US12158318B2
The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired.
US12158317B2
A rearward-travel stop assembly for a firearm includes: a trigger guard portion; and an adjustable stop assembly coupled to the trigger guard portion and configured to limit rearward-travel of a trigger of the firearm by engaging a lower portion of the trigger.
US12158314B2
A cold plate apparatus that has an outlet plenum leading to an outlet opening includes an outlet transition that connects the outlet opening to the outlet plenum. The outlet transition defines a smoothly curving flow path from a direction along a long dimension of the outlet plenum, which is parallel to a plane defined by the outlet opening, to a direction along a centerline of the outlet opening, which is at an angle from the plane defined by the outlet opening. The outlet transition provides a smooth variation of cross-sectional area from the outlet plenum to the outlet opening.
US12158300B2
In a refrigerator control method, an operation corresponding to a deep-freezing chamber load, in which both a refrigeration chamber valve and a freezer chamber valve are opened, is performed when a deep-freezing chamber mode is turned on and the input condition of the operation corresponding to a deep-freezing chamber load is satisfied.
US12158297B2
A refrigerator may include: a first tray forming a part of ice-making cells; a second tray forming the other part of the ice-making cells; a heater for supplying heat to the ice making cells; a cooler for supplying cold to a storage compartment; and a control unit for controlling the heater and the cooler. The operation modes of the refrigerator include a first mode and a second mode. The control unit may control so that either or both of the amounts of cooling by the cooler and the amount of heating by the heater vary in the first mode and the second mode.
US12158295B2
A cryogenic freezer and a method of controlling temperature within the cryogenic freezer. The cryogenic freezer includes an inner vessel. The inner vessel defines a storage chamber. The cryogenic freezer includes an outer vessel surrounding the inner vessel. The outer vessel may define a vacuum-insulated space in between the outer vessel and the inner vessel. The cryogenic freezer includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature within the storage chamber. The cryogenic freezer includes a controller coupled to the temperature sensor. The controller is configured to pulse an amount of cryogen into the storage container to control the temperature within the storage container.
US12158293B2
The refrigerant circulation direction is switched between first and second circulation directions. In the first circulation direction, the refrigerant is circulated in order of a first heat exchanger, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first decompressor, and circulated in order of the first heat exchanger, the compressor, a third heat exchanger, and a second decompressor. A controller identifies a specific heat exchanger from among the second heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger. When an elapsed time from activation of the compressor is shorter than a reference time, the controller makes an opening degree of a specific decompressor that communicates with the specific heat exchanger larger than an opening degree of the decompressor that is among the first decompressor and the second decompressor and different from the specific decompressor, and sets the refrigerant circulation direction to the second circulation direction opposite to the first circulation.
US12158288B2
A light-splitting reflection high-concentration photovoltaic photothermal integrated cavity receiver includes a photothermal assembly and a photovoltaic assembly. The photothermal assembly includes a high-temperature heat storage system, a low-temperature heat storage system, a plurality of heat exchange tube bundles defining a reflective cavity, and an ultraviolet and visible light reflective film arranged on an inner surface of the reflective cavity. The plurality of heat exchange tube bundles are communicated to form a heat collection circuit, and the heat collection circuit has an input end connected with the low-temperature heat storage system, and an output end connected with the high-temperature heat storage system. The photovoltaic assembly is arranged at a focus of the reflective cavity, and includes a near-infrared reflective film, a high concentration photovoltaic integrated receiver and a concentration photovoltaic cooler stacked sequentially along an incident direction of light.
US12158285B2
A diffuser to distribute vapors throughout a building using an HVAC system. The diffuser has an inner tube with vents and a rotatable outer tube with vents, being rotatable by a rotation mechanism. The vents on both tubes can be misaligned, or fully or partially aligned by rotation of outer tube. The inner tube has a connector at one end to removably connect to a liquid container, and an annular flange. An elbow is located between the connector and the flange such that the container may be oriented vertically when the tubes are horizontal. A cavity in the inner tube is open to the container, and a wick in the cavity transmits liquid from the container to the cavity. Vapor diffuses out of the cavity through the vents when they are at least partially aligned. The diffuser may be installed into an HVAC duct.
US12158270B2
A combustor comprising a dome wall, an annular liner, a combustion chamber, a set of fuel cups, and a set of dilution passages for each fuel cup of the set of fuel cups. The set of fuel cups circumferentially spaced along the dome wall relative to the combustor centerline. The set of dilution passages terminating in a plurality of slots spaced about the corresponding fuel cup in the set of fuel cups.
US12158269B2
A combustion device includes: a combustion chamber; a plurality of hydrogen injection holes facing inside of the combustion chamber; a first air injection hole facing the inside of the combustion chamber and extending in the circumferential direction on a radially outer side with respect to the plurality of hydrogen injection holes; a second air injection hole facing the inside of the combustion chamber and extending in the circumferential direction on a radially inner side with respect to the plurality of hydrogen injection holes, the first and second air injection holes being annular; first swirling blades provided in the first air injection hole and inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to a combustion-chamber-side axial direction; and second swirling blades provided in the second air injection hole and inclined to the same side as the first swirling blades in the circumferential direction with respect to the combustion-chamber-side axial direction.
US12158268B2
An improved and high capacity gas igniter for furnaces and burners. The igniter can include an igniter tip that is annular in shape and includes various holes of different sizes and angular projections distributed throughout. The igniter tip may utilize a slip-joint-like mechanism or sleeve that connects inner and outer tubes of a guide tube that allows the inner tube to slide when undergoing thermal expansion. This configuration alleviates stress from building up on the inner tube and igniter tip, preventing damage.
US12158267B2
Embodiments of a pressure regulator for delivering gas to a cooking station. The pressure regulator includes a body defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The body also includes a knob coupled to the body, the knob manually rotatable about an axis defined by the knob. The pressure regulator also includes a lever arm within the body. The lever arm extends to an end portion positioned adjacent the gas inlet, the lever arm pivotable via rotation of the knob such that rotation of the knob adjusts gas flow pressure through the body between about 11 inches of water column and about 8.5 inches of water column.
US12158264B2
The invention relates to an optical component (140) for a luminaire (100). The optical component (140) comprises a carrier plate (141) having an upper surface (141a) and a lower surface (141b), and a plurality of lens elements (142) provided on the upper surface (141a). Each two neighboring lens elements (142) has an intermediate region (143). In each intermediate region (143), the carrier plate (141) comprises a slit (144) having an elongated shape with an axis of elongation parallel to a plane of the carrier plate (141). The optical component (140) can be used in a luminaire (100) to meet the office requirements regarding glare, in particular the L65 requirement.
US12158257B1
The present disclosure provides a handheld lighting device with adjustable lighting direction. The handheld lighting device has a housing assembly having a handle and a bracket with a steering groove, a lamp head assembly supported by the housing assembly and including a lamp head main shell and a rotating leg extending from the main shell toward the housing assembly, the rotating leg being received in the steering groove such that the lamp head assembly is deflected relative to the housing. The handheld lighting device is in a first lighting state when the direction of lighting of the lens of the lamp head assembly is in the same direction as the lengthwise of the handle. The handheld lighting device is in a second lighting state when the direction of lighting of the lens of said lamp head assembly deviates from the lengthwise direction of the handle.
US12158252B2
The purpose is to facilitate the adjustment of the size of a light emitting region of a lens structure. A lens structure for a vehicle light body includes a light emitting part and a base. The light emitting part includes an introduction reflective surface which causes light from the base to completely reflect as parallel light to the Z− direction, and a back-side reflective surface arranged to the Z direction in the light emitting back surface. Each back-side reflective surface has a normal direction sloping relative to the Z direction, and causes the parallel light from the introduction reflective surface to completely reflect to the Y+ direction. The light emitting surface emits light from the back-side reflective surface.
US12158251B2
A flame simulation projection device including a first light source, a light reflection mechanism, a second light source and a housing, wherein the first light source, the light reflection mechanism and the second light source are separately matched and connected to the housing; the first light source is disposed facing the light reflection mechanism; the housing forms an inner cavity; and the second light source is disposed facing the outside of the inner cavity. Since the first light source, the light reflection mechanism, the second light source and the housing form a standardized, serialized and integrated module, it can not only speed up the progress of production, assembly and maintenance of products, but also be designed by DIY. Users can freely arrange flame imaging screens and/or simulated fuel beds.
US12158247B2
Provided is a lighting device that includes a light source assembly having at least two light sources with different light emitting characteristics, turned on and turned off independently to emit a light beam by one light source of the at least two light sources; a lens module, arranged on a light path of the light beam to receive the light beam; and an optical component, arranged on the light path to receive the light beam from the lens module, he optical component has a first light exiting portion and a second light exiting portion, and can move relative to the light source assembly, so that the light beam is exited from one of them, and a beam angle of the light beam exited from the first light exiting portion is different from the beam angle of the light beam exited from the second light exiting portion.
US12158236B2
A lubricating oil tank includes: a tank casing extending in a first direction; a plurality of introduction portions disposed separately from each other in the first direction; a receiving portion disposed below the plurality of introduction portions in a vertical direction inside the tank casing and configured to receive the lubricating oil introduced from the plurality of introduction portions and cause the lubricating oil to flow toward a second end portion of the tank casing in the first direction; and a strainer configured to capture a foreign matter in the lubricating oil having flowed on the receiving portion. The receiving portion is inclined downward in the vertical direction toward the second end portion in the first direction. The strainer is disposed at a position closer to the second end portion than the plurality of introduction portions in the first direction.
US12158227B2
A flow control structure of a water hose joint has: a hose connector, a coupler, a control section, and a hose. The coupler is coupled with the hose connector, the control section is sleeved on the coupler, and the coupler is inserted into the hose, so as to complete a flow control structure of the hose connector. By combining the hose connector with a connecting pipe and rotating the control section to adjust the relative position of the control section and the coupler to change the water flow, which has the effect of simple flow adjustment.
US12158224B2
A casing constituting a housing type pipe joint is divided into an inner casing which externally fits to a sealing member to restrain a shape of a sealing member and an outer casing which is prepared outside the inner casing, engages with a pair of tubular members with their tube ends opposing each other inside the sealing member and presses the inner casing against the sealing member, these inner and outer casings being constituted by plural segments, each of which is formed as an integrated object from a metal plate, and a plate thickness of the inner casing is equal to or larger than a plate thickness of the outer casing. Thereby, a housing type pipe joint which can achieve both a function to restrain a shape of a sealing member and a function to engage tubular members at a sufficiently high level and is compact and lightweight is provided.
US12158214B2
A rotary valve comprises: a valve body having a cylindrical cavity; a rotor having a cylindrical surface that abuts a surface of the cylindrical cavity, the rotor including: a center bore; a first channel extending between the center bore and a first opening in the cylindrical surface; a second channel extending between the center bore and a second opening in the cylindrical surface; a third channel extending between the center bore and a third opening in the cylindrical surface; and a fourth channel not connected to the center bore, the fourth channel extending between a fourth opening in the cylindrical surface and a fifth opening at an end surface of the rotor, the end surface adjacent the cylindrical surface; and ports extending through the valve body between the surface of the cylindrical cavity and an outside of the valve body.
US12158206B2
A torsion spring for an oil pump chain tensioner for use in an engine. The torsion spring has: a second end; a leg connected to the second end through a hook bend; an outer coil connected to the leg having an outer coil outer circumference and an outer coil inner circumference; a first inner coil connected to the outer coil, the first inner coil having a first inner coil outer circumference and a first inner coil inner circumference, the outer coil inner circumference being adjacent to the first inner coil outer circumference; and a second inner c-shaped coil connected to the first inner coil through a bend back loop, the second inner coil having a second inner coil outer circumference and a second inner coil inner coil circumference and terminating in a first end, where the second inner coil outer circumference and the first coil inner circumference define a gap.
US12158202B2
A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, and a third gear. The second gear is offset eccentrically when the first gear is rotated. The third gear is rotated at a speed slower than a rotation speed of the first gear when the second gear is offset eccentrically. The stopper plate is engaged with the second gear through a fitting structure thereby restricting rotational movement of the second gear while permitting linear movement of the second gear. One of the second gear and the stopper plate includes an engagement claw. The other one of the second gear and the stopper plate includes a recess engaged with the engagement claw. The engagement claw includes a grease sump that holds grease applied between the recess and the engagement claw.
US12158200B2
In a gear pair in which a first gear and a second gear having a larger number of teeth than the first gear share a meshing line (L) of teeth that mesh with each other, at least a part of the meshing line (L) includes a region where a pressure angle (a) is not constant, and the pressure angle (α) weakly increases in a section of the meshing line (L) from a pitch point (Pp) to an end point (Pe1) on a tooth-root side of the first gear (G1). This allows both desired properties (for example, strength) and smooth meshing to be achieved, and also allows effective increase in strength of the tooth-root side of the gear having the small number of the teeth (that is, the first gear) subject to a large load and susceptible to damages on the tooth-root side.
US12158199B2
A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover. The torque converter further includes a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a clutch plate that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell.
US12158197B2
A transmission system for a vehicle, in particular a front wheel driven vehicle, having an input arranged for connection to a drive source, and an output arranged for connection to a load. The transmission system comprises a transmission which in turn comprises an output shaft connected to the output, a first input shaft and a first speed transforming gear coupling the first input shaft to the output shaft, and a second input shaft and a second speed transforming gear coupling the second input shaft to the output shaft.
US12158196B2
An actuator device includes a housing, parallel rolling screws supported in the housing, an actuator element, an actuator spindle anchored in the actuator element, a control system, sensor heads, and position sensors. Each rolling screw is coupled to an electric motor and engages a roller nut. Rotating the rolling screws axially displaces the rolling nuts. The actuator element engages with each rolling nut. One sensor head is arranged on the actuator element near each roller nut. One position sensor is fastened in the actuator adjacent each sensor head and communicates position information of each sensor head to the control system. Each electric motor has an encoder coupled to the control system. The encoder provides a primary motor control. The control system compares information from each position sensor with information from the encoder. The information from each position sensor acts as a secondary position control of the actuator element.
US12158188B2
A disc brake includes a pressure piece, an adjusting spindle, and an adjustment unit. The adjusting spindle is guided through an opening, provided with a thread unit, of the pressure piece. The adjusting spindle is guided through the adjusting unit, and the adjusting unit protrudes into the opening. The adjusting spindle has a limitation disposed in a thread turn of the adjusting spindle.
US12158186B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods including an electromechanical brake used downhole to impart dynamic or static braking capabilities while absorbing or otherwise reducing shock loads. The electromechanical brake may be used for a downhole electromechanical linear actuator to control a valve for the production of subterranean fluid. In some examples, it may be desirable for an electromechanical linear actuator to maintain a retracted position during certain safety and/or maintenance operations. The electromechanical brake includes a brake housing, a first armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing, a second armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing for rotation by a motor, an electrical coil energizable to urge the second armature into axial engagement with the first armature, and a rotational spring for biasing the first armature to a neutral rotational position relative to the brake housing while allowing a limited rotation of the first armature relative to the brake housing.
US12158165B2
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes an impeller, a motor, a diffuser, and at least one injection port. The impeller is attached to a shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. The motor is arranged and configured to rotate the shaft in order to rotate the impeller. The diffuser is disposed downstream from the impeller. The at least one injection port is located within the diffuser. The at least one injection port is configured and arranged to supply liquid refrigerant into the diffuser from a condenser or an economizer of the chiller.
US12158160B2
A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
US12158156B2
A ceiling fan infrared detection and control system has a wall-mounted controller, a ceiling fan controller, and a motor. The wall-mounted controller has an infrared sensor that is arranged outwardly and horizontally. The wall-mounted controller is pivotally equipped with a lens outside the infrared sensor for detecting infrared rays of a human body within a detection range. The control unit can output a wireless signal to the ceiling fan controller to control the motor according to the infrared detection result. The ceiling fan infrared detection and control system uses the technical feature that the lens is rotatable relative to the wall-mounted controller, so that the detection range can be moved synchronously along with the lens. The detection range has directivity and the function of adjusting the detection position, which can avoid false detection of a pet below the height of the detection range.
US12158149B2
The present invention provides a fluid transfer apparatus comprising: a rotating shaft comprising a rotation unit extending along an axial direction and a first eccentric unit and a second eccentric unit disposed to be spaced apart from each other along the axial direction; a first rotor housing forming a first fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface; a second rotor housing forming a second fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface, and positioned to be spaced apart from the first rotor housing along the axial direction; a first rotor disposed in the first fluid compression space so as to delimit the first fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the first eccentric unit while surrounding the first eccentric unit in the radial direction of the first eccentric unit; and a second rotor disposed in the second fluid compression space so as to delimit the second fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the second eccentric unit while surrounding the second eccentric unit in the radial direction of the second eccentric unit.
US12158147B2
A single screw compressor comprises a main rotor and at least one gate rotor, a casing for the main rotor having a discharge port at a discharge end of the casing, and a slide slidable within a bore in the casing adjacent the main rotor. The slide has a cut-out (6) between first (2) and second (4) sealing parts of the slide, the slide is slidable between a high volume ratio position where the cut-out (6) is within the casing and provides a path to the discharge port, and a low volume ratio position where the slide is beyond the discharge end of the casing to provide a fixed discharge path in the bore of the casing.
US12158144B2
A method of assembling a fluid end includes inserting a valve through a bore of a housing of the fluid end and into an interior volume of the fluid end, inserting a valve cover into the bore such that the valve cover seals the bore, and coupling a lock cover to the housing, the lock cover positioned over the bore to prevent removal of the valve cover from the bore. When the lock cover is coupled to the housing, the lock cover does not apply a preload against the valve cover.
US12158138B2
Renewable geothermal energy harvesting methods may include distributing the working fluid from a ground surface into thermal contact with at least one subterranean geothermal formation; transferring thermal energy from the subterranean geothermal formation to the working fluid; distributing the working fluid from the subterranean geothermal formation back to the ground surface; and distributing the working fluid directly to at least one thermal application system. The thermal application system may be configured to utilize the thermal energy to perform work. The thermal energy may be utilized at the thermal application system to perform the work. Renewable geothermal energy harvesting systems are also disclosed.
US12158123B1
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a supplemental thrust section and a duct. The supplemental thrust section includes a rotating detonation combustor. The duct includes a supplemental thrust section inlet fluidly coupled with and leading to the rotating detonation combustor. The supplemental thrust section inlet has a flow area that decreases as at least a first portion of the supplemental thrust section inlet extends towards the rotating detonation combustor.
US12158120B2
The present invention suppresses leakage of combustion gas from a contact surface. A cylinder head (20) is attached to a cylinder block. The surface (26) of the side of the cylinder head (20) that is attached to the cylinder block includes a first region (AH1) and a second region (AH2) that has higher hardness than the first region (AH1).
US12158110B2
A gas turbine engine includes a propulsor having blades extending from a propulsor hub. A compressor section includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A speed reduction device includes an epicyclic gear system. The epicyclic gear system includes a sun gear, a plurality of intermediate gears, a carrier supporting the intermediate gears and the propulsor hub, and a ring gear. A turbine section includes a first turbine and a second turbine. The second turbine drives the propulsor through the epicyclic gear system. The epicyclic gear system is straddled by forward and aft bearings that engage the carrier.
US12158091B2
A V-type engine in which exhaust pipe arrangement is easily performed and purification of exhaust gas can be performed by a single catalyst. Cylinders where pistons operate are arranged in a V-shape, a crankshaft driven by the driving of the pistons is disposed vertically, exhaust pipes communicating with exhaust openings in the respective banks of a cylinder head are included, rear exhaust pipes in the respective banks are merged outside on a side of the crankshaft, and a catalyst holder that holds a catalyst is provided in a merge portion of the rear exhaust pipes. Since the rear exhaust pipes in the respective banks are merged and the catalyst holder is provided in this merge portion, exhaust gas from each bank can be purified by the single catalyst, so that the number of catalysts installed is reduced to thus be able to reduce manufacturing cost.
US12158078B2
A method of manufacturing a compressor. A member is cast having forward and aft annular portions. A cavity forward wall extends from the forward annular portion to a first inner end. A cavity aft wall extends from the aft annular portion to a second inner end. A cavity outer wall extends between the forward and aft annular portions and defines an outer aperture. A cavity inner wall is cast and welded between the cavity forward and aft walls such that the cavity inner wall is offset from the first and second inner ends of the cavity forward and aft walls to form a U-shaped end channel. The compressor case is capable of receiving a vane so that a trunnion bearing extends from a vane root to a trunnion bearing outer end, through the inner aperture in the cavity inner wall and the outer aperture in the cavity outer wall.
US12158077B2
There is provided a compact turbine-compressor assembly 25. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 includes a turbine wheel 39 with one or more turbine blades 41 and a compressor wheel 47 that includes one or more compressor blades 49. The compressor wheel 47 is concentric with the turbine wheel 39. Furthermore, the compressor wheel 47 and the turbine wheel 39 are not located at opposite ends of a common axle with a medial portion of the axle distancing them apart, as is the case with prior art turbine-compressor assemblies that are known. In contrast, the turbine wheel 39 and the compressor wheel 47 are located adjacent to each other and in one embodiment they axially overlap each other so that one nests within the other to thereby provide a compact arrangement. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 includes a first fluid path 67 which is configured to convey fluid, which will typically be air, through the turbine blades 41. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 also includes a second fluid path 77 which is configured to convey fluid, which will typically be air, through the compressor blades. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 is arranged so that the first fluid path 67 is distinct from the second fluid path 77 and vice-versa.
US12158066B2
Methods and apparatus pertaining to scaling of the proportional gain and the integral gain in PI controllers of an autodriller based on drilling context. For example, a proportional gain and an integral gain are each determined for utilization by a PI controller of an autodriller controlling operation of equipment to be utilized for a drilling operation to drill a borehole into a subterranean formation. During the drilling operation, the integral gain is updated in real-time utilizing current values of drilling parameters that change with respect to time.
US12158053B2
A method of treating a region of a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore zone, the method including cooling the wellbore zone to a wellbore temperature below a temperature of the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, injecting a gellable treatment composition through the wellbore zone into the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, and allowing the gellable treatment composition to gel in the region to prevent or reduce flow of an unwanted fluid from the region into the wellbore zone.
US12158043B1
An apparatus may include a connector sub rigidly securable to a conveyance for running the connector sub along a wellbore. The connector sub has a connector lug. Further, the apparatus may include a spool mandrel coupled to the connector sub and having a mandrel lug. The spool mandrel is rotatable with respect to the connector sub, and contact between the connector lug and the mandrel lug bounds rotation of the spool mandrel with respect to the connector sub between a first angular position and a second angular position. Additionally, the apparatus includes a control line extending between the connector sub and the spool mandrel. The control line is displaceable to permit rotation of the spool mandrel with respect to the connector sub.
US12158034B2
A furniture drive for moving a furniture part includes a housing to be located on or in a furniture panel, and an actuating arm mounted movably relative to the housing and on which the movable furniture part can be fastened, and the housing has an end face through which the actuating arm protrudes in a relative position. A spring can exert a force onto the actuating arm, an adjustment bar can adjust the force that can be exerted onto the actuating arm by the spring, and a display can display the force adjustment carried out by the adjustment bar. The display is formed separately from the adjustment bar and can be read in an installed position of the furniture drive, in which position the housing is located completely, except for the end face, in the furniture panel of the furniture body.
US12158029B2
A closure latch assembly for installation in a vehicle door and method of construction thereof is provided. The closure latch assembly has at least one ratchet, a primary pawl, and an auxiliary pawl. At least one ratchet is moveable between a striker capture position and a striker release position. The primary pawl is moveable between a closed position and an open position. The auxiliary pawl is moveable between a closed position and an open position. An auxiliary pawl release lever is moveable between a rest position, whereat the auxiliary pawl is located in its closed position and the primary pawl is located in its closed position, and an engaged position, whereat the auxiliary pawl is moved to its open position and the primary pawl is moved to its open position.
US12158020B2
A pool cleaner with a cover assembly that includes a bottom cover with a cover opening, a supply mast, a distributor manifold, a timer assembly, a scrubber assembly, and a venturi vacuum. The distributor manifold receives water from the supply mast and encircles the suction mast. The venturi vacuum is in fluid communication with the distributor manifold and is designed to vacuum debris from a pool surface.
US12158018B2
A selectively deployable screening assembly for screening an event from being viewed by passersby includes a set of shielding devices, the shielding devices of which are selectively mutually couplable. Each shielding device comprises a frame, a panel, and a base. The frame comprises a lower element and a pair of side elements, each of which is hinged and foldable. The side elements also are foldable into substantial abutment with the lower element. The panel, which is substantially opaque, is attached to and extends between the lower element and the side elements. The base is attached to the lower element and stabilizes the frame on a surface. The set of shielding devices is deployable proximate to a perimeter of a site of an event, such as an accident, a crime scene, and the like, to screen the event from being viewed by passersby.
US12158015B2
The present invention relates to a walking robotic cell for the manufacture of on-site printed buildings using a multi-axis 3D printing system, and a method for operating said walking robotic cell. The walking robotic cell comprises a quadruped mobile robotic system acting autonomously and remotely operated, a feeding device, and a multi-axis actuator, which is a reprogrammable electromechanical system, automatically controlled, and programmable offline or online in all its degrees of freedom from an external or remote computer.
US12158012B2
A panel including a centrally located core, at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core, which first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward grooved formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel; which second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank, wherein the downward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of an upward tongue of a first coupling part of an adjacent panel.
US12158004B2
Devices configured to operate on an angled surface (e.g., a roof), and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, representative systems include an apparatus with a body assembly, an arm assembly coupled to the body assembly, and a material handling assembly coupled to the arm assembly. The body assembly can include a body frame, and a plurality of positioning assemblies coupleable to cables and configured to position and/or orient the body frame on the surface. The arm assembly includes a proximal end portion rotatably coupled to the body portion and a distal end portion opposite the proximal end portion. The material handling assembly is coupled to the distal end portion of the arm assembly and is configured to carry a surface material to be positioned on the angled surface.
US12158002B1
The reinforced concrete beam with a corrugated web reinforcement plate uses a web reinforcement plate for reinforcing deep and shear critical concrete beams. A corrugated plate is embedded in the concrete beam, where the corrugated plate has a top edge with a periodic shape and a bottom edge with a periodic shape. The periodic shape of the top edge has a larger wavelength than a wavelength of the periodic shape of the bottom edge. The corrugated plate may have a plurality of openings formed therethrough. A plurality of pipes may be received by, and pass through, at least a portion of the plurality of openings formed through the corrugated plate. Each of the pipes may have a pair of obliquely angled open ends such that the planes defining the open ends are normal to the top and bottom faces of the concrete beam.
US12158000B2
A structure-lining apparatus comprising a plurality of transversely and longitudinally extending panels connectable to a structure and connectable edge-to-edge via complementary connector components on their longitudinally extending edges. Each panel comprises transversely extending edges generally orthogonal to their longitudinally extending edges. Each panel comprises first and second complementary connector components on first and second longitudinally extending edges thereof. The apparatus comprises at least one edge-to-edge connection between a first connector component of a first panel and a second connector component of a second panel wherein a primary male connector component of the second connector component of the second panel is extended into a primary female connector component of the first connector component of the first panel and a secondary male connector component of the first connector component of the first panel is extended into a secondary female connector component of the second connector component of the second panel.
US12157992B2
A valve manifold for a universal rough-in valve, the manifold comprising a first inlet; a second inlet; a first outlet; a second outlet; a cavity to receive a fluid mixing valve; a first transition in flow communication with the cavity and the first inlet; a second transition in flow communication with the cavity and the second inlet; a first channel in flow communication with the cavity and the first outlet; a second channel in flow communication with the cavity and the second outlet; wherein the manifold comprises a venturi tube extending from the second manifold outlet towards the first manifold outlet; and wherein the manifold is configured to be removably disposed in a rough-in valve chamber; and the manifold is configured to be removably coupled to the fluid mixing valve.
US12157991B2
This display system is provided with: an image acquisition unit for acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing an image around a work vehicle; a detection unit for detecting an obstacle around the work vehicle; and a display control unit which, on the basis of the result of detection of the obstacle, generates a signal for displaying a marker image in a position corresponding to the obstacle, and a signal for causing the form of the marker image to change over time.
US12157987B2
A rotary working vehicle includes a lower traveling body, an upper rotating body, a rotating frame constituting the bottom of the upper rotating body, a boom bracket supported by the rotating frame so as to be capable pivoting horizontally, a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate, which are raised from the bottom plate of the rotating frame, a swing cylinder provided on the opposite side of the second vertical plate from the first vertical plate and connecting the rotating frame and the boom bracket, a protrusion piece protruding toward the swing cylinder from a side wall of the second vertical plate above the swing cylinder, a hose guide provided to the protrusion piece, and first and second hydraulic hoses which pass above the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate, extend downward from above through the hose guide, and reach the swing cylinder.
US12157982B2
This disclosure discloses a fish-passing system and a fish-passing method with tourist ornamental function, belonging to the technical field of water conservancy and hydropower ecological protection. The system comprises a dam, a Ferris wheel, a water supplement component, and a central controller (9). The upstream of the dam is equipped with a fish-release chute, and one end of the fish-release chute extends into the water body of the dam reservoir. The downstream of the dam is equipped with a fish passage transfer mechanism, and the fish passage transfer mechanism is connected to the downstream water body of the dam through a fish passage. The Ferris wheel is located between the fish passage transfer mechanism and the fish-release chute, and a number of human-ascending mechanisms (8) are evenly arranged on the Ferris wheel.
US12157977B2
A waterproof architectural element comprising an elongated panel member composed of compressed fibrous material having a first planar surface and an opposed second planar surface. At least one elongated cellulose layer is composed of Kraft paper having paper basis weight between 30 and 90 pounds and an average thickness between 0.003 and 0.009 inches. The elongated substrate has a first planar face and an opposed second planar face. A polymeric layer overlies at least a portion of the first planar face of the elongated substrate and comprises a polymeric blend of between 50 and 80 wt. % styrene butadiene copolymer and 0.2 and 3 wt. % of a cellulose ether compound. The cellulose ether compound comprises hydrogen or an alkyl group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl carboxymethyl, hydroxyethyl methyl, hydroxypropyl and between 30 and 50 wt. % calcium carbonate and water.
