US12037934B2
A coolant draining tool for draining a coolant from an electrical storage system, ESS, of a heavy-duty vehicle, wherein the coolant draining tool is of elongated shape and includes an internal tubular channel for guiding a flow of coolant in a discharge direction, the coolant draining tool including an externally threaded portion which encloses the tubular channel at a distal first end of the coolant draining tool, wherein a valve engagement member is arranged centered in the tubular channel at the first end of the coolant draining tool, the valve engagement member being arranged to engage a spring-loaded valve of an ESS connector to bias the valve into an open position.
US12037931B2
A device increasing engine efficiency and reducing exhaust and noise, comprising: the liquid catalyst pressured spraying exhaust gas reducing system, the exhaust gas bypass pipe, and the high temperature plasma exhaust gas reducing device, and the three are linked to achieve the effect of: without replacing the catalytic converter, the catalyst carrier can easily remove accumulated dirt and the block on the through holes, reduce the resistance of the exhaust gas, increase the horsepower of the engine, etc., thereby improving the efficiency of the engine and reducing the exhaust gas, so as to achieve degrading pollutants, makes vehicles comply with environmental regulations, and saves maintenance costs.
US12037921B2
A fan for a turbine engine having a core air flowpath and a bypass air flowpath. The fan includes a disk, a plurality of fan blades, and a plurality of splitter blades. The disk rotates about a centerline axis. The plurality of fan blades are coupled to the disk. The plurality of splitter blades are coupled to the disk and positioned between the plurality of fan blades. The plurality of splitter blades are axially aligned on the disk at a splitter blade axial distance from an annular inlet of the core air flowpath such that the plurality of splitter blades direct debris that passes through the fan into the bypass air flowpath.
US12037913B2
A turbine engine with a turbine core that includes a compressor section having a compressor coupled to a high speed shaft, a combustion section, a turbine section having a high pressure turbine coupled to the high speed shaft and a low pressure turbine coupled to a low speed shaft, and a nozzle section. The turbine engine also includes an electric machine that can operate in a first starting mode and a second generating mode.
US12037904B1
A rock burst active prevention and control mechanism, which includes: a NPR reinforcing mesh, rod bodies, NPR steel panels, an embedding reinforcement and a NPR steel fibre concrete, the NPR reinforcing mesh is formed by horizontal and vertical interlacing of NPR steel bars, and is provided against a surrounding rock of a tunnel, extending ends of the rod bodies are penetrated out of a hole of the NPR reinforcing mesh, the NPR steel panels are provided with multiple through-holes, the rod bodies, which are located on a same radial plane in the tunnel, are connected to one of corresponding NPR steel panels, the embedding reinforcement is connected between the extending ends of two adjacent rod bodies, the NPR steel fibre concrete is overlaid on the extending ends of the rod bodies and the embedding reinforcement.
US12037900B2
Systems and methods presented herein include sidewall coring tool assemblies used to return core plugs of rock from a sidewall of a wellbore as part of a data collection exercise for exploration and production of hydrocarbons. A coring bit and a coring shaft of the present disclosure allow space for cuttings to move away from the bit face when drilling into a formation. In addition, certain embodiments include a plurality of inlets disposed circumferentially on an external surface at a first axial end of the coring shaft, a plurality of internal grooves disposed on an internal surface of the coring shaft, and/or a plurality of fins disposed on the external surface to direct flow of drilling and debris away from the coring bit. In addition to providing more space for cuttings to move away from the coring bit, the torque needed to drive the bit is lessened as the surface area of the bit contacting or engaging the formation is reduced.
US12037899B2
Water hammer is oscillatory pressure behavior in a wellbore resulting from the inertial effect of flowing fluid being subjected to an abrupt change in velocity. It is commonly observed at the end of large-scale hydraulic fracturing treatments after fluid injection is rapidly terminated. Factors affecting treatment-related water hammer behavior including field studies correlating water hammer characteristics to fracture intensity and well productivity.
US12037898B2
A method that includes lowering a formation testing tool into a wellbore intersecting a subterranean formation. The formation testing tool comprises an expandable member. The method also includes performing a pressuremeter test (PMT) by expanding the expandable member.
US12037889B2
In some embodiments, a method for reducing magnetic debris accumulation on a downhole sensor within a tubular conveyed in a borehole comprises supplying a voltage to temporarily neutralize a magnetic field of a permanent electromagnet proximate to the downhole sensor and removing magnetic debris on the downhole sensor via a flow of a first fluid in the tubular while the magnetic field is neutralized.
US12037888B2
Techniques according to the present disclosure include moving an untethered downhole tool through a wellbore between a terranean surface and a particular depth in the wellbore; during the moving the untethered downhole tool through the wellbore, acquiring a set of sensed data from one or more sensors in the untethered downhole tool in a time domain; transforming the plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in the time-domain into a plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in a depth-domain based at least in part on at least one accelerometer output and the locations of a plurality of casing collars; and preparing the plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in the depth-domain for presentation on a graphical user interface (GUI).
US12037887B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for identifying the quality of cement bonding of an exterior surface of a wellbore casing to an Earth formation. Methods of the present disclosure may allow for bond indexes to be identified in real-time as a cementing operation is performed even when tools that perform the cementing operation generate acoustic noise that interfere with measurements used to evaluate cement bonding quality. These methods may include transmitting acoustic signals, receiving acoustic signals, filtering the received acoustic signals, identifying magnitude and attenuation values to associate with the received acoustic signals, and comparing trends in the magnitudes with the identified attenuation values. These methods may also include correcting attenuation values associated with measured data based on a set of correction rules such that bond indexes can be identified. Such correction rules may be associated with data generated by a computer model.
