optical imaging system includes a total of five lenses. The optical imaging system satisfies 1.3
US12111441B2
System and methods of petrophysical modeling are disclosed. Measurements of formation parameters are received from one or more measurement tools during a first stage of a downhole operation within a reservoir formation. A correlation between each of the formation parameters and a target parameter of the formation is determined based on the measurements. One or more formation parameters are selected as input parameters for a symbolic regression model, based on the correlation. A symbolic regression model is trained to generate candidate formation models representing the target parameter, based on the selected input parameters. One or more optimizations are applied to the candidate models to determine a target petrophysical model of the formation. Values of the target parameter are estimated for at least one formation layer, based on the target petrophysical model. A second stage of the downhole operation is performed within the formation layer(s) based on the estimated values.
US12111438B2
Methods and apparatus are described for performing a 4D monitor marine seismic survey that repeats a previous survey. A number of sources may be used during the 4D monitor survey that differs from a number of sources that were used during the previous survey. Shot points from the previous survey are repeated by the 4D monitor survey, and additional shot points may be produced during the 4D monitor survey that were not produced during the previous survey. Embodiments enable efficiency and data quality improvements to be captured during 4D survey processes, while preserving repeatability.
US12111433B2
A method and a system for providing calibration for a polychromatic photon counting detector forward counting model. Measurements with multiple materials and known path lengths are used to calibrate the photon counting detector counting response of the forward model. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. The beam hardening corrections are then applied to the measured projection data sinogram, and the corrected sinogram is reconstructed to the counting image at the selected single energy.
US12111429B2
A digital detector includes a conversion block intended to convert incident radiation into electric charge; an electronic card that converts the electric charge into a digital image, the conversion block comprising N conversion stages superposed on one another, N being an integer between 2 and M, each of the N conversion stages comprising: a monolithic substrate; a first converter assembly in the form of a polygonal matrix array, M being the number of sides of the polygonal matrix array, M preferably being equal to 4, and configured so as to generate the electric charge on the basis of the incident radiation; an addressing and driving module for addressing and driving the matrix array, the addressing and driving module being arranged on the monolithic substrate along one side of the polygonal matrix array; each of the N conversion stages being oriented by at least 1/M of a turn with respect to the other N−1 conversion stages of the conversion block, and with an orientation distinct from the other N−1 conversion stages of the conversion block.
US12111423B2
An electronic apparatus capable of determining a distance to an object based on reflected light provided by a reflection of a pulsed light on the object includes an input terminal configured to receive a signal of intensity of reception light. Processing circuitry determines a measurement range capable of specifying a peak of the reception light based on the intensity of the reception light, detects the reflected light by specifying the peak of the reception light within the measurement range, determines, based on the measurement range, a duration from when the pulsed light is emitted until when the reflected light is received, and determines a distance from the electronic apparatus to the object according to the duration.
US12111414B2
The invention relates to a method for object classification which comprises the following steps for providing an ellipti-cally or circularly polarized transmission signal which is transmitted to the object to be classified: generating a first radar image from the copolarly polarized reflection signal and generating a second radar image from the cross-polarized reflection signal and comparing the first radar image with the second radar image.
US12111411B1
Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for automated generation of radar interference reduction training data for autonomous vehicles. In an example, a computing device causes a radar unit to transmit radar signals in an environment of a vehicle. The computing device may include a model trained based on a labeled interferer dataset that represents interferer signals generated by an emitter located remote from the vehicle. The interferer signals are based on one or more radar signal parameter models. The computing device may use the model to determine whether received electromagnetic energy corresponds to transmitted radar signals or an interferer signal. Based on determining that the electromagnetic energy corresponds to the transmitted radar signals, the computing device may generate a representation of the environment of the vehicle using the electromagnetic energy.
US12111408B2
Techniques are provided for coordinating radio frequency (RF) sensing by a plurality of wireless devices. Wireless devices obtain RF sensing coordination information that includes orthogonality information for transmission and reception of RF sensing signals to reduce or eliminate interference between RF sensing by different devices. The orthogonality information may be provided by a server, another wireless device, or a group of wireless devices. The orthogonality information is used by a wireless device to transmit and receive RF sensing signals that are orthogonal to RF sensing signals transmitted and received by other nearby wireless devices. The orthogonality information may be for orthogonality in a spatial domain, time domain, frequency domain, code domain, or some combination of these. The wireless devices perform RF sensing operations based at least in part on the RF sensing coordination information and report the RF sensing results.
US12111400B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system has a passive modulator to modulate a light signal from an optical source with a low-power mode at a section of a sweep signal to generate a pulsed light signal transmitted towards a target. The LIDAR system has a photodetector to receive a return beam from the target with an amplitude modulated (AM) signal portion and a frequency modulated (FM) signal portion. The LIDAR system determines a target range value for the target based on the AM signal portion and determines a target velocity value for the target based on the FM signal portion.
US12111393B2
An electronic device may include wireless circuitry that detects the location of external objects. A signal generator may concurrently transmit different radio-frequency ranging signals over two or more transmit antennas. The ranging signals may include waveforms with time-varying frequencies, where each waveform includes frequencies that are non-overlapping with the frequencies of each of the other waveforms at any given time. Antennas may receive reflected versions of the ranging signals and a processor may process the reflected versions of the ranging signals to identify the location of the external objects. This may prevent interference between the ranging signals and may significantly reduce the latency of location detection relative to examples where the ranging signals are transmitted by different transmit antennas in series.
US12111392B2
The present disclosure relates to a concept for detecting radar targets. A plurality of first receive signals is received from first antennas of an antenna array. A first combined range-Doppler map is determined by combining range-Doppler maps of each of the first antennas. First confirmable range-Doppler cells of the first combined range-Doppler map are determined which match a predetermined confirmation criterion. A plurality of second receive signals is received from second antennas of the antenna array. A second combined range-Doppler map is determined by combining range-Doppler maps of each of the second antennas. Second confirmable range-Doppler cells of the second combined range-Doppler map are determined which match the predetermined confirmation criterion. The first and second confirmable range-Doppler cells are combined to obtain a set of confirmable range-Doppler cells. Values of the first and the second combined range-Doppler maps corresponding to the set of confirmable range-Doppler cells are summed to obtain summed values of the combined confirmable range-Doppler cells. Summed values of the total confirmable range-Doppler cells exceeding a predefined selection threshold are selected for target detection.
US12111387B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a signal processing method, a radar system, and a vehicle. The method is applied to a radar system including an array antenna. The method includes: sequentially transmitting signals according to a first transmission sequence through M transmit antennas, where the first transmission sequence is different from a sequence that is formed by arranging the M transmit antennas based on spatial locations; receiving, through N receive antennas, echo signals that are formed after a target reflects the transmitted signals, where M and N are positive integers, and M is greater than 2; and measuring a parameter of the target based on the echo signals. According to the embodiments of this application, correlation between space and a Doppler phase shift is reduced by changing a switching order of transmit antennas.
US12111379B2
A calibration method is configured for calibrating an operation circuit which has a variant offset. The operation circuit includes at least one comparator circuit having a first variant offset. The calibration method provides an adjustable offset to calibrate the variant offset. The method includes: resetting an adjustment parameter to an initial value and configuring the operation circuit to a calibration mode; conducting an initial calibration procedure according to a comparison result of the comparator circuit, to decide an operation calibration code having plural bits; configuring the operation circuit to an operation mode; conducting a predetermined operation procedure according to the operation calibration code, wherein the operation calibration code corresponds to the adjustable offset; conducting a less bit number calibration procedure according to the adjustment parameter and a test calibration code to update the adjustment parameter or the operation calibration code; and repeating the above.
US12111368B2
A device for predicting a life expectancy of a fuse for a battery of an electric vehicle may include a sensor configured to generate and output current information about current flowing in the fuse, a processor, and a memory connected to the processor and configured to store a preset lookup table, the memory storing program instructions which are executable by the processor to generate fuse-life expectancy information corresponding to the fuse based on the lookup table and time corresponding to an excess when the current information exceeds a preset threshold value.
US12111364B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for non-destructive-type diagnosis of a degree of degradation of a battery. The apparatus includes: a chamber inside which a battery subject to inspection is arranged; a charging and discharging unit connected to a lead portion of the battery and charging or discharging the battery; a thermoelectric element module thermally connected to the battery and generating an electromotive force caused by heat generated by charging and discharging the battery; a first measurement unit measuring the electromotive force generated by the thermoelectric element module; a second measurement unit measuring a change in impedance due to the charging and discharging of the battery; and a determination unit comparing data on the electromotive force of the battery, measured by the first measurement unit, and data on the impedance of the battery, measured by the second measurement unit, with pre-prepared comparative data and determining a degree of degradation of the battery.
US12111356B2
A system for accessing a plurality of instruments embedded in a semiconductor device includes a hardware interface and a test controller for testing the semiconductor device or generating test patterns for the semiconductor device, wherein the test controller comprises an instrument connectivity language and a procedural description language configuration for operating the instruments. The test controller is configured to perform the steps of: testing at least one functionality of each of the plurality of instruments, thereby receiving a fault status of each of the plurality of instruments; and based on the fault status of the plurality of instruments, configuring a test block in the semiconductor device such that valid test patterns for the semiconductor device can be generated without updating the instrument connectivity language and procedural description language configuration.
US12111345B2
Techniques, systems and articles are described for monitoring electrical equipment of a power grid and predicting likelihood failure events of such electrical equipment. In one example, a cable accessory is configured to couple to an electrical power cable and includes a partial discharge sensor and a communications unit. The partial discharge sensor is configured to detect partial discharge events and output data indicative of the partial discharge events. The communications unit is configured to output event data based at least in part on the partial discharge data.
US12111342B2
The present invention is directed to an electro-optical sensor for high intensity electric field measurement. The electro-optical sensor was used to measure a strong 118 MV/m narrow pulse width (˜33 ns) electric field in the magnetically insulated transmission line (MITL) of a pulsed power accelerator. Accurately measuring these high fields using conventional pulsed power diagnostics is difficult due to the strength of interfering particles and fields. The electro-optical sensor uses a free space laser beam with a dielectric crystal sensor that is highly immune to electromagnetic interference and does not require an external calibration.
US12111335B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting and measuring gas flow are disclosed in which lidar distance information, acquired during the detection of gas using a lidar sensor, is used together with prevailing wind data to determine local wind data for the leak location. This local wind data, which may comprise one or more vectors or a 3D wind model, is used in the determination of flow rate.
US12111330B2
A material compatibility test design system and method, allowing for the testing of characteristics of behavior of materials in extreme environments, the method including concurrently exposing a test specimen to a first environment and a second environment, the test specimen having an outside surface and an inside surface, the inside surface defining an internal volume, includes exposing the outside surface of the test specimen to the first environment for a predetermined period of time, the first environment comprising a first temperature, a first pressure and a first composition. The method further includes exposing the inside surface of the test specimen to the second environment for a second predetermined period of time, the second environment comprising a second temperature, a second pressure and a second composition.
US12111323B2
Disclosed is a system, a kit, a use and an in vitro method for assessing whether a human patient suffering from periodontitis has mild periodontitis or advanced periodontitis. The system and method are based on the insight to apply a clustering technique to a reference set of patient data, and then further discriminating the sets of bio markers to be applied. The clusters are determined on the basis of the biomarkers Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), Matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP8), and Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9). The actual classification of the patient is done on the basis of the measurement of the concentrations of either of two sets of biomarkers. For one cluster these are Interleukin-1β (IL1β), Interleukin-6 (IL6), and Collagen Telopeptide. For the other cluster, these are HGF and metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1).
US12111322B2
The present invention discloses mass spectrometry (MS)-based methods and tagging reagents for qualitative and quantitative analysis of post-translational modified (PTM) proteins in biological and clinical samples. The present invention utilizes thiol-containing tagging reagents which are able to bind to or derivatize biomolecules, preferably post-translational modified (PTM) polypeptides such as citrullinated and homocitrullinated polypeptides. The tagging reagents are preferably biotin-derived tags able to react with a side chain of the modified polypeptides.
US12111320B2
Compounds of general formula I wherein Fc and Fc′ may be the same or different and are substituted ferrocenyl moieties having at least one ring substituent selected from sulfur-containing groups, phosphorus-containing groups, iodo, chloro, silyl, fluoroalkyl groups containing two or more fluorine atoms, heteroaryl, substituted phenyl, and cyano, wherein if present as sole substituent the cyano group is located on the proximal cyclopentadienyl ring; X is a spacer, Y is a spacer, Z is a spacer; and R is a linker group. Compound I may be used to make labelled substrates, functionalised compounds for making labelled substrates and may be used as labels in an electrochemical assay.
US12111318B2
Disclosed herein are a method and a biomarker for predicting efficacy and prognosis of or resistance to an immunotherapy. The use of the biomarkers (TCTP, EGFR, AKT, MCL1, and/or CXCL10) of the present disclosure allows the prediction of resistance to or prognosis of a cancer immunotherapeutic agent and the selection of a therapy guaranteeing therapeutic benefit, thereby finding advantageous applications in treating cancers or tumors resistant to cancer immunotherapeutic agents.
US12111311B2
The present disclosure provides a particle showing a small non-specific adsorption, having a reactive functional group for chemically bonding a ligand thereto, and being suitable for an agglutination method; a particle for the agglutination method having a ligand chemically bonded to the particle; a reagent, a kit and a method for detecting a target substance, each for in vitro diagnosis, each of which contains the particle. The particle includes a polymer having a unit having a linker A in a side chain, wherein when both terminals of the linker A are represented by X1 and X2, the linker A has a reactive functional group for chemically bonding a ligand thereto in one of X1 and X2; one of X1 and X2 includes an ester structure; and a sum of bonds between atoms linearly connecting X1 and X2 is 18 to 24 and the X1 and X2 contain CH2 or CH.
US12111299B2
The present invention provides a measuring device which includes: a first container and a second container that are arranged adjacent to each other; and a partition wall provided between the first and second containers, the partition wall having a through hole(s) for forming a lipid bilayer(s). In this measuring device, a gas flow path(s) having a hydrophobic surface is/are formed in at least one of the first and second containers; the gas flow path(s) has/have an inlet and an outlet; the inlet and the outlet each communicate with the exterior of the measuring device; the gas flow path(s) open(s) into the container in which it/they is/are formed; and a gas flowing in the gas flow path(s) contacts the droplet filled in the container.
US12111280B2
A biosensing system having biosensors coated with co-polymers and their uses thereof includes a substrate, a working electrode on top of the substrate, a detection layer on top of the working electrode, a biocompatible membrane on top of the detection layer, a blank electrode, wherein the blank electrode is substantially same as the working electrode and covered directly by the biocompatible membrane, a reference electrode, and a counter electrode; a DC power supply; a current measuring unit; an AC impedance measuring unit; a circuit switch; a control unit; and a data processing unit, wherein the peptide probe includes an enzyme, an antibody, or a polymer comprising a peptide, wherein the peptide probe includes an oxidoreductase, wherein the peptide probe includes glucose oxidase, glucose dehydrogenase, or horseradish peroxidase, wherein the metallic nanoparticle is a platinum nanoparticle, a gold nanoparticle, or an iridium nanoparticle.
US12111279B2
An insulating material for a waterproofing system having first and second insulating elements joined by melting or welding to form a connecting joint. The insulating material being provided on at least one side with a combustible or thermally destructible and electrically conductive element. Also, a method of inspecting the connecting joint and a control system for controlling the quality of the connecting joint.
US12111278B2
An apparatus for sensing a target analyte includes a sensing material of a baseline composition. The sensing material is in electrical communication with an alternating energy input across the sensing material at a first frequency. The sensing material is configured to be placed within an environment such that an exposed state is in communication with a concentration of a target analyte proximate the sensing material, and wherein the target analyte changes at least one compositional property of the baseline composition. An impedance detection device is connected to a sensing circuit and receives an output from the sensing material, the output exhibiting a respective impedance value of the sensing material corresponding to the input for the first frequency. The respective impedance value is dependent upon the concentration of the target analyte in the environment and the first frequency.
US12111275B2
The checking methods includes the steps of feeding molten metal into the mold (3), extracting from the mold after a predetermined cooling time the mechanical piece (2) formed by the solidified molten metal; and acquiring at least one real thermographic image (A, X) of an internal surface (7) of the mold (3). To check the quality of the manufactured mechanical piece, at least part of the real thermographic image and/or related parameters is/are compared with images and/or related parameters belonging to a predetermined acceptability range. A possible anomaly in the mechanical piece is detected if the real thermographic image and/or related parameters do not correspond to said images and/or related parameters belonging to the predetermined acceptability range. A differential thermographic image (C, Z) whose points have values equal to the differences between the values of the points of the real thermographic image and the values of the corresponding points of a reference thermographic image (A, X, B, Y) is determined and used to check at least one part of the manufacturing process.
US12111273B2
A method for measuring at least one property of a sample includes obtaining a sample of fluid including at least fines from a downhole environment, exposing the sample to a magnetic field, measuring a magnetic susceptibility of the fines in the sample in response to the magnetic field, and identifying at least one mineral present in the fines based at least partially on the magnetic susceptibility.
US12111269B2
An apparatus (1) for inspecting an object, where the object is made up of a first layer of plastic material and a second layer of EVO or EVOH and has a base wall (A) and a side wall (B) which is inclined relative to the base wall (A), comprises: an inspection zone (10) in which the object can be placed for inspection: a conveyor (12) for feeding the object to the inspection zone (10) along a feed plane (P): an imaging device (14) configured to view the object positioned in the inspection zone (10) and to generate an image (143) of the object: a processor (151), configured to process the image (143), to inspect the second layer. The conveyor (12) is configured to dispose the object in the inspection zone (10) with the base wall (A) positioned according to a predetermined orientation relative to the feed plane (P).
US12111266B2
A vibration measurement device 10 includes an excitation unit (signal generator 11 and vibrator 12) for exciting an elastic wave to an inspection target S, an illumination unit (wavelength stabilized laser beam source 13 and illumination light lens 14) for performing stroboscopic illumination to a measurement region of a surface of the inspection target S using a wavelength stabilized laser beam source 13, a displacement measurement unit (speckle-sharing interferometer 15) for collectively measuring a displacement of each point of the measurement region in the back-and-forth direction by speckle interferometry or speckle-sharing interferometer. By using the wavelength stabilized laser beam source 13, an interference image can be obtained even when the inspection target S has large surface irregularities.
US12111259B2
A detection kit suitable for detecting a target in a sample is provided. The detection kit includes a syringe, a first reaction container, a second reaction container, and a plurality of fluorescent substances. The syringe is loaded with first organic solvent. The first reaction container is connected to the syringe and is loaded with the sample. The second reaction container is connected to the first reaction container and is loaded with second organic solvent. The fluorescent substances are dispersed in the second organic solvent and emit fluorescence. When the target in the sample is dissolved in the first organic solvent and reacts with the fluorescent substances in the second organic solvent, the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent substances is quenched.
US12111257B2
Various embodiments are directed to a device for detecting fluid particle characteristics comprising: a fluid composition sensor comprising: an illumination source configured to emit a light beam along a beam axis such that at least a portion of the light beam engages a collection media and illuminates particles disposed within a collection media; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the particles disposed within the collection media; and a light shield comprising: an internal shield portion enclosed within an inner surface of a shield wall; and one or more baffle elements disposed within the internal shield portion and configured to reflect at least a divergent portion of the light beam within the internal shield portion; wherein the light shield extends between the illumination source and the imaging device such that a portion of the light beam emitted along the beam axis passes through the internal shield portion.
US12111251B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a macro measurement analysis calculation section configured to calculate detection data from a macro measurement section adapted to perform sensing at a first spatial resolution for a first measurement range for a measurement target, a micro measurement analysis calculation section configured to calculate detection data from a micro measurement section adapted to perform sensing at a second spatial resolution for a second measurement range, the second spatial resolution being higher than the first spatial resolution, the second measurement range being included in the first measurement range for the measurement target, and an inverse model calculation section configured to acquire a model parameter used for an inverse model calculation using a calculation result from the macro measurement analysis calculation section, on a basis of the detection data from the micro measurement section determined by the micro measurement analysis calculation section.
US12111250B2
The present invention provides an on-chip integrated cell phone spectrometer and a cell phone. The spectrometer includes: a detection system, including a cell phone lens and a focal plane detector integrated with a Bayer filter; and a spectral filter array, integrated at an edge of the Bayer filter, the spectral filter array including a plurality of filtering channels with different spectral transmittances, each filtering channel corresponding to one or more detector pixels, where the cell phone lens is configured to acquire a reflected light from an object under test, the focal plane detector is configured to acquire an intensity signal of the reflected light, and after different intensity signals corresponding to different filtering channels are obtained, a data processing system performs spectral reconstruction to obtain spectral data of the object under test.
US12111242B2
Disclosed is a seepage and internal erosion test apparatus for geotechnical centrifuges. The apparatus includes a mounting base, a four-motorized-jack synchronized lifting table fixed onto the mounting base, a downstream water sink, a plurality of permeameters, a centrifugal pump, and an upstream water sink fixedly mounted on the four-motorized-jack synchronized lifting table; the downstream water sink, the plurality of permeameters, the centrifugal pump, and the upstream water sink are connected by means of pipes; electric ball valves are separately disposed on each branch on which the permeameter is mounted; a temperature control module and flow meters are disposed of in the pipe for connecting the upstream outlet to the permeameter water inlet.
US12111235B1
A test fixture for vibration testing is disclosed. The test fixture may include an edge with a mounting slot for receiving a fastener to couple the test fixture to a supporting structure. A separating slot may extend through the test fixture proximal to the mounting slot. When the test fixture is coupled to the supporting structure via the mounting slot, the remainder of the test fixture may be unsupported, thereby cantilevering the test fixture. Cantilevering the test fixture, along with the flexibility provided by the separating slot, may enable the natural frequency of the test fixture to be controlled, allowing for additional vibrational frequencies to be measured and improving the signal-to-noise ratio. The length of the separating slot may be adjustable to adjust the frequency response of the test fixture. A coupling mass may also be attached to the test fixture to adjust the frequency response.
US12111233B2
A system and method for cleaning and inspecting ring frames is disclosed here. In one embodiment, a vacuum valve comprising at least one sealing O-ring; and a pressure monitoring tape on a mating surface on a vacuum processing chamber, wherein the pressure monitoring tape is configured to perform a pressure profile mapping between the mating surface on the vacuum processing chamber and a surface of the at least one sealing O-ring on the vacuum valve to determine a closing condition of the vacuum valve.
US12111230B2
Improved inspection techniques are described herein for identifying leaks in a plugged honeycomb body. The improved inspection techniques utilize a pore impediment and a test gas. The pore impediment is injected into the plugged honeycomb body, and the test gas is forced into the plugged honeycomb body. A thermal detector is used to collect thermal data from an inspection region of an outlet end of the plugged honeycomb body, and the thermal data is used to identify defects in the plugged honeycomb body.
US12111225B2
An accelerated life test method for a speed reducer of an industrial robot is provided. The accelerated life test method includes: setting first load stress higher than rated load stress and second load stress lower than the rated load stress; performing an accelerated life test by loading the first load stress to first speed reducer samples; calculating a service life of each of the first speed samples in the accelerated life test; performing a contrast test by loading the second load stress to second speed reducer samples; calculating a service life of each of the second speed samples in the contrast test; and calculating an acceleration coefficient, and the acceleration coefficient is equal to a ratio of the service life in the accelerated life test to the service life in the contrast test.
US12111217B2
A fixing member includes a first side, second side parallel to the first side, and face provided between the first side and second side and including an opening. The face is provided at a position separate from a line connecting between the first side and second side, first side is brought into line contact or point contact with the first structure, and second side is brought into line contact with an end part of a strain body constituting a strain sensor, the end part being provided on the first structure. A screw is inserted into the opening and is screwed into the first structure.
US12111216B2
A temperature sensor circuits includes a temperature sensing module, a current generator, a current controlled oscillator, and a counter. The temperature sensing module is sensitive to temperature changes. The current generator respectively generates a positive temperature coefficient current positively related to temperature and a negative temperature coefficient current negatively related to temperature according to the temperature sensed by the temperature induction module. The current controlled oscillator oscillates according to the positive and the negative temperature coefficient currents respectively and outputs a positive and negative temperature coefficient oscillation signals. The counter receives a clock signal and calculates a first period accumulation number of the negative temperature coefficient oscillation signal and a second period accumulation number of the positive temperature coefficient oscillation signal in the same number of clock periods respectively, and acquires a temperature value based on the period accumulation numbers.
US12111202B2
A method for optimizing the running properties of a rotating belt of a weighing belt conveyor includes, for at least one rotation of the belt, determining a unique reference position on the belt. A force signal is determined in dependence on the movement of the belt with respect to the reference position during the at least one rotation. From this force signal, the course of a deviation of the force signal from a set value as a consequence of a disruptive force is determined. At least in correspondence with the direction of the determined deviation, the mass of the belt is increased or reduced at locations in dependence on the position of the belt with respect to the reference position.
US12111187B2
Coil configurations for sensing devices, and related methods are directed towards a sensor including an inductance-capacitance oscillating circuit. The inductance-capacitance oscillating circuit may include a first coil arranged in parallel with a second coil. The inductance-capacitance oscillating circuit may further include an oscillator in electronic communication with the first coil and the second coil. The first inductance-capacitance oscillating circuit may also include at least one capacitor positioned between the oscillator and at least one of the first coil and the second coil.
US12111182B2
A base of a device for supporting a vehicle body component to be measured or for measuring such a component. The base can be moved in order to arrange the supporting or measuring device in a reference position, in particular on a floor on which the device sits in the reference position. The base preferably has a box-like design, including a top wall and a base wall which has a recess.
US12111161B2
A system and method for creating a dynamic trip plan for a driver between a first site and a second site in addition to providing parking suggestions to the driver. The system and method includes computing an estimated time of arrival and an estimated time of departure for a plurality of stops of travel of a vehicle between a first site and a second site, generating a dynamic trip plan based on the estimated time of arrival and the estimated time of departure, receiving a driver input indicating at least one of an adjusted time of departure from a stop, an adjusted time of arrival at a stop, or an adjusted break time, and updating the dynamic trip plan based on the driver input.
US12111158B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope includes a driving mass and a driving circuit that operates to drive the driving mass in a mechanical oscillation at a resonant drive frequency. An oscillator generates a system clock that is independent of and asynchronous to the resonant drive frequency. A clock generator circuit outputs a first clock and a second clock that are derived from the system clock. The drive loop of the driving circuit including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit that is clocked by the first clock and a digital signal processing (DSP) circuit that is clocked by the second clock.
US12111150B1
The framing square may comprise a square, a carrier, and a laser distance meter. The framing square may be a tool for measuring a right angle. The square may be a metal armature comprising two arms that form the right angle. The carrier may slide in a carrier located on a first arm. The laser distance meter may be coupled to the carrier and may optically measure a separation distance between the first arm and a first object. A second arm may be placed adjacent to a second object. Two separation distance measurements from different positions on the first arm may determine if the first object is perpendicular to the second object, even when the first arm is not in contact with the first object.
US12111148B2
A system for imaging a component defining a negative space is provided comprising a component imaging assembly, a bolus insert, and an imaging device. The bolus insert is positionable in the component's negative space when the component is positioned within an imaging device imaging field to produce a component image. A method is provided comprising positioning a bolus insert within a component's negative space and scanning the component having the bolus insert to create an image of the component. A component imaging assembly is provided comprising a component including a first portion having a first thickness that is greater than a second thickness of a second portion; and a bolus insert positioned adjacent the second portion that has a bolus thickness substantially similar to a difference between the first and second thicknesses. The bolus insert has a bolus material density within fifteen percent (15%) of a component material density.
US12111146B2
An optical measurement apparatus including: an irradiation optical system configured to irradiate a measurement subject with irradiation light that includes a plurality of wavelengths; a reception optical system configured to receive measurement light that is transmission light or reflection light travelling from the measurement subject as a result of the measurement subject being irradiated with the irradiation light; and a polarizing plate, wherein the polarizing plate is configured to be able to be provided in either the irradiation optical system or the reception optical system.
US12111144B2
The present invention relates to an electronic self-destructing fuse structure which releases a safety device by means of a predetermined level of setback and centrifugal force after a 40 mm grenade is launched, thereby ensuring safety, and which can explode according to the application of an impact of a predetermined level or higher, and also self-destruct after a predetermined time elapses if the impact does not reach the predetermined level and an explosion does not occur, thereby preventing the occurrence of an unexploded grenade.
US12111141B2
According to the present invention, there is provided an ammunition belt link comprising, a sprung wire, said sprung wire arranged to form a first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge, a second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge, a spacer between said first receiving and second receiving portions, an ammunition cartridge locator aide, said locator aid locates in an ejector groove of a received cartridge and, the wire ammunition belt link further comprising a support surface suitable for retaining the first and/or second ammunition cartridge.
US12111135B2
A stock cheek riser that includes two side walls connected by a hood, which form a channel for receiving a stock. The stock cheek riser is sized and its front face angled to provide sufficient room for manipulating a charging handle of the firearm to which the stock is attached, when the stock is in a collapsed position.
US12111133B2
An archery bow can include a riser, a first limb coupled to the riser, a second limb coupled to the riser, a string extending between the first and second limb, and Non-Newtonian material (NN material). The NN material can be incorporated into at least one of the riser, the first limb, the second limb, the string, or another component of the archery bow. The NN material can have a material property (e.g., viscosity) which varies relative to a stress or force applied to the NN material. One or more portions of NN material can additionally, or alternatively, be incorporated into a projectile (e.g., an arrow) for an archery bow, an archery target or other archery equipment.
US12111132B2
A crossbow may have a main beam, two bow limbs, a bow string and a trigger mechanism. First ends of the bow limbs may extend distally beyond the distal end of the main beam on respective sides of the main beam. The bow limb first ends may be separated from each other such that a minimum distance between them is at least as wide as a user's foot but not greater than about 5 inches.