US12157974B2
There is provided a method of producing a paper, comprising the steps of: a) providing a pulp having a Schopper-Riegler (SR) number measured according to ISO 5267-1:1999 of 25-50, which pulp comprises at least 70% by weight sulphate or sulphite pulp; b) diluting the pulp to a consistency of 0.1%-0.9%; and c) forming a web from the diluted pulp from step b) in a forming section at a machine speed of at least 1100 m/min, such as 1100-1800 m/min.
US12157964B2
A laundry appliance includes an outer cabinet having a top panel that defines an aperture for accessing an interior of the cabinet. A tub is positioned within the outer cabinet and below the aperture. A rotating drum disposed within the tub. A pretreat basin is selectively positioned in an installed position relative to the top panel and above the drum. The pretreat basin has an outer frame and a pivoting central portion that rotationally operates within the outer frame between a sealed position defined by the pivoting central portion being in alignment with the outer frame and a rotated position defined by the pivoting central portion being rotated out of alignment with the outer frame.
US12157960B2
A volumetric weaving approach employs a vertical aspect of woven warp and weft fibers to generate volumetric structures through formation of tie-downs. Tie downs define warp and weft fibers that take a vertical path or component extending perpendicular to a weave plane. Independently controlled heddles provide selective warp fibers control, and a two-dimensional creel that dispenses the warp fibers at differing feed rates allows manipulation of the fibers into three dimensional structures or portions. As a shuttle draws the weft fiber, different layers are raised and lowered to lend a vertical axis to the resulting volumetric structure. Interconnections between the portions include the use of the tie downs to connect multiple portions to define 3-dimensional panels of a finished article such as a shoe. A single pass defining all the interconnected portions of the shoe generates the fully formed shoe without subsequent cutting and seaming of different textile panels.
US12157958B1
An improved ultraviolet (UV) blocking fabric that has an ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) rating of at least 49 in accordance with AATCC 183. The fabric does not require ultraviolet protecting coating(s) or finish(es) or such other treatment for achieving the desired ultraviolet protecting efficiency. Further, the fabric affords maintenance of the UPF rating even after the fabric has been subjected to several laundering cycles.
US12157951B2
Provided are a plating method, an insoluble anode and a plating apparatus capable of reducing consumption of an additive in a plating solution, when plating a substrate including a via or a hole for forming a through electrode. The plating method includes the steps of preparing a substrate including a via or a hole for forming a through electrode, preparing a plating solution tank that is divided, by a diaphragm, into an anode tank in which an insoluble anode is disposed and a cathode tank in which the substrate is disposed, and electroplating the substrate with an anode current density when plating the substrate in the plating solution tank being equal to or more than 0.4 ASD and equal to or less than 1.4 ASD.
US12157949B2
The embodiments herein relate to apparatuses and methods for electroplating one or more materials onto a substrate. Embodiments herein utilize a cross flow conduit in the electroplating cell to divert flow of fluid from a region between a substrate and a channeled ionically resistive plate positioned near the substrate down to a level lower than level of fluid in a fluid containment unit for collecting overflow fluid from the plating system for recirculation. The cross flow conduit can include channels cut into components of the plating cell to allow diverted flow, or can include an attachable diversion device mountable to an existing plating cell to divert flow downwards to the fluid containment unit. Embodiments also include a flow restrictor which may be a plate or a pressure relief valve for modulating flow of fluid in the cross flow conduit during plating.
US12157944B2
A method of forming a diffusion barrier layer on a dielectric or semiconductor substrate by a wet process. The method includes the steps of treating the dielectric or semiconductor substrate with an aqueous pretreatment solution comprising one or more adsorption promoting ingredients capable of preparing the substrate for deposition of the diffusion barrier layer thereon; and contacting the treated dielectric or semiconductor substrate with a deposition solution comprising manganese compounds and an inorganic pH buffer (optionally, with one or more doping metals) to the diffusion barrier layer thereon, wherein the diffusion barrier layer comprises manganese oxide. Also included is a two-part kit for treating a dielectric or semiconductor substrate to form a diffusion barrier layer thereon.
US12157941B2
Barrier films including a (co)polymeric substrate, at least one dyad on the substrate, each dyad made of a (co)polymer layer and an oxide layer overlaying the (co)polymer layer, and an outer (co)polymer layer overlaying the dyads. Optionally, at least one outer oxide layer overlays the outer (co)polymer layer. The barrier films transmit visible light and transmits, at an incident light angle of at least one of 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, or 75°, at most 70 percent of incident ultraviolet light at a wavelength range from at least 100 nanometers to 400 nanometers or in a wavelength range from at least 100 nm to 350 nm. The barrier films exhibit atomic oxygen degradation of less than 1×10−20 mg/atom. The barrier films may be applied to decorative objects or electronic devices, (e.g., light receiving or emitting devices, in a satellite or aircraft. Methods of making the barrier films also are disclosed.
US12157939B2
Coated tool comprising a coated surface, the coated surface comprising a substrate having a surface on which a coating is deposited, wherein the substrate is made of a material comprising cobalt, and wherein the coating comprises at least one boron-comprising layer, wherein the at least one boron-comprising layer comprises Al and the boron comprised in this layer is present as boride, thereby the boron-comprising layer is able to form further layers for providing a diffusion barrier layer effect, in particular for stopping diffusion of cobalt from the substrate surface to the coating, when the coated tool or the coated surface is exposed to temperatures in a range between approximately 600 and 1200° C.
US12157938B2
A method of producing an integrated monolithic aluminum structure, the method including the steps of: (a) providing an aluminum alloy plate with a predetermined thickness of at least 3 mm, wherein the aluminum alloy plate is a 2xxx-series alloy provided in an F-temper or an O-temper; (b) optionally pre-machining of the aluminum alloy plate to an intermediate machined structure; (c) high-energy hydroforming of the plate or optional intermediate machined structure against a forming surface of a rigid die having a contour in accordance with a desired curvature of the integrated monolithic aluminum structure, the high-energy hydroforming causing the plate or the intermediate machined structure to conform to the contour of the forming surface to at least one of a uniaxial curvature and a biaxial curvature; (d) solution heat-treating and cooling of the high-energy hydroformed structure; (e) machining and (f) ageing of the final integrated monolithic aluminum structure.
US12157936B2
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of primary coating to steel sheet provided with a base metal steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a primary coating formed on a surface of the base metal steel sheet and containing Mg2SiO4 as a main constituent, where a peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when performing elemental analysis by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is arranged within a range of 2.4 to 12.0 μm from the surface of the primary coating in the thickness direction, a number density of Al oxides at the peak position of Al emission intensity and of a size of 0.2 μm or more in terms of a circle equivalent diameter based on the area is 0.03 to 0.18/μm2, and, in a plurality of Al oxides in an observed region in an observed region of 30 μm×50 μm at the peak position of Al emission intensity, a total cross-sectional area of identified Al oxides with cross-sectional areas of 0.4 to 10.0 μm2 is 75.0% or more of the total cross-sectional area of all Al oxides in the observed region.
US12157929B2
Methods and apparatus for integrated alkali metal extraction are disclosed. Various exchange media are used to separate a chosen alkali metal, usually lithium, from a source stream and render the alkali metal into a product. In some cases, absorption/desorption processes, using solid and/or liquid absorption media, are used to purify a brine stream into a concentrate stream having elevated concentration of the desired alkali metal. Various processes, which may include use of liquid absorbents, electrochemical processing, centrifugation, evaporation, electrical mixing and separation, or combinations thereof, are used to separate the chosen metal from the source, and aqueous streams are recycled among the processes to facilitate the various separations.
US12157921B2
In the present invention, there is provided a coating liquid for forming an insulation coating for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, including: a solvent; and one or two more layered clay mineral powders having a specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more. In addition, in the present invention, there is provided a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including: a base metal; and an insulation coating provided on a surface of the base metal, in which the insulation coating contains SiO2, and one or two of Al2O3 and MgO, and has a porosity of 10% or less.
US12157915B2
Provided is a method capable of simply and exponentially amplifying circular DNA, and particularly, long-chain circular DNA, in a cell-free system. Specifically, provided herein is a method for amplifying circular DNA which comprises mixing circular DNA having a replication origin sequence (origin of chromosome (oriC)) with a reaction solution comprising: a first enzyme group that catalyzes replication of circular DNA; a second enzyme group that catalyzes an Okazaki fragment maturation and synthesizes two sister circular DNAs constituting a catenane; a third enzyme group that catalyzes a separation of two sister circular DNAs; and also, a buffer, NTP, dNTP, a magnesium ion source, and an alkali metal ion source, to form a reaction mixture, which is then reacted.
US12157910B2
Presented herein are methods and compositions for targeted amplification of DNA and sample identification. The methods are particularly useful in validation and quality control of samples and to confirm that WGS sequence data is properly paired with a patient sample prior to delivering sequence data to a physician or to a patient.
US12157904B2
The disclosure relates to engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives including e.g., eight carbon and ten carbon fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure further relates to recombinant host cells comprising the engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure also relates to methods of decreasing toxicity and improving production of medium-chain fatty acids and derivatives.
US12157887B2
The present invention concerns bioactive renal cell populations, renal cell constructs, and methods of making and using the same.
US12157870B2
An agent, such as a detergent or cleaning agent, may include a polyesterase. A method for cleaning textiles may include applying the agent to a textile for removing soiling. The polyesterase may also help to reduce pilling effects in the agent.
US12157869B2
Novel methods and compositions for treating textiles and other materials are disclosed in which persistent odor or other symptoms of biofilm presence can be reduced through the use of compositions comprising N-acetyl cysteine or other agents in combination with certain enzymes.
US12157854B2
A drilling fluid composition includes an aqueous base fluid, 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a date palm leaves extract (DPLE), 1 to 10 wt. % of clay particles, and 0.01 to 1 wt. % of a base, where each wt. % based on a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. The DPLE is homogenously disposed on surfaces of the clay particles. The clay particles disposed with the DPLE are present in the drilling fluid composition in the form of a composite. A pellet made from the clay particles treated with the DPLE has a swelling value at least 75% less than a swelling value of the pellet in an aqueous composition that does not contain the DLPE. A method of making the drilling fluid composition.
US12157853B2
In accordance with the present invention refrigerant compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a refrigerant mixture consisting essentially of HFC-32, HFO-1234yf, and CO2. The compositions are useful in processes to produce cooling and heating, in methods for replacing refrigerant R-32, and in refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump systems. These inventive compositions are match cooling performance for R-32 with GWP less than 400 or less than 300.
US12157850B2
This patent document provides a conditioning formulation or composition containing a rheology modifying polymer and optionally one or more of a dispersant, a thickener, a gelling agent, a glue or resin, a wetting agent, a buffer, an anti-foam agent, and soil amendments. Also disclosed is the use of the formulation for optimizing the soil or sand surface of a field.
US12157849B2
This disclosure pertains to the field of nanotechnology. The disclosure provides methods of preparing nanostructures using a Group IV metal halide. The nanostructures have high quantum yield, narrow emission peak width, tunable emission wavelength, and colloidal stability. Also provided are nanostructures prepared using the methods. And, nanostructure films and molded articles comprising the nanostructures are also provided.
US12157844B2
A pretreatment composition for adhesive bonds, including i) between 10 and 30 parts by weight of at least one polyurethane polymer PU containing isocyanate groups, obtained from the reaction of at least one poly(meth)acrylate polyol P and at least one polyisocyanate I1, with the proviso that the poly(meth)acrylate polyol P has an OH number of at least 35 and the polyurethane polymer PU has an NCO content of between 2.0% and 25.0% by weight, based on the polyurethane polymer PU; ii) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one organosilane OS; iii) 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one further polyisocyanate I2; iv) 60 to 90 parts by weight of a solvent L; v) 0 to 15 parts by weight of an industrial carbon black; vi) 0 to 10 parts by weight of a fumed hydrophobic silica.
US12157839B2
The present application relates to an epoxy-based adhesive composition, which may include (a) one or more epoxy resins, (b) a urethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or less, and having a polytetrahydrofuran unit, (c) a core-shell rubber in the form of secondary particles in which two or more core-shell rubbers in the form of primary particles are aggregated and (d) one or more epoxy curing agents. The adhesive composition of the present application can provide excellent adhesion strength, peel strength and impact-resistant strength uniformly over a wide temperature range.
US12157838B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrogenated copolymer composition and the like having an excellent balance among initial tack strength, suppression of increase in tackiness, and suppression of uneven thicknesses of a tacky layer. The object can be achieved with the following hydrogenated copolymer composition. A hydrogenated copolymer composition comprising: a component (a) comprising a polymer block comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit as a main component and a polymer block comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit as a main component; and a component (b) comprising a polymer block comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit as a main component and a polymer block comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit as a main component.
US12157835B2
A method of forming an adhesively bonded structure may comprise applying a primer compound to a first substrate, wherein the primer compound comprises a functionalized nanomaterial dopant, drying the primer compound on the substrate to form a primer layer comprising the functionalized nanomaterial dopant, applying an adhesive compound over the primer layer to form an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive compound comprises the functionalized nanomaterial dopant, contacting the adhesive layer with a second substrate and curing the adhesive layer to form an adhesively bonded structure, wherein the first substrate is metallic and the second substrate is at least one of metallic or composite.
US12157833B2
A composition includes a first solvent selected from methyl acetate, dimethyl carbonate, acetone, or a combination thereof, a second solvent selected from thiophene, 1,3-dioxolane, thioacetic acid, or a combination thereof, and, optionally, a third solvent selected from dimethyl sulfoxide, methyl glyoxal, propylene carbonate, gamma butyrolactone, ethylene carbonate, 2-chloro-1-propanol, methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, or a combination thereof. The respective amounts of each solvent are further described herein, and the total amounts of the first solvent, the second solvent, and the third solvent sum to at least 90 volume percent of the total volume of the composition. The composition can be particularly useful for removal of a coating from a surface. Accordingly, a method of removing a coating from a surface is also disclosed.
US12157830B2
The invention relates to coated effect pigments, wherein the coating comprises a binder which is suitable for powder paints. They comprise a crystalline and an amorphous fraction which is determined by C13 NMR MAS relaxation measurements, the relaxation of the 13C cores being fitted as a biexponential relaxation according to the formula (II) and the degree of crystallinity c being in a range between 40 to 85%, and relaxation having a short average relaxation time T1s and a long average relaxation time T1l, and T1l being in a range of from 65 to 130 s. The effect pigments coated according to the invention have at least one endothermic peak with a maximum from a range of Tmax=100 to 150° C. and an enthalpy ΔH associated with said peak from a range of 15 J/g to 80 J/g in DSC at a feed speed of 5° C./min, the enthalpy being calculated relative to the amount of the binder. The binders are applied to the effect pigment by way of spontaneous precipitation.
US12157827B2
An inkjet ink contains at least a first carbon black, a second carbon black, and water. The first carbon black has a DBP oil absorption of less than 130 mL/100 g and a BET specific surface area of less than 300 m2/g. The second carbon black has a DBP oil absorption of at least 130 mL/100 g and a BET specific surface area of at least 300 m2/g.
US12157825B2
The present invention is directed towards natural colorants comprising a material selected from the group consisting of genipin, purified genipin, pre-genipin compounds, iridoid compounds, genipin deriviatives, a genipin-containing substance, and combinations of any thereof; and a primary amine containing compound. Processes of making natural colorants are further disclosed. Additionally, processes of producing a desired color of natural colorants are disclosed.
US12157823B2
An asphalt composition comprising 0.1 to 10.0 wt.-% monomeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the monomeric MDI is carbodiimide modified and wherein the weight percentage of 4,4′-MDI in the carbodiimide modified monomeric MDI is in the range of from 65 to 85% and the weight percentage of carbodiimide is in the range of from 15 to 35% in the carbodiimide modified monomeric MDI; wherein at least 18% by weight based on the total weight of the composition are particles with a sedimentation coefficient above 5000 Sved in a white spirit solvent.
US12157820B2
The invention relates to a method for checking the silanization of pale-colored fillers, where a mixture comprising at least one silanized pale-colored filler, preferably silanized silica, and comprising at least one rubber is irradiated with ultrasound waves in a frequency range of 4 to 10 MHz, preferably of 5 to 7 MHz, and the signal strength of the ultrasound waves is determined after transmission through the rubber mixture, where the relative attenuation coefficient αrel of the rubber mixture in the frequency range of the ultrasound waves is determined, the standard deviation σ of the relative attenuation coefficient αrel is determined, and αrel and σ are used for detection of incipient crosslinking of the rubber mixture.
US12157819B2
The invention relates to a rubber composition for a mechanical member with a dynamic function, to a process for preparing this composition, to such a member and to a use of a polymer bearing urethane functions. The composition is based on at least one elastomer and comprises a reinforcing filler and said polymer dispersed in the elastomer, the composition comprising the product of an in situ thermomechanical blending reaction of the elastomer with the filler, precursors of the polymer and a chain extender. According to the invention, the composition has a ratio G′ 0.5%/G′ 20% of storage moduli G′ relative to the complex shear moduli G* satisfying at least one of the following conditions (i) to (v), G′ 0.5% and G′ 20% being measured according to the standard ISO 4664 at respective dynamic strain amplitudes of 0.5% and 20%, on double shear test specimens subjected to shear strains of from 0.02% to 50% at the same frequency of 5 Hz and at the same temperature T: G′0.5%/G′20%≤1.15 for T=100° C., (i) G′0.5%/G′20%≤1.40 for T=65° C., (ii) G′0.5%/G′20%≤1.50 for T=25° C., (iii) G′0.5%/G′20%≤1.60 for T=0° C., (iv) G′0.5%/G′20%≤2.50 for T=−30° C. (v)
US12157816B2
The present technology relates to a latex composition for dip molding comprising a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex satisfying General Formulas 1 and 2, wherein the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer includes a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived unit, an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived unit, and an ethylenic unsaturated acid monomer-derived unit, and a molded article.
US12157802B2
The present invention provides a polyimide film comprising inorganic fillers, the inorganic fillers comprising: a first filler group having a particle diameter (D50) falling within the range of 2-2.7 μm; and a second filler group having an average particle diameter (D50) falling within the range of 1-1.7 μm, wherein each of the first and second filler groups satisfies relational expression 1, 0.7≤(D90−D10)/(D50)≤1.2, with respect to the particle diameter.
US12157794B2
A curative for epoxidized plant-based oils and epoxidized natural rubber is created from the reaction between a naturally occurring polyfunctional acid and an epoxidized plant-based oil is disclosed. The curative may be used to produce at least one of six different materials, wherein each type of material may be configured as a thermosetting elastomer that is crosslinked with β-hydroxyester linkages. The materials may be configured as a leather-like material, a foam material, a molded elastomer, a coating, an adhesive, and/or a rigid or semi-rigid material. Illustrative articles made from any combination of the six materials may be recycled using a mechano-chemical process to de-crosslink the thermosetting elastomer.
US12157789B2
The invention relates to a two-component polyurethane adhesive, in particular for laminating films, wherein the PU adhesive, based on the total weight of the laminating adhesive composition, (a) contains as resin component at least one NCO-terminated polyurethane pre-polymer having a content, based on the total weight of the resin component, of at least 40 wt % of diphenylmethanedi-isocyanate (MDI), wherein the MDI is 4,4′-diphenylmethanediisocyanate or a mixture thereof with 2,4′-diphenylmethanediisocyanate, and 2 to 20 wt % of polyglycol having a molecular weight Mw of 200 to <1000 g per mol, and (b) contains as hardener component a polyol mixture comprising 2, 3, or more different polyols and is free of polyesters. The invention further relates to the use of the adhesive for bonding films, to methods for producing composite films, and to composite films bonded with the adhesive described.
US12157785B2
The present disclosure relates to an oxidation-reduction polymer which can be used in an electrochemical sensor, and particularly, in a polymer backbone of an electron transfer medium of the electrochemical sensor. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to: an oxidation-reduction polymer which can be used in a poly (allyl glycidyl ether)-based electrochemical sensor including a repeating unit derived from allyl glycidyl ether; and an electron transfer medium and an electrochemical sensor including same, wherein the oxidation-reduction polymer is advantageous in confirming the completion of reaction during manufacture, has high immobilization efficiency of the transition metal complex, has low possibility of having problems of toxicity and side effects, and can add various functions.
US12157774B2
Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).
US12157770B2
The present invention relates to anti-HLA-G antibodies and methods of using the same.
US12157765B2
Provided herein are modified immunoglobulins comprising an amyloid reactive peptide joined to an antibody, as well as humanized antibodies that bind to human amyloid fibrils and antibody-peptide fusion proteins. Also provided herein are methods of treating amyloid-based diseases by administering a modified immunoglobulin, humanized antibody, or antibody-peptide fusion protein.
US12157763B2
The present disclosure relates to an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. The present disclosure also relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a method for treating and/or preventing diseases and/or disorders caused by a coronavirus in a subject in need thereof, and a method for detecting a coronavirus in a sample.
US12157760B2
Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. The disclosure provides fusion proteins of nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp), e.g., Cas9 or variants thereof, and nucleic acid editing proteins such as cytidine deaminase domains (e.g., novel cytidine deaminases generated by ancestral sequence reconstruction), and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenine in DNA. Aspects of the disclosure relate to fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) that have improved expression and/or localize efficiently to the nucleus. In some embodiments, base editors are codon optimized for expression in mammalian cells. In some embodiments, base editors include multiple nuclear localization sequences (e.g., bipartite NLSs), e.g., at least two NLSs. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided.
US12157756B2
A method of purification and/or separation of glycopeptides and quantitation of same. The method includes contacting a sample comprising glycopeptides to a hydrophilic enrichment substrate under conditions that permit the glycopeptides to bind to the hydrophilic enrichment substrate. The glycopeptides are eluted from the hydrophilic enrichment substrate with an ammonium formate and acetonitrile (ACN) in water solution to create an enriched glycopeptide sample, which may be subjected to analysis to identify specific glycopeptides.
US12157749B2
The present application provides a borate ester compound suitable for being used as a proteasome inhibitor, a preparation method and use thereof, and the compound has the following structure wherein, R1, R2 is asymmetric substituent in para-position, and R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of halogen; and when R1 is F, R2 is not Cl; when R1 is Cl, R2 is not Br or F; and when R1 is Br, R2 is not Cl; X1, X2 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, or X1 and X2 together form a substituted or unsubstituted 4 to 10 membered ring containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms being selected from the group consisting of O, N and S.
US12157746B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 to R6, m and n are I a described herein, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, and compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US12157742B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise kinase inhibitors having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with BCR-ABL activity that include cancer, including chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphomas, and metastatic carcinoma.
US12157738B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) or (II): that inhibit ALK, TRKA, TRKB, TRKC and ROS1. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat disease.
US12157720B2
Provided is a method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde including subjecting an alkene to partial oxidation using a fixed bed multi-tube reactor to produce the corresponding unsaturated aldehyde, in which n catalyst layers (n is 2 or more) in a gas flow direction in a reaction tube are provided, when a filling length of the catalyst layers from a first catalyst layer to an (n−1)th catalyst layer from a gas inlet side of the reaction tube is L, and a filling length of an nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is Ln, a relationship between L and Ln satisfies the following equation (1): 1 < L / Ln ≤ 3 , ( 1 ) and a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the catalyst layers from the first catalyst layer to the (n−1)th layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is different from a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube.
US12157717B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) for use in the treatment of respiratory diseases of animals, especially Bovine or Swine Respiratory disease (BRD and SRD).
US12157716B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a crystalline merocyanine compound, comprising the step of dissolving a merocyanine compound in an organic, polar solvent, wherein the process is performed at a pH below than 7 in the presence of an acid, wherein residual levels of colored impurities are eliminated.
US12157713B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I, where said compounds displays antibacterial properties. Also disclosed herein is the use of said compounds to treat microbial infection. The compounds of formula I have the following structure: where n, m, p, q, X, R1 to R11 are as defined herein.
US12157707B2
Methods of using a curable composition, the curable composition including at least one polyether having blocked hydroxyl groups as the plasticizer on at least one alkaline substrate. The curable composition is storage-stable, easy to handle and highly elastic after curing, and does not show any tendency to separate or migrate. It enables elastic bonding, sealing or coating of alkaline substrates, such as, in particular, fresh or green concrete or cement mortar, without occurrence of troublesome odors triggered by plasticizer hydrolysis.
US12157704B2
A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) comprises applying a boron nitride (BN) aerogel to a fibrous material to form a pretreated fibrous material, depositing, using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI), a BN interface coating (IFC) on the pretreated fibrous material, and depositing a matrix on the BN IFC and the pretreated fibrous material.
US12157703B2
A space filler for forming a fibrous preform may comprise an additively manufactured ceramic material. The additively manufactured ceramic material may define a plurality of pores. A shape of the additively manufactured ceramic material may complement a shape of a void formed by fibrous regions of the fibrous preform.
US12157702B2
A ceramic substrate includes a substrate main body, and a conductor layer provided inside of the substrate main body. The substrate main body includes an insulator layer that is ceramics composed of aluminum oxide, and a composite oxide layer of aluminum and silicon, the composite oxide layer being formed between the insulator layer and the conductor layer.
US12157695B2
Use of a benzoxazine resin (12) for the bonding of a monofilament (10) made of glass-resin composite including glass filaments (101) embedded in a thermosetting polyester resin (102), to a thermoplastic material (14), notably polyester; process for adhering such a monofilament to the thermoplastic material (14), including at least the following steps: —impregnating the monofilament (10) with a benzoxazine resin (12) in the liquid state; —after impregnation, heat-treating the monofilament (10) thus impregnated, so as to at least partly polymerize the benzoxazine resin (12); —depositing, onto the monofilament (10) thus adhesively coated, the thermoplastic material (14) in the molten state; —after cooling, optionally heat-treating the monofilament thus coated (R-1, R-2) to totally polymerize the benzoxazine resin (12) on contact with the thermoplastic material (14).
US12157693B2
A method of manufacturing a window and a window manufactured by the same are provided. A method of manufacturing a window includes laser cutting a base glass into a preliminary window using first laser light, irradiating, with second laser light, a point spaced apart from an edge of the preliminary window at a first distance, and providing a window including a flat portion and an edge portion by wet etching the preliminary window irradiated with the second laser light. A method of manufacturing a window having a chamfer shape at the edge portion is facilitated.
US12157692B2
A water reclamation system that includes a primary module with separation capabilities and a dirty water tank, a secondary module with a treatment tank, ozone generating capabilities, a recirculation circuit and a catalyst filter, a tertiary module with filtration capabilities, and a treated water tank. The system may also include a desalination module, a turbulence promoter inside the treatment tank and/or water electrical conductivity measuring elements for water electrical conductivity control in the treated water tank. The water reclamation system has overall measures smaller than 15 meters of length, 4 meters of width or 3 meters of height and the nominal design flow of water to be treated is between 0.5 and 25 m3/h. A corresponding water treatment method is also provided.
US12157690B2
The invention relates to cold temperature-resistant microbials for use in waste water treatment. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains ALG and DRT, and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, and combinations thereof, for a use comprising the above-mentioned use.
US12157675B2
The present invention concerns a process for producing calcium carbonate from a calcium-containing alkaline slag material, the process containing the steps of extracting the alkaline slag material in a series of extraction steps, including at least 2 extraction steps, using extraction solvent(s) containing salt in an aqueous solution, whereby a calcium-containing filtrate and a residual slag is formed in each extraction step, separating the residual slag from the filtrate after each extraction step, carrying each residual slag to the following extraction in the series of extractions, to be used as raw material in said following extraction, and discarding the residual slag separated from the last extraction, carrying each filtrate to the previous extraction in the series of extractions, to be used as extraction solvent in said previous extraction, and carrying the first filtrate, separated from the first extraction step, to a carbonating step, carbonating calcium as calcium carbonate from the first filtrate, the first filtrate also used as the carbonation solvent, and using a carbonation gas, whereby calcium carbonate precipitates, separating and recovering the calcium carbonate from the remaining carbonation solvent, and recycling the remaining carbonation solvent to the last extraction step in the series of extraction steps, to be used as extraction solvent.
US12157670B2
A method for transferring a carbon nanotubes aqueous phase dispersion into an organic phase dispersion includes: providing the carbon nanotubes aqueous dispersion; mixing the carbon nanotubes aqueous dispersion with a first solvent to obtain a first suspension, where the first solvent includes a hydrophilic organic solvent; mixing the first suspension with a second solvent to form two stratified phases, allow to obtain a second suspension, where the second solvent includes a hydrophobic organic solvent; mixing the second suspension with a third solvent to obtain a third suspension; and subjecting the second suspension or the third suspension to dispersion treatment to obtain a carbon nanotubes organic dispersion, thereby realizing solvent transfer of the carbon nanotubes dispersion from aqueous to organic phase. The method can transfer the carbon nanotubes aqueous dispersion into the organic dispersion, and the transfer efficiency is 70%-95%.
US12157669B2
There is described a method of producing hydrogen and nitrogen using a feedstock gas reactor. Reaction of feedstock and combustion gases in the reactor produces hydrogen and nitrogen through pyrolysis of the feedstock gas. Parameters of the process may be adjusted to control the ratio of hydrogen to nitrogen that is produced such that it may be suitable, for example, for the synthesis of ammonia.
US12157665B2
The disclosure relates to a process for producing a base of an analysis cell for analyzing a biochemical material. Here, carbon-rich precursor molecules and low-carbon precursor molecules are deposited on a substrate in a defined mixing ratio in order to form a precursor layer, wherein the low-carbon precursor molecules have a defined size and a hydrophobic end group. In a further step, the precursor layer is post-treated in a suitable manner in order to produce the base as a layer with at least one pore having a pore size dependent on the defined size and a pore count dependent on the defined mixing ratio.
US12157664B2
In one or more embodiments, an apparatus generally comprises a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) module comprising a plurality of air movement cells and a power unit operable to control the plurality of air movement cells, and a housing configured for slidably receiving the MEMS module and positioning the MEMS module adjacent to a heat generating component of a network device. The MEMS module is operable to dissipate heat from the heat generating component and is configured for online installation and removal during operation of the heat generating component.
