US12001912B2
An interrogation and detection system for detection of surgical implements within a patient's body, the system including One or more RFID tags affixed to a surgical implement within the patient's body. Each RFID tag being configured to transmit a return signal when energized, and a remote signal generator configured to generate an energizing signal for the one or more RFID tags. The signal generator operably coupled to the in-vivo introducible antenna via a communication cable. The system further includes an in-vivo introducible antenna configured to be inserted through a trocar-cannula assembly into a surgical site within the patient's body. Wherein the tubular channel defines a shape having a dimension “D1”, such that the dimension “D1” of the tubular channel is less than the dimension “D2” of the in-vivo introducible antenna.
US12001911B1
Presented are user-friendly battery-powered touchless identity card emulator systems and methods that allow existing ID management installations, such as physical card reader systems, to securely operate without requiring a physical key and irrespective of type, model, shape, and size of reader and card format. Various embodiments that emulate physical identity cards integrate wireless functionality to existing systems to enable mobile access to provide advanced user/identity management capabilities for touchless access control systems.
US12001907B2
The invention relates to a method of acquiring information of an accessory connected to a vehicle. The method comprises, in a control unit of the vehicle, acquiring an accessory identifier from the accessory. The method further comprises transmitting the accessory identifier to a remote server comprising accessory information, matching, in the server, the accessory identifier with corresponding accessory information, transmitting the accessory information to the vehicle and receiving the accessory information in the control unit.
US12001898B2
Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
US12001897B2
A method for a resilient asynchronous request-reply solution may include initiating, in response to receiving a request from a client device, a process for executing the request using a first service and a second service. The method may include persisting the request as a command in a database accessible to a first instance of the first service and a second instance of the first service. The persisting is performed by a first thread, and the persisting includes storing an association between the first thread and the command. The method also includes sending the command from the first service to the second service, receiving, from the second service, a response to the command, updating, in response to the receiving, the command in the database to include the response, and providing, the response to complete the process. Related systems and articles of manufacture are provided.
US12001891B1
Systems and methods for analyzing risks associated with one or more developers in multi-cloud platforms is disclosed. The system includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processor is configured to recommend one or more cloud infrastructures for the one or more developers to host one or more projects assigned to them. The one or more cloud infrastructures are recommended based on one or more parameters. The processor is further configured to determine a risk pattern for each developer upon selection of at least one cloud infrastructure. The risk pattern is determined based on one or more factors. In addition, the processor is configured to generate a cloud wallet for each developer based on the risk pattern determined.
US12001890B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a communication method and apparatus, and network architecture. The network architecture comprises: an edge cloud, an access cloud and a core cloud. The method comprises: an edge cloud being connected to a core cloud by means of an access cloud, wherein the edge cloud comprises a plurality of edge cloud nodes, the access cloud comprises at least one access cloud node, the core cloud comprises at least one core cloud node, and at least two edge cloud nodes of the plurality of edge cloud nodes together provide a service for a user terminal.
US12001853B2
The present techniques generally relate to a computer implemented method of accessing a remote resource by an internet-connectable device, the method comprising: receiving, at the device from the bootstrap server, a first plurality of identifiers each identifier associated with a respective connectivity server; selecting, at the device, a first identifier from the first plurality of identifiers; authenticating with a first connectivity server associated with the selected first identifier.
US12001851B2
An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), multiple graphics processing units (GPUs), and an advanced graphics synchronization node (AGN). The BIOS initiates boot operations for the information handling system. During a pre-extensible firmware interface phase of the boot operations, the BIOS initializes a video memory associated with the GPUs. During the boot operations, the AGN generates a firmware override table based on data in the video memory, and a redirection override table based on the data in the video memory. During operating system runtime operations, the AGN utilizes the firmware override table to synchronize outputs from the GPUs, and utilizes the redirection override table to enable a firmware update for one of the GPUs without a reboot of the information handling system.
US12001848B2
A processor includes a time counter and provides a method for statically dispatching fused instructions with first operation and second operation with preset execution times for forwarding of result data from the first operation to the second operation without writing to a register, and where the preset execution times are based on a time count from the time counter provided to an execution pipeline.
US12001847B1
A processor may include an instruction pipeline that executes program instructions in-order according to a program order. During operation, the instruction pipeline may detect that data is missing for a first instruction. In response, the instruction pipeline may send a request to load the missing data for the first instruction. However, the instruction pipeline may not necessarily stall operation to wait for the missing data to be loaded. Instead, the instruction pipeline may continue executing instructions subsequent to the first instruction. During the continued execution, the instruction pipeline may detect that data is missing for a second instruction, and send a request to load the missing data for the second instruction. The instruction pipeline may continue such operation until it determines that a condition occurs that prevents the continued execution. When the condition occurs, the instruction pipeline may stop the continued execution, and then re-execute the first instruction.
US12001845B2
An apparatus comprises first instruction execution circuitry, second instruction execution circuitry, and a decoupled access buffer. Instructions of an ordered sequence of instructions are issued to one of the first and second instruction execution circuitry for execution in dependence on whether the instruction has a first type label or a second type label. An instruction with the first type label is an access-related instruction which determines at least one characteristic of a load operation to retrieve a data value from a memory address. Instruction execution by the first instruction execution circuitry of instructions having the first type label is prioritised over instruction execution by the second instruction execution circuitry of instructions having the second type label. Data values retrieved from memory as a result of execution of the first type instructions are stored in the decoupled access buffer.
US12001844B2
Embodiments relate to improving user experiences when executing binary code that has been translated from other binary code. Binary code (instructions) for a source instruction set architecture (ISA) cannot natively execute on a processor that implements a target ISA. The instructions in the source ISA are binary-translated to instructions in the target ISA and are executed on the processor. The overhead of performing binary translation and/or the overhead of executing binary-translated code are compensated for by increasing the speed at which the translated code is executed, relative to non-translated code. Translated code may be executed on hardware that has one or more power-performance parameters of the processor set to increase the performance of the processor with respect to the translated code. The increase in power-performance for translated code may be proportional to the degree of translation overhead.
US12001841B2
A content-addressable processing engine, also referred to herein as CAPE, is provided. Processing-in-memory (PIM) architectures attempt to overcome the von Neumann bottleneck by combining computation and storage logic into a single component. CAPE provides a general-purpose PIM microarchitecture that provides acceleration of vector operations while being programmable with standard reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instructions, such as RISC-V instructions with standard vector extensions. CAPE can be implemented as a standalone core that specializes in associative computing, and that can be integrated in a tiled multicore chip alongside other types of compute engines. Certain embodiments of CAPE achieve average speedups of 14× (up to 254×) over an area-equivalent out-of-order processor core tile with three levels of caches across a diverse set of representative applications.
US12001837B2
Disclosed are techniques for two-way synchronization of infrastructure-as-code templates and instances, including a method comprising detecting changes to a run-time state of a system and, in response to detecting a change, triggering an update of a current run-time state model. The method may further comprise, in response to updating the run-time state model, comparing the updated model to a current model using a template in a local repository instantiated as the current model. The method may further comprise, in response to the comparison determining a structural difference between the updated model and the current model, merging the updated model and the current model into a new model; and updating a local clone of a repository of the template with the new model. The method may further comprise, in response to the comparison determining no structural difference between the updated model and the current model, pushing changes to a remote repository.
US12001832B2
There is provided a control chip including a microcontroller unit (MCU), a bus arbiter, a first bus, a second bus, a void hardware, a cache controller, a flash controller and a flash memory, wherein the flash memory is recorded with a firmware. When the MCU does not receive an update instruction, the bus arbiter reads, according to a function command of the MCU, a function return value associated with the function command from the flash memory via the first bus, the cache controller and the flash controller. When the MCU receives the update instruction, the bus arbiter updates the firmware in the flash memory via the second bus and the flash controller, and the void hardware actively replies a void return value associated with the function command to the MCU to replace the function return value.
US12001831B2
An onboard update apparatus includes a control unit that controls adoption of an update program by an onboard ECU installed in a vehicle, wherein the control unit attempts to communicate with an external server outside of the vehicle when a target onboard ECU for updating adopts the update program stored in a predetermined storage area in the vehicle; in a case where communication with the external server is successful, in a case where information relating to cancelation of the update program is acquired, adoption of the update program by the target onboard ECU for updating is canceled, and in a case where the information relating to cancelation cannot be acquired, the target onboard ECU for updating adopts the update program; and in a case where communication with the external server has failed, the target onboard ECU for updating adopts the update program.
US12001824B2
An application package splitting and reassembly method includes splitting a first application package into a main package and at least one sub-package; storing the main package and the at least one sub-package in a first file; and generating a second application package corresponding to the application, where the second application package includes a header and the first file. After receiving an original application package, a server automatically performs splitting and reassembly on the original application package to generate a complete new application package.
US12001823B2
According to some aspects, techniques are provided for building and deploying a machine learning application that do not require a user to have expert knowledge of machine learning or programming. These techniques may be executed by a system that provides a graphical user interface which allows a user to visually define a workflow for a machine learning application, without requiring the user to be an expert in machine learning. The system may automatically represent the workflow as a specification that may be used to build and deploy a machine learning application. The system may automatically execute the workflow in a series of stages while managing data flow and execution context between the stages. Such an execution process may provide flexibility in execution so that a user can build a complex machine learning application without it being necessary for the user to have detailed knowledge of how execution is managed.
US12001822B2
A computer-implemented method for validating a build artifact may include transmitting the build artifact to each of a plurality of validators. Each of the plurality of validators may be configured to: determine whether the build artifact meets a respective criterion; and in response to a determination that the build artifact meets the respective criterion, generate a respective digital signature associated with the build artifact. The method may further include: verifying each of the respective digital signatures and in response to verifying the respective digital signatures, deploying the build artifact.
US12001820B2
Disclosed are an electronic apparatus capable of applying the design of a UI component based on the device's usage environment and the operating method thereof. The present invention presents an electronic apparatus capable of dynamically changing and applying the design of a UI component configuring an application according to a usage environment of an electronic apparatus which drives the application and the operating method thereof to provide an appropriate UI design according to the device's usage environment of a user to the user.
US12001819B2
A method, computer program product and modelling tool for a reference model requirement based development of a technical system is ascertained, (i) in a first orchestration phase, to ascertain a storage location in the digital twin for the suitable reference model requirement, (ii) in a second orchestration phase, to ascertain a relevance of the reference model requirement belonging to the storage location and relevant to the forwarding from different perspectives for the development of the technical system, and (iii) in a third orchestration phase, to extract the reference model requirement from the ascertained relevance.
US12001816B2
In a method for performing visual programming, applicable to a terminal, a target role in a visual layout region of a target interface is determined. An event building block set is displayed in an event building block triggering region of the target interface. In response to detecting a selection operation on a first event building block in the event building block set, the first event building block corresponding to the target role is added to a visual programming region of the target interface. In response to detecting a selection operation on a first function building block in at least one function building block corresponding to the first event building block displayed in a function building block triggering region of the target interface, the first function building block corresponding to the target role is added to the visual programming region.
US12001811B2
A multiply-accumulate calculation device includes: multiple calculation units which generates output signals by multiplying an input signal corresponding to an input value and having a rising part, a signal part, and a falling part by a weight, and output the output signals; an accumulate calculation unit configured to calculate a sum of the output signals output from the plurality of multiple calculation units; and a correction unit configured to execute correction processing for correcting the sum of the output signals on the basis of a correction value including at least one of a first value incorporated into the sum by a current flowing into variable resistors of the multiple calculation units due to the rising part of the input signal, and a second value incorporated into the sum by a current flowing into the variable resistors of the multiple calculation units due to the falling part of the input signal.
US12001804B2
Techniques are disclosed for detecting distributed incompetence in text of a conversation using communicative discourse trees and then inserting an automatic response from an autonomous agent (chatbot) or other entity. For example, a computing system generates a communicative discourse tree from utterances from multiple agents to a user. The computing system obtains a prediction of whether the text includes distributed incompetence by applying a trained predictive model to the communicative discourse tree. Based on the detection, the computing system generates an updated response to a user device.
US12001796B2
A system for informing cooking style decisions, the system including a computing device designed and configured to receive a personal recipe relating to a user. The computing device also designed and configured to select a cooking style, including locating in a recipe database a set of cooking styles associated with the personal recipe and selecting the cooking style from the set of cooking styles as a function of the user's biological extraction. Additionally, the computing device is designed and configured to incorporate the cooking style into the personal recipe of the user.
US12001795B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for identifying a speaker in at text based work. Labeled and unlabeled instances corresponding to one or more speakers are extracted. Pseudo-labels are inferred for the extracted unlabeled instances based on the labeled instances. One or more of the unlabeled instances are labeled based on the inferred pseudo-labels.
US12001792B2
A method for generating presentation slides with distilled content including receiving one or more data files as source material for slide generation, obtaining content from the one or more data files for a slide of a slide presentation, identifying a layout template for the slide based on the content, and distilling the content into distilled content to generate a presentation visualization item based on the distilled content. The distilled content may include a subset of the content. The method may also include generating the slide based on the presentation visualization item and the layout template.
US12001782B2
A method includes receiving, by a processing device from a client device associated with a user, a natural language query corresponding to a request to create, for the user, a personalized document having a tabular structure, determining, by the processing device, one or more attribute categories pertaining to the personalized document, identifying, by the processing device, at least one external data source including at least one subjective data source related to the user, retrieving, by the processing device from the at least one external data source, data items indicative of the one or more attribute categories, and generating, by the processing device, the personalized document for the user by populating each cell of the personalized document with a respective data item.
US12001779B2
The present disclosure provides a computer implemented method and system for generating an algebraic modelling language (AML) formulation of natural language text description of an optimization problem. The computer implemented method includes generating, based on the natural language text description, a text markup language intermediate representation (IR) of the optimization problem, the text markup language IR including an IR objective declaration that defines an objective for the optimization problem and a first IR constraint declaration that indicates a first constraint for the optimization problem. The computer implemented also includes generating, based on the text markup language IR, the AML formulation of the optimization problem, the AML formulation including an AML objective declaration that defines the objective for the optimization problem and a first AML constraint declaration that indicates the first constraint for the optimization problem. The computer implemented method and system of the present disclosure improves the accuracy in generating an AML formation of an optimization problem than is possible with known solutions, thereby improving the operation of a computer system that applies the computer implemented method.
US12001773B2
A method in certain embodiments includes using a computer system that includes an EDA tool to generate a layout of an IC device; searching, using a statistical method such as Bayesian optimization process, for one or more input variable parameters, such as the dimensions of the IC device and the dimensions of the voltage areas in the IC device, that results in an optimal characteristic, such as power, performance or area (PPA) of the IC device, subject to a limiting condition, such as one determined using a cost function. A computer system including one or more EDAs configured to perform the method is also disclosed.
US12001767B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products can be used for determining the amount of oil removed by a miscible gas flood. One of the methods includes identifying locations of oil within a volume representing a reservoir rock sample. The method includes identifying locations of gas within the volume. The method also includes determining the amount of oil removed based on locations within the volume where oil is either coincident with the gas or is connected to the gas by a continuous oil path.
US12001766B2
A method is used to design nuclear reactors using design variables and metric variables. A user specifies ranges for the design variables and target values for the metric variables. A set of design parameter samples are selected. For each sample, the method runs three processes, which compute metric variables to thermal-hydraulics, neutronics, and stress. The method applies a cost function to each sample to compute an aggregate residual of the metric variables compared to the target values. The method trains a machine learning model using the samples and the computed aggregate residuals. The method shrinks the range for each design variable according to correlation between the respective design variable and estimated residuals using the machine learning model. These steps are repeated until a sample having a smallest residual is unchanged for multiple iterations. The method then uses the final machine learning model to assess relative importance of each design variable.
US12001758B2
A voice information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The voice information processing method may include: a first device (1100) obtains first voice information, and when the first voice information includes a wakeup keyword, the first device (1100) sends a voice assistant wakeup instruction to a second device (1200), such that the second device (1200) launches a voice assistant; then the first device (1100) obtains second voice information and sends the second voice information to the second device (1200), the second device (1200) determines a voice triggered event corresponding to the second voice information by using the voice assistant, and feeds target information associated with performance of the voice triggered event back to the first device (1100), such that the first device (1100) performs the voice triggered event based on the target information. The method can reduce the computing burden of the first device (1100).
US12001754B2
A method includes detecting, at an electronic device (ED) providing a virtual assistant (VA), an input that triggers the VA to perform a task that comprises outputting media content through an output device associated with the ED. The method includes detecting a presence of at least one registered user in proximity to the ED. Each registered user is associated with a corresponding media preferences profile. The method includes, for each detected registered user, determining whether the detected registered user is an active consumer. The method includes, in response to determining that a detected registered user is an active consumer, outputting, via the output device, media content associated with the media preferences profile of the detected registered user.
US12001741B2
A label image generation device generates label images corresponding to labels for creating composite labels. In each composite label, a label created from a first printing medium and a label created from a second printing medium are overlaid. A control device generates first and second label images to be formed on the first printing medium, and a third label image to be formed on the second printing medium. The control device displays a first composite image and a second composite image. In the first composite image, the first and third label images are overlaid. In the second composite image, the second and third label images are overlaid. The control device controls a printing mechanism to perform printing for creating the first number of first labels, the second number of second labels, and the third number of third labels. The third number depends on both the first and second numbers.
US12001740B2
A printer includes a container configured to store recording agent, a print head configured to eject the recording agent, and a controller configured to permit the printer to perform printing until a print permission amount, different from a remaining amount of the recording agent in the container, reaches a first threshold. The print permission amount is information regarding a quantity, of the recording agent or sheets usable by the printer. The controller is further configured to receive an instruction to perform user cleaning to clean the print head by ejecting the recording agent from the print head, and in response to the receipt of the instruction to perform the user cleaning, cause the printer to perform the user cleaning when the print permission amount has not reached a second threshold, whereas restricting execution of the user cleaning when the print permission amount has reached the second threshold.
US12001736B1
A system and method for providing alternative authentication modes in multifunction peripherals includes supplying mobile device management and application authentication to multifunction peripherals without such capabilities. A pluggable authorization module is installed on an incompatible multifunction peripheral by providing a user login on a devices idle screen with an login URL. A user's login credentials are verified by an authentication server that returns an associated username and access permissions once verified. This information is used by the pluggable authorization module to generate a temporary multi-function device services user supplied with the retrieved access permissions. The user can then use the multifunction device services via the temporary user. The temporary user is deleted once the user logs out.
US12001735B2
An information processing apparatus holds a print job and identification information of a reference image that is associated with the print job and is used in inspection printing of the print job. In a case that a reprint according to the held print job is instructed, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not a change has been made in print settings of the held print job and whether or not inspection printing that uses the reference image being associated with the held print job is possible, and in a case that it is determined that the inspection printing that uses the reference image being associated with the held print job is not possible, controls so as to set the identification information of the reference image in the held print job to none and transmits the held print job to the printing apparatus.
US12001733B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus comprises: a storage device configured to store a first network address used when connected to a first printer and a second network address used when connected to a second printer; one or more memories; and one or more processors that are configured to cooperate with the one or more memories to control the information processing apparatus to control, when communicable with the first and second printers: displaying the first printer as a candidate of destination of print data, the first printer being accessible using the first network address; and not displaying the second printer as a candidate of destination of the print data, the second printer being inaccessible using the first network address.
US12001728B2
A virtual machine responds to an operation of a user and generates a print request. The print request includes a to-be-printed file, virtual printer information, and a print parameter of the to-be-printed file. A virtual printer corresponds to a printer coupled to a terminal device. The virtual printer information indicates the printer corresponding to the virtual printer. After generating the print request, the virtual machine sends the print request to the terminal device to instruct the terminal device to print the to-be-printed file using the printer corresponding to the virtual printer information. After receiving the print request, the terminal device determines the printer based on the virtual printer information.
US12001725B2
A combined on-package and off-package memory system uses a custom base-layer within which are fabricated one or more dedicated interfaces to off-package memories. An on-package processor and on-package memories are also directly coupled to the custom base-layer. The custom base-layer includes memory management logic between the processor and memories (both off and on package) to steer requests. The memories are exposed as a combined memory space having greater bandwidth and capacity compared with either the off-package memories or the on-package memories alone. The memory management logic services requests while maintaining quality of service (QoS) to satisfy bandwidth requirements for each allocation. An allocation may include any combination of the on and/or off package memories. The memory management logic also manages data migration between the on and off package memories.
US12001719B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to receive a search command from a host device, where the search command is for value associated with a key value (KV) format having a specific sequence, prepare one or more search buffers and send the one or more search buffers to the memory device, retrieve one or more wordlines having KV pair data associated with the KV format, where the KV pair data includes a key and a value, compare the retrieved one or more wordlines with the one or more search buffers for values having the specific sequence, and provide at least a portion of the value from one or more KV pair data based on the comparing to the host device.
US12001717B2
Implementations described herein relate to memory device operations for unaligned write operations. In some implementations, a memory device may receive, from a host device, a write command indicating data having a first size that corresponds to a first write unit and a first logical address. The memory device may allocate a set of buffers for the write command. The memory device may determine a set of physical addresses corresponding to a physical address that is associated with the second size, where the set of physical addresses are each associated with the first size. The memory device may merge stored data from the set of physical addresses to one or more buffers, from the set of buffers, that do not include the data to generate a data unit having the second size. The memory device may write the data unit to memory indicated by the set of physical addresses.
US12001712B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory including a memory cell array and a storage controller configured to receive event data and sensing data from an external device, and store the sensing data in different areas of the memory cell array based on the event data. The memory cell array includes a first memory area configured to store first sensing data from among the sensing data, the first sensing data being associated with a preset event and a second memory area configured to store second sensing data from among the sensing data, the second sensing data being associated with a current event not corresponding to the preset event. A first number of bits stored in each of first memory cells included in the first memory area may be less than a second number of bits stored in each of second memory cells included in the second memory area.
US12001709B2
Storage devices and an operating method of a storage controller configured to control storage devices. For example, the storage device may include a non-volatile memory and a storage controller. The non-volatile memory includes a first block and a second block, the first block including first memory cells each storing N-bit data, and the second block including second memory cells each storing M-bit data. During a read reclaim operation on the first block, the storage controller determines read hot data stored in the first block and writes the read hot data to the second block. The storage controller may select a first word line corresponding to a first page in which a number of error bits is equal to or greater than a threshold value and determine data stored in a page corresponding to a second word line adjacent to the first word line as the read hot data.
US12001708B2
Methods, systems, and devices for in-memory associative processing for vectors are described. A device may perform a computational operation on a first set of contiguous bits of a first vector and a first set of contiguous bits of a second vector. The first sets of contiguous bits may be stored in a first plane of a memory die and the computational operation may be based on a truth table for the computational operation. The device may perform a second computational operation on a second set of contiguous bits of the first vector and a second set of contiguous bits of the second vector. The second sets of contiguous bits may be stored in a second plane of the memory die and the computational operation based on the truth table for the computational operation.
US12001699B2
A memory device according to an aspect may include a memory cell array including a first bank region and a second bank region each including a plurality of banks; an operation logic including one or more first processing elements (PEs) corresponding to the first bank region and one or more second PEs corresponding to the second bank region; a control logic configured to control modes of the first bank region and the second bank region based on externally sourced setting information; first and second mode signal generators configured to control enabling the first PEs, wherein the first mode signal generator is configured to output the first mode signal to enable the first PEs and the second mode signal generator is configured to output the second mode signal to disable the second PEs responsive to the first bank region being set to an operation mode and the second bank region being set to a normal mode.
US12001694B1
Disclosed techniques generate a data structure including data representing a configuration of a data storage system. A parameter can be obtained that is usable to configure the data storage system. Data representing the configuration of the data storage system can be modified based on the parameter. The data storage system can be configured, using the parameter, based on the modified data representing the configuration of the data storage system and predetermined configuration data for the data storage system.
US12001691B2
A memory controller controls access to a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) including banks. The memory controller includes: a receiver that receives a memory access request from an access master; a selector that selects one of a first issue mode and a second issue mode each related to command issuing; and an issuer that issues a command sequence to the SDRAM in response to the memory access request, in accordance with the one of the first issue mode and the second issue mode which is selected by the selector. The first issue mode is a mode in which an activation command for activating a bank among the banks is issued in continuous clock cycles without dividing the activation command, the activation command being included in the command sequence. The second issue mode is a mode in which the activation command is divided and issued in non-continuous clock cycles.
US12001688B2
A storage system has filtered views of data. The storage system receives a read request for a filtered view of data in memory. The read request is associated with one or more permissions for viewing the data. The storage system identifies a subset of the data, based on the one or more permissions. The storage system provides the filtered view. The filtered view includes the subset of the data.
US12001681B2
This application provides a storage device, a distributed storage system, and a data processing method, and belongs to the field of storage technologies. In this application, an AI apparatus is disposed inside a storage device, so that the storage device has an AI computing capability. In addition, the storage device further includes a processor and a hard disk, and therefore further has a service data storage capability. Therefore, convergence of storage and AI computing power is implemented. An AI parameter and service data are transmitted inside the storage device through a high-speed interconnect network without a need of being forwarded through an external network. Therefore, a path for transmitting the service data and the AI parameter is greatly shortened, and the service data can be loaded nearby, thereby accelerating loading.
US12001676B2
A storage device includes a storage device communicably connected to a host; a nonvolatile memory configured to store calibration data of the host; and a calibration circuit configured to receive a descriptor from the host including the setting information and update the calibration data with the received setting information.
US12001675B1
A method comprising: receiving, at a management application, a first definition of a control window, the first definition specifying the control window in a local time of a time zone where the management application is being executed, wherein the first definition identifies: (i) a first start time for the control window, (ii) a first end time for the control window, and (iii) one or more days of the week when the control window should be enforced; detecting an applicable time in the time zone, the applicable time being one of standard time or daylight savings time; generating a second definition of the control window that corresponds to the applicable time, the second definition specifying the control window in a standardized time format, the second definition being generated based on the first definition; and causing the control window to be enforced in a storage array in accordance with the second definition.
US12001674B2
An array of bit cells is programmed with user data, each row including a corresponding word line and each column including a corresponding column line. The array includes a plurality of differential PUF bits, each having a first and second bit cell programmed with user data. A first set of sense-amplifiers outputs a set of data bits of the user data, and a second set of sense-amplifiers outputs a set of differential bits, each differential bit based on a differential current between two columns lines of the selected column lines corresponding to the first and second bit cells of a corresponding differential PUF bit along the selected word line. A potential PUF bit generator outputs a set of potential PUF bits based on the set of data bits of the user data from the first set of sense-amplifiers and the set of differential bits from the second set of sense-amplifiers.
US12001663B2
A system and method for editing and outputting an image, for example, for wall or other décor. Tools enable a user to parse a single image, such as a photograph, substantially automatically across a grid of multiple tiles. In addition to parsing, various kinds of image editing are provided as a function of tools in an innovative graphical user interface operating on a smart phone or one or more computing devices. Various operations are performed on an image that has been parsed across a grid of multiple tiles to provide for a custom output, such as for displaying an image uniquely on a wall or other surface.
US12001661B2
Methods and systems for bound based contextual zoom are disclosed. Legacy WINDOWS desktop and web applications were designed for a mouse or other high-precision pointing device, and as such, small controls and closely grouped controls/icons were commonly designed/used on the screen. Interacting with such applications remoted to a touch-based device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet) is difficult. Bound based contextual zoom overcomes at least some of these limitations by permitting a user to zoom in on an area of interest within an application or desktop, and for a period of time long enough to complete the touch interaction. The area zoomed might be a group of controls on a ribbon bar, the minimize/maximize/close buttons in the top-right corner of a window, a group of form input controls, or any other natural cluster of related user interface (UI) elements. The size of the area zoomed and the zoom factor applied are calculated to allow a user to complete their task without overly obscuring the rest of the application/desktop.
US12001642B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing visual content at a computer system. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual indicators for visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for inserting visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for identifying visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for translating visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for translating visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing user interface objects for visual content in media are described.
US12001626B2
A touch display device has an inspection process and a repair process that may be easily performed. The touch display device includes first and second touch electrodes spaced apart from each other and a dummy conductive layer spaced apart from at least one of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes, and is characterized in that the shape of at least one of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes arranged in first boundary areas is different from the shape of at least one of the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes and the dummy conductive layer arranged in second boundary areas, thereby rapidly detecting the position of a defect and improving efficiency of inspection and repair processes.
US12001588B2
Data is received that specifies a bound for an adversarial posterior belief ρc that corresponds to a likelihood to re-identify data points from the dataset based on a differentially private function output. Privacy parameters ε, δ are then calculated based on the received data that govern a differential privacy (DP) algorithm to be applied to a function to be evaluated over a dataset. The calculating is based on a ratio of probabilities distributions of different observations, which are bound by the posterior belief ρc as applied to a dataset. The calculated privacy parameters are then used to apply the DP algorithm to the function over the dataset. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12001583B2
A contactless Secure Element compliant to an inter-industry Secure Element contactless management standard where a Card Reset privilege or Implicit Selection parameter on a contactless interface is compulsory for an Identification Virtual Document application to be able to communicate with an external entity, said Secure Element has a proxy application having the Card Reset privilege or Implicit Selection parameter on the contactless interface and being adapted to receive any command from an external entity for any of the available Identification Virtual Document application belonging to any one of the different standards of Identification Virtual Document, to extract a select command comprising an Logical Data Structure application identifier, to identify and to determine the corresponding recipient Identification Virtual Document application using the extracted Logical Data Structure application identifier and to forward such a command to the determined corresponding recipient Identification Virtual Document application, the proxy application then returning the response of the select command and subsequent commands from the corresponding recipient Identification Virtual Document application to the external entity.