US12111129B2
An ammunition magazine is disclosed including a tube surrounding a central space and having first and second ends oppositely disposed and having a first opening being positioned at the first end providing access to the central space. A spacer surrounds the tube proximate to the first end. A catch plate is integrally formed with the spacer. A butt plate is attached to the first end and overlies a portion of the spacer. The spacer being is captured between the butt plate and the tube. A fastener is positioned on the catch plate and engages the butt plate to retain the butt plate to the spacer.
US12111128B2
This patent relates to a smooth bore barrel, replaceable magazine fed, semi-automatic pistol weighing at least 5 pounds for discharging of slug, shot, or crowd control/specialty loads of at least 12-gauge (18.5 mm), 1.75-inch (42 mm) shell loads with a recoil energy less than 45 ft-lbs.
US12111124B1
Embodiments are directed toward a pivot pin for a coupling an upper receiver of a firearm to a lower receiver of the firearm. In some embodiments, the pivot pin includes a head and a shaft that extends from the head. In some embodiments, the shaft defines a detent-retention channel and an installation aperture opposite the channel from the head. In some embodiments, the channel is configured to receive a detent and to enable the pivot pin to slide between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. In some embodiments, the installation aperture is configured to receive a tool that extends through the shaft, thereby urging the detent into a detent recess in the lower receiver while the shaft covers the detent recess in the lower receiver. Accordingly, the installation aperture facilitates reducing the likelihood that the detent escapes from the detent recess during installation of the pivot pin.
US12111123B2
A heat exchanger system for transferring heat between two fluids that includes at least two heat exchangers each having a top and bottom. The heat exchangers include a fluid collector, multiphase distributor, and a plurality of multi-duct tubes coupled therewith. One fluid flows around the multi-duct tubes, while the other fluid flows within the multi-duct tubes, with heat transfer occurring via a fluidically separate coupling of the fluids. One heat exchanger is configured with an upward flow design, for heating, in which the two fluids flow opposite to gravity and parallel to each other through the heat exchanger (bottom to top). The other heat exchanger is configured with a downward flow design, for cooling, in which one fluid flows opposite to gravity through the heat exchanger (bottom to top) and the other fluid flows anti-parallel to the one fluid with gravity through the heat exchanger (top to bottom).
US12111119B2
A heat exchanger including a corrugated heat transfer sheet having a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides thereof, a first flow channel for a first fluid flow in a first flow direction parallel to a longitudinal direction, and a second flow channel for a second fluid flow in a second flow direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, the second flow direction being opposite to the first flow direction. The heat exchanger includes a channel dividing system which provides the first flow channel and the second flow channel on opposite sides of the corrugated heat transfer sheet such that the first fluid flow is adapted to be in contact with the first surface, and the second fluid flow is adapted to be in contact with the second surface.
US12111116B2
A heat transfer element includes curved mounting surfaces configured to mate with an outer surface of a pipe for attachment thereto; and a channel configured to receive a tracer therein. The heat transfer element is configured to effect conductive heat transfer from the tracer to the pipe, or to process flowing through the pipe, when attached with heat transfer cement (HTC) to both the pipe and the tracer. A system includes a pipe and a tracer; HTC; and a heat transfer element having curved mounting surfaces configured to mate with an outer surface of the pipe and attached thereto via the HTC, and a channel in which the tracer is received and secured via HTC. The heat transfer element is configured to effect conductive heat transfer from the tracer to the pipe, or to process flowing through the pipe, when attached with HTC to both the pipe and the tracer.
US12111113B2
A heat transfer component reinforcement structure includes a main body. The main body has a pair of first lateral sides and a pair of second lateral sides and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member is correspondingly externally connected with the main body in at least one manner selected from the group consisting of that the reinforcement members are engaged, latched and connected with the first lateral sides and the second lateral sides of the main body and the reinforcement members are engaged, latched and connected with the junctions between the first and second lateral sides in four corners.
US12111112B2
A heat exchanger that includes two or more thermal circuits configured to exchange heat. The thermal circuits are located relative to one another in a configuration defined by one of the following: i) in a stacked plate manifold that includes first and second plates configured for inlet/outlet connections and to divide fluid flow into separate tubes with the exchange of heat through a single face; ii) in a complex manifold comprising two or more distributors that separate fluid flow into each thermal circuit with the exchange of heat through a single face; and iii) in a plurality of stacked evaporators; each evaporator comprising a plurality of coils with fins located there between, wherein the evaporators include at least one coil section in which fins are absent.
US12111110B2
A heat exchanger for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes is presented. When hot effluent flows into the heat exchanger, a coolant can be flowed to walls of a fluid heat exchanging surface within the heat exchanger. The heat exchanging surface can include a plurality of channel regions which creates a multi stage cross flow path for the hot effluent to flow down the heat exchanger. This flow path forces the hot effluent to hit the cold walls of the fluid heat exchanging surface, significantly cooling the effluent and preventing it from flowing directly into the vacuum pumps and causing heat damage. The heat exchanger can be created by sequentially depositing layers of thermally conductive material on surfaces using 3-D printing, creating a much smaller footprint and reducing costs.
US12111107B2
A multi-pane door assembly for an oven appliance includes a door having first and second door panes. The first door pane is secured to the second door pane at a hinge point and is rotatable with respect to the second door pane between open and closed positions. As such, the door panes define a space therebetween when the first door pane is in the closed position. The door assembly also includes an engagement device for securing the door panes together, a locking mechanism for locking the engagement device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuating device. The locking mechanism includes, at least, a locking member and an actuating device. Thus, the controller is configured to receive one or more safety conditions relating to the oven appliance and select whether to engage or disengage the actuating device based on whether the safety condition(s) correspond to the predetermined safety condition(s).
US12111104B2
One or more specific embodiments disclosed herein includes a method for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon rich compressed effluent vapor stream, employing a integrated heat exchanger, multiple gas-liquid separators, external refrigeration systems, and a rectifier attached to a liquid product drum.
US12111103B2
Described herein are methods of manufacturing an at-shore water-based apparatus for liquefaction of natural gas. In some cases, the methods can include determining a weight of an air-cooled electrically driven refrigeration system (“AER System”); locating a ballast medium in a hull where the ballast medium has a simulated weight approximate to the weight of the AER System; determining a deflection of the hull caused by the simulated weight; moving the ballast medium off the hull while attaching the AER System; assembling a plurality of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) storage tanks in the hull; and coupling the AER System with the LNG storage tanks. The ballast medium can be moved off the hull such that the weight of the ballast medium supported by the hull is reduced in order to maintain the deflection of the hull while the AER System is attached.
US12111102B2
Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants that are propane, ethane and methane mixed with small amounts of fluorinated olefin, but still within close proximity to the boiling points of the pure refrigerants such that the mixed refrigerants can still be used in an optimized cascade process.
US12111101B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for processing liquefied natural gas (LNG). In one implementation, a feed gas is received and partially condensed into a two-phase stream by expanding the feed gas. A liquid containing fouling components is removed from the two-phase stream. A vapor generated from the two-phase stream is compressed into a compressed feed gas. The compressed feed gas is directed into a feed chiller heat exchanger. The compressed feed gas is free of the fouling components.
US12111100B2
An LNG production plant is constructed from a plurality of containerised LNG liquefaction units. Each containerised LNG liquefaction unit can produce a predetermined quantity of LNG. For example, up to 0.3 MPTA. A manifold system enables connection between the plurality of containerised LNG liquefaction units, and at least a feed stream of natural gas, a source of electrical power, and an LNG storage facility. The production capacity of the plant is incrementally changed by connecting or disconnecting containerised LNG liquefaction units to or from the plant via the manifold system. Each unit contains its own liquefaction plant having a closed loop SMR circuit. Refrigerant within the SMR circuit is circulated solely by pressure differential generated by refrigerant compressors in the liquefaction plant.
US12111090B2
The present application relates to the field of ice making control for a refrigerator. Disclosed is a control method for ice making of a refrigerator, the method comprising: when an ice maker finishes ice making, detecting whether an ice storage box of the ice maker is in an ice-full state; when it is detected that the ice storage box is not in the ice-full state, controlling the ice maker to complete a first instance of ice turning; detecting again whether the ice storage box of the ice maker is in the ice-full state; and when it is detected that the ice storage box is in the ice-full state, controlling the ice maker to make ice again. In this way, the utilization rate of an ice maker can be effectively improved, the ice making amount is improved, the time during which a user waits for ice making is reduced, and the user experience is improved.
US12111087B2
An ice maker of a refrigerator includes a tray assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. Each of the plurality of ice making chambers is configured to receive water and generate an ice piece. The tray assembly also includes a lower tray that is located vertically below the upper tray, that is configured to rotate relative to the upper tray, and that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, wherein at least one of the upper tray or the lower tray comprises a flexible tray made of a flexible material. Additionally, a case is configured to accommodate the flexible tray to restrict a deformation of the flexible tray. A heater that is located between the case and the flexible tray is configured to supply heat to the plurality of ice making chambers through the flexible tray.
US12111086B2
The present embodiments relate to an improved mobile cooling box with an ice maker that is capable of freezing water and making ice, for example, ice cubes.
US12111078B2
A heating system including a heating device; a thermal battery loop including a thermal battery and a pump configured to circulate a working fluid through the thermal battery; a fluid conductor for receiving the first fluid at an inlet at a first temperature and delivering the first fluid at a second temperature; a first heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the heating device and the fluid conductor at a first location of the fluid conductor; a second heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the thermal battery loop and the heating device; and a third heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the thermal battery and the fluid conductor at a second location of the fluid conductor, wherein the second location of the fluid conductor is a location downstream from the first location of the fluid conductor between the inlet and the outlet of the fluid conductor.
US12111074B2
Cooling units are provided. The cooling units include a base having a housing with control components and a cooling tower attached to the base having an inner flow path and an exterior surface. An air distribution system is attached to the cooling tower and includes an air distribution chamber defined between the first and second enclosures and a cover is disposed on an exterior surface of the second enclosure. A plurality of dispersing apertures are formed within the first enclosure to generate a curtain of cool air to be dispensed from the air distribution system. The control components are configured to convey air through the base, the cooling tower, and the air distribution system to dispense air through the cool air dispenser and the warm air dispenser.
US12111072B2
An energy exchanger is provided. The exchanger includes a housing having a front and a back. A plurality of panels forming desiccant channels extend from the front to the back of the housing. Air channels are formed between adjacent panels. The air channels are configured to direct an air stream in a direction from the front of the housing to the back of the housing. A desiccant inlet is provided in flow communication with the desiccant channels. A desiccant outlet is provided in flow communication with the desiccant channels. The desiccant channels are configured to channel desiccant from the desiccant inlet to the desiccant outlet in at least one of a counter-flow or cross-flow direction with respect to the direction of the air stream.
US12111068B2
The disclosure prevents a state where a liquid refrigerant is likely to be accumulated in an outdoor heat exchanger upon small load operation at low outdoor temperature during cooling operation. A junction part is disposed between a path and a liquid side inlet-outlet port, and includes a junction flow passage configured to cause a refrigerant flowing from the path to the liquid side inlet-outlet port to join and flow therein. A branching passage has a first end connected to the path, and a second end connected to the junction flow passage. An outdoor heat exchanger is configured to increase, upon decrease in load, a flow rate ratio of a refrigerant flowing to the branching passage to volume of a refrigerant flowing to the path.
US12111066B2
A method for controlling cold storage of an air conditioner includes acquiring an ambient temperature around the air conditioner and a pipe temperature of an exhaust pipe of a compressor of the air conditioner, acquiring a target opening degree corresponding to a current cold storage mode of the air conditioner according to the ambient temperature and the pipe temperature, and adjusting an opening degree of a throttle device of the air conditioner to be the target opening degree. The throttle device is arranged at a pipe between a cold storage box of the air conditioner and a condenser of the air conditioner.
US12111065B2
A measuring apparatus having a housing, at least one internal sensor, an electronic control unit, at least one radio module, an operating device and an information carrier. The measuring apparatus is configured to be connected to external sensors by cable and/or wirelessly, the electronic control unit is configured to convert measurement signals from internal and external sensors into digital measurement data and to provide the digital measurement data to the information carrier. The information carrier is configured to provide and display as priority, in the case of simultaneous availability of wired or wireless sensors, either the data of the wired sensors or the data of the wireless sensors. A system for performing measurement tasks and managing measurement data, and methods for starting up and/or maintaining an air conditioning system are also provided, as well as methods for starting up and/or maintaining a system.
US12111058B1
A controller is provided to operate a glass heater mounted in a door of an oven to heat glass mounted to the door that provides a view into the oven cavity. (A) An indicator of an oven cavity temperature value or an oven temperature setpoint value is received. The oven cavity temperature value indicates a current temperature in an oven cavity, and the oven temperature setpoint value indicates a temperature set point. (B) A voltage value or a current value is determined based on the oven cavity temperature value or the oven temperature setpoint value. (C) The determined voltage value or the determined current value is provided to operate the glass heater. (D) (A) through (C) are repeated until the oven is switched to an off-state or the oven cavity temperature value is greater than or equal to the oven temperature setpoint value.
US12111053B2
Lighters are disclosed herein. An example lighter includes a base and a flame ignition assembly at least partially disposed in the base. The flame ignition assembly includes a nozzle. The example lighter also includes a button having an opening. The nozzle is disposed in the opening of the button. The is button to, when depressed, cause the flame ignition assembly to produce a flame at the nozzle.
US12111044B2
This document describes techniques directed to a modular floodlight system. The modular floodlight system includes a floodlight device having a main housing that supports multiple floodlights and a modular camera device. The main housing includes a magnetic mount that magnetically secures the camera device to a mounting surface and enables 3-axis articulation of the camera device relative to the main housing. The main housing also includes a power supply unit that supplies electrical power to the camera device and the floodlights. In aspects, the floodlights are assembled to opposing sides of the main housing. In addition, the main housing includes passive infrared sensors that expand and supplement motion-detection capabilities of the camera device. The modular aspect of the modular floodlight system enables the camera device to be easily replaced with another modular device, simplifies installation for consumers, and increases an ability of the modular floodlight system to be reworked.
US12111023B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) configured to generate in an operational mode system light (1001) having a spectral power distribution with at least 85% of the spectral power in emission bands (111, 121, 131, 141) in four basic wavelength ranges of each at maximum 50 nm width, of which at least three of the four basic wavelength ranges are selected from a first wavelength range of 452 nm+/−25 nm, a second wavelength range of 504 nm+/−25 nm, a third wavelength range of 560 nm+/−25 nm, and a fourth wavelength range of 617.5 nm+/−25 nm, wherein the emission bands (111, 121, 131, 141) have full width half maxima of at maximum 30 nm.
US12111022B2
A light-emitting module (100) is disclosed, the light-emitting module comprising a first light-emitting diode, LED, array (104) arranged on a substrate (102). The first LED array has a first perimeter (106) and comprises a plurality of first LEDs (108) configured to emit first light. The light-emitting module further comprises a second LED array (110) arranged on the substrate. The second LED array has a second perimeter (112), smaller than the first perimeter and comprises a plurality of second LEDs (114) configured to emit second light. The second LED array is arranged off-center within the first LED array. Further, the light-emitting module comprises a controller (116) configured to individually control the first LED array and the second LED array.
US12111020B2
The invention relates to a backfeeding installation (30) which comprises: at least one compressor (21) for compressing gas from a network (15), an automaton (25) for controlling the operation of at least one compressor, a remote communication means (9) for receiving at least one instantaneous pressure value captured remotely on the network upstream of the backfeeding installation, a means (8) for predicting the evolution of the pressure in the network upstream of the backfeeding installation, depending, at least, on the pressure values received, a means (7) for determining a pressure threshold value for stopping or starting at least one compressor according to the prediction of the evolution of pressure, the automaton controlling the stopping or the operation of at least one compressor when the pressure at the inlet of each compressor is lower, or higher, respectively, than the pressure threshold value that was determined.
US12111015B2
A cryogenic liquid storage system is provided that includes a primary container, an insulation portion, a secondary container, and a pressure release feature. The primary container includes a metal sidewall and a metal dome. Alternatively, the primary container may be constructed out of composite material. The primary container may be configured to retain liquid hydrogen. The insulation portion covers the primary container. The secondary container includes a composite material that covers each of the primary container and the insulation portion. The pressure release feature is disposed through each of the primary container dome, the insulation portion, and the secondary container dome.
US12111002B1
There is disclosed fluid distribution junctions and methods of assembly therefor. Flexible conduits connect to the junctions, and a consumable subsystem of the junction, conduits and receptacle caps or other connectors may be pre-assembled for ease of use. A subassembly is formed by coupling a plurality of flexible tubular conduits to a plurality of fluid connectors of a fluid junction, the fluid junction having an inner fluid plenum chamber leading to the fluid connectors. Two shells are sandwiched on opposite sides of the subassembly, the shells having mating concave receiving surfaces that together conform around each of the fluid connectors and clamp the tubular conduits onto the circular beads. Juxtaposed joint surfaces on each pair of mating concave receiving surfaces are bonded together such as with sonic welding to make the fluid distribution junction assembly.
US12110998B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of pipe fittings, specifically a pipe fitting connector. The pipe fitting connector includes a first connection member and a second connection member; the first connection member includes a first columnar pipe fitting, and a sealing member arranged on an outer wall of the first connection member; the second connection member includes a second columnar pipe fitting and a locking piece; the first columnar pipe fitting extends into the second columnar pipe fitting; the sealing member is located between an outer wall of the first columnar pipe fitting and an inner wall of the second columnar pipe fitting to seal the first connection member to the second connection member; and the locking piece is used for locking the first connection member to the second connection member.
US12110997B1
The hose clamp tail clip may include a top plate, a left retention hook, and a right retention. The hose clamp tail clip is a clip that may be coupled to a hose clamp to retain a tail of the hose clamp against a band of the hose clamp such that the tail does not cause interference, cuts, or other issues. The top plate may press against the top of the tail and may push the tail down against the band. The left retention hook and the right retention hook may extend downwards along the lateral sides of the tail and may curl under the band when the hose clamp tail clip is installed such that the band and the tail are retained between the top plate and the distal ends of the left retention hook and the right retention hook.
US12110994B2
A connector assembly has a connector body for housing a free end of a pipe. A seal within the body includes a metal annular seal surface for arrangement about the pipe and a metal annular seal element for fitting about the pipe. The annular seal element creates a first annular sealing contact for creating a metal-to-metal seal with a metal outer surface of a pipe and a second annular sealing contact for creating a metal-to-metal seal with the annular seal surface. An annular loading ring is configured for fitting about the pipe and is configured to be arranged for communication between the body and the pipe. The annular loading ring includes one or more channels or bores extending from an external surface for use in the application of energising load to the annular seal element within the body.
US12110986B2
An actuating member is provided. The actuating member acts on a valve core rod. A guide surface is arranged on the actuating member. A guide path is formed on the guide surface. The guide surface is configured to slidably abut against a top end of the valve core rod, so that the top end of the valve core rod selectively abuts against a position on the guide path at a different height, so as to adjust a position of the valve core rod in a valve port of a reversing valve, thereby changing a flow area at the valve port.
US12110981B2
A valve (1) for fluids, preferably for gases, comprises an inlet passage (2); an outlet passage (3); a shutter (4) interposed between the inlet passage (2) and the outlet passage (3) and movable between an open position and a closed position; actuating means (26,27). The valve (1) also comprises actuating means (26,27) operatively active on the shutter (4), which comprises an electromagnet (26) and a ferromagnetic element (27) that is movable as a function of the field generated by the electromagnet (26) for displacing the shutter (4) along the movement direction (L). In particular, the actuating means comprises a tubular body (5) made of non-magnetic material in which the ferromagnetic body (27) is inserted.
US12110974B2
A double-power-supply complex control device includes a main body. Four control sections and two load flow ways are disposed in the main body. A main flow way is disposed in control section. Four switch members of a switch assembly are assembled and disposed in the main flow ways. A circumference of each main flow way is in communication with multiple bypasses. The main flow ways of each two of the control sections are in communication with a fluid output passage and a fluid input passage of a power device. Some of the bypasses of control section are in communication with each other. A lower flow guide window is disposed on switch member in indirect communication with main flow way. When switch member is operated under external force, the lower flow guide window is switchable between the bypasses to selectively communicate with the bypasses to make different power devices drive.
US12110972B2
The flow path switching device includes: a body 100 including an outer cylinder 101 having four ports 111 and a plug 102 having two arc-shaped tunnel-like flow paths 121 each connecting adjacent two of four openings 102a formed in a side surface of the plug 102. The plug 102 is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the first position being a position in which one of the flow paths 121 connects adjacent two of the four ports 111 and the other flow path 121 connects the remaining two ports, and the second position being a position in which each of the flow paths connects adjacent two of the ports 111 which are not connected when the plug 102 is located at the first position.
US12110968B2
Provided is a sliding component capable of reliably generating a negative pressure in a shallow groove regardless of a relative rotation speed of the other sliding component. In an annular sliding component disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and sliding relative to the other sliding component, a sliding surface of the sliding component is provided with a shallow groove extending in a circumferential direction and generating a negative pressure and a deep groove collecting a sealing target fluid in the shallow groove and deeper than the shallow groove. The shallow groove has a terminating end portion in which a cross-sectional are of a flow path thereof becomes narrow toward the deep groove.
US12110961B2
A transmission system for an electric vehicle. The system includes a gearbox containing gears and a lubricating fluid. A pump is provided for supplying and removing lubricating fluid from the gear box. The operation of the pump is controlled by a controller. A reservoir is provided for storing lubricating fluid. The controller is configured to control the pump so that a portion of the lubricating fluid is removed from the gear box when the vehicle is involved in a high acceleration event.
US12110960B2
A work vehicle drive includes a housing; an electric machine at least partially housed within the housing, configured to generate rotational power, and comprising an interface coupling at an electric machine output; a transmission at least partially housed within the housing, rotationally coupled to the interface coupling, and configured to transfer at least a portion of the mechanical power from the electric machine to a drive output; a pump at least partially housed within the housing and configured to facilitate circulation of lubrication fluid about the transmission, wherein the pump is selectively driven, in a first mode of operation, by the rotational power of the electric machine; and a solenoid device at least partially housed within the housing and configured to selectively drive the pump in a second mode of operation.
US12110949B2
A linear motion apparatus has a linear motion mechanism having a long shaft member and a connecting member attached to the shaft member, wherein at least one of the shaft member and the connecting member moves in a longitudinal direction of the shaft member; and an antirust member attached to the linear motion mechanism, wherein the antirust member contains an antirust material having a higher ionization tendency than a material for the linear motion mechanism and is electrically connected to the linear motion mechanism.
US12110948B2
A rack steering system and a motor vehicle having such a rack steering system. The inventive rack steering system comprises a steering gear housing, a toothed rack, which extends through the steering gear housing, an electric motor, which is coupled to the toothed rack on a thread side of the steering gear housing via a ball screw to provide an axial force to the toothed rack, and two track rod links arranged at axial ends of the toothed rack. The steering gear housing is designed in one piece such that a drive insert opening is formed on the thread side of the steering gear housing for arrangement of the electric motor and a direct stop face for a track rod link or a support face for the arrangement and axial support of a separate stop element for a track rod link is also formed on this thread side.
US12110947B2
A continuously variable transmission includes a first main shaft and a second main shaft and at least one auxiliary shaft, rotatable around a rotation axis and interposed between the first and second main shafts. The auxiliary shaft has two secondary roll surfaces. Each secondary roll surface is shaped as a solid of revolution and is placed in contact with a respective primary roll surface of the first and second main shafts. The primary and secondary roll surfaces are shaped so that straight lines tangential thereto in contact points between the auxiliary shaft and the first and second main shafts pass through two distinct intersection points between the axes of the first and second main shafts.
US12110944B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for cooling damping fluid in a vehicle suspension damper unit. A damping unit includes a piston mounted in a fluid cylinder. A bypass fluid circuit having an integrated cooling assembly disposed therein is fluidly coupled to the fluid cylinder at axial locations that, at least at one point in the piston stroke, are located on opposite sides of the piston. The cooling assembly may include a cylinder having cooling fins thermally coupled to an exterior surface of the cylinder and made of a thermally conductive material. The bypass channel may include a check valve that permits fluid flow in only one direction through the bypass channel. The check valve may be remotely operated, either manually or automatically by an electronic controller. A vehicle suspension system may implement one or more damper units throughout the vehicle, controlled separately or collectively, automatically or manually.
US12110943B2
A modular active valve system having a reduced footprint for use in a smaller shock platform is disclosed. The modular active valve system includes a multi-stage valve having a first stage and at least a second stage, wherein at least the first stage includes a semi-active valve for electronic damping control.
US12110940B1
A vehicle system for reducing vibrations on a vehicle includes an engine connected to an automatic transmission through a turbine of a torque converter clutch. A gearset is associated with the transmission and includes a sun gear, a ring gear and a pinion carrier. A gear clutch has a first clutch component fixed to a case of the transmission and a second clutch component fixed to the gearset. The first and second clutch components are configured to slip based on an enable condition being satisfied thereby mitigating vibrational modes experienced within the vehicle system.
US12110933B2
In some implementations of the current subject matter, a brake rotor can include a supporting layer applied to a friction surface of a brake rotor substrate, which can optionally include cast iron, and a coating applied over the supporting layer. The supporting layer can include a preparatory metal, and the coating can impart wear and corrosion resistant properties to the friction surface. Related systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and the like are disclosed.
US12110930B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a multispeed transmission. In one example, a method to increasing a shift performance of a transmission with actuated clutches comprises controlling an engagement depth of a clutch based on a gear that is being selected by the clutch. A target engagement depth of the clutch may be retrieved from a gear selection matrix in a lookup table stored in the memory of a controller of the transmission. The target engagement depth may depend on an amount of torque expected to be transferred to the gear.
US12110925B2
A generatrix shape to which crowning is applied includes a first generatrix shape which is formed in a central portion in an axial direction of at least one of an outer ring raceway surface, an inner ring raceway surface, and a rolling surface of a roller and is composed of a straight line, a pair of second generatrix shapes which are formed from both ends in the axial direction toward the outside in the axial direction of the first generatrix shape and are composed of a single arc curve, and a pair of third generatrix shapes which are formed from both ends in the axial direction toward the outside in the axial direction of the second generatrix shape and are composed of a composite curve of a single arc curve and a logarithmic curve.
US12110924B2
A sliding member according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a sliding member body containing a metal as a main component; and an outer layer laminated directly on a surface of the sliding member body and containing a crosslinked fluorine resin as a main component, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra1 of a surface having a waveform obtained by extracting a frequency component of a region having waviness having a frequency of not lower than 0.1 μm and not higher than 100.0 μm on a surface of the outer layer through fast Fourier transform processing, and performing inverse Fourier transform processing on data of a frequency component of a region having waviness having a frequency of not lower than 0.1 μm and not higher than 10.0 μm out of the extracted frequency component, is not greater than 0.035 μm.
US12110919B2
A screw includes a shank having a tip, a rear end which is disposed opposite the tip, and a longitudinal axis which extends through the tip and through the rear end. The shank consists of a first steel material. A screw thread helix is disposed on the shank and protrudes from the shank. The screw thread helix consists of a second steel material that is different from the first steel material. Both the first steel material and the second steel material are stainless steels.
US12110918B2
A motor case assembly includes a shaft and a motor case. The shaft has a connection end formed with a groove. The motor case has a perforation for assembling and connecting with the shaft. A hub section protrudes a rim of the perforation and has a forced outer face and an inner face surrounding the connection end and the groove of the shaft. An external means is used to apply an external force to the hub section so as to make the hub section tightly hoop the connection end of the shaft. By means of the external force, the inner face of the hub section is partially intruded into the groove of the shaft to form an intrusion body connected with the groove under a top wall inner face of the motor case. Therefore, the motor case and the shaft are securely connected with each other without easy detachment.
US12110917B2
A fastening device for fastening add-on parts on carrier components has a plug-in locking device, for locking to a carrier component, and a releasable rotary locking device, spaced apart axially from the plug-in locking device and intended for locking to an add-on part. The rotary locking device has an axial supporting element and at least one locking wing, spaced apart axially from the supporting element and extending away radially from a shank of the fastening device. The supporting element and the at least one locking wing have axial locking surfaces, located axially opposite one another. The axial locking surface of the supporting element is arranged axially between the locking wing and the plug-in locking device. The rotary locking device also has a rotary locking stop, which delimits the rotating-in and/or rotating-out action.
US12110909B2
A vertical multi-stage pump includes a rotation shaft extending in a vertical direction, a plurality of impellers fixed to the rotation shaft, a multi-stage pump chamber accommodating the plurality of impellers and comprising a suction port for a first-stage impeller at a lower end, a lower casing comprising a suction nozzle extending in a horizontal direction and forming a communication space communicating the suction nozzle and the suction port, and an inner cylinder member interposed between the multi-stage pump chamber and a lower casing and expanding the communication space in a vertical direction.
US12110905B2
A liquid pump includes a pump house with an electric motor housed therein, a pump cover connected to the pump house, an impeller housed in the pump cover and driven by the motor, and a sleeve disposed between the pump cover and the pump house. Two of the pump cover, the pump house, and the sleeve are respectively provided with an outer binding segment and an inner binding segment, the outer binding segment is made of polyphenylene sulfide mixed with glass fiber, and permeable to a laser light, the inner binding segment is capable of absorbing the laser light.
US12110904B2
In an aspect there is disclosed, a fan arrangement for a duct, the fan arrangement including a housing having an inlet and an outlet adapted to communicate air with the duct and an axially rotatably driven impeller supported within the housing between the inlet and the outlet. The impeller includes a hub carrying a plurality of blades that span in a radial direction outwardly of the hub, the plurality of blades being shaped to urge air between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of blades may have a tip solidity ratio in the range of about 0.8 to 1.2, and each of the plurality of blades may have a twist angle between a root and a tip thereof in the range of about 15 to 30 degrees and a substantially constant thickness. An impellor, a blade, ventilation system and related methods are also disclosed.