US12157663B2
A venting device includes an anchor structure and a membrane. The membrane is anchored on the anchor structure and configured to form a first vent and a second vent. The membrane includes a first flap, a second flap and a third flap. The membrane partitions a space into a first volume and a second volume, and the first volume and the second volume are connected when the first vent and the second vent are formed. The first flap is actuated to move toward a first direction and the second flap is actuated to move toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, so as to form the first vent. The first flap is actuated to move toward the first direction and the third flap is actuated to move toward the second direction opposite to the first direction, so as to form the second vent.
US12157662B2
In an embodiment, a medication dispensing assembly includes a housing containing a plurality of electronically activated guidance devices which are configured to guide medications from at least one medication dispenser into a plurality of containers. The housing includes a panel which closes off at least a portion of one side of the housing. The panel has a plurality of wire openings that are spaced apart from one another. A plurality of wires extend through a portion of an interior of the housing and extend through the wire openings of the panel from the interior of the housing to outside of the housing. The wires are electronically connected with electronically activated guidance devices. At least one of the wire openings includes a slot which extends to an edge of the panel.
US12157660B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for beverage line cleaning that enables an easy and traceable cleaning process. The apparatus and system can optimize the cleaning process by dynamically monitoring and using remote connections in order to perform an effective cleaning process.
US12157659B2
A valve arrangement establishes passage from a dedicated beverage product flow path to the valve arrangement to a dedicated beverage product flow path from the valve arrangement. The valve arrangement further establishes passage into the valve arrangement of a user selectable one of a plurality of diluent flow paths, while blocking passage into the valve arrangement of each of the plurality of diluent flow paths other than the one of the plurality of diluent flow paths. The valve arrangement still further establishes passage from the one of the plurality of diluent flow paths to the fixed diluent flow path from the valve body. The valve arrangement establishes passage into the valve arrangement of a user selectable one of the plurality of diluent flow paths functionally independent of establishing passage to the fixed diluent flow path of the one of the plurality of diluent flow paths.
US12157653B2
A machine to apply tape to a surface includes a handle for manipulation by a user connected to a wheeled applicator allowing the tape to be dispensed from the applicator and rolled onto a surface. The applicator includes two sidewalls adjustable relative to each other on guide bars to define space therebetween where rolls of tape having different widths can be accommodated. The sidewalls further include bottom portions shaped complimentarily with the wheel to define a path sized for a width of the tape around the wheel, and where the sidewalls further define a path sized for the width of the tape over at least one guide bar. The applicator also may include a clutched take-up reel operatively connected to the wheel, where rotation of the wheel causes the take-up reel to rotate and collect a liner.
US12157644B2
A robotic line kitting system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a sensor reading associated with a force sensor associated with a robotic instrumentality comprising the robotic line kitting system is received. It is determined based at least in part on the sensor reading that a condition requiring human intervention has been detected. A task to be performed by a human worker to correct the condition is scheduled.
US12157643B2
A stack of products is moved with a robot which has an articulated arm and at least one gripper disposed on the articulated arm to grip the stack of products. The stack of products can be selectively turned. The step of moving terminates at a selected deposit location of a number of deposit positions of a predefined deposit scheme. The stacks of products are moved in an automated way and, in particular, the stacks are deposited in a turned or unturned arrangement.
US12157637B2
A guide system for an extendable conveyor that conveys a product includes a bracket configured to be coupled to the conveyor such that the bracket moves with the conveyor as the conveyor is moved into different positions. A guide member having a leading end that is coupled to the bracket and a trailing end that is configured to be coupled to the conveyor at a position spaced apart from the bracket. The guide member is configured to guide the product along the conveyor, and as the conveyor is moved, the guide member extends or retracts.
US12157636B2
A cleanable conveyor frame and a method for making a cleanable frame having a simplified frame design. Infeed and outfeed assemblies are movable between operating and cleaning positions. An outfeed assembly includes a drive for a conveyor belt and a scraper assembly. The scraper assembly comprises a scraper blade mounted to a mounting bar extending between two connecting plates and a leaf spring extending rearward from the mounting bar for biasing the scraper blade into contact with the conveyor belt.
US12157633B2
A system and method for operating robotic pallet transportation carts and providing uniform spacing between pallets of goods, to improve the vertical alignment of the gaps between the pallets of a multilevel commercial warehouse rack. Indicators are positioned along a storage lane, such as on side walls of cart support rail structures, on the left and/or right sides with respect to the pallet transportation cart. The cart has one or more sensors (optical, magnetic and otherwise), such as on a side of the cart to detect the indicators on the side of the lane. The cart is programmed to count the indicators and lower the pallet of goods after sensing a selected indicator number. By spacing the indicators an appropriate distance apart, the pallets can be arranged to have vertically aligned gaps, even if there are minor variations in the length of pallets of goods.
US12157629B2
A goods-transport vehicle comprises a vehicle body (2) and a goods rack (3) arranged in the vehicle body (2), the goods rack (3) is provided with a plurality of storage spaces (34) used for storing goods (1). The goods-transport vehicle further comprises a fixing mechanism (4) and a picking mechanism (5). The fixing mechanism (4) is arranged in each storage space (34). After the goods (1) are placed in the corresponding storage space (34), the fixing mechanism (4) is used to automatically fix the goods (1) relative to the storage space (34). The picking mechanism (5) is arranged in the vehicle body (2), and is used to automatically place the goods (1) in each storage space (34) and to automatically take the goods from each storage space (34).
US12157625B2
A beverage-ingredient container to be used in the preparation of a beverage by a beverage dispensing apparatus. The container has a first optical code on the first surface of the container, wherein the first optical code is positioned on a first surface to be read by an optical scanner of the beverage dispensing apparatus when the container is received by the apparatus in a first orientation, and a second optical code on a second surface of the container, wherein the second optical code is positioned on the second surface to be read by the optical scanner of the beverage dispensing apparatus when the container is in a second orientation. The first optical code and the second optical code each stores container-related information including a container identifier which, when read by the optical scanner of the beverage dispensing apparatus, can be used by the beverage dispensing apparatus to control beverage preparation.
US12157624B2
A single-serving condiment packet holder that allows an opened packet to maintain an upright position without spilling its inner contents and also without having the opening of the open packet touch any part of the holder. The single-serving condiment packet holder has an opening to receive the packet and can have a thin three-dimensional cavity which is defined by one or more sidewalls. The holder may also have sidewalls, a base side, and a top side that is any geometric shape. A clip or hook may be used to suspend the holder.
US12157623B2
Herein is disclosed an apparatus and method for delivering a fluid to an individual in such a manner that sloshing of the fluid is substantially suppressed, even when the fluid has been only partially consumed. The apparatus includes a reservoir for containing the fluid and a valve in fluid communication with the reservoir. A biasing mechanism exerts a force upon the reservoir, causing it to contract and force fluid through the valve, when the valve is opened. The biasing mechanism and reservoir are housed within a body, according to some embodiments.
US12157606B2
A container storage system comprises structural members with particular hole patterns. In particular, a series of holes placed on an exterior face of a “core” module horizontally along its centerline relative to its height (core module height/2) are also placed on any additional module the same distance (core module height/2) from its mating face (to the core module) to facilitate connection with hinges and connectors by the use of inserting removable hardware through the holes. This structural arrangement allows for a combination of modules to be disassembled and reconfigured as a user's storage needs and/or conditions change over time. The modular storage system is scalable to any size and may be made from any material strong enough to support its own weight and the weight of its contents.
US12157605B1
Difficulties associated with transferring fluids are overcome by providing jugs for such containers that are stackable and attachable to wheel assemblies and a pole that can serve as a handle for pulling or pushing the containers.
US12157602B2
An aluminum can that has a maximum height of roughness Rz1 in the circumferential direction of not more than 0.5 μm on the outer surface of the thinnest portion of the body portion and, as viewed on the side surface, has a ratio Ra1/Ra2 in a range of 0.8 to 1.2, the ratio Ra1/Ra2 being that of a mean surface roughness Ra1 in the circumferential direction on the outer surface of the thinnest portion of the body portion and a mean surface roughness Ra2 in the circumferential direction on the outer surface of the lower end portion of the body portion.
US12157601B2
To provide a composite preform that can ensure that worsening of the appearance of a surface of a plastic member caused by near-infrared heating prior to blow molding is effectively prevented and that an inner preform is efficiently heated. The composite preform of the present invention includes a preform and a heat-contractive plastic member, the preform including a mouth part; a trunk part linked to the mouth part; and a bottom part linked to the trunk part, and the heat-contractive plastic member being disposed so as to surround the outside of the preform and including at least a colored layer that contains a resin material and a colorant, wherein the heat-contractive plastic member has a near-infrared transmittance of 50% or higher.
US12157585B2
Systems and methods for pointing photovoltaic arrays for optimal power generation. One or more methods among a plurality of methods for pointing an array may be used by a spacecraft control system to point the array. Example methods to use to point the photovoltaic array relate to analyzing current output, analyzing image data, and analyzing computational knowledge of reflective bodies or light sources. The spacecraft may be further controlled to reduce shadow by re-orienting, receiving light reflected off spacecraft, and orienting a photovoltaic array relative to incoming light sources based on topographic properties of the array such as cell grooves.
US12157582B2
An observation control device is applicable to a detector installed onboard a spacecraft for performing observation. The observation control device includes an orthogonal direction control unit configured to move an observation range in a direction orthogonal to a travel direction of the spacecraft, the observation range being a range observed by the detector, and a travel direction control unit configured to move the observation range in the travel direction of the spacecraft.
US12157580B2
Systems and methods for transferring aircraft within a landing area of an aerial transport are provided. A system includes a plurality of robotic devices configured to move aircraft within the landing area. The system obtains facility data to dynamically determine accessible and prohibited areas of the landing area. The system determines a robotic device to transfer an aircraft based on map data representing the prohibited/accessible areas of the landing area and robotic data representing attributes of each robotic device. The system determines a number of routes for the selected robotic device to transfer the aircraft within the landing area while avoiding prohibited areas of the landing area. The system generates command instructions for the selected robotic device and provides the command instructions to the selected robotic device to travel in accordance with the number of routes.
US12157573B2
A compactor trolley for aeronautical applications, more particularly a trolley, includes a flap for direct access to the waste storage compartment and a safety locking mechanism for the flap.
US12157553B2
The technology described herein relates to autonomous aerial vehicle rotor configurations. In some embodiments, the aerial vehicle includes a central body that extends along a longitudinal axis from a forward end to an aft end including a port side opposite a starboard side. Multiple rotor arms each have a proximal end coupled to the central body and a rotor assembly arranged at a distal end to provide propulsion for the aerial vehicle. The rotor assemblies include a first set of rotor assemblies and a second set of rotor assemblies. The first set of rotor assemblies are arranged in a non-inverted configuration on a top side of the aerial vehicle such that each rotor assembly includes an upward-facing rotor. The second set of rotor assemblies are arranged in an inverted configuration on a bottom side of the aerial vehicle such that each rotor assembly includes a downward-facing rotor.
US12157552B2
A laminate (1) delimited by at least a protective skin (30) and provided internally with reinforcing means (10) comprising a plurality of traction members (12, 20) arranged according to lines (L) traced in a given manner; at least one plastic matrix (M) shaped so as to stably embody each traction member (12, 20) to maintain it, under load, stably arranged point to point just as the corresponding line (L).
US12157551B2
Devices, such as aerodynamic kites used in kiteboarding (also known as kitesurfing), handheld aerodynamic wings used in wing foiling and wing surfing, and paddles used in paddleboarding, for generating a force for powering a user on an appropriately configured vehicle, such as a kiteboard, kitesurfing foilboard, hydrofoil board, surfboard, wing board, wing foil board, stand up paddleboard, stand up paddleboard with hydrofoil, roller skates, rollerblades, skateboards, snowboards, skis, or ice skates, to traverse across a body of water, sand, earth, paved area, snow, or ice, are provided with a thrust generating device (e.g., an electric ducted fan system) to assist in generating said force.
US12157547B2
Disclosed herein is an inflatable watercraft barrier in one example having an inflatable perimeter tube. Also disclosed is a diaphragm sealed to the perimeter tube to form the watercraft barrier between a watercraft and the water in which the watercraft barrier and watercraft float. In one example, a portion of the perimeter tube forms a gate portion which is at least partially selectively deflated so as to be denser than water, and therefore rotates about a gate pivot such that the watercraft may enter the watercraft barrier through the gate portion. Also disclosed is a water pump in fluid communication with the watercraft barrier so as to evacuate water from between the watercraft barrier and the watercraft.
US12157545B2
A method for constructing a floater for a floatable wind energy power plant includes providing a first pre-assembled part with at least one first connection arrangement, providing a second pre-assembled part with at least one second connection arrangement, arranging the at least one first connection arrangement of the first pre-assembled part proximate to the at least one second connection arrangement of the second pre-assembled part so as to form a connection site which includes at least a part of the at least one first connection arrangement and at least a part of the at least one second connection arrangement, sealingly arranging an enclosure about the connection site so as to seal the enclosure against an ingress of water, and connecting the first pre-assembled part and the second pre-assembled part at the connection site. Each of the first pre-assembled part and the second pre-assembled part are floatable.
US12157527B2
This steering control device is provided with a microcomputer. The microcomputer includes: a basic assist component calculation unit for calculating a basic assist component; an angle command value calculation unit for calculating an angle command value; an angle feedback control unit that calculates an assist command value via angle feedback control in which a pinion angle is made to follow the angle command value; and a control signal generation unit that generates a motor control signal on the basis of the assist command value. The basic assist component calculation unit includes: a torque command value calculation unit for calculating a torque command value that is a target value for steering torque to be input by a driver; and a torque feedback control unit that calculates the basic assist component via torque feedback control in which the steering torque is made to follow the torque command value.
US12157526B2
An apparatus including a command front wheel angle acquirer to acquire a command front wheel angle, a four-wheel target angle calculator to calculate a turning radius, which is a distance from a center of rotation when a vehicle is turning to a center of gravity in a Bicycle model, using the model in a state in which a front wheel angle of the model is simulated as the command front wheel angle, to calculate a rotation angle at the center of gravity of the model on the basis of a ratio of rotation angles of front and rear wheels of the vehicle calculated from a state parameter of the vehicle, and to calculate a target angle of each of the four wheels on the basis of the turning radius and the rotation angle, and a controller to independently control steering of the four wheels using the calculated each target angle.
US12157525B2
An electric power steering device includes a torque sensor provided between a steering wheel and steered wheels mounted on a vehicle body; an assist device that adds an assist force when the steered wheels are steered according to a torque detected by the torque sensor; and a vibration suppressor that outputs a vibration suppressing force from the assist device to suppress a vibration of a steering system according to a signal of a predetermined frequency band of the torque.
US12157517B2
The present floor tunnel is laid on a floor surface of a vehicle interior along a vehicle front-rear direction, extends substantially linearly along the vehicle front-rear direction, has a front end and a rear end, and has an open cross-sectional shape of a hat shape in which a shape of a cross section perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction protrudes from the floor surface. The floor tunnel includes a front end region that has the front end and a main region that has the rear end and continues to the front end region. When a total length from the front end to the rear end is L (mm), a boundary position between the front end region and the main region is within a range between a position at 30 mm from the front end toward the rear end and a position at L/5 from the front end toward the rear end. Yield strength of the front end region is lower than yield strength of the main region.
US12157516B2
An embodiment casting vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a shock absorber housing disposed under the fender apron upper member, a front side member disposed under the shock absorber housing, a side member runner protruding from an inner surface of the front side member, and a side member rib protruding from the side member runner.
US12157513B2
This frame member includes a corner section extending along the longitudinal direction; a first wall section extending from an end portion of the corner section in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and a second wall section extending from an opposite end portion of the corner section, wherein the corner section is formed with a deformation starting portion from which a deformation starts when a load is input to the frame member in the longitudinal direction, the deformation starting portion having a shape protruding to an inner bending side or an outer bending side of the corner section, and an average hardness value H(K1) at a first region is equal to or greater than 330 Hv in Vickers hardness, and a 3-sigma range of a standard deviation σ in a frequency distribution of the hardness at the first region is equal to or greater than 60, the first region being located at a portion outwardly apart from an end portion of the deformation starting portion in the longitudinal direction by 10 mm in the longitudinal direction, at a depth of ¼ thickness of the frame member from a surface.
US12157508B2
A method for measuring wear of a rail (20) comprises detecting a first set of wheel signals (SW1) by a wheel sensor (21) mounted to the rail (20), determining a first average wheel signal (AV1) of the first set of wheel signals (SW1), detecting at least one second set of wheel signals (SW2) by the wheel sensor (21), where the second set of wheel signals (SW2) is detected after detecting the first set of wheel signals (SW1), determining a second average wheel signal (AV2) of the second set of wheel signals (SW2), and determining a difference signal (DIF) given by the difference between the second average wheel signal (AV2) and the first average wheel signal (AV1), wherein a wheel signal is detected when a wheel (22) of a rail vehicle passes the wheel sensor (21). Furthermore, an evaluation system (23) for measuring wear of a rail (20) is provided.
US12157505B2
Provided is a side wall window structure module of a train, the side wall window structure module comprising a window wallboard (100), supporting members shaped like the Chinese character “” and reinforcing members shaped like the Chinese character “”, and stand columns (210) and supporting cross beams (311, 312, 313, 314) using the supporting members shaped like the Chinese character “”, wherein two flanging edges of each supporting member shaped like the Chinese character “” are fixed on the inner side, facing the interior of the train, of the window wallboard (100); each reinforcing member shaped like the Chinese character “” comprises a longitudinal reinforcing member (220) and a transverse reinforcing member (320); two flanging edges of each reinforcing member shaped like the Chinese character “” are fixed to one side edge of each supporting member shaped like the Chinese character “”; and an arched high edge of each reinforcing member shaped like the Chinese character “” is fixed to the other side edge of each supporting member shaped like the Chinese character “”. Further provided is the train comprising the window structure module. The side wall window structure module of the train has a strong capacity in terms of buckling resistance.
US12157501B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that obtain scene features in an environment that includes an autonomous vehicle, a first target agent, and a second target agent, and determines whether the first target agent is an emergency vehicle that is active at a current time point. In response to determining that the first target agent is an emergency vehicle that is active at the current time point, an input is generated from the scene features. The input can characterize the scene and indicate that the first target agent is an emergency vehicle that is active at the current time point. Also in response, the input can be processed using a machine learning model that is configured to generate a trajectory prediction output for the second target agent that characterizes predicted future behavior of the second target agent after the current time point.
US12157499B2
An assistance method of safe driving applied in a vehicle-mounted electronic device obtains RGB images of scene in front of a vehicle, processes the RGB images by a trained depth estimation model, obtains depth images and converts the depth images into three-dimensional (3D) point cloud maps, determines 3D regions of interest therein, and obtains position and size information of objects in the 3D regions of interest. When the position information satisfies a first preset condition and/or the size information satisfies a second preset condition, the presence of obstacles in the 3D regions of interest is determined and controls the vehicle to issue an alarm. When the position information does not satisfy the first preset condition and/or the size information does not satisfy the second preset condition, the 3D regions of interest are determined as obstacle-free, and permitting the vehicle to continue driving.
US12157490B2
A method is performed by a control device (100) of a first module (30, 40) of a vehicle (1), for electrically disconnecting the first module (30, 40) from a second module (30, 40) that is physically connected to the first module (30, 40), wherein the assembled vehicle (1) is configured to communicate with a control center (200). The method includes: identifying (s101) that the assembled vehicle (1) is ready to be disassembled; inactivating (s102) communication means (50) in the first module (30, 40) for establishing the electrical disconnection; and transmitting (s103) a verification of the electrical disconnection to the control center (200).
US12157478B2
Method for a sensor assembly, sensor assembly, computer program product and computer-readable medium
A method for a sensor assembly of a vehicle that includes self-calibration of the vehicle variable sensor of the sensor assembly, the actual location and/or the actual position of the sensor assembly being automatically ascertained and compared with at least one setpoint location and/or setpoint position for the at least one operating routine of the sensor assembly. Outputting an error message if the actual location and/or actual position automatically ascertained does not essentially match any of the at least one setpoint locations and/or setpoint positions or if the actual location and/or actual position automatically ascertained does essentially match one of the at least one setpoint locations and/or setpoint positions then storaging the operating routine of the sensor assembly correlating to this setpoint location and/or setpoint position of the sensor assembly for a subsequent operation of the self-calibrated vehicle variable sensor of the sensor assembly.
US12157476B2
An interlock component for a software system may comprise an input for receiving an interaction request for a first system component and system data, a processor arranged to assess the interaction request and the system data relative to predefined system logic rules to determine if the interaction request satisfies the system logic rules, and an output arranged to output the interaction request to the first system component if the system logic rules are satisfied.
US12157474B2
A determining method for determining a state of a road surface includes: sequentially acquiring a rotational speed of tires mounted on the vehicle, sequentially acquiring a driving force of the vehicle, calculating a slip ratio based on the sequentially acquired rotational speed of the tires, calculating a regression equation and a confidence interval width for a relationship between the slip ratio and the driving force, based on data sets of the slip ratio and the driving force in a predetermined zone, and determining a state of the road surface on which the vehicle travels, based on the confidence interval width calculated for the predetermined zone.
US12157467B2
A driving assist device includes a camera and a controller. The camera detects the presence of another vehicle ahead of a host vehicle. The controller sets a detection field of the camera. The controller determines that another vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if a degree to which the other vehicle has entered into the detection field exceeds or equals a first prescribed value when the host vehicle is traveling, or the other vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if the degree exceeds or equals a second prescribed value that is smaller than the first prescribed value when the host vehicle is stopped.
US12157459B2
A manager installed in a vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive, from a plurality of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications, a plurality of kinematic plans and identification information of the ADAS applications. The one or more processors are configured to arbitrate the kinematic plans, and calculate a motion request based on arbitration results. The one or more processors are configured to distribute the motion request to at least one actuator system. The one or more processors are configured to determine, when the kinematic plans include a request relating to stopped state holding of the vehicle, a mode of stopped state holding of the vehicle in accordance with the identification information of the ADAS applications.
US12157458B2
A controller detects partitioning lines OL and BL of a road and a road edge E based on an image taken by a camera, generates a pair of left and right virtual lines ILL and ILR that extend from the side to the front of a vehicle along the partitioning lines OL and BL, controls the steering so the vehicle travels between the left and right virtual lines ILL and ILR, moves the left virtual line ILL to a position in proximity to the road edge E and fixes the left virtual line ILL to this position, and then, moves the right virtual line ILR to a position separated from the left virtual line ILL by the width of the vehicle and fixes the right virtual line ILR to this position, and controls brakes to stop the vehicle after fixing the left and right virtual lines ILL and ILR.
US12157451B2
Various technologies for reducing or increasing a speed of a vehicle by rotating its handlebar.
US12157447B2
Disclosed herein an actuator for a brake device includes a housing including a motor accommodating portion configured to accommodate a motor, and a gear accommodating portion configured to accommodate a reduction device; a power connection unit connected to the motor; and the reduction device connected to the power connection unit; wherein the reduction device includes a first reduction gear unit connected to the power connection unit and a second reduction gear unit connected to the first reduction gear unit, and the first reduction gear unit is provided as a bevel gear assembly.
US12157440B2
A cleaner unit for vehicles include: a plurality of vehicle onboard cameras arranged in a row in an air sending-out direction, a multiple-blade fan for sending out the air jetted to the plurality of vehicle onboard cameras in the air sending-out direction, and one air duct for conveying the air coming from the multiple-blade fan to the plurality of vehicle onboard cameras. The air duct has a partition plate arranged along a direction that intersects the air sending-out direction, causing the direction of some of the air to be changed.
US12157437B2
A roof cargo tray for a motor vehicle includes a loading surface, which is formed by two outer longitudinal profiles, a plurality of inner longitudinal profiles, two side profiles, a front transverse profile and a rear transverse profile. The side profiles and the transverse profiles delimit the loading surface of the roof cargo tray laterally. The inner longitudinal profiles have identical profile cross sections and include a longitudinal groove and a surface which is located opposite the longitudinal groove and is of closed design. At least one of the inner longitudinal profiles is arranged in a first orientation such that, when the roof cargo tray has been mounted on the motor vehicle, the longitudinal groove faces upward, and wherein at least one of the inner longitudinal profiles is arranged in a second orientation, which is rotated through 180° about a longitudinal axis and in which the longitudinal groove faces downward.
US12157432B2
A system having a theft event sensor; a primary alarm actuator; a display alarm actuator; and a vehicle security device to: receive a theft event signal from the theft event sensor, transmit a primary alarm signal to the primary alarm actuator, and transmit a display alarm signal to the display alarm actuator.
US12157422B2
A surveillance platform is provided for mounting in an interior cabin of a vehicle. The interior cabin of the vehicle has a roof with an opening. The surveillance platform includes a retractable telescoping structure having surveillance equipment mounted so as to extend through the opening of the roof, and to fully retract into the interior cabin. The surveillance platform also includes a sealing device that mounts to the retractable telescoping structure below the surveillance equipment and oriented parallel to the roof of the interior cabin. The sealing device includes an elastically deformable gasket that elastically deforms during travel of the sealing device through the roof of the interior cabin when the surveillance equipment extends through the opening in the roof during extension of the retractable telescoping structure, and when the surveillance equipment retracts into the interior cabin during retraction of the retractable telescoping structure.
US12157419B1
A vehicle-mounted child monitoring device relating to the technology field of monitoring devices is provided, including a base; a camera assembly disposed on the base and configured to take pictures of children in a back passenger seat; a mobile communication device provided with an APP program and configured to be executed in conjunction with the camera assembly; and a connection wire disposed between the camera assembly and the mobile communication device and configured to interconnect the camera assembly and the mobile communication device, so that the camera assembly is electrically connected to the mobile communication device and a video image captured by the camera assembly is stably transmitted to the mobile communication device and displayed on the mobile communication device through the APP program.
US12157415B2
A monitoring system that monitors periphery of a shovel moving on ground and reports a tumble risk of the periphery of the shovel to an operator includes: a risk determination unit configured to determine a tumble risk in a case of movement of the shovel to the periphery based on distance information measured by a first sensor that is mounted on the shovel and measures a distance to a ground object including the ground in the periphery of the shovel and slope information measured by a second sensor measuring a slope of the shovel; and a display video generation unit configured to generate and output an image indicating the tumble risk determined by the risk determination unit.
US12157414B2
A method for assembling an electrochromic mirror reflective element includes providing front and rear glass substrates, disposing a transparent electrically conductive coating at a second surface of the front glass substrate, and disposing an electrically conductive coating at a third surface of the rear glass substrate. The front and rear glass substrates are joined via a perimeter seal and an electrochromic medium is disposed within an interpane cavity established between the front glass substrate and the rear glass substrate and bounded by the perimeter seal. With the front glass substrate joined with the rear glass substrate, and with the electrochromic medium disposed within the interpane cavity, the first and second perimeter edges are ground to round the first and second perimeter edges to provide a rounded perimeter edge of the electrochromic mirror reflective element that has a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm.
US12157408B1
A trailer system and method of use for towing a load are provided. The trailer system include a trailer body supported by suspension arms on a trailer frame. A hoist mechanism having a winch device and a flexible connector can raise and lower the trailer body by swinging on the suspension arms, which maintain the trailer body in a substantially horizontal orientation during the swing. A modular wheel suspension can be attached to the trailer system.
US12157406B2
The invention relates to a seat arrangement for a vehicle, in particular for a fork-lift truck, the seat arrangement having a first spring part, on which a vehicle seat is arranged, and a second spring part, which can be moved relative to the first spring part by means of a connecting unit and is connected to the body, the relative movement of the first spring part to the second spring part being sprung by means of a spring unit, the spring unit and the connecting unit being arranged laterally on the first spring part.
US12157377B2
A power distribution system is provided that ensures that a car is able to operate safely in an autonomous mode. The system includes multiple power rails, including a pair of safety critical power rails. Associated with each safety critical power rail is a safety switch, vehicle sensors (e.g., vehicle location and obstacle sensors), vehicle actuators (e.g., braking and steering actuators) and an autonomous control unit. If a fault is detected during vehicle initialization or general operation, the safety switch which detected the fault opens and that particular power rail is decoupled from the general purpose power rail as well as the remaining safety critical power rail. The remaining safety critical power rail is then able to provide power to a sufficient number of sensors, actuators and controllers to allow the car to safely and autonomously complete an emergency stop on the side of the road.
US12157376B2
A system may be configured to replace a manual service disconnect (MSD). Some embodiments may: provide a set of batteries that include an MSD; remove the MSD; and install a contactor at the MSD. The replacement may be performed via substantially similar housing previously used by the MSD.
US12157366B2
The disclosure is directed to an apparatus or a system for generating energy in response to a vehicle wheel rotation. The apparatus or the system may include a roller configured to be positioned in substantial physical contact within a groove of a wheel of the vehicle. The roller may be configured to rotate in response to a rotation of the wheel. The apparatus or the system may further include a flexible arm rotatably couplable to the roller such that rotation of the roller causes the flexible arm to rotate. The flexible arm may be configured to exert a downward force on the roller to increase the friction between the roller and the groove of the wheel. The apparatus or the system may further include a first generator operably coupled to the flexible arm and configured to generate an electrical output based on the rotation of the flexible arm shaft and convey the electrical output to an energy storage device or vehicle motor.
US12157362B2
A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.
US12157351B2
Disclosed are an electric spiraling piston and systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods utilizing same. An electric spiraling piston includes a drum around which the piston spirals as it is being retracted. A spinning axis of the drum is functionally connected to the drive shaft of a motor, such that motor torque is relayed to the axis. The axis, when spinning with the drum in a first direction, causes the piston to un-spiral and extend out of a housing—while rounding its cross section—to assume a straight, rigid position/orientation. The Axis, when spinning with the drum in a second direction, causes the piston to be retracted back into the housing—while flattening its cross section—to assume a spiral orientation within the housing.
US12157347B2
Control systems for time-based pulldown and/or pull-up operation of transport climate control systems include a controller receiving a time for pulldown or pull-up, with the controller modeling the conditioned space and determining a trajectory for efficiently completing the pulldown or pull-up according to the received time. The controller further operates the transport climate control system according to the determined trajectory. The controller can receive information from the conditioned space and adjust operations in order to bring the pulldown or pull-up closer to the determined trajectory. The model can be a dynamic model of the specific conditioned space in which the pulldown or pull-up is being performed. The controller can further determine when a pulldown or pull-up will be completed and provide notifications based on whether the pulldown or pull-up can be completed by a particular time. The model can be updated based on system dynamics observed during pulldown or pull-up.