US12001578B2
The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for enterprise-wide fine-grained role-based access control to a plurality of organizational assets. In various embodiments exemplary methods include receiving, via an authorization service client API, identification of an asset for fine-grained role-based access control; a definition of an asset type of the asset; a definition of an asset value; receiving, a definition of an organizational role with fine-grained role-based access control to at least one of the asset, the asset type, and the asset value. Furthermore, receiving permissions for fine-grained role-based access by the organizational role to at least one of the asset, the asset type, and the asset value. Furthermore, the exemplary method may comprise providing an authorization service user interface (UI) for enabling fine-grained role-based access control to the asset based on the fine-grained role-based access control database schema.
US12001577B1
A machine learning model, such as a neural network, is partially encrypted with a homomorphic encryption scheme. Application of the machine learning model to data includes performing operations on plaintext and encrypting results of operations for input to other operations that are performed over cyphertext. Ciphertext output of such operations can be provided to a service that is able to decrypt the ciphertext output.
US12001574B2
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a content management system that can be highly flexible to the needs of its subjects. The present technology permits any object to be shared by providing a robust and flexible access control list mechanism. The present technology utilizes a data structure that is highly efficient that both minimizes the amount of information that needs to be written into any database, but also allows for fast reads and writes of information from authoritative tables that are a source of truth for the content management system, while allowing for maintenance of indexes containing more refined data that allow for efficient retrieval of certain information that would normally need to be calculated when it is needed.
US12001571B2
A method of operating a user device includes: receiving a command from a user to power on the user device, wherein the user device includes information on a restricted zone associated with the user device; detecting, by a monitoring entity of the user device without involvement of any device external to the user device, whether the user device is located within the restricted zone in response to the user device being powered on and before an operating system of the user device is executed; and granting access of the user to the user device by the monitoring entity in response to detecting the user device as being within the restricted zone.
US12001570B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to resource allocation and rebating during in-flight data masking and on-demand encryption of big data on a network. Computer machine(s), cluster managers, nodes, and/or multilevel platforms can request, receive, and/or authenticate requests for a big data dataset, containing sensitive and non-sensitive data. Profiles can be auto provisioned, and access rights can be assigned. Server configuration and data connection properties can be defined. Secure connection(s) to the data store can be established. Sensitive information can be redacted into a sanitized dataset based on one or more data obfuscation types. RAM requirements and current RAM allocation can be diagnosed. Portion(s) of the current RAM allocation exceeding the RAM requirements can be rebated. The encrypted data can be transmitted, in response to the request, to a source, a target, and/or another computer machine and can be decrypted back into the sanitized dataset.
US12001568B2
An encryption method applied to an encryption system is disclosed. The encryption system includes a transmission module, an encryption module and a memory. The memory contains n data, where n is an integer and n≥0, and the n data are encrypted by the encryption module. The multiple encryption method includes: via the transmission module, receiving an encryption request and an n+1th data; storing the n+1th data in the memory; via the encryption module, according to the encryption request, encrypting the n data and the n+1th data to form an encrypted data.
US12001552B1
An anti-abuse system is provided for a data-platform. An anti-abuse scanner of the data-platform detects a creation of an application package by a provider of content to the data platform where the application package includes a set of files for deployment on the data platform. The anti-abuse scanner performs a review of the set of files to detect malicious content where the review is based on a set of analysis rules and generates a deployment decision for the application package based on a result of the review.
US12001548B2
Within an organization, numerous different persons can access data. But a user account with database access may be compromised, leading to data theft and data destruction. Database queries used to access data may vary in length, content, and formatting. Features of these queries can be extracted to train a machine learning classifier. Queries for users can be mapped to a vector space and when a new sample query is received, it can be assessed using the classifier to determine its level of similarity with previous queries by that user and other users. By analyzing the results of this assessment on the new query, it can be determined if this new query represents a data access anomaly—e.g. a particularly unusual query for a user, given his or her past, that may indicate user credentials have been compromised. When a data access anomaly exists, a remedial action may be take.
US12001539B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system that may include a replaceable module and a user device. The replaceable module may include an element and a one-wire authentication element in parallel with the element. The user device may be configured for operable coupling with the replaceable module. The user device may include a power source configured to provide power to the element, an authentication unit configured to perform a verification process for verifying authenticity of the replaceable module, and a signal conditioning unit arranged in a communication path between the one-wire authentication element and the authentication unit.
US12001533B2
A method is provided for authenticating an occupant within an interior of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a camera which is configured to monitor the interior of the vehicle, and a processing device being configured to process image or video data provided by the camera. Characteristic features are determined being visible via the camera, and authenticating image or video data are captured via the camera while an occupant is present within the interior of the vehicle. Via the processing device, face recognition and liveliness check are performed for the occupant based on the authenticating image or video data, and an identification degree of the characteristic features is determined within the authenticating image or video data. Based on the face recognition, the liveliness check and the identification degree it is determined whether an authentication of the occupant is to be accepted.
US12001530B2
In an example embodiment, an efficient, automated method to generate password guesses is provided by leveraging online text sources along with natural language processing techniques. Specifically, semantic structures in passwords are exploited to aid system in generating better guesses. This not only helps cover instances where traditional password meters would indicate a password is safe when it is not, but also makes the solution robust against fast-evolving domains such as new slang in natural languages or new vocabulary arising from new products, product updates, and services.
US12001527B2
A method of selectively securing a computing device at a docking station may include creating a security key between a security application programming interface (API) and an application executed on the computing device; upon logging into and execution of a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the computing device by a user, registering the application with the security API using the security key; and, upon receipt of a request to remove the computing device from the docking station, validating the user is authorized to remove the computing device from the docking station based on settings associated with the application.
US12001525B1
A computer implemented method is disclosed for obfuscating an algorithm. The computer-implemented method includes (1) receiving ciphertext input data, and (2) executing obfuscated program instructions using the ciphertext input data and an obfuscation key. The ciphertext input data is based on plaintext input data encrypted using an input encryption key. The obfuscated program instructions are configured for concealing initial program instructions. The initial program instructions are configured for (1) receiving the plaintext input data, (2) providing plaintext output data based on an algorithm, and (3) providing ciphertext output data. The ciphertext output data is configured for decryption to provide the plaintext output data.
US12001523B2
A first copy of a heterogeneous program payload is provided to a first computing device. The heterogeneous program payload contains an unencrypted component and a set of one or more encrypted components. The set of encrypted components corresponding to a set of one or more programs. The unencrypted component of the heterogeneous program payload includes loader program code configured to receive a first license key. The loader program code is configured to, in response to receiving the first license key, perform a decryption action against the set of encrypted components of the heterogeneous program payload.
US12001522B1
Techniques are described for providing a computer-implemented hybrid asset management platform and related system components used to manage transactions involving “hybrid” assets comprising both digital and physical components. The hybrid asset management platform provides continual synchronization between digital asset certificates of legal ownership (e.g., data structures managed off-chain in one or more private data stores) with corresponding asset non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are tradeable on a blockchain or other type of decentralized ledger. Among other benefits, the described hybrid asset management platform provides for efficient and secure transactions involving possibly several different types of users, thereby improving the ability for metaverses, gaming platforms, virtual and real-world marketplaces, and other entities to facilitate transactions involving hybrid assets.
US12001521B2
The present disclosure hereinafter proposes a charged particle beam device and a method for adjusting a charged particle beam device which aim to appropriately set device conditions independently of a state of a sample. The present disclosure proposes a method and a system for adjusting contrast and brightness of an image, comprising: adjusting offset (step 112) of a signal processing device of the charged particle beam device so that the brightness of a pattern in an image obtained by scanning with a first charged particle beam (first intermittent condition beam) becomes a predetermined value; and adjusting a gain (step 114) of the signal processing device so that the brightness of a pattern in an image obtained by scanning with a second charged particle beam, which is a pulse beam (second intermittent condition beam) different from the first charged particle beam in at least one of irradiation time, irradiation distance, interval time between irradiation points, and distance between irradiation points, becomes a predetermined value.
US12001520B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for generating simulated images for enhancing socio-demographic diversity. An image-generating application receives a request that includes a set of target socio-demographic attributes. The set of target socio-demographic attributes can define a gender, age, and/or race of a subject that are non-stereotypical for a particular occupation. The image-generating application applies the a machine-learning model to the set of target socio-demographic attributes. The machine-learning model generates a simulated image depicts a subject having visual characteristics that are defined by the set of target socio-demographic attributes.
US12001518B2
A method for predicting matching degree between a resume and a post, and a related device are provided in this disclosure. In the method for predicting the matching degree between the resume and the post, and the related device according to this disclosure, firstly the semi-structured keys and values in post information and resume information and their source are obtained. Then, the matching degree between the resume information and the post information is predicted by a prediction model including a cascaded pre-trained language model, a Transformer encoder and a single label classification model, based on the keys and values of a respective post information and resume information attribute, and corresponding source representations. Thus, by comprehensively searching internal interaction and external interaction of semi-structured multivariate attributes in person-post matching, the matching result is more accurate.
US12001517B2
A positioning method includes clustering points in a first point cloud through multi-clustering to obtain a target point cloud, where the target point cloud represents a feature of a target object, and the first point cloud includes the target point cloud and a point cloud that represents a feature of an interfering object; and determining a position of the target object based on the target point cloud.
US12001510B2
A method and an apparatus for length-aware local tiling in a sparse attention module in a transformer in heterogeneous devices are provided. The method includes that a heterogeneous device including one or more GPUs: divides a transformed sparsity mask into a plurality of first tiles and obtaining one or more effective first tiles from the plurality of first tiles, where each effective first tile includes at least one non-zero element; loads the one or more effective first tiles into a shared memory in the one or more GPUs and loads a plurality of elements in a first matrix corresponding to the one or more effective first tiles into the shared memory; and performs multiplication by a first sampled dense-dense matrix multiplication (SDDMM) kernel in the sparse attention module in the transformer by fetching the one or more effective first tiles and the plurality of elements from the shared memory.
US12001503B2
A server receives a first hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) from a client device requesting for content associated with a webpage. The server retrieves a plurality of cache keys associated with respective sets of application metadata identified in the first HTTP request from an application metadata database and transmits the cache keys to the client device. The server receives a second HTTP request from the client device identifying one or more cache keys that are not stored in a local HTTP cache of the client device. The server device retrieves the sets of application metadata corresponding to the missing cache keys from the application metadata database and transmits the application metadata to the client device.
US12001493B2
The present teaching relates to a method, system, and programming for providing content. A plurality of content items and publication information related thereto are obtained. For each of the plurality of content items, one or more topics are determined in accordance with a model. The related publication information associated with each content item is analyzed to identify at least one source of a plurality of sources that published the content item. A distribution is generated of each of the plurality of content items with respect to the plurality of sources and the one or more topics of the content item, and a bias of a source with respect to publishing content is identified based on the distributions of the plurality of content items.
US12001492B2
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and programs for providing location-based information. A geographical location of a mobile computing device is received at a server system. A request for content is received at the server system and from the mobile computing device. A search area that corresponds to the geographical location is selected by the sever system. The search area is selected from among a collection of search areas that correspond to the geographical location. At least one of the search areas in the collection is geographically nested within at least one other of the search areas. A search result that is most-relevantly ranked for the selected search area is determined by the server system. Content that represents the determined search result is provided by the server system and for receipt by the mobile computing device.
US12001491B2
A method for using an artificial intelligence-based framework to automatically discover and extract information about private and public companies that is accessible from public data sources is provided. The method includes: receiving first information that relates to an identification of a company; determining, based on the first information, publicly accessible data sources via which second information that relates to the company is available; receiving user input that relates to a type of company-specific data to be accessed from the data sources; retrieving, based on the received user input, a subset of the second information; and outputting the subset of the second information. The second information may include leadership profiles, information about products and services, a company description, and/or information about corporate policies.
US12001487B2
A multi-model data store comprises an enrichment catalog and an enrichment memory graph. Raw data from a source raw datastore is enriched based on an enrichment function. Enriched data is stored in graph nodes with edge associations indicating the enrichment type and confidence level. The enriched data is also stored in the enrichment catalog with full breadcrumb provenance and lineage identifying, with cataloged enrichment steps, down to a record and field in the source raw datastore. Additional enriched values and associations between graph nodes can be entered in the graph by a user. Queries to the multi-model database begin in the graph and continue to the enrichment catalog. Query results include the full sequential chain of enrichments to source raw data records and fields, and may include dynamically generated virtual enrichment catalog records that link search values not found in the enrichment catalog to enrichment catalog records via the graph.
US12001486B2
A method, system, and computer program product for identifying reference data values in a source data set. The method may include inputting a block of attribute values to a predefined machine learning model. The method may also include receiving an indication of a presentation layout of the block of the attribute values and an associated reference data extraction method. The method may also include determining a reading direction of the block of values. The method may also include identifying one or more inspection areas in the reading direction of the block of values. The method may also include determining sets of the one or more inspection areas that share a common presentation feature. The method may also include identifying tokens in an inspection area. The method may also include determining if the inspection area includes reference data values. The method may also include outputting the reference data values.
US12001485B2
Described are examples for information discovery using domain-specific term matching, including obtaining, for a search session related to a domain, a set of search strings used for searching the domain for information discovery during the search session, identifying, for the search session, a string of the set of search strings as a search string hit and the remaining strings in the set of search strings as search string misses, and correlating, into a set of domain-specific search string misses, the remaining strings in the set of search strings with additional remaining search strings from one or more other search session related to the domain that have the same string identified as the search string hit.
US12001484B2
Methods and systems for low-latency multi-constraint ranking of content items. One of the methods includes receiving a request to rank a plurality of content items for presentation to a user to maximize a primary objective subject to a plurality of constraints; initializing a dual variable vector; updating the dual variable vector, comprising: determining an overall objective score for the dual variable vector; identifying a plurality of candidate dual variable vectors that includes one or more neighboring node dual variable vectors; determining respective overall objective scores for each of the one or more candidate dual variable vectors; identifying the candidate with the best overall objective score; and determining whether to update the dual variable vector based on whether the identified candidate has a better overall objective score than the dual variable vector; and determining a final ranking for the content items based on the dual variable vector.
US12001481B2
Techniques are described herein for a graph-organized file system (GOFS) implemented by an operating system of a computing system. A GOFS represents a data graph with graph components comprising a plurality of nodes and one or more relationships between the nodes. Each node of the graph may be associated with content (of any kind) and/or relationships (of any kind) between the node and other nodes in the graph. Data for a GOFS is stored in a GOFS partition in persistent storage. In the GOFS partition, nodes are represented using “gnode” data structures (also referred to herein as “gnodes”), each of which comprises a content field for node content data and an edge field for edge data representing relationships between nodes. According to various embodiments, a GOFS partition includes dedicated space for each of: a superblock, graph metadata, a block bitmap, a gnode bitmap, a gnode table, and data blocks.
US12001480B2
A system and method for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business by populating a database structure wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the business are represented by nodes and links. Steps include querying the database to establish the related ownership links; analyzing results of the query to determine ownership loops; de-looping the ownership relationships; and calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium stores instructions of a computer program, which when executed by a computer system results in performance of steps of the method. A system architecture having features uniquely suited to the task is also disclosed.
US12001469B2
A computing server configured to process data of a domain from heterogeneous data sources. A domain may store data and schema, domain knowledge ontology such as resource description framework, and unstructured data. The computing server may extract objects from the unstructured data. The computing server may convert the extracted named entities and activities to word embeddings and input the word embeddings to a machine learning model to generate an activity time sequence. The machine learning model may be a long short-term memory. A process model may be generated from the time sequence. The computing server may identify outliers in the process model based on metrics defined by the domain. The computing server may convert transactions without outliers as word embeddings and generate signatures of the transactions using cosine similarity. The computing server may augment the results with the domain knowledge ontology.
US12001466B2
This application discloses a knowledge graph-based case retrieval method, device and equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes: constructing a legal case knowledge graph based on text information; performing random-walk sampling on node set data constructed based on the legal case knowledge graph, so as to obtain a plurality of pieces of sequence data; training a model by using a word2vec algorithm based on the plurality of pieces of sequence data, so as to obtain an updated target model; obtaining target text information, and analyzing the target text information by using the target model, so as to construct a to-be-retrieved knowledge graph; retrieving the legal case knowledge graph based on the to-be-retrieved knowledge graph, so as to obtain case information associated with the to-be-retrieved knowledge graph; and obtaining outputted case information based on a first similarity and a second similarity of the case information.
US12001463B1
Computing units provided at local sites or edge locations are programmed to execute conversational tools that generate pertinent, domain-specific responses to queries received from workers at such sites or locations. The conversational tools are large language models that are trained with domain-specific knowledge documents. Data representing queries are received from workers at such sites or locations and provided as inputs to the conversational tools along with text representing nearest knowledge documents from a knowledge base associated with the domain, as well as contextual data. Responses identified based on outputs received from the conversational tools in response to the inputs are provided to the workers that generated the queries. Where subsequent queries are received from the workers, responses to the subsequent queries are identified based on the subsequent queries, nearest knowledge documents, contextual data, and conversational histories including previously received queries and responses to such queries.
US12001458B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for accessing an object store. One example method includes providing a persistency factory object configured to provide access to multiple types of persistency adapters. Each type of persistency adapter is configured to interface with a particular object store. A persistency adapter request is received from a consumer. A type of adapter to provide is determined. A determination is made that the consumer is configured to interface with a first object store and that a first persistency adapter class is associated with the first object store. A run-time reference to an instance of the first persistency adapter class is provided to the consumer. A first object store operation request to perform a first object store operation is received. The instance of the first persistency adapter class interfaces with the first object store to fulfill the first object store operation request.
US12001457B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for on-boarding client data received from multiple information sources. Consistent with the disclosed embodiments, a computer system may receive metadata concerning information received from one or more information sources. The computer system may receive instructions for mapping the information onto a schema of a trait-based modeling system. Based on these received instructions, the computer system may generate a script for on-boarding the client data. The computer system may provide the script to a server, which may execute the script, causing the resulting information to be provided to a trait-based modeling system to optimize a field in the schema of the trait-based modeling system.
US12001452B2
Application-level data in a storage system are evaluated. For example, a backup analysis tool retrieves a backup object stored in the storage system. The backup analysis tool reconstructs an application object from the backup object. The backup analysis tool accesses the first application object according to a native application format associated with the first object.
US12001450B2
A distributed table storage processing method, device and system, a master server to which a to-be-split slice belongs generates a splitting log of the to-be-split slice and a serial number of the splitting log after receiving a first splitting instruction for the to-be-split slice sent by a control device; sends the splitting log and serial number of the splitting log to a slave server to which the to-be-split slice belongs, and the slave server sends a first acknowledgment message to the master server after storing the splitting log and the serial number; performs splitting storage on the to-be-split slice according to the splitting log to obtain a plurality of new slices when the number of the received first acknowledgment messages is not less than a first threshold; sends a second splitting instruction to each slave server, and the slave server performs splitting storage to obtain a plurality of new slices.
US12001440B2
A prediction device includes: a normal prediction unit configured to predict first prediction values for target ranges of respective models, based on respective pieces of spatio-temporal observation data including observation values for respective observation locations and respective observation times observed for a given time period and the respective models for predicting variations of the pieces of spatio-temporal observation data for the respective target ranges defined for at least one of an observation location or a period; a residual extraction unit configured to extract, based on residuals between the respective pieces of spatio-temporal observation data being observed and the models corresponding to the respective pieces of spatio-temporal observation data based on the pieces of spatio-temporal observation data and the models, the respective pieces of spatio-temporal observation data with residuals greater than or equal to a threshold value, as spatio-temporal residual data; a residual prediction unit configured to predict, based on the spatio-temporal residual data, second prediction values for the target ranges corresponding to the spatio-temporal residual data in accordance with a predetermined prediction technique; and a synthesis unit configured to output prediction values obtained by synthesizing the first prediction values and the second prediction values.
US12001427B2
A method of processing data may include receiving a stream of first keys associated with first data, receiving a stream of second keys associated with second data, comparing, in parallel, a batch of the first keys and a batch of the second keys, collecting one or more results from the comparing, and gathering one or more results from the collecting. The collecting may include reducing an index matrix and a mask matrix. Gathering one or more results may include storing, in a leftover vector, at least a portion of the one or more results from the collecting. Gathering one or more results further may include combining at least a portion of the leftover vector from a first cycle with at least a portion of the one or more results from the collecting from a second cycle.
US12001424B2
An analytics system can include a display on which a plurality of images are shown, and an analytics application communicably coupled to the display. The analytics application can receive a question and hypotheses from a user using the display. The analytics application can also generate queries using a natural language module, and send the queries to a plurality of data sources. The analytics application can further receive data from the data sources in response to the queries, and evaluate the data to generate evaluated data. The analytics application can also present the evaluated data, and receive a selection of at least one data item of the evaluated data. The analytics application can further convert the at least one data item into evidence, receive a selection of the evidence applied to a hypothesis, and evaluate the hypothesis. The analytics application can also present an assessment that the hypothesis answers the question.
US12001417B2
A system and method to query, update, and reduce a size of locking data for a dataset including a fixed plurality of dimensions each having a fixed plurality of members comprising index tables for the dimensions and a locks table specifying one of a fixed plurality of lock states for the plurality of members, where the fixed plurality of members each have an associated index.
US12001415B2
Techniques for modifying hierarchal-structured data of one hierarchal data structure based on a modification to another hierarchal data structure are disclosed. A system determines that a modification has been made, or is requested to be made, to a particular hierarchal data structure. The system analyzes a set of rules to determine whether the modification of the hierarchal data structure triggers another modification to an additional hierarchal data structure. The additional hierarchal data structure includes different nodes, or nodes arranged in a different hierarchal structure, than the particular hierarchal data structure. The system modifies the additional hierarchal data structure based on the rule. The modification of the additional hierarchal data structure is different than the modification to the particular hierarchal data structure.
US12001409B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to merge operations for multi-level data structures, such as log-structured merge-trees (LSM trees). A computer system may store, in a database, a plurality of files as part of an LSM tree and a plurality of database key structures. A given one of the plurality of database key structures may indicate, for a corresponding one of the plurality of files, a set of key ranges derived from database records that are included in the corresponding file. The computer system may determine, using ones of the plurality of database key structures, a key range overlap that is indicative of an extent of overlap of key ranges from a set of the plurality of files with respect to a particular key range. Based on the determined key range overlap, the computer system may assign a priority level to a merge operation that involves the set of files.
US12001398B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for electronic communication and file reference association. In an example, a file reference may refer to file content stored by a file service. The file reference may be used to share the file content in an electronic communication among a plurality of users. The file reference may be identified within the electronic communication, and may be used to generate a file node. The file node may store information relating to the file content and/or file reference. A message node associated with the electronic communication may be created, which may be associated with the file node. The file node may later be used to identify electronic communications relating to the file reference. Thus, electronic communications relating to the file reference may be accessible to a user using the file reference or by searching, rather than manually identifying related electronic communications.
US12001397B2
A method, apparatus and device for deleting a distributed system file, and a storage medium, comprising: querying whether an incomplete file deletion operation exists under a sub-tree root corresponding to a certain MDS (S102); if there is an incomplete file deletion operation, continuing to delete data under the sub-tree root corresponding to the MDS, and determining whether the sub-tree root is a copy (S103); and if the sub-tree root is a copy, deleting the sub-tree root copy in a memory of the MDS (S104). By means of the steps, the number of copies of the sub-tree root in the distributed file system can be reduced, thereby reducing the number of interaction times of master copy locking between different MDSs, improving the file deletion efficiency, and improving user friendliness and differentiated competitiveness of a product.
US12001390B1
Data storage is presented herein. For instance, an example method includes determining, in response to that a predicted backup time of a target object is longer than a threshold time, a target server and a source storage node which are corresponding to the target object, wherein the target server stores objects, and the target server is associated with the source storage node. storage nodes whose predicted backup time for an object is shorter than a corresponding threshold time are determined as candidate storage nodes. A target storage node is determined based on different pieces of performance of the candidate storage nodes. A storage position of the target object is adjusted from the source storage node to the target storage node. Consequently, position distribution of servers on a storage node cluster can be adjusted so as to avoid a synchronization overtime event as much as possible.
US12001388B2
Provided in one or more embodiments of the description are an information importing method and apparatus. The method may comprise: a server receiving an information importing file uploaded by a user, wherein the information importing file includes information to be imported into a system; the server verifying the information included in the information importing file; the server marking information in the information importing file that does not pass the verification, so as to generate an error comparison file; and the server returning the error comparison file to the user.
US12001371B2
An I/O module comprising an input interface, designed for connection to at least one sensor for input of an input signal, and/or an output interface, designed for connection to at least one actuator for output of an output signal, with a data interface for connection to a sub-bus for the transmission of an input datum and/or output datum, and with a control unit connected to the data interface and connected to the input interface and/or the output interface, wherein the control unit is set up to process the input datum and/or output datum and exchange it via the data interface, wherein the control unit is further set up to store a predetermined input value and/or output value which replaces the input datum and/or output datum.
US12001366B2
An in-vehicle control device a mainboard with at least one connection exposed at a first panel of a housing. One or more connectors in a second panel of the housing are interconnected with the mainboard and accessible from outside the housing for connecting the mainboard to a vehicle system. A mounting frame cooperates with the housing at the first panel of the housing exposing the connection to the mainboard, and at least one interchangeable node, computing node and/or connectivity node, is detachably connected to the mounting frame. The at least one interchangeable node has a connector for connecting to the mainboard, and at least one System-on-a-Chip (SoC) having scalable performance capabilities, or a high-performance antenna.
US12001361B2
A data communication apparatus includes a transceiver coupled to a data path and configured to transmit or receive data through the data path; and an interrupt circuit coupled to an interrupt path corresponding to the data path and configured to determine whether to allow any apparatus to occupy the data path. The interrupt circuit generates an interrupt signal for preventing another apparatus from accessing the data path, in response to an activation signal for transmitting or receiving the data through the transceiver.
US12001352B1
Techniques are provided to maintain data coherency for data transfers among data processing devices in a distributed computing environment. A data buffer in each data processing device can be mapped to an address range that is assigned to transactions that allow out-of-order completions, and a message buffer in each data processing device can be mapped to an address range that is assigned to transactions that follow transaction ordering. Thus, a transaction to store a set of data into the data buffer is completed before a transaction to write a synchronization message in the message buffer indicating that the set of data is stored in the data buffer based on the mapping irrespective of the transaction ordering indicated by each transaction.
US12001347B2
The present disclosure relates to secure storage, in a non-volatile memory, of initial data encrypted using a second data, including selecting a pointer aimed at an initial address of a memory cell of an initial part of the non-volatile memory, and encrypting the pointer using the second data; and-storing the encrypted pointer in the non-volatile memory.
US12001345B2
A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes a set of cache lines, line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the set of cache lines is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to flush stored write-miss data based on the line type bits.
US12001339B2
According to one embodiment, a dictionary buffer stores dictionary data including a first substring and data before the first substring. A substring generator generates, from second input data, second substrings. A transformer transforms each of the second substrings into a hash value. A read processor reads the dictionary data, using a hash value transformed from a third substring among the second substrings. An acquisition unit compares a data string including the third substring and data before the third substring with the read dictionary data, and acquire first and second match lengths of the third and fourth substrings. A coded data generator generates coded data based on the acquired first and second match lengths.
US12001335B2
Database objects are retrieved from a database and parsed into normalized cached data objects. The database objects are stored in the normalized cached data objects in a cache store, and tenant data requests are serviced from the normalized cached data objects. The normalized cached data objects include references to shared objects in a shared object pool that can be shared across different rows of the normalized cached data objects and across different tenant cache systems.
US12001334B2
A uniform cache for fast data access including a plurality of compute units (CUs) and a plurality of L0 caches with an arrangement in a network configuration where each one of CUs is surrounded by a first group of the plurality of L0 caches and each of the plurality of L0 caches is surrounded by a L0 cache group and CU group. One of CUs, upon a request for data, queries the surrounding first group of L0 caches to satisfy the request. If the first group of L0 caches fails to satisfy the data request, the first group of the plurality of L0 caches queries a second group of adjacent LO caches to satisfy the request. If the second group of adjacent L0 caches fails to satisfy the data request, the second group of adjacent L0 caches propagating the query to the next group of L0 caches.
US12001333B1
Symbols are received, from a first computing device by a second computing device, across lanes of a communication link. A physical layer extracted HPA (or eHPA) is generated from the symbols while operations at a physical layer of a receiving (Rx) protocol stack of the second computing device are being performed. The eHPA is generated before other operations at other layers of the Rx protocol stack are finished. The eHPA is used to perform one or more operations for memory access before a normative message is formed by operations of the receiving protocol stack implemented in a communication interface of the second computing device.
US12001328B2
A transient input/output in progress state is established during processing of a testcase by a test infrastructure in a computing environment. The method includes obtaining the testcase for an object having one or more pages, and processing the testcase by the test infrastructure. Processing the testcase by the test infrastructure includes, for a page of the object, generating a delay in the processing of the testcase for the page of the object. The delay opens a transient input/output in progress state during which one or more test operations reference the page of the object.
US12001319B2
In some examples, device debugging connection control and maintenance may include receiving, from a debug tool, a connection request to connect to a device to be debugged. Based on the connection request, a primary socket connection may be implemented via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) channel to the device. Based on the connection request, a backup socket connection may be implemented via a Wi-Fi channel to the device. Based on the implementation of the primary socket connection and the backup socket connection, maintenance of a debugging session may be controlled during performance of a debugging operation.
US12001313B2
A method and system for time series forecasting are described. Forecasting a time series, though uncertain, has a potential to improve decision-making. It gives a picture of what can probably be expected. A live time series typically has trend and seasonality as its innate characteristic features, randomness being obvious in real-time. Described embodiments address complexity in configuring zero-configuration workflow forecasting methods at production scale. Described embodiments address complexity in configurating domain independent forecasting methods at production scale.