US12110895B2
This disclosure includes subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods. Some apparatuses include one or more subsea pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet, and one or more motors, each configured to actuate at least one pump to communicate a hydraulic fluid from the inlet to the outlet, where the subsea pumping apparatus is configured to be in fluid communication with a hydraulically actuated device of a blowout preventer. Some subsea pumping apparatuses include one or more of: a desalination system configured to produce at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid; one or more valves, each configured to selectively route hydraulic fluid from an outlet of a pump to, for example, a subsea environment, a reservoir, and/or the inlet of the pump; and a reservoir configured to store at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid. Some apparatuses are configured to be directly coupled to the hydraulically actuated device.
US12110890B2
A rotary compressor and a refrigeration cycle device are provided. The rotary compressor includes a housing, an exhaust pipe and a suction pipe. The housing accommodates a motor and a compression mechanism. The exhaust pipe is communicated with a high-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device and coupled to the housing. The suction pipe is communicated with a low-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device and coupled to the compression mechanism. The compression mechanism has a bypass device. When the motor is stopped, gas of the housing flows into the suction pipe or a low-pressure circuit communicated with the suction pipe.
US12110877B2
Systems, methods, and devices for energy storage are provided. A system for energy storage includes a thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem for converting energy formats and a mechanical and thermal storage unit for storing energy formats. The thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem includes a storage subsystem including a compressor and a first thermal energy exchanger and a generation subsystem including a power generator and a second thermal energy exchanger. The storage subsystem compresses a fluid to generate compressed fluid and thermal energy. The generation subsystem generates power from the compressed fluid and the thermal energy. The mechanical and thermal storage unit includes a pressure vessel for storing the compressed fluid and a thermal energy storage for storing the thermal energy generated by the fluid compression and for providing the thermal energy to the generation subsystem for generating power.
US12110874B2
A nacelle for a wind turbine includes: a nacelle housing; a rotor hub; and a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing, wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element, wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element. A sealing element is formed between the nacelle housing and the rotor hub and/or between the nacelle housing and a rotor shaft.
US12110868B2
A method for providing data sets for the units, in particular wind turbines, of a wind park. The wind park is divided into at least two groups, wherein at least one group, a plurality of groups or all groups in each case have at least two units. An individual data set is first generated in each case for each of the groups. A data packet which comprises at least the generated individual data sets is then generated and the data packet is then transmitted to all units of the wind park. A wind park controller, a method for receiving a data set, a unit and a wind park is also provided.
US12110863B2
The present invention relates to a wind turbine rotor blade spacer, a transportation and storage system for wind turbine rotor blades and a related method that prevent the vertical flexion of each one of the blades assemblies, minimizing the stresses and avoiding the contact between vertically and/or horizontally adjacent blades, and in consequence, blade damage. Also, the overall occupied surface by the system once assembled is minimised.
US12110861B2
Provide is a rotor blade for a wind turbine, including a hollow blade body with a root and a tip, wherein the blade body is split along a split plane into two body parts, one extending from the root to a first connection section and the other extending from a second connection section to the tip, wherein the first and the second connection sections are adapted to overlap each other in the connected position.
US12110855B1
A fuel injector clamp has a clamp body extending between a fuel rail side and a cylinder head side. The fuel rail side has a bolt fixing surface extending in a first plane and a rail mounting surface extending in an oblique second plane relative to the first plane. The cylinder head side has a clamp mounting surface extending in a third plane parallel to the first plane. The clamp body defines a first bolt bore, a second bolt bore, and an injector pocket. The first bolt bore extends from the bolt fixing surface at the fuel rail side through the clamp body to the cylinder head side perpendicular to the bolt fixing surface and the clamp mounting surface. The second bolt bore extends from the rail mounting surface at the fuel rail side into the clamp body perpendicular to the rail mounting surface. The injector pocket extends through the clamp mounting surface perpendicularly through the clamp body to the rail mounting surface. The first bolt bore and the injector pocket extend along parallel axes, and the second bolt bore extends along an axis that is oblique to the parallel axes.
US12110843B2
A thrust reverser with movable grids, includes structure for connecting, by recessing, a front frame of an outer cowl and a rear frame of the grids. The reverser includes loading structure configured to exert a stress pressing against the connecting structure, under the action of a circumferential pull of the front frame of the outer cowl or of a tightening band supported by the front frame.
US12110837B2
A steel piston designed to improve thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, and performance of an engine is provided. The piston includes a steel body portion and a thermal barrier layer applied to an upper combustion surface and/or a ring belt to reduce the amount of heat transferred from a combustion chamber to the body portion. The thermal barrier layer has a thermal conductivity which is lower than a thermal conductivity of the steel body portion. The thermal barrier layer typically includes a ceramic material, for example ceria, ceria stabilized zirconia, and/or a mixture of ceria stabilized zirconia and yttria stabilized zirconia in an amount of 90 to 100 wt. %, based on the total weight of the ceramic material. The thermal barrier layer can also have a gradient structure which gradually transitions from 100 wt. % of a metal bond material to 100 wt. % of the ceramic material.
US12110835B2
A controller is configured to control an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine may execute multi-shot injection and single-shot injection and execute a deactivating process that stops supplying fuel to at least one of cylinders and supplies fuel to the remaining cylinders. The controller is configured to execute, when terminating the deactivating process to restart supplying fuel to a deactivated cylinder in which supply of fuel is stopped, a retarding process that executes a first fuel injection through the single-shot injection and retards a fuel injection start timing as compared to when executing the multi-shot injection.
US12110822B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling a power production plant and optionally providing a one or more product streams for an end use thereof. Control of a power production plant specifically can include executing one or more functions effective for adjusting a heat profile of a heat exchange unit (HEU) operating with a plurality of streams passing therethrough. This can include implementing a control function that alters a flow of one or more of the plurality of streams by adding flow to or withdrawing flow one or more of the plurality of streams at an intermediate temperature range within the HEU at a point that is positioned between a first end and a second end of the HEU.
US12110818B2
An ignition system for a vehicle internal combustion engine (12) has a capsule defining a pre-chamber (136), an ignition fuel supply system (500) configured to inject an ignition fuel to the pre-chamber to create an ignition fuel-air mix in the pre-chamber, an ignition surface (137) within the pre-chamber, the ignition surface being defined by an interior surface of the capsule and configured to be contacted by the ignition fuel in the pre-chamber to thereby ignite the ignition fuel by hot surface ignition, and at least one jet nozzle (152). The ignition fuel is characterised by having a carbon content by mass less than 65%, a hot surface ignition temperature less than 500 deg C., and a volumetric energy density (LHV) greater than 18 MJ/L. The at least one jet nozzle is configured such that ignition of the ignition fuel by contact with the ignition surface causes at least one of hot gases, partially combusted fuel and flames to leave the pre-chamber through the at least one jet nozzle.
US12110816B1
A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes an internal combustion engine, a motor/generator configured to drive the internal combustion engine or be driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electricity to charge a high voltage battery and/or drive one or more electric traction motors, and an exhaust aftertreatment system having a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). A control system includes a controller for monitoring and performing a regeneration operation of the GPF. The controller is programmed to determine the GPF needs to be regenerated, and operate the internal combustion engine in fuel shut-off to generate a flow of air to the GPF to initiate a GPF regeneration.
US12110813B1
This invention relates generally to a camshaft having dual independent banks of cam lobes which are azimuthally adjustable one with respect to the other over a small angle so as to allow separate control of intake and exhaust valve opening and closing events. Such a coaxial camshaft allows relative changes in the lobe centerline angle, or LCA, to vary the amount of valve overlap during operation. An outer shaft member containing one bank of cam lobes houses an inner shaft containing another bank of cam lobes which protrude and extend radially outward through windows of omitted material in the outer shaft. The concentric shafts containing banks of cam lobes are each a single piece being produced in their final shapes, simultaneously, by metal additive manufacturing, or MAM. The shafts being initially produced concentrically require no individual assembly operation, and are constrained by one another, inextricably bound in the assembled configuration upon their being formed. Furthermore, as exemplified in the invention, the requisite spacing between the inner and outer shafts of the coaxial camshaft may be preserved free of metal by the pre-placement of barrier material, or by placement of a non-metal interlayer during manufacture, as exemplified herein which may subsequently be disintegrated by industrial ultrasonic process to facilitate its removal. In either case, the small annular space having been formed maintains the radial alignment between the inner and outer shafts to within acceptable tolerance, and allows the flow of lubricating oil within the space during operation. Such a camshaft with the addition of a separate cam phasing mechanism may beneficially be fitted to engine blocks with a single traditional camshaft, which would otherwise be made from a single piece of material, with fixed LCA, thereby allowing older designs to be upgraded with fully universal Variable Valve Timing, or VVT.
US12110811B1
A gas turbine engine with a closed loop working fluid cycle.
US12110810B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor with an inner casing and an outer casing. The inner casing defines a primary flow path for airflow through the compressor, the inner casing and the outer casing define a bleed air cavity therebetween. The inner casing at least partially defines a first bleed air channel between the primary flow path and the first bleed air cavity. The first bleed air channel is defined between a first wall and a second wall, wherein the first wall is upstream from the second wall. The first wall includes a plurality of holes in fluid communication with the primary flow path and fluidly coupled to a suction manifold. The plurality of holes is configured to energize a fluid boundary layer along the first wall.
US12110801B2
A turbine shroud segment, e.g. for a gas turbine engine, which is coolable by a supply of cooling air, e.g. from a gas turbine engine compressor. The turbine shroud segment has a segment casing that has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The segment casing houses a main plenum, a first layer of impingement chambers, a second layer of impingement chambers, and a plurality of effusion passages. The first layer of impingement chambers fluidly communicates with the main plenum via transfer passages that are formed in the segment casing. The second layer of impingement chambers fluidly communicates with the first layer of impingement chambers via impingement passages that are formed in the segment casing. The effusion passages run between impingement chamber core surface, which is a radially inner surface of an impingement chamber, and the radially inner surface of the segment casing.
US12110799B2
The invention relates to an abradable coating for a turbomachine, comprising a mineral compound having a Mohs hardness of 6 or less and a melting temperature of more than 450° C. or even 800° C., and a polymeric compound with a content of between 40% and 70% by volume.
US12110798B1
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section for rotation on an axis. The turbine section includes at least one row of rotating turbine blades each having a radially outer tip. A blade outer air seal is positioned radially outwardly of the radially outer tip. The blade outer air seal has a central web positioned radially outwardly of the radially outer tip. The blade outer air seal has an upstream mount arm and a downstream mount arm receiving mount structure from a static structure. The static structure has sealing members engaging an upstream outer surface of the upstream mount arm at an upstream seal material and a downstream outer surface of the downstream mount arm at a downstream seal material. A method is also disclosed.
US12110792B2
A downhole sample extractor includes a sample container chamber that holds a sample container containing a downhole sample. The downhole sample extractor also includes a sample extraction chamber having an internal chamber that is partially filled with a carrier solution, wherein the downhole sample is mixed with the carrier solution in the internal chamber of the extraction container. The downhole sample extractor further includes a first piston that, when actuated, inserts the sample container into the internal chamber of the sample extraction chamber.
US12110783B2
Disclosed herein is an automated process of identifying shut-in parameters of a hydraulic fracturing operation from hydraulic fracturing treatment (HF) data. Also disclosed is a system and computer program product for automatically determining shut-in parameters from HF data. The HF data can be collected in real time during a HF from various sensors, equipment, or systems typically used in HFs or present at a well site. In one example, a method for automatically determining hydraulic fracturing parameters includes: (1) obtaining HF data, (2) determining a Rate Shut-In (RSI) time from the HF data, (3) determining a Well Shut-In (WSI) time using the RSI, and (4) calculating an Instantaneous Shut-In Pressure (ISIP) value based upon both the RSI and the WSI times, wherein determining the RSI time, the WSI time and calculating the ISIP value are automatically performed by one or more processors.
US12110771B2
Used gas lift valves having a used bellows assembly are remanufactured. Separable components are disassembled, and the used bellows assembly is removed from a dome housing by de-brazing the used bellows at a brazed joint from a mating surface of the dome housing. A replacement bellows is then affixed (e.g., arc welded) to the dome housing's mating surface, and a bellows adapter is affixed (e.g., arc welded) to the replacement bellows. The separable components of the used valve are then reassembled to produce a remanufactured gas lift valve. The remanufactured valve has a replacement bellows composed of a nickel-chromium alloy as opposed to a nickel-copper alloy, has the replacement bellows arc-welded to the dome housing as opposed to being brazed thereto, and has the adapter arc-welded to the bellows as opposed to being brazed thereto.
US12110760B2
A system for cementing casing using reverse circulation, where the system can include a casing string having multiple casing pipes and a burst disc sub, where the burst disc sub includes a burst disc that is disposed within a cavity formed in the casing string and prevents unwanted flow up the cavity while running casing, where the burst disc, when exposed to a downward force in the cavity exceeding a threshold value, is configured to break apart to allow flow of casing fluid under pressure from the upper portion to the lower portion of the cavity through the burst disc sub, and where the burst disc sub is configured to allow for reverse flow of the casing fluid therethrough when a cement slurry is injected down an annulus formed between the casing string and a formation wall of a wellbore.
US12110758B2
A downhole tool securing device and a frac plug which are excellent in setting properties and water pressure resistance and have excellent fracturing properties. A downhole tool securing device (slips) of a frac plug according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a button containing a powder metallurgy material and having a compressive elastic modulus of at least 13.5 GPa and a toughness of 0.23 GJ/m3 or greater and 1.0 GJ/m3 or less.
US12110750B2
A downhole anchoring mechanism configured to anchor a downhole tool assembly to a target location within an oilfield tubular. The anchoring mechanism comprises an anchor pad, a first arm coupled to a first hub and the anchor pad, and an extension mechanism coupled to a wedge hub and the anchor pad. The anchor pad is configured to extend radially outwards by the tapered surface of the wedge hub to engage an inner surface of a small oilfield tubular in response to the extension mechanism being configured in a deactivated mode. The anchor pad is configured to be extended radially outwards by the first arm and the extension mechanism to engage the inner surface of a large oilfield tubular in response to the extension mechanism being configured in an activated mode. The extension mechanism is a telescopic arm assembly or a sliding axle assembly.
US12110745B1
A jet nozzle for oilfield drill bits which utilizes a novel orifice configuration to allow for smaller sizes without the risk of debris clogging typically associated with smaller sized jet nozzles. The nozzle's orifices are arranged such that the larger of the paired orifices facilitates the unplugging of the smaller orifice when it may become clogged with debris from the mud used in the drilling process. The nozzles may be utilized with existing drilling equipment and may further enable the realization of smaller jet nozzle sizes.
US12110744B2
A cutting table for a cutting element, including: a diamond phase; a tungsten carbide phase; a cobalt-tungsten metallic phase; and an intermetallic phase comprising Co3WCx, where 0≤x≤1. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a cutting element, the method including: sintering diamond and tungsten carbide particles in the presence of Co and W to about 1520° C. or greater under pressure of about 57 kbar or greater to form a hard metal-diamond composite compact and solubilize carbon and tungsten within the compact; cooling the cutting element at about 1° C./sec or greater; and subsequent to cooling the cutting element, heat-treating the cutting element to precipitate carbon and tungsten in the compact as an intermetallic phase.
US12110743B2
During extension, the reamer block of an expandable reamer pushes on an upper plate. Extension is limited by contact with a spring retainer. To adjust the maximum extension of the expandable reamer, a spacer is placed between the expandable block and the spring retainer. The spacer reduces the amount of longitudinal travel of the expandable reamer, thereby reducing the extension of the expandable reamer.
US12110739B2
An apparatus provides for the flexible adjustment of the position of the windows, as well as for the ability to change the light transmission area of a single window, without wasting too much space. The apparatus can transform windows into completely opaque walls, for example, to achieve partial or complete light blockage by moving several wall panels hidden inside the sill up and down to specified positions. A set of push plates inside the sill can be used to displace the wall panels horizontally and a set of lifting plates on the window frame can be used to move the wall panels up and down along a track. At the same time, after selecting the specified position, the corresponding position can have a stick to push the wall panel into the specified position and tighten and fix the wall panel in the desired position.
US12110735B2
A building aperture cover frame, such as a window frame, having at least one frame profile for framing an insulated glass unit, where the frame profile includes an insulating core of insulating polyurethane foam core material enclosed by a core surface of the insulating core, where the insulating polyurethane foam core material having at least 85% by weight polyurethane, and where the insulating polyurethane foam core material is of a material density of less than 60 kg/m3, such as less than 50 kg/m3, preferably less than 40 kg/m3, a profile shell encapsulating the insulating core and having an inner shell surface facing the core surface, where the profile shell is made of at least 90% by weight polyurethane, and where the profile shell is of a material density of at least 600 kg/m3, such as at least 750 kg/m3, preferably at least 850 kg/m3, and one or more metal reinforcement element(s) located between opposing parts of the inner shell surface and the core surface.
US12110733B2
A threshold sill seal assembly useful with glass wall systems is described. The assembly has a sill with a top surface. The threshold sill assembly includes a removable barrier insert that is removably engaged with a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill and has a portion substantially parallel to the movable glass wall that can act as a barrier to the intrusion of environmental conditions.
US12110729B2
A mechanical adaptation to a vehicle power window controls is provided that require less hand/finger coordination and less force to actuate, therefore becoming useful for persons with limited control of their hands (e.g., arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury, among others). A power window control includes four levers, one on each control switch. Two of the levers are long and the other two are shorter. The long levers are provided on the two switches further away from the user (which control the front and rear left side windows). The short levers are attached to the two switches closer to the user (which control the front and rear right side windows). The base of each lever can be attached to the corresponding switch through a heavy-duty double-sided tape, where for flat switches, the lever is attached directly to the switch surface and for contoured switches, an adapter can be provided between the base of the lever and the surface of the power window switch.
US12110725B2
A non-contact, automatic door hinge operator system that allows a common door to be opened and closed automatically through use of a voice-activated sensor, optical switch or mobile app.
US12110724B2
An actuator includes a spindle drive, a first gear which causes a translational displacement of a first connection unit connected to the spindle drive, and a second gear which engages with the first gear and is connected to a second connection unit. The relative rotation of the two gears causes an actuation of the spindle drive and a rotation of the spindle drive about the rotational axis of the second gear.
US12110723B2
An inner-cabin side part of a hollow part of a protector with a sensor extends between a top end and an inner-cabin side end with an inner-cabin side apex closest to an interior of an automobile body. An outer-cabin side part of the hollow part extends between the top end and an outer-cabin side end with an outer-cabin side apex closest to an exterior of the automobile body. Distances are shorter between the apexes and the ends than between the top end and the apexes. A first conductive part includes parts closer to an installation base member than an apex of a second conductive part. Lower ends of the first conductive part have protrusions formed. The protrusions extend to protrude toward the second conductive part from an inner surface of an outer coat of the hollow part and are formed on uneven bases.
US12110707B2
An inlet mixer system for a gas heater includes a housing in fluid communication with an inlet of a combustion blower, and first and second mixer inserts, each removably positionable within the housing. Each mixer insert includes a body defining a mixing chamber, an air intake, and a plurality of orifices disposed radially about the body and extending through the body, which provide respective volumetric flow rates of a fuel gas. When the first mixer insert is positioned within the housing, the inlet mixer system is configured for use with a first fuel gas, and when the second mixer insert is positioned within the housing, the inlet mixer system is configured for use with a second fuel gas.
US12110705B2
Bracket (1) for supporting a wall element (50) between two posts (60) and a system for shielding an area. The bracket (1) which is tube-shaped and arranged to enclose a post (60) comprises a front part (2), a back part (3), and first and second side parts (4, 5). At least one of the first and second side parts (4, 5) comprises a slit (6) with a receiving section (6a) open towards the front part (2) and arranged for receiving a protrusion (51) of a wall element (50). The slit (6) comprises a locking section (6c) for keeping a protrusion (51) of a wall element (50) in a locked position, and is arranged at a first distance (a) from the receiving section (6a) in a first direction (X1) of the bracket (1). The slit (6) comprises a guiding section (6b) arranged between the receiving section (6a) and the locking section (6c) which is arranged for guiding a protrusion (51) from the receiving section (6a) to the locking section (6c). The system comprises a wall element (50) with lower and upper protrusions (51, 52), two posts (60), an upper bracket (20) provided on respective one of the posts (60) in an upper position, and the lower bracket (1) provided on respective one of the posts (60) in a lower position.
US12110702B2
A tilting and telescoping mast assembly having a compact device footprint that can be mounted in close proximity to, for example, a front wall of a truck bed (e.g., adjacent the cab) thereby reducing dead space within the truck bed and maximizing cargo space within the bed. The mast of the present disclosure is configured to be supported by its base in a first position when in the horizontal orientation and supported in a second position when in the vertical orientation, with the first and second positions being spaced apart horizontally and/or vertically.
US12110701B2
A deck umbrella support system securely retains an umbrella attached to an umbrella pole on a deck, wherein the deck has a receiving aperture formed through a surface thereof. The deck umbrella support system may include a mount assembly having a mount tube with a mount plate attached to it. The mount tube has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end includes a mount aperture formed through it. An adapter assembly, which is at least partially hollow, includes an adapter tube which is designed and configured to receive at least a portion of the umbrella pole therein and to be inserted into the mount tube via the mount aperture. A locking assembly is disposed proximate to the lower end of the mount tube to secure the adapter tube in the mount tube.
US12110696B2
A tile-setting lippage control system and method for tiles set with mortar as floors or walls on prepared surfaces, providing tab-and-wedge pairs with a footed tab having a footplate, a wedge slot having a membrane, a multi-tapered descending portion having a thicker center, tapering base, and tapering sides, and a ridged upper portion having a reinforced upper edge, and with a tensioning wedge having a leading end, wedge bottom, tapered top edge, and wedge teeth. In use, the wedge bottom and the footplate apply a constant compressive force to two adjacent pieces of tile. The size, shape, and location of the wedge slot with the tapered top edge of the tensioning wedge accommodate a range of tile thicknesses by insertion of the tensioning wedge to different depths. Optionally, flap cuts in the ridged upper portion provide for formation of a top flap and side flaps which lock in engagement with the wedge teeth of the tensioning wedge. Optionally, a wedge void in the tensioning wedge provides for easier insertion and for accommodating excess pressure. The multi-tapered descending portion prevents pinching of the footed tab between tiles and prevents trapping of the footed tab by cured mortar. The straight sides of the reinforced upper edges adapt to being struck from a range of angles, and the tapering sides of the multi-tapered descending portion facilitate the tapering base tearing away from the footplate without being blocked by cured mortar around the footplate.
US12110690B2
A railing bracket including a cup having a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall disposed opposite the first side wall, and a notch. The first side wall defines a first countersunk through hole configured to receive a fastener. A U-shaped cap has a top wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a tab. The first lateral wall is configured to cover a head of the fastener and the notch is configured to receive the tab.
US12110689B2
A pivotable downspout extension system includes an adapter coupleable to a fixed-position downspout, an extension arm pivotally coupled to the adapter, the extension arm having a housing having counterweight apertures, counterweights configured to be received within the counterweight apertures, and a water channel extending from the housing, the water channel forming a pocket where the water channel joins the housing. The water channel remains substantially vertical until water weight exceeds the weight of the counterweights and causes the water channel to pivot and release water.
US12110687B2
An underground base configured for supporting an above-ground static structure includes a plurality of plates each having a distal end, a proximal end, and a body portion between the distal end and the proximal end. Each of the plurality of plates is connected to at least another plate of the plurality of plates such that the plurality of plates defines a three-dimensional structure having an open top end and an open bottom end. The underground base further includes a plurality of brackets each connected to one of the plurality of pile plates. At least one reinforcement plate is connected to the body portion of at least one of the plurality of plates. Each of the plurality of plates is made from a first material, and the at least one reinforcement plate is made from a second material different from the first material.
US12110680B2
Disclosed is a building board construction that provides enhanced acoustical properties. In one possible embodiment, the board is a gypsum board with opposing facing sheets and an intermediate set gypsum core. An opened celled polymeric sheet is formed within the gypsum core and gives the resulting board enhanced sound absorption. In an alternative embodiment, individual pieces of polymeric foam are used in stead of the polymeric sheet. Also disclosed are various manufacturing methods whereby boards with enhanced acoustical properties can be formed in an continuous process. The various components of the present disclosure, and the manner in which they interrelate, are described in greater detail hereinafter.
US12110673B2
A telescoping toilet mounting assembly and a method for mounting a toilet to a floor and a wastewater pipe. Hollow bolts project from clamping plates to be received through mounting holes in an upper male flange section and through mounting holes of a toilet base. Base bolt nuts are tightened onto the hollow bolts to secure the upper male flange section to the toilet base prior to lowering the toilet and the upper male flange section into engagement with a lower female flange section. Fastening bolt structures with adjustable-length body portions and threaded tips can pass through the hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with mounting members fixed to the lower female flange section fixed to the wastewater pipe and the floor. Alternatively, fastening bolts pass through the hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with upstanding registration and locking rods retained relative to the lower female flange section.
US12110671B2
A joint device for drain pipes comprises a structural tube made of a rigid material and providing structural integrity to the joint device. The structural tube defines at least part of a drain passage of the joint device, a bottom portion of the structural tube having diametrical dimensions for complementary sealing engagement with a pipe of a drain network. An annular seal of resilient sealing material is integrally connected to an upper portion of the structural tube to define at least an inner surface of a portion of the drain passage of the joint device, the annular seal having inner diametrical dimensions for sealing engagement with a tailpiece slid downwardly into engagement with the joint device.
US12110657B2
Provided is construction equipment including: a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body rotatably supported on the lower traveling body; booms operated by respective cylinders; a work machine which includes an arm and an attachment and is supported by the upper rotating body; a rotating device which includes a swing motor for rotating the upper rotating body and a swing reduction gear for decelerating the rotation of the swing motor; a controller for outputting a control signal to the rotating device; and a swing control unit which receives an input for swing control of the upper rotating body, wherein the rotation of the upper rotating body can be automatically controlled through the swing control unit.
US12110647B2
A bag body 10 is filled with stones 12. A restraining rope 14 extends from the bottom of the bag body 10 through the center of the bag body 10 and is pulled up together with a lifting rope 15 to lift the bag body 10. The bag body 10 is within a predetermined range centered about a curve given by W/H1 (diameter/restraining rope length)=15.898×(W/W0)2−17.784×(W/W0)+6.6314, where W represents the diameter of the bag body 10, H1 represents the length of the restraining rope 14 from the bottom portion of the bag body 10 to a root position of a mouth closing rope 13 of a bag material through the center of the bag body 10, and W0 represents the diameter when the bag material 11 is filled with the filling material 12.
US12110636B2
Described herein is a filter paper for the production of an aqueous extract, comprising softwood pulp, which has the following properties: a basis weight of more than 9.0 g/m2 and less than 13.5 g/m2, a density of more than 280 kg/m3 and less than 350 kg/m3, a roughness of more than 700 ml/min and less than 1300 ml/min, a bending resistance in the machine direction of more than 50 mN and less than 75 mN, and an air permeability of more than 17000 cm/(min·kPa) and less than 26000 cm/(min·kPa), wherein the filter paper is either free from abacá fibers and sisal fibers or, if abacá fibers and/or sisal fibers are present, taken together they make up less than 20% of the paper mass.
US12110635B2
A germ-repellent paper product contains a paper substrate and a germ-repellent overprint varnish. The germ-repellent overprint varnish contains a varnish and a germ-repellent agent. The germ-repellent overprint varnish is coated onto the paper substrate to form a germ-repellent paper product. A method for manufacturing such a germ-repellent paper product is also provided.
US12110634B2
Process for the surface treatment of a titanium dioxide pigment, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: an aqueous suspension of titanium dioxide pigments is formed, in a first step, a layer of alumina phosphate is precipitated on the surface of the pigment, in a second step, a layer of alumina is precipitated over the first layer of alumina phosphate, and in an optional third step, a layer of magnesium oxide is precipitated on the layer of alumina. Titanium dioxide pigments made by the disclosed process and method using said pigments in paper manufacturing are also disclosed.
US12110625B2
A communication system is provided for a yarn creel with sensors and displays located throughout the array of yarn positions and communicating with a creel controller to facilitate transfer and display of thread-up information and analysis of operational data.
US12110624B2
A sewing machine includes a main body and a quick release needle plate module. The main body includes a base seat having an inner frame, and an outer case that is mounted to the inner frame and that defines an accommodating compartment. The quick release needle plate module includes a catch member, and a needle plate that covers the accommodating compartment, that is detachably pivoted to a rear section of the inner frame, and that engages the catch member. The quick release needle plate module further includes a press member inserted through the outer case and the inner frame, and operable to push the catch member to disengage the catch member. The needle plate has a plate body that covers the accommodating compartment, and a resilient member mounted between the inner frame and the plate body for driving pivot action of the plate body away from the inner frame.
US12110619B2
A sock (1) comprises a heel part (H) between a tubular leg part (L) and a tubular sole part (S), which comprises mesh-number varying regions (V1-V6) arranged along a knitting axis (K), and tubular regions (C1-C5) arranged between the mesh-number varying regions. The mesh-number varying regions include an upper region (V1), a lower region (V6), and intermediate regions (V2-V5). The number of courses of the upper region (CV1) is smaller than the number of courses of the lower region (CV6) and the number of courses of the intermediate regions (CV2-CV5). The mesh-number varying regions are constituted by mesh-number increasing regions (V1, V3, V5) and mesh-number reducing regions (V2, V4, V6) alternatingly arranged along the knitting axis. The number of courses of the tubular regions (CC1-CC5) is smaller than the number of courses of the mesh-number varying regions (CV1-CV6).