US12157344B2
A load introduction element (3) for a chassis component (1) of a chassis, having a receiving opening (5) for receiving a joint arrangement (6) and a spline (8) with teeth (9A, 9B) extending substantially axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the load introduction element (3), The load introduction element (3) is made from a fiber-reinforced plastic semifinished product, and has flat blanks (13, 14, 15) of the plastic semifinished product which are arranged one above the other in layers in an assembly direction (AR) and form a base body (11) of the load introduction element (3), wherein the blanks (13, 14, 15) of the base body (11) have at least two different geometries with different preferential fiber directions (20, 21).
US12157342B2
A system and method for controlling a vehicle, where the system includes independent driving modules each including a connection device having a rotation center spaced apart from a driving shaft in a forward/rearward direction and configured to connect the wheel and a vehicle body to move the wheel in the forward/rearward or an upward/downward direction, a shock absorber extending in a longitudinal direction and configured to contract or stretch, to connect the vehicle body and the connection device, and to restrict an upward/downward movement of the connection device, and a driving device configured to rotate the wheel, a road surface detector configured to detect a height displacement or a state of a road, and a controller configured to control velocities of the front and rear wheels of the independent driving modules, and to change a height of the vehicle based on the height displacement or the state of the road.
US12157332B2
Rods for use in a filing system are disclosed. An example file folder rod includes a first end, a second end and an elongated body extending between the first end and the second end, the elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The example rod also includes a hook coupled to the first end of the rod. The example hook includes a longitudinal portion extending along the longitudinal axis, an elongated hook portion coupled to an end of the longitudinal portion with the elongated hook portion extending from the longitudinal portion a first distance, and a first extension extending from the longitudinal portion with the first extension extending from the longitudinal portion a second distance, the second distance less than the first distance.
US12157328B2
A method for producing a recorded matter includes a first ejection step of ejecting a first ink, which is a radiation-curable ink jet composition, and adhering the first ink to a recording medium, a first irradiation step of irradiating radiation to the first ink adhered to the recording medium to obtain a cured coating film of the first ink, a second ejection step of ejecting a second ink, which is a radiation-curable ink jet composition, and adhering the second ink to the cured coating film of the first ink so that the duty is 1% or more and 20% or less, a second irradiation step of irradiating radiation to the second ink adhered to the recording medium to cure the second ink to obtain a recorded matter, and a lamination step of laminating, in the recorded matter, a recording surface to which the first ink and the second ink have been adhered, and a non-recording surface to which the first ink and the second ink have not been adhered, so that both surfaces face each other.
US12157325B2
A printer having a housing with a printing chamber, a printing device, a holding device for an exchangeable magazine for holding an object to be printed on, a control and evaluation unit, a memory, and at least one optical sensor in the housing for detection of an identification located on a magazine inserted into the receiving device. The control and evaluation unit is able to compare the identification on the inserted magazine which has been detected by the at least one optical sensor to an identification stored in the memory for a magazine which is allowable for the print object to be printed upon, and for outputting an error message when the comparison establishes a difference between the detected identification and the stored identification.
US12157322B2
A system for aligning print-heads in a printing-press, which includes a print-head array which includes a plurality of print-head-rows. Each print-head-row includes a plurality of print-heads and prints print a color associated with therewith. Each print-head includes an array-of-nozzles, which includes a plurality of nozzle-lines. The system includes an imager and a processor. The imager includes at least one imaging-sensor. The imager is configured to acquire an image of a printed first-alignment-pattern and further configured to acquire an image of a printed second-alignment-pattern. The processor is configured to receive the image of the first-alignment-pattern and the image of the second-alignment-pattern and to determine alignment of reference print-heads in at least a reference-row of print-heads from the image of the first-alignment-pattern. The processor is also configured to determine alignment of color print-heads in rows other than the reference-row of print-heads, relative to the reference print-heads, from the image of the second-alignment-pattern.
US12157319B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus executes software that obtains and manages information of a printing device, and the information processing apparatus comprises: a requesting unit configured to request a delivery of a cartridge for exchange based on residual amount of recording agent in a cartridge containing the recording agent installed in the printing device, the residual amount being included in first information obtained from the printing device by using the software; and a control unit configured to perform, when initially obtaining a residual amount of recording agent from the printing device after booting the software or the information processing apparatus, controlling to output a message for checking whether the requesting is necessary if the requesting has not been performed in response to detecting a cartridge having an increased residual amount compared to a previously obtained residual amount of recording agent.
US12157316B2
A nozzle surface recovery device includes: a cap configured to cap a nozzle surface of a liquid discharge head; a guide configured to guide the cap in a first direction; and a first position adjuster configured to adjust a position of the cap with respect to the nozzle surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first position adjuster including: a first roller rotatable along the guide to move the cap in the first direction between a capping position at which the cap caps the nozzle surface and a retraction position at which the cap is retracted from the capping position; and a first adjustment plate coupled to the first roller, the first adjustment plate configured to adjust the position of the cap with respect to the guide in the second direction.
US12157313B2
An inkjet print head includes a plurality of droplet jetting devices. The plurality of droplet jetting devices is formed of a nozzle layer defining, for each of the plurality of droplet jetting devices, a nozzle, a membrane layer carrying, on a membrane, a restrictor layer and an actuator for generating pressure waves in a liquid in a pressure chamber that is connected to the nozzle. The actuator is positioned in an actuator chamber in the restrictor layer, and a distribution layer defining a supply line for supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber. The restrictor layer includes an inlet restrictor having a cross-section and an outlet restrictor positioned on opposites sides of the actuator and having a cross-section that is different from the cross-section of the inlet restrictor.
US12157307B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a substrate stage configured to be movable while holding a substrate, a discharge unit having nozzles for discharging droplets, a control unit configured to perform control to supply driving signals for discharging droplets from the nozzles to the discharge unit while moving the substrate stage, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire sizes of the droplets discharged onto the substrate, wherein the control unit performs control to discharge a plurality of droplets from the nozzles onto the substrate by supplying a plurality of driving signals for discharging droplets of different volumes to the discharge unit, and wherein the control unit identifies the driving signals corresponding to the droplets on the substrate based on the sizes of the droplets on the substrate acquired by the acquisition unit.
US12157304B2
An inkjet printer is disclosed that has a substrate support; a calibration module disposed adjacent to the substrate support and comprising a stage member; and a print assembly disposed across the substrate support, the print assembly comprising a printhead and a calibration imaging device positionable to face the stage member.
US12157300B2
A printing apparatus, having a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium along a first conveying direction, an image recorder to record an image on the recording medium supported by a supporting portion, a liquid storage arranged on an outside of the supporting portion in a direction intersecting with the first conveying direction, a cutter assembly to cut the recording medium, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to move the cutter assembly to an outside of the supporting portion in a scanning direction, which intersects with the first conveying direction, to cut the recording medium; and control the cutter assembly to stand by at a standby position located on a side of the supporting portion opposite to the side, on which the liquid storage is arranged, on the other outside of the supporting portion in the scanning direction.
US12157298B2
A printing apparatus, which applies ink to a target print medium to form an image by a print unit, includes a plurality of temperature regulation units juxtaposed in a conveyance direction of the target print medium and each configured to regulate a temperature of the target print medium, a plurality of measurement units each configured to measure the temperature of the target print medium, and a control unit configured to make a temperature regulation capability of each temperature regulation unit variable, wherein each temperature regulation unit regulates temperature in a widthwise direction of the target print medium, each measurement unit measures the temperature in the widthwise direction of the target print medium, and the control unit controls the plurality of temperature regulation units based on the measured temperatures.
US12157291B2
A display body characterized in that there is at least one white printing layer permitting printing by means of laser irradiation; said white printing layer has a nonprinted region and a printed region at which laser printing has been carried out; and (1) through (3) are satisfied. (1) An absolute value of a difference in color L* values between the printed region and the nonprinted region is not less than 1.0 but not greater than 10.0. (2) Total luminous transmittance of the nonprinted region is not less than 8% but not greater than 50%. (3) Fractional decrease in thickness of the printed region in a cross-sectional direction is not less than 1 vol % but not greater than 80 vol % of that of the nonprinted region. A high-quality display body, with high productivity is provided.
US12157285B2
A food baking apparatus includes a compressible die and a mechanical stop for controlling a die spacing of the compressible die. The mechanical stop includes a supporting system and a mounting element mounted onto the supporting system. The mounting element includes at least one protrusion having a particular amount of protrusion from the mounting element, which amount of protrusion may be adjustable for any single protrusion. By translation or rotation of the supporting system and/or the mounting element during operation of the apparatus, a protrusion is selected. The protrusions mechanically stop further compression of the dies during an operation of the food baking apparatus. Thus, the selection determines the die spacing applicable for the baking process, based on the amount of protrusion of the selected protrusion.
US12157284B2
A shoe upper manufacturing method is provided. The shoe upper manufacturing method includes the steps of obtaining materials for shoe uppers, forming the shoe uppers, processing the shoe uppers, and printing the shoe uppers carried out in turn. Thus a multi-layer composite footwear fabric is produced and further processed to form shoe uppers required. Thereby different heating temperature and time are set for heat melting and adhesion of thermoplastic elastomer onto footwear fabric made from different materials in order to meet different requirements of users. Moreover, production efficiency is improved and production capacity is increased by combination of one upper mold with a plurality of lower molds. The present method is more efficient than those in current use.
US12157281B2
A continuous forming apparatus of a fiber reinforced composite includes a tension detection mechanism, a drive motor, and a drive control device. The drive control device is configured so that a material roll is rotationally driven in a delivery direction of a reinforced fiber base material during a time period from a time point of end of pressurization in a forming process to a time point of end of a pulling-out process, and is also configured to perform tension control on the reinforced fiber base material based on a detected tension value from the tension detection mechanism and a target tension value, during a time period from a time point of start of the pulling-out process to a time point of end of the pressurization in the forming process in a next forming operation.
US12157280B2
A method for forming a composite component, the method comprising: providing a mould (15) comprising a first part (8) of the mould and a second part (13) of the mould, the first part (8) and second part (13) when assembled define an exterior surface of the composite component; loading the first part (8) of the mould with reinforcing material (20); injecting matrix precursor into the first part (8) of the mould to impregnate reinforcing material (20) located in the first part (8) of the mould with matrix precursor; closing the second part (13) of the mould and the first part (8) of the mould around the reinforcing material (20) and matrix precursor to assemble the first part (8) and second part (13) to define an exterior surface of the composite component; and injecting matrix precursor into the closed mould to impregnate reinforcing material (20) located between the first and second parts (8, 13) of the mould with matrix precursor.
US12157275B2
Provided herein is a system for producing a product. The system generally comprises a large-area micro-stereolithography system, an optical imaging system, and a controller in communication with the large-area micro-stereolithography system and the optical imaging system. The large-area micro-stereolithography system is capable of generating the product by optically polymerizing successive layers of a curable resin at a build plane. The controller is capable of analyzing a focus level of the reference target based on the captured image; and based on the analyzing, adjusting a focus property of the projected image beam of the stereolithography system.
US12157273B2
An apparatus and method are provided for extracting a build part from an additive manufacturing machine. Upon completion of the build part by the additive manufacturing machine, a pin array is placed above the build part, the pin array including a plurality of pins slidably supported by a support plate for vertical movement relative to the support plate. The pin array is moved toward the build part so that the plurality of pins contact the build part and conform to the contour of the build part. The pins of the pin array are locked with the pins in contact with and conforming to the build part. The pin array and build part are inverted so that the build part is supported by the locked pins of the pin array. All of the pins of the array are locked simultaneously by a common locking component. The build plate can be formed on a sacrificial interposer plate that is removed by an etchant bath supported on the pin array when the build part is inverted.
US12157264B2
A plastic container and a method for producing a plastic container for liquids comprising an outer jacket made of latticework or of sheet metal material and a pallet-type understructure, the plastic container including a blow-molded body having a container socket in a container wall, the container socket provided with a container opening and connected to a flange of the container fitting via a welded joint, wherein the container wall has an inner layer made of a first plastic material and an outer layer made of a second plastic material, and the container socket has a longitudinal cross section widening toward the container opening such that an end face of the container socket is formed at least in part by an inner layer segment disposed opposite the outer layer, and a welding contact surface of the container socket is formed by the inner layer segment.
US12157254B2
A hollow body composite component is produced by a method using an injection mold, wherein a cavity of the injection mold is filled at least partially with a flowable material by injection of the flowable material, and a mandrel is driven through the flowable material to form a hollow body. Using the mandrel, at least one strip-shaped reinforcing element is introduced into a hollow body interior and is arranged on a surface of the hollow body facing the hollow body interior.
US12157250B2
A composite wood panel is manufactured from thin wood laminae cut from wood unsuitable for peeler logs or dimensional lumber. At least one bonding agent is applied to the wood laminae, and they are formed into a randomly oriented mat that is compressed into a thin wood web that can be a corrugated web or a flat web that is permanently set in a single press operation.
US12157246B1
A machine for applying tubular film to objects includes a mandrel about which a tubular film is passed, a perforation assembly for forming a perforation line across a width of the tubular film prior to the tubular film moving onto the mandrel, and a sleeve ejection arrangement associated with the mandrel to separate the tubular film along the perforation line to create a tubular sleeve that is ejected off of the mandrel and onto an object. The perforation assembly includes a perforation unit mounted for movement across the width the tubular film, the perforation unit including a perforation blade that is rotated over the tubular film, to apply the perforation line, as the perforation unit moves across the width of the tubular film.
US12157241B2
A cutter including a cutting head and an adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the cutting head. The adjustable handle includes a first adjustment assembly to change a length the adjustable handle extends from the cutting head. The adjustable handle also includes a second adjustment assembly to change the position of the adjustable handle with respect to the cutting head.
US12157233B2
Systems and methods for quantitatively measuring wheel slippage in differential drive robots are disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, data from wheel encoders is compared to data from a gyroscope during execution of at least one of two tests disclosed herein to produce a quantitative value proportional to wheel slippage due to a differential drive robot rotating or turning.
US12157226B2
Disclosed techniques for decreasing teach times of robot systems may obtain a first set of parameters of a first trained robot-control model of a first robot trained to perform a task and determine, based on the first set of parameters, a second set of parameters of a second robot-control model of a second robot before the second robot is trained to perform the task. In some cases, a plurality of sets of parameters from trained robot-control models of respective robots trained to perform a task may be obtained. Thus, for example, a convergence of values of those parameters on a value, or range of potential values, may be determined. Embodiments may determine values for parameters of the control model of the (e.g., second) robot to be trained within a range, or a threshold, based on values of corresponding parameters of the trained robot(s).
US12157224B2
A spherical surface link mechanism includes a proximal end link hub, a distal end link hub, a plurality of links, a plurality of intermediate link hubs, and a shaft member. Each of the plurality of links includes a first end link member, a second end link member, and an intermediate link member. The first end link member is coupled, at one end, to the proximal end link hub to be rotatable about a first rotation axis. The second end link member is coupled, at one end, to the distal end link hub to be rotatable about a second rotation axis. The intermediate link member is coupled, at one end, to the other end of the first end link member to be rotatable about a third rotation axis and is coupled to, at the other end, the other end of the second end link member to be rotatable about a fourth rotation axis.
US12157212B2
A hand tool including a first assembly including a first handle and a first jaw, a second assembly including a second handle pivotally connected to the first handle and a second jaw pivotally connected to the second handle, a link member, and a link adjustment member movably connected to the first handle. The link adjustment member is configured for engaging with and axially moving the first end of the link member for adjusting a force applied by the first jaw and the second jaw onto the element in the closed position. The hand tool further includes a cutting assembly including a cutting member connected to the second jaw. The cutting member is configured for cutting the element.
US12157211B2
A pair of adjustable pliers with lever type positioning device includes a clamp body, a first handle slidably engaged with the clamp body, a second handle, and a lever type positioning device. The first handle includes an adjustment tooth. The lever type positioning device pivotally combines the second handle with the first handle, so that the second handle and the clamp body are linked. The lever type positioning device includes a lever member and a positioning member. The lever member pivots between a locked position and a release position. The positioning member is combined with the lever member and includes a positioning tooth. At the locked position, the positioning tooth is engaged with the adjustment tooth. At the release position, the positioning member is disengaged from the adjustment tooth, thereby adjusting the opening degree between the clamp body and the first handle.
US12157210B2
Device (1) for installing/removing a seal (12) for an injection group of a coffee machine, comprising a body (2) which is elongate along a longitudinal axis (XX′), a handle (3) for gripping the body (2) and two rows of lugs (4), one of which is arranged at one end and the other of which is arranged at the other end of the elongate body (2). Each lug (4) of a row, which is radial relative to the body (2), is arranged around the body (2) on a centre circle which passes through the longitudinal axis (XX′) of the body (2), and each lug (4) of a row has a face (41) which is called the internal face and which is directed towards the lugs (4) of the other row and which forms a helical ramp (5) which is inclined to allow, in the positioned state of the ramps (5) of a row of lugs (4) in bearing contact with inclined surfaces forming ramps with complementary shapes, and, in the state in which the body (2) is rotated about its longitudinal axis (XX′), axial displacement of the body (2). One of the ends (6), which is called the seal installing end, of the body (2) is provided with a rotating plate (7) for receiving a seal (12) to be installed. The opposite end of the body (2) is provided with anchoring members (9) which project from the aforementioned end (8).
US12157202B2
A polishing machine with an automatic feed and discharge function includes a machine frame, a clamping mechanism, a polishing shaft, a feed mechanism and a discharge mechanism. The clamping mechanism, the discharge mechanism, the polishing shaft and the feed mechanism are mounted on the machine frame. Multiple polishing heads are mounted on the polishing shaft. The feed mechanism includes a feed frame, a sliding platform, a sliding drive member, multiple columns of storage mechanisms for storing polishing pads, and multiple columns of push mechanisms, and the number of the columns of the storage mechanisms matches the number of the columns of the push mechanisms. The feed frame is mounted on the machine frame. The sliding platform is slidably arranged on the feed frame. The storage mechanisms are mounted on the sliding platform. The push mechanisms are mounted on the feed frame and are located above the storage mechanisms.
US12157195B2
An apparatus for detecting the status of a tool in a machine tool may include: a sensor unit configured to sense acceleration of a spindle of the machine tool in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction during processing; and a processing device configured to convert the x-axis signal and the y-axis signal, sensed by the sensor unit, into signals capable of representing a cutting force by processing the x-axis and y-axis signals, detect a resultant force, and plot the detected resultant force on a polar coordinate system.
US12157193B2
This multi-product pallet device (1) includes a multi-product pallet (2) deforming a shape thereof in conformity with a shape of a workpiece; and a device main body (3) to which the multi-product pallet is attached and which stores shape restoration data for deforming the multi-product pallet and restores the shape of the multi-product pallet based on the shape restoration data, wherein the multi-product pallet is detachable from the device main body.
US12157186B2
Provided is an electrode sheet manufacturing method including preparing a sheet stack including an electrode composite material layer and a separator provided on the electrode composite material layer, irradiating the separator of the sheet stack with a first laser beam having a wavelength to be absorbed by the separator, and moving an irradiation position of the first laser beam relative to the sheet stack. The method further includes irradiating the sheet stack having been irradiated with the first laser beam with a second laser beam having a wavelength to be absorbed by the electrode composite material layer, and moving an irradiation position of the second laser beam relative to the sheet stack, wherein the irradiation position of the second laser beam moves so as to follow a track of the irradiation position of the first laser beam.
US12157181B2
A holder for a transmissive optical element is specified, having a frame and a mount for the transmissive optical element. The mount is mounted within the frame with two adjusting elements and with a guide pin arranged between the adjusting elements and its distance from the frame can be adjusted. The adjusting elements are each mounted in the frame so that they can pivot and are adjustable in their respective lengths independently of one another. The mount-side ends of the adjusting elements can each be pivoted in the mount and are attached so that they can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the respective adjusting element. The frame-side end of the guide pin is fixed to the frame, and the frame-side end of the guide pin is pivotably mounted in the frame in the X and Y directions and slidable in the longitudinal direction of the guide pin. A method for adjusting the position of a transmissive optical element is also specified.
US12157175B2
A reciprocating cutting tool includes a shoe that is less likely to slip off when pulled frontward, for positioning the shoe, beyond a predetermined position such as a maximum pull position. The reciprocating cutting tool includes a motor, a slider being rod-like and including a tip tool holder, a reciprocation converter that converts rotation of the motor to reciprocation in a direction in which the slider extends and transmits the reciprocation to the slider, a shoe slidable in a front-rear direction to come in contact with a workpiece to which the tip tool is applied, a shoe lock unit engageable with the shoe to restrict the shoe from sliding and disengageable from the shoe to allow the shoe to slide, and a pin that interferes with the shoe slid to a predetermined position.
US12157154B2
A method for preparing a high-performance difficult-to-deform metal precision seamless pipe includes steps of performing a heat treatment; drilling; externally grinding; internally grinding; straightening; performing four-roller warm-rolling; performing warm-drawing to reduce a diameter; performing warm-expansion to reduce a wall thickness and increase the diameter; performing precise cold-rolling; degreasing; brightening; performing surface grinding; cleaning dust; detecting flaws; testing metal structure performance; and sizing and packaging. By cycling the warm-drawing, the warm-expansion, and the precision cold-rolling, key indicators such as product dimensional accuracy, surface quality, material properties, and crystal grain size can be collaboratively controlled, to achieve higher accuracy, better performance, and more outstanding extreme specifications. Product requirements of different hard-to-deform metal materials and different product specifications can be satisfied, to flexibly prepare metal pipe products with different material characteristics, which greatly improves production efficiency and effectively reduces production costs.
US12157151B2
A method and an apparatus for cleaning a channel, especially a transmission and/or cooling channel, in any type of device, machine, installation, and/or tool, particularly in any type of heat exchanger and/or a molding core, cavity and/or insert is proposed, wherein a channel is cleaned through dynamic, bi-directional pulsation of cleaning medium inside the to-be-cleaned channel, the method being realized by a cleaning apparatus equipped with a diaphragm pump module, plugged either only in the feed side of the transmission line or in the feed side and in the return side, which, after connecting the diaphragm pump module to the external energy source and shutting off the flow control system from the reservoir and the feed pump, allows for putting cleaning medium into a state of two-way dynamic pulsating motion.
US12157149B2
A system is provided for cleaning a drive over reader sensor component. The system includes a drive over reader that in turn includes a housing. At least one sensor component is mounted in a wall of the housing, and a lens of the sensor component is mounted on the wall. The lens is disposed at an angle from about 5 degrees to about 10 degrees relative to a vertical plane of the drive over reader. A fluid nozzle may optionally be mounted to the housing near the lens and oriented at the lens. When employed, the nozzle is fluidly connected to a source of liquid and sprays the lens with the liquid when flow of the liquid is actuated. A method for cleaning a drive over reader sensor component is also provided.
US12157143B2
A UV irradiation apparatus for coating systems that coat rigid or film-like workpieces, in particular furniture parts, having a transport apparatus for transporting workpieces provided with coating material from an inlet to an outlet through the UV irradiation apparatus, a UV light source arranged above the transport apparatus that irradiates the coated workpieces with UV light in an irradiation region between the inlet and the outlet, and a reflector or cover which shields the UV light source upward. A housing covers the irradiation region and the UV light source, which generally extends above the transport apparatus. A sensor of a measuring apparatus for direct or indirect automated measurement of radiant flux of the UV light source is arranged in the housing, and the sensor is in particular fitted fixed or movably on the housing or a holder. A method for quality assurance using this UV irradiation apparatus is also provided.
US12157137B2
A powder layer composite includes a base and a powder layer having a thickness of 100 μm or less and disposed on the base. An average of a total value of a number of powder aggregates having a long diameter of 500 μm or greater and a number of pinholes having a long diameter of 500 μm or greater, in any of a plurality of different regions of 20 mm×20 mm on a surface of the powder layer, is 0.2 pieces/cm2 or less.
US12157126B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for synthesizing a reaction product and increasing yield of the same. In certain aspects, the invention provides a multi-mode reaction system in which in a first mode one or more valves of the system are configured to cause reagents to flow from one or more reagent reservoirs of the system through one or more components of the system to generate a reaction product; and in a second mode the one or more valves are configured to change flow within the system such that the one or more reagent reservoirs are isolated from a remainder of the system and the generated reaction product and any remaining reactants are recycled back through the multi-mode reaction system to increase a yield of the reaction product.
US12157125B2
Methods and systems are provided for a sample holder for a multi-detector quantitative microscopy system. In one example, the sample holder includes a frame with a central opening, a pivotable arm positioned adjacent to the central opening and having a whippletree assembly at a first end of the pivotable arm, and a movable ram, in contact with a second end of the pivotable arm, the movable ram configured to pivot the pivotable arm.
US12157123B2
Devices, systems, and associated methods are provided for manipulating and/or determining one or more characteristics of cells contained within a biological sample. In particular a device and methods of use thereof are provided, the device comprising a sorting component configured to separate cell-containing microdroplets from empty ones into a population of cell-containing first microdroplets; a microdroplet manipulation component configured to manipulate the first microdroplets using real or virtual electrowetting electrodes, and an optical detection system configured to detect an optical signal from the microdroplets via the one or more detection windows.
US12157114B2
A method for making a magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes reacting a ferrocenyl phosphine compound with an amino alcohol compound to form a ligand having a phosphine group, an amine group and at least one hydroxyl group; anchoring the ligand to a surface of magnetic nanoparticles via an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group to form a ligand complex; combining the ligand complex with a metal precursor comprising Rh to bind the metal precursor with the ligand complex and form the magnetic-particle-supported catalyst. The magnetic-particle-supported catalyst is a Rh complex of magnetic-Fe3O4-nanoparticle-supported ferrocenyl phosphine catalyst.
US12157112B2
A protein template is added to a solution in which metal ions of iron and copper are dissolved to introduce the metal ions into the protein template; the protein template is separated from metal ions that have not been incorporated in the protein template; the metal ions that have been incorporated in the protein template are reduced to obtain a protein containing alloy nanoparticles of iron and copper; a sol or gel in which a co-continuous body is dispersed is frozen; the frozen sol or gel is dried in a vacuum to obtain a porous body; the porous body is allowed to support the alloy nanoparticle containing protein; and the protein is removed.
US12157111B2
Metal oxides are provided that have selective hydrogen combustion activity while also acting as solid oxygen carriers (SOCs). The metal oxides correspond to a metal oxide core of at least one metal having multiple oxidation states that is modified with an alkali metal oxide and/or alkali metal halogen (such as an alkali metal chloride). The resulting modified metal oxide, corresponding to a solid oxygen carrier, can allow for selective combustion of hydrogen while reducing or minimizing combustion of hydrocarbons, such as within a propane dehydrogenation environment. Additionally, it has been unexpectedly found that modifying the core metal oxide with the alkali metal oxide and/or alkali metal chloride can also mitigate coke formation on the solid oxygen carrier. Methods of using such metal oxides for selective hydrogen combustion are also provided.
US12157110B2
Semiconductor particles are used as a photocatalyst for inducing a water-splitting reaction where water molecules decompose into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules by addition of a co-catalyst and light irradiation, the semiconductor particles including strontium titanate doped with scandium. A synthesis method of a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a synthesis step of synthesizing the semiconductor particles including strontium titanate doped with scandium by mixing strontium chloride (SrCl2), strontium titanate (SrTiO3), and scandium oxide (Sc2O3) and firing the mixture.
US12157107B1
Disclosed are a sulfur-molybdenum cluster modified MOF material and a preparation method and application thereof, and the material is prepared by taking an MOF material as a metal organic framework material, and modifying ammonium tetrathiomolybdate inside the metal organic framework material; and according to the mass percentage, the MOF material accounts for 45 wt % to 90 wt %, and a modification amount of the ammonium tetrathiomolybdate accounts for 10 wt % to 55 wt %. The ammonium tetrathiomolybdate is embedded into an MOF material framework in a solution in a form of an anion MoS42− for modification. According to the invention, the MOF material is modified by the ammonium tetrathiomolybdate, and compared with an existing sulfydryl modified composite material, the modified composite material shows a higher adsorption capacity, a higher adsorption rate and a higher S atom effective utilization rate in the application of removing Hg (II) in water, and meets a wider practical application scene.
US12157099B2
Micro puree machines have a locking assembly for locking a container to a coupling on the machine, preventing the container from rotating out of the coupling during processing. The locking assembly includes at least one protrusion on the container configured to slidably engage a slot on an interior surface of the coupling when the container is rotated in a clockwise direction. The coupling has a clip that is moveable from a first position, in which the clip prevents rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction, to a second position, in which the clip allows rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction. The clip is spring biased toward the second position. Pressing a button on the coupling moves the clip from the first to the second position.
US12157098B2
A method for mixing, milling, and coating a plurality of constituents comprises placing the constituents in a container that includes a cylindrical inner surface; applying a first vibration to the container such that a motion of the vibration is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container; and applying a second vibration to the container such that the motion of the vibration is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container.
US12157087B2
A low cost, high selectivity asymmetric polyimide/polyethersulfone (PES) blend hollow fiber membrane, a method of making the membrane and its use for a variety of liquid, gas, and vapor separations such as deep desulfurization of gasoline and diesel fuels, ethanol/water separations, pervaporation dehydration of aqueous/organic mixtures, CO2/CH4, CO2/N2, H2/CH4, He/CH4, O2/N2, H2S/CH4, olefin/paraffin, iso/normal paraffins separations, and other light gas mixture separations. The polyimide/PES blend hollow fiber membrane is fabricated from a blend of a polyimide polymer and PES and showed surprisingly unique gas separation property with higher selectivities than either the polyimide hollow fiber membrane without PES polymer or the PES hollow fiber membrane without PES polymer for gas separations such as for H2/CH4, He/CH4, H2S/CH4, CO2/CH4 separations.
US12157086B1
A flare seal drum having an amine liquid seal. The flare seal drum includes: a baffle separating the flare seal drum into a first section and a second section; a waste gas inlet receiving waste gas into the first section and being combined with amine in the first section; a gas collecting pipe located in the first section; a packing pipe receiving waste gas from the gas collecting pipe; a packing filling the packing pipe, the waste gas passing through the packing; an amine spray nozzle located above the packing pipe and supplying amine to the packing in the packing pipe; and an amine pump that removes amine and waste gas from the second section through an amine line.