US12001311B2
An apparatus for computing functions using polynomial-based approximation, comprising one or more processing circuitries configured for computing a polynomial-based approximant approximating a function by executing one or more iterations. Each iteration comprising computing the polynomial-based approximant using scaled fixed-point unit(s) according to a constructed set of coefficients, minimizing an approximation error of the computed polynomial-based approximant compared to the function while complying with one or more constraints selected from a group comprising at least: an accuracy, a compute graph size, a computation complexity, and a hardware utilization of the processing circuitry(s), adjusting one or more of the coefficients in case the approximation error is incompliant with the constraint(s) and initiating another iteration. The polynomial-based approximant and its adjusted set of coefficients for which the computed polynomial-based approximant complies with the constraint(s) may be output to one or more processing circuitries configured to approximate the function by computing the polynomial-based approximant.
US12001308B2
A creating method of a classification model about a hard disk efficiency problem comprising: by an analyzing device, performing: obtaining a plurality of pieces of measurement data of a plurality of hard disk devices each of which comprises a plurality of values of a plurality of vibration parameters; binarizing the plurality of pieces of measurement data based on a plurality of preset conditions respectively corresponding to the plurality of vibration parameters; and obtaining the classification model about the hard disk efficiency problem based on the plurality of pieces of binarized measurement data and a decision tree algorithm.
US12001307B2
A computer-implemented method for generating a monitor for at least one software service from a monitor template, includes, in at least some aspects: providing a monitor template. Further, in certain instances, the method includes determining one or more endpoints included in code for a first software service of the at least one software service. In addition, in some aspects, the method includes generating a first monitor for the first software service code using the monitor template based at least upon a first endpoint of the one or more endpoints included in the first software service code.
US12001299B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to backup data resident on an operating system (OS) partition of the information handling device; initiating, responsive to receiving the indication, a reboot of the OS into a pre-OS environment; accessing, in the pre-OS environment, a backup partition that is distinct and separate from the OS partition; and performing, subsequent to the accessing, a backup of the data from the OS partition to the backup partition. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12001293B2
A coordinated data backup for a container system that includes: determining, by a control layer of a container system, a dependency between a first service and a second service, where the first service and the second service are part of a set of services of an application; determining, based on the dependency, a backup sequence of first data associated with the first service and second data associated with the second service, where the backup sequence maintains consistency of one or more operations between the first service and the second service; and generating, based on the backup sequence, backup data comprising the first data and the second data.
US12001291B2
Techniques can be implemented to adjust a level of data protection for a device based on predictions of the weather. A physical location of the device can be determined. A first weather prediction from a first weather source for the physical location for a first time period, and a second weather prediction from a second weather source for the physical location for a second time period can be determined. The first weather prediction and the second weather prediction can be combined to produce a combined weather prediction for a third time period. The combined weather prediction can be analyzed to determine a weather categorization. Based on the weather categorization, a level of data protection of the device can be increased for the third time period.
US12001280B2
Error correction coding (ECC) mis-corrected reads, if undetected, result in silent data corruption of a non-volatile memory device. Overcoming ECC mis-corrected reads is based on a read signature of a result of reading a page in the non-volatile memory device. An ECC mis-correct logic counts the number of bits in the end-most buckets into which the bits of the result is divided. End-most buckets that are overpopulated or starved reveal a tell-tale read signature of an ECC mis-correct. The ECC mis-correct is likely to occur when the read reference voltage level used to read the page is shifted in one direction or another to an extreme amount that risks reading data from a different page. Detecting ECC mis-corrected reads can be used to overcome the ECC mis-corrects and mitigate silent data corruption.
US12001274B2
The following relates generally to diagnosing problems with websites. In some embodiments, a webpage interaction processor receives a list of potential user experience problems. The webpage interaction processor then extracts click data from the website, and processes the extracted click data into grams. Subsequently, an analytics engine is trained based on the processed click data. The trained analytics engine may then diagnose the problem of the website with a potential user experience problem from the received list of potential user experience problems. In some embodiments, the process is entirely automated.
US12001266B1
A packaging technology to improve performance of an AI processing system resulting in an ultra-high bandwidth system. An IC package is provided which comprises: a substrate; a first die on the substrate, and a second die stacked over the first die. The first die can be a first logic die (e.g., a compute chip, CPU, GPU, etc.) while the second die can be a compute chiplet comprising ferroelectric or paraelectric logic. Both dies can include ferroelectric or paraelectric logic. The ferroelectric/paraelectric logic may include AND gates, OR gates, complex gates, majority, minority, and/or threshold gates, sequential logic, etc. The IC package can be in a 3D or 2.5D configuration that implements logic-on-logic stacking configuration. The 3D or 2.5D packaging configurations have chips or chiplets designed to have time distributed or spatially distributed processing. The logic of chips or chiplets is segregated so that one chip in a 3D or 2.5D stacking arrangement is hot at a time.
US12001261B2
Systems and methods for improving power usage of a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device includes a memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to: determine a change in ambient light received by the wireless device; determine a position of the wireless device; activate a low power image sensor based on at least one of the change in the ambient light or the position of the wireless device; detect a face using the low power image sensor; and turn on a display of the wireless device based on a user face being the face detected.
US12001248B2
A hinge structure applied to an electronic device having a first component and a second component is provided. The hinge structure includes a torque hinge and a one-way pivoting mechanism. The torque hinge includes a first base and a first rotation element. The first base connects to the first component. The first rotation element rotatably connects to the first base. The second component pivotally connects to the first rotation element through the one-way pivoting mechanism.
US12001239B2
A display control device includes: a processor configured to: acquire a folding angle of a foldable display portion; and display a receiving portion configured to receive input by a user, on the display portion in different modes according to the folding angle.
US12001237B2
Systems, methods, and devices for performing pattern-based cache block compression and decompression. An uncompressed cache block is input to the compressor. Byte values are identified within the uncompressed cache block. A cache block pattern is searched for in a set of cache block patterns based on the byte values. A compressed cache block is output based on the byte values and the cache block pattern. A compressed cache block is input to the decompressor. A cache block pattern is identified based on metadata of the cache block. The cache block pattern is applied to a byte dictionary of the cache block. An uncompressed cache block is output based on the cache block pattern and the byte dictionary. A subset of cache block patterns is determined from a training cache trace based on a set of compressed sizes and a target number of patterns for each size.
US12001235B2
Described embodiments include a circuit for voltage regulator startup. The circuit includes a voltage regulation circuit having first and second regulator inputs and a regulator output. A startup circuit has a startup input coupled to the first regulator input, and a startup output. A reference generation circuit has first and second reference inputs and first and second reference outputs. The first reference input is coupled to the regulator output. The second reference input is coupled to the startup output, and the first reference output is coupled to a reference output terminal and to the second regulator input. A reference detection circuit has a first detection input coupled to the regulator output, and a second detection input coupled to the second reference output, and provides a reference ready signal responsive to a reference voltage being within a reference specification.
US12001231B2
A flow rate control device capable of suppressing overshoot while improving responsiveness at the beginning of flow rate control includes: a flow rate meter that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path; a flow rate regulating valve that regulates the flow rate of the fluid flowing through the flow path; and a control part that controls an opening degree of the flow rate regulating valve based on a measurement result of the flow rate meter, the flow rate control device has: a low flow rate rapid valve opening function that accelerates an outflow of the fluid by forcibly opening the opening degree of the flow rate regulating valve from fully closed degree to a designated opening degree when the opening degree of the flow regulating valve is fully closed and a flow rate control is started; and an overshoot suppressing function that is used for suppressing the overshoot by making the flow rate control stand by until a preset standby time or a preset flow rate threshold is reached immediately after the low flow rate rapid valve opening function works.
US12001225B2
There is provided a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the drone system includes a demarcating member that demarcates an operation area and detects an intruder into the operation area, the operation area being an area where at least one of the drone and the movable body performs an operation, the movable body includes a movement control section that stops movement of the movable body based on the detection of the intruder by the demarcating member, and the drone includes a landing position determining section that determines a landing position based on a stop position of the movable body.
US12001212B2
A path planning method for an unmanned device includes taking a current landmark as a current node, obtaining a landmark corresponding to a product to be picked with a route closest to the current node, and taking the obtained landmark as the current node, wherein an initial value of the current node is an initial landmark of the unmanned device; determining whether the current node is a landmark corresponding to the last product to be picked; if no, performing the step of obtaining a landmark corresponding to a product to be picked with a route closest to the current node; and if yes, taking a route composed of the initial landmark of the unmanned device and landmarks corresponding to products to be picked that are selected sequentially as a travel route of the unmanned device.
US12001207B2
System for controlling an autonomous vehicle on the basis of control values and acceleration values, having a safety-determining module configured to receive live images from a camera, to receive recorded stored images preprocessed for image recognition from an internal safety-determining module data storage, to receive navigation instruction(s) from a navigation module; to compare the live images with the stored images to determine a degree of correspondence; and to determine a safety value which indicates the extent to which the determined degree of correspondence suffices to execute the navigation instruction(s); wherein a control module is configured to receive the navigation instruction(s); to receive the live images; to receive the safety value; to compare the safety value to a predetermined value; and if the safety value is greater than the predetermined value, to convert the navigation instruction(s) and the camera images into control values and acceleration values for the autonomous vehicle.
US12001199B2
A method for evaluating energy consumption in an industrial plant, includes capturing sensor data from at least one level of the industrial plant, from the sensor data, digitally obtaining energy consumption curves, an energy consumption curve representing, along a certain time period, discrete values of energy consumption corresponding to time intervals Δt. The method also includes applying a clustering algorithm for digitally computing K energy consumption patterns, wherein each pattern represents a set of energy consumption curves grouped according to a similarity metric and includes discrete values of energy consumption corresponding to time intervals Δt; capturing data of production achieved during the time period at at least one level; calculating the aggregated sum of the discrete values, thus obtaining the aggregated energy consumption for each curve; and digitally establishing a relationship between aggregated energy consumption for each energy consumption curve during the time period and captured data of production.
US12001195B2
A state evaluation system includes a sensor, a filter, a signal processor, and an evaluator. The sensor detects elastic waves which are generated from industrial equipment in operation. The filter can pass elastic waves having frequency characteristics based on abrasion which is generated in the industrial equipment. The signal processor extracts a plurality of feature values using the elastic waves passing through the filter. The evaluator evaluates an abnormality of the industrial equipment on the basis of a combination of the extracted plurality of feature values.
US12001191B2
A system and method for performing real-time quality inspection of objects is disclosed. The system and method include a transport to move objects being inspected, allowing the inspection to be performed in-line. At least one optical acquisition unit is provided that captured optical images of the objects being inspected. The captured optical images are matched to CAD models of objects, and the matched CAD model is extracted. A laser with an illumination light beam has a wavelength in the violet or ultraviolet range then conducts scans of the objects, which are formed into three-dimensional point clouds. The point clouds are compared to the extracted CAD models for each object, where CTF are compared to user input or CAD model information and the object is determined to be acceptable or defective based on the extent of deviation between the point cloud and the CAD model.
US12001172B2
An electronic device includes a ring-shaped antenna element, a conductor and a dielectric. The conductor has the same potential as GND. The dielectric is interposed between the antenna element and the conductor. The antenna element, the dielectric and the conductor are disposed so as to lie on top of one another in plan view.
US12001171B2
Systems may include a watch band, a watch body comprising at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body.
US12001170B2
Display mechanism (10) for a timepiece (1000), with a leap year display integrated in a month display, comprising a control mechanism (3) that drives, once per month, about an axis (D), a month display wheel set (2) arranged underneath a dial (1), having a month window (1C) in a quadrant allowing the display of only one quarter of the month display wheel set (2), which completes one revolution in four years, and bears, on an angular sector of 90°, at least one characteristic leap year marking, and either carries indices, each arranged to indicate one month on a static month scale of the dial (1), or equidistant month markings, wherein one of the month markings is pointed to by a fixed mark of the dial (1).
US12001163B2
A toner cartridge for storing toner to be supplied to an image forming apparatus, includes a container in which the toner is stored and including a first wall having a filling port through which the toner is filled, and a second wall having a ventilation port sealable by a plug, the plug sealing the port during operation of the cartridge and is removed during maintenance of the cartridge to enable air to be supplied into the container through the port, a paddle configured to rotate to stir the toner between the first and second walls of the container, and a paddle gear connected to the paddle and through which a rotation force is transmitted to the paddle. The gear has a through hole that aligns with the ventilation port in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the gear when the gear is at a predetermined rotational position.
US12001161B2
A recording material transport device includes a transport unit that transports a recording material to a succeeding apparatus that follows the recording material transport device; and a notification unit that, in a case where transport of the recording material by the transport unit has been stopped, gives a notification prompting a user to take an action for reducing occurrence of a trouble resulting from a state where the recording material that has been stopped has already reached the succeeding apparatus.
US12001160B2
An image forming system includes: a sheet feeder; an image former that forms an image on a paper sheet; a conveyor that conveys a paper sheet to a sheet ejection destination; a switcher that switches sheet ejection destinations; a reader that optically reads a paper sheet, and outputs a read image; an abnormal sheet detector that detects an abnormal paper sheet by analyzing the read image; a storage; a display; and a hardware processor that performs: ejection destination switch control to control the switcher to eject an abnormal paper sheet and a succeeding paper sheet to a second ejection destination different from a regular ejection destination; storage control, for each of the abnormal paper sheet and the succeeding paper sheet, to associate sheet information, the read image, and a stacking order with one another, and store them into the storage; and display control to cause the display to display them.
US12001157B2
A fixing device includes a heater provided with a first heat generator on a substrate and a second heat generator of which a length in a longitudinal direction is shorter than that of the first heat generator, a temperature detector of the heater, a switch for switching a power supply path from an AC power source to the first heat generator or the second heat generator. A controller for controlling the switch to supply power to the first heat generator or the second heat generator. The controller executes a first control in which the switch supplies the power to the first heat generator, and switches a second control in which the switch supplies the power alternately to the first heat generator or the second heat generator when the detected temperature reaches a threshold temperature.
US12001141B2
The present disclosure relates to a photopolymer composition, and more particularly, to a compound having a novel structure, a photopolymer composition including the compound as a dye, a hologram recording medium produced from the photopolymer composition, an optical element including the hologram recording medium, and a holographic recording method using the photopolymer composition.
US12001135B2
A method of manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, wherein a layer which forms at least part of a pellicle membrane is provided after one or more etching steps which define a pellicle border holding the pellicle membrane. Also provided is a pellicle substrate, the substrate including: a stack having a front face and back face, wherein one or more layers on the back face of the stack have been selectively removed to define a pellicle border region for holding the pellicle membrane before the layer which forms at least part of a pellicle membrane has been provided.
US12001131B2
A projection image display device of the present disclosure includes a light source, an image forming element that forms an image, a color separating and combining unit that separates first illumination light and second illumination light, and combines first projection light and second projection light reflected by the image forming element, and a notch filter that is disposed between the light source and the color separating and combining unit. A first dichroic filter reflects the first illumination light and the first projection light. A first incident angle of the first illumination light with respect to the first dichroic filter is different from a second incident angle of the first projection light with respect to the first dichroic filter. The notch filter attenuates light in a first wavelength band including a boundary between a wavelength band of the first illumination light and a wavelength band of the second illumination light.
US12001129B2
A light mixing module is provided. The light mixing module includes a first laser array, a second laser array, and one or more laser polarized fold mirrors. The first laser array is configured for emitting a plurality of polarized light beams having a first polarization state. The second array is configured for emitting a plurality of polarized light beams having the first polarization state. The second laser array is disposed opposite to the first laser array. The one or more laser polarized fold mirrors are disposed between the first laser array and the second laser array. The one or more laser polarized fold mirrors reflect the polarized light beams emitted by the first laser array and the polarized light beams emitted by the second laser array. Each one of the one or more laser polarized fold mirrors is configured to direct light beams from at least two different directions.
US12001112B2
A method of controlling tint for a plurality of electrochromic devices, performed by a control system, is provided. The method includes receiving a request to change tint level of a plurality of electrochromic devices, and consulting transfer functions for tint level relative to drive for each of the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of electrochromic devices has a transfer function differing from at least one other of the plurality of electrochromic devices. The method includes driving each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in accordance with the transfer functions, so as to coordinate tint level or rate of change of tint level across the plurality of electrochromic devices.
US12001108B2
A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on a substrate along a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a transistor, a first transparent electrode located over the transistor and electrically connected to the transistor, a second transparent electrode located over the first transparent electrode and electrically connected to the first transparent electrode via an opening, an insulating layer located over the second transparent electrode, a third transparent electrode located over the insulating layer; and a metal layer in contact with the third transparent electrode. The opening overlaps a gate electrode of the transistor. At least a part of the metal layer is provided in the opening and overlaps the gate electrode. The metal layer extends along the first direction and is commonly provided in the pixels arranged in the first direction.
US12001096B2
A backlight module, an assembly method of the backlight module, and a display device are provided in the disclosure. The backlight module includes a backplane, a light bar, a light-guide plate, a reflective sheet fixed on a first side of the backplane, and an adhesive layer. The light bar includes a circuit board and multiple light sources. The circuit board has a first region and a second region connected with the first region. The multiple light sources are fixed on the first region. The adhesive layer is fixed on the second region. The light-guide plate is at least partially fixed on the second region via the adhesive layer. The light bar and the light-guide plate are both mounted on the first side of the backplane. The reflective sheet is between the backplane and the light-guide plate.
US12001094B2
An optical film includes a polarizer. The polarizer includes a base layer, and a material of the base layer is obtained by dyeing a base material with a dye. The base material includes a polyvinyl alcohol material, and the dye is selected from blue dichroism organic dyes.
US12001092B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first liquid crystal panel and a second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first light-shielding layer which includes a plurality of first light-shielding lines and a plurality of second light-shielding lines, and two adjacent first light-shielding lines and two adjacent second light-shielding lines form a first sub-pixel. The second liquid crystal panel includes a second light-shielding layer which includes a plurality of third light-shielding lines and a plurality of fourth light-shielding lines, and two adjacent third light-shielding lines and two adjacent fourth light-shielding lines form a second sub-pixel. At least one of first light-shielding lines, second light-shielding lines, third light-shielding lines, or fourth light-shielding lines extend in a waveform, and at least one of the first liquid crystal panel or the second liquid crystal panel has a two-domain structure.
US12001089B2
According to one embodiment, a display system includes an external light sensor, a display panel, a viewing angle control panel including a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules twist-aligned, configured such that a drive voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer is controlled based on an external light intensity detected by the external light sensor, and a polarization axis rotation element disposed between the viewing angle control panel and the display panel. The drive voltage when the external light intensity is less than a threshold value is greater than the drive voltage when the external light intensity is greater or equal to than the threshold value.
US12001087B2
A progressive spectacle lens, a method for its production, and a related computer program are disclosed. The progressive spectacle lens has a progressive surface including a central viewing zone, a lower viewing zone, two peripheral vision zones extending bilaterally from a vertical meridian of the progressive surface, and an upper viewing zone. The central viewing zone has a surface power providing a first refracting power for distance vision and the lower viewing zone has a greater surface power than the central viewing zone providing a second refracting power corresponding to near vision and being connected to the central viewing zone by a first progressing power region. The progressive spectacle lens generates a retarding or arresting effect on myopia progression, especially in myopic juveniles.
US12001073B2
A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence.
US12001069B2
A space active optical cable (SAOC) includes a cable including one or more optical fibers, and two or more electrical transceivers on opposing ends of the cable and interconnected by the cable. Each of the electrical transceivers includes an enclosure that encloses one or more light sources, one or more light detectors, and control electronics. Also included in the enclosure are a coupling medium to couple light into and out of the one or more optical fibers. The coupling medium can be reflecting surface or an on-axis mount. The enclosure provides a suitable heat propagation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, and the cable and the two or more electrical transceivers are radiation resistant. SAOC features optionally support a health check algorithm that allows trending optical performance in the absence of an optical connector and a potential surface treatment to increase nominally low emissivity of an EMI conductive surface.
US12001068B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an optical assembly for optical transceiver which is composed of two separate sub-assemblies including an assembly that is coupled with a substrate and has a post formed to have a central hollow into a multi-branched shape, for increasing the optical alignment efficiency between the optical elements included in the optical assembly for optical transceiver which involves multiple complicated and sophisticated processes, the optical assembly for optical transceiver being structured to drain out the epoxy resin or the refractive index matching material used when coupling the optical fiber inserted from the outside with the optical elements, whereby greatly reducing optical alignment errors caused by the epoxy resin or refractive index matching material, as well as directed to an optical transceiver using the optical assembly for optical transceiver.
US12001067B2
A method, includes: detecting one or more properties of a waveguide having a downhole end and an uphole end; and responsive to the detected one or more properties, positioning into a passage of a wellbore the waveguide to minimize tension thereof.
US12001064B2
An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating connection, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. A removable inner front body for polarity change is disclosed. A multi-purpose rotatable boot assembly for polarity change is disclosed. The multi-purpose boot assembly can be pushed and pulled to insert and remove the micro connector from an adapter receptacle.
US12001056B2
Structures including stacked photonics chips and methods of fabricating a structure including stacked photonics chips. The structure comprises a first chip including a first waveguide core, a ring resonator adjacent to a portion of the first waveguide core, and a first dielectric layer over the first waveguide core and the ring resonator. The first dielectric layer has a first surface. The structure further comprises a second chip including a second waveguide core and a second dielectric layer over the second waveguide core. The second dielectric layer has a second surface adjacent to the first surface of the first dielectric layer, and the second waveguide core is positioned adjacent to the ring resonator.
US12001053B1
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for processing optical signals. In some embodiments, an optical system has an optical device for receiving a plurality of optical signals and processing such signals in a desired way. The optical device has one or more functional layers that are separated by buffer layers. The index of refraction of at various points in each functional layer is controlled during manufacturing so that the functional layer performs one or more optical functions or, in other words, manipulates one or more incoming optical signals in a desired way, such as switching, filtering, splitting, focusing, collimating, etc. As an example, the index of refraction profile within a region of a functional layer may be controlled so that an incoming signal from a first optical fiber is redirected for reception by a second optical fiber that is not aligned with the first optical fiber.
US12001052B2
A radiation-resistant laser optical fiber preform core rod at least includes one type of activated ion (Yb3+, Er3+) and one or more types of co-doped ion (Al3+, P5+, Ge4+, Ce3+, F−), and —OD group of 16-118 ppm. Irradiation resistance of core rod glass can be effectively improved by sequentially performing pre-treatments, i.e. deuterium loading, pre-irradiation and thermal annealing on a preform core rod. Electron paramagnetic resonance test shows that, under the same radiation condition, the radiation induced color center concentration in a preform core rod treated by the method above is lower than in an untreated core rod by one or more orders of magnitude. The obtained core rod can be used for preparing a radiation-resistant rare earth-doped silica fiber, and has the advantages of high laser slope efficiency, low background loss, being able to be used stably in a vacuum environment for a long time, for example.
US12001046B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a light guide member surrounding the light-emitting element, a diffuser plate located on the light-emitting element and on the light guide member, and a metal pattern located at an upper surface of the diffuser plate. The diffuser plate contacts the light-emitting element and diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element. A proportion of a region of the upper surface of the diffuser plate where the metal pattern is not located increases as a distance from the light-emitting element increases.
US12001044B2
A light emitting module includes a light source, a light guide member, and first and second light reflective members. The light guide member is configured to transmit light from the light source. The light guide member having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The first light reflective member is arranged on a lower surface side of the light guide member. The first light reflective member has a lower surface. The first light reflective member includes a first resin, and a first reflective body having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the first resin. The second light reflective member is arranged on a lower surface side of the first light reflective member. The second light reflective member includes a second resin, and a second reflective body having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the second resin.
US12001041B2
The invention provides a multilayer laminated film with alternately laminated birefringent and isotropic layers. The birefringent layers have a first monotonically increasing region of optical thickness and contain monotonically increasing region 1A of maximum optical thickness is 100 nm or less, and monotonically increasing region 1B of minimum optical thickness of more than 100 nm, and ratio 1B/1A of slope 1B of monotonically increasing region 1B to slope 1A of monotonically increasing region 1A is 0.8 or more and less than 1.5. The isotropic layers have a second monotonically increasing region of optical thickness and contain monotonically increasing region 2A of maximum optical thickness of 200 nm or less and monotonically increasing region 2B of minimum optical thickness of more than 200 nm, and ratio 2B/2A of slope 2B of monotonically increasing region 2B to slope 2A of monotonically increasing region 2A is more than 1.5 and less than 5.
US12001040B2
The invention provides a multilayer laminated film with alternately laminated birefringent and isotropic layers. The birefringent layers have a first monotonically increasing region of optical thickness and contain monotonically increasing region 1A of maximum optical thickness of 100 nm or less, and monotonically increasing region 1B of minimum optical thickness of more than 100 nm, and ratio 1B/1A of slope 1B of monotonically increasing region 1B to slope 1A of monotonically increasing region 1A is more than 0 and less than 0.8. The isotropic layers have a second monotonically increasing region of optical thickness and contain monotonically increasing region 2A of maximum optical thickness of 200 nm or less and monotonically increasing region 2B of minimum optical thickness of more than 200 nm, and ratio 2B/2A of slope 2B of monotonically increasing region 2B to slope 2A of monotonically increasing region 2A is more than 1.5 and 10 or less.
US12001033B2
Methods are provided for forming a particular multi-layer micron-sized particle that is substantially transparent, yet that exhibits selectable coloration based on its physical properties. The disclosed physical properties of the particle are controllably selectable refractive indices to provide an opaque-appearing energy transmissive material when pluralities of the particles are suspended in a substantially transparent matrix material. Multiply-layered (up to 30+ constituent layers) particles result in an overall particle diameter of less than 5 microns. The material suspensions render the particles deliverable as aspirated or aerosol compositions onto substrates to form layers that selectively scatter specific wavelengths of electromagnetic energy while allowing remaining wavelengths of the incident energy to pass. The disclosed particles and material compositions uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques in energy (or light) transmissive layers that appear selectively opaque, while allowing 80+% of the energy impinging on the light incident side to pass through the layers.
US12001029B2
In an electrochromic element including a pair of electrodes and an electrochromic layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, a shape of a light modulating region viewed from a normal direction of the electrode being circular, when a sheet resistance of the electrode is rs (Ω), a resistance of the electrode is r (Ω), a diameter of the light modulating region is L [m], a distance between the pair of electrodes is d (m), the resistivity of the electrochromic layer is ρ (Ω), and a resistance of the electrochromic layer is R (Ω), a resistance ratio (r/R) between the electrode and the electrochromic layer, as shown by r/R=(rsL2)/(ρd), is 2 or more and 20 or less.
US12001028B2
A speckle-suppressing lighting system includes an optical waveguide, a first solid-state light source, a second solid-state light source, and a diffuser. The optical waveguide has a proximal end and a distal end. At least part of the diffuser is between the proximal end and the distal end. The first solid-state light source is optically coupled to the optical waveguide near the proximal end, and emits a first light beam that propagates toward the distal end and has a first center wavelength. The second solid-state light source is optically coupled to the optical waveguide near the proximal end, and emits a second light beam that propagates toward the distal end and has a second center wavelength differing from the first center wavelength. The diffuser diffuses the first light beam and the second light beam.
US12001007B1
A turret for an optical scope including a base, a turret cover graspable by a user, a zero stop limiter, a zero stop ring extending around a guide groove, and a projection movable within the guide groove. The turret cover and the ring are operable in a zero stop setting mode in which these components rotate in unison about an axis of rotation, while the turret cover remains installed on the turret, so the projection moves in the guide groove until the projection engages the zero stop limiter to establish a zero stop. The turret cover can include a first interface element and the zero stop ring can include a second interface element that interface with one another so these components rotate in unison. The guide groove can be defined by a guide sleeve fixed to the base and threadably engaged with the ring.
US12001000B2
An illumination unit for microscopes has an MID structure for the free spatial arrangement of different electronic and optical components, so that surfaces of a three-dimensional carrier are available as a replacement for printed circuit boards. The MID structure designed as an illumination unit contains a closed annular main part having an annular free beam opening, where columns are arranged on the main part. On the free ends of the columns, illumination means are provided which can be contacted via conductor paths provided on the surface of the MID structure. The columns contain a cooling structure on a side surface facing away from the free beam opening, and a plug for the power supply and a control unit for controlling the illumination means are provided on the main part of the MID structure. The MID structure designed as an illumination unit is provided in a housing of a microscope objective.
US12000996B2
Lens assemblies comprising from an object side to an image side, seven lens elements numbered L1-L7; an optical window; and an image sensor having a sensor diagonal length (SDL), wherein an exemplary lens assembly has a total track length TTL that includes the optical window an effective focal length EFL and a field of view (FOV), wherein TTL/EFL<1.100, wherein TTL/SDL<0.64, wherein FOV<90 degrees, wherein a normalized thickness standard deviation constant T_STD of at least four of the seven lens elements complies with T_STD<0.035, and wherein a focal length f1 of lens element L1 fulfills f1/EFL<0.95.
US12000989B2
The disclosure provides an imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes, a movable diaphragm, a first lens, a second lens with a refractive power, a third lens with a refractive power, a fourth lens with a positive refractive power and a fifth lens with a refractive power, wherein an effective focal length f1 of the first lens and an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens meet 1.0
US12000987B2
The present disclosure relates to an optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes nine lenses, and the nine lenses from an object side to an image side are: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens and a ninth lens. The second lens has a positive refractive power, and the camera optical lens satisfies: −5.50≤f1/f≤−2.00; 3.00≤d15/d16≤15.00; wherein, f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, d15 denotes an on-axis thickness of the eighth lens, and d16 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the eighth lens to an object-side surface of the ninth lens. The camera optical lens has good optical performance, and meets the design requirements of large apertures, and ultra-thin.