US12110616B2
A machine and method are presented for continuously forming a woven composite with controllable internal fabric geometry. The machine may include one or more spools for dispensing one or more warp filaments, a roller assembly configured to receive a composite weave, a warp rack having warp heads for engaging the warp filaments and vertically adjusting position to dynamically create a weave pattern in response to the insertion of one or more weft filaments by a weft inserter stack.
US12110606B2
The invention relates to a silver electrolyte for the deposition of silver layers on substrates, which comprises potassium silver cyanide, potassium cyanide with a content of at least 10 g/L, at least one grain refiner with a content of 0.2 to 10 g/L, at least one dispersant with a content of 1 to 10 g/L and at least one solid component with a content of 1 to 150 g/L, wherein the particles of the solid component have an average particle size (d50) of 10 nm-100 μm. Furthermore, contact surfaces and methods for the deposition of such contact surfaces are shown.
US12110602B2
A CoVOx composite electrode and method of making is described. The composite electrode comprises a substrate with an average 0.5-5 μm thick layer of CoVOx having pores with average diameters of 2-200 nm. The method of making the composite electrode involves contacting the substrate with an aerosol comprising a solvent, a cobalt complex, and a vanadium complex. The CoVOx composite electrode is capable of being used in an electrochemical cell for water oxidation.
US12110598B2
Provided is an alloy material including a metal oxide thin layer that can be formed using a simple method at low cost and can further suppress volatilization of Cr, which causes deterioration of a fuel cell, compared with a case where conventional expensive materials are used. Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an alloy material including a coating treatment step for coating a substrate made of a Fe—Cr based alloy with Co, and an oxidation treatment step for performing oxidation treatment on the substrate in a moisture-containing atmosphere after the coating treatment step.
US12110589B2
Methods comprising forming a metal oxide film by atomic layer deposition using water as an oxidant are described. The metal oxide film is exposed to a decoupled plasma comprising one or more of He, H2 or O2 to lower the wetch etch rate of the metal oxide film.
US12110588B2
A fluid inlet assembly for a substrate processing apparatus includes a fluid inlet pipe configured to pass through a wall of a sealed pressure vessel, a resilient element around the fluid inlet pipe outside the sealed pressure vessel coupling the fluid inlet pipe to the wall, and first and second end parts, the resilient element being coupled therebetween.
US12110585B2
Embodiments of exhaust liner systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, an exhaust liner system for use in a process chamber includes a lower exhaust liner having an annular body with a central opening; an upper flange, a central flange, and a lower flange extending outward from the annular body, wherein the lower flange and the central flange partially define a first plenum, and wherein the central flange and the upper flange partially define a second plenum; a plurality of exhaust holes from the central opening to the first plenum; and at least one cutout in the central flange to provide a flow path from the first plenum to the second plenum, wherein the lower exhaust liner defines a gas flow path from the central opening to the first plenum via the plurality of exhaust holes and from the first plenum to the second plenum via the least one cutout.
US12110582B2
A method of forming an optical device is provided. The method includes disposing an optical device substrate on a substrate support in a process volume of a process chamber, the optical device substrate having a first surface; and forming a first optical layer on the first surface of the optical device substrate during a first time period when the optical device substrate is on the substrate support, wherein the first optical layer comprises one or more metals in a metal-containing oxide, a metal-containing nitride, or a metal-containing oxynitride, and the first optical layer is formed without an RF-generated plasma over the optical device substrate; and forming a second optical layer with an RF-generated plasma over the first optical layer during a second time period when the optical device substrate is on the substrate support.
US12110572B2
A process for manufacturing a non-stamped prealloyed steel coil, sheet or blank, comprising the following successive steps of: providing a non-stamped precoated steel coil, sheet or blank composed of a steel substrate covered by a precoating of aluminum, or aluminum-based alloy, or aluminum alloy, wherein the precoating thickness is comprised between 10 and 35 micrometers on each side of the steel coil, sheet or blank, then heating the non-stamped steel coil, sheet or blank in a furnace under an atmosphere containing at least 5% oxygen, up to a temperature θ1 comprised between 750 and 1000° C., for a duration t1 comprised between t1min and t1max, wherein: t1min=23500/(θ1−729.5) and t1max=4.946×1041×θ1−13.08, t1 designating the total duration in the furnace, θ1 being expressed in ° C. and t1min and t1max being expressed in seconds, then cooling the non-stamped steel coil, sheet or blank at a cooling rate Vr1 down to a temperature θi, then maintaining the non-stamped steel coil, sheet or blank at a temperature θ2 comprised between 100 and 500° C., for a duration t2 comprised between 3 and 45 minutes, so to obtain a diffusible hydrogen less than 0.35 ppm.
US12110569B2
A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet contains Si, Al, and Mn as chemical composition, and an alignment degree to {5 5 7}<7 14 5> orientation in a central area along a thickness direction of the silicon steel sheet is 12 to 35.
US12110568B2
A steel sheet and a member excellent in cold workability, hardenability, and post-quenching surface layer hardness, and methods for manufacturing the steel sheet and the member. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure containing ferrite and carbides, a ratio of the volume of ferrite and carbides to the volume of the entire microstructure is 90% or more, a ratio of the volume of proeutectoid ferrite to the volume of the entire microstructure is 20% or more and 80% or less, a Mn concentration in the carbides is 0.10 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less, and a ratio of the number of carbides with particle diameters of 1 μm or more to the total number of carbides is 30% or more and 60% or less.
US12110566B2
To provide a steel and a manufacturing method thereof that can contribute to achieving both high strength and hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel has a chemical composition represented by: C: 0.15% to 0.35%; Si: 0.8% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.8% to 2.5%; Al: 0.03% to 2.0%; N: 0.002% to 0.010%; P: 0.01% or less; S: 0.01% or less; O: 0.01% or less; B: 0.0001% to 0.005%; Nb: 0.0% to 0.05%; Ti: 0.0% to 0.2%; V 0.0% to 0.05%; Mo: 0.0% to 1.0%; Cr: 0.0% to 1.0%; Ni: 0.01% to 1.0%; Cu: 0.05% to 1.0%; at least one of Ca, Mg and REM: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and the balance: Fe and impurities, and has a martensite phase or/and a bainite phase in which ε-carbide is dispersedly precipitated.
US12110557B2
This application provides a kit or a device for detection of ovarian tumor, comprising a nucleic acid(s) for detecting a miRNA(s) in a sample from a subject, and a method for detecting ovarian tumor, comprising measuring the miRNA(s) in vitro.
US12110554B2
The present invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for molecular profiling and cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to genomic DNA markers associated with cancer. In particular, the present invention provides molecular profiles associated with thyroid cancer, methods of determining molecular profiles, and methods of analyzing results to provide a diagnosis.
US12110547B2
Substrates comprising dual functional polymer layered surfaces and the preparation thereof by using UV nano-imprinting processes are disclosed. The substrates can be used as flow cells, nanofluidic or microfluidic devices for biological molecules analysis.
US12110546B2
The present application relates to tertiary amine substituted coumarin derivatives and their uses as fluorescent labels. These compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US12110545B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of analyzing activity of nucleases, such as ZFNs, TALENs or CRISPR-associated nucleases, in particular their cutting at “off-target” loci.
US12110544B2
In a method for extracting microbial DNA from milk, the extracted DNA can be directly used for PCR amplification. The method includes the following steps: treating milk with TE solution, fully disrupting microbial cells by bead milling, immobilizing proteins in the middle layer between the aqueous and organic phases with high-vacuum silicone grease so as to prevent impurities in the middle layer from entering the aqueous phase, etc. The extracted DNA has a high degree of intactness, high concentration and purity.
US12110540B2
Provided herein are compositions, kits, and methods for detecting at least one of a C. diffcile tcdA, tcdB, tcdC, cdtA, or cdtB nucleic acid in a sample. In son embodiments, one or more alleles of tcdC such as 117del tcdC or 184T tcdC are detected.
US12110535B2
A method for reconstituting a reagent within a reagent pack including one or more wells and at least one of the wells containing a lyophilized reagent comprises the steps of receiving reagent packs into a reagent pack input carousel, transferring one reagent pack with a rotary distributor from the input carousel to a reagent pack storage carousel, retrieving the reagent pack from the storage carousel with the rotary distributor and placing the reagent pack into a reagent pack loading station, and dispensing a reconstitution reagent with an automated pipettor into the well containing the lyophilized reagent to form a reconstituted reagent.
US12110534B2
The invention is a novel method of sequencing nucleic acids involving making and sequencing a library of single stranded circular target nucleic acids.
US12110533B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions and devices for stabilizing the extracellular nucleic acid population in a cell-containing biological sample using an apoptosis inhibitor, preferably a caspase inhibitor, a hypertonic agent and/or a compound according to formula 1 as defined in the claims.
US12110525B2
An R-3-aminobutyric acid preparation method with high efficiency and high stereoselectivity. The method comprises using aspartase with stereoisomerization catalytic activity derived from Escherichia coli to efficiently convert butenoic acid into R-3-aminobutyric acid. After only 24 h of reaction, the conversion rate is as high as ≥98%, and the ee value is ≥99.9%. The conversion efficiency is greatly improved, the reaction time is shortened, and the production costs are reduced. The method features a high yield, a high conversion rate, low costs, a short production cycle, a simple process, ease of enlargement, suitability for mass production and the like.
US12110518B2
The invention relates to polypeptides having hydrolytic activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US12110495B2
The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, vectors and molecules comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein operably linked to a vegetative stage promoter, which may also be a meristem-preferred or meristem-specific promoter. Transgenic plants, plant cells and tissues, and plant parts are further provided comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein. Transgenic plants comprising a florigenic FT transgene may produce more bolls, siliques, fruits, nuts, or pods per node on the transgenic plant, particularly on the main stem of the plant, relative to a control or wild type plant. Methods are further provided for introducing a florigenic FT transgene into a plant, and planting transgenic FT plants in the field including at higher densities. Transgenic plants of the present invention may thus provide greater yield potential than wild type plants and may be planted at a higher density due to their altered plant architecture.
US12110494B2
The present invention relates to a method for biologically producing, from seaweeds, 3,6-anhydro-L-galactitol (L-AHGol) which is a novel sugar alcohol, and agarobititol (ABol) which is in a disaccharide form having 3,6-anhydro-L-galactitol (L-AHGol) as a reducing end, by using a genetic engineering technique in GRAS strains.
US12110490B2
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA or RNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA or RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA.
US12110487B2
A method of treating microbial biomass includes mixing the microbial biomass in a liquid to form a suspension, the microbial biomass having an initial color, and exposing the suspension to light to form treated microbial biomass, the treated microbial biomass having a treated color. The treated color is lighter than the initial color. The microbial biomass can also have an initial taste and odor that are stronger than a treated taste and odor of the treated microbial biomass.
US12110486B2
Provide are beneficial bacteria that can be beneficially applied across a wide range of age groups and a composition containing the same. Bifidobacterium longum subspecies longum NITE BP-02568 and/or Bifidobacterium longum subspecies longum NITE BP-02569; and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies longum, having utilization ability for 2′-fucosyllactose are also provided. More preferably, bacteria having utilization ability for carbohydrates arabinoxylan, arabinan, and pectic galactan; and a composition containing the bacteria are also provided. More preferably, a composition containing 2′-fucosyllactose are also provided. More preferably, a composition containing at least one carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of arabinoxylan, arabinan, pectic galactan, and oligosaccharides derived therefrom or containing at least a carbohydrate derived from a gramineous plant or a carbohydrate derived from a solanaceous plant are also provided.
US12110484B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a Disposable Bioprocess System including a Single-Use-Bioreactor, a Single-Use-Pump and a single-use micro-organism retention filter. Combined most suitable for cultivation of suspended micro-organisms in a liquid media at high micro-organism concentration in a perfusion mode continuous process for expression of biological material. The inlet port of the liquid Single-Use-Pump connects via a valve to the broth reservoir of the Single-Use-Bioreactor through a liquid conveying port. The outlet port of the liquid pumping Single-Use-Pump connects via a valve to a micro-organism retention filter. And a method for operating said sterile Disposable Bioprocess System in perfusion mode for continuously processing.
US12110482B2
Disclosed herein is an instrument suitable for processing cells for example culturing, concentrating or washing said cells, the instrument comprising: a housing for accommodating mechanical elements including at least one fluid pump; and a disposable processing kit complementary to the mechanical elements within the housing and comprising a fluid circuit including a fluid reservoir and plural fluid paths capable of carrying fluid flow caused by said pump(s), the instrument further including a mechanism for determining the quantity, or change in quantity of the fluid in the reservoir resulting from said fluid flow, the instrument yet further comprising a controller operable to control at least the pump and operable to perform a fault determination process, which includes the steps of determining the expected flow rate of said pump(s) calculated from the speed of the pump(s) and comparing that expected flow with the change in quantity of the fluid in the reservoir as determined by said mechanism.
US12110478B2
Provided is a beverage maker. The beverage maker includes a pair of fermenters, each of which has an internal space, a pair of fermenter lids configured to shield the internal spaces of the pair of fermenters, a pair of beverage containers that are selectively accommodated in the internal spaces of the pair of fermenters, a temperature regulator configured to independently regulate internal temperatures of the pair of fermenters, ingredient feeders in which ingredient containers configured to contain beverages are selectively mounted and which are disposed outside the pair of fermenters, respectively, a main channel via each of the ingredient feeders, a pair of branch channels branched from the main channel and respectively connected to the pair of beverage containers, and a beverage dispenser connected to the pair of branch channels.
US12110472B2
The present invention primarily relates to the use of 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methyl-cyclohexyl)pro-panal, 3-(4-Isobutyl-6-methyl-cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yl)propanal, 3-(4-isobutyl-6-meth-ylene-cyclohexen-1-yl)propanal, or 3-(4-isobutyl-6-methyl-cyclohexen-1-yl)propanal as perfuming ingredients. Moreover, the present invention relates to perfume compositions and perfumed products comprising the before mentioned perfuming ingredients. Still more particularly, the invention relates to a method for producing said perfumed products and a method of imparting and/or increasing i) floral and/or ii) green and/or iii) lily of the valley odor characteristics to perfumed products. This invention also relates to 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methyl-cyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-Isobutyl-6-methyl-cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yl)propanal, 3-(4-isobutyl-6-methylene-cyclohexen-1-yl)propanal, or 3-(4-isobutyl-6-methyl-cyclohexen-yl)propanal and a process for the preparation of said compounds.
US12110471B2
The present invention relates to a process for treating an oil comprising a chlorophyll substrate, the process comprising contacting the oil with a polypeptide having decolorase activity or a composition comprising the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of: a. a polypeptide which has at least 80% identity to amino acids 1 to 318 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and, b. a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that has at least 80% identity to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
US12110470B2
Provided are a magnetic disk and, in particular, a compound which makes it possible to realize a lubricant having excellent heat resistance and solubility in a fluorine-based solvent. A perfluoropolyether compound in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has, in hydrocarbon groups at both terminals thereof, five or six hydroxyl groups in total.
US12110469B2
A polymer composition, in which a differential distribution value in a differential molecular weight distribution curve of the polymer composition, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, satisfies Equation 1 and a maximum value of a normalized back-scattering intensity of a 35 wt % base oil solution of the polymer composition, where a size q of a scattering vector of small-angle X-ray scattering at 25° C. is in a range of 0.07 nm−1 or more and 2 nm−1 or less, is 40 cm−1 or more.
US12110459B2
The process produces a diesel stream from a biorenewable feedstock by hydrotreating to remove heteroatoms and saturate olefins. The recycle gas is recycled to the hydrotreating reactor without removing hydrogen sulfide, which is needed in the biorenewable feed to keep the hydrotreating catalyst active. A purification unit can be utilized on a purge gas stream to purify the gas and improve hydrogen concentration in the recycle gas when added to the recycle gas.
US12110458B2
Coal blends used to produce foundry coke products are disclosed herein. Coal blends can include first coals having a first volatile matter mass fraction less than or equal to a first threshold, and second coals having a second volatile mass fraction greater than or equal to a second threshold that is less than the second threshold. The coal blend can have an ash fusion temperature less than 2600° F. and an aggregated volatile matter mass fraction between 15% and 25%.
US12110451B2
The present disclosure relates to delivery and release systems, such as core-shell particles. An exemplary composition according to the disclosure can include a degradable polymeric shell surrounding a core that includes a crosslinker, which can encompass a metal, such as chromium. The core-shell particles can be provided with a gel-forming polymer, such as a polyacrylamide, into a subterranean reservoir having conditions such that the shell of the core-shell polymer degrades, and the so-released metal is effective to at least partially crosslink the gel-forming polymer to form a gel. The so-formed gel can be effective to control water flow through the subterranean reservoir, such as in relation to a waterflood of the reservoir.
US12110447B1
A drilling fluid composition includes a base fluid; at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an anti-foaming agent, a fluid-loss additive, a viscosity modifier, a shale stabilizer, an alkali compound, a bridging agent, and a weighting agent; and 0.01 to 0.5 weight percentage (wt. %) of particles of steel slag, based on a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. A method for reducing a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) content of a H2S-containing subterranean formation. A process for removing H2S from a H2S-containing gas composition by the drilling fluid composition.
US12110441B2
A surfactant of formula (I): A-(L1)a-(C2)b-(L2)c-X (I) wherein A is a perfluoropolyether; L1 is CONR', wherein R′ is selected from H and C1-6 alkyl; a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or an integer between 1 and 10; L2 is a linking group; c is 0 or 1; and X is a charged group.
US12110429B2
Hot melt processable composition mixtures include an acid-functional (meth)acrylate-based adhesive composition and a zinc di-(meth)acrylate salt. The adhesive composition has a hot melt processing temperature, and the zinc salt has a melting point that is higher than the hot melt processing temperature of the adhesive composition. The mixture is hot melt processable, and upon application to a substrate, the mixture forms an ionically crosslinked layer with thermally reversable ionic crosslinks.
US12110427B2
A polydiorganosiloxane having both a silicon bonded aliphatically unsaturated group and a silicon bonded poly(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer is useful in a polyorganosiloxane hybrid pressure sensitive adhesive composition that cures to form a polyorganosiloxane hybrid pressure sensitive adhesive. The polyorganosiloxane hybrid pressure sensitive adhesive composition can be wet-cast or dry-cast on a substrate and cured to form a polyorganosiloxane hybrid pressure sensitive adhesive article. An adhesive article including the polyorganosiloxane hybrid pressure sensitive adhesive is also disclosed.
US12110425B2
One-component electromagnetic curable novel toughened epoxy-hybrid structural adhesives, generally including: (a) a bisphenol A liquid epoxy resin, (b) a bisphenol F liquid epoxy resin, (c) a bisphenol A solid epoxy resin, (d) a novel toughening agent, (e) one or more mineral fillers, and (f) a curing agent. The structural adhesives of the present invention can be cured within seconds and are useful for a plurality of applications, including bonding OEM closure panel components, such as doors, hoods, fenders, etcetera.
US12110423B2
An inorganic adhesive includes magnesium oxide, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, silica fume, silica sol, lithium silicate, sodium silicate, citric acid, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose nanowhiskers, amino trimethylene phosphonic acid, and water.
US12110417B2
Described herein are heat resistant inks and coating compositions that, when coated on a substrate, impart the feel of paper. The inks and coating compositions do not degrade when exposed to temperatures of 120° C. or greater.
US12110410B2
A roofing formulation may comprise a first part and a second part. The first part may comprise a coating material, the coating material comprising at least one acrylic latex resin, at least one functional filler, and at least one hydrophobic additive. The second part may comprise an activator formulation. The roofing formulation may be applied as a coating to a roofing substrate. A roofing system may comprise at least one roof substrate and a multi-layer coating system. The multi-layer coating system may comprise at least one top layer and at least one core layer disposed between the at least one top layer and the at least one roof substrate.
US12110405B2
An aqueous dispersion contains emulsion resin particles that contains pigment enclosing emulsion resin particles enclosing an inorganic pigment, wherein the pigment enclosing emulsion resin particles have a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter (D50) of from 40 to 300 nm as measured by laser diffraction scattering method, wherein the pigment enclosing emulsion resin particles have an average aspect ratio of from 1.0 to 1.5.
US12110400B2
There is provided an ink discharging apparatus including: a conveyor, a head, a heater, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the conveyor and the heater so as to heat a recording medium or the water-based ink for recording adhered to the recording medium, while conveying the recording medium in a conveying direction. The water-based ink for recording includes: a resin-dispersed pigment, resin fine particles of which glass transition temperature is not less than 33° C., an organic solvent, and water. The ink discharging apparatus satisfies condition (I): 5≤(Tg−Th)≤40. In the condition (I), Tg (° C.) is the glass transition temperature of the resin fine particles, and Th (° C.) is a maximum surface temperature of the recording medium heated by the heater.
US12110390B2
The present invention relates to a solid dispersion, a preparation method therefor, a chain-extended polyurethane using same, and an epoxy resin composition comprising same and, more particularly, to a solid dispersion in which an inorganic or organic material-derived isotropic or anisotropic substance is used as a dispersoid and dispersed at room temperature in a solid-phase dispersion medium such as polyols and sugars, whereby the dispersion can be easily stored and used, reduce transportation cost, prevent or alleviate the aggregation or precipitation caused during the storage of products, with the results of working efficiency improvement and processing cost reduction, and, when applied to polyurethane, can increase strength and provide an improved strength, compared to conventional curing agent, a preparation method therefor, a chain-extended polyurethane using same, and an epoxy resin composition comprising same.
US12110387B2
A polymer blend membrane includes a polyether-based copolymer and a polyether polymerized in situ and has high permeability and high selectivity for carbon dioxide. In the polymer blend membrane, the free volume of the polyether-based copolymer is greatly increased, and the adsorption capacity for carbon dioxide is enhanced. Thus, it can have excellent mechanical properties and excellent permeability and selectivity for carbon dioxide.
US12110386B2
The disclosure relates to a tie resin formulation for use as a tie layer in a multilayer structure. The resin includes a first polyolefin grafted with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated acid derivative or a combination thereof, and having a density of 0.857 to 0.885 g/cm3, and 0.001 to 0.20 weight percent (wt. %) of a catalyst comprising at least one Lewis acid, where the resin includes the catalyst and up to 99.999 wt. % of the first polyolefin, where the wt. % is based on a total weight of the resin.
US12110372B2
The present invention is directed toward transparent films prepared from soluble aromatic copolyamides with glass transition temperatures greater than 300° C. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), or other polar solvents. The films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature. After curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. The films are useful as flexible substrates for microelectronic devices.
US12110367B2
A family of new and novel molecules for mechanically superior two-dimensional (2D) polymers is described herein. By combining stiff carbon-containing cyclic polymer nodal units with more compliant linear polymer bridge units in an ordered, 2D repeating molecular structure it is possible to tailor the mechanical properties of 2D polymers and their assemblies to provide high stiffness, strength, and toughness. Furthermore, the inherent dimensionality of 2D polymers and their ability to be stacked into ordered and chemically interactive ensembles gives them inherent benefits in a variety of barrier and structural applications over current stiff and strong linear polymer technologies.
US12110360B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a curable composition, including a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, a compound selected from the group consisting of a multivalent alcohol and an epoxy compound, and a base amplifier.
US12110358B2
A synthetic polyisoprene latex containing synthetic polyisoprene, wherein the synthetic polyisoprene constituting the synthetic polyisoprene latex includes a low-molecular weight synthetic isoprene chain having a molecular weight of less than 1,000,000 at a content rate of 10 to 70% by weight and a high-molecular weight synthetic isoprene chain having a molecular weight of 1,000,000 or more at a content rate of 30 to 90% by weight. Also, a method for producing the synthetic polyisoprene latex, wherein the synthetic polyisoprene containing the low-molecular weight synthetic isoprene chain and the high-molecular weight synthetic isoprene chain is obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing isoprene in an organic solvent by use of an organic alkali metal catalyst.
US12110356B2
Provided is a heat-curable resin composition capable of being turned into a cured product having a low relative permittivity, a low dielectric tangent, an excellent adhesiveness and a high resistance. The heat-curable resin composition contains: (A) a citraconimide compound; (B) an epoxy resin; (C) an epoxy resin curing agent; and (D) a curing accelerator.
US12110354B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a copolymer that produces an aromatic vinyl-diene copolymer having a low glass transition temperature, and a method of producing a rubber composition using the method. The subject method produces an aromatic vinyl-diene copolymer having a content of repeating units derived from an aromatic vinyl in an amount of 18 mass % or greater, and among repeating units derived from a diene, a proportion of a vinyl structure of 8 mol % or less, a proportion of a 1,4-trans structure of 60 mol % or less, and a proportion of a 1,4-cis structure from 40 to 95 mol %, the method including copolymerizing a monomer containing an aromatic vinyl and a diene using an initiator prepared with an organolithium compound, an alkylaluminum, a metal alcoholate, and at least one polar compound selected from the group consisting of water and an alcohol.
US12110351B2
A process for producing superabsorbents, comprising polymerization of a monomer solution and thermal surface postcrosslinking, wherein the monomer solution comprises at least 0.75% by weight of a hydroxyphosphonic acid or salts thereof, calculated on the basis of the total amount of monomer used, and at least 0.09% by weight of aluminum cations, calculated on the basis of the total amount of polymer particles used, is added to the polymer particles before, during or after the thermal surface postcrosslinking.
US12110349B2
A process for polymerizing ethylene in a high-pressure polymerization system having a continuously operated polymerization reactor and a reactor blow down system having an emergency valve, a reactor blow down vessel containing an aqueous medium and a reactor blow down dump vessel, wherein the process includes the steps of monitoring the polymerization system for a disturbance, opening the emergency valve when a disturbance occurs to allow the content of the polymerization system to expand into the reactor blow down vessel, contacting the content of the polymerization system in the reactor blow down vessel with the aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous polymer slurry, separating the polymer slurry and gaseous components, and transferring the polymer slurry to the reactor blow down dump vessel.
US12110338B2
The current disclosure provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and effector moiety conjugates thereof (e.g., antibody-drug conjugates or ADCs), comprising a site-specifically engineered drug-glycan linkage within native or engineered glycans of the binding polypeptide. The current disclosure also provides nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided.
US12110334B2
New antibodies and methods of use are described.
US12110323B2
Disclosed by the present invention are an anti-human interleukin 17A monoclonal antibody and an application thereof. The epitope of the monoclonal antibody binding to human interleukin 17A comprises 78th asparagine (N78). The antibody may be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis and/or ankylosing spondylitis.
US12110321B2
Single domain antibodies are provided, which are capable of specifically binding to an epitope of a human complement factor selected from the group consisting of C1q, C3, C4 and/or the proteolytic derivatives C3b and C4b. Further the use of the antibodies are provided for methods in modulating the activity of the complement system as well 5 as methods of treating disorders associated with complement activation.
US12110319B2
Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof specific to the YFV E protein and with neutralizing potency against YFV are provided. These antibodies and antigen-binding fragments are useful in treating YFV.
US12110318B2
Analogs for CLR/RAMP receptor ligands are provided that have agonist, superagonist, antagonist, super-antagonist, or multiple receptor modulating activity. The analogs can be selective for one or more CLR/RAMP receptors, or can be pan-specific for multiple G protein-coupled receptors.
US12110317B2
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders.
US12110315B1
A fish-derived peptidoglycan recognition protein mutant and an application thereof are provided. An amino acid sequence of the mutant is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, a nucleotide sequence of the mutant is shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. The present disclosure provides the preparation method for the mutant with a broad-spectrum antibacterial activity and robust inhibitory effects on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Compared with the wild-type LcPGRP5 protein, the mutant protein demonstrates a stronger ability to inhibit the activity against Staphylococcus aureus and enhance the phagocytic ability of fish macrophages.
US12110307B2
The present invention is concerned with self-immolative recognition and/or responsive systems for electrophilic compounds, especially alkylating agents, which systems may comprise disclosure or detection of the alkylating agent. The present invention is especially concerned with non-protic triggered self-immolative systems, molecules, and methods, and in particular for detection of non-protic electrophilic agents, and especially alkylating agents, for example alkyl or benzylic halides, which may be found in pesticides or fumigants, or chemical warfare agents.
US12110304B2
Provided are a divalent phosphazenium salt which is neutral and is excellent in thermal stability and aldehyde scavenging ability, and a method for producing the same. Also provided are a polyalkylene oxide composition having a volatile aldehyde amount reduced, having generation of odor and turbidity suppressed and being excellent in urethanization reactivity, and a method for producing such a polyalkylene oxide composition, as well as a polyurethane-forming composition containing the polyalkylene oxide composition. A divalent phosphazenium salt having a specific structure. Also, a polyalkylene oxide composition comprising a divalent phosphazenium salt having a specific structure and a polyalkylene oxide, a method for producing the same, and a polyurethane-forming composition containing the same.
US12110299B2
The present invention provides a novel thiazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing the same. The thiazole derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present invention has selective inhibitory activity against cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and thus can be used as a preventive or therapeutic agent for various diseases associated with CDK.
US12110297B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US12110296B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a compound represented by formula (2), comprising at least a step of preparing a compound represented by formula (1) and a step of reacting the compound represented by formula (1) with a hydrogen source using a catalyst, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group.
US12110277B2
The present disclosures are directed to processes for synthesizing (S)-2-(((S)-6,8-difluoro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)amino)-N-(1-(2-methyl-1-(neopentylamino)propan-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)pentanamide (“nirogacestat”).
US12110276B2
This disclosure relates to compounds and methods of using said compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, for treating diseases and conditions mediated by TEAD, such as cancer.