US12157080B2
An air filter apparatus includes at least one frame that is configured to receive a filter media, and at least one sensing mechanism for sensing contamination of the filter media. The sensing mechanism can include a wave emitter and a wave detector. The wave emitter and the wave detector can be arranged so that the wave travels along a path that is substantially parallel to outer faces of the filter media. The wave detector can be located at a first edge of the frame, and the wave emitter can be located spaced apart laterally from the wave detector at a second edge of the frame, so that waves from the emitter can travel along the path through and laterally across the filter media towards the detector. The path can be substantially perpendicular to the general direction of air flow within the filter media.
US12157076B2
A fractionation column can be used to separate a liquid containing multiple components into its constituent components based on vapor pressure. While the fractionation column may be designed for certain operational performance, the operational characteristics may change, for example, due to changed flow rates through the column and/or fouling in the column. In some examples, a fractionation column is described that includes a fractionation tray formed of multiple tray decks that move relative to each other. The tray decks can have apertures that move relative to each other between a position in which there is a comparatively large amount of open area through the fractionation tray to a position in which there is a comparatively small amount of open area through the fractionation tray. Movement of the trays can control turndown and/or clear fouling buildup on the tray surface.
US12157069B2
A toy that simulates a stand mixer provides users, for example, children with the experience of preparing foods. The mixer includes a base shaped to sit on a horizontal surface. A vertical member extends from the base and holds an extension that extends over a portion of the base. A bowl is sized to fit on the base below the extension. The extension includes a semicircular clip aligned with a semicircular slot on the extension. The mixer includes interchangeable tools, such as a whisk, a dough hook, or a paddle blade. The clip and the extension define a circular space to hold a handle of the tool and allow the tool to spin, simulating the mixing action of a stand mixer. The clip flexes away from the extension to allow one tool to be removed and another tool to be connected.
US12157066B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a modular toy vehicle that includes a vehicle body defining a seat space that is at least partially enclosed and defines an interior volume to contain one or more character figures, a first character seat assembly removably mountable to the vehicle body within the seat space as a first simulated seat, and a second character seat assembly removably mountable to the vehicle body within the seat space as a second simulated seat that is sized differently from the first simulated seat such that the second character seat assembly is prevented from removably mounting to the vehicle body within the seat space when the first character seat assembly is removably mounted to the vehicle body within the seat space.
US12157063B2
Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for training a first reinforcement-learning (RL) agent and a second RL agent coupled to a computer game environment using RL techniques. The first RL agent iteratively generates a sub-goal sequence in relation to an overall goal within the computer game environment, where the first RL agent generates a new sub-goal for the sub-goal sequence after a second RL agent, interacting with the computer game environment, successfully achieves a current sub-goal in the sub-goal sequence. The second RL agent iteratively interacts with the computer game environment to achieve the current sub-goal in which each iterative interaction includes an attempt by the second RL agent for interacting with the computer game environment to achieve the current sub-goal. The first RL agent is updated using a first reward issued when the second RL agent successfully achieves the current sub-goal. The second RL agent is updated when a second reward is issued by the computer game environment based on the performance of the second RL agent attempting to achieve said current sub-goal. Once validly trained, the first RL agent forms a final first RL agent for automatic procedural content generation (PCG) in the computer game environment and the second RL agent forms a final second RL agent for automatically interacting with a PCG computer game environment.
US12157061B2
An electronic device 10 includes: a setting unit 231 that sets an association between a first game medium that is selected by a player and that serves as an operation target in the game and a second game medium that is selected by the player; a skip-processing-procedure deciding unit 232 that decides, on the basis of priorities respectively associated with skill-related processing procedures of the first game medium and the second game medium, the skill-related processing procedure that becomes a skip target; and a skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 that executes skill processing procedures respectively associated with the first game medium and the second game medium on the basis of a player input, wherein the skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 skips the decided skill-related processing procedure when the skill processing procedures associated with the first game medium and the second game medium are executed.
US12157058B2
An interaction information processing method includes: displaying a battle interface of a multiplayer online game, the battle interface including a target virtual object (201); displaying an interaction icon presentation region in response to an icon presentation operation on the target virtual object, the interaction icon presentation region including at least one candidate interaction icon (202); receiving a selection confirmation operation on a target interaction icon in the at least one candidate interaction icon (203); and displaying, in the battle interface, interaction information corresponding to the target interaction icon at an interaction presentation position corresponding to the target virtual object (204).
US12157057B2
A method for correcting a position of a target object is provided. In the method, a position correction process for the target object is determined according to at least one of an update time window of a server, a motion state of the target object, or a position deviation of the target object, the position deviation being a difference between a first position of the target object in the server and a second position of the target object in a client, and the position correction process moving the target object from the second position to the first position. The position correction process is executed during the update time window to move the target object from the second position to the first position. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
US12157052B1
A system, method and apparatus for capturing data from a plurality of users for providing online gameplay based on captured user sensor data. User sensor data is captured from a plurality of sensor capture devices relative to an associated user so as to be transmitted to a gameplay server. The gameplay server executes instructions to generate a user interface on a user's client computing device for providing gameplay on each user client portable computing device utilizing, and pertinent to, the captured sensor data.
US12157051B2
According to aspects of the present disclosure, there are provided methods and apparatus for providing a user characteristics determination module for use with a head-mountable display device, comprising: a biological characteristics handler to determine whether biological sensor data is indicative of a predefined biological characteristic of the user; and determination logic to determine and output a predefined response to the determined biological characteristic of the user.
US12157042B2
Provided is a putter cradle including: a base plate 10 that attaches firmly to a ground surface, on a top side of which a putter head 7a of a putter 7 is placed; an upward extension 20, one end of which is connected to one side of the base plate, and the other end of which extends at an angle toward the base plate; and a shaft holder 30, one end of which is connected to an upper end of the upward extension, and which has a mounting groove at the other end where a putter shaft of the putter is mounted.
US12157037B2
In an aspect, an apparatus is provided and includes an air-tight object having an outer layer, an inner layer, and a cover, and a light module. The opacity of the outer layer is greater than the opacity of the inner layer. The outer layer defines a first aperture and a second aperture. The inner layer and the cover define a first interior region. The inner layer defines a second interior region. The light module is encapsulated within the first interior region and is configured to send light through the inner layer, through the second interior region of the air-tight object, and through the second aperture of the outer layer, wherein the cover is disposed between the light module and the outer layer.
US12157035B2
A system and method for monitoring performance of a physical exercise routine. The system comprises a plurality of motion and position sensors configured to generate sensory information including at least a rate of movements of a user performing the physical exercise routine; a database containing routine information representing at least an optimal execution of the physical exercise routine; a training module configured to: compare the generated sensory information to the routine information to detect at least dissimilarities respective thereof, wherein the dissimilarities indicate if the pace of performing the physical exercise routine is incorrect; provide feedback to the user with at least instructions related to correcting the pace of performing the physical exercise routine; and a display for displaying the feedback.
US12157030B1
A pivoting dumbbell is an exercise device which allows use of exercise resistance bands with dumbbells. The exterior ends of a dumbbell rod are provided with a latching swivel hook. The swivel hook allows for unlimited three-hundred-sixty degree (360°) along the axis of the dumbbell using bearings. Each hook allows a user to attach one of a plurality of resistance exercise bands. The user may easily switch out the bands for bands of different resistance or even attach multiple bands at once.
US12157021B2
An enclosure for safe transportation and storage of a battery or a collection of batteries. The enclosure contains a plurality of batteries held together by a polymer structure, wherein the polymer structure contains s pockets capable of encapsulating at least one fire extinguishing fluid. Sensors deployed on a surface of each battery in the plurality of batteries are capable of monitoring surface temperature and volume expansion of each battery in the enclosure and providing signal output. The enclosure also contains a toxic gas release management and containment system.
US12157018B2
An example method includes generating an acoustic ultrasound wave that is focused at a focal point. The method further includes sequentially directing the focal point upon distinct portions of an object to form respective shock waves at the distinct portions of the object. The method further includes, via the respective shock waves, causing the distinct portions of the object to boil and form respective vapor cavities. The method further includes causing substantially uniform ablation of a region of the object that comprises the distinct portions. The substantially uniform ablation is caused via interaction of the respective shock waves with the respective vapor cavities. An example ablation system and an example non-transitory computer-readable medium, both related to the example method, are also disclosed.
US12157016B2
An anti-collision simulation device and a radiotherapy system relate to the technical field of medical equipment. The anti-collision simulation device is applied to a radiotherapy device, and includes a supporting frame and a simulation rod rotatably connected to the supporting frame. A space enclosed by a rotation track of the simulation rod is matched with a space in a therapy cabin of the radiotherapy device. The supporting frame includes a fixing frame and a movable frame. The fixing frame is fixedly installed relative to the radiotherapy device. The simulation rod is rotatably connected to the movable frame, and the movable frame is able to move relative to the fixing frame, so as to enable the simulation rod to be located at different positions.
US12157015B2
A method for monitoring a hadron beam during hadron-therapy treatment of a subject including tumour cells labelled with a radiopharmaceutical product, in which the hadron beam includes a plurality of discrete hadron bursts, the method including the following steps: when a burst impacts on the subject, detecting the prompt gamma generated by the interaction of the hadrons of the burst with the tissues of the subject using a Compton telescope and reconstructing an image of the interaction volume; when no burst impacts on the subject, extracting the position of the tumour cells labelled with the radiopharmaceutical product using the Compton telescope and reconstructing an image of the total volume of the tumour; comparing the image of the interaction volume and the image of the total volume of the tumour so as to locate the measured interaction volume relative to the measured total volume of the tumour.
US12157013B2
A control circuit accesses a memory having stored therein a plurality of hierarchically-diversified radiation treatment planning templates. These templates include at least a first radiation treatment planning template that specifies radiation treatment planning information at a first hierarchical level. These templates also include at least a second radiation treatment planning template that specifies radiation treatment planning information at a second hierarchical level, wherein the second hierarchical level is more granular than the first hierarchical level. By one approach, the control circuit may access a plurality of differing ones of the second radiation treatment planning templates wherein each such template specifies radiation treatment planning information at the second hierarchical level. The control circuit is configured to optimize a radiation treatment plan for a given patient using a given radiation treatment facility as a function of at least the first and the second radiation treatment planning template.
US12157012B2
An infrared radiant panel is formed by overlaid substrates having conductors thereon which are electrically activated to generate heat to cause infrared radiation of desired wavelengths. The conductors are arranged to cancel magnetic fields caused by current flow therethrough. A conductive shield further suppresses fields generated by the panel.
US12157010B2
An energy harvesting module includes a pendular unit with piezoelectric transducer elastically deformable in bending with a clamped end and a free end coupled to an inertial mass. The transducer includes at least one piezoelectric beam configured into two adjacent arms formed single-piece, with external and internal arms arranged side-by-side. The external arm has a clamped proximal end and a free distal end, and the internal arm has a free proximal end supporting the inertial mass, and a free distal end connected to the distal end of the adjacent external arm. An annular mount surrounds the beam at its proximal end and includes the clamp to which is fastened the proximal end of the external arm. The mount includes, in a central region in the vicinity of the clamp, a cavity inside which the inertial mass carried by the free proximal end of the internal arm can oscillate.
US12157006B2
According to an embodiment, an implantable hearing aid system is disclosed. The implantable hearing aid system includes an external unit which includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a first inductive coil arrangement configured to transmit power and/or data signals, and where the first inductive coil arrangement includes a loop structure with coils wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and the loop structure comprises an opening. Furthermore, the implantable hearing aid system includes an implantable unit which comprises a second inductive coil arrangement configured to form a transcutaneous link with the loop structure and to receive the power and/or data signals over the transcutaneous link, and where the second inductive coil arrangement is configured to be implanted fully or partially within a part of an ear of a user of the implantable hearing aid system. The external unit includes a housing and an earhook, and where a first end-face of the loop structure is arranged within the earhook and a second end-face of the loop structure is arranged within the housing or within the earhook.
US12156986B2
A disposable electronically controlled infusion pump system includes at least one disposable infusion container and at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system. The at least one disposable infusion container is configured to contain infusion fluid. The at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system is fluidly connected to the at least one disposable infusion container. The at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system includes an infusion channel, a disposable electronically controlled micropump, and valves, but may further include a microprocessor, a memory, a battery or a power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power, a wireless communication device, and other components. The memory is in electronic communication with the microprocessor. The wireless communication device is configured to receive a wireless signal which wirelessly controls the at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system. The disposable electronically controlled micropump is configured to pump the infusion fluid through the infusion channel. The valves are connected to the infusion channel.
US12156984B2
A single-use suppository insertion device includes a barrel, a plunger configured to be movably coupled to the barrel, and a disabling feature of the barrel or the plunger. The disabling feature may be configured to be activated during operational motion of the plunger relative to the barrel, such as during insertion of or withdrawal away from a suppository. The device can include a structural element of the barrel or the plunger configured to engage with the disabling feature of the barrel or the plunger during insertion of or withdrawal away from the suppository to activate the disabling feature. The disabling feature may be implemented in a number of ways to ensure single-use operation of the single-use suppository insertion device.
US12156982B2
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles 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, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
US12156975B2
A catheter for use in medical applications is disclosed. The catheter comprises tubing with a tip hole at one end and an end portion at the other end. Fluid exits the catheter at the tip hole thereof. One or more alternative fluid pathway(s) are provided on the sidewall of the catheter to permit outflow of fluid medication from the catheter to ensure proper delivery of the medication to the intended target area, particularly when the tip opening is occluded or restricted for any reason.
US12156971B2
Disclosed herein is an indwelling urinary catheter having a guidewire anchoring mechanism. The indwelling urinary catheter includes a catheter tube having a proximal opening, a distal opening, a catheter tube lumen with the catheter tube having a first wall thickness. The guidewire anchoring mechanism is configured to transition between an insertion state and an anchored state. The guidewire anchoring mechanism can include a proximal portion having a top cap, a collapsible section having a second wall thickness less than the first wall thickness, and a distal portion including a holder cap coupled to a holder. The holder can be coupled to the catheter tube, the distal portion can be in communication with the proximal portion, and a guidewire can be coupled to the proximal portion, the guidewire extending through the catheter tube lumen to the distal portion.
US12156963B2
Disclosed systems and methods relate to status indication using a canister of negative pressure wound therapy apparatus. A method of providing a visual indication to a user of a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include, by a controller of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus, determining a plurality of conditions associated with provision of negative pressure wound therapy by a negative pressure source of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus and causing provision of a plurality of visual indications associated with the plurality of conditions to a user and, by at least one light pipe, transmitting light associated with at least one visual indication of the plurality of visual indications through at least a portion of an interior volume of a canister of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus.
US12156960B2
Systems and methods are adapted for treating the carotid artery. The systems include interventional catheters and blood vessel access devices that are adapted for transcervical insertion into the carotid artery. Embodiments of the systems and methods can be used in combination with embolic protection systems including blood flow reversal mechanisms, arterial filters, and arterial occlusion devices.
US12156951B2
A fuel tank disinfection system, including one or more ultraviolet (UV) light emitters disposed within a fuel tank and configured to irradiate one or more water collecting areas within the fuel tank with UV light; and one or more UV light sensors disposed within the fuel tank and in proximity to the one or more water collecting areas and configured to measure the UV light irradiated on the one or more water collecting areas.
US12156944B2
This invention is related to an oral pharmaceutical composition that contains a cholinergic agent, a natural plant alkaloid in particular, selected from the group of lobeline, anabasine, cytisine, galantamine or their acceptable salts, in the form of tablets and capsules. The excipients of the developed oral composition include cellulose powder, calcium sulphate, silica colloidal and magnesium stearate, the total content of cellulose powder and calcium sulphate dihydrate being from 64.5 to 97.5% of the mass of the dosage form and at least 90% of the alkaloid particles being ≤100 μm. The oral composition contains also at least one biologically active amino acid selected from: L-carnitine, tryptophan or a combination of them. The oral composition according to this invention achieves uniform distribution of the active substance in the composition, as well as stability of the composition due to the included excipients selected so as to react to a minimum with the alkaloid to form the qualitative and quantitative related substances admissible for the pharmaceutical composition. The composition according to this invention is applicable in the treatment of dependency and addiction to nicotine, tobacco products and alcohol.
US12156937B2
An oral film dosage form includes a high viscosity polymer in an amount of from 1% to 5% by dry weight to reduce, modulate and/or control Cmax of an active agent. The high viscosity polymer has a viscosity of from 100 cps to 500 cps as determined at 2% concentration in water by weight at 25° C. using a Brookfield LVF viscometer with spindle no. 2 at 60 rpm.
US12156935B2
The invention relates to the use of an extract of the fungus Inonotus obliquus for maintaining and/or increasing the cohesion of the skin tissues, for preventing the appearance of and/or for reducing shadows and/or bags in the area around the eyes, for maintaining and/or increasing the radiance and/or homogeneity of the skin complexion and/or for maintaining and/or increasing the barrier function of the skin and/or for increasing the skin microcirculation. The invention also relates to the extract of I. obliquus or a dermatological composition comprising same, for its use for reducing ruddiness and/or for preventing and/or reducing pathologies resulting from a reduction in the cohesion of the skin tissues, notably itching and/or couperosis.
US12156932B2
The instant disclosure relates to hair cosmetic compositions that include a cationic vinylpyrrolidone copolymer, a cationic thickening agent comprising at least one unit derived from acrylic or methacrylic acid, a cationic surfactant, including a cationizable surfactant; a fatty alcohol, present in an amount of not more than about 3 wt. %; panthenol, an amino functionalized silicone, a plant or vegetable oil, present in an amount of not more than about 4.5 wt. %; and water. Methods for using such hair cosmetic compositions are also provided.
US12156924B2
Provided is an inorganic powder composite used for a water-in-oil type fine dispersion system which is excellent in emulsification and emulsification stability. The inorganic powder composite includes: an inorganic powder; and a first hydrophobic treatment agent, a second hydrophobic treatment agent, and a hydrophilic treatment agent, which cover at least one part of a surface of the inorganic powder, the first hydrophobic treatment agent is a silicon compound, the second hydrophobic treatment agent is a fatty acid, and the hydrophilic treatment agent is hydrous silica.
US12156920B2
The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having a chemical structure comprising: A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of formula (I): (A)-x1-(B)-x2-(C), wherein (A) is at least one motif specifically binding to cell membranes of neoplastic cells; (B) at least one chelator moiety of radiometals; (C) a dye moiety; x1 is a spacer covalently connecting (A) and (B); x2 is a spacer or a chemical single bond connecting (B) and (C); wherein (C) has the formula wherein R1 to R4, R9, a, b, Y and X1 to X4 have the meaning as indicated in the claims and description. The invention further relates to compositions comprising said compounds as well as a method for detecting neoplastic cells in a sample in vitro with the aid of the compounds or composition.
US12156910B2
The NS1 protein of influenza virus is a key virulent element with multi-functional roles in virus replication and acts as a strong interferon (IFN) antagonist. A live attenuated virus (LAIV) is provided using a master backbone, which contains the influenza B (HK8038) virus and includes a deletion of the NSI coding region (DelNS1). The LAIV is based on novel adaptive mutations, which support DelNS1 influenza B live attenuated virus (LAIV) replication in vaccine producing cells. DelNS1 influenza B LAIV shows spontaneous cold adaption with preference to grow at 30-33° C. but restriction at 37-39° C. The LAIV can be used to protect a subject, against a lethal challenge of antigenic distant influenza B viruses. DelNS1 LAIV with adaptive mutations for growing in vaccine producing systems is an important strategy for making highly attenuated and immunogenic live attenuated influenza vaccines with the ability to induce broad cross protective immunity for seasonal influenza.
US12156908B2
The present disclosure provides virus like nanoparticles (VLPs), which are capable of displaying multiple copies of a SARS-CoV-2 antigen, for eliciting protective immunity against a SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as polypeptides, compositions and methods thereof.
US12156901B2
An IL-15 super agonist (IL-15N72D:IL-15RαSU/IgG1Fc; N-803) increases circulating NK cells, effector memory and effector memory RA cells in post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients (HCT). Methods of treatment include administration of N-803 to subjects in need of such treatment.
US12156892B2
The present invention relates to a novel strain having the activity of reducing advanced glycation end products and a use thereof and, more particularly, to a food composition having the activity of reducing advanced glycation end products and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease caused by advanced glycation end products each of which comprises a Lactococcus lactis KF140 (accession number KCCM11673P) strain, a Bacillus subtilis KF11 (accession number KCCM11981P) strain, a Lactobacillus pentosus KF8 (accession number KCCM11997P) strain, or a Lactobacillus paracasei KF00816 (accession number KCCM11998P) strain, which are all novel strains; a lysate thereof; or a culture thereof as an active ingredient. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition for intestinal regulation, a probiotic composition, a feed composition, and a fermented product, each of which comprises the novel strain of the present invention, a lysate thereof, or a culture thereof as an active ingredient.
US12156890B2
The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods to produce 3D organ equivalents of the brain (i.e. “mini-brains”). The invention also relates to methods of using human induced pluripotent stem cells, a combination of growth and other soluble factors and gyratory shaking. Cells from healthy or diseased donors or animals can be used to allow testing different genetic backgrounds. The model can be further enhanced by using genetically modified cells, adding micro-glia or their precursors or indicator cells (e.g. with reporter genes or tracers) as well as adding endothelial cells to form a blood-brain-barrier.
US12156885B2
The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating heart conditions. In particular, the disclosure provides compositions comprising lithium, or a salt thereof, either alone or in combination with at least one additional anti-arrhythmia agent, and methods for treating heart conditions using such compositions.
US12156879B2
Disclosed pharmaceutical compositions including a Beta site APP Cleaving Enzyme (BACE1) inhibitor and an metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist, and methods for use of such compositions to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, dementia, and/or frontal temporal dementia.
US12156877B1
The present disclosure provides methods of alleviating a symptom or delaying disease progression of a condition associated with a thiamine deficiency, a thiamine-dependent enzyme, or an associated cofactor and/or treating a condition associated with a thiamine deficiency, a thiamine-dependent enzyme, or an associated cofactor. The present methods result in alleviating a symptom or delaying disease progression of the condition associated with the thiamine deficiency, the thiamine-dependent enzyme, or the associated cofactor, treatment of the condition associated with the thiamine deficiency, the thiamine-dependent enzyme, or the associated cofactor, and/or alteration of a phenotypic characteristic of the condition associated with the thiamine deficiency, the thiamine-dependent enzyme, or the associated cofactor.
US12156874B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, such as hypertension, preeclampsia, restenosis, a cardiac or respiratory condition, renal disease, liver disease, muscular dystrophy, fibrotic disorders, pain, ischemia or ischemic reperfusion injury, and cancer.
US12156871B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or their isotopic forms, stereoisomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salt (s) thereof as muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (M1 PAMs). The present invention describes the methods of preparation, pharmaceutical composition, combinations and the use of compound formula (I), their stereoisomers, isotopic forms or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US12156867B2
A method of therapeutic treatment of a tumor pathology including melanoma, tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and/or thyroid carcinoma by administering to a subject in need thereof melanocortin receptor-4 (MC4R) antagonists is provided. The melanocortin receptor-4 antagonists are suitable in a targeted anti-tumor treatment, and particularly in an adjuvant therapy or in a therapy affecting onset and/or progression of tumor metastasis. A pharmaceutical composition including a melanocortin receptor-4 (MC4R) antagonist in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, and in combination with optional adjuvants, stabilizers and/or preservatives, is also provided.
US12156859B2
The present disclosure relates to utilizing the N6-methyllysine for reducing fat percentage in an organ or tissue or for treating obesity, obesity-related diseases or cancers. More specifically, the present invention relates to the method using Nε-Methyl-L-lysine or Nε-Methyl-L-lysine producing bacteria or Nε-Methyl-L-lysine/l-lysine mixture or Nε-Methyl-L-lysine/probiotics mixture to treat obesity, obesity-related diseases or cancers.
US12156858B2
A pharmaceutical gel composition for intra-intestinal administration comprises (i) a dopamine replacement agent, (ii) a dopamine decarboxylase inhibitor (DDI), and (iii) a COMT inhibitor.
US12156853B2
The medication dispensing assembly includes a housing having an interior. A medication bottle is disposed in the interior with its cap assembly facing vertically downwardly. The cap assembly includes outer, middle, and inner pieces. The outer and inner pieces are fixed with one another, and the middle piece is fixed with the bottle. A drive unit is disposed in the interior of the housing and is configured to rotate the bottle and the middle piece of the cap assembly about a vertical axis. The three pieces of the cap assembly have respective medication openings, and rotating the bottle causes individual pills to travel first from the bottle into the inner piece, then into the middle piece, then around the vertical axis, and then outside of the cap assembly through the medication opening of the outer piece.
US12156849B2
Smart pill bottle caps are provided. In general, a smart pill bottle cap can include a housing. The housing can include a sensor that is configured to monitor one or more characteristics of a pill bottle to which the housing is attached and can include a communication mechanism configured to communicate the one or more characteristics of the pill bottle to an external device. The communicated characteristic(s) of the pill bottle can be used to track usage of pills in the pill bottle, such as a date and time of when a pill was taken and/or a number of pills remaining in the pill bottle. A smart pill bottle cap can also be configured to engage a secondary, standard pill bottle cap that is used with a standard pill bottle.
US12156844B2
An assistive device for stair-climbing assistance includes a powered rail-sliding platform that assists its user through a unique human interface. The device provides powered assistance (a gentle pulling force) and protection (through a safety belt) to help users climb or descend stairs.
US12156828B2
An apparatus and associated methods relate to an external catheter configured with a urine collection bag having a semi-rigid and flexible internal tube adapted to permit fluid engagement with urine streaming from a patient, in a manner that does not require precisely locating a patient's buried, retracted or retractive penis supported by secure connection to the patient coincident to the outer circumference of the internal tube with an adhesive having a removable non-adhesive backing to prevent the dislodging or misplacement of the external catheter or obstruction of the flow of urine and the secure attachment of the tube to a transparent urine collection bag permitting visualization of the inner contents of the bag.
US12156826B2
A boot-type orthopedic or sports footwear usable for controlled walking with stiffening for the lower extremities of legs, comprises: a sole provided with a substantially vertical rear positioning element; a first pair of rear half-hulls, each of which is hinged onto the sole and which cover, when in the closed position, an ankle and part of the lower portion of a leg, i.e. the calcaneal-tibial-tarsal zone, of an individual who is wearing the footwear; a second pair of front half-hulls, each of which is hinged onto the sole and which cover, when in the closed position, at least an upper part of a foot of the individual who is wearing the footwear.
US12156824B2
The invention relates to medical devices and methods of using them. The devices are prostheses which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The prostheses are configured to have a lattice resistant to dilation and creep, which is defined by a plurality of openings. The prosthesis may also optionally have a stent disposed proximal to the lattice. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite materials exhibit high elongation while substantially retaining the strength properties of the fluoropolymer membrane. In at least one embodiment, the lattice is made of a composite material that includes a least one fluoropolymer membrane including serpentine fibrils and an elastomer. A lattice including a generally tubular member formed of a composite material including a least one fluoropolymer membrane containing serpentine fibrils and an elastomer is also provided.
US12156818B2
A method and system for performing bone fusion and/or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed.
US12156816B2
An apparatus, system, and method may be used to replace a natural or artificial articular surface of a joint, and to repair a bone that is associated with the joint. In some embodiments, the apparatus, system, and method may include a joint replacement prosthesis with a prosthetic articular surface, a support structure securable to the bone, and a first attachment interface. The system may also include a bone plate with a bone engagement surface securable to the bone on either side of a fracture formed in the bone, or a damaged area of the bone. The bone plate may include a second attachment interface that is attachable to the first attachment interface of the joint replacement prosthesis in order to couple the bone plate to the joint replacement prosthesis.
US12156812B2
A holder for a prosthetic heart valve includes a base having an annular portion defining an aperture, and a spool rotatably mated with the base. The spool has a platform and a head extending in a longitudinal direction from the platform. The holder further includes a button housing having an aperture sized and shaped to receive the head of the spool, and a button inserted in the button housing. The button housing is detachably coupled to the spool in an assembled condition. The button is movable relative to the button housing to move the button housing from a condition locked to the spool to a condition removable from the spool.
US12156810B2
Methods are described herein for delivering a replacement valve to a native valve location. In one method, ventricular anchors of the replacement valve are released and allowed to reverse orientation while positioned in the atrium of a human heart. After reversing orientation, the ventricular anchors extend in a generally proximal direction. The ventricular anchors can then be advanced through the annulus into the ventricle and then moved back toward the atrium to capture native valve leaflets between the main body and the ventricular anchors of the replacement valve. In one modification, the ventricular anchors are allowed to reverse orientation at a level adjacent the annulus. The implantation methods described herein are preferably performed via a transseptal delivery approach or a transapical delivery approach.
US12156808B2
A method of forming prefabricated units used in production of systems of prosthetic aortic valve transcatheter implantation and prosthetic aortic valve prefabricated unit with an non-thrombogenic smooth surface layer or with a porous fibrous layer constituting a scaffold for epithelium cell culture, intended for manufacturing TAVI system. Stents for covering and solutions of polycarbonate silicones and/or polycarbonate urethanes and/or polyurethane with average molecular weight in the range from 50 000 g/mol to 200 000 g/mol in the solvent DMAC are prepared. Initially a smooth layer of polycarbonate silicone is applied in the electrospinning machine by electrospraying with use of the solution in DMAC with the concentration of 2-8% w/w. and/or a fiber of polycarbonate urethane is applied by electrospinning on the roller with use of the solution in DMAC with the concentration of 8-20% w/w to obtain the first surface layer, with a specified speed, number of heads, thickness of capillaries, speed of movement, voltage and distance between the capillary and the roller and the specified flow of the solution on the feeding pump and after a certain time the layer covering the roller with thickness of 1-100 μm is obtained. Thereafter the inner intermediate layer of polycarbonate silicone is formed by electrospraying. When the thickness of the layer is approximately 5 to 100 μm the process is stopped and stents are placed on the formed layer and similarly like applying the former intermediate layer the application of the inner intermediate layer is continued on the whole length of the roller. Thereafter the final surface layer is applied like the first surface layer until a prefabricated unit with the polymer material thickness from 50 to 250 μm is obtained.