US12000985B2
The present disclosure relates to optical lens, and provides a camera optical lens including eight lenses, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power; wherein the camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.95≤f/TTL; −4.00≤f2/f≤−1.80; and −20.00≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤−2.50. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting design requirements for a long focal length and ultra-thinness.
US12000983B2
The present disclosure relates to optical lens, and provides a camera optical lens including from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, a seventh lens having a negative refractive power, and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power; wherein the camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.95≤f/TTL; −4.00≤f2/f≤−1.80; and 3.00≤(R13+R14)/(R13−R14)≤25.00. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting design requirements for a large aperture, a long focal length and ultra-thinness.
US12000981B2
The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens including eight lenses which are, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a negative refractive power; and an eight lens having a negative refractive power; wherein the camera optical lens satisfies conditions of: 0.95≤f/TTL; 3.00≤f2/f≤4.50; and 0.20≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤0.90. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirements for large aperture, long focal length and ultra-thinness.
US12000968B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes receive circuitry (110) configured to receive electrical signals from ultrasound transducer elements wherein the electrical signals are indicative of sensed ultrasound echo signals. The system further includes an image process (114) configured to process the electrical signals and generate a 2-D image. The system further includes a vessel wall identifier (116) configured to identify at least a proximal wall and a distal wall of a vessel in the B-mode image from the B-image employing a signal mirroring technique. The system further includes a rendering engine (124) configured to display the 2-D image on a display (126) with graphical indicia corresponding to the identified proximal wall and distal wall superimposed over the vessel in the 2-D image.
US12000955B2
A computing device receives a setup command and signals mobile robots to move sensor targets into positions within a predetermined range of a turntable. Each mobile robot may be coupled to a sensor target. Once the sensor targets are moved into the positions, calibration may be initiated, in which a vehicle is rotated using the turntable, and sensors coupled to the vehicle are calibrated based on detection of the sensor targets. The computing device may signal the mobile robots to adjust the sensor targets as needed, or, after calibration, to move into storage or charging positions.
US12000954B2
A transmit beamforming method for integrated multi-antenna systems with joint near-field sensing and far-field communication, which includes: (1) establishing a communication signal transmission model and a communication channel model, and analyzing an upper limit of communication spectrum efficiency; (2) acquiring an optimal communication beam matrix based on the communication channel model; (3) establishing a near-field sensing signal model; (4) generating an optimal radar beam matrix based on an antenna array response vector of a radar detection target; (5) introducing a compromise factor to construct an initial optimization problem of an integrated beamforming matrix in power constraint based on the established near-field sensing signal model; and (6) transforming and solving the constructed initial optimization problem to obtain the integrated beamforming matrix.
US12000951B2
A radar data acquisition circuit comprising: a radar receiver to receive radar data representing a radar scene in response to a sequence of extended sampling waveform frames that includes multiple sampling waveform subframes; and a first processor; configured with stored program instructions to generate one or more replacement sampling waveform subframes to include in an extended sampling waveform frame of the sequence based at least in part upon one or more radar parameters of radar data received using the sequence of extended sampling waveform frames.
US12000944B2
A system and method for positioning for line-of-sight and non-line-of sight environments. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), from a first Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) of a network, a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS); and sending, by the UE, a response to the network. The sending may include sending an indicator, the indicator indicating whether the UE has performed a measurement based on the Positioning Reference Signal, received via a line-of-sight path; or the sending may include identifying a first detected path and sending a plurality of measurements to the network, the plurality of measurements including, for each of a first plurality of paths, the arrival time difference relative to the arrival time of the first detected path, the first plurality of paths not including the first detected path, and the first plurality of paths including two paths.
US12000940B1
A management server in communication with one or more object tracking devices is disclosed. The management server may receive location information, configuration information, and orientation information associated with the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the management server may receive weather information associated with the locations of the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the weather information, the configuration information, and the orientation information, the management server can determine power generated and power consumed by the one or more object tracking devices, which then can be used to determine estimated operation time for the one or more object tracking devices.
US12000934B1
A method for using global positioning system (GPS) repeaters to obfuscate a location of a mobile device operating in an area of a communications network, the communication network including a monitoring system, includes receiving an indication that the mobile device enters the communications network; requesting a GPS location from the mobile device; receiving repeated GPS information from the mobile device; calculating a obfuscated location of the mobile device; mapping the obfuscated location of the mobile device to a table of defined locations to produce an actual mobile device location; and reporting the actual location of the mobile device.
US12000932B2
A LIDAR system includes a LIDAR unit. The LIDAR unit includes a housing defining a cavity. The LIDAR unit further include a plurality of emitters disposed on a circuit board within the cavity. Each of the emitters emits a laser beam along a transmit path. The LIDAR system further includes a first optic rotatable about a first axis at a first rotational speed and a second optic rotatable about a second axis at a second rotational speed that is faster than the first rotational speed. The first optic is positioned relative to the LIDAR unit such that a plurality of laser beams exiting the LIDAR unit pass through the first optic. The second optic is positioned relative to the first optic such that each of a plurality of refracted laser beams exiting the prism disk reflect off of the second optic.
US12000928B2
The method of performing a positioning of a first apparatus by the first apparatus, transmitting a first signal to a second apparatus through at least one antenna; receiving a second signal from the second apparatus through each of the at least one antenna, wherein the second signal includes a bit related with a tag identifier(ID) of the second apparatus; obtaining the tag ID of the second apparatus, which is related with absolute location information of the second apparatus, based on the bit; and performing the positioning of the first apparatus, based on the first signal, the second signal, and the tag ID of the second apparatus.
US12000922B2
A method including: detecting that an aerial vehicle is located at a reference axis of a sensor, or at a predetermined or calculated angle of the reference axis of the sensor, the method further comprising, by a processor and memory circuitry: obtaining a given position Paerial of the aerial vehicle upon its detection at the reference axis of the sensor, or upon its detection at the predetermined or calculated angle of the reference axis of the sensor, and position Psensor of the sensor, and determining, based at least on Paerial and Psensor, a cardinal direction with respect to the reference axis.
US12000916B2
A simultaneous emission-transmission tomography in an MRI hardware framework is described. A method of multimodality imaging includes reconstructing, by a simultaneous emission transmission (SET) circuitry, a concentration image based, at least in part, on a plurality of selected γ-rays; and reconstructing, by the SET circuitry, an attenuation image based, at least in part, on the plurality of selected γ-rays. The plurality of selected γ-rays is emitted by a polarized radio tracer included in a test object. The selected γ-rays are selected based, at least in part, on a radio frequency (RF) pulse and based, at least in part, on a gradient magnetic field.
US12000914B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system having a resistive, solenoidal electromagnet for whole-body MRI may include ferromagnetic material within an envelope of the electromagnet. The system can be configured to have a field strength of at least 0.05 Tesla and its main electromagnetic field can be generated by layers of conductors instead of bundles. Certain electromagnet designs may be fabricated using non-metallic formers, such as fiberglass, and can be constructed to form a rigid object with the layers of conductors by fixing all together with an epoxy. The electromagnet may be configured to have two separated halves, which may be held apart by a fixation structure such as carbon fiber. The power supply for certain electromagnets herein may have current fluctuations, at frequencies of 180 Hz or above, of at least one part per ten thousand without requiring an additional current filter.
US12000911B2
A time-multiplexed dual atomic magnetometer includes first and second vapor cells such that an external magnetic field induces Larmor precession of atoms within the vapor cells. The magnetometer includes first and second polarimeters for measuring first and second polarizations of first and second probe beams that propagate through the first and second vapor cells, respectively. The magnetometer includes a controller that gates the probe beams such that (i) the first probe beam propagates through the first vapor cell during a first measurement stage, (ii) the second probe beam does not propagate through the second vapor cell during the first measurement stage, (iii) the second probe beam propagates through the second vapor cell during a second measurement stage that begins when the first measurement stage ends, and (iv) the first probe beam does not propagate through the first vapor cell during the second measurement stage.
US12000905B2
A power supply system for moving body includes a first power source, a first current path, a second power source, a second current path. The first power source supplies electric power to a redundant load. The first current path connects the first power source and the redundant load. The second power source supplies electric power to the redundant load. The second current path connects the second power source and the redundant load.
US12000904B2
An estimation device 4 is provided with: an acquisition unit 41 for acquiring time-series data about an SOC of a power storage element; a specification unit 41 for specifying a fluctuation range of the SOC in the time-series data and an SOC representative value representing an SOC region in the fluctuation range; and an estimation unit 41 for estimating a shape change of the power storage element on the basis of the specified fluctuation range and the specified representative value.
US12000902B2
Impedance testing devices, circuits, systems, and related methods are disclosed. A Device Under Test (DUT) is excited with a multispectral excitation signal for an excitation time period while the DUT is under a load condition from a load operably coupled to the DUT. A response of the DUT is sampled over a sample time period. The sample time period is configured such that it includes an in-band interval during the excitation time period and one or more out-of-band intervals outside of the in-band interval. A response of the DUT to the load condition during the in-band interval is estimated by analyzing samples of the response from the one or more out-of-band intervals. Adjusted samples are computed by subtracting the estimated load response during the in-band interval from the samples from the in-band interval. An impedance of the DUT is estimated by analyzing the adjusted samples.
US12000901B2
A system for an electric vehicle includes a hysteresis module configured to calculate a plurality of hysteresis state components of a battery based on a measured current and a respective hysteresis transit rate, calculate an overall hysteresis state of the battery based on the plurality of hysteresis state components, and calculate a hysteresis voltage of the battery based on the overall hysteresis state, and a state of charge (SOC) module configured to calculate an SOC of the battery based in part on the hysteresis voltage.
US12000900B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling a turn-on sequence of switches included in a parallel multi battery pack, including a processor that receives a switch voltage value from a voltage sensor coupled to a kth sequence switch unit (k is a turn-on sequence index, which is a natural number of 2 to n) before turning on the kth sequence switch, then turns on the kth sequence switch, subsequently receives a switch current value from a current sensor connected to the kth sequence switch, counts a watt energy value consumed in the kth sequence switch from the switch voltage value and the switch current value and determines the turn-on sequence of the first to nth switches in descending order from a switch having a greatest watt energy count value.
US12000896B2
An SOC estimation method for a battery system includes mapping an upper limit and a lower limit of the state of charge of the second-system battery to a state of charge interval of the battery system, to establish a mapping relationship between the upper limit and the lower limit of the state of charge of the second-system battery and the state of charge interval of the battery system. The method includes calculating the state of charge of the second-system battery and estimating a state of charge of the battery system according to the mapping relationship.
US12000894B2
Systems and methods manage use of rechargeable battery power of Information Handling Systems (IHSs). In managing power draws from the batteries of an IHS, use of software applications of the IHS is monitored and use is detected of a software application that has been designated as prioritized for use of the IHS batteries. A power throttling factor is selected for use in drawing power from the rechargeable batteries of the IHS while the prioritized software application remains in use. The selected power throttling factor is transmitted to an embedded controller of the IHS and the embedded controller is notified when the prioritized software application is no longer in use by a user of the IHS. The embedded controller receives the power throttling factor and, while the prioritized software application remains in use, the embedded controller limits power drawn from the IHS rechargeable batteries according to the power throttling factor.
US12000892B2
A circuit configured to: generate a reference clock signal; generate an excitation signal at a target frequency having a period that is a first integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; update a driver circuit at an update frequency having a period that is a second integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; digitize sense signals resulting from the excitation signal at a frequency having a period that is a third integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; identify a fourth integer number of sense signal samples; optionally utilize an excitation control signal having a period that is a fifth integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; and minimize harmonics at the target frequency of the excitation signal based on the first integer number, the second integer number, the third integer number, the fourth integer number, and possibly the fifth integer number.
US12000886B2
Examples provide for a self-test circuit. The self-test circuit comprises input circuitry; testing circuitry; and a circuit to be tested, coupled between the input and testing circuitry and comprising at least a piezoelectric crystal. The input circuitry is configured to generate and transfer a predefined electric signal comprising at least a sinusoidal signal through at least the piezoelectric crystal of the circuit to be tested to generate an output signal. The testing circuitry is configured to analyze the output signal.
US12000875B1
Provided are a method and apparatus for generating an electrical parameter identifier in an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). Specifically, the method includes obtaining attributes of the electrical parameter and generating an identifier for the electrical parameter according to the attributes.
US12000873B2
The disclosure provides a power tool, a detection circuit and a detection method of a load state thereof. The detection circuit of the power tool includes: a main control unit, a sampling resistor, a voltage sampling unit and an alarm display unit. The sampling resistor is arranged on a driving loop of a motor. The voltage sampling unit is used to sample a voltage across the sampling resistor. The alarm display unit is connected with the main control unit. The main control unit is configured to control the alarm display unit to execute a preset display state according to a voltage signal across the sampling resistor sampled by the voltage sampling unit.
US12000863B2
A probe pin having an improved gripping structure is disclosed. The disclosed probe pin includes a pin body including a plurality of holes and positioned at one side, a first extension portion extending upward from an outer side of the pin body, a second extension portion elongated from the other end of the first extension portion, further extending than the pin body in the other direction, and spaced apart from the pin body, and a tip part integrated with the second extension portion and having an end sharply protruding upward from an outer upper end of the second extension portion, in which the second extension portion includes a plurality of elasticity provision holes formed in parallel with an outer peripheral surface of the second extension portion and having different shapes to provide an elastic force that moves a portion of a needle of the tip part.
US12000854B2
An apparatus includes a fluidic circuit, a bypass fluidic circuit, a first set of fluid wells, a second set of fluid wells, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve operatively associated with the first set of fluid wells such that the first selectively fluidly connects any one of the first set of fluid wells to a first valve outlet. The second valve operatively associated with the fluidic circuit, the bypass fluidic circuit, the first valve outlet, and the second set of fluid wells such that the second valve selectively fluidly connects any one of the second set of fluid wells and the first valve outlet to the fluidic circuit or the first valve outlet to the bypass fluidic circuit.
US12000852B2
A particle isolation apparatus 100 for isolating particles from a suspension sample, includes a droplet dispenser device 10 for collecting the suspension sample from a carrier substrate 20 and for dispensing droplets onto a target substrate 30, a mechanical pump device 40 being coupled with the droplet dispenser device 10 for loading a dilution liquid into the droplet dispenser device 10 and for aspirating a first portion of the suspension sample into the droplet dispenser device 10, and a syphon pump device 50 being coupled with the droplet dispenser device 10 and being arranged for aspirating a second portion of the suspension sample into the droplet dispenser device 10. Preferably, the droplet dispenser device 10 is configured for dispensing single particle droplets on the target substrate 30. Furthermore, a method of isolating particles from a suspension sample is described.
US12000842B2
This disclosure provides for devices, methods, and systems for generating a plurality of droplets within a collecting container at an extremely high rate (e.g., of at least 1 million droplets per minute, etc.), each of the plurality of droplets comprising an aqueous mixture for a digital analysis, wherein upon generation, the plurality of droplets is stabilized in position within a region of the collecting container. The inventions enable partitioning of samples for digital analyses at unprecedented rates, where readout of signals from targets within such partitions can still be achieved in accordance with various assays.
US12000836B2
Methods of quantitating extra-cellular vesicle surface markers are provided. Aspects of the methods include comparing: a mean fluorescence intensity of a surface marker of interest (surface marker MFI) of a labeled extra-cellular vesicle (EV) sample with a calibration plot obtained from a liposome calibration composition to quantitate the surface marker on extra-cellular vesicles of the EV sample. Also provided are compositions that find use in practicing embodiments of the invention.
US12000821B2
Methods of evaluating mixing are disclosed relating to the preparation and mixing of materials. Materials prepared may transition from heterogeneous mixtures to homogenous mixtures while the current of a motor is monitored. Quantities relating to the rate of change of power or the rate of change of entropy may be calculated in evaluating the sufficiency of mixing. Methods of evaluating lubricant degradation are also disclosed.
US12000818B2
Provided is a water examination device including: a main body; a cup accommodation unit formed inward from a surface of the main body such that a cup containing a fluid is accommodated therein; a wave source for irradiating a wave toward the cup accommodation unit; a detector for detecting a laser speckle generated by multiple scattering of the irradiated wave in the fluid, at every time point set in advance; and a controller for estimating whether foreign substances exist in the fluid in real-time by using the detected laser speckle.
US12000816B2
A system and method of receiving and processing granular printing and curing data, and graphically displaying data to improve quality and production. The outputted data can include graphical information illustrating relationships between important multivariate data in a typical industrial printing or converting process. One or more chemical sensors can measure curing data and communicate the data for processing and control of the subject machines of the system.
US12000801B1
A method for identifying a material of a water pipe buried below ground is provided. The method includes generating controlled vibrations in the water pipe using a vibration exciter, and detecting a vibration response associated with the water pipe in response to the controlled vibrations using a vibration transducer in vibrational communication with the water pipe. The method further includes analyzing and processing the vibration response using a vibration signal analyzer to identify the material of the water pipe based on a comparison of the processed vibration response of the water pipe to a known vibration response of a known water pipe material.
US12000800B2
A system and method passively normalize an ultrasonic dry coupled wheel probe as the probe traverses a surface of a structure to inspect the structure, such as a flat structure or a curved pipe. At least a pair of arms are configured to passively maintain normalization of the probe in a detection direction normal to the surface.
US12000794B2
An illustrative example hydrogen concentration sensor includes a plurality of electrically conductive plates. A hydrogen evolving electrode assembly in a first location between two of the plates is configured to generate hydrogen. A detection electrode assembly in a second location between two of the plates is configured to provide an indication of a concentration of hydrogen in a fluid of interest. A plurality of isolating layers includes a first isolating layer at the first location between two of the plates and a second isolating layer at the second location between two of the plates. The first and second isolating layers each include a sealant that secures the two plates together and seals a perimeter around the electrode assembly at the corresponding location.
US12000792B2
A CMOS-MEMS humidity sensor includes a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ASIC readout circuit and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) humidity sensor. The MEMS humidity sensor is provided on the ASIC readout circuit. The ASIC readout circuit includes a substrate, a heating resistor layer located above the substrate, a metal layer located above the heating resistor layer, and dielectric layers. The substrate, the heating resistor layer, and the metal layer are partitioned by dielectric layers. The MEMS humidity sensor includes an aluminum electrode layer, a passivation layer located above the aluminum electrode layer, and a humidity sensitive layer located above the passivation layer. The provision of heating resistors in the ASIC circuit realizes the heating function and satisfies the requirements of the standard CMOS process, so that the CMOS-MEMS integrated humidity sensor can be used stably under low temperature and high humidity conditions.
US12000790B2
This invention prevents measurement error from becoming large in thermoelectric conversion coefficient evaluation and enhances evaluation efficiency. This invention is a physical property evaluation device for evaluating the physical properties of a plurality of solid materials formed on a substrate. The physical property evaluation device comprises an electromotive force measurement means that forms closed circuits including the individual solid materials and measures the electromotive forces occurring at the two ends of each of the solid materials, a means for producing heat flow within the individual solid materials, an external magnetic field generation means for generating a uniform magnetic field having a given intensity and direction in the vicinity of the individual solid materials, and an automation means for evaluating the physical properties of the individual solid materials using the electromotive force measurement means, heat flow production means, and external magnetic field generation means.
US12000789B2
A system for positioning a sample in a charged particle apparatus (CPA) or an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) system includes a sample carrier coupled to a stage inside the vacuum chamber of the CPA or XPS system. The system allows transferring of the sample carrier among multiple CPAs, XPS systems and glove boxes in inert gas or in vacuum. The sample carrier is releasably coupled with the stage in the vacuum chamber of the CPA or the XPS. Multiple electrodes in a sample area of the sample carrier are electrically connectable with the stage by multiple spring contacts between the sample carrier and the stage.
US12000775B2
Disclosed are methods of determining the suitability of a variable-length spectrophotometer using Patent Blue dye or AMG Blue dye. Also disclosed herein are methods of determining the suitability of a fixed path length spectrophotometer for determining protein concentration of a protein sample. AMG Blue dye may also be used to determine the suitability of fixed path length spectrophotometers.
US12000767B2
The invention discloses a natural gas diffusion coefficient measurement auxiliary device based on a hand-operated lifting device, comprising a core chamber, a bracket, a core preservation device, and a hand-operated lifting device; the left side of the core chamber is connected with a methane measuring chamber, and the right side of the core chamber is connected with a nitrogen measuring chamber; a rotatable bracket is installed on the lower left side of the core chamber, and the lower right side of the core chamber is connected with the hand-operated lifting device; the core chamber is rotated by the hand-operated lifting device with the support as the center; a horizontal platform at the lower part of the core chamber is provided with a revolving door that can accommodate the left end of the core chamber; a core preservation device is installed at the lower part of the revolving door. The invention has a simple structure, which greatly reduces the time required to load the core during natural gas diffusion coefficient measurement, and can effectively prevent the core from breaking and the rubber sleeve from being damaged.
US12000764B2
A sample grinder includes a base having a bowl and a rotatable drive plate to operably support a grinding wheel. A head is configured to support a specimen holder and has a first drive for rotational drive of the specimen holder and a second drive for moving the head and specimen holder toward and away from the drive plate. The head has a sleeve that is larger than the specimen holder. A cover is disposed over the bowl and has an opening larger than the sleeve so that the sleeve fits through the opening when the specimen holder is moved toward the rotatable drive plate. The grinding wheel is mountable to the plate in a single radial orientation only. A dressing system is operably connected to a controller to monitor the current of the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive actuates the dressing system based upon the current drawn by the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive motor falling below a predetermined value.
US12000760B2
This invention relates to a resonant frequency vibrational test and a method of subjecting a component to such a resonant frequency vibrational test.
US12000758B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a fluid system of an aircraft includes a primary fluid conduit that conveys a primary fluid, and a leak detection system disposed around at least a portion of the primary fluid conduit and forming one or more detection volumes. The leak detection system determines whether there is a primary fluid leak into the one or more detection volumes by sensing a pressure change in the one or more detection volumes.
US12000749B2
A flexible tactile sensor includes a conductive target positioned in a first plane, at least three coils forming an array within a second plane, the second plane spaced apart from the first plane, a pliable material coupling the conductive target to the at least three coils, and an electronic device electrically coupled to each of the at least three coils, the electronic device configured to induce an AC signal within each of the at least three coils and measure a change in inductance in the at least three coils in response to movement of the conductive target.
US12000748B2
Spatially-distributed resonant MEMS sensors are coordinated to generate frequency-modulated signals indicative of regional contact forces, ambient conditions and/or environmental composition.
US12000746B2
A sensing device for a windshield includes an attachment member attachable to a surface of the windshield and a sensing element having a transducer. The attachment member has a pressing device. The pressing device applies a pressure on or over the transducer when the attachment member is attached to the surface and presses the transducer against the surface.
US12000743B2
A technique of safeguarding equipment involves deriving a pressure pulse amplitude based on operation of a pump of the equipment, and performing a comparison operation that compares the pressure pulse amplitude value to a predefined threshold. The technique further involves performing, in response to a result of the comparison operation indicating that the pressure pulse amplitude value has fallen below the predefined threshold, a remedial activity to prevent damage to the equipment or to prevent endangerment to persons affected by the failure of the equipment. For example, in the case of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the remedial action may be to transit the UAV from a densely populated area to a rural area where landing may be possible without injuring persons or damaging the UAV.
US12000735B2
A substrate for sensing, a method of manufacturing the substrate, and an analyzing apparatus including the substrate are provided. The substrate for sensing includes: a support layer; a plurality of metal nanoparticle clusters arranged on the support layer; and a plurality of perforations arranged among the plurality of metal nanoparticle clusters. The plurality of metal nanoparticle clusters each comprise a plurality of metal nanoparticles stacked in a three-dimensional structure. Each of the plurality of perforations transmits incident light therethrough.
US12000730B2
Methods and systems are provided for monitoring subsurface steam chamber development in a thermal hydrocarbon recovery operation, which employ a fiber optic cable in a horizontal wellbore beneath the steam chamber as part of a distributed acoustic sensing technique in which the cable receives attenuated sound waves passing through the steam chamber and transmits a signal corresponding to the attenuated sound waves and unattenuated sound waves for subsequent signal processing.
US12000721B2
An airflow sensor assembly for an air duct is provided. The airflow sensor assembly includes an air duct having an interior wall and an exterior wall, a high pressure detection device, and a low pressure detection device. The low pressure detection device includes a hollow ring disposed within the interior wall of the air duct. The hollow ring includes an inner periphery portion, an outer periphery portion, and a first set of apertures defined therein. The first set of apertures is spaced around the inner periphery portion of the hollow ring. The airflow sensor assembly further includes a pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the high pressure detection device and the low pressure detection device.
US12000712B1
A recyclable inclination measuring device includes measuring units arranged in a linear array during installation, and two adjacent measuring units are eccentrically hinged by a joint; during the measurement, measuring units are arranged in a Z shape in the measuring tube, the inner wall of the measuring tube is closely attached to the joint, and measuring units extending out of the measuring tube are folded and arranged. the present invention adopts a recyclable inclination measuring device with the above structure, during the measurement, it is placed in the measuring tube, which can be arranged in a Z shape under the action of gravity, and then it can be measured with the synchronous rotation of the measuring tube, when it is recovered, it only needs to be pulled out, which reduces the difficulty of recovery and improves the recovery efficiency.
US12000711B2
A method is described for verifying a digital map of a higher-level automated vehicle (HAV), in particular a highly automated vehicle, including the steps: S1 providing a digital map, preferably a highly accurate digital map: S2 determining an instantaneous reference position and localizing the reference position in the digital map; S3 establishing at least one actual feature property of a feature in the surroundings of the reference position, the establishment being carried out with the aid of at least one information source; S4 comparing the actual feature property to a setpoint feature property of the feature and ascertaining at least one difference value as the result of the comparison. A corresponding device and a computer program are also described.
US12000706B2
An example operation includes one or more of determining a first carbon footprint of a first mode of transportation and a second carbon footprint of a second mode of transportation, where the first mode of transportation is a primary mode of transportation and the second carbon footprint is less than the first carbon footprint, responsive to the first carbon footprint being above a threshold, calculating a period of time the second mode of transportation is utilized to negate an amount above the threshold, and sending a notification to use the second mode of transportation for the period of time.
US12000704B2
An apparatus (100) comprises at least one processor (110,210,530,550,385) and at least one memory (120,220) including computer program code. The memory (120,220) and the processor (110,210,530,550,385) are configured to, in respect of a ground-supported or liquid-supported body (401,411) travelling or to travel through a fluid, receive a determined magnitude and direction of a current within a forthcoming fluid zone (410,420), the magnitude and direction of the current determined from particulates suspended in the forthcoming fluid zone (410,420), and process the determined magnitude and direction of the current to provide for at least one of: a change in one or more fluid dynamical properties of the body (401,411), or navigation control of the body (401,411).
US12000700B2
Examples of the disclosure relate to an apparatus (101), a wearable electronic device and an optical arrangement for optical coherence tomography. The apparatus comprises an optical coherence tomography system (103) and an optical arrangement (105). The optical arrangement comprises at least one means for beam shaping (109) configured to shape a beam of light from the optical coherence tomography system. The optical arrangement also comprises at least one minor (111) positioned so that light from the means for beam shaping is incident on the at least one minor. The at least one mirror is configured to move in at least one direction relative to the optical coherence tomography system.
US12000698B2
A polarization-separated, phase-shifted interferometer can generate interferograms without moving parts. It uses a phase shifter, such as an electro-optic phase modulator, to modulate the relative phase between sample and reference beams. These beams are transformed into orthogonal polarization states (e.g., horizontally and vertically polarized states) and coupled via a common path (e.g., polarization-maintaining fiber) to a polarizing beam splitter (PBS), which sends them into separate sample and reference arms. Quarter-wave plates in the sample and reference arms rotate the polarization states of the sample and reference beams so they are coupled out of the PBS to a detector via a 45° linear polarizer. The polarizer projects the aligned polarization components of the sample and reference beams onto the detector, where they interfere with known relative phase to produce an output that can be used to map surface topography of the test object.
US12000696B2
A method may comprise measuring, by a conductivity or resistance measuring device, the conductivity or resistance of a surface of a substrate; comparing, by the conductivity or resistance measuring device, the measured conductivity or resistance to a reference value; and/or determining, by the conductivity or resistance measuring device, a presence or an absence of an antimicrobial system on the surface. The antimicrobial system may comprise a first coating, wherein the first coating may comprise an antimicrobial compound, wherein the antimicrobial compound may comprise a first end and a second end opposite the first end with a hydrocarbon chain therebetween, wherein the antimicrobial compound may comprise a cationic functional group on the first end and a silane group on the second end.
US12000693B2
A method of inspecting flatness of substrate is provided and includes providing a substrate. N first inspecting points are selected from the surface of the substrate along a first straight line, where the coordinate of the i-th first inspecting point is (Xi,Yi,Zi). By using a formula “D=Σi=1N−1√{square root over ((Xi+1−Xi)2+(Yi+1−Yi)2+(Zi+1−Zi)2)}”, a first measurement length D is calculated. By using a formula “F=(D−S)/S”, a first flatness index F is calculated. S is the horizontal distance between 1st first inspecting point and N-th first inspecting point. When the first flatness index F is larger than a first threshold, the substrate is determined to be unqualified.
US12000678B2
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprises one or more mechanisms for receiving, aligning, and maintaining a position of a magazine within a bay of the CEW. Bias spring and datums may be used to align the magazine to be coupled to the CEW, wherein bias springs are configured to apply pressure to push the magazine to interact with datums to align the magazine. A spring and ramp mechanism may be used to maintain a position of the magazine coupled to the bay of the CEW. Respective grades of a locking ramp and a release ramp are used to lock a spring in place when a magazine is coupled to the bay of the CEW.