US12110269B2
The invention relates to a process wherein a dialkyl carbonate stream containing an ether alkanol impurity is subjected to extractive distillation using an extraction solvent to obtain a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and a bottom stream comprising the extraction solvent and the ether alkanol impurity, wherein the extraction solvent is an organic compound containing one or more hydroxyl groups and one or more ester moieties and/or ether moieties. Further, the invention relates to a process for making a diaryl carbonate, comprising reacting an aryl alcohol with a stream containing a dialkyl carbonate from which stream an ether alkanol impurity has been removed in accordance with the above-described process.
US12110263B2
The present invention provides compounds according to Formula I as described herein, and their use for inhibiting the lysine gingipain protease (Kgp) from the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis. Also described are gingipain activity probe compounds and methods for assaying gingipain activity are also described, as well as methods for the treatment of disorders associated with P. gingivalis infection, including brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
US12110253B2
A method for curing adhesive during assembly of glass syringes, including: dispensing adhesive onto a glass syringe; and curing the adhesive using a UV LED line array. The method may include one or both of pre-curing the adhesive using a UV LED spot and heating at least one of the glass barrel, needle and adhesive at one or more points during the method. A system for curing an adhesive during assembly of a glass syringe, the system including: a dispensing station for dispensing the adhesive onto a glass barrel and needle; a pre-curing station for pre-curing the adhesive; a curing station for curing the adhesive; and at least one infrared heater for heating at least one of the glass barrel, needle and adhesive at one or more points in the system. The glass syringe may be operated on by a subset of the stations in the system.
US12110240B2
A capacitive deionization process is provided. The capacitive deionization process includes a charging step of applying power to a capacitive deionization apparatus in a charging state and supplying charge water containing target dissolved ions to be precipitated to the capacitive deionization apparatus for a predetermined period of time, a discharging step of applying power to the capacitive deionization apparatus in a discharging state and supplying discharge water in which the target dissolved ions are in a saturated state to the capacitive deionization apparatus for a predetermined period of time, and a crystal recovery step of recovering a crystal of the target dissolved ions precipitated in the capacitive deionization apparatus and/or the discharge water.
US12110234B2
A polycrystalline ferrite composition comprises a formula of M5Me2Ti3Fe12O31, wherein M is Ba2+, Sr2+, or a combination thereof; and Me is Mg2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Co2+, or a combination thereof; and has an average grain size of 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers. A composite comprises a polymer matrix; and the polycrystalline ferrite composition. Methods of making the polycrystalline ferrite composition and the composite are also disclosed.
US12110229B2
A heat recovery system for plasma reformers is comprised of a cascade of regenerators and recuperators that are arranged to transfer in stages the heat at high temperatures for storage, transport, and recirculation. Recirculation of heat increases the efficiency of plasma reformers and heat exchanging reduces temperature of the product for downstream applications.
US12110227B2
A method for recovering lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide is provided in the present application. The method of the present application may comprise: mixing a slag from lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide production process with a solvent of carbonate ester, to obtain a mixed material; subjecting the mixed material to solid-liquid separation, to obtain a discharged liquid and a solid slag; monitoring the chromaticity of the discharged liquid and comparing the chromaticity of the discharged liquid with a chromaticity reference; recycling the discharged liquid to the mixed material, if the chromaticity of the discharged liquid is higher than the chromaticity reference; and recycling the discharged liquid to lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide production process, if the chromaticity of the discharged liquid is lower than or equal to the chromaticity reference.
US12110222B2
Disclosed is a manual pouring device or belonging, suitable for piercing and emptying a granular material contained in a vacuum-sealed package, including: a tubular body, having a duct for the flow of the material, extending from an inlet opening positioned at a first end of the tubular body to an outlet opening for the granular material, positioned at a second end of the tubular body; and a hollow piercing tool having a distal end ending in a pointed tip, and a widened base at the proximal end thereof, rigidly connected to the body. The device further includes a shoulder serving as a stop, configured to come into contact with the wall of the package to stop the pouring device when the wall is pierced by the piercing tool.
US12110218B2
A lift device includes a lift apparatus for raising and lowering a robotic attachment. The lift apparatus includes a base assembly, the base assembly including a prime mover to rotate one or more wheels. The robotic attachment includes a base, a primary robotic implement, and a secondary robotic implement, each moveable independent of the base. The robotic attachment further includes a stabilizer bar coupled to the base and configured to engage with an external support to provide a stabilizing force to the robotic attachment. At least one of the primary robotic implement and the secondary robotic implement are configured to move one or more end effectors to perform a welding operation, including a weld gun, a weld lead, and a needle scaler. The lift apparatus may also include a control system configured to position the robotic implements in a plurality of preset positions.
US12110211B2
A break detection device includes an extraction unit (22), an extraction unit (23), a detection unit (24), and a determination unit (26). The extraction unit (22) extracts, from an output signal from a sensor, a vibration component in a specific frequency band. The extraction unit (23) attenuates, from the vibration component extracted by the extraction unit (22), a steady vibration component and a progressively increasing vibration component to extract a determination signal. The detection unit (24) detects, on the basis of the determination signal, occurrence of an abnormal variation in the output signal from the sensor. The determination unit (26) determines whether or not a rope has a broken portion.
US12110208B2
The present approaches are in the in the field of vacuum (or pneumatic) elevators, where the elevator cabin is brought into motion in a vertically situated or vertically inclined and hermetically sealed elevator shaft by means of aerial pressure differential above and below the elevator cabin. Such approaches do not require having any ropes, pulleys, chains, gears, or hydraulics that are traditionally used in conventional elevator systems. More specifically, the present approaches are in the field of panoramic vacuum elevators, where the elevator hoistway is built of panoramic glass panels running from floor to ceiling of every floor and the elevator cabin is built of panoramic glass panels running from floor to the ceiling of the cabin, and that this type of elevator does not incorporate any metal constructive structures—frames, mesh, guides or rails that are traditionally used in every conventional elevator product.
US12110199B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for track creation are provided. A computer receives a notification of at least one object to be moved. The at least one object is disposed at a first position. The computer receives a determination of a second position for the at least one object. The computer generates a track plan for a first track for transporting the at least one object from the first position to the second position. The computer transmits a first instruction message to a first robot. The instruction message instructs the first robot to build a track according to the track plan.
US12110183B2
A workstation receives bots carrying order totes and bots carrying product totes for transfer of goods from the product totes to the order totes. The workstation comprises a robot for automated transfer of goods between the product and order totes, but may also have a station for an operator to perform manual transfer. Cameras may be provided to capture images of the product and/or order totes to identify contents of totes and to identify positions where goods are to be picked from the product totes and placed into the order totes.
US12110146B2
An apparatus for heat-sealing a lidding film (2) to a supporting element (3), comprising a movement track (5), which extends between an infeed zone and an outfeed zone, a conveying unit (8) and a heat-sealing device (6) which is fitted along the movement track (5), the device (6) comprising a supporting unit (10) and a closing unit (11) which are movable between a home position in which they are at a distance from each other and an operating position in which they are coupled to clamp, in use, the lidding film (2) and a supporting element (3); wherein the conveying unit (8) is configured to support the supporting element (3) and to move and is associable with the movement track (5) for moving on it; the conveying unit (8) comprising one or more active portions (12) which are configured to support the supporting element (3) from below and to couple to the supporting unit (10) to define with it a clamping unit for clamping the supporting element (3) against the closing unit (11).
US12110144B2
A dosing apparatus for a machine for producing unit dose articles including first and second dosing units each having: a nozzle support body carrying a plurality of nozzles, and a movement control unit configured for moving the respective nozzle support body along a closed-loop path, wherein the movement control units of the first and second dosing units are configured for moving the respective nozzle support bodies independently of each other along the closed-loop path.
US12110141B2
The present invention provides a packaging apparatus for picking up a set of articles from a first conveying line and releasing into a package at a second conveying line, simultaneously.
US12110139B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage, electronics disposed with the fuselage, a heat sink, and a solar shield. The heat sink is thermally connected to the electronics and includes a cooling plate disposed on or extends through an exterior surface of the fuselage. The cooling plate is exposed to an external environment of the UAV to conduct heat from the electronics to the external environment via convection. The solar shield extends over the cooling plate and defines an air scoop within which the cooling plate is disposed. The air scoop directs airflow from the external environment across the cooling plate. The solar shield shades the cooling plate from solar radiation to prevent or reduce solar heating of the cooling plate.
US12110132B2
A device including a first member for supporting a user; and a second member 14, attached to the first member, including a counterbalance portion. The first member and the second member are each moveable, and operable to slide with respect to each other in opposite directions, between a first position and a second position. The device can be operable such that between the first and second positions, the combined center of mass of the device 10 and its user remains substantially fixed. This serves to reduce the extent of forces and vibrations generated by use of the device on the object to which the device is located.
US12110129B2
An autonomous landing system for vertical landing aircraft includes a vertical landing aircraft including a powertrain and an onboard camera, a motion-stabilized visual cue including a visual indicator, wherein the visual cue is configured to maintain a fixed orientation of the visual indicator with respect to a horizon, and an autonomous control system configured to control a position of the aircraft with respect to the visual indicator of the visual cue based on image data captured by the onboard camera.
US12110124B2
A vertical takeoff and landing vehicle which includes an allocation block that receives a set of desired forces or desired moments and a health metric associated with at least one of: (1) a motor controller or (2) a rotor that operates in a vertical takeoff and landing mode at least some of the time. A command signal is determined per a first manner that attempts to satisfy both the set of desired forces or desired moments and the health metric. If the command signal is unable to be determined in the first manner, a second manner is used that prioritizes flight control associated with one or more of a roll axis or a pitch axis over flight control associated with a yaw axis where the axes are mutually orthogonal. The command signal is output to the motor controller that controls the rotor using the command signal.
US12110121B2
A method for defining the steady state speed of an auxiliary power unit (APU) of an aircraft according to the aircraft operating condition.
US12110115B2
Methods and apparatus to direct ventilation of vehicle occupants are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes an air supply duct of a cabin of a vehicle, a manifold fluidly coupled to the air supply duct, the manifold to extend to occupant seats of the cabin, and nozzles fluidly coupled to the manifold, the nozzles to be positioned to face toward a front of a face of an occupant when the occupant occupies one of the occupant seats.
US12110113B2
The present invention provides, an aircraft passenger seat unit comprising a convertible passenger seat, a shell defining a planform of the seat unit, the planform having a first end region across a first end of the planform, a second end region across the second end of the planform, and a middle region extending from the first end region to the second end region, wherein the second end region is offset from the first end region in a direction transverse to the length of the planform, the shell further comprising a moveable partition being moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, in which a sight line is unblocked, wherein the moveable partition is located adjacent the middle region and wherein, when in the lowered position, the partition is located under the bed height of the converted passenger seat.
US12110112B2
A galley cart stowage system for stowing galley carts in a galley of an aircraft includes a lower cart compartment and an upper cart compartment located above the lower cart compartment both configured to receive at least one galley cart. At least one vertical conveyance device extends between the cart compartments to move the galley carts between the cart compartments. A galley workspace having a workspace volume is located between the cart compartments. The galley workspace has a countertop movable between a deployed position and a clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to allow movement of the galley carts between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment.
US12110091B2
An altitude control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a compressor assembly defining a plenum therein, a passive valve assembly coupled to a first portion of the compressor assembly and in fluid communication with the plenum, and an active valve assembly coupled to a second portion of the compressor assembly and in fluid communication with the plenum. A method of controlling an altitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle are also provided.
US12110087B1
A method for replacing a battery and a watercraft including a hull; a deck; an electric propulsion system including: a battery disposed in a rear portion of the watercraft, and an electric motor electrically connected the battery; an opening defined at least in part by at least one of the hull and the deck, the opening providing access to a space between the hull and the deck, the opening being sized to permit the passage of the battery therethrough; and a rear module selectively connected to at least one of the hull and the deck, the rear module selectively closing the opening, the rear module, the battery, the deck, and the hull being arranged such that the battery is selectively removable through the opening when the rear module is removed from the watercraft.
US12110080B2
Methods and systems are provided for draining water from the interior of a watercraft via a drainage valve system. In one example the drainage valve system has an outer frame housing an inner ball valve. The drainage valve system is adapted to be slidable between a first and a second position.
US12110079B2
A boat including first and second aft-facing seats. The first aft-facing seat has a first seating surface. The second aft-facing seat has a second seating surface. The second seating surface is forward of the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be at a level higher than the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.
US12110066B1
Aerodynamic fairing devices divert rising headwinds lifted over the top of a truck more laterally outwards to reduce vehicle drag. Embodiments include a truck cab roof mounted fairing, a streamlined truck cab roof, a fairing visor disposed on either cab roof fairing or on a streamlined truck cab roof, and a forwardly open-box sidewall assembly disposed on an upper portion of the front wall of a cargo box of a truck or semitrailer.
US12110062B2
A car body panel structure includes a stress relieving part disposed on the car body panel and located between multiple connecting sides for connecting the car body panel and the frame component.
US12110058B2
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces. More particularly, the present invention relates to side-by-side all terrain vehicles having plural rows of seats.
US12110053B2
The disclosure relates to a steering control system, a steering control device, and a steering control method. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a steering control device, comprising a receiver receiving sensing data from at least one of a rack bar position sensor or a rack force sensor, a controller generating a first control signal to move a road wheel actuator and a second control signal to move the road wheel actuator and a transmitter transmitting the first control signal and the second control signal to the road wheel actuator.
US12110041B2
A system and method for completing trajectory prediction from agent-augmented environments that include receiving image data associated with surrounding environment of an ego agent and processing an agent-augmented static representation of the surrounding environment of the ego agent based on the image data. The system and method also include processing a set of spatial graphs that correspond to an observation time horizon based on the agent-augmented static representation. The system and method further include predicting future trajectories of agents that are located within the surrounding environment of the ego agent based on the spatial graphs.
US12110028B2
A computer-implemented method for navigating a host vehicle may include receiving an image frame acquired by an image capture device associated with the host vehicle; identifying in the image frame a representation of a target vehicle; determining an orientation indicator associated with the target vehicle; based on the determined orientation indicator, identifying a candidate region of the acquired image frame where a representation of a vehicle door of the target vehicle is expected in an open door condition; extracting the candidate region from the image frame; providing the candidate region to an open door detection network; determining a navigational action for the host vehicle in response to an indication from the open door detection network that the candidate region includes a representation of a door of the target vehicle in an open condition; and causing an actuator associated with the host vehicle to implement the navigational action.
US12110026B2
Autonomous driving systems and methods for a vehicle include a driver intent determination system configured to determine a driver intent for which of two different lanes the driver intends the vehicle to follow during a lane split scenario and a controller configured to operate the vehicle according to an autonomous driving feature whereby the controller automatically controls steering of the vehicle, determine which of the two different lanes are supported for the autonomous driving feature, determine which of the two different lanes that the vehicle will follow during the lane split scenario based at least on the determined driver intent and which of the two different lanes are supported for the autonomous driving feature to obtain a target lane, and automatically control at least the steering system of the vehicle to follow the target lane.
US12110016B2
A vehicle includes a navigation device, a sensor device, and a control device configured to identify an entry of the vehicle into a predetermined section of a road through the navigation device. In particular, the control device may identify at least one of a curvature of the road, a speed of the vehicle, or an acceleration of the vehicle through the sensor device in response to the entry of the vehicle into the predetermined section, and perform a lateral control of the vehicle based on at least one of the curvature of the road, the speed of the vehicle, or the acceleration of the vehicle.
US12110010B2
A driving assistance device includes processing circuitry to acquire host vehicle information, receive mobile object information from a mobile object outside the host vehicle using wireless communication, determinate a right or left turn of the host vehicle based on the host vehicle information, obtain a prediction point by calculating a right or left turn point of the host vehicle based on the host vehicle information, determine whether or not the host vehicle collides with the mobile object using the host vehicle information, the mobile object information, and the prediction point, and perform driving assistance of the host vehicle based on a result of the collision determination. The processing circuitry obtains the prediction point by calculating, on a basis of a preset deceleration, a distance required for the speed of the host vehicle HV included in the host vehicle information to reach a target speed set in advance.
US12110005B2
A control device for a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, a motor, and a clutch provided between the internal combustion engine and the motor includes a first start control unit that starts the internal combustion engine by causing the motor to perform cranking, a second start control unit that starts the internal combustion engine without causing the motor to perform cranking, and a setting unit that sets a threshold for a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine according to a vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle. When the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is less than the threshold, the first start control unit starts the internal combustion engine. When the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than the threshold, the second start control unit starts the internal combustion engine.
US12110001B1
A vehicle system is provided that optimizes vehicle operation by utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning and providing dynamic changes to the vehicle characteristics. The vehicle system includes one or more sub-systems controlled by a vehicle operating system utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning.
US12109998B2
A braking system for a vehicle may include a hydraulic brake pedal system having a master cylinder having at least one pressure chamber, from which a hydraulic output is coupled to at least one brake circuit via an infeed switch valve. The master cylinder is coupled to a reservoir via at least one opening via a hydraulic connection. A failure of a pressure chamber seal of the at least one pressure chamber of the master cylinder is safeguarded by at least one redundancy, and the failure of the pressure chamber seal or the redundancy of the pressure chamber seal of the at least one pressure chamber of the master cylinder can be diagnosed.
US12109992B2
A braking system including a brake controller to control an actuating drive, a wireless communication unit to receive external data from an external device, an online receiver to receive vehicle data from devices within the vehicle and a portion of the external data and to identify a situation requiring braking as online information, a first offline receiver to receive at the vehicle data from the devices and to identify the situation requiring braking as first offline information, a second offline receiver including sensors to record traffic data and configured to identify the situation requiring braking as second offline information from the traffic data, and a comparator to compare the online information and the first and second offline information and generate a positive or negative result on the basis of the comparison, and transmit a positive result to the brake controller in order to activate the brake controller.
US12109989B2
A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a drive unit configured to generate driving power; a transmission gear configured to be rotated by the driving power transmitted from the drive unit; a piston configured to move forward or rearward in conjunction with the rotation of the transmission gear and press or release a pad in a direction in which the piston moves forward or rearward; a parking gear configured to engage with the transmission gear and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the transmission gear; and a restriction unit installed to be movable toward the parking gear and configured to restrict the rotation of the parking gear by being inserted into the parking gear during parking braking.
US12109983B2
There is provided a system and method of cleaning surfaces of an enclosable environment of a contamination comprising a microbial and viral load. The method includes the steps of sealing the enclosable environment and placing water, and a solid or gel pack, into a container and generating a vortex the container by rotating an impeller. The agitation causes the solid or gel pack to release a gaseous cleaning agent. An air-borne spray exiting from the container spreads throughout the enclosable environment to contact the surfaces to be cleaned within the enclosable environment. The enclosable environment is maintained closed for an effective time period while the air-borne spray dwells on the surfaces to eliminate or substantially reduce the load of the contamination.
US12109980B2
A bicycle carrier includes a base configured to support a bicycle, a wheel securement arm, and a connection assembly. The wheel securement arm has a free end and a fixed end. The fixed end is rotatably coupled to the base. The connection assembly is coupled to the wheel securement arm and fixed to the base. The connection assembly is configured to rotate the wheel securement arm about the base.
US12109978B2
A cover for a storage compartment in a motor vehicle, having a top side and a bottom side, is characterized by ventilation slots or ventilation ducts which penetrate the cover, wherein at least some of the ventilation slots or ventilation ducts have slot walls or duct walls which form an angle α of 20° to 70° with the top side of the cover.
US12109970B1
A deployable restraint system including a panel, a tether coupled to the panel, and an actuator that moves the tether to deploy the panel. The panel and the tether are placed in tension between one of two sides of a compartment and a top of the compartment when the tether is moved by the actuator.
US12109968B1
An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, an upper airbag mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag mounted to the seat back below the upper airbag, a flexible conduit fluidly coupling the upper airbag and the lower airbag, and a device actuatable between a first state permitting airflow through the conduit and a second state blocking airflow through the conduit.
US12109966B2
The present invention relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle seat, comprising at least one airbag module, wherein the at least one airbag module comprises at least one airbag and is designed for attachment to a backrest and/or to a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, and a catch strap mechanism for the airbag module, wherein the catch strap mechanism comprises at least one catch strap arrangement attached to the airbag, the catch strap mechanism being designed for attachment to the vehicle seat.
US12109964B2
An airbag device provided with an airbag and inflator integrally covering the head and side sections of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The airbag, includes, during expansion and deployment, a head protecting chamber that covers the head of the occupant and side protecting chambers that cover the side sections of the occupant, and is stowed in a rolled state, for example, from a first side of the backrest of the vehicle seat to the second side over the upper portion. An additional folding part is provided on the outer periphery of the airbag extending from the attachment end side to the backrest so as to cover at least a part of the outer periphery of the airbag on the side opposite to the seated occupant.
US12109951B2
A vehicular camera system includes a camera module having an imager assembly, a main circuit board and a camera housing. The imager assembly includes (i) an imager disposed on an imager circuit board and (ii) a lens holder having a lens assembly that includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens. The imager assembly includes a flexible ribbon cable that electrically connects to an electrical connector at a multilayered PCB of the main circuit board. The camera housing includes an upper cover and a lower cover and includes a forward portion and a rearward portion. The main circuit board is accommodated within the forward and rearward portions, and the imager is disposed at the rearward portion and is not disposed at the forward portion of the camera housing. The lens holder is attached at the upper cover of the camera housing.
US12109945B2
A virtual engine sound system includes a cooling module air guard, a virtual noise speaker generating a virtual noise inside the cooling module air guard, a radiator mounted inside the cooling module air guard, and an active air flap emitting the virtual noise between the cooling module air guard and the radiator to the outside.
US12109941B1
A system may have a window. The window may have a waveguide that includes photoluminescent material such as a phosphor layer. The waveguide may have a waveguide core surrounded by cladding layers. The waveguide may be located between an outer structural glass layer and an inner structural glass layer. A light source such as an ultraviolet light source provides pump light to one or more edges the waveguide. The pump light is guided within the waveguide and excites the photoluminescent material. This causes the photoluminescent material to luminesce and create visible light illumination. The visible light illumination may be used to light up an interior region of the system.
US12109939B2
A method for forming a light engine assembly includes the steps of injecting a light trough material into a mold, thereby forming a light trough including a trough body having an edge, and injecting a seal material into the mold, thereby forming a seal configured to bond with the edge of the trough body. The method further includes cooling one of the light trough material and the seal material to adhere the light trough material to the seal material, thereby forming a unitary light trough part, ejecting the light trough part, and coupling a lighting unit with the light trough part.
US12109930B2
A heating and cooling cup holder for vehicles includes a heat insulating cup where a container accommodating part is formed with an upper part opened so that a beverage container can be accommodated, a heat exchange cup installed in the container accommodating part formed in the heat insulating cup, a circulation duct installed so that an air suction port and an air exhaust port are formed in the heat exchange cup, a circulation fan circulates and introduces air into the heat exchange cup through the air suction port and the air exhaust port formed in the circulation duct, a radiation plate heat-exchanging the air introduced into the heat exchange cup by the circulation fan to re-supply to the heat exchange cup through the circulation duct, and a thermoelectric element installed so that the radiation plate can absorb and generate heat.
US12109920B2
An adjusting device for a vehicle seat for adjusting a component of the vehicle seat, may have a tube, a motor and a pinion which is drivable by the motor. The motor and the pinion may be arranged in the tube. In addition, a vehicle seat may have a transverse tube, a component which is movable relative to the transverse tube and the adjusting device for adjusting the component relative to the transverse tube.
US12109918B2
A vehicle seat and storage system includes a vehicle seat having a seat base and a seat back extending from the seat base. A storage apparatus is connected to the seat back and is movable from a stowed position against the seat back to an extended position away from the seat back. The storage apparatus is configured to position and secure one or more cargo items. A seat motor is operably connected to the seat. The seat motor is configured to move the seat back from a first position extending upward from the seat base to a second position where the seat back is disposed flat against the seat base.
US12109913B2
A regenerative braking system is provided. The regenerative braking system includes: a preceding vehicle recognition module installed in a vehicle, the preceding vehicle recognition module configured to determine whether a preceding vehicle is present and measure information on a relative distance and a relative velocity to the preceding vehicle; a vehicle sensor installed in the vehicle; and a controller configured to receive information generated from the preceding vehicle recognition module and a sensor signal generated form the vehicle sensor; to generate a reference deceleration to maintain a distance from the preceding vehicle within a safety distance; to generate a driving torque command for outputting regenerative braking torque for following the generated reference deceleration; and to transfer the generated driving torque command to a vehicular driving system.
US12109908B2
An electrified motor vehicle includes a display unit for displaying at least one residual range, a high-voltage accumulator, and at least one electronic control unit which determines an expected minimum range on the basis of the state of charge of the high-voltage accumulator and which determines, on the basis of the temperature of the high-voltage accumulator and the state of charge of the high-voltage accumulator, a temperature-dependent bonus range which is displayed instead of the minimum range if the minimum range has dropped to zero.
US12109903B2
An electrical delivery apparatus. The apparatus includes a plug assembly configured to be inserted into a receptacle apparatus of a vehicle to deliver electrical power to the vehicle. The apparatus includes a control means configured to, upon activation, deliver electrical power to the vehicle via an electrical line and the plug assembly, and, upon detection of at least one predetermined condition, automatically disconnect the electrical power from the electrical line and the plug assembly. The predetermined condition includes disconnection of the plug assembly from the receptacle apparatus.
US12109901B2
The present application provides a charging socket including a socket body, the socket body is provided with a charging end configured to connect to a charging plug, a conversion end configured to connect to a battery pack, and a terminal accommodating cavity communicated with and between the charging end and the conversion end; the conversion end is provided with a mating installation groove configured to mount an adapter plug and configured to pluggably connect with the adapter plug. In the charging socket provided in the present application, only the adapter plug is required to be pulled out from the mating installation groove on the socket body when the charging terminal mounted in the terminal accommodating cavity needs to be repaired or replaced, thereby removal of the connection between the charging terminal and the battery pack is completed, which effectively reduces the difficulty of disassembly and assembly. Therefore, this process is simple, improves the working efficiency, and reduces the maintenance cost.
US12109900B2
A mower is provided and includes: a case; a charging circuit provided in the case, and a combination of a wheel assembly and a charging interface assembly arranged on the case. The combination is electrically connected to the charging circuit. The combination includes: a wheel assembly; and a charging interface assembly electrically connected to the charging circuit. The wheel assembly and the charging interface assembly are integrated molding structure.
US12109893B1
The electric vehicle of the present disclosure includes an accelerator pedal, a paddle type shifter, and a motor controller. The paddle type shifter is pre-registered with upshift operation, downshift operation, and mode switching operation. The motor controller switches a control mode of the electric motor between a manual mode and an automatic mode in response to the mode switching operation on the paddle type shifter. When the control mode is the automatic mode, the motor controller changes an output of the electric motor in accordance with the operation of the accelerator pedal. On the other hand, when the control mode is the manual mode, the motor controller changes an output characteristic of the electric motor with respect to the operation of the accelerator pedal in accordance with the upshift operation and the downshift operation of the paddle type shifter.
US12109880B2
A gearbox apparatus includes a number of gears selectable by a user to drive a drive shaft, the number being greater than the number of gears physically connected to the drive shaft of the gearbox. The apparatus can be controlled remotely by a wireless signal emitting or receiving device, which includes a smart phone, desktop computer, a signal tower, and the like.
US12109871B2
A vehicle air vent apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus which guides air introduced from a vehicle air conditioner into a vehicle using a direct wind mode or indirect wind mode. The vehicle air vent apparatus includes a duct part including an entrance and an exit of an air passage communicating with the vehicle air conditioner, a cover part configured to selectively close the exit of the duct part, a vent part configured to adjust a wind direction of air introduced into the vehicle through the exit of the duct part and including a rack disposed under a body of the vent part and extending in a longitudinal front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a driving part configured to change a position of the cover part and a position of the vent part according to a preset logic.
US12109870B2
A refrigerant circuit, which can be used in a vehicle or motor vehicle, includes an air conditioning compressor, a main condenser, at least one connectable condenser, and a switching valve. The switching valve can connect one or more of the switchable condensers to the refrigerant circuit. The circuit may also include a pressure equalizing device with an electric heater that can equalize an internal pressure of the at least one connectable condenser with an internal pressure of the main condenser.
US12109869B2
A temperature adjusting device includes a heat radiation portion and a refrigeration cycle device. The heat radiation portion radiates heat of a target object to outside air. The refrigeration cycle device has a condenser and an evaporator. The condenser condenses a high-pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant. The evaporator evaporates a low-pressure refrigerant pressure-reduced in a pressure reducing portion that reduces a pressure of the high-pressure refrigerant. The condenser radiates heat of the high-pressure refrigerant to at least part of the outside air that has passed through the heat radiation portion. The heat radiation portion radiates the heat of the target object to the outside air before heat of the outside air is absorbed in the condenser.
US12109867B2
A thermal request mediating device (1) that is mounted in a vehicle including a first thermal circuit (LT) and a second thermal circuit (RE) configured to exchange heat with the first thermal circuit, the thermal request mediating device includes: a discharged heat amount acquiring unit configured to requested amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits; and a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit, and increase the amount of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and decrease the amount of discharged heat allowable for the second thermal circuit as the first requested amount of discharged heat increases when the sum of the amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits exceeds the maximum amount of dischargeable heat.
US12109861B2
A calibration device includes: a first coefficient calculation unit, a first output unit, an ideal value calculation unit, a second coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a second coefficient by dividing a second output value by the ideal value, the second output value being an actual output value of the detector when the extension/contraction amount of the suspension device is the first extension/contraction amount, and a calibration unit configured to calculate a calibration value which is an output value after calibration of the detector when the suspension device has the minimum extension/contraction amount, by using the second output value, the first extension/contraction amount, the operation amount, the first output value, and the second coefficient.