US12156804B2
An optical device including a partial or incomplete optic configured operatively as an add-on (e.g., supplemental lens/optic) for an (existing) optical element or system, the partial or incomplete optic having an active area configured in relation to the optical element or system such that the partial or incomplete optic controls or changes foci of light incident upon or provided to the active area, but does not control or change foci of light bypassing optically relevant portions of the partial or incomplete optic, and associated methods for enhancing vision.
US12156779B2
The present invention relates to an abutment of a dental implant system for connecting a dental implant and a suprastructure, said abutment comprising an abutment basic body extending from an apical end to a coronal end arranged opposite to the apical end. The abutment basic body comprises a dental implant connecting portion facing the apical end and adapted to fit with a corresponding abutment connecting portion of the dental implant and/or an intermediate part to be directly or indirectly connected with the dental implant. It further comprises a support portion facing the coronal end and designed such to allow the suprastructure to be mounted directly or indirectly. According to the invention, the abutment further comprises nanostructures formed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the abutment basic body, said nanostructures extending in at least two dimensions to 200 nm at most.
US12156772B2
Described herein is a device for dental hygiene, including a brushing apparatus configured to wrap simultaneously all teeth of the upper or lower dental arch, a supporting structure including a covering case configured to be entirely inserted inside the oral cavity and to support the brushing apparatus, and a motorization unit configured to move cleaning elements of the brushing apparatus. The brushing apparatus includes a first brushing assembly configured to act on the vestibular surface of the teeth, a second brushing assembly configured to act on the lingual surface of the teeth, and a third brushing assembly configured to act on the occlusal surface of the teeth.
US12156771B2
The present disclosure relates to a nozzle fixing assembly and a water pick. The nozzle fixing assembly is configured to mount a nozzle having a limiting groove. The nozzle fixing assembly includes: a locking assembly including a housing provided with a first through hole and an elastic element connected to the housing; a support base including an elastic piece and a locking sleeve provided with a second through hole. An outer periphery of the locking sleeve is provided with a latching groove in communication with the second through hole. The nozzle extends through the first through hole and the second through hole and biases the elastic element, such that the limiting groove is aligned with the latching groove, the elastic piece is engaged in the limiting groove and the latching groove.
US12156762B2
Ultrasound devices are described. The ultrasound devices may be flexibly configured to output a certain number of multilines per channel of ultrasound data and to process certain channels of ultrasound data per processing cycle. The ultrasound device may then be configured to either output more multilines per channel and process fewer channels per processing cycle, or output fewer multilines per channel and process more channels per processing cycle. In other words, the circuitry may be configured to change to a configuration with increased resolution and increased processing time or to a configuration with decreased resolution and decreased processing time.
US12156758B2
A method is for actuating a medical imaging device for generating an image data set of a patient's measurement region affected by respiratory movement. In an embodiment, the method includes provisioning a respiratory curve of the patient describing the respiratory movement of the patient over a respiratory cycle; automatically deriving a measurement parameter based upon the respiratory curve, the measurement parameter derived determining a temporal resolution of the at least one slice image data set; and actuating the medical imaging device to generate the image data set based upon the measurement parameter. For a z position, a plurality of projection data sets from various projection angles are acquired with relative rotational movements between a radiation source of the medical device and the patient. The at least one slice image data set of the image data set is generated based upon the plurality of projection data sets acquired.
US12156757B2
In the rotation mechanism for an X-ray inspection apparatus, a plurality of adjustment members configured to adjust the shape of an outer race of a bearing by deforming the outer race are arranged in a circumferential direction of the bearing. The adjustment members are movable relative to an adjustment member holder in a diameter direction of the bearing and contactable with an outer circumferential surface of the outer race. A gap S configured to allow deformation of the outer race is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the outer race and the adjustment member holder in the diameter direction of the bearing.
US12156755B2
For position sensors, e.g., a fiber-based system, that build a shape of an elongated member, such as a catheter, using a sequence of small orientation measurements, a small error in orientation at the proximal end of the sensor will cause large error in position at distal points on the fiber. Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed, which may provide full or partial registration along the length of the sensor to reduce the influence of the measurement error. Additional examples are directed to applying selective filtering at a proximal end of the elongated member to provide a more stable base for distal measurements and thereby reducing the influence of measurement errors.
US12156747B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a table support for a mobile imaging system. In one example, a table support for a mobile imaging system includes a fixture comprising a frame and a plurality of posts coupled to the frame, a table interface comprising a set of table flanges configured to be attached to a patient table of the mobile imaging system and a set of complementary table flange acceptors coupled to a top surface of the frame of the fixture, and a floor interface including a set of floor brackets removably coupleable to a set of floor panels configured to be attached to a floor of a unit configured to house the mobile imaging system, each floor bracket coupled to two respective posts of the plurality of posts.
US12156743B2
The invention provides a body-worn vital sign monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their activity state (e.g. resting, walking, convulsing, falling) and posture (upright, supine). The monitor processes this information to minimize corruption of the vital signs and associated alarms/alerts by motion-related artifacts. It also features a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touchpanel display that facilitates a number of features to simplify and improve patient monitoring and safety in both the hospital and home.
US12156742B2
An illustrative hearing system may be configured to receive, from an inertial sensor included in a hearing device configured to be worn by a user, inertial sensor data representative of at least one of motion of the hearing device or orientation of the hearing device. The hearing system may further be configured to determine, based on the inertial sensor data, an activity state of the user and to determine, based on the activity state, a cardiorespiratory quality index representative of a quality level of a measurement of a cardiorespiratory property of the user.
US12156737B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for linking a point-list to a three-dimensional anatomy of the heart. Techniques disclosed include recording a point-list, where each entry in the point-list comprises data elements, and is associated with a location in the heart and a measurement. The associated measurement is acquired by an electrode of a catheter that is placed at the associated location in the heart. Techniques disclosed further include selecting one or more anchor points associated with a region of interest in the heart, then, for each entry in the recorded point-list, computing a data element of distance between the entry's associated location in the heart and the selected one or more anchor points, and manipulating entries in the point-list based on their respective data elements.
US12156736B2
A medical apparatus includes a probe configured for insertion into a body of a patient. The probe includes electrodes configured to contact tissue of a region within the body. The apparatus further includes a display screen a position-tracking system, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire electrophysiological signals from the electrodes, to extract electrophysiological parameters from the signals, to compute a measure of consistency of the electrophysiological parameters at each of the locations with respect to a weighted median of the parameters extracted at neighboring locations, and to render to the display screen a map of the tissue while overlaying on the map a visual indication of the extracted electrophysiological parameters for which the measure of consistency satisfied a predefined consistency criterion, and automatically omitting from the map the electrophysiological parameters for which the measure of consistency did not satisfy the criterion.
US12156735B2
A method, a system, an apparatus and a computer program product, for detecting and monitoring cognitive capabilities pertain to driving. The method comprises applying a series of stimuli on a driver while is driving a vehicle. The series of stimuli comprises a first portion matching a pattern and a second portion deviating from the pattern, and configured to induce an ocular response from eyes of the driver. The method further comprises obtaining a set of images of the eyes of the driver, that are captured during the application of the series of stimuli. The method further comprises analyzing the set of images to determine a set of ocular features corresponding each image; and determining, based thereon, a cognitive state of the driver. Based on the cognitive state of the driver, a determination whether the driver is capable of operating the vehicle safely may be performed.
US12156731B2
A method is provided which includes providing a sensor operable to measure movement over time on a user. The sensor includes an alert unit. The sensor is configured with a threshold to activate the alert unit when the measured movement over time is below the threshold. The measurements of movement over time are obtained, and it is determined whether the measured movement over time is below the threshold. When the measured movement is below the threshold, the alert unit at the sensor is activated to alert the user.
US12156724B2
The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact monitoring of one or more physiological parameters in a region of a patient during surgery. Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for generating a pulsation field and/or a pulsation strength field of a region of interest (ROI) in a patient across a field of view of an image capture device, such as a video camera. The pulsation field and/or the pulsation strength field can be generated from changes in light intensities and/or colors of pixels in a video sequence captured by the image capture device. The pulsation field and/or the pulsation strength field can be combined with indocyanine green (ICG) information regarding ICG dye injected into the patient to identify sites where blood flow has decreased and/or ceased and that are at risk of hypoxia.
US12156723B2
Persons with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) may, or may not, recognize that they have symptoms of SDB, and/or that they may be at-risk of, or suffering certain health problems associated with SDB, including death. The disclosed Energy Conversion Monitor (ECM) sensor, when embodied, for example, in a wearable upper-armband format, has been demonstrated to be more sensitive and responsive than pulse oximetry monitoring of blood oxygen saturation as an indication of hypoxic stress induced by SDB, and is compatible with: (1) inclusion in sleep laboratory polysomnograph (PSG) testing instrumentation, (2) home-based diagnostic testing for SDB, (3) control of home-use airway therapy devices, (4) continuous remote surveillance and refinement of airway therapy, and (5) spot-check and continuous surveillance of sleep quality in the general population. The disclosed ECM also provides new measurements of physiologic stress during and following exercise. When applied during initial care of premature newborn infants, it offers improved therapeutic guidance during their transition from their limited in utero oxygen supply conditions, to the increased oxygen availability from breathing air. When applied during resuscitation of persons suffering from hypoxia and during reperfusion of ischemic tissue, such as during treatment of ischemic stroke, or ischemic heart attack, the ECM sensor can provide objective guidance regarding the safe and effective resupply of oxygen to the hypoxia-adapted tissue to help reduce or prevent microvascular occlusion and cellular injury. As a continuously worn physiologic surveillance monitor, the ECM offers the potential of early detection of sepsis. With the elderly and infirm, it offers a convenient and comfortable means of continuously assessing variations in status while awake and asleep.
US12156702B2
A method for generating an intraoperative 3D brain model while a patient is operated. Before an opening in a patient's skull is made, the method includes: providing a preoperative 3D brain model of a patient's brain and converting it to a preoperative 3D brain point cloud; providing a preoperative 3D face model of a patient's face and converting it to a preoperative 3D face point cloud. After the opening in the patient's skull is made, the method includes: matching the intraoperative 3D face point cloud with the preoperative 3D face point cloud to find a face point transformation; transforming the intraoperative 3D brain point cloud based on said face point cloud transformation; comparing the intraoperative 3D brain point cloud with the preoperative 3D brain point cloud to determine a brain shift; and converting the preoperative 3D brain model to generate an intraoperative 3D brain model based on said brain shift.
US12156687B2
An instrument for electrosurgical treatment including an instrument head which forms a conveying body with a gas-fillable lumen. The lumen is connected to at least one first opening and at least one second opening in the instrument head. A primary stream of gas leaves through the first opening. The second opening is arranged such that a secondary stream exits the second opening next to the primary stream and/or with additional secondary streams out of additional second openings—away from the instrument head, at least partially peripherally surrounding the primary stream. An electrode is located in the flow of gas exiting out of the first opening for igniting a plasma between the first opening and the tissue to be treated. Due to the secondary stream accompanying the primary stream, an ignition of the plasma is successful even if the instrument is at a relatively large distance from the tissue.
US12156684B2
Embodiments are directed to fusion implants, insertion instruments, and methods of using the same for implanting one or more fusion implants across a sacroiliac joint and into an ilium and sacrum for fusing the sacroiliac joint. In some cases, fusion-promoting material may be inserted in the fusion implant for further promoting fusion across the sacroiliac joint. In some cases, neurophysiologic monitoring may be performed as the fusion implants are placed across the sacroiliac joint.
US12156680B2
The present invention discloses an interspinous process fusion device, a method of fabricating the interspinous process fusion device, and a surgical method for maintaining a space between two spinous processes in a spine of a patient using the fusion device. The interspinous process fusion device including a distal tip member, a middle plate, a proximal plate, an elongate member, and a plurality of movable wings. The elongate member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second end. The distal tip member is connected to the first end of the elongate member, the proximal plate is connected to the second end of the elongate member, and the middle plate and plurality of wings are positioned intermediate the distal tip member and the proximal plate along the longitudinal axis to form the interspinous process fusion device assembly.
US12156648B2
An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.
US12156641B2
The present invention comprises methods and devices comprising a scraping element used to contact circumferentially and longitudinally the surface walls of the uterine cavity to provide for broad contact of the intended surface with the device, resulting in attainment of a sufficient volume and comprehensive tissue sample for analysis as an endometrial biopsy or screening uterine cancer. The device may provide for a reservoir for the obtained sample to be contained when removing from the uterine cavity, cervical canal, and vagina. The device may be comprised of a detachable means or be of a material that allows the user to cut the sampling head of the device for placement in collection means to maximize the amount of tissue or cells being sent to the laboratory for analysis.
US12156639B1
A curved electric laryngoscope is provided. The curved electric laryngoscope includes a handle and a display screen, where the display screen is rotationally provided at an upper part of the handle; a lower end of the handle is connected to a curved outer tube; the handle is provided therein with an inner tube and an inner tube position adjustment assembly; the inner tube includes an upper end connected to the inner tube position adjustment assembly and a lower end inserted into the curved outer tube; the inner tube position adjustment assembly includes a drive motor, a lead screw, a slide rail, a slider, and a slider bracket; the slide rail is provided along a length direction of the handle; and the lead screw is parallel to the slide rail; the drive motor is fixed at an upper end inside the handle.
US12156638B2
A medical device includes an insertion unit; and a drive unit, the insertion unit has first, second and third lumens, the drive unit has first and second pulleys disposed to be movable advance and retraction, first and second wires are wound on the first and second pulleys, respectively, and a pulling mechanism to pull the first and second pulleys toward a proximal end side, the first wire has a first end inserted into the first lumen and fixed to a distal end side of the insertion unit and a second end inserted into the second lumen and fixed to the distal end side of the insertion unit, and the second wire has a first end inserted into the third lumen and fixed to the distal end side of the insertion unit and a second end fixed to the drive unit.
US12156626B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone provided in the air flow path and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone. The cyclone air inlet and the cyclone air outlet are located at the cyclone chamber rear end and the dirt outlet is located at the cyclone chamber front end. When the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the central longitudinally extending axis of the cyclone is oriented generally horizontally, the cyclone air inlet is located at a lower end of the cyclone and the dirt outlet is located at an upper end of the cyclone.
US12156620B2
An example autonomous moving device includes a housing in which at least one moving part and a first actuator for providing power to the moving part are accommodated; a first charger which is disposed to be adjacent to at least a portion of the surface of the housing and which is for the wireless charging of electric power used by the device; a second actuator for causing air to flow; a first opening, formed at one side of the housing, for discharging the air toward the first charger in order to remove foreign material from the first charger or around the first charger; and a first duct connected to the first opening from the second actuator.
US12156617B2
A toilet apparatus includes: a toilet seat disposed above a toilet bowl; an image sensor photographing an inside of a bowl of the toilet bowl; and a control unit controlling the image sensor to execute an automatic photographing mode of automatically photographing the inside of the bowl. When acquiring a user's photographing intention information indicating whether or not the user has an intention to photograph the inside of the bowl, the control unit switches between executing and stopping of the automatic photographing mode based on the acquired photographing intention information.
US12156608B2
A water reservoir for a drinks machine has a housing having a base and a side wall forming a water chamber. An outlet structure is formed on the base with an inner wall upstanding from the base, wherein an inner volume of the inner wall leads to an outlet of the water reservoir. An outer wall structure extends around the inner wall and a space between the inner wall and the outer wall structure forms a connection interface for connecting a water treatment unit. A lowest region of the inner wall defines the lowest liquid level in the reservoir. When the liquid is at the lowest liquid level, the water surface extends uninterrupted between the outside of the inner wall and the inside of the side wall.
US12156603B2
A bedding with viewing lenses is provided including a flexible body having a first aperture therethrough. The first aperture is disposed on an upper portion of the flexible body, wherein the upper portion is defined above a first midline bisecting the flexible body between opposing lateral sides of the flexible body. A translucent lens is disposed within the first aperture, wherein the lens extends across an entirety of the first aperture. In some embodiments, a second aperture and lens is disposed on the flexible body to accommodate multiple individuals viewing through the bedding simultaneously.
US12156602B2
The present disclosure relates to a modular mat system. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to a modular mat system with that may be built out using common pieces of mats. Specifically, a modular mat system with a mat piece with a top plate with inserts, a bottom plate with a plurality of tabs and recesses operative to engage with further mat pieces to build a mat system is discussed. The modular mat system is operative to remove water and other detritus from shoes of a user or other such platform moving across the mat system and feed it to a perimeter drain below the system.
US12156596B2
The present invention relates to an exercise equipment bench or seat cover for use with conventional benches or seated equipment used in gyms and fitness centers. The cover is non-slippery and absorbs sweat, water, and other fluids, thereby preventing the benches and seats from causing contamination. The cover encloses a bench such the top surface of the bench is covered completely and an elastic band of the cover securely holds the cover around the bench. An individual performing an exercise lies down or touches the cover and not the bench or seat directly. The sweat is absorbed by the top sweat or moisture absorbing layer while the bench is protected by the bottom rubbery or plastic layer. The cover is machine washable and reusable and helps in reducing the spread of germs, viruses, and bacteria in public gym environments.
US12156594B2
A sofa bed with three moving seat bases that transforms between a bed configuration and a sofa configuration. The sofa bed includes supporting legs and armrest. The armrest does not extend to the floor and allows the set of rails to form a notch such that the back end of the sofa bed may be installed on a raised area. Each of the seat bases, and corresponding cushions, are located between the armrests. The seat bases are interconnected with a set of slide rails that allow the seat bases to move relative to one another. The sofa bed also includes a locking mechanism to hold the sofa bed in the sofa configuration.
US12156591B2
Various implementations and configurations of a user configurable modular storage apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a storage apparatus comprises: a side wall and a back wall which form an interior portion of a cabinet and an opening through which the interior portion is accessible; and a pair of slotted walls comprising pairs of slots configured to receive a storage module comprising a left mounting rod and a right mounting rod, wherein the storage module is insertable into the interior portion through the opening thereby enabling a user mounting and unmounting of the storage module to a pair of slots of the pair of slotted walls. In some implementations, slots comprise pockets for engaging mounting rods of storage modules. In some implementations, a slot may comprise a plurality of pockets for receiving a plurality of storage modules mounted in a stacked module configuration.
US12156589B2
A multifunctional table includes a table body, a carrier member, and a holder. The table body includes a board and a support member connected to each other. The board has a table top and a groove. The carrier member is connected to the table body and includes a first slideway. The holder includes a slidable attaching portion and a holding portion connected to each other. The holding portion includes a first holding surface. The first holding surface corresponds to the groove when the slidable attaching portion is slidably attached to the first slideway in a first attached state. A holder includes a slidable attaching portion and a holding portion connected to each other. The holding portion includes a first holding surface and a second holding surface opposite to each other. The first holding surface and the second holding surface are asymmetrical about a central x axis of the holder.
US12156579B2
Disclosed is a fluid product dispensing assembly including: an external container equipped with an opening, the container including an internal wall defining an internal space; an internal lining which is disposed in the internal space; and a dispensing member, such as a pump, which is used to dispense the fluid product. The assembly also includes a barrier envelope which is intended to contain the fluid product and which is disposed inside the aforementioned internal lining, such that the fluid product does not come into contact with the internal lining. The container is made from a transparent or translucent material, such as glass, such that the internal lining is visible through the container. The internal lining is substantially opaque so as to mask the above-mentioned barrier envelope at least partially and preferably completely.
US12156575B2
A bracelet clasp including a first rigid strip of which a first end is hinged on a first end of a second folding strip configured to receive a first strand of the bracelet at the second end thereof, and of which the second end of the first strip is hinged on a first end of a third folding strip from which first and second arms extend, and a cap hinged at one of the strips. The clasp is provided with first and second push-pieces. The clasp includes a banking which is housed between the first and second arms of the third strip in the closed position of the clasp, so as to ensure a symmetrical opening of the arms when simultaneous pressures are exerted on the push-pieces.
US12156571B2
Systems relating to a mechanical closure or locking device configured to allow for quick connect and disconnect. The systems can be used in conjunction with compression garments. The systems can include a buckle that couples to an anchor. The buckle and anchor can include complementary features that can mechanically interface to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle and anchor can include complementary magnetic elements to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle can be manipulated to tighten or loosen an adjustable strap.
US12156570B2
A fastening device including a case unit and a spool is provided. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space, an upper opening communicated with the receiving space, and a lower opening opposite to the upper opening and communicated with the receiving space. The spool is within the receiving space. The spool is limited by the wall, and the wall prohibits the spool from leaving the receiving space from the upper opening.
US12156567B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes a heel region, a forefoot region, and a mid-foot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region. The sole structure also includes a fluid-filled chamber including a first barrier layer cooperating with a second barrier layer to define a first segment extending between a medial side of the sole structure and a lateral side of the sole structure within the forefoot region, a second segment extending between the medial side of the sole structure and the lateral side of the sole structure within the forefoot region, and a web area disposed between and connecting the first segment and the second segment, the first barrier layer being attached to the second barrier layer within the web area.
US12156566B2
The present disclosure includes embodiments in which a knit upper in an article of footwear comprises various zones having different properties. For example, some zones may include thermoplastic yarns for bonding to other elements of the article of footwear such as a sole or a lacing system. Zones may also possess varying degrees of elasticity to, for example, accommodate a wearer's foot or provide the knit upper with stability. The knit upper may further include a visible or machine-detectable bite line to indicate the intended placement of elements of the article of footwear.
US12156564B2
The present invention relates to a goggle brace for a helmet. The brace includes a first bracket and an extension member. The first bracket includes a first resting member and a first supporting member. The first supporting member enables integrating the brace within the helmet. The extension member has a hole. The brace is attached on the inner surface of the helmet by a fastening member. The goggles is made to rest over the resting member. The goggles is tightened over the braces through a strap. The ends of the strap are attached to the edges of the goggles and other ends of the strap are attached over the rear surface of the helmet though a single strap or two or more buckles or latches.
US12156559B2
A clothes folding device includes a loading assembly which pushes in the clothes and seats the clothes on a loading conveyor for transportation, a folding assembly which transports the clothes forward or backward and performs the folding of the clothes, an unloading assembly which is provided below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged from the folding assembly. The unloading assembly includes an upper unloading layer where the clothes finally folded by the folding assembly is primarily dropped and seated and which includes an unloading conveyor, a rotation drive unit that rotates the unloading conveyor, an upper front-rear drive unit which moves the upper unloading layer in a forward and backward direction, a lower unloading layer where the clothes seated on the upper unloading layer are secondarily dropped and seated, and an up and down drive unit which moves the lower unloading layer in an up or down direction.
US12156553B2
A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.
US12156552B2
A glove has a protective member in the thumb-crotch region and includes a textured outer surface. The protective member is configured to protected against slicing done by sharp objects. The textured outer surface enables grip ability in greasy environments. The textured outer surface may be formed via a foaming process during manufacture of the glove. There may be a colored layer between an inner liner and the protective member that establishes a color splash effect in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails.
US12156550B2
The invention relates to a brassiere 40 customized for a user comprising two cups 41, 42 for each receiving a breast of the user, each cup 41, 42 being made of an elastic material, characterized in that each cup 41 42 is detachable and in that the brassiere comprises for each cup 41, 42 an element 26 for fitting the cup to the shape of the breast in the form of a 3D curved rod 20 produced according to the measurements of the user said that 3D curved rod being designed to contour the entire length of the shape of the inflammatory fold of the user, and extending from the vicinity of the sternum of the user to the vicinity of the armpit of the user such that said 3D curved rod 20 stretches the cup 41, 42 in such a way that it molds the shape of the breast.
US12156548B2
A wearable article includes a front and back elastic belts, a crotch region, a waist opening, and leg openings. Each elastic belt is a laminate having an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an elastic member. Elastic adhesive bonding continuously bonds the elastic member for at least about 10 mm in the direction of stretch adjacent the side edges of the belts. A discrete patterned adhesive bonding is applied to at least one of the inner and outer sheets to intermittently bond the inner and outer sheets. The discrete patterned adhesive bonding extends substantially along the transverse direction between the elastic adhesive bonding, and substantially along the longitudinal direction between the distal and proximal edges of the elastic belts. The same adhesive agent provides the elastic adhesive and discrete patterned adhesive bonding. Heat bonds form side seams, and the remainder of the laminate is free of heat bonds.
US12156546B2
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the device including: a receiving cavity to removably receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article including the substrate; an electrical heater to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a puff detector including a temperature sensor to detect a temperature change of air flow in the cavity indicative of a user taking a puff, the sensor being arranged outside the cavity at a predefined distance to a test spot on an inner surface of the cavity and is further to detect a change of the temperature of the cavity at the test spot that is caused by a change of the temperature of the air flow passing along the inner surface at a place of the test spot when the user takes the puff.
US12156545B2
The electronic cigarette having a power chip with automatic closed-loop control for output comprises a vaporizer and a battery assembly which are connected with each other. The vaporizer comprises a heating element. The battery assembly comprises a battery and a control circuit board arranged with a control circuit. The control circuit comprises a microcontroller, and comprises a power chip, a microcontroller power supply unit, and a starting switch, which are electrically connected with the microcontroller, respectively. The control circuit is further arranged with a reference resistor connected with the heating element. The power chip is electrically connected with the battery, the reference resistor, and the heating element. The power chip is configured to perform automatic closed-loop control by determining the resistance value of the reference resistor and feedback for output voltage under a command of the microcontroller, to output precisely adjustable voltage to the heating element.
US12156539B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition that is stored in and/or transported to a heater by a porous monolith, which can be, for example, a porous glass or a porous ceramic. A heater can be in a heating arrangement with an external portion of the porous monolith or can be substantially internal to the porous monolith.
US12156530B2
The present technology is directed to a system for vacuum cooking a non-animal protein, High Moisture Extrusion (HME) food product using steam injection. In various instances the system may comprise: a vacuum cooking food processing system. In various instances the vacuum cooking food processing system may comprise a vacuum tumbler. In some embodiments, the vacuum tumbler may comprise: a vacuum sensor; a temperature sensor; a vacuum valve; a steam injector; and a dosing nozzle.
US12156527B2
The present disclosure provides a sweetening composition including a) acesulfam or aspartame, b) sucralose, a stevia compound, saccharin or cyclamate, c) neohesperidin, thaumatine, rubusoside, a rubusoside derivative, phloretin, trilobatin, monatin and/or hesperetin, and d) tannin in an amount in the range from 1 mg/l to 400 mg/l or wherein, based on the total weight of components a), b), c) and d), the component a) is present in an amount in the range from 10 to 50 wt-%, component b) in an amount in the range from 15 to 65 wt-%, component c) in an amount in the range from 0.1 to 4 wt-%, and component d) in an amount in the range from 5 to 50 wt-%. Moreover, the present disclosure is about the use of said sweetening compositions for sweetening and preparing beverages as well as for preparing syrups as precursors and for the preparation of such beverages. The disclosure is also about a beverage including said sweetening compositions as well as about a process for preparing such beverage.
US12156525B2
A bulk fluid monitoring system and method for monitoring milk is provided, including a plurality of sensors for providing information in relation to properties of a bulk fluid, a memory for holding data parameters including information provided by the sensors and a predetermined time-and-temperature curve for a fluid, a processor for determining whether the information in relation to properties of the bulk fluid is within the bounds of the time and temperature curve for a fluid.
US12156524B2
Liquid antimicrobial disinfectant compositions for treatment of coronaviruses and specifically the Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) on skin and surfaces such as PPE (personal protective equipment) are disclosed that are highly efficacious and exhibit total eradication below detectable limits at 30 minutes (>6 log kill) against coronavirus (resulting in complete inactivation), while remaining non-toxic, safe and non-irritating (including at a cellular level and with extended contact) to skin and endogenous tissue. Such disinfectant compositions are additionally highly effective against other pathogens, have extended antimicrobial and antiviral activity for more than 24 hours, have a bio-compatible pH, are suitable for personal, clinical and surgical use and are safe to skin, mucous membranes and wounds, remain stable without precipitation, discoloration or loss of antimicrobial efficacy for at least 12 months, and are beneficial for a range of applications and uses in improving and supporting human and animal health.
US12156520B2
One nonlimiting variation of a detection arrangement includes one or more sensors each structured to detect at least one biochemical substance indicative of biochemistry of one or more target insect species and provide a corresponding sensor signal, a controller responsive to the sensor signal of each of the one or more sensors to determine if the one or more insect species are present and generate a corresponding output signal, and an indicator responsive to the output signal to indicate the presence of the one or more insect species.
US12156513B2
A movable livestock grazing enclosure is disclosed for regenerative grazing in agriculture. An example movable livestock grazing enclosure may include a front boom, and a first side boom and a second side boom both attached to the front boom to form a contained grazing paddock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a trough on at least one of the front boom, the first side boom, and the second side boom. The trough provides at least one of water, food, and food supplements for livestock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a head unit attached to the front boom. The head unit is configured to move the contained grazing paddock to a predetermined location for grazing the livestock within the contained grazing paddock. In an example, the head unit is at least partly automated.
US12156505B2
A pet seat apparatus for an ATV. The pet seat apparatus includes a seat base with at least one customized side to closely fit contours of a part of the ATV. The seat base includes a first support side for supporting a pet in the ATV and a second support side. The pet seat apparatus also includes a support apparatus for holding the seat base at a desire position in the ATV.
US12156504B2
Inbred corn line, designated KW4ER1502, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW4ER1502, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW4ER1502 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW4ER1502 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW4ER1502 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW4ER1502.
US12156492B2
A row unit has a seed meter and a seed delivery system. A target seed population is obtained and a motor that drives at least one of the seed meter and the seed delivery system is intermittently pulsed to plant seeds in groupings based on machine speed and target seed population.
US12156489B2
A vehicle has a vehicle frame having a first end and a second end and a first siderail and a second siderail spaced laterally and each extend longitudinally from the first end to the second end. A caster wheel having a lateral axis is rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the first end. Drive wheels defining an axis are rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the second end. A prime mover coupled to the vehicle frame has a base and a vertical driveshaft, which is in operative communication with the drive wheels, extending from the base. The vertical driveshaft has a driveshaft axis closer to the second siderail than the first siderail laterally and closer to the caster wheel axis than the drive wheel axis longitudinally. The base is positioned vertically below most of the length of each of the first siderail and the second siderail.