US12000672B2
Optical sights for mounting on a firearm are provided, each of the sights having a base defining a barrel end and a rear end; a frame extending upwardly from the base at the barrel end and defining an opening; an optical element received in the opening; and an illumination device operable to display an aiming point on the optical element to generate said aiming point.
US12000670B2
An archery bow includes a cam assembly having a component projecting or extending beyond a periphery of the cam assembly of the archery bow to enable an archer to set the archery bow upright on a support surface. For example, the component can be affixed to one or more elements of the cam assembly (e.g., a cam, a module, etc.) and can displace the cam assembly a distance from the support surface when the archery bow is disposed upright on the support surface.
US12000669B2
In some embodiments, an archery bow comprises a frame, a first limb assembly supporting a first rotatable member and a second limb assembly supporting a second rotatable member. The first rotatable member comprises a cam. A bowstring extends between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member. A power cable is in communication with the cam. The first limb assembly has a width and a length, wherein the width is at least 26% of the length. In some embodiments, the width is at least 28% of the length.
US12000664B2
Systems and methods for providing a fin structure. The fin structure may be employed in a heat exchanger. The fin structure comprises: a support structure; and a plurality of fins disposed on the support structure via additive manufacturing so as to facilitate a change in direction of a fluid flowing through the fin structure. The fins comprise first fins that have centers arranged in accordance with a phyllotaxis or Fibonacci pattern.
US12000659B2
A heat exchange system including a tank, a phase change material (PCM) held in the tank, an immiscible liquid layer held in the tank, a heat exchanger located within the immiscible liquid layer, and a distributor located above the heat exchanger. The immiscible liquid layer has a density lower than a density of the PCM and is located above the PCM. The distributor is configured to introduce a plurality of PCM droplets into the immiscible liquid layer and above the heat exchanger.
US12000649B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for time shifting when a cold storage facility is cooled that includes determining a thermal model of a cold storage facility, obtaining an energy cost model that describes a schedule of variable energy costs over a predetermined period of time in the future, determining an operational schedule for at least a portion of a refrigeration system based on the thermal model, the energy cost model, and a maximum allowed temperature, and powering on the portion the refrigeration system based on the operational schedule, cooling, by the powered portion of the refrigeration system to a temperature below the maximum allowed temperature, reducing power usage of the powered portion of the refrigeration system based on the operational schedule, and permitting the facility to be warmed by ambient temperatures toward the maximum allowed temperature.
US12000647B2
The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator provided with a shelf system in which a shelf located at a high position can be withdrawn to a front lower side so that food can be easily stored or taken out. The shelf system constituting the refrigerator according to the present disclosure includes a shelf on which food is placed, a frame which supports the shelf and is detachably attached to a main body of the refrigerator; multiple links provided on one side of the shelf and configured to support the shelf such that the shelf moves forward/backward or upward/downward or is rotatable; and a guide hole which is formed in the frame and controls a trajectory along which at least one link of the multiple links moves, wherein a rotation center shaft of at least one link of the multiple links moves when the shelf moves.
US12000645B2
A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a door opener, and a controller. The door opener may be attached to a cabinet and include a casing, a push rod, and a position sensor. The controller may be in operable communication with the door opener and configured to direct an opener operation. The opener operation may include receiving an opening prompt for the door opener, directing the push rod forward at a first extension speed in response to the received opening prompt, detecting the push rod at a first threshold between the retracted position and the extended position, and directing the push rod forward at a second extension speed in response to detecting the push rod at the first threshold, the second extension speed being less than the first extension speed.
US12000633B2
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a liquid header distributor, and a gas header distributor. The heat transfer tubes include U-shaped bent portions. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core. A relationship between the liquid header distributor and the plurality of heat transfer tubes is established such that 9≤ζ is satisfied, where Lh [m] is the length of the liquid header distributor, Lb [m] is the length of the shortest one of the heat transfer tubes, and ζ is the ratio of the length Lb of the shortest heat transfer tube to the length Lh of the liquid header distributor and is expressed by ζ=Lb/Lh.
US12000632B2
A metering device may automatically control fluid flow through a valve. A control system may alter the automatic control of a metering device. In some implementations, a predetermined event may occur to alter the automatic control of the metering device.
US12000626B2
A geothermal development system includes a ground lifting system, a large-diameter shaft, an underground high temperature and high pressure heat transfer pool, a heat transfer diversion channel, a hot mine blasting fracture reservoir formed by an inlet blasting tunnel and a main tunnel, and a removable sealing device. The injection pipe and the collection pipe are set along the large diameter silo wall in the geothermal development system. The injection pipe is connected to the collection pipe through the heat transfer diversion channel in the dry hot rock. The circulation main roadway is arranged around the underground high temperature and high pressure heat transfer pool. Multiple blasting roadways are set along the main roadway level to form hot mine blasting fracture reservoir with loose blasting by caving method. A movable sealing device is arranged above the blasting layer of the large-diameter shaft.
US12000615B2
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner capable of guiding air in a desired direction with an adjusted speed without marring the appearance to solve the above-described problems. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into an indoor room through an air outlet simultaneously sucking indoor air through an air inlet, wherein a air conditioner comprises, a main flap configured to guide a direction of air discharged from a air outlet in a preset direction, and a sub-flap configured to guide the direction of air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction, wherein a length of a main flap in a direction where air flows is longer than that of the sub-flap in the direction where air flows.
US12000607B2
A Heating, Ventilation, And Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system comprising: a plurality of external sensors; a plurality of internal sensors; a plurality of valve control boxes; a Smart Metering Unit (SMU) connected to the external sensors, the internal sensors, and the valve control boxes, configured to: receive the sensed data form the external sensors, and the internal sensors; transmit, wirelessly, the received sensed data to a cloud server through a Lobby Control Unit (LCU) over a communication network; receive rules generated by a management platform of the cloud server, wherein the rules are generated by the management platform by using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm; and transmit the received rules to the plurality of valve control boxes to control the operation of the actuator valves installed at the radiators to turn on and/or turn off a heating and/or a cooling of one or more virtual HVAC zones of the building.
US12000602B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a centrifugal air-sending device including a fan and a scroll casing having a tongue portion and a discharge portion, and a housing having a housing suction port and a discharge portion. A trailing edge of a blade located closest to a wall portion of the housing is a first trailing edge portion, and a leading edge of a blade located closest to the tongue portion is a first leading edge portion. In a first region, a boundary portion located closest to the tongue portion is located between first and second straight lines. The first straight line passes through a rotation axis of the fan and the first trailing edge portion, the second straight line is parallel to the first straight line and passes through the first leading edge portion, and the first region forms part of the housing suction port close to the tongue portion.
US12000595B2
The present apparatus is a heat focusing reflector that can either be built in by the manufacturer of the heater or an add-on attachment that can be installed by an end user to allow these types of heaters to project more heat to further distances. The heat focusing reflector will block heat from traveling all around these types of heater and will instead focus and/or reflect all of the heat to travel toward one side of the heater. By redirecting heat from these heaters and focusing the heat to travel longer distances away from the heater, these heaters can become more efficient and functional as an outdoor space heater.
US12000592B1
An insert ring that suspends a fire pit at least partially within an opening of a support structure, and provides ventilation into the support structure to an outer wall of the fire pit.
US12000582B2
A display device including a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a light source on a substrate between the display panel and the frame, the light source providing light for the display panel; and a reflecting sheet between the display panel and the frame, the reflecting sheet having a rectangular shape with a first long side, a second long side opposite the first long side, a first short side adjacent to the first long side and the second long side, and a second short side opposite the first short side, wherein the reflecting sheet includes a first sheet part forming a central area of the reflecting sheet; a second sheet part forming a side area of the reflecting sheet around the first sheet part, the second sheet part including dot areas; and a hole next to a border line between the first sheet part and the second sheet part, wherein at least one of the dot areas in the second sheet part is formed along the first short side or the second short side, wherein the at least one of the dot areas including a first dot area next to the hole in a parallel direction of the first long side or the second long side and a second dot area next to the first dot area in a parallel direction of the first short side or the second short side, and wherein a density of dots in the first dot area is different from a density of dots in the second dot area.
US12000573B2
A light assembly for a vehicle includes a light bar and a projector. The light bar configured to be connected to the vehicle. The projector is rotatably connected to the light bar. The projector is rotatable relative to the light bar.
US12000563B2
The invention relates to a lighting system comprising a light area and a side wall around the light area defining a recess. The light area is located at a base of the recess and a light exit window is located downstream at a top of the recess opposite the light area. The side wall comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion located upstream of the first wall portion. A clear, transparent pane is provided in between the first and second wall portion, wherein (essentially the whole of) the second wall portion is screened by the first wall portion from a direct line of view through the light exit window.
US12000559B2
An encapsulated LED switch that incorporates a MOSFET power drivers, high current transistors, or other suitable power drivers in a PCB that attaches to the LED switch such that a low power LED switch controls the output of a high-power driver. The selected power driver PCB can be adapted to different load requirements by making simple changes. The PCB's can be interchanged to provide for a predetermined output power required for a particular application. In addition, the wire gauge size of the wires attached to the MOSFET power driver PCB can also be varied to match intended load requirements. For applications in which the LED switch is used in hostile environments, such as marine applications, the LED switch and its associated power driver PCB are encapsulated to protect the circuitry from environmental factors such as high humidity, salt water, etc.
US12000554B2
A lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle, wherein a first structural component of the lighting apparatus is connected to a second structural component of the lighting apparatus, and the connection between the first and second structural components is formed by a twist-on connection. The second structural component comprises at least two coupling elements that fit over, in particular at the perimeter of, the first structural component in the fully assembled state, at least in part, and the first structural component ends up in this engaged position, in particular on the perimeter thereof, through a rotation in relation to the second structural component.
US12000548B2
A light system may include a luminaire comprising one or more light emitters and at least one optic. The light system may include a remote phosphor mask that is reversibly coupled with the luminaire using at least one reversible coupling mechanism. The remote phosphor mask may include one or more phosphors admixed with an optical material. The one or more phosphors may be capable of adjusting a color temperature of emitted light from the luminaire.
US12000546B1
Provided are a lamp wick structure and a lamp, comprising a lamp housing, a lamp cap, a conversion connector and a lamp wick assembly, the lamp housing comprises a lighting part with a lighting cavity, and an annual opening part communicating with the lighting cavity; the conversion connector comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece; the first connecting piece comprises a clamping slot and a groove arranged at opposite ends; the lamp housing is clamped in the clamping slot, and the lighting cavity communicates with the clamping slot through the annular opening part 103; an opening of the groove is located at one end of the first connecting piece away from the lighting cavity, and the second connecting piece is inserted into the groove in an interference manner; the lamp cap is sleeved on an outer side wall of the first connecting piece and covers the groove.
US12000540B2
A valve recovery control apparatus for a hydrogen tank, may recover an excess flow valve to an original state upon operation of the excess flow valve mounted on the hydrogen tank, securing stability of hydrogen supply to the fuel cell.
US12000536B2
A method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen is disclosed, including providing a cryogenic system including a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen; and a heat exchange coil immersed in the liquid cryogen, the heat exchange coil having an input end and an output end not immersed in the liquid cryogen; introducing a pressurized gas cryogen to the input end of the heat exchange coil; cooling the pressurized gas cryogen within the heat exchange coil; and collecting the pressurized gas cryogen at an output end of the heat exchange coil.
US12000534B1
A kit for changing the engine oil in a vehicle. The kit may include a bucket for collecting the spent oil. The kit may also include a dolly for rolling the bucket underneath the vehicle, and a collapsible stand for elevating the bucket to transfer the dirty oil to a recycling container. A spigot at the bottom of the bucket allows for draining the dirty oil into the recycling container. The bottom of the bucket is inclined toward the spigot, and the inner edge of the bottom is beveled to ensure complete emptying of the oil. The kit may include a hook for hanging the used oil filter to drain in the bucket. A magnet on the lid may be included to mount a wrench or other tools for easy access during the oil change procedure. A handle on the bucket and a leak-proof lid may complete the kit.
US12000533B2
An adjustable levelling pad includes a first component having first screw threads, a second component having second screw threads cooperating with the first screw threads of the first component, a bearing element having a bearing surface cooperating with the first component, and a shear plate mounted in the second component below the first component, the shear plate having an inner diameter less than or equal to an inner diameter of the first component and being configured to provide support for the first component.
US12000528B2
The invention is a monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached to the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks. The monitor arm assembly may include a double slider arrangement where a first track slides within a second track. A plate for connection to a monitor arm or monitor bracket may slide within perimeter channels of the first track.
US12000521B2
Systems and methods according to the present invention utilize improved sleeves for insulating fluid (i.e., liquid and/or gas) conduits. For example, some blow dryers are equipped with a flexible conduit to convey heated air from a heater element to a nozzle for such purposes as material handling, material drying, or even hair drying, such as pet or other animal hair drying. An improved insulating tubular sleeve is provided with securing and/or mounting mechanisms to assist in maintaining sleeve position along a conduit and to reduce heat transfer externally from the conduit, such as by preventing direct contact between animal hair or skin or other materials and the conduit.
US12000495B2
A referenced pressure valve for a fluid system having a housing including: an inner wall enclosing a cavity providing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet; a rim in the cavity defining a bypass passage circumscribed outwardly by the inner wall and inwardly by the rim, an upstream passage located between an upstream end of the cavity and the rim, and a downstream passage located between the rim and a downstream end of the cavity. A rib extends outwardly from the rim to the inner wall through the bypass passage, and a piston assembly, received within a chamber circumscribed outwardly by the rim, includes a piston movable relative to the rim between a position in which the piston obstructs the flow path at the upstream passage and a position in which the piston is at least partially clear of the path to permit flow along the path.
US12000492B2
A device for holding a flap of a non-return valve in a closed position, which is configured to carry out hydraulic testing of a device or apparatus, includes a body which takes the form of a caliper with two arms that are articulated relative to each other, at a first of the two opposite ends thereof, about a first axis, in that it includes a holder articulated about the first axis and in that the two arms each has, at the second end thereof, a pad pivoting about axes that are parallel to the first axis.
US12000488B2
The invention relates to a mechanical seal comprising a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring defining a sealing gap therebetween, one of the slide rings having at least a first row of a plurality of first grooves with a foot region on a first radius and a head region on a second radius wherein a second circumferential sliding region is provided between the head regions of the radially outermost row of grooves of the slide ring and an outer radial edge of the slide ring, the other of the slide rings having at least a second row of a plurality of second grooves with a foot region at a third radius and a head region at a fourth radius wherein a second circumferential sliding region is provided between the head regions of the radially outermost row of grooves of the slide ring and an external radial edge of the slide ring, wherein the first radius is smaller than the third radius, and wherein the second radius is smaller than the fourth radius.
US12000487B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system having a first loading component and a second loading component for applying load to a device during a test of the device, the first loading component is configured to be moveable with respect to the second loading component. The system includes a seal member arranged between the first loading component and the second loading component, the seal member is adapted to engage the device during testing so as to apply a load against the device during testing and provide sealing around a cavity positioned below the first loading component and above the device.
US12000474B2
Provided is a toroidal continuously variable transmission that can achieve suitable oil feed both for lubrication at contact interfaces between a power roller and discs and for cooling of the power roller; and a drive mechanism-integrated electricity generation apparatus for an aircraft, the electricity generation apparatus including the toroidal continuously variable transmission. The toroidal continuously variable transmission includes at least one lubrication outlet that discharges an oil toward at least one contact interface between an input or output disc and the power roller; and at least one cooling outlet that discharges the oil toward the power roller. The cooling outlet and the lubrication outlet are arranged such that a distance between the cooling outlet and a point at which the oil discharged from the cooling outlet contacts the power roller is smaller than a distance between the lubrication outlet and the contact interface.
US12000473B2
Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.
US12000471B2
A spur gear includes a radially outer, spur-cut gear rim, a radially inner hub, and a rotationally symmetrical radial connecting structure which integrally connects the gear rim to the hub. The radial connecting structure has mutually spaced struts, which extend between the hub and the gear rim, and axial perforations or holes, which are situated between the struts. The radial connecting structure has a disk-shaped base body, through which the axial holes pass and which has an axial front side and an axial rear side, with the struts being situated on the front side.
US12000460B2
Gear mechanism (1) having a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) accommodating a plurality of teeth (7) for engagement with the toothing, the teeth (7) being radially displaceable relative to the tooth carrier (11), a drive input with a profiling (22) for radially driving the teeth (7), and bearing segments (24) for mounting the teeth on the profiling. Each bearing segment includes a running side oriented in the direction of the profiling and a bearing side opposite the running side, a tooth bearing arranged on the bearing side for articulated mounting of at least one of the teeth, the tooth bearing including a bead which is at least substantially in the shape of a cylinder section and arranged from a first side edge to a second side edge of the bearing segment transverse to a running direction of the bearing segment. The bead is in a central region between the first and second side edges and has a first and/or second recess on a first and/or second side of the central region.
US12000455B2
A method that includes measuring vibration levels in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, determining one or more sections of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that vibrate at levels greater than a predetermined vibration level, and reducing the vibration levels in the one or more sections to be at or within the predetermined vibration level by coupling one or more weights to an external surface of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in the one or more sections.
US12000454B2
A flexible flywheel includes: a shaft fastening portion fixed to an end portion of an engine crankshaft; an annular inertia ring provided around the shaft fastening portion; a plurality of elastic spoke portions that extend in the radial direction between the shaft fastening portion and the inertia ring and connect the shaft fastening portion and the inertia ring to each other, and that absorb vibration acting on the crankshaft by undergoing deflection; and weight portions provided between adjacent elastic spoke portions, side edge-side boundary ends, to which boundaries with the weight portions are connected, are provided on both sides edges of the elastic spoke portion, respectively, when the elastic spoke portions are vibrated, stress concentrates on the side edge-side boundary ends.
US12000451B2
A device for compensating for vibration and/or material stress of a component of a high-voltage system filled with a viscous medium includes a piston and a housing. A first end piece of the piston may be coupled to the component of the system. A second end piece of the piston may be at least partly within the housing and enclosed thereby, enabling movement of the piston and the housing in opposite directions along an axis. The second end piece may be coupled to an inner wall of the housing by at least one spring. The piston and the housing are surrounded by the medium filling the system. A method and computer program product for computer-aided design of a device for compensating for vibration and/or material stress of a component of the system filled with a viscous medium are also provided.
US12000447B2
A multi-piston-dedicated heat dissipating caliper cover with easy installation includes a caliper cover body, a fixing assembly and at least two first fixing bolts. One side edge of the caliper cover body extends toward a side to form a first arc-shaped side plate, and the other side edge of the caliper cover body extends toward a side to form a second arc-shaped side plate. The fixing assembly includes a bolt fixing sheet and a positioning sheet, one end of the positioning sheet is connected with the bolt fixing sheet through a second fixing bolt, and the other end of the positioning sheet passes through a strip-shaped hole and then is inserted into a slot at a top of a brake caliper. By disposing the heat dissipating silicone sheet, a contact area is increased, which allows the heat generated by the brake caliper to be quickly transferred to the caliper cover.
US12000444B2
A brake disk defines an annular shape having a radially inner side and a radially outer side. The brake disk includes: a radially outer braking surface, the braking surface having a maximum operating temperature; a fusible material section radially inward from and connected to the braking surface. The fusible material has a maximum operating temperature, the fusible material section suitable for transmitting torque between the braking surface and a shaft. The maximum operating temperature of the braking surface is higher than the maximum operating temperature of the fusible material section. When the temperature of the fusible material section raises above the maximum operating temperature of the fusible material section, the fusible material section is configured to no longer transmit torque between the braking surface and the shaft.
US12000443B2
A brake assembly comprises: a brake piston configured to be movable for a brake apply or release and having an inner wall forming a piston cavity, wherein a groove is formed on the inner wall of the brake piston; a linearly movable structure positioned within the piston cavity of the brake piston and configured to be linearly movable within the piston cavity; and a resilient material, wherein a part of the resilient material is located within the groove formed on the inner wall of the brake piston and the other part of the resilient material is disposed on an outer surface of the linearly movable structure so that the resilient material is engageable with a surface of the groove formed on the inner wall of the brake piston to move the brake piston by restoring force of the resilient material in response to linear movement of the linearly movable structure.
US12000441B2
A clutch control method is used in a vehicle that has a dog clutch and an engagement sensor, which detects an engagement of a dog clutch. The clutch control method includes executing an engagement of the dog clutch when a magnitude of a differential rotation of the dog clutch is less than or equal to a prescribed value when the engagement sensor is normal and then determining the engagement of the dog clutch using the engagement sensor. The clutch control method further includes setting the differential rotation of the dog clutch to a value larger than the prescribed value when the engagement sensor has failed and then determining the engagement of the dog clutch based on a difference between the differential rotation of the dog clutch at a time of starting the engagement of the dog clutch and the differential rotation of the dog clutch.
US12000434B2
A seal assembly for a truck wheel hub assembly includes an inner annular case having an axial portion disposable about an axle and a radial portion extending radially outwardly from the axial portion. An outer annular case is coupleable with a hub bore and has a radial portion extending radially inwardly from the bore. An annular elastomeric seal member has a base portion disposed on the outer case and at least one flexible axial seal lip with a first end integrally formed with the base portion and a second, free end sealingly engageable with the radial portion of the inner case. A radial projection extends radially inwardly from the outer case radial portion and has an inner radial end located adjacent to and spaced radially outwardly from the inner case axial portion or an outer circumferential surface disposed about the axle so as to form a labyrinth seal gap.
US12000433B2
A magnetic suspension bearing device, a compressor and a method for adjusting catcher bearing gap. The magnetic suspension bearing device includes: a housing; a rotor in the housing; a magnetic bearing assembly between the housing and the rotor; a catcher bearing bracket mounted axially to an end of the housing, with a catcher bearing mounted at a radially inner side of the catcher bearing bracket; and a washer between the catcher bearing bracket and the end of the housing; wherein the washer includes a plurality of sub-washer portions, such that when the catcher bearing bracket is moved axially relative to the end of the housing to separate from the washer while still being supported by the end of the housing, the plurality of sub-washer portions can be radially removed and mounted.
US12000430B2
A joint element provided with a swing dampener element and comprising a first joint part, a second joint part, and a swing dampener brake. The second joint part comprises a second end part which is detachably fixed to a first end part of the second joint part by a joint part coupling which is adapted to allow the second end part to be moved in an axial direction to a detached position in relation to the first end part, the detached position allowing replacement of active components of the swing dampener brake while the first end part remains bearing-mounted to the first joint part, the active components of the swing dampener brake comprising at least one first brake disc member and at least one second brake disc member.
US12000427B2
Provided is a fall prevention tool (1) for a nut (N), which is installed in a bolt (B) to which the nut (N) is attached, the tool including a bolt holding part (2b) into which the bolt (B) is inserted, and a nut holding part (3) that is provided integrally with the bolt holding part (2b), is provided on an outer periphery of the nut (N), and is configured to prevent rotation of the nut (N) by restoring force.
US12000425B2
A locking fastener assembly comprising a fastener having a threaded portion, and a head having a first end and a second end axially spaced from the first end, the second end comprising a fastening surface and a locking washer recess. The locking fastener assembly further comprises a locking washer disposed at least partially within the locking washer recess, the locking washer comprising a locking tab extending in a first direction and a stop biased in a second direction opposing the first direction, wherein the locking tab is operable to lock rotation of the locking washer relative to an item being secured upon a torqueing rotation and a loosening rotation of the fastener. A locking member is supported by the fastener, and operable to interface with the stop of the locking washer upon the loosening rotation of the fastener to lock the fastener relative to the item being secured.
US12000391B2
An outlet gasket which has a gasket structure made of a gasket material, for sealing off a first pressure outlet and a second pressure outlet of a pump, the gasket structure including: a first sealing stay which circumferentially encloses a first fluid passage of the outlet gasket, provided for the first pressure outlet, in a seal in an axial plan view onto the outlet gasket; and a second sealing stay which circumferentially encloses a second fluid passage of the outlet gasket, provided for the second pressure outlet and located laterally next to the first fluid passage, in a seal in the plan view, wherein the gasket structure forms the sealing stays contiguously as a unit, and/or the outlet gasket includes a support structure on which the sealing stays are arranged.
US12000379B2
A wind turbine system comprising: a wind turbine; and a monitoring system, wherein the wind turbine comprises: a tower; an arm extending from the tower, a rotor-nacelle assembly (RNA) carried by the arm; and a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sensor carried by the arm or the RNA. The monitoring system is configured to receive position data from the GNSS sensor and obtain a moment or force measurement on the basis of the position data.
US12000376B2
A tower section (1) for wind turbine including a wall including an inner surface (12) and an outer surface (13), the tower section including at least two tubular tower elements (14) stacked and connected together by element connectors (36) each extending astride the two tower elements, each tower element including at least two wall segments (16), connected together by segment connectors (26), the element connectors being arranged on only one of the wall surfaces and the segment connectors being arranged only on the other wall surface and no element connector facing at least partially a segment connector in a radial direction such that the wall is at no point interposed between this element connector and a segment connector.
US12000369B2
A thermal energy storage system comprising a working fluid to store and transfer thermal energy between a heat source and a thermal load and a vessel to store the working fluid. The vessel has an interior region and a floating separator piston in the interior region to separate a hot portion from a cold portion of the working fluid. There is a first manifold thermally coupled to an output of the heat source and to an input of the thermal load and fluidly coupled to the interior region of the vessel and a second manifold thermally coupled to an input of the heat source and an output of the thermal load and fluidly coupled to the interior region of the vessel. There is a controller configured to maintain the working fluid in a liquid state.
US12000368B2
A small hydropower of a novel concept, comprising: two side supports; a main rotation axis provided on the upper end between the two side supports; a rotation body for rotating around the main rotation axis; fillable-then-emptiable water containers which are provided around the circumference of the rotation body, remain horizontally level, add weight by being filled with a certain amount of water when positioned at the top center of the rotation body during rotation, and remove the weight by spilling when positioned at the bottom center; a selective water supply device which can provide, to a fillable-then-emptiable water container that is positioned at the top center of the rotation body, water, and which temporarily stops discharging water until the next fillable-then-emptiable water container is positioned, if one fillable-then-emptiable water container is completely filled.
US12000367B2
A system for generating tidal power comprising a tank supported by at least one vertical gear, such that the tank travels in an upward direction and a downward direction with the at least one vertical gear, the tank travel based on a vertical motion of a tide. At least one circular gear is coupled to the at least one vertical gear, such that the at least one circular gear rotates when the at least one vertical gear moves in the upward direction and the downward direction. A shaft is connected to the at least one circular gear, such that the shaft rotates when the at least one circular gear rotates. A dynamo is attached to the shaft, such that the rotation of the shaft is transmitted to the dynamo for power generation.
US12000363B2
An example valve includes a piston configured to block fluid flow from a first port of the valve to a second port of the valve when the valve is in a closed position; a relief mode spring applying a first biasing force on the piston in a distal direction; a reverse flow spring applying a second biasing force on the piston in a proximal direction, wherein the reverse flow spring is weaker than the relief mode spring; and a pressure setting spring applying a third biasing force on a check element in the distal direction, causing the check element to be seated when the valve is in the closed position.
US12000361B2
A rocket propellant tank arrangement (40) for storing fuel and oxidizer for launching a rocket includes an oxygen tank (42) for storing liquid oxygen and a fuel tank (52) for storing liquid fuel, wherein the fuel tank is at least partially arranged within the oxygen tank.
US12000360B2
An exhaust duct for an engine includes an outer exhaust duct and a nested exhaust duct capable of having at least two configurations. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a first length of the nested exhaust duct in a first configuration. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a second length of the nested exhaust duct in a second configuration, which is less than the first length.
US12000343B1
A clutch assembly includes a clutch pack, and a rotating control piston selectably engageable with the clutch pack via movement of the clutch piston along an axis of rotation of the control piston. The clutch piston includes a piston member engageable with the clutch pack, a cover plate installed into the piston member to define an enclosed volume, and an axially fixed chamber divider positioned in the enclosed volume to divide the enclosed volume into a control pressure chamber and a pressure balancing chamber. Both the control pressure chamber and the pressure balancing chamber are filled with hydraulic fluid, and the control piston is moved between a disengaged position and an engaged position via modulation of hydraulic pressure in the control pressure chamber.
US12000333B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing ammonia. The system may comprise one or more reactor modules configured to generate hydrogen from a source material comprising ammonia. The hydrogen generated by the one or more reactor modules may be used to provide additional heating of the reactor modules (e.g., via combustion of the hydrogen), or may be provided to one or more fuel cells for the generation of electrical energy.
US12000329B2
The present disclosure relates to assemblies for engines such as pre-combustion chamber assemblies for spark ignition engines. It is known to provide a spark ignition engine with a pre-combustion chamber but it can be difficult to provide a system with good knock performance at high speed with high loads while still having reliable ignition at low speed with low load. In particular, at low speed with low load, there may be a relatively high percentage of exhaust gas residuals (EGR) in a pre-combustion chamber which can prevent ignition especially when the ignition timing is retarded during catalyst heating. Aspects of the disclosure aim to alleviate at least to a certain extent the problems of the prior art. According to a first aspect there is provided a pre-combustion chamber assembly for a spark ignition engine, the assembly having: an ignition chamber adapted to contain at least one electrode of a spark generator; the ignition chamber being adapted to communicate with a main engine combustion chamber via at least one pre-chamber port; wherein the ignition chamber communicates for removal therefrom of exhaust gas residuals. The exhaust gas residuals are preferably removed to a distinct storage chamber, more preferably via a transfer port.
US12000326B2
The present disclosure relates to an engine system having an engine and a cooling system. An engine vent line is fluidly connected to the engine for venting air from the engine system and bypassing the coolant flow circuit. The engine vent line has a hydraulic diameter and length selected to provide a predetermined engine head loss for the engine and a rate of flow of coolant in the at least one engine vent line at or below a maximum engine vent flow rate target during operation of the engine. The engine vent line comprises a helical section in which a portion is formed into a helix.