US12109859B2
An electric vehicle includes a ladder frame and a driving unit, the driving unit including a motor that generates driving force to be transmitted to an axle of the electric vehicle and a transmission mechanism that shifts the driving force passed from the motor. The electric vehicle further includes a motor housing that accommodates the motor of the driving unit, a leaf spring that suspends the axle from the electric vehicle, a first coupling part that couples the ladder frame to the motor housing, and a second coupling part that is integrated with the first coupling part and that couples the ladder frame to an end part of the leaf spring. The second coupling part has a rib-shaped portion that protrudes outward in the vehicle width direction and that is connected to the end part the leaf spring.
US12109851B2
A transmitter includes a data generating unit configured to generate transmission data, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a receiver that includes a setting unit that sets a threshold for controlling a vehicle in accordance with the type of the tire valve, and a controlling unit that causes the transmitting unit to transmit the transmission data. The transmission data is information with which the setting unit sets the threshold. The transmission data includes valve identification information for causing the setting unit to recognize the type of the tire valve to which the transmitter is attached.
US12109850B2
A tire monitoring device configured to be mounted on a wheel and including: a pressure sensor for sensing an inflation pressure of a tire on the wheel; a wireless communication interface configured to receive data indicative of a command to indicate tire pressure, wherein the wireless communication interface is configured to communicate with at least one other tire monitoring device; a storage storing a predetermined pressure value; an indicator configured to provide a first indication and a second indication, wherein the first indication is different from the second indication; and a processing system configured to operate the indicator to provide the first indication or the second indication responsive to receipt of the command to indicate tire pressure, and based at least in part on the inflation pressure and the predetermined pressure value.
US12109847B2
The invention relates to a hub covering (2) for a tyre filling device of a vehicle for covering a wheel hub (1) of the vehicle, wherein an air supply which is coupled to a steering knuckle (21) arranged inside the wheel hub (1) is connected to an air volume in a tyre of a vehicle wheel at least indirectly via a rotary connection (3) arranged on the hub covering (2), wherein the rotary connection (3) comprises an adapter (4), which is arranged in an axially secured and rotatable manner on the hub covering (4), and receives a rotary transmitter (5) for producing a compressed air connection to the tyre of the vehicle wheel. The invention further relates to a tyre filling device and to an adapter (4) for such a hub covering (2).
US12109846B2
A tire comprises a crown zone comprising a crown reinforcement surmounted radially on the outside by a tread formed from at least one material that is not a conductor of electricity, the crown reinforcement comprising a plurality of layers superposed on one another, each layer of the crown reinforcement comprising two ends in the circumferential direction, these two ends being joined together in an abutment region, the tread comprising a weld region circumferentially offset by an angle of 180 degrees with respect to the region at which the radially outermost layer of the crown reinforcement is superposed. The tire comprises at least one conducting strip positioned between the tread and the crown reinforcement and located circumferentially as to be positioned at equal angular distances between the tread weld region and the region at which the radially outermost reinforcing layer is butted together, these two regions being diametrically opposite.
US12109845B2
Provided is a tire structure technology with which sufficient reading performance can be maintained even when a tire having an electronic component provided therein is caused to travel at high speed with severe handling. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, and in which the E*(1)50° C. at 50° C. and E*(1)150° C. at 150° C. of a first rubber member, and the E*(2)50° C. at 50° C. and E*(2)150° C. at 150° C. of a second rubber member, satisfy the following formula, where the first rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction, and the second rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned outward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction. (E*(1)50° C./E*(2)50° C.)−(E*(1)150° C./E*(2)150° C.)≥1.0
US12109836B1
A ballpoint dot pen tattoo cartridge includes a ballpoint pen element comprising an ink reservoir housed within a tapered bottom barrel providing a first barrel aperture and flanged top surface. A second barrel aperture in cylindrical top of the barrel includes a diameter larger than the first aperture with an assembly to attach the barrel cylindrical top to a tattoo machine. A resilient element within the barrel is sized to receive the ballpoint pen element between the first barrel aperture flanged top surface and two equal sized tabs on the ballpoint pen providing exit and retraction of the ballpoint pen assembly for ink discharge from the cartridge barrel tapered bottom whereby a tattoo machine operator controls the driving actuation of the tattoo machine to the ballpoint pen tip for controlling inked markings of a material.
US12109829B2
A production method of a modeled object includes a fixing step of fixing a thermally expandable sheet onto a tray by entirely or partially fixing a periphery of the thermally expandable sheet placed on the tray by a fixing member; a thermally expanding step of thermally expanding partially the thermally expandable sheet, which is in a state of being fixed onto the tray by the fixing step, by being heated by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet with light by an irradiation unit, while moving the irradiation unit from a first position toward a second position unit; and cooling the thermally expandable sheet, which has been thermally expanded partially by the thermally expanding step, while maintaining the state in which the thermally expandable sheet is fixed onto the tray, while returning the irradiation unit from the second position to the first position.
US12109823B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a condensation determiner that determines whether there is a possibility of condensation occurring inside the image-forming apparatus using condensation determination information including a measured apparatus temperature inside the apparatus, a preparation processor that performs a preparation process for executing a print function, and a preparation waiting time setter that sets a preparation waiting time indicating a period of time for performing the preparation process. When the image-forming apparatus is powered and it is determined that there is a possibility of condensation occurring inside the image-forming apparatus, a preparation waiting time is set using the condensation determination information and the preparation process is started. After counting of the preparation waiting time is started, it is determined that a periodically-measured fusing temperature reached a predetermined target temperature, and thereafter, the counted preparation waiting time elapsed, the preparation process is canceled.
US12109820B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of appropriately ordering an ink bottle. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus that includes: an ink tank that stores ink supplied from an ink bottle; and a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank, and the printing apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit status information in which at least information relating to an ink remaining amount within the ink tank is included to a server and order processing of a new ink bottle is performed based on an ink consumption amount of the ink bottle.
US12109811B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid, and a drive waveform generator configured to generate a drive waveform to be applied to the liquid discharge head, the drive waveform including a first discharge pulse to cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid, a second discharge pulse after the first discharge pulse, the second discharge pulse to cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid, and a pulse interval between the first discharge pulse and the second discharge pulse, the pulse interval being equal to a time period in which the liquid is discharged by the second discharge pulse in a damping state in which the second discharge pulse is damped by a meniscus vibration generated by the first discharge pulse.
US12109803B2
An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a discharge unit configured to transport printed media from a discharge port to an outside; and a controller configured to cause the discharge unit (i) to perform a holding operation to hold a part of a first group of printed media corresponding to a first print pause sheet number set in a setting unit at the discharge port by the discharge unit, and (ii) when the part of the first group of printed media is removed from the discharge port, to transport a second group of printed media corresponding to a second print pause sheet number set in the setting unit from the discharge port toward the outside and to perform the holding operation to hold a part of the second group of the printed media with being exposed to the outside from the discharge port.
US12109791B2
A display module includes a display panel including a first side surface, a first film disposed on the display panel, and including a second side surface, a second film disposed under the display panel, and including a third side surface, a first adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the first film, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the second film, wherein the first side surface of the display panel overlaps the first film and the second film, and at least a portion of the second side surface and at least a portion of the third side surface protrude more than the first side surface, in a plan view.
US12109781B2
A decorated laminate including: an outer ply; an inner ply; a polymer interlayer between the inner ply and the outer ply; and organic ink printed decoration on one or both of internal surfaces of the laminate between the outer ply and the polymer interlayer or between the inner ply and polymer interlayer, wherein the decorated laminate has a stone impact resistance as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the decorated laminate.
US12109779B2
A copper-clad laminate includes an insulating layer that contains a cured product of a resin composition containing a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) in a molecule, and a metal foil that is laminated on the insulating layer, and in which a chromium element amount, on an exposed surface of the insulating layer exposed by an etching treatment of the copper-clad laminate is 7.5 at % or less with respect to a total element amount on the exposed surface, and ten-point average roughness of the exposed surface is 2.0 μm or less. In Formula (1), Z represents an arylene group, R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R4 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US12109776B2
Disclosed is a high corrosion-resistance strip steel and its manufacturing method. The high corrosion-resistance strip steel comprises a carbon steel base layer and a corrosion-resistance cladding layer roll-bonded with the carbon steel base layer, the corrosion-resistance cladding layer being austenitic stainless steel or pure titanium, the thickness of the corrosion-resistance cladding layer being 0.5% to 5% of the total thickness of the strip steel. The high corrosion-resistance strip steel has a high corrosion-resistance surface, good interlayer bonding performance, good mechanical properties and processability.
US12109772B2
A method for transferring unwinders (36) using a transfer facility (38) comprising a control unit (39) for controlling the unwinders, and at least one autonomous mobile platform (40) is disclosed. The facility comprises measurement means for measuring the quantity of product wound on reels (22) supported by the unwinders and communication means. The method comprises the following successive operations: measuring the quantity of product wound on the reels and communicating the measured data to the control unit; on the basis of the measured data, determining the moment at which to transmit a removal or supply mission instruction to a mobile platform; transmitting to a mobile platform at the previously-determined moment, a mission instruction to remove or to supply a unwinder; and moving the mobile platform in such a way that it becomes positioned under a unwinder.
US12109771B2
A method of making optical diffuser elements (20) includes providing a substrate (100) composed of a polymer material and having openings (102) therein. An optical diffuser material (110) is dispensed into the openings (102), and the optical diffuser material (110) is hardened to form a sheet (200) composed of regions of the optical diffuser material (110) surrounded laterally by the polymer material. The method includes separating the sheet (200) into multiple optical diffuser elements (30) that retain their mechanical stability and optical properties when subjected to a reflow process.
US12109766B2
Provided are a fiber-reinforced composite molded article prepared by heat-curing, as a molding material of a fiber-reinforced resin material, a resin composition to which an internal mold release agent is added, the fiber-reinforced composite molded article being capable of effectively producing mold releasability even with a small amount of the mold release agent added, and being capable of achieving high productivity, and a method of forming the fiber-reinforced composite molded article. A fiber-reinforced composite molded article prepared by curing reinforcing fibers and a resin composition, the resin composition including an internal mold release agent, wherein the value obtained by normalizing a Poisson-corrected ion intensity derived from the internal mold release agent detected on the surface of the fiber-reinforced composite molded article, by the Poisson-corrected gross positive secondary ion intensity detected in the predetermined area is higher than 0.1, and a molding method therefor.
US12109760B2
Described is an apparatus and method for the additive manufacturing of 3D objects. The apparatus includes a 3D object material deposition module configured to deposit a portion of material forming at least a layer of a 3D object, a 3D object material solidifying module configured to solidify at least the portion of material forming at least a layer of the 3D object and a control computer. The control computer includes a module configured to analyze the slope or curvature change ratio and operate material deposition module to deposit the 3D object material across the cross-section of the 3D object with at least one of a plurality of layers forming the 3D object that has different from other layers characteristics.
US12109753B2
A method of applying a cover to a housing may include bonding a plurality of reinforcement elements to respective inside corners of a textile having an initial shape and disposing the plurality of reinforcement elements within respective recesses at corners of the housing to secure the textile to the housing. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US12109752B2
A composition for forming an underlayer film in an imprinting method, which includes a high-molecular-weight compound having a polymerizable functional group and a monomer having a plurality of crosslinking functional groups capable of being bonded to the polymerizable functional group, and in which a Hansen solubility parameter distance, which is a difference between a Hansen solubility parameter of the high-molecular-weight compound and a Hansen solubility parameter of the monomer, is 5.0 or less, and regarding the two crosslinking functional groups among the plurality of crosslinking functional groups, the number of atoms, which constitute a shortest atom chain mutually linking crosslinking points in the respective crosslinking functional groups, is 7 or more; a laminate including a layer formed of the composition for forming an underlayer film; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor element, in which a semiconductor element is manufactured using a pattern obtained by a pattern producing method.
US12109748B2
An operation quantity determination device for determining an operation quantity related to a molding machine, includes an observation unit configured to acquire observation data obtained by observing a physical quantity related to molding by the molding machine when the molding is executed, a state expression unit configured to generate a state expression map expressing a state of the molding machine based on the observation data acquired by the observation unit, and an operation quantity output unit configured to output the operation quantity based on the state expression map generated by the state expression unit.
US12109747B2
Method for checking the suitability of a moulding tool for a defined moulding process includes providing an electronic dataset in which each of different features of a moulding tool has a range of possible values; selecting a feature of the electronic dataset as a characterizing feature; establishing an identity of the moulding tool by at least one value of the value range of the characterizing feature, wherein a moulding tool to be checked is regarded as identical to the moulding tool precisely when the established value is present in relation to the characterizing feature; providing an electronic tool dataset including a plurality of different features; allocating the electronic tool dataset to the moulding tool with the established identity by a computing unit; and checking the electronic tool dataset with the computing unit in relation to the suitability of a moulding tool with the established identity in the defined moulding process.
US12109738B2
A machining apparatus includes an apparatus body and a setting jig. The setting jig has a frame body including openings to expose molding regions, which are to be molded by the apparatus body, of the sheet material, and a restraining portion to restrain a periphery of the molding regions. The apparatus body includes a support member that supports the setting jig at a position where the molding regions are disposed between an upper die and a lower die, and a first urging member to urge the support member toward the upper die so as to separate the molded body from the lower die, with the upper die disengaged from the lower die.
US12109730B2
A method for manufacturing pellets from polymer, comprising: (1) melting polymer flakes in a first section of a melt processing unit to create a first single stream of polymer melt; (2) separating the first single stream of polymer melt into multiple streams of polymer melt by means of a separation element; (3) passing the multiple streams through a multiple stream section of said melt processing unit and exposing the multiple streams to a pressure within the multiple stream section of the melt processing unit as the multiple streams pass through the multiple stream section; (4) recombining the multiple streams into at least one combined stream of polymer melt; and (5) cooling the polymer melt and forming said pellets from the at least one combined stream. The intrinsic viscosity of the at least one combined stream may be determined and, in response, the chamber pressure within the multiple stream section adjusted.
US12109720B2
A head of a cutting device includes a base configured to be fixed to a machine tool, a cylindrical suction nozzle integral with the base, a connector integral with the base and configured to receive a suction pipe. The suction nozzle is perforated by at least one oblong hole, for example parallel to an axis of the suction nozzle.
US12109719B2
A re-scaler for a multi-ply cutter includes a cutter table and a cutter frame. The cutter frame includes a fixed re-sealer end attached to an overlay film. The overlay film covers a workpiece on the cutter table through a movable re-sealer end, which is longitudinally displaced along the table and includes a swing arm on each side of the table. The cutter frame further includes a mandrel attached between the swing arms of the movable re-sealer end and the overlay film. Each of the swing arms include an actuator attached thereto, providing rotation of each of the swing arms in a first direction about an axis of the actuator thereby raising the mandrel above the table. The actuators also include a down stop preventing rotation of the swing arm in a second direction thereby establishing a minimum height of the mandrel above the table.
US12109716B2
A system for providing medication to a customer includes a movable structure with a robotic arm including one or more joints, actuators, and segments, each of which is structured to move a robotic manipulator coupled to an end of the robotic arm. The robotic manipulator is configured to retrieve and release a container containing the medication. The robotic arm further includes a camera and microphone, as well as a computing system that includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the memory causes the computing system to capture identifying data regarding a customer; identify the customer based on the identifying data; associate the customer with a medication order; and retrieve.
US12109709B2
Systems and methods for real time feedback and for updating welding instructions for a welding robot in real time is described herein. The data of a workspace that includes a part to be welded can be received via at least one sensor. This data can be transformed into a point cloud data representing a three-dimensional surface of the part. A desired state indicative of a desired position of at least a portion of the welding robot with respect to the part can be identified. An estimated state indicative of an estimated position of at least the portion of the welding robot with respect to the part can be compared to the desired state. The welding instructions can be updated based on the comparison.
US12109707B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a robotic device (50) with modified control commands transmitted over a wireless network, wherein the robotic device (50) comprises a plurality of joints (53), wherein each joint represents one degree of freedom of the robotic device, the method comprising at a trajectory modification entity (100): —determining a load of the wireless network (30), —receiving a plurality of control commands controlling a planned trajectory of the robotic device (50) from a robotic control entity (70), each of the control commands configured to control one degree of freedom of a first number of degrees of freedom addressed by the plurality of control commands, —determining a reduced number of degrees of freedom for the modified control commands smaller than the first number based on the determined load, —determining the modified control commands based on the reduced number of degrees of freedom, wherein the modified control commands address a limited number of degrees of freedom not higher than the reduced number of degrees of freedom, —transmitting the modified control commands instead of the received plurality of control commands to the robotic device (50).
US12109703B2
A method includes, traversing a laser line scanning sensor over a workpiece to generate a series of scan data according to a first set of scan parameters; assembling the series of scan data into a virtual model; detecting a first hole, defining absence of scan data, in a first region of the virtual model; responsive to the first hole defining a dimension less than a threshold dimension, assigning the first set of scan parameters to the first region; detecting a second hole, in a second region of the virtual model; responsive to the second hole defining a dimension greater than the threshold dimension, defining a second set of scan parameters associated with an increased resolution and assigning the second set of scan parameters to the second workpiece region; and compiling the first and second set of scan parameters into a scan protocol defining a minimum scan cycle duration.
US12109701B2
A robot is controlled using a combination of model-based and model-free control methods. In some examples, the model-based method uses a physical model of the environment around the robot to guide the robot. The physical model is oriented using a perception system such as a camera. Characteristics of the perception system may be are used to determine an uncertainty for the model. Based at least in part on this uncertainty, the system transitions from the model-based method to a model-free method where, in some embodiments, information provided directly from the perception system is used to direct the robot without reliance on the physical model.
US12109695B2
A modular configurable robot, comprising robot modules comprising a coupling mechanism including an electrical coupling member comprising a network communication signal connection, an arrangement forming upon coupling an orientation signal, an integrated circuit comprising a microcontroller circuit with unique identification code and I/O ports coupled to said electrical coupling to receive orientation electrical signal, a communication slave module comprising ports and registers storing state values of the ports, one port pre-designated as input, the ports being open or closed depending on the port state, the robot comprising a master communication module forming with said slave modules a master slave communication network topology, a server hosting a database of robot module parameters, accessible by unique identification code, said master module retrieving from said communication slave module the unique identification code, and from the database robot module parameters, and from said microcontroller circuit said information of a relative orientation.
US12109693B2
A control system includes: a search part that, among one or more moving systems, searches for the moving system that meets preset requirements; an instruction part that outputs to a moving mechanism included in the moving system being searched an instruction for moving a second machine to be controlled included in the moving system being searched by the search part to a position operable in linkage with a first machine to be controlled; and a provision part that provides to a storage part of a second control device included in the searched moving system a linking user program for controlling the second machine to be controlled to operate in linkage with the first machine to be controlled. This makes it possible to efficiently perform dynamic recombination of the machines to be controlled.
US12109690B2
An active arm module and modular robot arm for an industrial robot comprises a housing, a heat exchanger, a drive device, and a connecting side with a connecting plate. The connecting plate can be mechanically connected to a further arm module or to a robot base for transmitting drive and support forces. The housing defines an interior space for receiving the drive device. The heat exchanger accommodates the drive device at least in sections, and is thermally coupled to the drive device. The heat exchanger has a fluid channel and can exchange heat between the drive device and the fluid. The arm module comprises a fluid contact device arranged at the connecting plate. Fluid can be exchanged with the further arm module or robot base via the fluid contact device; e.g., the fluid channel can be filled with the fluid for exchanging the fluid with the first fluid contact device.
US12109688B2
The present application describes a mechanical hand comprising a plurality of finger assemblies each selectively moveable by a respective finger drive assembly about a finger pivot axis along a finger flexion/extension plane and between a finger open position and a finger closed position; a thumb assembly selectively rotatable by a first thumb drive assembly about a first thumb axis between an opposed position and a non-opposed position with respect to the finger assemblies, and selectively moveable by a second thumb drive assembly about a second thumb axis along a thumb flexion/extension plane and between a thumb open position and a thumb closed position; a controller operatively coupled to the finger and thumb drive assemblies; and a selector operatively coupled to the controller for selecting a desired thumb rotational position or a desired grip to be defined by the finger assemblies and the thumb assembly.
US12109679B2
A creeper frame comprising: a first and second side-rail; and a plurality of cross-rails located between the first and second side-rail. The first and second side-rails each include two side-rail wires secured together by a plurality of side-rail wire clips, and each cross-rail of the plurality of cross-rails includes two cross-rail wires secured together by a cross-rail wire clip.
US12109677B2
A driver drill allows smooth change of the drive conditions of a motor. The driver drill includes a motor, an output unit located frontward from the motor and rotatable with a rotational force from the motor, a trigger lever operable to activate the motor, a forward-reverse switch lever operable to change a rotation direction of the motor, a first operation member operable to change a drive condition of the motor, a second operation member located upward from the first operation member and operable to change the drive condition of the motor, and a controller that sets the drive condition of the motor in response to an operation on at least one of the first operation member or the second operation member.
US12109674B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic breaker. The valve is installed on an inner surface of the cylinder bush and the cylinder inner diameter portion to be movable in the vertical direction. The valve includes an upper valve portion having an upper end surface on which the pressure of the upper cylinder chamber acts, a lower valve portion having a lower end surface on which the pressure of the upper cylinder chamber acts, a first valve expanded-diameter portion which is formed between the upper valve portion and the lower valve portion, of which an outer diameter expands to be greater than outer diameters of the upper valve portion and the lower valve portion, and in which a first upper valve hydraulic pressure area communicates with the first and second flow channels, and a second valve expanded-diameter portion which is formed between the first valve expanded-diameter portion and the lower valve portion, of which an outer diameter expands to be greater than an outer diameter of the first valve expanded-diameter portion, and in which the second upper valve hydraulic pressure area communicates with the fourth flow channel, and the pressure of the valve switching chamber acts on a lower valve hydraulic pressure area having an area greater than an area of the first upper valve hydraulic pressure area.
US12109667B2
A spindle unit includes a spindle having a processing tool fitted to a distal end of the spindle; and a spindle housing having a thrust bearing and a radial bearing configured to support the spindle by air in a rotatable and noncontact manner, the thrust bearing including an air supply portion configured to supply air to a gap between an outer surface of the spindle, the outer surface being in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the spindle, and an inner surface of the spindle housing, and an adjusting unit capable of adjusting a distance of the gap in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the spindle.
US12109664B1
A method for measuring a thickness of a metal film, a polishing device, and a medium are provided. The method includes: determining a reference thickness of the metal film based on measurement signals, the measurement signals being indicative of measured thicknesses of different positions on the metal film; determining sub-adjustment parameters based on an adjustment parameter included in the reference thickness, wherein the adjustment parameter includes sub-adjustment parameters corresponding to topographies of different edges of the metal film; and adjusting, based on the sub-adjustment parameters, a coordinate value of a sampling point in a to-be-processed area of the metal film, processing, based on an adjusted coordinate value, an amplitude of the signal corresponding to the sampling point in the measurement signals, and determining a thickness of the metal film based on the processed signal amplitude.
US12109661B2
A tool holder having at least one sensor and a transmission device for transmitting the data captured by the sensor to a higher-level controller. The power supply to the sensor or the data module can be interrupted without contact when the tool holder is removed from the machining space of a machine tool. This prevents, for example, the power supply from being discharged while the tool holder is in a magazine outside the machine, and, for example, significantly increases the availability and service life of the tool holder before a battery is replaced, and/or before the accumulator and/or charge storage device is recharged.
US12109659B2
A magnet separator includes a separator body, a magnet drum and a driving portion. The magnet drum includes a first shaft, a cylinder provided inside the separator body, rotatably supported in the first shaft, an inner cylinder secured to the first shaft inside the cylinder, a magnet provided in the inner cylinder, and a second shaft rotating together with the cylinder. The separator body includes a pair of side walls. The driving portion includes an output portion provided on the outside the separator body. The second shaft penetrates one of the side walls toward outside of the separator body. The output portion is connected to the second shaft.
US12109658B2
Two welding wires whose current values are individually variable are placed along a groove of steel plates, and two operations are repeated, the first operation including: passing substantially the same current through both welding wires; generating a cathode spot in front of a molten pool by one welding wire's arc on a welding-direction forward side; and cleaning the steel plates' surfaces by the arc, and the second operation including: passing a pulse current having a higher value than that of the welding wire through the other welding wire, so that a cathode spot is generated in the molten pool by each welding wire's arc to newly form a molten pool; and advancing both welding wires in the welding direction to move the cathode spot to the newly-formed molten pool, and at the same time performing welding within an area where oxides on the steel plates' surfaces are removed.
US12109648B2
Provided is a laser annealing apparatus causing laser light to be radiated to processing receiving areas arranged, out of a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, along at least the second direction and move a batch radiation area and a workpiece in the first direction, and the laser annealing apparatus includes an energy density measuring apparatus measuring the energy density at, out of first and second ends of the batch radiation area in the second direction, at least the second end, an energy density adjusting apparatus adjusting the energy density at the first end, and a controller controlling the energy density adjusting apparatus. The energy density at the first end when (N+1)-th scanning is performed is so adjusted that the energy density at the first end in an (N+1)-th scan area approaches the energy density at the second end in the N-th scan area.
US12109647B2
A method for manufacturing a hollow container with use of a rotary tool including a tapered stirring pin, including: preparing a first metal member, a second metal member, and an auxiliary member; butting the first metal member and the second metal member to face with each other, the auxiliary member is interposed between the first metal member and the second metal member; and joining the first metal member with the second metal member via the auxiliary member. The first and second metal members, and the auxiliary member are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the first and second metal members have higher hardness than the auxiliary member. At least one of the first and second metal members has an inclined surface inclined outward, and the auxiliary member has an inclined surface, tapered from the external surface toward an internal surface, on at least one of the side surfaces.
US12109646B2
A stamped part includes a first blank, a second blank, and a weld joining the first blank to the second blank. The weld includes opposing ends. At least one of the opposing ends of the weld is recessed from adjacent edges of the first and second blanks.
US12109643B2
Texture for breaking oxide layers on an electrode and a tool applying texture to an electrode is disclosed. The tool may be used during a pattern creating process where the texture is applied to the electrode tip, or may be used during a re-conditioning process where a new texture is applied to a deteriorated electrode tip. The textured surface may include a pattern of raised or depressed features (teeth, knurls, protrusions, depressions, ridges, asperities, cross-hatches, parallel or non-parallel lines, star shapes, triangles, hexagons, etc.). The tool includes a plate having an upper side and a lower side, and a texture surface is arranged on one or both of the upper and lower sides of the tool. The tool's texture surface may include various asperities or patterns, which are imprinted onto the electrode tips by squeezing the electrodes against the upper and lower sides of the tool.
US12109638B2
A cutting insert which is excellent both in manufacturing performances and dimensional precision and forms a pair with a tool body and a gear cutter including the cutting insert are provided. A cutting insert has a first face which is a rake face, a second face, a peripheral side face, and a mounting hole. On a ridge line where the first face and the peripheral side face cross each other, a cutting blade is formed. The cutting blade includes a corner part capable of machining a tooth bottom of a gear, and a main part extending to the corner part. The peripheral side face includes an inner side face in contact with a tool body and a first flank facing the main part. The mounting hole penetrates the first flank and the inner side face so that a center axis crosses the inner side face perpendicularly. The cutting insert is formed having a wedge shape such that thickness of the first flank and the inner side face becomes smaller as it goes from one end to the other end.
US12109635B2
A cutting head rotatable about a central axis, includes a tip portion and an intermediate portion. The tip portion has an axially forwardmost tip point contained in the central axis and at least two axially forward-facing front surfaces, each front surface having a radially extending cutting edge. The intermediate portion has at least two head lands circumferentially alternating with at least two chip evacuation passages, each head land having a leading edge extending axially rearwardly from the tip portion. The cutting edges are contained in an imaginary annular ring surface, and a first imaginary radial plane containing the central axis intersects the imaginary annular ring surface to form two imaginary radial cutting profiles. Each imaginary radial cutting profile has consecutively radially outward extending first, second, and third cutting profile portions, and the second cutting profile portion includes first and second concave sub-portions spaced apart by a first convex sub-portion.
US12109630B1
A cemented carbide includes a plurality of tungsten carbide particles and a binder phase, wherein the cemented carbide comprises at least one first element selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, niobium, zirconium, cerium, yttrium, and boron, and wherein in a first graph in a coordinate system where an X axis is a distance from a position at which cobalt exhibits a maximum intensity, and a Y axis is a normalized intensity, a maximum peak M of each of the first element is present between a peak W1 of tungsten closest to an origin and a further peak W2 of tungsten closest to the peak W1, a ratio IB/IA of an intensity IB to a maximum peak intensity IA of the maximum peak M is 0.5 or less in each of the first element, and the intensity IB is an intensity of the first element at a distance P2.
US12109628B2
A metal cutting insert has a substrate body of cemented carbide, cermet, or ceramic and at least one cutting edge defined between a rake face and a relief face. The cutting insert has a CVD coating including a layer of aluminum titanium nitride having a cubic face centered lattice structure, represented by a formula (AlxTi1-xMy)CzN1-z wherein a stoichiometry coefficient of aluminum is 0.30
US12109624B2
A turning tool includes a tool body having an insert seat that accommodates a cutting insert and a mounting means for mounting the cutting insert at the tool body. A guiding block is movably mounted between a first position and a second position at the tool body. A fluid passage is arranged to eject a jet of cooling fluid from an inlet end to at least one outlet onto a clearance surface associated with a cutting edge of the cutting insert. When the guiding block is in the first position the jet of cooling fluid is ejected along a first line and when the guiding block is in the second position the jet of cooling fluid is ejected along a second line, wherein the first line and the second line have different orientations and intersect each other at a position in a downstream direction from the outlet.