US12161046B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode that includes at least one emitting material layer including an anthracene-based host and a boron-based dopant, at least one electron blocking layer including an amine-based compound substituted with at least one fused aromatic or hetero aromatic ring, and optionally at least one hole blocking layer including an azine-based compound or a benzimidazole-based compound. The organic light emitting diode has enhanced luminous efficiency as well as excellent luminous lifetime.
US12161043B2
A light emitting device having excellent light emission efficiency contains a cathode, a first organic layer containing a compound having a cross-linkable group and a phosphorescent transition metal complex, a second organic layer containing a crosslinked body of the same compound as the compound having a cross-linkable group, and an anode in this order. The ratio of the compound having a cross-linkable group contained in the first organic layer is 2 to 10% by mass with respect to the total mass of the first organic layer. The compound having a cross-linkable group may be a compound having at least one cross-linkable group selected from cross-linkable groups represented by the formula (XL-1) to the formula (XL-19).
US12161036B2
A display substrate has a display area including a plurality of sub-display areas. The display substrate includes a base, a plurality of columns of pixels, a plurality of first and second power lines disposed on the base. At least two columns of pixels are disposed in each sub-display area, and each column of pixels includes at least three columns of sub-pixels. At least one first power line is disposed in each sub-display area and configured to provide a first power signal to all sub-pixels in a sub-display area. The second power lines are configured to provide second power signals to all sub-pixels. A plurality of columns of sub-pixels are disposed between any two adjacent power lines, and any first and second power lines are each arranged between two adjacent columns of sub-pixels emitting light of a first color and sub-pixels emitting light of a second color.
US12161028B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern arranged at different layers and electrically connected to each other via at least two conductive connection structures.
US12161027B2
A display device including: a substrate; a conductive layer on the substrate and including a first voltage line and a second voltage line extending in a first direction; a first electrode and a second electrode on the conductive layer, extending in the first direction, and spaced apart from each other; a plurality of light-emitting elements on the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electrode pattern on the conductive layer and separated from the first electrode. The electrode pattern overlaps the first voltage line in a thickness direction and directly contacts the first voltage line.
US12161019B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel module including a front surface displaying an image and a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a heat dissipation member disposed on the rear surface of the display panel module and including a first portion, that is in contact with the display panel module, and a second portion that is spaced farther apart from the display panel module than the first portion is. The heat dissipation member includes at least one portion that is bent between the first portion and the second portion with respect to a bending axis parallel to the rear surface.
US12161016B2
A display device includes a display panel including an antireflection layer on a light emitting element layer which includes a first pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a first pixel is defined, and a second pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a second pixel is defined. The antireflection layer includes first and second light blocking layers respectively overlapping the first and second pixel defining layers, and includes a first gap defined by a length of a predetermined direction from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the first light blocking layer, and a second gap defined by a length from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the second light blocking layer in the predetermined direction. The first gap is less than the second gap.
US12161002B2
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite layer; and a first layer that includes a molecule having a structure according to formula (I) Wherein the perovskite layer and the first layer are in physical contact, n is between 1 and 10, inclusively, R1 includes at least one of hydrogen, a first alkyl group, a first alkoxy group, and/or a first halogen, R2 includes at least one of hydrogen, a second alkyl group, a second alkoxy group, and/or a second halogen, R1 is bonded to aromatic ring (A) at carbon atom (1), carbon atom (2), carbon atom (3), or carbon atom (4), R2 is bonded to aromatic ring (B) at carbon atom (5), carbon atom (6), carbon atom (7), or carbon atom (8), and R1 and R2 are the same or different.
US12160990B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a common source plane disposed on the substrate, a plurality of memory cells vertically disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the common source plane, a common source line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the common source plane, and an isolation pillar. The common source line extends along a first direction and has a first segment and a second segment. The isolation pillar interposes the first segment and the second segment of the common source line.
US12160984B2
There is provided a radio wave absorber including a powder of a hexagonal ferrite; and a binder, in which the radio wave absorber has a squareness ratio in a range of 0.40 to 0.60.
US12160982B2
A power converter including a semiconductor module having a base plate and a cooling housing. The cooling housing includes a receptacle plate and a cover. The receptacle plate has an opening. The receptacle plate is connected to the base plate of the semiconductor module around the opening. The cover is connected to the receptacle plate along a closure path around the opening, and either the receptacle plate or the cover is formed as a stamped or deep-drawn plate.
US12160981B2
Three-way flow controller paths for single-phase and two-phase cooling in datacenter cooling systems
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a first three-way flow controller is associated with a single-phase fluid and a second three-way flow controller is associated with a two-phase fluid, with a first three-way flow controller to enable a first flow path of a single-phase fluid from a coolant distribution unit to a cold plate or to enable a second flow path to a heat exchanger to cool a two-phase fluid to be used in a cold plate, and with a second three-way flow controller to enable a third flow path of a two-phase fluid to a cold plate or to enable a fourth flow path to a heat exchanger.
US12160972B2
A hard disk bracket configured to be installed on a case includes a tray, a base, a handle, a pin, and a latch. The tray has an accommodating space. The base is connected to the tray. The handle is disposed in the base and has a first slide part detachably fastened with the base. The pin is disposed through the handle and the base. The latch is disposed in the base and is detachably fastened with the case. The latch is fastened with the handle and has a second slide part penetrating the handle for extending outside the base.
US12160971B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electronic component to be plugged into an electronic system. The electronic component includes a housing. The housing includes a jam. The jam is to push through a first opening in a bottom of the housing and a second opening in a surface when the first and second openings are at least partially aligned. The surface is a mechanical component of the electronic system that the electrical component is to slide upon when being plugged into the electronic system. The jam includes tooth edges to engage with an edge of the second opening.
US12160969B1
A card support is provided that passively and automatically adapts to variations in the length of an electronic card. When a card is inserted into a slotted bar of the card support, variations in the length of that card are adjusted for by the compression or expansion of a spring disposed between the slot and a supporting face.
US12160965B2
A support structure is provided, which includes a first support having a first supporting surface, a second support having a second supporting surface, and a third support having a third supporting surface. The first support is provided with a first connecting portion. The second support rotatably fits with the first support about an axis of rotation. The second support is provided with a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are both spaced apart from the axis of rotation. The third support is rotatably connected to both the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. When the support structure is in a folded state, the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface are spaced apart from the third supporting surface, and the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface each form a specific included angle with the third supporting surface.
US12160964B2
An exterior display system can be configured and arranged around a structure. The exterior display system includes a mechanical supporting structure configured and arranged about the exterior surface of the structure. This mechanical supporting structure can include various supporting structures and/or mounting structures which are configured and arranged to form a mechanical lattice framework. An electronic visual display device can be connected to the mechanical lattice framework to form the exterior display system. The electronic visual display device can include multiple electronic visual display panels which are connected to the mechanical lattice framework. Each of these multiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LED disc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one or more rows and/or a series of one or more columns.
US12160963B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure includes: a housing that extends long and provides an internal accommodation space; a roller configured to be installed inside the housing; a display panel configured to be wound on or unwound from the roller; a module cover which extends long in a length direction of the housing, and includes a plurality of segments sequentially arranged in an up-down direction at a rearward direction of the display panel so as to be wound on or unwound from the roller together with the display panel; and a chain driving unit that is installed inside the housing, and unfolds the display panel and the module cover while a chain spreads from the inside of the housing to the outside.
US12160957B2
A pre-calibrated spray plane image acquisition device is described that includes, in a single fixed-form structure, both an image capture component configured to acquire an optical image of a field of view and a light plane generator configured to generate a planar light plane emitted from the pre-calibrated spray plane image acquisition device. A carrier frame structure includes rigid components for permanently maintaining the image capture component and the light plane generator in respective positions defining a permanent spatial relationship between the field of view of the image capture component and the light plane generated by the light plane generator.
US12160950B2
An electronic device is provided, including a substrate, a conductive element, and an insulating layer. The conductive element is disposed on the substrate. The conductive element includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The second layer is disposed on the first layer. The third layer is disposed on the second layer. The insulating layer is disposed on the conductive element. A thickness of the second layer is greater than a thickness of the first layer, and the thickness of the second layer is greater than a thickness of the third layer. There is a gap between the insulating layer and the conductive element.
US12160948B2
A conductive signal transmission structure for a printed circuit includes a copper material and a graphene layer disposed within the copper material at a depth below a surface of the structure. The depth of the graphene layer is further within a skin depth region of the structure when a transmission signal applied to the conductive signal transmission structure has a signal speed of at least 112 Gbps and/or a Nyquist frequency that is at least about 14 gigahertz (GHz).
US12160936B2
As treatment of a semiconductor wafer to be a product proceeds in a heat treatment apparatus, contaminants adhere to an inner wall surface of a chamber. After the treatment of the semiconductor wafer is completed, a gas containing ozone is supplied into the chamber to form an atmosphere containing ozone. While the atmosphere containing ozone is heated by irradiation with light from a halogen lamp, a flash lamp emits a flash of light containing ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light decomposes ozone to generate active oxygen, and the active oxygen reacts with the contaminants to decompose and remove the contaminants from the inner wall surface of the chamber. The contaminants decomposed and vaporized are discharged out of the chamber by exhausting the atmosphere in the chamber.
US12160933B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).
US12160931B2
This application provides a method, includes: a first network node sends an inactivity timer of a terminal device to a second network node, the first network node receives an inactive state indication of the terminal device from the second network node, wherein the inactive state indication of the terminal device is used by the first network node to determine whether the terminal device to enter an inactive state, the first network node notifies the second network node that the terminal device enters the inactive state.
US12160929B2
Methods and systems for characterizing wireless devices are described. Data associated with communications involving the wireless devices may be analyzed to characterize the wireless devices.
US12160925B2
Systems and methods for enhanced device discovery to support multiple clients and high data bandwidth are disclosed herein. An example method includes a method for discovering networked devices on a network having a client application executing on a client device communicatively coupled to the networked devices, the method comprising: transmitting a first inquiry over the network; receiving a first list of devices corresponding to the first inquiry; transmitting a second inquiry over the network; receiving a second list of devices corresponding to the second inquiry; aggregating the first list and the second list to form an aggregate list, the aggregate list including a list of networked devices of interest; and, for at least one of the networked devices of interest, establishing a publisher/subscriber relationship between the at least one of the networked devices and the client application.
US12160915B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a multi-link communication method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a first station sends, on a first link, a radio frame to a second station, where the first station is one of multiple stations included in a first multi-link device. The multiple stations included in the first multi-link device work on multiple links, and the multiple links include a first link on which the first station works. The radio frame includes at least two management frames, the at least two management frames are generated by at least two stations that work on different links in the first multi-link device, and the second station is one of multiple stations included in a second multi-link device.
US12160907B2
Spectrum and radio resources associated with a 5G radio unit (RU) of a host network are dynamically allocated amongst one or more guest networks. A provisioning plane receives inputs from a guest network operator that identifies desired times, locations and/or frequency bands for desired network coverage. The provisioning plane responsively identifies bandwidth allocations that meet the requested parameters for exclusive use by the guest network. User equipment (UE) associated with each guest network maintains time and frequency synchronization with the host network, but otherwise limits its communications to the frequency bands allocated to the guest network. By dynamically obtaining physical radio and spectrum resources from a host provider and by scaling backend network capabilities using cloud resources, guest networks for any number of different purposes can be quickly deployed or modified as desired.
US12160904B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a configuration of a retransmission of a first message of a random access procedure based on a set of transmission configuration options transmitted by a base station. For example, the UE may transmit the first message but may reconfigure the first message for the retransmission based on the transmission configuration options. Additionally, the UE may configure a set of transmission configuration states based on the transmission configuration options for transmitting/retransmitting the first message. In some cases, the UE may determine to switch transmission configuration states based on a trigger signaled by the base station and/or a determination by the UE. Additionally, the UE may transmit an indication of a log of state transitions performed prior to a retransmission of the first message to facilitate combining of the retransmissions at the base station.
US12160894B2
A RAN node (1) broadcasts a first initial bandwidth part (BWP) configuration via system information, and broadcasts a second initial BWP configuration via the system information or transmits it via radio terminal dedicated signaling. The first initial BWP configuration includes cell-specific common parameters of a first initial BWP of a cell, while the second initial BWP configuration includes cell-specific common parameters of a second initial BWP of the cell. The second initial BWP is not used by a first type of radio terminal, but is used by a second type of radio terminal. The bandwidth of the second initial BWP is equal to or narrower than of the first initial BWP. This allows the second type of radio terminal, which has a limited capability compared to the first type of radio terminal, to use an initial BWP suitable for its capability.
US12160893B2
A terminal includes: a processor circuit configured to: configure at least two uplink bandwidth parts (UL BWPs) and at least two downlink bandwidth parts (DL BWPs); determine an active DL BWP of the at least two DL BWPs, the active DL BWP having a corresponding UL BWP of the at least two UL BWPs, wherein the corresponding UL BWP is configured with at least one time-frequency resource to transmit a preamble; select a time-frequency resource from at least one time-frequency resource allocated for preamble transmission in the corresponding UL BWP corresponding to the active DL BWP; and select a first preamble from at least one preamble allocated for preamble transmission corresponding to the active DL BWP; a transmitter configured to transmit the first preamble, on the selected time-frequency resource, to a network device; and a receiver configured to receive a random access response (RAR) on the active DL BWP.
US12160872B2
A signal assignment unit (105) assigns a downlink control signal including resource assignment information of a PDSCH to a downlink resource. A specification unit (108) specifies a PUCCH resource using an offset value set to either a first PRB set or a second PRB set when the downlink control signal is disposed to spread over the first PRB set and the second PRB set. A signal separation unit (109) separates an ACK/NACK signal included in the specified PUCCH resource from a received signal from a terminal to which the downlink control signal has been transmitted.
US12160858B2
Methods, computer program products, and apparatuses for staggering downlink and uplink communications are provided. An example method at a UE includes establishing a connection with a base station. The example method further includes receiving, from the base station, at least one staggering indication comprising a downlink staggering offset for downlink communication and an uplink staggering offset for uplink communication, the downlink communication being an XR, a VR, or an AR downlink communication and the uplink communication being an XR, a VR, or an AR uplink communication. The example method further includes communicating, with the base station, via downlink communication or uplink communication based on the uplink staggering offset and the downlink staggering offset.
US12160848B2
Disclosed are an access method, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal determines, according to the configured resource or resource pool, and a restriction parameter corresponding to the resource or the resource pool, a direct link resource.
US12160844B2
Methods and apparatus to control usage of frequency bands for wireless communications are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a future location frequency processor to determine a frequency band associated with a future location of a device and an arrival processor to transmit a low power mode interval to the device based on at least one of a time of arrival of the device at the future location or the frequency band associated with the future location.
US12160843B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for an AMF node to communicate. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a UDM node, updated subscriber information about a Remote UE; determining whether to stop a service to the Remote UE on the basis of the updated subscriber information about the Remote UE; and transmitting, to a Relay UE communicating with the Remote UE, a deregistration request message requesting deregistration of the Remote UE.
US12160842B2
A method for carrier network integration through a user proxy interface includes receiving a request from a mobile device associated with a subscriber of a carrier provider to establish voice services with the carrier provider for a companion device linked to the mobile device. The request includes a subscriber identifier of the mobile device. The method also includes authenticating the companion device based on the subscriber identifier, obtaining session initiation protocol (SIP) credentials corresponding to the subscriber identifier, and registering the SIP credentials for the companion device at a network interface proxy. The network interface proxy is in communication with an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) of the carrier provider and the companion device. The method also includes establishing voice services between the companion device and the IMS through the network interface proxy using the SIP credentials.
US12160830B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to initial power state. A device may identify a request frame received from a non-AP MLD on a first link of a plurality of links, wherein the non-AP MLD comprises a plurality of station devices (STAs), and wherein the first link is associated with a first STA of the plurality of STAs. The device may cause to send a response frame to the non-AP MLD on the first link to establish the plurality of links between the device and the non-AP MLD. The device may determine, based on the request frame, a power save mode associated with each of the STAs of the non-AP MLD. The device may communicate with the non-AP MLD based on the power save mode.
US12160820B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some systems, a network entity may adjust a backoff power level for communications by the network entity in a first cell supported by the network entity. The network entity may transmit signaling that indicates an estimated level of interference in a second cell supported by a neighboring network entity based on the adjusted backoff power level. The network entity may receive a feedback message from the neighboring network entity that indicates downlink interference measurements by one or more UEs operating within the second cell. In some examples, the feedback message may indicate a difference in interference measurements obtained by the UEs before and after the backoff power level is adjusted by the network entity. The network entity may further adjust or maintain the backoff power level based on the feedback received from the neighboring network entity.
US12160818B2
The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method that enable easy construction of a network group of access points. The wireless communication device includes: a signal generation unit that, on the basis of a first signal that includes access point identification information for identifying an access point that configures a network group according to a user's instruction, generates a second signal that includes the access point identification information, and includes network identification information for identifying an access-point network group to which the access point makes an entry; and a communication control unit that receives the first signal from the access point, and performs control of transmitting the second signal to the access point. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a station of a communication system that conforms to the standards of IEEE 802.11.
US12160817B2
A wireless network environment includes communication management hardware such as disposed in customer premises equipment. The communication management hardware detects a request communication from a mobile communication device, the request communication transmitted from the mobile communication device to a wireless base station. In response to detecting the request communication, the customer premises equipment monitors for reply communication from the wireless base station. The communication management hardware detects failure of the wireless base station to respond to the request communication. In response to detecting the failure, the communication management hardware operates in a relay mode to provide the mobile communication device connectivity with the wireless base station.
US12160809B2
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate user equipment (UE) to UE communications in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include provisioning a UE route selection policy (URSP) for each of a first UE and a second UE, wherein each URSP provisioned for each of the first UE and the second UE comprises: a first token that identifies at least one network resource that is to be utilized for a session for each of the first UE and the second UE; and a second token associated with a quality of service (QoS) that is to be provided for each session. The first token can be used to establish a session for each of the first and second UE using the same at least network resource and each session can be provided a QoS level based on the second token.
US12160807B2
Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
US12160805B2
An information processing system includes a plurality of vehicle; and a server that is able to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles performs: generating a moving image in which a person outside the vehicle appears; and transmitting the moving image and an imaging time and an imaging position of the moving image to the server. The server performs: specifying two or more target moving images in which the same person appears out of a plurality of moving images received from the plurality of vehicles; detecting behavior of the person from the two or more target moving images; estimating attribute information of the person based on the detected behavior; and transmitting the estimated attribute information of the person and the imaging time and the imaging position of at least one of the target moving images to a client.
US12160784B2
A system may include an access node to deploy a radio air interface to provide wireless services to one or more wireless devices. The access node may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry of the access node may monitor an amount of packet drops at a shared network device of a dual connectivity access-node-pair. The processing circuitry of the access node may dynamically adjust one or more handover parameters based on the amount of packet drops at the shared network device. The handover parameters may be adjusted to inhibit handovers to the dual connectivity access-node-pair.
US12160778B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for performing admission control in a wireless network. Admission control can be used to set usage limits for wireless devices in the network. When admission control is enabled, a wireless station does not transmit frames if the current channel usage time is greater than a predefined time limit. The admission control parameters can be specific to an access category (AC), such as best effort (BE), voice (VO), video (VI), and background (BK). According to some implementations, the admission control is performed on a link-level. According to other implementations, the admission control is performed at a multi-link device (MLD) level.
US12160766B2
A wireless network environment includes a communication management resource operative to manage wireless connectivity provided by multiple different wireless networks, each of which supports a different wireless communication protocol to provide wireless access to communication devices in a network environment. The communication management resource monitors a performance of the multiple wireless networks. In response to detecting an inability of a first wireless network of the multiple wireless networks to provide wireless coverage in a geographical region, the configuration management resource adjusts operation of a second wireless network to provide expanded wireless coverage in the geographical region.
US12160765B2
A method for determining an antenna beam failure includes: establishing, according to received first configuration information, an association relationship between n reference signal sets and n antenna panels, in which the i-th reference signal set is associated with the i-th antenna panel; detecting all reference signals in at least one of the n reference signal sets to determine whether a failed antenna panel having a beam failure exists in at least one antenna panel associated with the at least one reference signal set; and sending to a base station beam failure information indicating that the failed antenna panel has a beam failure in response to determining that the failed antenna panel exists.
US12160758B2
A device management resource detects an anomaly event associated with a first communication device based on analysis of first feedback from multiple network entities supporting conveyance of communications associated with the first communication device. The device management resource selects an operational state of the first communication device based on the detected anomaly event. The device management resource then notifies each of the network entities of the selected operational state of the first communication device. Each of the network entities collects and forwards different feedback data associated with the first communication device depending on the selected operational state of the first communication device.
US12160757B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for information transmission, capable of enabling a terminal device to efficiently identify a network to which identification information it receive is to be applied. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, identification information transmitted by a network device; and determining, by the terminal device, whether the identification information is to be used in a non-public network based on an indication from the network device, an environment in which the identification information is received, or content of the identification information.
US12160749B2
A method includes generating, by a computing device, SSID aliases; propagating, by the computing device, the SSID aliases to access points; receiving, by the computing device, data from an access point, the data including a selected SSID alias and a media access control (MAC) address of a user device; creating, by the computing device, a record containing the selected SSID alias and the MAC address of the user device; propagating, by the computing device, the selected SSID alias to remaining access points; and sending, by the computing device, a message to the access points to delete the selected SSID alias after a time period.
US12160747B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for group-based filtering of user devices on a wireless network. Upon a request from a user device to access a requested network service, a device specific identifier associated with the user device is used to determine one or more groups associated with the user device. Based on any access restrictions for the one or more groups associated with the user device, the requested network service may be selectively authorized or provided.
US12160745B2
A method for processing, by a device in a network, an alert message received by user equipment connected to the network. The alert message indicates detection of an anomaly by the user equipment in traffic transmitted via the network. The processing method includes: obtaining from the alert message at least one piece of information which is representative of at least one user equipment constraint; processing, by means of an algorithm for detecting cyber attacks, traffic characteristics provided by the user equipment and associated with the detected anomaly, the algorithm for detecting cyber attacks being chosen and/or configured according to the at least one piece of information; and determining from the at least one piece of information, according to an outcome of the processing, and if a cyber attack is detected, a response to the user equipment regarding the detected anomaly.
US12160735B2
The disclosure relates to communication techniques for merging 5th generation (5G) communication systems with internet-of-things (IoT) technology to support a high data transmission rate in post-4th generation (4G) system and systems therefor. The disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The disclosure may be applied to a technology of managing connections between a terminal supporting a multi-subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) equipped with a smart secure medium and a plurality of activated telecom bundles, and connections between the terminal supporting the multi-SIM and a plurality of profiles in a single telecom bundle.
US12160729B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) performing cell re-selection in New Radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) idle mode includes performing cell re-selection associated with a selected public land mobile network (PLMN) in New Radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) idle mode. Performing cell re-selection in NR-U idle mode further comprises determining a best cell associated with the selected PLMN based on one or more measurements. At least one of the one or more measurements may comprise a channel occupancy measurement. Performing cell re-selection in NR-U idle mode further comprises camping on the best cell and periodically searching for cells that are determined to be better than the best cell based on the one or more measurements.
US12160726B2
A method for communicating audio data via a display device is described. The method includes accessing a first user profile within a first user account, and accessing display data generated based on one of the plurality of sounds upon accessing the first user profile. The method further includes outputting the display data in a language. The language is determined based on the first user profile. The method includes sending the display data to display the display data in the language on a first display device.
US12160722B2
A sound generating apparatus and an electronic device, comprising: a voice coil assembly; a pad disposed on a surface of the voice coil assembly and also provided with a separation structure, and the separation structure separates the pad into a first conductive part and a second conductive part, the first conductive part and the second conductive part are electrically connected, and the voice coil assembly is electrically connected with the first conductive part; and a conductive elastic member connected with the second conductive part, and the conductive elastic member is used for centering support the voice coil assembly. The technical solution of the present disclosure is intended to ensure that the welding end of the conductive structure and the welding end of the voice coil are consistent in height on the welding surface, so as to ensure the sound generating effect of the sound generating apparatus.
US12160716B2
A loudspeaker system includes: a first cushion body near which a head of a person is to be located when the person is seated or recumbent; and a first loudspeaker that is provided to the first cushion body and outputs ultrasound toward the head.
US12160715B2
The disclosure relates to a transducer assembly like a microphone including a bias circuit having a charge pump and a filter circuit coupled to a transducer. The filter circuit includes a voltage-controlled resistor located between an output of the charge pump and the transducer, and a capacitor coupled to the voltage-controlled resistor opposite the charge pump, wherein the bias circuit is configured with a larger bandwidth for faster settling during transient operation than during steady-state operation.
US12160714B2
A sound processing apparatus capable of appropriately providing a user with a sound related to a desired area in the field of the large venue is provided. A positional relation specifying unit (2) specifies a positional relation between a field and a one user. A sound acquisition unit (4) acquires a sound from at least one sound collection device that collects a sound in each of a plurality of areas of the field. A direction determination unit (6) determines a direction in which the user is facing. A gaze position determination unit (8) determines a gaze position which is a position viewed by the user based on the positional relation and the direction in which the user is facing. A sound providing unit (10) performs processing for providing the user with the sound related to the area corresponding to the gaze position.
US12160707B2
Audio content captured by a plurality of microphones associated with a device, such as a hearing device, may be received. It may be determined that a first portion of the audio content is associated with a first microphone of the plurality of microphones. The first microphone may be a unidirectional microphone. Audio indicative of the first portion may be generated and sent to the device for output. It may be determined that a second portion of the audio content is associated with a second, different microphone of the plurality of microphones. The second microphone may be an omnidirectional microphone. Audio indicative of the second portion may be generated and sent to the device for output.
US12160705B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for detecting the state of a bone conduction hearing device. The bone conduction hearing device comprises at least a microphone, a speaker, a feedback analysis unit, and a signal processing unit. The speaker may generate a third sound based on a first signal, wherein the first signal may be generated by the signal processing unit. The microphone may receive the third sound and generate a feedback signal. The feedback analysis unit may determine a feedback path transfer function from the speaker to the microphone based on the feedback signal and the first signal, obtain at least one preset feedback path transfer function, and compare the feedback path transfer function and the at least one preset feedback path transfer function. The signal processing unit may determine the state of the bone conduction hearing device based on a comparison result.
US12160698B2
Portable ear-worn acoustic devices having a wingtip anchor for improved anchoring for active users and to accommodate a wide range of ear sizes and shapes are provided herein. Such acoustic devices an include an earbud device body and a wingtip anchor that extends from an outer face of the device body. The wingtip anchor can include a base portion and a protruding portion that extends upwards and is angled or curved inwardly so as to engage the upper concha of the ear. The wingtip anchor can be flexible so that engagement of a distal portion of the anchor exerts an inwardly directed spring force on the device body to maintain the earbud device body within the ear. Such acoustic devices can further include a multi-function button that is integrated with the wingtip anchor such that the base portion of the wingtip anchor is a faceplate for the multi-function button.
US12160692B2
A projection apparatus, an illumination apparatus thereof, and a light source driving method thereof are provided. A control module converts a bit control signal into first light source timing signals, converts the first light source timing signals into second light source timing signals according to a lookup table, generates a driving current corresponding to each light source according to the lookup table, outputs second light source driving signals corresponding to the light sources according to the second light source timing signals. The lookup table includes a driving current ratio corresponding to the light sources. A driving module drives the light sources according to the second light source driving signals and the driving current for the light sources to have overlapping light-emitting timings.
US12160689B2
Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
US12160688B2
System, method, and media for providing automatic recording of an event. The event may be detected from a set of data collected at a sensor. A recording device manager may send signals to other sensors and electromechanical devices to activate these sensors and electromechanical devices based on detection of the triggering event. The sensor may collect data associated with the triggering event and the electromechanical devices may perform actions based on the triggering event.
US12160677B2
Provided is a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels and a control unit, wherein each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit and a digital-signal output unit configured to output a digital signal based on the output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and the number of bits of the digital signal may be switched.
US12160675B2
Pixel sensitivity is improved in a solid-state imaging element that performs time delay integration. The solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a given number of transistors. In the solid-state imaging element, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements is arranged along a given direction with a given spacing. A size, in the given direction, of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are arranged with the given spacing does not exceed the given spacing. Also, in the solid-state imaging element, the given number of transistors are arranged between the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and the transistors generate a signal commensurate with an amount of charge generated by any of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements.
US12160671B2
An imaging system capture images of products on shelves in a minimally invasive way. The images can be processed to assess restocking needs and other information. The imaging system includes multiple shelf-mountable imaging devices that can be positioned throughout one or more retail locations. Certain types of imaging devices may be self-contained units having replaceable or rechargeable internal power sources and/or wireless communication interfaces. Certain types of imaging device are configured to take images only when the field of view is not blocked by traffic (e.g., consumers, employees, etc.). Certain types of imaging devices are low-profile and/or are camouflageable to enhance the user experience.
US12160662B2
A system and methods for performing focus tuning of an imaging system. The method includes an image sensor obtaining a plurality of images, with each image obtained at a different focus of a tunable optical element. A processor identifying a reference element in at least one of the images of the plurality of images. The processor then determines a reference image that includes the reference element and identifies a reference focus of the tunable optical element. The processor then stores the identified reference focus in a memory.
US12160660B2
An electronic apparatus including camera units that capture images with different angles of view includes a first acquisition unit that acquires live-view images by starting imaging processing using the camera units, a setting unit that sets cut-out ranges for the respective live-view images, a display control unit that displays first cut-out images generated by performing cut-out processing on the respective live-view images based on the cut-out ranges, a selection unit that selects one of the first cut-out images, an identification unit that identifies the camera unit corresponding to the selected first cut-out image, a second acquisition unit that acquires a captured image by performing imaging processing using the identified camera unit, and a recording control unit that records, in a recording medium, a second cut-out image generated by performing cut-out processing on the captured image based on the cut-out range corresponding to the selected first cut-out image.