US12000318B2
An exhaust muffler supporting structure includes left and right vehicle body-side hangers, left and right muffler-side hangers, suspending hooks, suspended hooks, and left and right cushion members. The vehicle body-side hangers extend from a bottom of a vehicle body. The muffler-side hangers are fixed to an exhaust system body. The suspending hooks are disposed respectively on the vehicle body-side hangers. The suspended hooks are disposed respectively on the muffler-side hangers. The cushion members each have first and second hook holes into which a corresponding one of the suspending hooks and a corresponding one of the suspended hooks are inserted respectively. The first and second hook holes are disposed on respective sides of each of the cushion members in a main axis direction. An elastic main axis obtained based on characteristics of the cushion members is set on a gravity center position of the exhaust system body.
US12000305B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, a pressure side, a suction side, and a mean line. First and second ribs each connect the pressure side and the suction side. Each of the first and second ribs define a tube portion that circumscribes a rib passage, and first and second connector arms that solely join the tube portion to, respectively, the pressure side and the suction side. The first rib, the second rib, and the airfoil wall bound a continuous cooling channel there between. The continuous cooling channel has a pressure side portion to the pressure side of the mean line and a suction side portion to the suction side of the mean line. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion each have a cross-sectioned shape selected from an L-shape, a T-shape, and an l-shape.
US12000303B2
The invention relates to a fan blade (3) made of composite material the fibrous reinforcement of which comprises first strands (12) having a first stiffness, second strands (13) having a second stiffness and third strands (14) having a third stiffness lower than the first stiffness and greater than the second stiffness, the blade comprising a first portion (15) comprising only first strands (12), a second portion (16) comprising only second strands (13) and a third portion (17) which is located between the first and second portions (15, 16) and which comprises both first, second and third strands (12, 13, 14); there is a gradual transition of properties at the interface between the different portions (15, 16, 17).
US12000291B2
A hydrogen dispensing system includes a hydrogen storage tank for storing hydrogen gas, a turboexpander generator fluidly connected to the hydrogen storage tank, and a dispenser fluidly connected to the turboexpander generator. The turboexpander generator receives a flow of the hydrogen gas from the hydrogen storage tank at an inlet of the turboexpander generator, reduces a pressure and a temperature of the flow of hydrogen gas, and outputs the hydrogen gas to the dispenser.
US12000281B2
A method of controlling a horizontal directional drill having a rotary drive system. The rotary drive system includes a variable displacement pump providing pressurized fluid to a motor, a displacement control that adjusts motor displacement, a torque limiter valve that opens at a torque limit to provide pressurized fluid to the displacement control to allow the system to limit torque, and cross-port relief valves that open at a cross-port relief pressure to limit pressure applied across a motor inlet and a motor outlet. The method includes adjusting the torque limiter pressure to vary the maximum torque applied to a drill string based on operating parameters of the horizontal direction drill, and adjusting the cross-port relief pressure to be higher than the torque limiter pressure each time that the torque limiter pressure is adjusted.
US12000276B2
A method includes installing a measurement device on the injection wellhead, injecting a fluid into the injection well at a plurality of injection rates using a computer processor, measuring an injection bottom hole pressure at each injection rate to determine a plurality of injection bottom hole pressures using the computer processor, determining a relationship between the plurality of injection rates and the plurality of injection bottom hole pressures using the computer processor, and determining an injectivity index of the injection well using the relationship and the computer processor.
US12000264B2
A method of predicting three-dimensional fracture geometry in a subterranean region of interest is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a strain tensor for the subterranean region of interest, calculating a set of principal strain components from the strain tensor, and determining a strain cyclide from the set of principal strain components. The method further includes calculating a set of quadrimodal fault normal vectors from the strain cyclide and determining an in-plane shear strain magnitude and a shear strain orientation from the set of quadrimodal fault normal vectors.
US12000242B2
An electro-hydraulic control system for actuating a control valve includes a control module. The control module is coupled to the surface via two hydraulic lines and an electric line. The control module uses one of the hydraulic lines as an “open” line and the other line as a “close” line. The control module includes a normally closed (NC) solenoid valve (SOV) that is coupled to the electric line and can be controlled from the surface to open or close. The opening or closing of the NC SOV in cooperation with hydraulic pressure on an “open” or “close” line of the hydraulic lines operates (i.e., closes or opens) the control valve.
US12000234B2
A plug system includes a lower plug, an upper plug, and a sleeve configured to be positioned at least partially within the lower plug, the upper plug, or both. The sleeve defines one or more channels in an outer surface thereof. The sleeve is configured to shift axially from a first position into a second position with respect to the lower plug. In the first position, fluid is prevented from flowing through the one or more channels. In the second position, the fluid is permitted to flow through the lower plug via the one or more channels.
US12000233B2
A downhole tool for cleaning and sealing a wellbore includes a wash tool configured at a downhole end of the downhole tool to generate pulses of a first fluid at a first frequency and a first pressure for washing a target interval of a wellbore. The downhole tool further includes a plugging tool configured uphole or downhole from the wash tool to generate pulses of a second fluid at a second frequency and a second pressure for depositing a sealing plug at the target interval of the wellbore. The second fluid has a higher viscosity than the first fluid, the second frequency is lower than the first frequency, and the second pressure is higher than the first pressure.
US12000229B1
The modular bowl system provides a detachable bowl top and a modular bottom. The bowl top detaches to allow for easy repair of the bowl system should the bowl top become damaged. The detachable modular bottom securing to the bowl body for attaching the bowl body to the annular. The modular bottom provides a fixed attachment or a rotatable attachment of the bowl body with the annular. The modular bottom provides different sized bottom flanges for attachment to different sized annulars. The bowl body rotates for positioning of the bowl and the outlets and the inlet of the bowl for attachment to the flow line.
US12000222B2
A pressure compensation device with an accumulator group for controlled pressure drilling includes an electrical flat valve, a check valve, an accumulator group, a flanged pup joint and a support base. The electrical flat valve is connected to the check valve and is mounted on a top surface of the support base. The accumulator group mounted on the whole support base is a pre-storage pressure compensation device for controlled pressure drilling, and is located at a downstream position of the check valve. The liquid inlet end of the accumulator group is connected to the check valve, and the liquid discharge end is connected to the flanged pup joint.
US12000221B2
A system and method for separating two or more materials, such as a solid from a liquid, or a solid from a slurry, are provided. An exemplary system and method for separating drill cuttings from drilling fluids are provided, as well as a system and method of processing such separated drill cuttings. In another implementation, a system and method is provided for separating gold (or another mineral, element, or solid) from a slurry or liquid that includes mining cuttings.
US12000218B2
In order to achieve the objects described above, the present invention provides an adapter tool for coupling a ben stiffener with interface for bell mouths of models with connection type BSN900E in a diverless bell mouth (BSDL), consisting of a adapter split ring (1), guide pin holes (C), fastener eyes (D), and through holes (E). The adapter tool is capable of keeping interchangeability and flexibility between projects or project phases, even if different bellmouth models are used. The interconnection method between the helmet (9) and the adapter split ring (1) can be done by direct attachment by bolt, or by attachment by ring/rod support. Both interconnections can be made on board a flexible line launching vessel, in the case of reusing lines from other projects, or at the factory, in the case of sharing new flexible lines.
US12000216B2
A pipe assembly has a hollow inner member nested within a hollow outer member. A series of pipe assemblies are connected end-to-end to form a dual-member drill string useful in horizontal directional drilling operations. The drill string has mutually exclusive first and second fluid paths. Fluid seals, interposed between adjacent inner members of the string, isolate the first fluid path from the second fluid path. Compressed air is delivered into the first fluid path from above ground level, and routed to an underground boring tool. The expelled air and spoils are returned to above ground level by way of the second fluid path. One or more baffle elements are supported on the drill string adjacent the boring tool. The baffle elements are configured to prevent compressed air and spoils from flowing between the walls of the borehole and the drill string.
US12000199B1
An improved dog crate with Smart IOT connected features and a housing assembly being provided with a motor, a motor driver, and a microcontroller for selectively opening and closing a sliding door that is attached thereon. Custom-programmed software and databases include multiple inputs for receiving at least a first and a second encoded voice command associated with the opening and closing of the sliding door. The dog crate being operable with a graphical user interface being provided on an integrated LCD touch screen, a voice assistant device, or a remote access device being configured for Wi-Fi connectivity and being individually controlled by inputting the encoded voice commands.
US12000196B2
An opening and closing body control apparatus includes a motor driving unit and a control unit. The motor driving unit outputs a predetermined application voltage to the motor, based on a control command from the control unit. The control unit is configured to: when an opening and closing body reaches a first position in front of a closing-up position, set a target speed of the motor to a closing-up time target speed at which a torque required for closing-up the opening and closing body is secured, and perform feedback control on the motor driving unit; and when the opening and closing body reaches a second position closer to the closing-up position than the first position, stop the feedback control, and control the motor driving unit so that the application voltage of the motor at the time is held.
US12000188B2
A furniture fitting includes a carrier having a substantially flat fastening surface configured to be fixed to a furniture part, an actuating portion configured to be moved relative to the carrier, and an adjustment device for adjusting a position of the actuating portion relative to the carrier, and the adjustment device has at least one actuating element rotatable about a rotational axis. The actuating portion can be adjusted relative to the carrier by exerting a torque to the actuating element, and the rotational axis of the actuating element encloses an angle larger than 0° and smaller than 90° to the fastening surface of the carrier. The actuating element is coupled to the actuating portion via an angularly-movable coupling device, and the angularly-movable coupling device preferably comprises a ball joint.
US12000171B2
A handle is arranged for controlling the latch to engage or disengage the keeper. The handle is positioned in a recess of the removable electronic device. A panel or cover covers the handle. The cover has one or more retainers associated with a first end. An opening is associated with a second end opposite the first end. A rotatable lock is secured in the opening, where in a locked state the rotatable lock has a lock latch that engages a lock recess or lock keep in the recess to secure the panel to prevent access to the handle.
US12000170B2
A construction steel platform system using a tuned liquid damper (TLD) and a tuned mass damper (TMD) for composite tuned damping is provided. According to the construction steel platform system using a TLD and a TMD for composite tuned damping, a composite damper is composed of the TLD and the TMD overlapping each other, and a construction steel platform is placed above the double dampers. By adjusting a hole diameter of a partition plate in the TLD, a liquid level in a water tank, a stiffness of a spring at an edge of a friction support and mass of materials of a top of the steel platform, the whole steel platform system can achieve composite tuned damping. The TLD and the TMD can be flexibly combined in series or in parallel according to requirements of actual wind and earthquake loads.
US12000157B2
A support for installing facing materials such as ceramic tiles on a substrate such as floors, walls and ceilings wherein the support plate has a plurality of spaced apart recesses in the plate material, with the recesses being open at the top surface and have solid sidewalls and a base, and a plurality of slots in the non-recessed portions of the plate material extending through the top surface and bottom surface, the slots joining one or more adjacent recesses. The support plate of the invention is used for tile installations between the substrate and such tile. Thin-set mortar that is used to secure the tile to the support plate flows into the recesses and into the slots forming a continuous bond between the mortar and the adjacent slots providing for a strong bond between the support plate, mortar and the tiles.
US12000154B2
An interlocking tile includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and marginal faces disposed along a perimeter of the top surface. The tile also includes at least one male coupler disposed on a first marginal face and at least one female coupler extending from the bottom surface and disposed on a second marginal face. The at least one female coupler includes an arm, the arm comprising a first notch for engaging with a corresponding male coupler of an adjacent tile at a first position, and a second notch for engaging with the corresponding male coupler of the adjacent tile at a second position.
US12000148B2
A system for use with a post-tensioning concrete anchor may comprise a connector anchor including a bore therethrough, the bore including a first frustoconical portion, the connector anchor adapted to bear on the post-tensioning concrete anchor, and a coupler. The coupler may comprise a coupler body including a bore therethrough, the bore including a second frustoconical portion that is oriented oppositely to the first frustoconical portion, and a connector having a bore therethrough and configured to receive the coupler body therein, the connector adapted to mechanically engage the connector anchor such that a tensioning force can be transmitted from the coupler body to the connector anchor via the connector. A method of using the system may allow a second concrete section to be poured adjacent to a first concrete section before the first concrete section has been stressed.
US12000146B2
An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
US12000143B2
A modular wall system includes a leveler disposed within a wall module. The leveler includes a base to which floor interfacing members of the modular wall system connect. As the leveler adjusts the height of the wall module, the base to which the floor interfacing members attach remain stationary. During installation, the bottom edges of the floor interfacing members can be trimmed to form a consistent gap below the floor interfacing members.
US12000137B2
A mounting device includes a base including an open bottom. An internal cavity is under the base for containing a sealant against with a roof when the mounting device is secured to the roof. An attachment member extends from the base. The attachment member has a first face and a second face opposite the first face. A plurality of openings are through the base for receiving a plurality of fasteners, respectively, when the mounting device is secured to the roof. The plurality of openings are in communication with the internal cavity. A sidewall of the base extends outward such that the base and the internal cavity extend beyond each of the first face and the second face.
US12000131B2
A flush toilet includes a bowl part, a drainage water trap part that is connected to a bottom part thereof, and a water drainage socket that is connected thereto and includes a back side R part that changes a flow channel so that washing water flowing from an upper side is directed to a front side, a front side R part that is provided on a downstream side of the back side R part and changes a flow channel so that washing water flowing from a back side is directed to a lower side, a water storage part that stores a part of washing water on a flow channel from the back side R part to the front side R part, and a throttle part that is provided on a downstream side of the front side R part and decreases a cross-sectional area of a flow channel thereof.
US12000126B2
A programmable system with user interface control for water flow rate or water temperature. Embodiments of the invention include a water temperature control system for a shower.
US12000123B2
A backflow preventer including a body having an inlet for connection to an upstream portion of a plumbing system and an outlet for connection to a downstream portion of the plumbing system, a first check valve and a second check valve located in the body for preventing the reverse flow of water between the outlet and the inlet. An inlet pressure zone is positioned between the inlet and the first check valve, an outlet pressure zone is positioned between the outlet and the second check valve, and an intermediate pressure zone is positioned between the first and the second check valves. Position sensors sense the positions of the check valves, and pressure sensors sense the pressures in the zone. A controller in communication with the position sensors and the pressure sensors calculates the opening and closing pressures of the check valves.
US12000116B2
A work machine display system includes an image acquisition unit and a display control unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a captured image in which surroundings of a work machine are portrayed. The display control unit generates a display signal in order to display a display image including a peripheral image based on the captured image on a screen of a display unit after transition when the display control unit receives a transition signal for screen transition while the peripheral image is displayed on the display unit.
US12000114B2
A hydraulic excavator includes a receiver configured to calculate a position and an azimuth angle of an upper swing structure on the basis of satellite signals received by two GNSS antennae and a controller configured to calculate a distal end position of a bucket on the basis of the position and the azimuth angle of the upper swing structure calculated by the receiver. The controller sets, on the basis of installation positions of the two GNSS antennae, a movable range of a front work device and an inclination angle and an azimuth angle of the upper swing structure, a range within which the front work device possibly becomes an obstacle to reception of satellite signals by each of the two GNSS antennae as a mask range. The receiver is configured to calculate the position and the azimuth angle of the upper swing structure on the basis of the satellite signals transmitted from the remaining satellites other than the satellites positioned in the mask range.
US12000091B2
The present invention relates to paper or paperboard comprising at least one coating layer formed by extrusion coating of a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin, characterized in that the PET resin comprises at least 50% by weight of a PET copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity of less than 0.7 dl/g, preferably less than 0.65 dl/g, as determined according to ISO 1628.
US12000088B2
A machine or apparatus for producing structured tissue or towel using a press section.
US12000086B2
A compact steel cord is provided. The cord includes a core-filament I steel wire with a diameter of d0, and four middle-layer M steel wires with a diameter of d1 and eight outer-layer O steel wires with a diameter of d2 that are twisted around the core-filament I steel wire in the same lay direction and the same lay length. Gaps L are reserved between the outer-layer O steel wires, an average width of the gaps L is not smaller than 0.02 mm, and the total size of the gaps L is larger than d0 and smaller than d1. The steel cord of a stable structure can be obtained by controlling the proportion of the sizes of all layers of monofilaments, the rubber coating performance of a tire cord can also be improved, the corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, impact resistance and adhesion retention of a tire are improved.
US12000084B2
Systems and methods are described whereby a deoxygenated liquid dye material is made by supplying the deoxygenated inert gas to a liquid dye material that is susceptible to oxidation, and mixing the liquid dye material in the presence of the supplied deoxygenated inert gas with water and at least one dye formulation component selected from the group consisting of reducing agents, pH adjusters, foaming agents, wetting agents and auxiliary chemicals to form a deoxygenated aqueous dye composition having an oxygen content of 30 ppm oxygen or less. A supply of inert gas may be provided which is then passed to a gas purifier to reduce oxygen content in the inert gas to, e.g., 1 ppb oxygen or less. The deoxygenated aqueous dye composition that is formed may have an oxygen content of 1 ppm or less.
US12000070B2
System and method for on-loom fabric inspection includes an imaging device collecting images of a weaving area of a loom, a frame grabber receiving images of a fell-pick of and sending compact image data packages to an image processor. Irregularities may be detected by comparing a digital string representing the characteristic sequence of warp-risers and warp-sinkers along the fell-pick with a corresponding row (901) of required warp-risers and required warp-sinkers in a reference matrix (900) representing a required weaving pattern. The digital string may be a sequence of Boolean values.
US12000063B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.
US12000060B2
A semiconductor crystal growth method and device are provided. The method comprises: obtaining an initial position of a graphite crucible when used in a semiconductor crystal growth process for the first time; obtaining a current production batch of the graphite crucible which characterizes a number of times of growth processes performed by the graphite crucible so far; and loading polysilicon raw materials into a quartz crucible sleeved in the graphite crucible based on the current production batch, wherein a total weight of the materials is called a charging amount, and the charging amount is adjusted based on the current production batch to keep an initial position of a silicon melt liquid surface in the quartz crucible stable while keeping the initial position of the graphite crucible unchanged. The present invention ensures the stability of each parameter in the crystal pulling process, and enhances the crystal pulling speed and quality.
US12000059B2
Disclosed are electrode arrays and methods of focusing charge density (voltage or current) at a functional surface on electrode arrays. An example method comprises: a. providing an electrode array comprising: i. a support substrate; ii. at least one surface structure protruding from an upper surface of the support substrate wherein the surface structure includes an electrode layer; iii. a functional surface on the electrode layer, wherein the functional surface is on an upper portion of the at least one surface structure and wherein the functional surface is adapted to contact an active species in a conductive solution; b. exposing the surface structure to the conductive solution comprising an active species, in which a counter electrode is positioned; c. establishing a current or voltage between the functional surface on the electrode layer and the counter electrode such that the charge density is focussed at the functional surface on the electrode layer.
US12000058B2
A method for producing an electrocompacted and aligned strand is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a channel having an anode on one side and a cathode on the other side separated by a non-conductive material to form an electrode; dispensing a solution comprising one or more electrocompactable and alignable molecules, nanoparticles or microparticles with ampholytic nature into the channel to complete a circuit between the anode and the cathode; applying a DC current in the range of 1-200 volts to the electrode through the solution in the channel to form an electrocompacted and aligned strand; and transferring the aligned strand out of the electrode. The one or more electrocompactable and alignable molecules, nanoparticles or microparticles with ampholytic nature can comprise collagen molecules that have different charges at different pH values. Materials including electrochemically aligned and compacted compounds are also disclosed.
US12000049B2
A reactor furnace for coating fiber tow includes an elongate reactor having a fiber tow inlet and a fiber tow outlet; a thermo-chemical reactor section positioned along the elongate reactor; a first microwave source for directing microwave energy along the reactor from a first end of the reactor toward a second end of the reactor; a second microwave source for directing microwave energy along the reactor from the second end of the reactor toward the first end of the reactor; a gas inlet upstream of the thermo-chemical reactor; and a gas outlet downstream of the thermo-chemical reactor.
US12000040B1
A cleaning booth has a handheld blaster, which emits a pulsed electromagnetic wave that is produced by a wave source. A fiber-optic cable feeds the wave from the source to the blaster. An operator can aim the blaster toward a part that rests on a movable table in the booth. When the operator actuates the wave source, a radiation beam from the blaster ablates anti-reflective coating residue from the part. The cleaning operation can be performed in a same room as the anti-reflective coating process equipment.
US12000036B2
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate. The apparatus includes: a holding mechanism including a plurality of support pins configured to rotate between a holding position and a delivery position, a first magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually between the holding position and the delivery position by switching surrounding magnetic poles, and a second magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually to the holding position by constantly applying a magnetic field to the first magnetic part; and a switching mechanism configured to apply no magnetic field of a third magnetic part to the first magnetic part normally and apply a magnetic field of the third magnetic part to the first magnetic part to rotate the support pins individually to the delivery position only when the substrate is delivered.
US12000032B2
A superalloy seamless pipe and a preparation method thereof are provided. The superalloy seamless pipe comprises the following components in percentages by weight: C: 0.01-0.06%, Si: 0.40-1.00%, Mn: 0.30-1.00%, P≤0.025%, S≤0.020%, Cr: 15.00-17.00%, Ni: 44.00-46.00%, Al: 2.90-3.90%, Ce: 0.01-0.03%, Ti: 0.10-0.30%, N: 0.03-0.08%, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
US12000014B2
The invention relates to hydrometallurgical method for recovering metals from spent energy storage devices. The method comprises combining aqueous hydrobromic acid leach solution and an electrode material of spent energy storage devices in a reaction vessel, dissolving the metals contained in the electrode material to form soluble metal bromide salts, removing elemental bromine, if formed, from the reaction vessel, separating insoluble material, if present, from the leach solution to obtain a metal-bearing solution and isolating one or more metals from said metal-bearing solution.
US12000011B2
A process for producing hot briquetted iron with increased solid carbonaceous material and/or flux includes: providing a shaft furnace of a direct reduction plant to reduce iron oxide with reducing gas; providing a hot briquette machine to produce hot briquetted iron; coupling a chute between a) a discharge exit of the shaft furnace for discharge of hot direct reduced iron and b) an entrance of the hot briquette machine; adding solid carbonaceous material and/or flux to the discharged hot direct reduced iron from the shaft furnace to produce a mixture of the discharged hot direct reduced iron and the solid carbonaceous material and/or flux before feeding to the hot briquette machine; and processing in the hot briquette machine to produce a product of hot briquetted iron with increased solid carbonaceous material content greater than about 3 weight percent and/or an increased flux content.
US12000007B2
A process for reducing film boiling by keeping the quenchant pressure above the vapor pressure of the liquid quenchant, and/or using a controlled quenchant renewal to more uniformly cool the surface of part at the initial moment of contact and apparatuses to conduct the pressure and controlled quenchant renewal are disclosed. It is believed that these processes will improve the heat treating of parts with intricate geometries to provide predictable part distortion. The applicability of the method to gun barrels, tubes, round rings, and hollow axles is explained.
US12000003B2
Provided are methods for identifying pancreatic cancer subtypes in a subject and treating the same. In some embodiments, the method comprise obtaining gene expression levels for each of the following genes in the biological sample: GPR87, KRT6A, BCAR3, PTGES, 1TGA3, C16orf74, S100A2, KRT5, REG4, ANXA10, GATA6, CLDN18, LGALS4, DDC, SLC40A1, CLRN3; performing pair-wise comparisons of gene expression levels for combinations of these genes, and calculating a Raw Score for the biological sample, wherein the Raw Score is indicative of the pancreatic cancer subtype in the subject. Also provided are methods for identifying differential treatment strategies for subjects diagnosed with PDAC, methods for treating PDAC patients based on the subtype of PD AC the patients have; and methods for classifying subjects diagnosed with PDAC as having a basal-like subtype or a classical subtype of PDAC.
US12000000B2
Labeled nucleotide analogs comprising at least one avidin protein, at least one dye-labeled compound, and at least one nucleotide compound are provided. The analogs are useful in various fluorescence-based analytical methods, including the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, such as single molecule real time nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The analogs are detectable with high sensitivity at desirable wavelengths. They contain structural components that modulate the interactions of the analogs with DNA polymerase, thus decreasing photodamage and improving the kinetic and other properties of the analogs in sequencing reactions. Also provided are nucleotide and dye-labeled compounds of the subject analogs, as well as intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds and analogs. Compositions comprising the compounds, methods of synthesis of the intermediates, compounds, and analogs, and mutant DNA polymerases are also provided.
US11999990B2
A method for assaying activity of the enzyme spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SSAT) uses SSAT substrates by detecting their acetylated forms. SSAT substrates may include rimantadine and tocainide wherein their metabolism occurs in part by the action of the inducible enzyme SSAT to produce the acetylated metabolites N-acetylrimantadine and N-acetyltocainide respectively. SSAT activity may be correlated to pathologic conditions.
US11999985B2
The present disclosure provides methods for generating sugars from a cellulosic biomass. The methods combine treatment of the biomass using a high-shear milling device and saccharification of the biomass to partially hydrolyze the biomass. The biomass can be saccharified either after or simultaneously with the high-shear milling treatment. The partially hydrolyzed biomass is then separated into a solids stream with saccharification enzymes, and a liquid stream with sugars. The solids stream and associated enzymes are further incubated under saccharification conditions to produce additional sugars, or are recycled and added to fresh biomass, which is saccharified under high-shear milling conditions. The methods result in improved conversion of cellulosic biomass to glucose.
US11999983B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a basic L-amino acid, for example, L-ornithine L-citrulline, L-arginine, L-histidine, and L-lysine by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae which has been modified to overexpress a gene encoding a protein having L-methionine/branched chain amino acid exporter activity.
US11999982B2
A microorganism is transformed to be capable of producing guanidinoacetic acid (GAA). A method can be used for the fermentative production of GAA using such a microorganism. A corresponding method can be used for the fermentative production of creatine.
US11999969B2
An improved method of culturing cells for cell therapy applications that includes growing desired cells in the presence of antigen-presenting cells and/or feeder cells and with medium volume to surface area ratio of up to 1 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is not comprised of gas permeable material and up to 2 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is comprised of gas permeable material. The desired cells are at a surface density of less than 0.5×106 cells/cm2 at the onset of a production cycle, and the surface density of the desired cells plus the surface density of the antigen presenting cells and/or feeder cells are at least about 1.25×105 cells/cm2.
US11999967B2
Safe, rapid and efficient methods for producing antigen-specific T cells recognizing human papilloma virus or HPV antigens.
US11999966B2
Nanostraws and to methods of utilizing them in order to deliver biologically relevant molecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins etc., into non-adherent cells such as immune cells, embryos, plant cells, bacteria, yeast etc. The methods described herein are repeatedly capable of delivering biologically relevant cargo into non-adherent cells, with high cell viability, dosage control, unaffected proliferation or cellular development, and with high efficiency. Among other uses, these new delivery methods will allow to scale pre-clinical cell reprogramming techniques to clinical applications.
US11999962B2
Provided is a method of increasing the effective tiller number of a rice plant, including overexpressing a gene having a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the rice plant. The gene encodes a protein which interacts with MOC1 in the rice plant.
US11999951B2
Contiguity information is important to achieving high-quality de novo assembly of mammalian genomes and the haplotype-resolved resequencing of human genomes. The methods described herein pursue cost-effective, massively parallel capture of contiguity information at different scales.
US11999949B2
The invention provides a method for genetic analysis in individuals that reveals both the genetic sequences and chromosomal copy number of targeted and specific genomic loci in a single assay. The present invention further provide methods for the sensitive and specific detection of target gene sequences and gene expression profiles.
US11999948B2
Provided are methods of producing size-selected nucleic acid libraries. The methods include contacting a nucleic acid sample and a nucleic acid binding reagent including an affinity tag, under conditions in which nucleic acids of less than a desired length are substantially bound to the nucleic acid binding reagent and nucleic acids of the desired length are substantially not bound to the nucleic acid binding reagent. The conditions include the duration of the contacting, the concentration of the nucleic acid binding reagent, or both. The methods further include separating, using the affinity tag, the nucleic acids of less than the desired length bound to the nucleic acid binding reagent from the nucleic acids of the desired length not bound to the nucleic acid binding reagent, to produce a size-selected nucleic acid library. Compositions and kits that find use, e.g., in practicing the methods of the present disclosure, are also provided.
US11999943B2
Methods of redirecting carbon flux and increasing C2/C3 or a C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical product yield in an organism, nonnaturally occurring organisms with redirected carbon flux and increased C2/C3 or C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical product yield and methods for using these organisms in production of C2/C3 or C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical products are provided.
US11999933B2
A biological sheet culture device includes a scaffold, a number of culture dishes for culturing biological sheets positioned on the scaffold and at least one fluid channel configured to traverse each culture dish.
US11999927B2
A beverage maker may include a water tank storing water; a water supply pump provided below the water tank to receive water from the water tank, a water supply channel connected to the water supply pump to guide water discharged from the water supply pump, an air removing channel connected to the water supply channel, an air removing valve or cap connected to the air removing channel, and a controller maintaining the water supply pump in an off state when the air removing valve is opened.
US11999926B2
A method of cleaning soiled ware in a dishwasher, the method having the step of delivering a phosphate-free cleaning composition using a multi-dosing system, the composition comprising bleach, metal bleach catalyst and a complexing agent and wherein the complexing agent is slowly released as compared to the bleach catalyst.
US11999924B2
The present disclosure relates to stable aqueous compositions of alkyl sulfates, which are suitable for numerous commercial applications due to their favorable cleaning and foaming properties. More particularly, the disclosure relates to stable aqueous compositions of alkyl sulfates in combination with select hydrophobic agents, such as essential oils.