US12109623B2
A portable pipe threader includes a stand upon which a pipe is supported, a carriage supported by the stand, and a plurality of pipe threading tools coupled to the carriage and selectively operable to perform work on the pipe. The portable pipe threader further includes a drive assembly mounted to the stand including a brushless direct current (“DC”) motor operable to provide torque to one of the pipe or a selected one of the pipe threading tools to rotate the pipe and the selected one of the pipe threading tools relative to each other, and a battery pack supported by the stand in selective electrical communication with the motor to provide electrical power to the motor.
US12109616B2
Methods of improving the wear resistance of a cemented carbide are provided. The methods include using fracture toughness as a selection criterion and selecting a cemented carbide which has a fracture toughness between about 6 and about 15 MPa·m1/2. Cutting tools and/or cutting tool inserts prepared using methods of the disclosure are also disclosed.
US12109615B2
A method for operating a printer can include placing a first print material into a supply reservoir of the printer. The method also includes placing a second print material into the supply reservoir to combine with the first print material to form a diluted print material. The method also includes causing the diluted print material to exit the supply reservoir. Another method for operating a printer includes adding a first print material having a first melting point to a supply reservoir at a first rate. The method also includes adding a second print material having a second melting point to a supply reservoir at a second rate. The method for operating a printer also includes allowing the first print material and the second print material to combine to form a diluted print material. A printing system is also disclosed.
US12109607B2
A structure to apply flexing to an object to test resilience to being bent has a first portion and a second portion. The structure includes a base, a rotating member, a pressing plate, and an adjusting assembly. The base defines first and second receiving grooves, and the second receiving groove receives the first portion. The rotating member on the base is partially received in the first receiving groove. An abutting surface of the rotating member is recessed to form a third receiving groove which receives the second portion. The pressing plate on the base presses against the first portion. The adjusting assembly controls the rotating member to rotate towards the base about a desired angle, thereby causing the second portion to be bent with respect to the first portion.
US12109606B2
A pilot assembly having a shaped portion and a shaped fastener relief for attachment to a die. The pilot assembly includes a fastener with a shaped washer that engages the shaped fastener relief to permit installation and removal of the pilot from the die. The shaped portion of the pilot assembly helps to locate and center the stock down the pilot assembly toward the die.
US12109603B2
An electrical heating apparatus for supplying electric power to a metal body to electrically heat the metal body, includes: at least two electrodes that come into contact with the metal body; a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the electrodes; a warning unit that issues a warning that abnormality has occurred in the electrical heating of the metal body; and an abnormality detection unit that detects abnormality of the electrodes, in which the abnormality detection unit includes a resistance value acquisition unit that acquires a resistance value between the electrodes, and an abnormality determination unit that determines that abnormality has occurred in the electrodes and controls the warning unit to issue a warning that abnormality has occurred in the electrodes, in a case where the resistance value reaches a predetermined setting value.
US12109593B2
A material handling system sorts materials utilizing a vision system of multiple vision devices configured with single board computers that each implement an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification by sorting devices that are each coupled to one of the vision devices.
US12109591B2
An ultrasound transducer array architecture and manufacturing method is provided. The method includes providing an ultrasonic transducer including a plurality of modules, each module including an ultrasonic transducer array and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the ultrasonic transducer array and the ASIC electrically coupled to a flexible interconnect, the flexible interconnect coupled to a connector. The ASIC and flexible interconnect may be arranged such that each ultrasonic transducer array is directly adjacent to another ultrasonic transducer array. The ASIC may be electrically coupled to the flexible interconnect and the ASIC to the transducer array via a redistribution layer. Each of the plurality of modules may be a stack with the ultrasonic transducer array on the RDL and RDL on the ASIC, wherein the flexible interconnect extends laterally from a top surface of the ASIC and curves down to a bottom surface of the ASIC.
US12109586B2
This application relates to omniphobic materials which are physically and chemically modified at their surface to create hierarchically structured materials with both nanoscale and microscale structures that provide the omniphobic properties. Methods of making such omniphobic surfaces with hierarchical structures and uses thereof, including as flexible films that repel contaminants are also disclosed in the application.
US12109575B2
An apparatus and a method for accurate flow control in a centrifugal supergravity environment. The apparatus comprises a control center, an oil supply module, a sensor module, an execution module and a centrifugal machine; the control center and the oil supply module are deployed in a normal gravity environment, and the sensor module and the execution module are deployed in a supergravity environment. According to the present application, the liquid level information of a model box, the piston position information of a servo actuator and the water supply flow information of the model box are collected by a sensor, and the information data are processed; control of the servo actuator is achieved by controlling an oil distributor; the flow fluctuation of a reciprocating water pump is weakened by the active complementation of flows of dual pump sets.
US12109569B2
A stand for a pipet controller includes a housing with a cradle arranged to hold a pipet controller in at least three distinct orientations relative to the housing. The at least three distinct orientations include a first orientation for storing the pipet controller when not in use, a second orientation for storing the pipet controller between intermittent uses such that a grip of the pipet controller is able to be ergonomically gripped by a user of the pipet controller, and a third orientation for storing the pipet controller such that, if a pipet is connected to a pipet connector of the pipet controller, the connected pipet does not contact the stand nor a surface supporting the base of the stand. The stand can also be a charger for charging the pipet controller in at least one orientation.
US12109567B2
A robotic liquid handling system may be provided comprising a robotic arm and a controller configured to control the robotic arm to position and operate the robotic arm in a workspace of the robotic liquid handling system. The controller may be configured to, as part of a liquid handling task, control the robotic arm to open a reagent reservoir, wherein the reagent reservoir has an opening which is sealed by a foil. The controller may be configured to control the robotic arm to open the foil by controlling the robotic arm to, using a cutting tip (260), cut at least two flaps in the foil, and using a blunt protrusion, push the at least two flaps downwards into the reagent reservoir to clear at least part of the opening of the reagent reservoir. Further aspects of the invention relate to a computer-implemented method for controlling a robotic arm and to an opening tool (200) comprising the cutting tip and the blunt protrusion.
US12109561B2
A support structure for a structured catalytic packing is disclosed. The support structure is in a fixed position relative to the reactor tube containing it. It supports catalyzed casings that are free to move relative to the support structure. The support structure and casings are inserted in the reactor tube such that the support structure is located proximate the longitudinal axis of the tube and the casings are located between the support structure and the reactor tube wall. The support structure comprises a central support tube or rod proximate to, and impervious or perforated discs perpendicular to, the longitudinal axis of the reactor tube, and may comprise spacers separating the discs.
US12109560B2
A process for preventing hazardous conditions at startup and shutdown of a reactor by sending an inert gas such as nitrogen to strip entrained oxygen from the catalyst when reactor temperatures are below about 240° C. During normal operation the entrained oxygen reacts with hydrocarbons to produce oxides but at the lower temperatures that are present at startup or shutdown these reactions do not occur sufficiently leaving oxygen that can cause hazardous conditions as temperatures increase upon startup. When the temperature is in the safe operating zone above 240° C., the nitrogen gas is stripped by air or other oxygen containing gas.
US12109555B1
An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water.
US12109552B2
A catalyst with a core-shell structure for methane oxidation, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a method of methane oxidation using the catalyst are disclosed. The catalyst includes a core structure consisting of a nano-support and core nanoparticles; and a shell coating layer coated on the core structure in which the core nanoparticles have a particle diameter smaller than that of the nano-support and are coated on the nano-support to form a core structure. The catalyst has excellent thermal stability during methane oxidation reaction at high temperature and an effect of increasing methane conversion and formaldehyde selectivity.
US12109551B2
The present invention discloses a rare-earth-manganese/cerium-zirconium-based composite compound, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. The composite compound is of a core-shell structure with a general formula expressed as: A REcBaOb-(1-A)CexZr(1-x-y)MyO2-z, wherein 0.1≤A≤0.3, preferably 0.1≤A≤0.2; a shell layer has a main component of rare-earth manganese oxide with a general formula of REcMnaOb, wherein RE is a rare-earth element or a combination of more than one rare-earth elements, and B is Mn or a combination of Mn and a transition metal element, 1≤a≤8, 2≤b≤18, and 0.25≤c≤4; and a core has a main component of cerium-zirconium composite oxide with a general formula of CexZr(1-x-y)MyO2-z, wherein M is one or more non-cerium rare-earth elements, 0.1≤x≤0.9, 0≤y≤0.3, and 0.01≤z≤0.3. The composite compound enhances an oxygen storage capacity of a cerium-zirconium material through an interface effect, thereby increasing a conversion rate of a nitrogen oxide.
US12109536B2
A particle capturing device including a substrate, a particle capturing film configured to capture particles, and a support configured to support the particle capturing film when tension is applied to the particle capturing film such that the particle capturing film is in parallel with the substrate and a space is formed between the particle capturing film and the substrate.
US12109534B2
Systems and methods of direct air capture are described. Systems include a plurality of moving adsorber panels in a linear direction (or circular configuration) and one or more fans configured to move air across the adsorber panels; such adsorber panels may be oriented vertically or horizontally, relative to the ground. Systems may include an independent regeneration box that comprises a system of headers, ducts and valves configured to deliver and remove a plurality of gases to the regeneration box. The regeneration box contains multiple chambers such that steps such as oxygen removal and panel cooling may be performed independently from and simultaneously to thermal preheating and desorption of the CO2 on the panels. The desorption panels may be configured to achieve counter-current flow to the hot gases used for thermal preheating and desorption. A multi-stage heat pump may facilitate reuse of waste heat and decarbonization of the process heating requirements.
US12109529B2
An air pollution control unit is configured to bring particle-containing gas and washing liquid into contact with each other to collect particles in the particle-containing gas. The air pollution control unit includes a gas washing column having a gas cleaning section in which the particle-containing gas and the washing liquid are brought into co-current contact with each other, a gas cooling column disposed downstream of the gas washing column along the gas flow and having a gas cooling section in which the particle-containing gas that has been cleaned (cleaned gas) and cooling liquid are brought into countercurrent contact with each other, and a gas communication path.
US12109523B2
A system for reducing airborne pathogens and contaminants in a breathing zone of a person is disclosed. A manifold assembly includes a tube fitted with an air intake nozzle. The air intake nozzle is positioned at the breathing zone of the person such that an air gap is created between the person and the nozzle. Exhaled air is routed from the person to the manifold assembly via the tube. A purification unit deactivates and/or filters airborne pathogens and contaminants of the exhaled air supplied from the manifold assembly. A suction assembly draws the exhaled air from the breathing zone of the person, through the manifold assembly and the purification unit, to a one-way exhaust valve.
US12109509B2
Disclosed is an ultrasonic composite acidic water extraction method for a Cordyceps polysaccharide and cordycepin in Cordyceps militaris, which falls within the technical field of food processing. The method comprises: picking, washing, drying, pulverizing and degreasing Cordyceps militaris fruiting bodies to obtain a Cordyceps militaris dry powder; then immersing same in a prepared diluted hydrochloric acid solution to perform three cycles of ultra-low temperature freezing and microwave defrosting, and at the same time using low-frequency ultrasonic waves to carry out assisted stirring and extraction; then subjecting an extract to evaporation and concentration treatments; and finally, performing freeze-drying on the extract to collect a dry powder of a water extraction product. The amount of an additive used in the method meets domestic and foreign usage requirements of food additives, and the operation is simple, practical and uses a combination of chemical and physical methods, thereby saving time and being highly efficient.
US12109506B1
A water toy includes a water toy main body. The water toy main body includes a first waterproof integrated box. The first waterproof integrated box is configured to accommodate an electronic element. The first waterproof integrated box includes a first upper shell, a first lower shell, a sealing member, and a waterproof chamber. The first upper shell and the first lower shell are covered with each other. The sealing member is arranged at mounting ports of the first upper shell and the first lower shell. After the first upper shell and the first lower shell are covered with each other, the sealing member seals a gap between the first upper shell and the first lower shell to form the waterproof chamber. The first upper shell and the first lower shell are detachably connected through a clasp.
US12109499B2
A computer-implemented method and system for autonomic cloud to edge compute allocations in a sports fantasy league trade transaction. The computer implemented method includes, in one embodiment, calculating, based on an expected return associated with each player on each of a plurality of teams in a fantasy sports league, a valuation for each player. An embodiment includes determining a positional need for each of the plurality of teams in the fantasy sports league, and determining, based on the valuation for each player and the positional need for each team, one or more players to include in a trade with another team of the plurality of teams.
US12109498B2
Systems and methods for implementing one or more game features across devices associated with a synchronous multimedia stream are disclosed. One method may include: establishing, on the server, a virtual media streaming session; connecting two or more user profiles of a media streaming platform to the virtual media streaming session; providing, in the virtual media streaming session, an article of multimedia content, wherein the article of multimedia content is simultaneously viewable on user devices associated with each of the two or more user profiles; determining, using a processor associated with the server, whether one or more interactive game features associated with the article of multimedia content are activated; and implementing, responsive to determining that the one or more interactive game features are activated, aspects associated with the one or more interactive game features in the virtual media streaming session.
US12109493B2
Systems and methods for dynamic inventory control for player-to-player exchanges between users interacting within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: execute an instance of the game; monitor user-specific in-game actions of a user; determine in-game objectives based on the monitored in-game actions; receive information representing virtual items available for exchange; determine metric values representing usefulness of individual virtual items regarding the in-game objectives; and present the individual virtual items such that more useful items are presented more prominently.
US12109487B2
Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an operating device, where the operating device includes: (i) a grip part to be gripped by a user; and (ii) an operation part for activation by a finger of the user gripping the grip part, and where the operation part includes: (i) a movable part capable of moving from a resting position toward another position in response to a force applied by the finger of the user, (ii) a biasing element operating to urge the movable part toward the resting position, and (iii) a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal and apply a force to the movable part in an opposite direction of the force applied by the finger of the user.
US12109485B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes identifying a plurality of devices associated with a computing device, identifying status information from each device of the plurality of devices, and identifying presentation features for each device of the plurality of devices. The method further includes receiving presentation information indicating a setting to present first status information from a first device of the plurality of devices via a selected device of the plurality of devices, wherein the first status is presented on the selected device by a selected presentation feature of the selected device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12109484B2
A method for controlling a game character, comprising following steps: in response to a sliding operation started from an initial position of the skill button, locking the virtual joystick for disabling control of the skill release direction of the game character; monitoring a track of the sliding operation, obtaining a current position P2 of a touch point of the sliding operation, and calculating a vector a; determining whether the vector a meets the condition of |a|>a preset threshold L; if yes, generating a first operating instruction to release a skill in the direction of the vector a; and unlocking the virtual joystick; if no, determining whether the sliding operation has been released; if yes, generating a second operating instruction to release the skill, wherein a release direction is a current orientation of the game character; and unlocking the virtual joystick. The method may effectively reduce a misoperation rate.
US12109481B2
A skateboard truck system is configured so that a hanger assembly can be quickly and easily removed and replaced without use of tools and while maintaining stability and high performance. The truck system comprises a deck plate that is configured to be permanently attached to a skateboard deck. A base can be releasably coupled to the deck plate. A conventional hanger assembly can be attached to the base.
US12109466B2
An assembled type golf bag includes a head frame, a bottom base, a support frame, a main bag body, a lower hoop, and an upper hoop. An upper end of the support frame is detachably connected to the head frame, and a lower end of the support frame is detachably connected to the bottom base. A lower end of the main bag body is connected to the lower hoop, and an upper end of the main bag body is connected to the upper hoop. The main bag body is used to be sleeved outside the bottom base, the support frame and the head frame sequentially from bottom to top, the lower hoop on the lower end of the main bag body is detachably connected outside the bottom base, and the upper hoop on the upper end of the main bag body is detachably connected outside the head frame.
US12109457B2
The training machine assembly comprises at least one control device and at least one training resistance. Each of the at least one training resistance comprises at least one training resistance value, such as a force applied towards the user contact element, e.g. a handle. The training resistance value can also comprise a function or a vector, for example a function linking a speed of movement of a user and/or a user contact element and a force applied against said movement. The control device can be a control device for controlling the training machine assembly. The training resistance can comprise an actuator. The actuator can comprise an electric motor. The training resistance can comprise a weight. The training resistance can comprise another element configured to provide a resistance against a movement of the user. The training machine assembly can comprise at least one camera.
US12109451B2
A low friction rehabilitation board having an integral band retaining feature is described. The rehabilitation board may have a coefficient of static friction of no more than about 0.5 and in some embodiments no more than about 0.06. The rehabilitation board has a plurality of band retaining feature configured along one or both ends and may be an integral band retaining features being formed in the board. Additionally, the rehabilitation may include one or more band retaining features on one or both sides of the board. The unique configuration of the band retaining features enables rehabilitation method heretofore not possible with a single board. Resistance bands may be retained in the band retaining features and coupled to a users limb, such as a foot or ankle, to resist motion, such as sliding or extending the foot along the low friction surface of the rehabilitation board.
US12109448B1
An isolator arms attachment for an exercise system includes a first arm having a first receiver assembly to engage with a first user engageable device; a first shaft coupled to the first arm and to connect the first arm to the exercise system; and a first counterweight assembly coupled to the first arm near a second end. A second arm having a second receiver assembly to engage with a second user engageable device; a second shaft coupled to the second arm near the second end and to connect to the exercise system; and a second counterweight assembly coupled to the second arm near the second end. The first arm and the second arm are to be manipulated by a user such that the first arm and the second arm provide resistance to the user.
US12109445B2
A fire extinguishing system includes a storage vessel and a fluidic oscillator. The storage vessel is configured to contain a fire extinguishing agent. The fluidic oscillator is configured to receive the fire extinguishing agent from the storage vessel, and discharge a continuous jet of the fire extinguishing agent while oscillating the jet back and forth through a sweep angle.
US12109440B2
The system and process of therapeutic and effective cavitation by using ultrasound to collapse gas vesicles as well as cavitate the bubbles produced from the collapsed gas vesicles. Therapeutic effect includes, but is not limited to lysing cells by cavitation. The cells expressing the gas vesicles can optionally be used as delivery cells to preform tasks such as transporting the gas vesicles into deep tissue areas, releasing compounds at the cavitation site, and more. The gas vesicles can optionally be modified to facilitate getting the bubbles near the cavitation targets by functionalizing the gas vesicles.
US12109428B2
Intraoral phototherapy devices receive light from an associated light source and propagate the light into an oral cavity of a patient. The device comprises a light guide that receives light from an external light source. The light guide comprises a main body portion made of an optically transparent soft flexible biocompatible polymeric material sized and shaped to conform to contours of the oral cavity when inserted therein to direct the light to targeted regions of the oral cavity. The main body portion comprises a pair of spaced apart side wings sized and shaped to be received between a patient's teeth and cheeks on opposite sides of the oral cavity and a center flap intermediate the side wings for transmitting and directing the light to targeted regions of the oral cavity. A controller delivers light to the light guide in a controlled manner.
US12109423B2
A method for the production of a medical implant, comprising a head section, which has at least one blind hole-type recess of an electrical plug-in contact socket, along which is arranged at least one electrically conductive contact element, together with a supply section, which is fixedly connected to the head section, and which comprises at least one electrical component, which is one of at least one microcontroller, and an electrical energy source, which are electrically connected to the at least one electrically conductive contact by way of at least one electrical conductor.
US12109416B2
A method for stimulating nerve fibers to treat a condition in a patient first involves identifying carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers in a first side of the patient's neck and identifying cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers in the first side of the patient's neck. The method further involves placing a first multipolar electrode device around the carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers and the cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers. Finally, the method involves stimulating the carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers and the cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers, using the first multipolar electrode device. This method may be performed on a second side of the neck as well.
US12109414B2
A fitting arrangement is described for fitting electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array implanted in a cochlea of an implanted patient. This involves iteratively fitting multiple fitting electrode contacts by for each of the fitting electrode contacts: i. delivering fitting stimulation signals to the fitting electrode contact and at least one neighboring electrode contact to stimulate adjacent auditory neural tissue, wherein the fitting stimulation signals are characterized by a charge level distribution function having a non-zero noise level charge at the at least one neighboring electrode contact and a response level charge much greater than the noise level charge at the fitting electrode contact, and ii. obtaining patient responses from the implanted patient to the fitting stimulation signals. A patient-specific fit map is then defined for the electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array based on the patient responses.
US12109389B2
Fluid path assemblies for drug delivery devices and methods of establishing a fluid flow path for drug delivery devices are described that include a needle shield valve member that couples to a reservoir having a needle mounted thereto. The needle shield valve member includes an internal barrier that protects the needle and/or contains a drug within the reservoir until activation of the drug delivery device. Upon activation, there is relative movement between the reservoir and needle shield valve member until the needle pierces the barrier to establish a fluid flow path from the reservoir through the needle shield valve member.
US12109387B2
A coupler may include a coupler body including a first end, a second end, an outer surface, an inner surface defining a cavity, and a wall defined between the inner and outer surfaces, a plurality of first retaining fingers disposed adjacent to the first end and extending radially inward into the cavity, and a mounting aperture defined between a free end of each first retaining finger and the wall. The cavity may be configured to receive a first connector and a second connector. The plurality of first retaining fingers may be radially biased inward toward the cavity and configured to engage against a collar of the first connector to prevent axial motion of the first connector relative to the coupler. The mounting aperture may be configured to receive a pivot shaft of the collar to pivotally couple the first connector relative to a central axis of the coupler body.
US12109372B2
A medical device may include a handle and a flexible sheath extending from the handle. The sheath may include a first chamber configured to receive a first agent and a second chamber configured to receive a second agent. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber may be disposed in a distal portion of the sheath. The sheath may also include a first piston received within the first chamber and a second piston received within the second chamber and at least one actuation element configured to transmit a force from the handle to each of the first piston and the second piston. In a first configuration, the first agent may be maintained within the first chamber and the second agent is maintained within the second chamber. In a second configuration, the first agent may be released from the first chamber to mix with the second agent.
US12109366B2
An extension tube for a urinary catheter comprises a tubular body with an inlet opening, an outlet opening and an internal lumen extending between the inlet opening and the opening. The tubular body comprising at least a first layer, which first layer includes natural and/or regenerated cellulose fibers, and preferably to a large extent, such as at least 40 wt %. The tubular body is further arranged to be compressible into a compacted, preferably generally flat, storage state, and to be expandable into an expanded, tubular use state.
US12109364B2
A method for promoting continuous sleep of a subject by eliminating and/or preventing sleep associations includes: (a) providing an apparatus including at least one sensor and at least one output device; (b) monitoring a state of the subject using the apparatus; (c) determining the subject is in an awake state using the at least one sensor; (d) in response to determining the subject is in the awake state, initiating and maintaining an output using the at least one output device; (e) determining the subject is in a sleep state using the at least one sensor; (f) halting the output in response to determining that the subject is in the sleep state such that the apparatus does not produce any output; (g) repeating at least step (b) during a sleep session. The method further includes modifying an intensity of the output over time until the intensity reaches zero.
US12109362B1
A nasal breathing and ventilation device, includes ventilation tubes. One end of each ventilation tube is provided with a nasal dilator. Each nasal dilator includes a nasal dilator channel and a plurality of dilator rings. One end of each nasal dilator channel is provided with a through hole. Each nasal dilator is supported and fixed in the nasal cavity by means of the dilator rings thereof, and is not easy to fall out. The end of each nasal dilator channel away from the through hole is in communication with each ventilation tube. The tube wall at the end of each ventilation tube close to the nasal dilator is provided with ventilation holes. The end of each ventilation tube away from the nasal dilator is connected to a ventilator, and the ventilator conveys air into the nasal cavity at a certain pressure.
US12109359B2
The oxygen supply device supplying a user with an oxygen gas for inhalation comprises: a first sensor unit acquiring information on percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) of the user, a second sensor unit acquiring information on respiratory frequency per minute (BPM), and a control unit. Under the condition where the SpO2 level acquired by the first sensor unit is equal to or larger than the predetermined first threshold and the BPM value acquired by second sensor unit is equal to or larger than the predetermined second threshold, the control unit regards the condition as a possible sign of CO2 narcosis that exhibits an increase in PaCO2 level, and thus judges the condition as an abnormal sign. Then the control unit executes controls such as stopping supply of the oxygen gas to the user, and the like.
US12109356B2
The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.
US12109343B2
A dialysis treatment facility wall-box apparatus is disclosed. The dialysis treatment facility wall-box comprises a main body having a first portion and a second portion. Further, the dialysis treatment facility wall-box apparatus comprises a tether line connected to the first portion of the main body of the dialysis treatment facility wall-box apparatus via an anchor fitting. The anchor fitting is tightened through the dialysis treatment facility wall-box apparatus. A plurality of fly loop lines is positioned at inner portion and outer portion of the wall-box. A tea fitting is coupled to the anchor fitting through the plurality of fly loop lines at the inner portion. Further, the dialysis treatment facility wall-box apparatus comprises a first plurality of loops and a second plurality of loops.
US12109333B2
Provided is a biodegradable stent comprising a magnesium alloy free of a rare earth element and aluminum. The stent comprises: a core structure comprising a magnesium alloy containing 90 wt % or more of magnesium as a main component, and zinc, zirconium, and manganese as accessary components, the magnesium alloy being free of a rare earth element and aluminum; a first corrosion resistant layer formed on the core structure and containing magnesium fluoride as a main component; and a second corrosion resistant layer formed on the first corrosion resistant layer and comprising a parylene. A method for producing such a bioabsorbable stent is also provided.
US12109328B2
A medical implant includes a first implant body and a pre-coating covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the first implant body. The pre-coating has a negative Poisson's ratio. A method of making a medical implant includes applying a precursor material on a surface of a first implant body, the first implant body having a positive Poisson's ratio. A stimulus is applied to the precursor material, the stimulus causing the precursor material to form a coating having a negative Poisson's ratio
US12109324B2
Novel compositions for treating wounds and promoting the healing thereof are described, including composition containing novel combinations of a carrier and recombinant platelet derived growth factor having fewer isoforms and enhanced biostability. Methods of treating wounds with novel therapeutic composition using doing procedures leading to effective results with a minimal number of treatment applications are also described.
US12109318B1
Devices, groups of devices, kits, and methods for using the devices and kits to administer a local anesthetic to a port site to numb the site prior to infusion or blood draw are described. The devices contain a flexible material with an adhesive coating on one side and a compartment for containing the medication. The device can be pre-filled or a fillable device. In fillable devices, the local anesthetic is transferred from a container into the compartment of the device via the inlet after the device is applied to the patient's skin. In pre-filled devices, the local anesthetic is inside the compartment and is covered with a removable layer to keep it sterile until use. When applied to the patient's skin, the device conforms to the surface of the patient's skin forming a seal keeping the medication in contact with port site.
US12109317B2
Disclosed herein are electrospun fibrous matrix and its production method. The method mainly includes the steps of, mixing a first polymer and a drug to form a first mixture, and sonicating the first mixture until a plurality of microparticles are formed with the drug encapsulated therein; and mixing the plurality of microparticles with a second polymer to form a second mixture, subjecting the second mixture to a wet electrospinning process to form the electrospun fibrous matrix. The thus-produced electrospun fibrous matrix is characterized by having a plurality of first and second fibrils woven together, in which each second fibril has a plurality of drug-encapsulated microparticles independently integrated and disposed along the longitudinal direction of the second fibril. Also disclosed herein is a method for treating a wound of a subject. The method includes applying the present electrospun fibrous matrix to the wound of the subject.
US12109308B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical aqueous formulation comprising 1-(4-{[4-(dimethylamino)piperidin-1-yl]carbonyl}phenyl)-3-[4-(4,6-dimorpholin-4-yl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl]urea, or a pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic acid salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable beta- or gamma-cyclodextrin and water, that is a clear solution, with the proviso that the organic or inorganic acid (including a salt thereof) is not a sulphonic acid. Such a formulation is particularly suitable for intravenous or parenteral administration to a patient.
US12109284B2
The present invention relates to methods for preparing compositions comprising calcium and fluoride, and, in particular, to methods for preparing compositions comprising calcium that is stabilised with a stabilising agent and fluoride. For example, the method is for the preparation of compositions comprising amorphous calcium phosphate stabilised by phosphopeptides, and free fluoride. The invention also extends to various compositions produced by such methods, including oral care products.
US12109277B2
A method for preparing a complex comprising a radioisotope of gallium for use in radiotherapy or in a medical imaging procedure, said method comprising adding a gallium radioisotope solution obtained directly from a gallium radionuclide generator to a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer and optionally also a pharmaceutically acceptable basic reagent, in amounts sufficient to increase the pH to a level in the range of 3 to 8, wherein the composition further comprises a chelator that is able to chelate radioactive gallium within said pH range and at moderate temperature, said chelator being optionally linked to a biological targeting agent. Kits and compositions for use in the method are also described and claimed.
US12109276B2
The design, synthesis, and functionalization of a conjugate including a tumor-targeting near-infrared (NIR) dye and a therapeutic agent and/or a diagnostic agent, whereby the NIR dye can function to target the therapeutic agent and/or diagnostic agent to tumor cells.
US12109267B2
The present invention relates to novel liquid pharmaceutical compositions of adalimumab, which include adalimumab or a biosimilar thereof, an histidine buffering agent such as histidine (or histidine buffer system such as histidine/imidazolium-histidine), and a sugar stabiliser such as trehalose. Such a combination of components furnishes formulations having a stability (e.g. on storage and when exposed to stress) which is comparable to or an improvement upon those known in the art, and with fewer ingredients. Such advances will help adalimumab treatments to become more widely available at lower cost, and prolong the viability of pre-loaded delivery devices (e.g. pre-filled syringes) to reduce unnecessary waste of the drug.
US12109262B2
Provided is a method for producing an artificial recombinant virus of the family Reoviridae, the method comprising the steps of: (1) introducing a FAST protein expression vector and/or a capping enzyme expression vector into host cells; (2) introducing a vector containing expression cassettes for individual RNA genome segments of a virus or introducing a set of single-stranded RNA transcripts from the expression cassettes into host cells; and (3) culturing the host cells. The method of the present invention allows more efficient production of an artificial recombinant virus of the family Reoviridae as compared with conventional methods and allows artificial recombinant rotavirus production without using a helper virus.