US12160654B2
An electronic device worn by a user includes a camera module capable of changing a photographing direction, a motion sensor configured to obtain motion information about the electronic device, an eye-tracking sensor configured to obtain gaze information about eyes of the user, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the processor is configured to, by executing the one or more instructions, determine the photographing direction based on the gaze information, determine photographing control information for changing the photographing direction of the camera module to obtain an image captured without shaking, based on the motion information, control the camera module to change the photographing, based on the determined photographing control information, and obtain the image captured by the camera module based on the changed photographing direction.
US12160653B2
a novel object recognition system can be provided that can more appropriately specify objects even when similar objects are assumed. An object recognition system to estimate which of registered objects registered in a database is a target object in an object image captured by a user comprising: an acquisition means that obtains the object image; a registration means that registers an appearance image or that feature value as an appearance information for each of the registered object regarding multiple appearance images representing an appearance of a single object as seen from different feature angles; and an estimation means that estimates which of the registered objects the target object is, based on the object image and the appearance information.
US12160652B2
An electronic module has a flexible wiring member, a wiring circuit board, and a conductive connection member. The flexible wiring member has a flexible base, a first wiring layer formed on at least one face of the flexible base, and a first electrode formed of the first wiring layer at the end part that is not covered by a first insulating layer. The wiring circuit board has a base provided with a wiring, a second insulating layer having opening formed on at least one face of the base, and a second electrode formed in the opening. The conductive connection member connects the first electrode and the second electrode to each other. The end of the flexible wiring member is arranged above the opening in plan view.
US12160651B2
An electronic device and a camera assembly are disclosed. The electronic device may include the camera assembly, which in turn may include a lens assembly having at least four lenses, an image sensor, and at least one reflective member that refracts or reflects incident light at least twice, wherein at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of a first lens from an object side among the at least four lenses is formed as an aspherical surface, wherein the object-side surface and the image-side surface are formed to be convex, wherein various conditional equations stipulation relationships between back focal length (BFL), effective focal length (EFL) and field-of-view (FOV) are satisfied.
US12160643B2
The present disclosure provides a video generation method and apparatus, a device, and a medium and a product, and relates to the technical field of computers. The method includes: acquiring description information of a target video to be generated; according to the description information of the target video, acquiring, from a video material library, a target clip corresponding to the description information; splicing the target clip with each candidate clip of a plurality of candidate clips in the video material library respectively to obtain a plurality of candidate videos; evaluating a score of each candidate video of the plurality of candidate videos; and generating the target video according to the score of each candidate video of the plurality of candidate videos.
US12160641B1
A versatile audio and video content playback navigation system and processes for versatile navigation of audio and video content during playback are disclosed which enable skipping, scanning (and getting snippets of audio while scanning), and swiping (past ads) through audio (e.g., podcast) and setting precision controlled skip and scan distance parameters. The versatile audio and video content playback navigation system and processes allow users to hear snippets of the audio being skipped, and also enables variably-proportionate amounts of audio to be skipped via a single interactive navigation tool, output as a button, so that users can be much more precise with how much audio and/or video to skip.
US12160626B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to automate the recording of media for signature creation. Reference signature requests are received from an employee or user. The reference signature request is distributed to automated capture tool circuitry, which plays the relevant media for a meter and provides a status update. When a signature is created, a status update indicates whether it is considered to be a reference signature. Prioritization circuitry assigns and updates a priority for each of the requests according to the priority of other requests, the status updates, and a priority rule set. Reference signature requests with the highest priority are assigned to automated capture tool circuitry for completion before lower priority requests.
US12160619B2
Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image may include: partitioning a current coding tree block into a plurality of coding blocks so that coding blocks partitioned from the current coding tree block are included in a current picture when the current coding tree block is out of a boundary of the current picture; parsing a first syntax element indicating whether a current coding block is partitioned into a plurality of subblocks when the current coding block satisfies a predetermined condition; and determining a split mode of the current coding block based on the syntax element.
US12160618B2
According to an image coding method according to embodiments of the present document, information related to in-loop filtering may be efficiently signaled, and repetitive procedures for signaling subpicture-related information may be reduced.
US12160613B2
An image decoding apparatus capable of more preferably applying inverse non-separable transform and techniques related thereto are provided. A video decoding apparatus includes a header decoder configured to decode a flag indicating a high accuracy coding mode from a sequence parameter set SPS, a scaling processing unit configured to perform inverse quantization on a transform coefficient for each transform block, and an inverse transform processing unit configured to perform inverse transform. The scaling processing unit switches whether a variable for indicating a range of the transform coefficient depends on a bit depth or does not depend on the bit depth, based on the flag and a size of the transform block.
US12160611B2
In a method for point cloud processing, a bitstream corresponding to a sequence of coded point cloud frames is received. Whether an implicit geometry partition is enabled for the sequence of coded point cloud frames is determined. An octree representing a geometry of points in a bounding box in a coded point cloud frame in the sequence of coded point cloud frames is reconstructed based on whether the implicit geometry partition is determined to be enabled for the sequence of coded point cloud frames.
US12160607B2
A method of video encoding includes determining that a coded video bitstream conforms to one of a Main 10 still picture profile or a Main 4:4:4 10 still picture profile and generating profile information that indicates that each of the image slices is to be intra coded and indicates the one of the Main 10 still picture profile or the Main 4:4:4 10 still picture profile. The method further includes constraining only one picture to be included in the coded video bitstream according to the one of the Main 10 still picture profile or the Main 4:4:4 10 still picture profile. The method also includes performing intra prediction on each of the image slices, and encoding the picture based on the intra prediction and according to the one of the Main 10 still picture profile or the Main 4:4:4 10 still picture profile to form the coded video bitstream.
US12160602B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: stores MV information and correction processing information into a FIFO buffer for an HMVP mode in association, the MV information being derived for a processed block and correction processing information being related to correction processing of a prediction image of the processed block; registers, in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, one or more prediction candidates each being a combination of MV information and correction processing information, the prediction candidates including a prediction candidate which is a combination of the motion vector information and the correction processing information stored in the FIFO buffer; and selects a prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list when a current block is to be processed in the merge mode, and performs correction processing of a prediction image of the current block, based on the correction processing information.
US12160599B2
A decoder receives a set of N compressed segments of a first picture, and a set of M compressed segments for a second picture that follows the first picture in a decoding order. Based on the set of N compressed segments, the decoder constructs a decodable picture for the first picture and decodes the decodable picture. Based on the set of M compressed segments, the decoder constructs a decodable second picture in the compressed domain, in which each of the segments of the first picture are placed at the same spatial position as that of a corresponding segment in the second picture and decodes the decodable second picture. Additionally, at least one Intra coded segment is placed at one of the M spatial positions in the compressed domain in which there is no segment of the N segments.
US12160597B2
A method of data decompression includes receiving compressed pixel data substantially in raster scan order and determining a number of bits of compressed data that corresponds to one row of pixels. Then, for each group of pixels in the row, the method identifies a block-based decoding scheme for the group of pixels and decodes the group of pixels using the identified scheme.
US12160587B2
A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information including decoded picture buffer (DPB) parameter information and an output layer set (OLS) DPB parameter index for a target OLS; deriving the DPB parameter information about the target OLS on the basis of the OLS DPB parameter index; updating a DPB on the basis of the DPB parameter information about the target OLS; and decoding the current picture on the basis of the updated DPB.
US12160581B2
A method for decoding an image by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream including residual information; deriving a quantized conversion factor of a current block on the basis of the residual information included in the bit stream; deriving a residual sample of the current block on the basis of the quantized conversion factor; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual sample of the current block.
US12160576B2
A video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.
US12160575B2
Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining affine parameter group candidates of a current block based on whether adjacent blocks of the current block are decoded; determining an affine parameter group of the current block from among the affine parameter group candidates, according to affine parameter information of the current block; and reconstructing the current block, based on one or more affine parameters included in the affine parameter group.
US12160551B2
An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive job information including a setting for displaying a preview from the information processing apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit a preview image data based on the job information to the information processing apparatus in a case of receiving the job information.
US12160549B2
An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition processing for recognizing one or more characters included in image data and acquiring character information, a display unit configured to display one or more characters indicated by the character information acquired by the character recognition unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to a folder the name of which is a character selected by a user from among the one or more characters displayed by the display unit.
US12160548B2
A computer-implemented method programmed for execution in a computing environment for recommending at least one size and type of substrate to be used in conjunction with a digital image to form a print product includes: providing a digital image; providing a list of available substrates stored in a memory; utilizing a processor, analyzing the digital image to identify image content included in the digital image; utilizing the processor, automatically selecting at least one size of substrate to be used to form a print product based on the identified image content; automatically identifying at least one type of substrate from the list of available substrates utilizing the processor based on at least one of the selected at least one size of substrate or the identified image content; and displaying the identified at least one type of substrate and the selected at least one size of substrate on a display.
US12160544B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a plurality of requests to initiate customer service sessions; establishing a primary web socket connection between a first web server and a service agent terminal; and for each of the plurality of requests, establishing a communication sub-channel associated with the primary web socket connection, each communication sub-channel corresponding to a respective customer service session.
US12160538B2
A gimbal includes a handle (300), a first arm (100), a second arm (200) and a clamping member (400) sequentially connected, the second arm (200) including a second connecting portion (210) and a second rod portion (211); and further includes: a first driving member (11) connected to the handle (300) and the first arm (100) to drive the first arm (100) to rotate with respect to the handle (300); a second driving member (12) connected to the second connecting portion (210) and the second rod portion (211) in the second arm (200) to drive the second rod portion (211) to rotate with respect to the second connecting portion (210); and a third driving member (13) connected to the second rod portion (211) and the clamping member (400) to drive the clamping member (400) to rotate with respect to the second rod portion (211).
US12160530B2
Among information regarding a sensing device (IoT device), only particular content (attribute information) is disclosed. A communication terminal includes a packet-signal reception unit, an attribute-information extraction unit, and an attribute-information transmission unit. The packet-signal reception unit receives a packet signal transmitted from a sensing device around the communication terminal. The attribute-information extraction unit extracts attribute information on the sensing device from the packet signal transmitted from the sensing device around the communication terminal. The attribute-information transmission unit transmits the attribute information that has been extracted to a server.
US12160528B2
Disclosed are a system for providing event data recorder (EDR) data of a vehicle and a method thereof. The system may include a user terminal and a server. The user terminal may determine a first hash value of a certificate, and transmit the first hash value to a server. The server may receive the certificate and encrypted EDR data from an autonomous driving controller, decrypt, using a public key included in the certificate, a digital signature of the certificate to obtain a second hash value, and, based on a comparison between the first and second hash values, decrypt, using a private key, the encrypted EDR data, and transmit the decrypted EDR data to the user terminal. The user terminal may receive the decrypted EDR data from the server, and provide the decrypted EDR data to a user.
US12160525B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a method for determining network measurements. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, by a first aggregation server and from each of multiple client devices, encrypted impression data. A second aggregation server receives, from each of at least a portion of the multiple client devices, encrypted conversion data. The first aggregation server and the second aggregation server perform a multi-party computation process to decrypt the encrypted impression data and the encrypted conversion data. Each portion of decrypted impression data and each portion of decrypted conversion data is sent to a respective reporting system.
US12160514B2
A device is configured to receive a user input from a user device indicating a first gesture performed by a user in a real-world environment and to identify a first token within a gesture map corresponding with the first gesture. The device is further configured to identify a second gesture performed by an avatar within a virtual environment that is associated with the user and to identify a second token within the gesture map corresponding with the second gesture. The device is further configured to combine the first token and the second token to generate an authentication token and to verify an identity of the user based on the authentication token.
US12160513B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure user identification using digital image processing. The present invention is configured to receive, via a first user input device, an input selection of a first image from a first user, wherein the first image is associated with a second user; extract features of the first image; determine a secure image matching the first image based on at least the features of the first image; extract, from the secure image, a unique device identifier associated with the second user embedded thereon; and transmit control signals configured to cause the first user input device to display the unique device identifier.
US12160505B2
A method of organizing an end-to-end encrypted online meeting for a group of members including a creator. The method includes: maintaining, by each member in the online meeting including the creator, a group tree from which is derivable a group key required for communication between members in the online meeting; accessing, by the creator, a key package associated with a member of the group; adding to the online meeting, by the creator and based on the key package, the member associated with the key package; updating, by the creator, the group tree maintained by the creator; generating, by the creator and based on the updated group tree, one or more encrypted secret keys required for deriving the group key; and transmitting, by the creator and via a server, the updated group tree and the one or more encrypted secret keys to each other member in the online meeting.
US12160490B2
A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an discovery service is provided. The discovery service may provide a network device to request for binding information from a binding service function. The request may include information that indicates a type of policy control function. For example, the information may indicate a session management policy control function, an access management policy control function, or another dedicated type of policy control function.
US12160487B2
A method, apparatus, and device used for subscribing resources in the field of the Internet of Things, and a storage medium, the method used for subscribing resources including: a service entity receiving a subscription request of a third entity for a first object; determining a second object associated with the first object; generating at least a subscription for the second object; and sending a subscription response, the subscription response being used to indicate the result of the subscription. The described method may enable subscribed resources to be more plentiful.
US12160473B2
A management system includes a first communication device configured to access a cloud storage, and a second communication device that is configured to access the cloud storage and is communicably connected to a first terminal device or provided in a second terminal device. The first communication device is configured to execute a first writing processing of writing task request data into the cloud storage, and a first acquisition processing of acquiring terminal data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a first acquisition timing. The second communication device is configured to execute a second acquisition processing of acquiring the task request data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a second acquisition timing, and a second writing processing of acquiring the terminal data from the management target and write the terminal data into the cloud storage.
US12160471B2
A plurality of distributed network nodes may provide a decentralized access gateway to multiple, diverse types of databases. The plurality of distributed network nodes may host a private party blockchain. Each node may execute a peer-to-peer (P2P) client to perform operations associated with the private party blockchain. A subset of the nodes may be configured as validator nodes that may implement gossip protocols to cooperatively validate one or more database operations and generate a new block for the private party blockchain. Another subset of nodes may be configured as host nodes that may receive the new block and update a corresponding local copy of the private party blockchain appending the new block. Utilizing the co-operative validation of database operations and the updates appending the new blocks, the private party blockchain may maintain an immutable digital record of access and updates to the multiple and diverse types of databases.
US12160455B2
Example techniques facilitate for applying a share restriction to a curated playlist within a shared playback queue. In example implementations, a first media playback system may share its playback queue with a second media playback system. The playback queue of the first media playback system may include a curated playlist associated with a share restriction. When sharing its playback queue of the first media playback system, the first media playback system may enforce the share restriction on the curated playlist as queued in a second playback queue of the second media playback system.
US12160444B2
Embodiments are disclosed for a method for a security model. The method includes generating a machine learning model that determines probabilities of a plurality of specific techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) for a security domain. The method also includes generating a machine learning model that maps multiple TTPs to a polytope for the security domain. Additionally, the method includes generating a polytope visualization having multiple visualized points in a multi-dimensional space. The visualized points represent corresponding TTPs of a same type and associated probabilities. Further, a disposition of each of the visualized points is based on the determined probabilities and the mapped plurality of TTPs.
US12160443B2
FlowSpec is a mechanism for distributing rules to routers in a network. Such rules may be used, for example, to drop traffic associated with a distributed denial of service attack. However, a malformed or incorrect FlowSpec announcement may, if distributed in the network, cause legitimate traffic to be dropped, degrading the service experienced by legitimate users. As such, systems and methods for avoiding the distribution of malformed FlowSpec announcements are provided.
US12160425B2
Integrated techniques for computer bot detection and human user based access include determining if a client device has been identified as a computer bot based upon client information extracted from a service request and a service policy. The service policy is also utilized to determine if the client device is operating under control of a human user or operating autonomously based upon matching a captcha response to an expected captcha response.
US12160421B2
Technologies are shown for network attribution tracking for a multi-legged transaction. In accordance with some aspects, a request is received at a second service from a client device via a first redirect including a first token associated with a first service. The second service sends, to a token service, a token request including the first token, wherein the token request causes the token service to associate a second token with the first token. The second service receives, from the token service, a token response including the second token. The second service provides, to the client device, a second redirect to a third service, the second redirect including the second token. In some aspects, a transaction is attributed to at least the first service and the second service based on the association of the second token with the first token.
US12160414B2
A system for multi-factor location-based device verification is configured to receive a first location factor, which may include GPS data, from a client device. The system is also configured to receive one or more additional location factors, such as a second location factor and/or a third location factor, from first and/or second wireless beacons, respectively. The wireless beacons may be located within a predefined area, such as a sports book or another casino area, and the system may determine, based upon the one or more location factors, whether the client device is within the predefined area. As a result, the location of the client device may be verified based upon one or more location factors. In addition, in response to verifying the location of the client device, a new wagering account may be established and/or wagering may be initiated.
US12160413B2
Enabling the exchange of connection parameters where a user equipment (UE) lacks a secret shared with the network (e.g. a server), such as key materials, and lacks a valid certificate. In some embodiments, the connection parameters may be exchanged via EAP messages. In certain aspects, and particularly with respect to emergency attach, a simplified protocol is used with limited overhead because the UE does not attempt to authenticate the network, and the network does not attempt to authenticate the UE.
US12160410B2
An electronic device and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method includes: setting dummy data having multiple dummy bits; inserting the dummy bits of the dummy data into transmission data according to an insertion type to generate encryption data; and transmitting the encryption data to a memory device.
US12160408B2
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
In one aspect, a computerized system useful for implementing a virtual private network (VPN) including an edge device that automatically establishes an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel alongside an unsecure Multipath Protocol (MP) tunnel with a gateway device in preparation for a transmission of a secure traffic communication. The edge device has a list of local subnets. The edge device sends the list of local subnets to the gateway during an initial MP tunnel establishment handshake message exchange between the edge device and the gateway device. Each subnet includes an indication of whether the subnet is reachable over the VPN. A gateway device that automatically establishes the IPsec tunnel alongside the unsecure MP tunnel with the edge device. An enterprise datacenter server that comprises an orchestrator module that receives a toggle the VPN command and enables the VPN on the orchestrator. The orchestrator informs the edge device the list of subnets is accessible over the VPN causing the edge device to update the gateway device with a new list of subnets of the edge device that accessible over the VPN.
US12160381B2
An operating method of a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting same are disclosed. According to one embodiment applicable to the disclosure, a terminal, in which a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode is set, sets a transmission mode in which data generated from the same information by means of a base station is transmitted through physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), resource information by which data is transmitted through the plurality of PDSCHs is acquired, on the basis of the transmission mode, so that relevant data information is acquired.
US12160380B2
A communication system includes a user apparatus; and base stations respectively configured to wirelessly communicate with the user apparatus. The base stations include a master base station and a secondary base station that configure dual connectivity for the user apparatus. The secondary base station is configured with a grant configuration related to transmission without grant in uplink to the secondary base station.
US12160377B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify that the UE is operating in a dual-connectivity configuration with a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN). The UE may receive at least one request that the UE report MDT measurements. The UE may perform a first portion of measurements associated with the first base station and perform a second portion of measurements associated with the second base station. The UE may perform the measurements while the UE is operating in the dual-connectivity configuration. The UE may transmit one or more reports including information indicative of the first portion of measurements, information indicative of the second portion of measurements, or both.
US12160365B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media to implement circuit-style network with co-routed bidirectional network paths. A method includes receiving a request for a circuit policy between a source node and a destination node, the circuit policy defining a co-routed bidirectional policy between the source node and the destination node; requesting a path compute service to identify a path between the source node and the destination node that satisfies the circuit policy through a first network; receiving a path identifying a first set of network nodes that satisfy the circuit policy; configuring each node in the first set of network nodes within the first network with the circuit policy; and establishing a connection using the path that satisfies the circuit policy between the source node and the destination node.
US12160356B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes generating, by a network device, a flow table comprising a plurality of flow records; determining, by the network device, whether a data flow corresponding to the plurality of flow records is an abnormal flow; and sending, by the network device, a flow record of the abnormal flow to an analyzer in response to a determination that the data flow is the abnormal flow, so that the analyzer analyzes the abnormal flow.
US12160354B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling monitoring operations performed by various devices, e.g., access points, in a communications network and for using information obtained by the devices which perform the monitoring are described. The methods are well suited for use in a system with a variety of access points, e.g., wireless and/or wired access points, which can be used to obtain access to the Internet or another network. An access point, which has been configured to monitor in accordance with received monitoring configuration information, e.g. on a per access point interface basis, captures packets, stores captured packets, and monitors to detect communications failures corresponding to communications devices using said access point. In response to detecting a communications failure, the access point generates, an event failure notification indicating the type of detected failure and sends the event failure notification to the network monitoring node along with corresponding captured packets.
US12160350B2
A quality of service traffic steering approach for multi-access edge computing (MEC) environments is disclosed. In an embodiment, a network exposure function (NEF) or similar device (e.g., MEC controller or orchestrator) monitors a quality of service (QoS) of a data session between a user equipment (UE) and an application. The NEF then can determine when the QoS of the data session does not meet a requested service level agreement (SLA). When the SLA is not met, the NEF identifies a MEC host that meets the SLA using a database of MEC applications. Based on the identified MEC host, the NEF re-routes the data session to the MEC host.
US12160347B2
A system includes: a server; and a moving body wherein, the server is configured to communicate with the moving body, predict occurrence of a loss of communication with the moving body, and send information necessary to execute a first process to the moving body when the loss of communication with the moving body is predicted to occur; and the moving body is configured to receive the information from the server, and execute the first process based on the received information.
US12160346B1
A system for reestablishing network connectivity for particular network equipment in a failed network zone comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor receives a flag that identifies the failed network zone including particular network equipment that have lost network connectivity in a network. The processor generates a first non-fungible token using the configuration information associated with each of the particular network equipment. The processor determines routing information based at least in part upon the configuration information and a network topology. The processor generates a second non-fungible token based at least in part upon the routing information. The processor aggregates the first non-fungible token and the second non-fungible token to generate a primary non-fungible token. The processor reestablishes network connectivity for at least a portion of the particular network equipment based at least in part upon information associated with the primary non-fungible token.
US12160332B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, described techniques provide for performing multipath fading equalization at a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), allowing a receiving device to omit an equalization procedure or to perform a simpler equalization. A transmitting device, such as a network entity, may select a RIS that is within a sufficient proximity to a receiving device, such as a user equipment (UE), that multipath fading of the RIS to receiver wireless link is likely to be below a threshold. The network entity may configure the selected RIS with a phase matrix to perform over-the-air equalization to compensate for multipath fading over the network entity to RIS wireless link. The UE may omit an equalization procedure or may perform a simpler equalization procedure as compared to a scenario where the RIS does not compensate for multipath fading.
US12160331B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for processing a data block into an unencoded uplink signal. The UE may determine pre-equalization parameters corresponding to the unencoded uplink signal based on the indication of the configuration. The UE may apply analog modulation and the pre-equalization parameters to the data block to form the unencoded uplink signal and transmit the unencoded uplink signal on overlapping time-frequency resources with one or more other UEs according to an over the air computation operation. The UE may determine a plurality of channel inversion coefficients based on the indication of the configuration for processing the data block into the unencoded uplink signal, measuring one or more reference signals, receiving an indication of an inversion granularity, receiving an inversion coefficient power threshold, or any combination thereof.
US12160321B2
Various embodiments are directed to message distribution protocols for a group-based communication platform, in which messages exchanged within a plurality of individual communication channels are provided to client devices via a single websocket connection for each client device. The messages are provided together with associated correspondence tags identifying communication channels in which the messages are exchanged, and the client device disseminates those messages for display in appropriate communication-channel-specific display windows based at least in part on the correspondence tags transmitted with the messages.
US12160317B2
Provided is a transmission method executed by a transmitting apparatus to transmit a content to a plurality of terminals. The content having transmission count information indicating a number of times the content is to be transmitted by the transmitting apparatus. The transmission method including a first transmission step of generating and transmitting a first transmission signal which transfers at least a first portion of a plurality of data packets including a plurality of content packets, storing data of the content therein, and a plurality of parity packets, generated from the content packets, and a second transmission step of, when the transmission count information of the content indicates a plurality of times, generating a second transmission signal including at least a second portion of the plurality of data packets, and transmitting the second transmission signal during a period which differs from a period during which the first transmission signal is transmitted.
US12160315B2
Techniques for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) operation with multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) are disclosed. In some embodiments, determining PUCCH transmission repetition may include determining that an original PUCCH transmission overlaps a slot boundary between a first slot for PUCCH transmission and a second slot for PUCCH transmission, and configuring a PUCCH repetition of the original PUCCH transmission. The PUCCH repetition may include one or more symbols of the original PUCCH transmission and may be located in one or more slots other than the first slot and the second slot. The PUCCH repetition may be configured by a downlink control information (DCI) configuration that includes a physical downlink shared channel to hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement feedback (PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback) timing indicator, a PUCCH repetition number field that configures a number of transmissions of the PUCCH repetition, or a PUCCH resource indicator field that configures a number of transmissions of the PUCCH repetition.
US12160314B2
A method includes: a first chip receives a first data stream from a second chip, where the first data stream is obtained through encoding by using a first forward error correction (FEC) code type; and the first chip re-encodes the first data stream at least once, to obtain a second data stream, where the second data stream is a concatenated FEC code stream obtained through encoding by using at least the first FEC code type and a second FEC code type.
US12160313B2
A transmitting device for supporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) includes scrambling and encoding, in which the order of scrambling and encoding is changed compared to the conventional transmitter. Likewise, a receiving device for supporting HARQ includes descrambling and decoding, in which the order of descrambling and decoding is changed compared to the conventional receiver. In particular, the transmitting device is configured to encode at least one data unit using Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding, scramble the encoded data unit based on a scrambling seed, provide an indication of the scrambling seed that is separate from the scrambled and encoded data unit, and transmit the indication of the scrambling seed and then the scrambled and encoded data unit to the receiving device.
US12160288B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for channel state information (CSI) transmission. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a terminal device includes performing a channel estimate between the terminal device and a network device across a predetermined frequency range for a set of beams having different spatial directions; determining, based on the channel estimate, first indication information indicating at least one beam selected from the set of beams and second indication information indicating frequency-related information for the at least one selected beam at a plurality of frequency locations in the predetermined frequency range; and transmitting to the network device the first indication information in a first part of a channel state information (CSI) report and the second indication information in a second part of the CSI report.
US12160278B2
A portable radio is provided that performs an impedance measurement to determine a radio frequency (RF) load type connected to an antenna port of the portable radio. The portable radio includes an impedance measurement circuit and a tunable matching circuit operatively coupled thereto through an RF switch A sweep generator injects an LMR frequency sweep to the RF load during non-transmit or non-receive time slots for the impedance measurement. The tunable matching circuit is configured as a radio frequency (RF) bypass during the impedance measurement, thereby enabling the impedance measurement circuit to directly measure the impedance of the RF load coupled to the RF port and identify the RF load as either a land mobile radio (LMR) antenna or equipment (wideband load). When the RF load is determined to be an LMR antenna, then the matching circuitry is tuned for the identified antenna. When the RF load is determined to be wideband equipment, then the matching circuitry remains bypassed.
US12160276B2
The present disclosure relates generally to utilizing ultrasonic transducers and receivers to implement directional sound in combination with gesture detection in an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM). In one embodiment, a set of ultrasound transducers transmits positional ultrasound pulses to identify the player and/or his gesture, as well as an audio carrier signal, e.g., through a direction speaker, providing directional sound based on the feedback from the ultrasound pulses. Further, embodiments may implement air haptics in both or either of the transmitted pulses of the ultrasonic transducers and/or the audio signal from the directional speaker to provide an enhanced user experience.
US12160269B2
A bi-directional and multi-channel optical module incudes an encapsulation casing, a TOSA, a plurality of ROSAs and a plurality of optical folding elements. The TOSA is accommodated in the encapsulation casing. The TOSA includes a light emitting element and a thin film LiNbOx modulator, and a light receiving end of the thin film LiNbOx modulator is optically coupled with the light emitting element. The ROSAs are accommodated in the encapsulation casing. The ROSAs are configured to receive external optical signals propagating into the encapsulation casing. The optical folding elements are optically coupled with a plurality of light propagation ends of the thin film LiNbOx modulator, respectively, for changing a traveling direction of light emitted by the TOSA. Each of the optical folding elements is configured to enable one of the ROSAs share a fiber access terminal with the TOSA.
US12160266B1
A system and method for compensating a frequency shift of an optical communication signal may include a tunable receiver laser, a coherent optical receiver that receives the optical communication signal, in which the coherent optical receiver can demodulate the optical communication signal based on an optical output of the tunable receiver laser, a trans-impedance amplifier that receives a demodulated signal from the coherent optical receiver and generates an amplifier output, a laser tracking system that generates a laser tuning signal configured to adjust the optical output of the tunable receiver laser, and a controller including a processor and a memory unit. The memory unit includes instructions that cause the controller to receive the amplifier output, calculate a frequency spectrum of the amplifier output, and determine an offset of a frequency of the optical communication signal from a first frequency of the optical output.
US12160255B2
An electronic device may include signal transmission circuitry such as wireless circuitry having a signal source, a signal path, and an output node coupled to an output load. The signal source may transmit a signal to the output load over the signal path. The output load may have an impedance characterized by a first reflection coefficient. A signal coupler may be disposed on the signal path. A power detector coupled to a coupled node of the signal coupler may measure a voltage at the third node. A termination coupled to an isolated node of the signal coupler may include components that cause the termination to exhibit a second reflection coefficient. The second reflection coefficient may be selected to configure the voltage at the third node to track a power wave at the output load to within a constant that is invariant as the first reflection coefficient changes over time.
US12160248B2
A SAR ADC may include a plurality of capacitor networks, wherein each capacitor network of a plurality of capacitor networks has a plurality of sampling capacitors for sampling over a plurality of sampling sub-phases an analog input signal to the SAR ADC and at least one non-sampling capacitor. The SAR ADC may also include a DAC comprising a plurality of sub-DACs including at least a first sub-DAC representing most significant bits of an output of the SAR ADC, wherein the output of the first sub-DAC is coupled to the sampling capacitors of the plurality of capacitor networks and a second sub-DAC representing bits of the output of the SAR ADC lesser in magnitude significance than those of the first sub-DAC, wherein the output of the second sub-DAC is coupled to a respective one of at least one non-sampling capacitor of each of the plurality of capacitor networks.
US12160240B2
A method and an apparatus for coupling two nonlinear resonators via a nonlinear element to generate phononic frequency combs.