US11999922B2
The present invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising a detergent additive derived from raw cashew nut shell liquid. The invention also provides a process for preparing the additive and the use of the lubricating composition in a mechanical device.
US11999912B1
A process for reverse isomerization of a light naphtha feedstock containing branched C5-C7 paraffins. The process includes feeding a mixed feed stream including the light naphtha feedstock to a separation unit to generate an iso-paraffin stream and one or more normal paraffin streams. The process further includes mixing hydrogen gas and a hydrocarbon feed stream containing the iso-paraffin stream to form a hydrogen-enriched liquid feed stream which is provided to a reverse isomerization reactor. The hydrogen-enriched liquid feed stream is contacted with a solid reverse isomerization catalyst for reverse hydroisomerization in a substantially two-phase liquid-solid reverse isomerization fixed-bed reaction zone convert iso-paraffins to normal paraffins. The isomerization effluent stream is provided to a stabilization column to generate a stabilized isomerate stream which is combined with the light naphtha feedstock to generate the mixed feed stream. An associated system for performing the process is also provided.
US11999910B2
A method for preparing liquid fuel by direct conversion of syngas uses the syngas as reaction raw material and conducts a catalytic conversion reaction on a fixed bed or a moving bed. The catalyst is a composite catalyst formed by compounding component I and component II in a mechanical mixing mode. The active ingredient of the component I is a metal oxide, and the component II is at least one of zeolites with one-dimensional ten-membered ring porous channels; and a weight ratio of the active ingredient in the component I to that in the component II is 0.1-20. The reaction process has high product yield and selectivity. The selectivity for liquid fuel composed of C5-C11 can reach 50-80%. The selectivity for aromatic hydrocarbon is less than 40% in C5-C11, while the selectivity for methane side product is less than 15%.
US11999883B2
A lightweight electromagnetic wave shielding tape is disclosed. The tape includes a first polymer protective layer, a calendered conductive material layer coupled to a bottom side of the first polymer protective layer, and a second polymer protective layer coupled to a bottom side of the conductive material layer so that the conductive material layer is encapsulated within the protective layers. An adhesive layer can also be applied to one of the protective layers.
US11999880B2
Provided is a hot melt adhesive sheet comprising a hot melt adhesive that comprises a styrene-based block copolymer and a tackifier, in which the styrene-based block copolymer comprises a hard segment composed of a polystyrene block and a soft segment composed of a constituent unit derived from propylene.
US11999878B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an adhesive layer, bearing including the adhesive layer, and methods of forming. The adhesive layer can include a mixture of a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the second polymer includes ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the third polymer includes a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene, or a combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the first polymer can include an aromatic polymer. In another embodiment, the adhesive layer can have a tensile stress in an extrusion direction of at least 30 MPa.
US11999871B2
A crystalline titanium and magnesium compound having an X-ray diffraction pattern having interplanar spacing (d-spacing) values at about 5.94, 3.10, 2.97, 2.10, 1.98, 1.82, and 1.74±0.1 angstroms may be used in protective coatings for metal or metal alloy substrates. The coatings exhibit excellent corrosion resistances and provide corrosion protection equal to or better than typical non-chromate coatings.
US11999862B2
When making parts by additive manufacturing, particularly by fused filament fabrication, it is sometimes necessary to include a removable support during part fabrication due to the shape of the part. An overhang, for instance, may be fabricated using a support structure, which is subsequently eliminated following polymer matrix consolidation. Elimination of a removable support following part fabrication may be problematic in some instances. Polymer filaments suitable for forming removable supports during additive manufacturing may comprise at least one imide polymer having at least partial solubility in aqueous fluids. Imide polymers may include, for example, polyimides and polyesterimides. Additive manufacturing processes may comprise forming a supported part by depositing a build material and a removable support comprising an imide polymer, wherein at least a portion of the build material is deposited upon the removable support. An unsupported part may be formed following exposure of the supported part to an aqueous fluid.
US11999855B2
Functionalized fluorescent tracers, methods of making the tracers, and methods of using the tracers are provided. In some implementations, the fluorescent tracers include a functionalized fluorescent dye. The functionalized fluorescent dye includes an isothiocyanate-containing dye functionalized with a functional group that includes a primary amine. In some implementations, a method of tracing fluid flow in a subterranean formation includes mixing the functionalized fluorescent tracer into a fluid, flowing the tracer fluid into a subterranean formation, recovering a sample from a subterranean formation, and analyzing the sample for a fluorescent signal and a barcode functional group.
US11999852B2
Curable silicone compositions comprising an aryl group-containing organopolysiloxane gum having a consistency of 200 to 900 as a rheological modifier are provided. Use of the curable silicone compositions comprising an aryl group-containing organopolysiloxane gum having a consistency of 200 to 900 in methods for additive manufacturing a three-dimensional silicone elastomer article are further provided.
US11999838B2
Provided are a resin additive composition which is excellent in fluidity and can impart excellent physical properties to a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article thereof. A resin additive composition is composed of a phosphoric acid ester compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): (in the formula (1), R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and R5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a fatty acid sodium salt (B) represented by the following general formula (2): (in the formula (2), R6 represents a group introduced from an aliphatic organic acid having 7 to 30 carbon atoms), and the mass ratio of (B)/(A) is 0.55 to 2.0.
US11999835B2
Storage-stable two-component polyurethane or polyisocyanurate spray foam compositions are disclosed, said compositions comprising: (a) an A-side component comprising one or more polyisocyanate and one or more blowing agent; and (b) a B-side component comprising one or more polyol and one or more blowing agent comprising pressurized gaseous carbon dioxide and one or more liquid blowing agent; wherein both the A-side component and the B-side component, separately, generate less than 300 ppm of fluoride ion after one week of aging at 50° C.
US11999832B2
An object is to smoothly obtain, through coating of the surface of a metal roll, a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and can be used in a water sealing process, and/or to lower the adhesion force of such film on metal seal bar, etc., during heat sealing. As a solution, a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film containing components A to C below is provided: A. a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; B. a plasticizer; and C. one or more types selected from sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether acetate, disodium polyoxyethylene alkyl sulfosuccinate salt, N-alkyl-N-methyl-ß-alanine sodium salt, and sodium alkane-1,2-diol acetate salt.
US11999828B2
The present application is directed to methods for preparation of carbon materials. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries.
US11999825B2
Described herein are end-capped poly(aryl ether sulfone) (“PAES”) polymers and corresponding synthesis methods. The end-capped PAES polymers are end-capped by functionalizing a PAES polymer with a halophthalic diialkyl ester end-capping agent. It was surprisingly discovered that the resulting dialkyl phthalate end-capped PAES polymers could be synthesized with significantly improved end-capping conversion rates, relative to end-capped PAES polymers directly functionalized with traditional phthalic anhydride end-capping agents. It was also surprisingly found that by heating the isopropyl phthalate end-capped PAES polymers, the polymers could be converted to the corresponding phthalic anhydride end-capped PAES polymers, yielding a more efficient synthetic route to phthalic anhydride end-capped PAES polymers.
US11999816B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic polyurethane reacting at least one thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-1) or a polyurethane mixture comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-1) with at least one compound (V1) comprising two hydroxyl groups to obtain a mixture (G-a) comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-2) and the reaction of the mixture (G-a) with a mixture (G-b) comprising an isocyanate composition (ZI) comprising at least one diisocyanate and optionally and a polyol composition (ZP) comprising at least one polyol (P2) to obtain a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU target), wherein the proportion of the employed components (ZI) and (ZP) is matched to the hard segment content of the employed thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-1), (V1) and the hard segment content of the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU target). The invention further relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane obtained or obtainable by such a process and to the use thereof for producing extruded, injection molded and pressed articles as well as foams, cable sheathings, hoses, profiles, drive belts, fibers, nonwovens, films, moldings, soles, sporting goods, shoes, plugs, housings, damping elements for the electricals industry, automotive industry, mechanical engineering, 3D printing, medicine and consumer goods.
US11999814B2
Sulfated bentonite compositions are characterized by a total pore volume from 0.4 to 1 mL/g, a total BET surface area from 200 to 400 m2/g, and an average pore diameter from 55 to 100 Angstroms. The sulfated bentonite compositions also can be characterized by a d50 average particle size in a range from 15 to 50 μm and a ratio of d90/d10 from 3 to 15. The sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 10 to 90 wt. % of colloidal particles, or the sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 0.2 to 10 mmol/g of zinc and/or phosphorus. These compositions can be utilized in metallocene catalyst systems to produce ethylene based polymers.
US11999810B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the process has a first polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a first monomer composition M.a and a subsequent further polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a second monomer composition M.b, where the monomers M comprise at least one monomer M0 which is selected from compounds of formula 1, wherein X is Cl, Br or OS(O)2R3, Y is H, Cl, Br, OS(O)2R4, C1-C10-alkyl, or C(═O)OR5, R1 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R3 is C1-C10-alkyl, R4 is C1-C10-alkyl, R5 is C1-C20-alkyl. The invention also relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by such a process as well as the use of such dispersions.
US11999809B2
Disclosed herein are new graft copolymers of dextran and polyacrylamide. The graft copolymers can include dextran, where the dextran is a backbone polymer including about 15 wt % to about 50 wt % of the graft copolymer; and polyacrylamide, where the polyacrylamide is a side chain polymer including about 50 wt % to about 85 wt % of the graft copolymer, based on the total weight of the graft copolymer, where the graft copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight from about 1,000,000 g/mol to about 1,500,000 g/mol. The graft copolymers of dextran and polyacrylamide can be used as friction reducers for well treatment fluids.
US11999807B2
Supported chromium catalysts containing a solid oxide and 0.1 to 15 wt. % chromium, in which the solid oxide or the supported chromium catalyst has a particle size span from 0.5 to 1.4, less than 3 wt. % has a particle size greater than 100 μm, and less than 10 wt. % has a particle size less than 10 μm, can be contacted with an olefin monomer in a loop slurry reactor to produce an olefin polymer. Representative ethylene-based polymers produced using the chromium catalysts have a HLMI of 4 to 70 g/10 min, a density from 0.93 to 0.96 g/cm3, from 150 to 680 ppm solid oxide (such as silica), from 1.5 to 6.8 ppm chromium, and a film gel count of less than 15 catalyst particle gels per ft2 of 25 micron thick film and/or a gel count of less than or equal to 50 catalyst particles of greater than 100 μm per five grams of the ethylene polymer.
US11999798B2
Provided herein are anti-Factor IX Padua binding constructs, e.g., antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. Related polypeptides, conjugates and kits are also provided. The inventions may be used in methods of detecting Factor IX Padua in a sample.
US11999796B2
The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having antigenic specificity for CD70, the CAR comprising: an antigen binding—transmembrane domain comprising a CD27 amino acid sequence lacking all or a portion of the CD27 intracellular T cell signaling domain; a 4-1BB intracellular T cell signaling domain; a CD3ζ intracellular T cell signaling domain; and optionally, a CD28 intracellular T cell signaling domain. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CARs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed.
US11999795B2
Provided is a monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof in which heavy-chain complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) 1 to 3 respectively consist of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 4 and light-chain CDRs 1 to 3 respectively consist of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 5 to 7; a monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof in which heavy-chain CDRs 1 to 3 respectively consist of amino acid sequences obtained by deleting, substituting, or adding one or several amino acids in the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 4 and light-chain CDRs 1 to 3 respectively consist of amino acid sequences obtained by deleting, substituting, or adding one or several amino acids in the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 5 to 7, and which has binding properties to a KK-LC-1 protein; or a monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof which competes with the monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof in which the heavy-chain CDRs 1 to 3 respectively consist of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 4 and the light-chain CDRs 1 to 3 respectively consist of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 5 to 7, and has binding properties to the KK-LC-1 protein.
US11999789B2
Described herein are humanized anti-TL1A antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
US11999786B2
Disclosed herein are antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates thereof that bind human CD48. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates thereof; and methods of making and using such pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer in a patient in need of treatment.
US11999777B2
The present invention provides methods for preventing and treating SARS-CoV-2 infections, COVID-19, or symptoms thereof. The methods of the invention feature the administration of one or more antigen-binding molecules (e.g., antibodies) that bind a surface protein of SARS-CoV-2 (e.g., spike protein).
US11999776B2
The present invention provides a novel IGFR-like receptor 2 and antagonists and agonists for targeting said receptor. Said antagonists and agonists are envisaged for use as a medicament, and in particular for treatment of cancer or diabetes.
US11999773B2
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), such as those specific for BCMA, that have improved properties, including increased CAR T cell binding to BCMA and improved CAR T cell killing of BCMA-expressing cancer cells. Use of the CARs in immune cells (e.g., T cells), compositions (e.g., CARs and nucleic acid constructs encoding the same), and methods are also contemplated.
US11999770B2
The present invention relates to peptides, methods for production of the same, nanoparticle formulations of the same and the use of these new peptides and nanoparticle formulations as inhibitors of protein-protein interactions, in particular for application in the treatment of diseases associated with overexpression of the RAN gene.
US11999766B2
The present invention relates i.a. to a recombinant avian coronavirus spike protein or fragment thereof comprising a mutation at amino acid position 267 to Cysteine. Further, the present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising an avian coronavirus with such spike protein.
US11999759B2
Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compounds compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, the method of use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to boronic acid derivatives and their use as therapeutic agents, for example, β-lactamase inhibitors (BLIs).
US11999747B2
Compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed The variables X1, X2, and R1-4 are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating cancer and related proliferative diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula I are also disclosed.
US11999744B2
Crystalline Forms of Compound (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and solvates of any of the foregoing are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods of treating disorders and conditions associated with oncogenic KIT and PDGFRA alterations using the same, and methods for making Compound (I) and crystalline forms thereof are also disclosed.
US11999739B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of antimicrobial compounds and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for treating, preventing, reducing the risk of, and delaying the onset of microbial infections in humans and animals. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a compound of Formula (I) or tautomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or tautomer
US11999734B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (Ia) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, stereoisomers thereof. It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (Ia) and the use of compounds of Formula (Ib), in particular to modulate CFTR protein or ABC protein activities.
US11999718B2
The Present invention provides a novel pyrazole derivative compound represented by Chemical formula 1, a stereoisomer thereof, a solvate thereof, an isotopic variant thereof, a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. (In the above, A, B and R, and the like are the same as defined in the description of the invention.)
US11999714B1
A 3-(4,5-Diphenyl-2-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-N,N-dimethylpropan-1-amine compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11999713B2
Described herein are MAT2A inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitors. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of a disease or disorder associated with MAT2A.
US11999711B1
A compound 2-(Benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)-1-butyl-4.5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory agent.
US11999707B1
A N′-(2-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ylthio)acetoxy)-1-naphthimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11999686B2
The invention relates to an improved process for providing purified styrenic monomers, such as styrene, from styrene-containing polymer waste. Styrene-containing waste is depolymerized in a suitable reactor, and the depolymerization products are condensed and separated in a three-step distillation process.
US11999672B2
Systems and methods for the production of a high purity isoamylene product. The isoamylene in a mixed hydrocarbon stream may initially be converted to TAME via etherification, and a subsequent decomposition of the TAME may result in a high purity isoamylene stream with very low impurities that is suitable for a variety of petrochemical applications, such as for use in the production of fragrances, pesticides, peroxides, polymer antioxidants, UV stabilizers and hydrocarbon resins.
US11999670B2
The invention is directed to coated fertilizer granules and methods for manufacturing granules and using organically enhanced inorganic fertilizer granules, which incorporate a coating of one or more concentric layers over a core such that the coating contains a bioactive agent such as a herbicide, pesticide, plant growth regulator, microorganism, or beneficial element. Application of the coating to the fertilizer granule preferably involves binding of the bioactive agent to the surface of granule or to the organic components within the granule. The release of the bioactive agent from the coating and or the surface of the granule preferably results in a two-phased release, a first fast release and a second extended or slow-release of the bioactive agent into the soil metering the bioavailability of the bioactive agent for crop growth or protection, and/or for controlling unwanted vegetation or pests.
US11999665B2
A fertiliser pellet comprising: a first region of a nitrogen-providing fertiliser composition; and a second region adhered to the exterior of the first region, the second region comprising a fertiliser composition capable of providing (a) two or more alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal nutrients and (b) sulphur.
US11999664B2
Systems and processes for producing ammonia products and/or calcium carbonate products, including but not limited to an organic high sulfur liquid ammonium product and an organic calcium carbonate product from an effluent derived from one or more organic feedstocks. Solids are removed from an organic feedstock that contains a nitrogen compound to produce an organic liquid effluent that contains ammonium and/or ammonia. Ammonia is stripped and concentrated from the organic liquid effluent to produce a gaseous mixture that contains ammonia, and the gaseous mixture is cooled to produce a condensed aqueous ammoniacal nitrogen solution of aqueous ammonia, ammonium bicarbonate, and/or ammonium carbonate. The condensed aqueous ammoniacal nitrogen solution is then contacted with a stabilizing agent to cause a reaction therebetween to produce at least a stabilized ammoniacal nitrogen product.
US11999639B2
As an example embodiment, a system may detect water flow in a well water system and may responsively trigger a pump to inject a chlorinating substance into untreated water from the well. Further, the system may include a contact reservoir that allows the water and the chlorinating substance to combine. In this way, the chlorinating substance is drawn only when needed, but is given the opportunity to achieve time in solution with the untreated water. As a result, bacteria in untreated water may be dispatched, while other organic substances in the untreated water are given the opportunity to settle to the bottom of the contact reservoir. A static mixer may be used to mix the chlorinating substance and the untreated water prior to entering the contact reservoir and/or while in the contact reservoir.
US11999638B2
Soil and water remediation method and apparatus for treatment of recalcitrant halogenated substances
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater, water, and/or waste using a combination of reagents. The disclosed methods may be used to treat various recalcitrant halogenated substances, such as perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls. Particular combinations of reagents that may be used in the disclosed methods include but are not limited to: (1) persulfate, oxygen and ozone; (2) persulfate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (3) persulfate, phosphate, and/or oxygen; (4) persulfate, phosphate, oxygen and ozone; (5) persulfate, phosphate, salt and oxygen (6) persulfate, phosphate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (7) oxygen and salt; and (8) air and salt. The disclosed methods may enhance destruction of organic contaminants in the liquid phase and may also control the rate of aerosol or foam formation relative to the rate of chemical oxidation and/or reduction/transfer.
US11999636B2
A method for purifying dye-containing wastewater based on a porous-polymer-modified metal carbon nanotube membrane includes: (1) preparing the porous-polymer-modified metal carbon nanotube membrane; and (2) passing the dye-containing wastewater through the porous-polymer-modified metal carbon nanotube membrane to remove dyes in the dye-containing wastewater. A device for purifying dye-containing wastewater is also disclosed. The device includes the porous-polymer-based metal carbon nanotube membrane.
US11999632B2
A quantum dot includes a core, a first shell and a second shell. The core includes a group III-V compound. The first shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. The second semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc, selenium and a dopant including tellurium. The second shell includes a third semiconductor nanocrystal. The third semiconductor nanocrystal includes a II-VI compound.
US11999627B2
Provided is a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has a nano-order average particle size. Provided are a method for producing a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has an average particle size in a particular range and a crystal growth method. The calcium carbonate has the calcite structure, has a BET specific surface area of 2 to 50 m2/g, has a number-based average particle size of 30 nm to 1.0 μm as determined by electron microscopy, and partially comprises substantially ring-like particles.
US11999626B1
The present disclosure relates to the field of tungsten smelting, and in particular to a leaching method of scheelite, and provides a new technology that scheelite is leached in low temperature with a mixture acid of sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid or nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, calcium is precipitated incompletely, and then the acid leaching solution is regenerated and closed-circuit recycled is provided. The new technology is able to leach scheelite sufficiently in low temperature so as to improve the recovery rate of tungstate and decrease the requirement of equipment. As well, the inner wall of the reaction kettle, the heating pipe and the temperature measuring device are made of steel lined tetrafluoro material which has high acid corrosion resistance and is able to deal with scheelite with high fluorine, resists the corrosion of HF.
US11999625B2
Provided is a method capable of easily producing a layered silicate in a short time. The problem may be solved by a method of producing a layered silicate, including the following steps (a) and (b): (a) providing a cage silicate that contains an anion component represented by formula (1) below and a cation component represented by formula (2) below with a ratio of the mole number of water to the mole number of the anion component in terms of SiO2, (H2O/SiO2), of 0.7 to 30; (in formula (2), R represents an alkyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms) and (b) treating the cage silicate obtained in step (a) in an autoclave.
US11999622B2
In a process for separating a mixture containing carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the mixture cooled in a heat exchanger is contacted by a stream of liquid methanol at a temperature below −40° C. to produce carbon dioxide enriched methanol and a carbon dioxide depleted gas relative to the cooled mixture, the carbon dioxide depleted gas is cooled in the heat exchanger and is sent to a separation unit to produce a carbon monoxide enriched stream and a hydrogen enriched stream and the streams enriched in carbon monoxide and hydrogen are heated in the heat exchanger by exchanging heat with the mixture.
US11999613B2
An electromechanical microsystem including an electromechanical transducer, a deformable diaphragm and a cavity hermetically containing a deformable medium keeping a constant volume under the action of an external pressure change. The deformable diaphragm forms a wall of the cavity and has at least one free area so as to be elastically deformed. The electromechanical transducer is configured so that its movement depends on the change in the external pressure, and vice versa. The free area cooperates with an external member so that its deformation induces, or is induced by, a movement of the external member. Thus, the electromechanical microsystem is adapted to displace the external member or to detect a movement of this member, the electromechanical microsystem includes at least one pin, configured to bear on a peripheral portion of the free area so that a deformation of the free rea causes an inclination of the pin.
US11999604B2
A cargo conveying device includes: a horizontal direction conveying section that conveys cargo in a horizontal direction, and that includes a transfer section at which cargo is transferred between the transfer section and a cargo handler; a height adjusting section that adjusts a vertical direction height of the transfer section; and a control section that, at a time at a time at which cargo is transferred between the transfer section and a cargo handler, operates the height adjusting section, and adjusts the vertical direction height of the transfer section.
US11999600B2
A lever hoist includes a housing in which a load chain wheel and a driveshaft driving the load chain wheel are mounted, as well as a safety brake. A load chain is movable via the load chain wheel. The safety brake brings about an emergency braking in the event of excessive rotational speed of the driveshaft. The safety brake has a locking disc with teeth and a control disc with control cams. The locking disc and the control disc are rotatable in relation to one another in a limited manner. A catch hook is movable in a swiveling manner and has a latch contour and a sensing contour. The sensing contour rests on the control. In response to exceeding a defined rotational speed, the sensing contour lifts off the control disc. The latch contour rotates towards the locking disc and engages with a locking tooth of the locking disc.
US11999595B1
A Load Lifter Assembly is configured to allow for lifting, moving and releasing a barge lid via a material hander such as a crane without need for manual intervention between the load lifter assembly and the barge lid.
US11999593B2
The invention relates to a clamp or termination for a coated elevator rope in an elevator. When coated elevator ropes are used electrostatic charge may build up in the ropes due to the insulating coating. These charges generate repelling or attracting forces between the parallel ropes, which hampers the correct miming of the ropes in the pulleys and in extreme cases may derail the coated elevator ropes. The wedge and socket clamps according the invention discriminate themselves from prior art wedge and socket clamps in that the piercing instruments are provided in the low tension zone of the clamp. These piercing instruments can take the form of pins, fins or other protrusions and establish an electrical connection between the wedge and the conductive tensile member. Such an elevator clamp allows to leak static electricy being build up or allows wear detection per elevator rope.
US11999586B2
A wire handling device for a manufacturing device includes an elongate first wire guiding device having a first guiding section for a wire to be guided along the first guide section, and an elongate second wire guiding device having a second guiding section for a wire to be guided along the second guide section. The wire handling device includes a support device, and the first wire guiding device and the second wire guiding device are placed on the support device. The support device is rotatably mounted about the rotational axis, and the first wire guiding device and the second wire guiding device are mounted so that they can be moved with respect to each other.
US11999582B2
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking portion, a sheet detecting portion including a movable member, a first sheet feeding roller, a second sheet feeding roller, and a sheet separating member. When the first feeding roller is in a sheet feeding position, with respect to a widthwise direction of the sheet perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction, a contact position where the movable member contacts the sheet is in a region in which the first sheet feeding roller contacts the sheet, as viewed in the sheet feeding direction.
US11999580B2
A system (300) is provided having a printer (4) to print printing liquid onto a web (6) of media (8). The system (300) has a winding roller (10) on which to roll the web (6) of media (8) after printing. A tensioner (12) to vary the tension in a portion (14) of the web (6) of media (8) is also provided. The portion (14) is a portion of web which is being rolled onto the winding roller (10). Also provided is controller (16) to control the tensioner (12) to vary the tension based on the time taken for the printed printing liquid on the web (6) of media (8) to dry.
US11999574B2
A reel motor (1) for a driven conveyor roller has a stator (11) that is surrounded by a stator housing (10). A rotor (12) drives a rotor shaft (13). A tubular external housing (30) runs around the stator housing (10) at a distance in the circumferential direction. A cooling duct (20) is fluidically connected to an interior of the stator housing (10) holding the stator (11). The cooling duct 20 is formed between the external housing (30) and the stator housing (10). An impeller wheel (14) is secured to the rotor shaft (13). The impeller wheel generates a cooling air flow (K). The interior of the stator housing (10) and the cooling duct (20) determine a closed cooling circuit. The cooling air flow is guided through the closed cooling circuit.
US11999566B2
A system for automatic delivery of an order in bags to a pick-up location outside a building. Such a system includes: a device for signalling and/or detecting presence of a customer in the vicinity of the pick-up location; and a height-mounted transport module, which includes: a plurality of elements for suspending the bags from a track; an automatic displacement device for automatically moving the suspension elements on said track; and an actuator for actuating said automatic displacement device to displace the bags in which the various parts of said order have been deposited, to said pick-up location when said signalling and/or detection device emits a signal confirming the presence of said user in the vicinity of said pick-up location.
US11999565B1
A system including support rails attachable to a rigid overhead structure and I-beam tracks configured to slidably attach to the support rails in a spaced relationship to hold storage bins in a hanging fashion. The support rails include support rail extensions on at least one end thereof for joining to a proximate support rail and the I-beam tracks include I-beam extensions on one end thereof for joining to a proximate I-beam track.
US11999558B1
A wind energy-based cooling system for a storage container such as a rooftop residential water tank. The system includes a housing having one or more walls defining one or more inner surfaces and one or more outer surfaces. The housing includes one or more ventilation openings. Means are included for connecting the housing to an access opening of the storage container. The housing and storage container together define an enclosure. A bearing is positioned within a wall of the housing, and a support shaft is held within the bearing. A wind turbine is in connection with the support shaft and configured to capture wind energy outside of the enclosure. A flywheel is in connected to the turbine as well as a gearing arrangement. A rotor is positioned within the enclosure in connection with the gearing arrangement and configured to direct cooling air towards the contents of the storage container.
US11999551B1
The present disclosure discloses a vacuumizing sealing tank including a body and a cover; the body having an accommodating cavity with an upward opening; and the cover detachably installed on top of the body, covering and sealing the opening of the accommodating cavity; wherein the cover is provided with a vacuumizing device and a deflating component, the vacuumizing device being an air bag vacuumizing device that compresses the air bag to exhaust air in the accommodating cavity to achieve a vacuum state, and the deflating component deflating the accommodating cavity. The vacuumizing device and the deflating component are provided. After a stuff to be stored is placed in the accommodating cavity and the cover is on, the accommodating cavity may be vacuumized through the vacuumizing device, so that the stuff to be stored may keep fresh for a long time in the vacuum state.
US11999545B2
A twist-tie includes a fastener having a malleable material surrounded by an outer coating having a longitudinal axis and extending between a first end and a second end; and an indicia portion extending at least partially along the longitudinal axis, the indicia portion including at least a portion that is attached to the fastener and at least a portion that is separated from the fastener, wherein a separation between the indicia portion and the fastener defines a slit that extends from an open end toward a closed end in a direction of at least one of the first end toward the second end and the second end toward the first end.
US11999540B2
This disclosure is concerned with pressure sensitive adhesive printable paper products, such as labels, and their use with various substrates, such as packaging and containers, including food containers. This disclosure is also concerned with repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive printable paper products and their transformation into semi-permanent or permanent adhesive products with respect to such substrates. This disclosure is also concerned with food and drink containers, methods of making them and their use with removable or repositionable adhesive labels. More particularly, this disclosure is concerned with containers for food or drink having chemical functionality, such as in coatings, to facilitate the use of adhesive labels with such containers.
US11999539B2
A box is made by folding a sheet of material. Preferably, the box is formed by applying adhesive and folding using a machine, and a waterproof or water-resistant coating is applied to the sheet of material so that the box is configured for use as a cooler. The box includes: a storage portion, including a bottom panel, first and second end panels, and first and second side panels; four corner panels; and first and second top panels. The top panels include openings that register when the box is assembled and in a closed configuration to define an opening to be used as a handhold for gripping the box. Reinforcing panels of one of the top panels includes flaps located on an interior of the box that cover the handhold opening. The box further preferably includes a locking tab and locking panel for latching closed the top panels of the box.
US11999537B2
A lid for a drinking container includes a lid body, a poppet mouthpiece and a resilient sealing member. The lid body defines a longitudinal axis and includes an outer surface with a vent hole. The mouthpiece seals against a first inner surface of the lid body via an annular seal ring. The mouthpiece is movable between a closed position and an open position to allow fluid inside the container to flow through the mouthpiece. The sealing member is fitted on the lid body to sealingly engage the lid body to an open end of the container. The sealing member includes an annular flange sealingly engaging a second inner surface of the lid body. The flange includes a groove that defines a location on the lid where ambient air flowing into the vent hole can enter a container interior as fluid flows out of the container through the mouthpiece.