US12109259B2
A method for immunizing a subject in need thereof against Neisseria gonorrhoeae by administering an immunogenic composition comprising meningococcal outer membrane vesicles (OMVs).
US12109255B2
Compositions and methods are provided comprising choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and PEGylated ChAT for treating hypertension.
US12109243B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions related to EVs useful as therapeutic agents.
US12109235B2
Provided herein are engineered receptors involved in cytokine signaling. Also provided herein are engineered receptors for modulating TGF-β signaling, methods of modulating TGF-β signaling and treating cancer using chimeric antigen receptors.
US12109227B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and complexes for ingestion of an elemental magnesium complex as inverted micellar nanodroplets designed to enhance uptake and cell delivery of active constituents. The complex and methods associated with delivery of the elemental magnesium complex disclosed improves many magnesium deficiencies that include cardiovascular, metabolic, neurohormonal, immune defense and repair systems, digestive, behavioral, and community risks.
US12109223B2
The invention relates to polymer nanoparticle and DNA nanostructure delivery compositions for non-viral delivery, and methods therefor. More particularly, the invention relates to polymer nanoparticle delivery compositions, such as reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymer compositions, and DNA nanostructure delivery compositions, such as DNA origami compositions, for the delivery of more than one payload, or for the delivery of a nucleic acid construct payload of 3 kB or more, and methods therefor.
US12109216B2
Provided are immediate or prolonged administration of certain potassium ATP (KATP) channel openers, optionally in combination with growth hormone, to a subject to achieve novel pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, therapeutic, physiological, metabolic and compositional outcomes in the treatment of diseases or conditions involving KATP channels. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations, methods of administration and dosing of KATP channel openers that achieve these outcomes and reduce the incidence of adverse effects in treated individuals. Further provided are methods of co-administering KATP channel openers with other drugs (e.g., in combination with growth hormone) to treat diseases of humans and animals (e.g., Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), and the like.
US12109210B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a mast cell tumor, including a benzenesulfonamide derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also provided is a method for treating a mast cell tumor in a subject in need thereof by using the pharmaceutical composition.
US12109205B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US12109201B2
Use of allosteric modulators and/or gaboxadol for the treatment of epileptic disorders in a subject in need thereof.
US12109195B2
Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of vaginal infections where the compositions include creatinine, such as protonated creatinine or creatinine salts, and optionally one or more weak acids, such as boric acid. The compositions may be used to treat and/or prevent a vaginal infection, such as bacterial vaginosis, to prevent recurrence of a vaginal infection, to treat and/or prevent a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or sexually transmitted infection (STI), and reduce the incidence and/or risk of a subject transmitting a STI or STD.
US12109193B2
A spray-dried dispersions and pharmaceutical composition of (S)-5-amino-3-(4-((5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzamido)methyl)phenyl)-1-(1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a combination thereof and the use of the spray-dried dispersion and pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are disclosed. Also provided are crystalline forms of (S)-5-amino-3-(4-((5-fluoro-2-methoxy-benzamido)methyl)phenyl)-1-(1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide also useful in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
US12109192B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt of: (i) S-pindolol; and (ii) an organic acid, wherein the organic acid has: a pKal of greater than or equal to 2.5; and a chemical formula of CxHy(CO2H)z, where x is from 1 to 10, y is from 2 to 20 and z is 1 or 2. The pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt is useful in treating conditions such as cachexia, sarcopenia, a neuromuscular disorder and muscle weakness.
US12109191B2
The subject invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation of cancer cells. The subject invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject in need of such treatment by administering a composition described herein. The subject invention can be used to inhibit cancer cell growth by exposing the cells to a composition. The subject invention further provides cancer treatments that may be used in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy.
US12109181B2
This invention is directed to a transdermal delivery patch comprising local anesthetic agent and optionally a permeation enhancement agent for reducing neuropathic pain.
US12109173B1
Disclosed is a pharmaceutical container comprising a lumen defined in part by a wall, the wall having an interior surface facing the lumen, an outer surface, and a coating set on the interior surface comprising a pH protective layer, wherein the pH protective layer is applied using atomic layer deposition.
US12109171B2
The invention provides a blister package for at least one pharmaceutical or food supplement product of the gum type, comprising a support shell having a flat portion and at least one cavity formed on said flat portion, said at least one cavity being defined by a lateral wall extending from said flat portion and a bottom wall linked to said lateral wall, at least one gum comprising at least one gelling agent and being molded into said at least one cavity, a cover film fixed on said flat portion and closing said at least one cavity, at least one tearing notch formed both on said support shell and cover film, and at least one tearing channel formed at least on said lateral wall and facing said at least one tearing notch, said at least one tearing channel defining a complementary channel shape formed on said molded gum.
US12109167B2
A wearable apparatus recognizes an exercise move of a user based on motion information of the user, determines torque reference information based on a result of the recognizing, determines torque command information based on the determined torque reference information and a predetermined factor, and outputs a torque based on the determined torque command information.
US12109165B2
A temperature-controlled massage node that imparts either or both a heating or cooling effects is provided, which may be attached to a massager to impart a heating or cooling effect on a user with a massage effect, or optionally, without a massage effect. The temperature-controlled massage node may be affixed to the massager or may be removably coupled. The temperature-controlled massage node may be powered by the same power source as the massager or may include an independent power source located, for example, in the massage node. The massage node may be used with a massager that provides percussive massage effects, such as a massage gun, or may be used with a vibrating massager. Optionally, the massage node may include independent power, a controller and a motor to supply both a vibrating massage effect and hot and cold effect, either alone or in combination.
US12109164B2
A vibrating masturbator device with sterilization and charging functions, including a masturbator device and a charging box for placing and charging the masturbator device. In an embodiment, the masturbator device includes a body, a switch control member on the body, charging contacts exposed on the body, a masturbator device battery electrically connected to the charging contacts, and a vibration motor powered by the battery. In an embodiment, the masturbator device charging box includes a storage compartment for receiving the masturbator device, charging contacts corresponding in position to the charging contacts on the masturbator device, a charging box power source electrically connected to the charging box charging contacts, and a sterilization device arranged to sterilize the masturbator device while it is being charged in the charging box, the sterilization device being powered by the charging box power source.
US12109162B2
A rope-driven soft hand function rehabilitation device includes four finger exoskeleton mechanisms, a thumb exoskeleton mechanism, and a soft rubber glove. An index-finger exoskeleton mechanism includes an index-finger distal phalanx loop, an index-finger middle phalanx loop, and an index-finger proximal phalanx loop which are mutually connected via a hinge structure. The thumb exoskeleton mechanism includes a thumb proximal phalanx loop and a thumb distal phalanx loop which are connected via a hinge structure. The rope is fastened to the hand function rehabilitation device via an aluminum sleeve which prevents the rope from slipping off during finger flexion/extension and abduction/adduction when the fingers are pulled by the rope at the palm and the hand back.
US12109161B2
The invention provides an exercise machine (10) of the type which have pedals (38) or foot plates through which a person can, in use, transfer kinetic energy to the machine, which machine comprises a means for vibrating the pedals or foot plates during exercise. The exercise machine includes a mechanism (40) to engage or disengage the vibration.
US12109148B1
A corneal irrigation system, for removing a color pigment(s) from an intracorneal channel, includes a syringe, an irrigation device, and a flexible tube coupling the syringe to the irrigation device. The irrigation device includes a handle, having a distal end and a proximal end, that is coupled to the cannula. The handle also includes a lumen. The cannula includes (i) a shaft section having a first end that is coupled to the handle's proximal end, (ii) a curved section having a blunt tip, wherein an exterior surface of the curved section includes a rough-surface region, and (iii) a lumen having an opening in the rough-surface region, the lumen extending from the first end of the shaft section toward the blunt tip. The cannula's lumen is coupled to the handle's lumen.
US12109147B2
An ophthalmic surgical system includes a robotic arm disposed above a patient's eye. A positioning camera is disposed on the robotic arm and positioned to visualize the patient's eye. A processor is electrically coupled to the positioning camera. The processor is configured to receive an indication of a position of the robotic arm relative to a fixed datum, determine a focal length between the positioning camera and the patient's eye, compare the focal length to the position of the robotic arm, and determine a patient eye level relative to the fixed datum.
US12109145B2
An ostomy barrier appliance for attaching an ostomy appliance to peristomal skin surrounding a stoma is provided. The ostomy barrier appliance includes a skin barrier, an inlet opening for receiving a stoma, and a convexity adjusting device arranged adjacent the skin barrier. The convexity adjusting device is configured to adjust the convexity of the skin barrier.
US12109142B1
A medical device for placing on a human penis, e.g., post penile enhancement procedure, includes a flexible sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being sized and dimensioned to be positioned over the base of the penis, the sleeve being configured and sized to extend from the base of the penis and along the body of the penis, the distal end being sized and dimensioned to terminate just below the corona of the glans of the penis. The distal end may include a flange that extends radially outwards from an outer surface of the sleeve, and a thickness of the sleeve spaced away from the flange along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve may be about 4 mm-5 mm.
US12109139B2
A patellofemoral support comprises a sleeve and a strap assembly. The strap assembly is arranged to extend helically about the sleeve. A buttress is arranged to removably secure to an inside surface of a first portion of the strap assembly or to the sleeve.
US12109113B2
Prosthetic heart valve devices with tethered anchors and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A heart valve device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a valve support for carrying a prosthetic valve. The valve support can be configured to be implanted at an annulus of a native mitral valve. The device can further include at least one elongated flexible member extending from the valve support in a ventricular direction, and an anchor coupled to the valve support via the elongated flexible member. The anchor can be shaped to wrap around an exterior area of an apical portion of the heart. In addition, the anchor can inhibit retrograde migration of the valve support.
US12109104B2
Devices and methods for treatment of bodily lumens and sphincters are disclosed. Some embodiments include methods and devices for inducing an inflammatory response and development of fibrosis, collagen, and/or scar tissue. In some embodiments, scaffolds may be composed of a matrix of filaments. Application of the methods and devices disclosed herein to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and other sphincter disorders are discussed. Biodegradable scaffolds configured to induce an inflammatory response are also disclosed.
US12109100B2
Resorbable three-dimensional implants that can be temporarily deformed, implanted by minimally invasive means, and resume their original shape in vivo, have been developed. These implants are particularly suitable for use in minimally invasive procedures for tissue reinforcement, repair of hernias, and applications where it is desirable for the implant to contour in vivo to an anatomical shape, such as the inguinofemoral region. In the preferred embodiment, the implants are made from meshes of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate monofilament that have reinforced outlying borders that allow the meshes to form three-dimensional shapes that can be temporarily deformed. These implants can resume three-dimensional shapes after being temporarily deformed that contour to the host's tissue or an anatomical shape, for example, in the repair of a hernia, and particularly a hernia in the inguinofemoral region. The implants can contour to the host's tissue for example, of the inguinofemoral region, without the implants wrinkling, bunching or folding.
US12109097B2
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid permeable topsheet and a liquid impermeable back-sheet, and an acquisition distribution system positioned between said topsheet and said absorbent core, wherein the absorbent core comprises absorbent material selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers, superabsorbent polymers and combinations thereof, wherein said absorbent material is contained within at least one core wrap substrate enclosing said absorbent material, and wherein a top layer of said core wrap is adhered to a bottom layer of said core wrap to form one or more channels substantially free of said absorbent material, wherein said channels have a length extending along a longitudinal axis and the absorbent core has a length extending along said longitudinal axis and wherein the length of said channels is from 10% to 95% of the length of said absorbent core and wherein said channels each follow a substantially continuous path such as from a first end of a channel to a second end of the same channel wherein the acquisition distribution system is multi-layered and comprises at least one spunbond layer and at least one meltblown layer, and wherein said acquisition distribution system is positioned between said absorbent core and said topsheet such that said spunbond and/or meltblown layers are in direct contact with said absorbent core and said topsheet.
US12109092B2
Provided is a medical tape that has a high effect of alleviating a persistent skin irritation during an application duration caused by a residual shrink force associated with a forming shrinkage. A medical tape includes an elastic base member portion film-formed of a solution polymer and having an elastic function, a restoring force preserving portion having inelastic, flexible, and restorable functions, an adhesion portion having a function to apply and hold the elastic base member portion on a skin, and a release portion having a function to protect the adhesion portion. The restoring force preserving portion, the elastic base member portion, the adhesion portion, and the release portion are laminated in this order from an upper layer.
US12109084B2
An oral irrigator having an irrigator tip, the tip including a handle portion, a tip portion, a channel in fluid communication with the tether and arranged within the handle portion and the tip portion, and an actuator located on or within the handle portion, the actuator arranged to at least partially altar a flow of a fluid through the channel. The oral irrigator further includes a housing, the housing having a reservoir in fluid communication with a pump sub-assembly, a sensor arranged to measure a first pressure or first electrical load within the pump sub-assembly, and a control unit arranged to control an operational current provided to the pump sub-assembly where operation of the actuator produces a second pressure or electrical load measured by the sensor and the control unit is arranged to alter the operational current of the motor in response to the change.
US12109077B2
A device for moving a medical object, the device including a mover device and a sensor unit. The mover device is configured to hold and/or move a medical object at least partially disposed in the mover device by transmitting a force. The sensor unit is configured to detect a counterforce exerted by the medical object on the mover device and acting in the opposite direction to the force. The medical object is at least partially disposed in an examination subject. The device is configured to provide a signal as a function of the counterforce. The mover device is configured to move the medical object as a function of the signal.
US12109076B2
A biopsy marker having a spring-loaded anchor. The biopsy marker includes an insertion orientation and an anchored orientation. In the insertion orientation, the biopsy marker is manipulated under force to reduce the lateral span/cross-sectional area of the marker. In the anchored orientation, the biopsy marker is released and free to actively spring into a configuration in which the lateral span/cross-sectional area is greater than the lateral span/cross-sectional area of the biopsy marker when in the insertion orientation. In an embodiment, the spring-loaded anchor is configured to spring about a predefined rotational axis. An embodiment of the biopsy marker may be comprised of a single wire construction.
US12109068B2
An ultrasound probe 11 includes a transducer array in which a plurality of transducers are arranged, and a housing 12 in which the transducer array is accommodated. The housing 12 has a grip portion 13 that extends in a determined direction, and a transducer array accommodation portion 14 that is connected to one end portion of the grip portion 13 in an extension direction and accommodates the transducer array. A probe support surface 13B that extends along the extension direction is defined in a surface on the other end portion side of the grip portion 13 in the extension direction. In a case where the ultrasound probe is placed on a flat placing surface with the probe support surface 13B being brought into contact with the placing surface, the ultrasound probe is in such a posture that a surface of the housing 12 in a portion positioned on the transducer array accommodation portion 14 side with respect to the probe support surface 13B is separated from the placing surface.
US12109066B2
A method includes: determining, by a host device, a predetermined path including a first tilt from which a target anatomical view is available and a second tilt from which the target anatomical view is not available, where the predetermined path has a pivot of fewer than 180 degrees about an anatomical area; instructing, by the host device, an operator to pivot an ultrasound device along the predetermined path by displaying a display on the host device; receiving a first ultrasound image depicting the target anatomical view and a second ultrasound image not depicting the target anatomical view based on ultrasound data collected by the ultrasound device while pivoting along the predetermined path; and identifying that the first ultrasound image depicts the target anatomical view. The predetermined path is determined prior to collecting the first ultrasound image and the second ultrasound image.
US12109055B2
A computed tomography (CT) machine system and a state monitoring method are described. The CT machine system comprises a drum-shaped component, a 3D camera, and a control system. The drum-shaped component comprises a cylindrical body, with the center of the cylindrical body being provided with a hollow portion which is rotationally symmetrical about the central axis of the cylindrical body, a rotating component disposed in the cylindrical body rotating about the central axis, a plurality of trigger marks arranged in the rotating component, and a window provided in the cylindrical body. The 3D camera generates image data that is transferred to the control system, from which the control system determines state data of the CT machine. The 3D camera captures an image of the trigger marks through the window to generate marked image data.
US12109052B2
Artifacts in a tomographic image of a subject including a cyclically moving object to be treated are reduced. A radiographic imaging device includes: a gantry that is equipped with two sets of radiation sources and detectors which are used in pairs, the gantry rotating the radiation sources and the detectors around a subject; and a reconstruction section that reconstructs a tomographic image of the subject based on multiple projection images generated from output of the detectors. The radiographic imaging device further includes: a phase calculation section; a divide section that divides, on a phase-by-phase basis, first projection image groups of multiple projection images acquired by the first set, and similarly second projection image groups acquired by the second set; and a condition setting section. The reconstruction section reconstructs a tomographic image by use of the first and second projection image groups that are placed in the same phase.
US12109045B2
A mouth guard senses impact forces and determines if the forces exceed an impact threshold. If so, the mouth guard notifies the user of the risk for injury by haptic feedback, vibratory feedback, and/or audible feedback. The mouth guard system may also remotely communicate the status of risk and the potential injury. The mouth guard uses a local memory device to store impact thresholds based on personal biometric information obtained from the user and compares the sensed forces relative to those threshold values. The mouth guard and its electrical components on the printed circuit board are custom manufactured for the user such that the mouth guard provides a comfortable and reliable fit, while ensuring exceptional performance.
US12109039B2
Systems and methods of identifying medical disorders in one or more subjects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, sound is transmitted toward a subject and at least a portion of the sound reflected by the subject and is acquired as echo data. The acquired echo data is used to generate a motion waveform having a plurality of peaks detected therein. At least a portion of the plurality of peaks may be indicative of movement of the subject. One or more medical disorders in the subject can be identified based on, for example, time durations and/or amplitude changes between peaks detected in the motion waveform.
US12109024B2
A method of measuring blood oxygenation consists of measuring Sp02 on one or more test subjects using a first, reference pulse oximetry device (100), such as a medical- grade pulse-oximeter of the kind that employs, for example, a finger-tip clip-type probe. This can be done on each patient over relatively short time periods. Then, the Sp02 is monitored on a target subject across a relatively longer time period using a second, wearable pulse oximetry device (10) that can be worn non-intrusively by the target use, for example in the form of a bracelet. The Sp02 measured using the wearable pulse oximetry device (10), can be measured based on calibration measurements performed using the first, reference pulse oximetry device (100). In this way, the measurements produced by the wearable pulse oximetry device (10) are calibrated using a medical-grade pulse- oximeter (100).
US12109021B2
Because reprocessing or refurbishing of physiological sensors reuses large portions of an existing sensor, the material costs for refurbishing sensors is significantly lower than the material costs for making an entirely new sensor. Typically, existing reprocessors replace only the adhesive portion of an adhesive physiological sensor and reuse the sensing components. However, re-using the sensing components can reduce the reliability of the refurbished sensor and/or reduce the number of sensors eligible for refurbishing due to out-of-specification sensor components. It is therefore desirable to provide a process for refurbishing physiological sensors that replaces the sensing components of the sensor. While sensing components are replaced, generally, sensor cable and/or patient monitor attachments are retained, resulting in cost savings over producing new sensors.
US12109018B2
A method and system for calibrating cameras of a monitoring system, the method comprises receiving a plurality of video frames including a wide area view of a patient area from a primary camera of a monitoring subsystem and a view of a region of interest within the patient area from a secondary camera of the monitoring subsystem, detecting a patient event based on an analysis of given ones of the plurality of video frames corresponding to the wide area view, transmitting the given ones of the plurality of video frames and an identification of the patient event to a viewer client device, generating detection-based calibration instructions based on the patient event, wherein the detection-based calibration instructions including control information that controls operation of the secondary camera based on a location of the patient event, and transmitting the detection-based calibration instructions to the monitoring subsystem, wherein the monitoring subsystem configures the secondary camera based on the control information of the detection-based calibration instructions.
US12109017B2
A platform for monitoring range of motion in a joint includes initiating a range of motion monitoring application and connecting the application to a video communication platform. Video data, comprising the joint of the patient, is received from the communication platform. The platform may be used to determine that the patient is in position for calculating a range of motion of the joint, and capture an image of the joint from the received video data. The platform receives, from a user, a selection of a first set of points used in measuring range of motion, and calculates a first angle measurement associated with the range of motion of the joint based on the selected set of points. The captured image is displayed together with an overlay comprising the first set of points and the first calculated angle, and the captured image and the overlay are stored to a storage device.
US12109003B2
A biological monitoring device includes a sensor included in a sensor device, performing a detection process of detecting a medical condition in a body of a patient, and performing a process of generating first detection data indicating a result of the detection process, a generation unit indicating contents related to the detection process, and performing a process of generating second detection data having a smaller data volume than the first detection data, on the basis of the first detection data, a communication unit realized by the sensor device, and performing a process of transmitting the second detection data to a terminal associated with the patient, and a control unit that is configured to cause the communication unit to perform the process of transmitting the second detection data to the terminal, when it is determined that the sensor device exists in the body of the patient.
US12108992B2
An exemplary surgical instrument tracking system includes at least one physical computing device that determines, based on endoscopic imagery of a surgical area and using a trained neural network, an observation for an object of interest depicted in the endoscopic imagery, associates, based on a probabilistic framework and kinematics of a robotically-manipulated surgical instrument located at the surgical area, the observation for the object of interest to the robotically-manipulated surgical instrument, and determines a physical position of the robotically-manipulated surgical instrument at the surgical area based on the kinematics of the robotically-manipulated surgical instrument and the observation associated with the robotically-manipulated surgical instrument.
US12108991B2
A medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device to map a mapping region inside an examination object, the medical imaging device being designed such that a location of the mapping region is changable in respect of the examination object; and a processing device, including a data interface, to robotically position a medical object inside the examination object, via a movement device. In an embodiment, the processing device is configured to determine an instantaneous position of the medical object; specify a target position for the medical object, the target position being defined relative to the mapping region; determine one or more control signals, configured to cause a movement of the medical object via the movement device from the instantaneous position to the target position; and provide the one or more control signals, via the data interface, to the movement device.
US12108987B2
The method includes the steps of: a) illuminating the pupil of an eye of a subject by a light source of a portable electronic device, the light source being formed by a lighted area displayed on a screen of the portable electronic device; b) acquiring a picture of the pupil of the eye of the subject by an image-capture apparatus of the portable electronic device, the picture including an image of the reflection of the light source on the retina of the eye; and c) determining a refraction feature of the eye taking into account at least a geometrical feature, a positional feature or an intensity distribution of the image of the reflection. An associated portable electronic device is also described.
US12108986B2
A method for automatically assessing the near vision accommodative state of a non-presbyopic individual, the method being carried out by computer and performed after an assessment of the individual's far vision leading to the generation of a far vision assessment report, includes generating a near vision assessment report optionally including at least one recommendation dependent on the far vision assessment report.
US12108982B2
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple penetrators advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, nerve sensing, nerve stimulation, or ablation by application of energy. The catheter can include a proximal handle for the advancement of guide tubes and penetrators.
US12108978B2
A bipolar electrosurgical device is disclosed that operates in a mechanical cutting mode and a hemostasis mode. The device includes a housing and a blade assembly extending from the housing. The blade assembly forms a cutting tip and cutting window at a distal end region to provide mechanical cutting of tissue and first and second electrode assemblies to provide electrical energy to tissue. The first and second electrode assemblies can each include a rotary connection assembly to allow spatial orientation of the cutting window relative to the housing and/or cutting tip.
US12108966B2
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for robotic surgical systems including a robotic arm, the systems comprising an end effector attached to the robotic arm and retaining an access guide, and an initial access tool detachably connected to the access guide, wherein the initial access tool comprises a housing, a shaft extending from the housing coaxially through the access guide, and a distal tip attached to the shaft and protruding from a portion of the access guide distal to the end effector, wherein the housing is adapted to prevent rotation with respect to the access guide. In some embodiments, the access guide is adapted to retain an initial access tool and one or more of a burring tool, a drilling tool, or a tapping tool. In some embodiments, the initial access tool further comprises a step spaced from a distal end of the shaft, a rigid sleeve for placing over the shaft below the step, a spring for placing over the shaft below the step, and at least one detachable tip for engaging the distal end of the shaft, wherein the housing is adapted to prevent rotation with respect to the access guide.
US12108965B2
The present invention provides minimally invasive subdural evacuating systems and methods of use thereof. The subdural evacuating systems include a cutting component and a rod component, wherein the rod component provides an external physical indicator that the surface of the dura mater has been reached, permitting the cutting component to accurately pierce the dura mater with minimal to no risk of damaging any adjacent anatomy.
US12108963B2
A surgical cutting tool for keyhole surgery comprises: a handle 2 at a proximal end of the tool; an elongate member 4 extending from the handle to a distal end of the tool; and a saw 6 at the distal end of the tool, the saw being supported by the elongate member 4. The elongate member 4 has a length allowing for insertion of the saw 6 into the body by a distance of at least 150 mm. The tool is arranged for insertion of the saw 6 into the body during keyhole surgery; and the saw 6 is able to cut bone when pressed against the bone.
US12108955B1
A surgical instrument for at least partial occlusion of uterine blood vessels during surgery involving the uterus and a method for using the same is provided. The surgical instrument comprises an elongated, flexible tourniquet having a first end and a second end. A lashing member is disposed at or proximate to the first end while a portion of the tourniquet proximate to the second end defines a series of successive holes configured to releasably and even adjustably maintain the lashing member in place so that the tourniquet may form a secure loop. The surgical instrument may further comprise an introducer formed as a flexible yet resilient sheath configured to aid placement of the tourniquet around a lower uterine segment and uterine vessels. In accordance with the method, once the tourniquet is placed and lashing member is secured, the sheath may be removed from the tourniquet, and operation may proceed.
US12108953B2
A surgical stapling device includes an anvil and a staple cartridge. The staple cartridge includes structure to prevent the staple cartridge from being inserted into a channel member that is not sized to receive the staple cartridge. The staple cartridge and the channel member are configured to minimize risk of loading the wrong size staple cartridge into the surgical stapling device.
US12108949B2
A tissue guard for use with a surgical access device includes a proximal ring having proximal and distal ends, the distal end configured to operably couple to a ground ring that ultimately electrically connects to an electrical ground. One or more mechanical interfaces extend about the proximal ring and are configured to mechanically engage a rim of an access device to secure the tissue guard thereon. A retention body is configured to operably couple to a distal end of the ground ring, the retention body including a distal end configured to operably engage the access device to secure the tissue guard therein.
US12108946B2
Described herein is a medical device for treating a target site, the medical device including, a proximal end including a disc and a distal end including a lobe. The disc and the lobe are connected by a connecting member. The lobe includes a proximal portion defining a proximal surface of the lobe, a distal portion defining a distal surface of the lobe, and a middle portion connecting and extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion. A first transition between the proximal portion and the middle portion is curved, and a second transition between the middle portion and the distal portion is curved. The medical device also includes a plurality of stabilizing wires coupled to the lobe at a radially outer surface of the middle portion, each stabilizing wire including a hook portion extending radially outward from the at least one lobe.
US12108937B2
A detection package structure-includes an exterior tube; a detection assembly, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), a module base, and lighting members which are all disposed inside the exterior tube. The FPC includes a main flexible plate and minor flexible plates. The invention uses detection conductive materials and detection wiring parts to implement electric conduction-directed soldering, whereby to prevent from direct soldering of cables and detection assembly and enlarge soldering spots.
US12108935B2
An Albarran module, a drive body, and a method for bracing a pull wire, by which method at least one pull wire can be braced in a simple and reliable manner by a tensioning means for bracing the at least one pull wire is connectable to a drive body of the Albarran module parallel to a longitudinal axis of a shaft. The Albarran module has an Albarran lever at a distal end of a shaft. The Albarran lever is actuatable via a toggle on a main body of the Albarran module. For this purpose, the lever is coupled mechanically to the toggle by pull wires along the shaft. In known Albarran modules, the fitting and bracing of these pull wires proves complicated and laborious.
US12108932B2
A variable-rigidity device includes a tubular member including a plurality of high-rigidity portions and low-rigidity portions arranged along a longitudinal axis, a core member arranged on an inner side of the tubular member and including a plurality of high-rigidity core portions and low-rigidity core portions; and an actuator configured to relatively move the core member with respect to the tubular member, in which the actuator is configured to cause a first force to repeatedly fluctuate with a passage of time, the first force causing the core member to relatively move with respect to the tubular member in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis.
US12108929B2
An electronic endoscope system is provided with an electronic endoscope, a processor provided with a still image acquisition unit that acquires a part of a moving image imaged by the electronic endoscope as a still image, an association processing unit that associates place information regarding an imaging place of living tissue in a lumen with the still image, and a recording unit, a monitor, and an input operation device that transmits a capture instruction for acquiring the still image from the moving image to the still image acquisition unit in response to an operation of determining one place out of a plurality of places in the lumen set in advance as a selected place as a trigger, and further transmits information of the selected place to the association processing unit as the place information regarding the imaging place during an imaging period of the moving image.
US12108919B2
A cleaning device and methods for cleaning are provided. In one embodiment, the cleaning device includes a head assembly, a body assembly, and a handle assembly. The cleaning device also includes components that enable the cleaning device to operate in dry cleaning modes and wet cleaning modes. Dry cleaning modes can employ a vacuum assembly, including a motor, tubing, and a fluid recovery tank in order to draw in debris and waste into a fluid recovery tank. Wet cleaning modes can further employ a fluid supply tank, a pump, and tubing in order to supply fluid to a brushroll to aid in a cleaning process.
US12108908B1
A baking pan has a generally open top hollow body shape. The edges of the open top define a plane. The bottom of the baking pan has a first bottom portion at a first depth from the open top and parallel to the plane, a second bottom portion at a second depth from the open top different from the first depth and parallel to the plane, and a transition portion merging the first bottom portion with the second bottom portion. The bottom portions may be flat. The transition portion may be straight or curved and may be vertical or inclined.