US11999535B2
A material loading device includes a main body defining a receiving cavity and an opening. The receiving cavity receives materials. The main body defines a buckle groove at the opening. A buckle rod movably coupled to the main body at the opening buckles into the buckle groove. A foolproof mechanism is arranged on the main body. A thimble of the foolproof mechanism is slidably coupled to the main body. One end of the thimble is located in the buckle groove. When the buckle rod is buckled into the buckle groove, the buckle rod drives the thimble to slide relative to the main body. A display member of the foolproof mechanism is coupled to the thimble. The main body defines a plurality of recesses corresponding to the display member. The thimble drives the display member to slide relative to the recesses to switch the display member displayed through the recesses.
US11999530B2
The invention comprises a container comprising: a base; at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises a score line near the base that is at least partially circumferential and is configured to be torn through to remove the base from the sidewall; and a liner ply adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall.
US11999525B2
Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers, which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally, allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover, which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic.
US11999516B2
A strapping device including a tensioner operable to apply a strap tension to a loop of wrapping strap, a friction welder operable to produce a friction weld connection at two areas of the loop of wrapping strap disposed one on top of the other, a motor operable in a first rotational direction to drive the tensioner and in a second opposite rotational direction to drive the friction welder, and a control device. The control device is configured to, in response to receiving a first designated input: (1) operate the motor in the first rotational direction to drive the tensioner until a predetermined strap tension is reached in the loop of wrapping strap; and (2) afterwards, automatically operate the motor in the second different rotational direction to drive the friction welder to produce the friction weld connection.
US11999515B2
Provided herein is a furniture wrapping system. The furniture wrapping system includes a film roll support configured to unroll a first film across a path of the furniture article in a first direction, such that the film roll support positions a film barrier across the path. The furniture wrapping system includes a conveyor mechanism configured to carry the furniture article along the path and into the barrier. The furniture wrapping system includes a sealer configured to extend across the path to form a seal such that the furniture article is partially enclosed in the first film.
US11999504B2
The invention is an aircraft communication network including: avionics monitoring software in communication with a flight data recorder and an aircraft emergency location transmitter; the avionics monitoring software functioning to acquire real-time aircraft operating parameters by monitoring an ADS-B system and a power management module to communicate with an activation module that activates an aircraft emergency location transmitter and initiates two-way communication with a satellite upon detection of an anomaly in the aircraft operating parameters, the aircraft emergency location transmitter transmitting aircraft location coordinates and an emergency signal.
US11999498B2
An aspect includes a method of variable cycle compensation in a gas turbine engine. An electric component can be adjusted to compensate for a power change induced by an actuation system by operating the electric component as an electric motor to compensate for an increase in power absorption or a decrease in power production of a turbomachinery of the gas turbine engine. The actuation system is configured to adjust a variable cycle of the turbomachinery by adjusting power absorption or power production, and the electric component can be configured to add or subtract torque to a shaft of the gas turbine engine. The electric component can be operated as an electric generator to compensate for an increase in power production or a decrease in power absorption of the turbomachinery.
US11999497B2
The aircraft includes a fuselage and at least one wing extending from the fuselage. The wing includes first and second original portions and a plug portion positioned between the first and second original portions. A propulsion system is positioned on the at least one wing. The propulsion system includes at least one electric powerplant and at least one combustion powerplant. Each powerplant delivers power to a respective air mover for propelling the aircraft. The electric powerplant and/or the combustion powerplant is positioned outboard from the plug portion.
US11999490B2
A system includes an outflow vent that has a cap releasably mounted to a panel within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The cap is elongated from a first end of the cap to a second end of the cap opposite the first end. The cap has a base wall that is overlaid on the panel and defines at least one slot therethrough. The cap receives an airflow generated by an airflow generator, and the at least one slot emits the airflow from the cap to form an air curtain within the internal cabin.
US11999486B2
A closure device for a passage located in a cabin of an aircraft including a door panel and a first carriage having first guide means (slide device) for translationally guiding the first carriage and second guide means (guiding groove) for translationally guiding the door panel. A first locking system is able to assume a locked state, in which the first locking system provides a mechanical connection between the door panel and the first carriage and is able to transition to an unlocked state, in which the door panel is disengaged from the carriage.
US11999477B2
Disclosed is a drone station which allows the center of resonance of a drone to be always accurately aligned regardless of the initial landing position of the drone. The disclosed drone station includes a landing guidance instrument and a wireless charging instrument which is formed on the landing guidance instrument and wirelessly transmits the power to a drone positioned thereon, the landing guidance instrument having an inclined surface which moves the landed drone onto the top of the wireless charging instrument.
US11999475B2
A robot includes a housing including a first shell and a second shell and having a first configuration and a second configuration, a rack disposed in an inner cavity of the housing, a telescopic assembly disposed on the rack and connected between the first shell and the second shell, and a rotary wing assembly disposed on the rack and having a folded configuration and a flight configuration. The rotary wing assembly includes: a folding arm with one end rotatably connected to the rack, a rotary wing, and a tilting arm connected between the rotary wing and the folding arm, the tilting arm and the rotary wing are extended to an outside of the housing to be adapted to drive the robot to fly in the flight configuration, and the tilting arm is rotatable relative to the folding arm to adjust a rotation direction of the rotary wing.
US11999468B2
A braking system for an aircraft is disclosed herein. The braking system may comprise: a brake assembly; a hydraulic braking subsystem having a hydraulic brake actuator configured to operate the brake assembly; an electric braking subsystem and a hydraulic braking subsystem. During a flight, one of the electric braking subsystem and the hydraulic braking subsystem may be selected as a primary braking system. The braking system may be configured to command braking of a brake assembly by the hydraulic braking subsystem and the electric braking subsystem during an RTO phase of the flight. The braking system may be configured to command braking of a brake assembly by a secondary braking system in response to a failure of a primary braking system during the RTO phase of the flight.
US11999459B2
A cycloidal marine propulsion unit, including a hollow rotary casing having a central axis and defining a central inner space with an opening at an axial end thereof. A mounting body rotatably supports the rotary casing on a hull of a marine vessel. A rotating arrangement is provided for rotating said hollow rotary casing, while a plurality of blades extend axially from the rotary casing away from the hull. Each blade is mounted for pivotal movement with respect to the rotary casing, about respective blade axes. The rotating arrangement is configured to rotate the rotary casing by a circumference thereof. A blade shaft portion of each blade is at least partly received within the central inner space so as to attach said blade to the rotary casing.
US11999456B1
A man overboard system may a main body 200 with the main body quickly and easily being attached and detached to a ship's bitt a deck bitt and/or a flat mount system, with the flat mount system attached to a ship, pier or other object. Thus, the system is very portable and may be quickly set up prior to departing and quickly put away at the end of a voyage. The system allows for the fast and efficient rescue of a person overboard without need for a rescuer to enter the water or to risk bodily injury in retrieving a person in the water. The system provides secure mechanical means allowing for a winch to be used in the support of a person which is a significant departure from the prior art.
US11999454B2
A snorkel assembly includes a mouthpiece and a tube secured thereto. The tube extends between a mouthpiece end and a distal end. A purge valve is disposed adjacent the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece end of the tube. The purge valve allows water and gas to exit the snorkel assembly while preventing water and gas from entering therethrough. The snorkel assembly also includes a check valve secured to the distal end. The check valve allows water and gas to enter the snorkel assembly while preventing water and gas from exiting therethrough.
US11999432B2
An embodiment personal mobility includes a main body including a footrest on an upper surface of the main body, a steering device provided in front of the main body, a front wheel installed at a lower end of the steering device, a rear wheel installed at a rear end of the main body, and a cargo loading unit configured to be unfolded in a lateral direction from opposite sides of the main body to expand a loading region for loading a cargo in an unfolded state and configured to be folded toward the main body in a folded state.
US11999431B1
A foldable electric scooter and a manufacture method of the same. The foldable electric scooter includes a main body assembly, a front fork assembly located at the front end of the main body assembly, a rear fork assembly located at the rear end of the main body assembly, a telescoping plate assembly located on top of the front fork assembly and a handlebar assembly located on top of the telescoping plate assembly. The foldable electric scooter has a double headset design that increases a rake angle for more steering stability while still keeping the steering upright for an upright holding of the handlebars. The foldable electric scooter is manufactured by stamping of flat plate material.
US11999423B2
A method of planning a swing trajectory for a leg of a robot includes receiving an initial position of a leg of the robot, an initial velocity of the leg, a touchdown location, and a touchdown target time. The method also includes determining a difference between the initial position and the touchdown location and separating the difference between the initial position and the touchdown location into a horizontal motion component and a vertical motion component. The method also includes selecting a horizontal motion policy and a vertical motion policy to satisfy the motion components. Each policy produces a respective trajectory as a function of the initial position, the initial velocity, the touchdown location, and the touchdown target time. The method also includes executing the selected policies to swing the leg of the robot from the initial position to the touchdown location at the touchdown target time.
US11999416B2
A steering control device for a vehicle with an aerial work platform 1 in the embodiment a traveling body capable of traveling with a steering wheel, a work platform 30 provided thereon, a steering dial 42, which is biased to be located at a neutral position in a non-operation status, a steering angle detector 62, a steering cylinder 17, and a controller 50 for controlling an operation of the steering cylinder 17. The controller 50 controls the steering cylinder 17 so that a steering angle of the steering wheel becomes a target steering angle corresponding to a steering position of the steering operation tool. As far as a steering angle of the steering wheel detected by the steering angle detector is kept within a predetermined angle range including a neutral steering angle, the steering control unit make a steering control to stop the steering actuator and to maintain the present steering angle of the steering wheel when the steering operation tool returns to the neutral position.
US11999414B2
A tailgate system, comprising: (i) a tailgate door configured to pivotally engage a rear cargo area of a body of a vehicle in between a closed position and an open position; and (ii) a bed extension pivotally engaged to the tailgate door and configured to pivot from a closed position to one or more open positions, wherein the bed extension includes a plurality of removable panels.
US11999402B2
A storage assembly is installed on a frame of a child carrier. The storage assembly includes a storage component, a fixing base and a connecting component rotatably connected to the fixing base. One of the fixing base and the connecting component is fixedly connected to a handle of the frame, and the other of the fixing base and the connecting component is fixedly to the storage component. The storage component can be assembled on or disassembled from the handle through the fixing base and the connecting component. The storage component can rotate relative to the frame by relative rotation between the connecting component and the fixing base, so as to avoid interference with folding operation of the frame due to the storage component when folding the frame, and further facilitate folding operation of the child carrier, so that the child carrier can be folded to ideal volume for easy carrying.
US11999399B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring vehicles traversing a dedicated roadway that includes an at-grade crossing. In some implementations, a system includes a central server, a gate system, and sensors. The gate system provides access to an at-grade crossing for vehicles. The sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway, the roadway including the at-grade crossing. Each sensor can detect vehicles on the roadway. For each vehicle, each sensor can generate sensor data and observational data from the generated sensor data. Each sensor can determine a likelihood that the detected vehicle will approach the at-grade crossing by comparing the likelihood to a threshold. In response, each sensor can transmit data to the gate system that causes the gate system to allow the autonomous vehicle access to the at-grade crossing prior to the autonomous vehicle reaching the gate system.
US11999396B2
An automated on-vehicle rail vehicle control system has an on-vehicle set point value detection unit, an automated train operating system, a driving and braking unit, and additional sensors for detecting environment-related information. The on-vehicle set point value detection unit is configured to determine, based on on-vehicle positioning and map data as well as sensor data from the additional sensors, operative set point values for the control mode and the current driving mission of the rail vehicle. The automated train operating system is configured to generate driving and braking commands based on the set point values of the on-vehicle set point value detection unit. The driving and braking unit is configured to carry out traction and braking operations based on the driving and braking commands so determined. There are also described a rail vehicle and a method for the automated control of a rail vehicle.
US11999394B2
A Railroad Tie Management System is disclosed that can provide an efficient and organized method of inspecting and auditing ties in a rail system. Tie mark files can be retrieved by a client from a server or database in operable communication with the client, and upon instantiation of an inspection process governed by the system, an inspection information table and tie grid can be generated. The tie grid can operable to receive commands from a user, and the inspection information table is operable to automatically increment and decrement fields contained within in response to changes within the tie grid. The tie grid can also be configured to incorporate data from tie scans and serve the data to the client in a useful and user-friendly manner.
US11999392B2
An accurate and reliable maintenance method for controlling a condition of a wear and tear element of a track-bound vehicle includes determining a second condition of the element, being a chronological subsequent condition to a first condition, by starting from the first condition of the element, by using a machine learning algorithm, representing a chronological behavior of the element. A first action performable on the element is determined by using the determined second condition of the element and at least one predefined conditional criterion for the element. A resulting third condition of the element is determined by using a conditional change of the element. The conditional change is a consequence of the first performable action. A second performable action performable on the element is determined one more time by using the resulting third condition of the element and at least one predefined conditional criterion for the element.
US11999385B2
A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: acquire an image in which a road where a mobile object is present is imaged; recognize support information for supporting movement of a specific traffic participant who is a traffic participant having a predetermined attribute appearing on a road surface included in the image; recognize a road structure included in the image or a road structure which is a structure provided on the road; move the mobile object at least based on a trajectory determined using the support information when the support information is recognized; and move the mobile object based on a trajectory determined using the road structure without using the support information when the support information has not been recognized.
US11999377B2
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for navigating an autonomous vehicle is provided. The present invention may include measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings; and navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage.
US11999362B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle assembly for protecting a sensor/transmitter of a driving assistance system comprising a protection device that partially surrounds the sensor/transmitter where the protection device includes a first subassembly (B) with a detection/transmission element positioned facing a sensor/transmitter's surface via which a signal passes, and a second subassembly (C) that includes a motor configured to rotatably drive the first subassembly (B) about a line of transmission/reception of the sensor/transmitter. According to the invention, the protection assembly includes at least one heating element controlled by a control unit that heats an accessory attached to the motor vehicle's body in the detection/transmission element's vicinity, the heating element being outside the protection device and in the vicinity of the first subassembly (B).
US11999361B2
An apparatus (1) for calibrating an ADAS sensor of a vehicle (9) comprises: a base unit (2) including a plurality of wheels (20); a support structure (3) integral with the base unit (2); a vehicle calibration assistance structure (4), mounted on the support structure (3) and including a calibration device (41, 42) configured to facilitate aligning or calibrating the ADAS sensor; a position detector, configured to capture values of a position parameter representing a position of the support structure (3) relative to the vehicle (9); a processing unit, configured to process the values of the position parameter in real time to derive information regarding an actual position of the support structure (3) relative to the vehicle (9).
US11999355B2
A system for providing notifications based on vehicle passengers includes a main body to transport passengers, an input device located designed to receive user input including passenger information related to the passengers presently in the main body, and a network access device located in or on the main body and designed to communicate with a remote server. The system also includes an output device located in or on the main body and designed to output information, and a memory designed to store data. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) located in or on the main body and designed to control the memory to store the passenger information related to the passengers, and to control at least one of the network access device or the output device to transmit or output, respectively, information related to the passenger information.
US11999354B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for estimating a road surface type by using an ultrasonic signal and, more particularly, to a method for estimating a road surface type by using an artificial neural network model machine-learned with respect to a reflected ultrasonic signal and an apparatus for performing same. According to the present invention, provided are a method and apparatus for providing highly accurate road surface information at low cost, by machine-learning both characteristics of an ultrasonic signal reflected from a road surface and a road surface state, establishing a model between the two, and then estimating the type of the road surface by utilizing the model. In particular, even a road surface where thin ice, that is, black ice, is formed, which was not detectable in the conventional method for estimating a road-surface friction coefficient, may be accurately estimated, thereby contributing to safer driving.
US11999353B2
An object detection device includes: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a transmission wave from a movable body moving on a road surface and receive a reflected wave from an object; and a generation unit configured to generate road surface information regarding a change in the road surface based on a difference between echo information indicating a change over time in an intensity of the reflected wave received by the transmission and reception unit and reference echo information indicating a predetermined change over time in an intensity of a reflected wave from the road surface.
US11999342B2
Provided is a display control apparatus that generates a display overhead image including overhead images of each of a vacant parking space and a vehicle and outputs the display overhead image to a display apparatus. The display overhead image includes at least one of an overhead image of the vacant parking space outside of a current viewing angle of a vehicle-mounted camera and an overhead image of the vacant parking space hidden behind a static object as seen from a current position of the vehicle.
US11999328B2
An air parking brake electric control valve includes an air valve unit and a self-lock unit. The air valve unit includes a main valve body, an auxiliary valve body, a valve core and a first electromagnetic assembly. The valve core is driven by the first electromagnetic assembly to move between a first action position and a second action position. The self-lock unit is disposed on the auxiliary valve body, and includes a second electromagnetic assembly. The second electromagnetic assembly includes a movable column operable to move between a release position and a lock position.
US11999322B2
A front tire heating and cleaning system for a vehicle includes a brake system configured to selectively apply hydraulic braking pressure against front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle, and a controller in signal communication with the brake system. The controller is configured to, upon receipt of a request, initiate a controlled front tire heating mode where the brake system is controlled to selectively apply hydraulic braking pressure against the rear wheels and not the front wheels, and rotate the front wheels to increase tire temperature for improved front wheel traction during off-road maneuvers.
US11999314B1
A seat belt structure for a vehicle includes a safety belt webbing configured to restrain an occupant of a seat of the vehicle and extending along a height of a side lining of the vehicle. The seat belt structure also includes a tongue movably connected to the safety belt webbing and adapted to move along the safety belt webbing. Moreover, the seat belt structure includes a belt holder engaged to the side lining and defining a cavity therebetween. The belt holder is arranged proximate to a floor of the vehicle. Further, a portion of the seat belt webbing extends and is held between the belt holder and the side lining, and the belt holder is configured to removably hold a portion of the tongue inside the cavity.
US11999308B2
An impact energy absorbing member includes an energy absorbing portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is fastened to the bumper reinforcement using a fastener, the fastener extending through the attachment portion and a wall of the bumper reinforcement and including an axis that extends in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the energy absorbing portion. The attachment portion and the energy absorbing portion are in a positional relationship in which the energy absorbing portion does not overlap the fastener when the impact energy absorbing member is viewed in a direction from the bumper reinforcement toward the energy absorbing portion in a vehicle front-rear direction.
US11999300B2
A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, a lift arm coupled to the grabber and operable to raise and lower the grabber, a camera that is arranged to generate video data of a scene external to the refuse collection vehicle, and a semi-transparent display device configured to display the video data generated by the camera, wherein the semi-transparent display is positioned within a forward line of sight of an operator of the refuse collection vehicle.
US11999295B2
A lamp system includes a road surface drawing lamp that illuminates a road surface with a beam BM, and a lamp controlling unit that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with the beam BM, a pattern PTN on the road surface ahead of a vehicle. The lamp controlling unit draws a first pattern before a start of a predetermined event and draws a second pattern at the start of the event. The first pattern includes first information to be presented in advance to a driver to allow the driver to respond to the event, and the second pattern includes second information corresponding to the event.
US11999293B2
In a vehicle control system, when a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a person outside a vehicle and the vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes an in-vehicle user, a notification control unit performs notification processing on outside of the vehicle, based on personal information which is predetermined information relating to the in-vehicle user or an action taken by at least one of the person outside the vehicle and the in-vehicle user.
US11999292B2
A vehicle cabin lighting system includes a lighting device, a lighting control device, and a wireless charger. The lighting device is configured to illuminate a placement area in which an article is to be placed. The lighting control device is configured to control brightness of the lighting device. The wireless charger is configured to charge, in a non-contact manner, a mobile terminal placed in the placement area. The lighting control device is configured to execute, in response to detecting that the mobile terminal is placed in the placement area based on an operation of the wireless charger, a control by which the lighting device is turned off or dimmed.
US11999287B2
The invention relates to the field of vehicle technologies, and aims to solve a technical problem that when light control for avoidance of a vehicle is improper, traveling safety of the present vehicle, traveling safety of vehicles ahead for which light is controlled for avoidance, and/or safety, walking experience, etc. of the pedestrians for whom light is controlled for avoidance are/is affected to some degree. To solve the technical problem, embodiments of the invention provide a vehicle control method and apparatus, a control apparatus, a vehicle-mounted device, a vehicle, and a computer-readable storage medium. The control method includes: detecting target objects in front of a vehicle; determining whether the target objects are on a traveling path of the vehicle; and performing light control for avoidance for the target objects based on a determination result in a predetermined manner. With this setting, a strategy of light control for avoidance for a target object can be made by learning a traveling path of the target object, such that impact on traveling safety of the present vehicle, traveling safety of vehicles ahead for which light is controlled for avoidance, and/or safety, walking experience, etc. of the pedestrians for whom light is controlled for avoidance are/is kept as little as possible.
US11999278B2
Systems and methods are provided for an armrest assembly for a seat installed within a cab of a vehicle. The armrest assembly can include a cover retention bracket having channels for receiving an arm cover in preparation for covering an armrest. The cover retention bracket can have one or more protrusions arranged along the channels and configured to engage the cover to secure the cover to the armrest.
US11999276B2
In a structure in which a lower arm is fixed to a vehicle, provided is a vehicle seat that can reduce an impact applied to a recliner. One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a lower arm and a recliner. The lower arm includes an arm body to which the recliner is attached, a first fixing portion to be attached to the vehicle in a lower position, and a second fixing portion attached to the vehicle in a rear position. The arm body includes a first recess arranged between the recliner and the first fixing portion in an up-down direction, the first recess extending from an edge of the arm body, and a second recess arranged between the recliner and the second fixing portion in a front-rear direction, the second recess extending from the edge of the arm body.
US11999259B2
A method for controlling power of a vehicle includes: collecting, by a controller, data on a current consumed by an electrical load of the vehicle and calculating an average current consumption for the electrical load based on the collected data on the current consumed; determining, by the controller, power conversion of a converter to generate a converted current having an amount corresponding to the calculated average current consumption; variably controlling, by the controller, the power conversion of the converter to compensate for a deterioration state of a battery when the deterioration state of the battery provided to supply power to the electrical load occurs; and securing, by the controller, higher power conversion efficiency of the converter by controlling power supply to the electrical load when the deterioration state of the battery does not occur.
US11999258B2
A method of detecting safe and other states of battery while electric vehicle is being driven controls an inverter to generate ripple current on the battery; ripple voltages of a plurality of battery cells are measured, voltage phase shifts between the battery cells are calculated. The battery can be analyzed as normal or otherwise according to the voltage phase shift between plurality of the battery cells. A vehicle-mounted device and a non-volatile storage medium therein, for performing the above-described method, are also disclosed.
US11999256B2
A battery management and monitoring system integrated in a battery pack configured for use in electric aircraft. The system includes a sensor suite configured to measure a plurality of battery pack data. The system includes a battery monitoring component configured to detect a first fault in the battery pack and produce a first fault detection response notifying a user of the first fault in the battery pack. The system includes a battery management component configured to detect a second fault in the battery pack and produce a second fault detection response configured to mitigate the second fault in the battery pack. The system includes an interlock component having a first mode and a second mode, configured to enable the battery monitoring component and disable the battery management component when in the first mode and enable the battery management component and disable the battery monitoring component when in the second mode.
US11999249B2
A battery charger for vehicles comprises one outer container, an electronic board housed inside the container, operatively connectable to an electric battery of a vehicle and configured for the recharge of the battery, at least an electric component connected to the electronic board, and at least a support for housing the electric component, in which the support comprises an electric connection device/unit/component between the electric component and the electronic board.
US11999245B2
A diagnosis apparatus includes a vehicle including a battery and a BMS connected to the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to generate a signal having a predetermined period and a predetermined width, and the BMS is configured to diagnose a communication state between the vehicle and the BMS and a state of the battery based on the signal, and to determine the communication state and the state of the battery as a normal state when a period of the signal is the same as a reference period and a width of the signal is the same as a reference width.
US11999243B2
An electric vehicle includes a shift lever and a clutch pedal for simulating manual gear changes of a traditional vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine and manual transmission, and includes a controller for controlling the operation of the electric vehicle. The driver operates the shift lever in a similar fashion to that of a traditional manual transmission shift lever, however the associated gear positions do not correspond to physical gears in a transmission but rather virtual gear stage modes that correspond to mapped torque characteristics with respect to the rotational speed of the electric motor. The clutch pedal is operated by the driver when the shift lever is operated. The controller calculates the virtual engine speed of the virtual engine based on the virtual gear stage mode selected by the shift lever and the operation amount of the clutch pedal, and displays the virtual engine speed on a display.
US11999242B2
A drive system for a hybrid or electric vehicle includes an electrical energy source; an electric machine, a switching device linked to the electric machine and selectively switchable between a first configuration, and a second configuration, an adjusting device linked to the electric machine and configured to vary its operating parameters, and a control unit. The first electrical configuration includes a first number of conductors in series by phase supplying a first driving torque with a first knee speed and a first no-load operation speed. The second electrical configuration includes a second number of conductors in series by phase supplying a second driving torque, lower than the first driving torque, and a second knee speed higher than the first knee speed. A ratio between the first no-load operation speed and the second knee speed is between 0.7 and 1.3.
US11999236B2
A vehicle transmission includes first and second input gear shafts, an intermediate gear shaft and an output gear shaft. The first input gear shaft has a first torque transmission member, and the second input gear shaft has a first gear wheel. The intermediate gear shaft has second and third gear wheels. The output gear shaft has a fourth gear wheel and a second torque transmission member. The third gear wheel and the fourth gear wheel are arranged to interact with each other for transferring torque from the intermediate gear shaft to the output gear shaft. The first gear wheel and the second gear wheel are arranged to interact with each other for providing a first gear ratio. The first torque transmission member and the second torque transmission member are arranged to interact with each other via a flexible member for providing a second gear ratio.
US11999235B2
A rotor support member includes: a tubular portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting a rotor of a rotary electric machine; and a flange portion provided to extend along a radial direction on an inner side in radial direction with respect to tubular portion at a position adjacent to a first engagement device on a first side in the axial direction, and connected to tubular portion. The flange portion includes a cylinder forming portion protruding to first side in the axial direction so as to form a cylinder portion on which a first piston portion of the first engagement device slides. A rotation sensor includes a rotating body supported by an outer peripheral surface of cylinder forming portion on an outer side in the radial direction, and a fixed body disposed on the outer side in the radial direction with respect to the rotating body.
US11999232B2
A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a plurality of RF signal receivers located at a plurality of locations within the vehicle, an RF signal transmitter configured to be located on a pet for transmitting an RF signal, and a controller for processing the RF signal received by each of the plurality of RF signal receivers and determining a location of the pet based on the received RF signals, wherein the controller generates an output based on the location of the pet and controls at least one vehicle function based on the output.
US11999231B2
A head-up display device for a vehicle and superimposing a virtual image on the foreground of an occupant includes: a projector that emits light of a display image to be displayed as the virtual image; an adjustment mechanism that mechanically displaces the projection range of a projection member, which is arranged on the vehicle and projects the light emitted from the projector; and a state controller that controls a state of the display image to be projected by the projector so as to maintain the display position of the virtual image in accordance with the displacement of the projection range by the adjustment mechanism.
US11999224B2
A total task vehicle (TTV) may operate indoors to move a variety of different types of materials and accomplish a variety of different types of tasks, using tools and accessories powered by/connected to the TTV. One or more high power density (HD) battery packs may provide both 240V DC to 380V DC and 120V AC power to propel the TTV and also to function as a generator for tools and accessories attached to the TTV. A high torque/high speed convertible drive system may allow the TTV to operate in a ride-on mode, a walk-behind mode, providing for flexibility and adaptability in use of the TTV.
US11999219B2
A vehicle removable panel system including a fixed vehicle structure and one or more removable panels configured to removably engage with the fixed vehicle structure. The vehicle removable panel system providing increased configurability, modularity, and functionality and being easily configurable by a single user without the use of tools. The vehicle removable panel system including a seal with moisture resistance and edges suitable for sealing the removable vehicle panels to other vehicle components including the fixed vehicle structure.
US11999215B2
A rear suspension structure includes a hub carrier having a wheel support portion by which a rear wheel is rotatably supported, the hub carrier includes a front arm portion that extends in a vehicle inner direction and toward the vehicle front side beyond an axle of the rear wheel and a rear arm portion that extends toward the vehicle rear side, the rear arm portion is coupled to a lateral beam extending in a vehicle width direction, on the vehicle rear side of the axle, a vehicle rear side end portion of a trailing arm extending in a vehicle front-rear direction is coupled to the lateral beam, and the front arm portion is coupled to a front arm attachment portion provided in the trailing arm.
US11999201B2
On a pneumatic tire, a sound absorbing member is installed on an inner surface of a tread portion via a surface fastener including a pair including a hook member and a loop member, the hook member including hook-shaped elements on one surface and being fixed to the tire inner surface, and the loop member being provided with loop-shaped elements engageable with the hook-shaped elements and being fixed to the sound absorbing member. In a meridian cross-section, the loop member has at least one section partially fixed in a tire width direction to the sound absorbing member. Given a fixed region in which the loop member is fixed to the sound absorbing member, and a non-fixed region in which the loop member is not fixed to the sound absorbing member, an engaging region in which the loop member and the hook member engage each other is on the non-fixed region.
US11999193B2
The present invention relates to a tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one external structural element comprising at least one external structural element comprising a crosslinked elastomeric material obtained by crosslinking a crosslinkable elastomeric composition comprising (i) at least one diene elastomeric polymer, and (ii) a system for protection against ozone substantially free of polymeric static protective agents which essentially consists of at least one phenolic antioxidant in an amount substantially equal to or higher than 3 phr.