US12037863B2
A wellhead system includes a wellhead assembly which is generally tubular, a landing string assembly, and an orientation sensor assembly which is mounted on the landing string assembly. The wellhead assembly is secured to a top of a borehole and has an orientation engagement part. The landing string assembly is lowered into the wellhead assembly to land in the wellhead assembly. The landing string assembly has an orientation part with an orientation feature. The orientation engagement part of the wellhead assembly corresponds to the orientation feature. As the landing string assembly is lowered into the wellhead assembly, the orientation feature engages with the orientation engagement part to rotate the landing string assembly about its longitudinal axis into a desired orientation relative to the wellhead assembly. The orientation sensor assembly measures an angular rotation of the landing string assembly about its longitudinal axis.
US12037856B2
This invention provides a Mud Gas Separator design (MGS) which prevents gas from being discharged into the shaker/mud pit rooms. It eliminates the risk of suffocation of the personnel working in these areas and the fire/explosion/environmental risks of the current MGS designs. The Mud Gas Separator design of two MGS/liquid seals (43/76 & 57/77) in series automatically prevents gas being discharged into shaker and mud pit rooms by allowing the DIP tube liquid seal (76) of the first MGS (43) to blow-out safely into a containment chamber (49) with the second liquid seal (77) remaining intact preventing any gas from being discharged into the shaker/mud pit rooms. A sensor system (55) at the top of the outer casing of the dip tube (52) will identify when there is a liquid seal blowout event and isolate the MGS to prevent further gas releases.
US12037854B1
A top drive assembly includes a top drive, a casing running tool, and a gear assembly. The top drive is coupled to a rig. The casing running tool is fluidly coupled to and driven by the top drive. The gear assembly engages the top drive and the casing running tool to transmit torque from the top drive to the casing running tool. The gear assembly reverses a direction of torque between the top drive and the casing running tool or changes a rotational speed between the top drive and the casing running tool.
US12037851B2
An example PCD body includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and at least one lateral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The PCD body includes one or more threads that are configured to allow the PCD body to be threadedly attached to a component, such as a substrate, a drill bit body, or a support ring. In an embodiment, the one or more threads may be formed on at least a portion of the lateral surface.
US12037844B2
A roller shade for selectively covering an architectural opening and which reduces deflection and sagging in the roller shade. The roller shade comprises a tension insert inserted and substantially centered within the roller tube of the roller shade. The tension insert comprises a longitudinal insert body, a threaded rod, and a pair of threaded nuts. The insert body comprises an inner tube portion with a plurality of longitudinal fins circumferentially extending from the inner tube portion. The threaded rod is inserted within the inner tube portion of the insert body and the insert body is longitudinally compressed by threading the pair of threaded nuts on the threaded rod.
US12037830B2
According to one aspect of the invention, an assembly is configured to counterbalance components movable relative to one another, the assembly including a mounting bracket configured to be coupled to one of the components; a follower arm pivotally coupled to a follower arm mounting point on the mounting bracket; a follower coupled to a follower mounting point on the follower arm; means for exerting force between a force exerting means mounting point on the mounting bracket and a force exerting means mounting point on the follower arm; and a cam configured to be coupled to another one of the components in such a way that the follower contacts a cam profile of the cam.
US12037829B2
A hinge device includes a fixed element with a plate that can be anchored to a stationary supporting structure, and a movable element with a hinge body that can be anchored to a closing element. Adjustment elements for the position of the hinge body and the plate include a pair of opposite longitudinal projections integrally joined to a pin that can be inserted into a slot defined in the plate. A pair of adjustment grub screws at the slot promotes the joined rotation of the longitudinal projections and the pin. The hinge body further includes a seat, for the mutual movement of the pin and of the hinge body, with a damping system interacting by friction with the pin to differentially dampen the rotation of the pin and the hinge body. The hinge device may be fixed to the closing element with a pair of clamping elements.
US12037822B1
A locking module is coupled to first and second bodies that are movably connected to each other to be selectively spaced apart from each other and disposed close to each other, and the locking module includes: a first locking unit configured to be attached to the first body; and a second locking unit configured to be attached to the second body and to be detachably coupled to the first locking unit on the same line.
US12037817B2
A bicycle security device and associated bicycle theft alert or security systems are described. In some embodiments, the security devices and systems are configured to deter theft or other unauthorized uses of a bicycle, such as an electric bicycle, by providing multiple points or mechanisms of protection for the bicycle. For example, a bicycle security device, or bike lock, can include a cable or tether component integrated with a shackle of a wheel lock mechanism, which enables a rider to secure his/her bicycle via two integrated mechanisms of deterrence or protection within the bike lock.
US12037812B2
A lock core structure composed of a lock core seat, a lock core shell, a push plate, lock plates, washers, a positioning plate, a latch lever, a brake bolt plate pushed by a compression spring, a positioning baffle, and a retaining ring. An accommodating chamber of the seat is provided with an accommodating groove, a ring groove, a shaft hole and a groove, an inner bottom surface of the shell is provided with a slide groove for disposing the push plate, the brake bolt plate is provided in the accommodating groove, and provided with a pivot shaft disposed in the shaft hole, the positioning baffle is provided in the chamber and provided with a first baffle corresponding to an embedding groove of the seat, and a second baffle corresponding to the accommodating groove and the groove, and the retaining ring is embedded in the ring groove.
US12037811B2
A pick-resistant lock assembly may include a housing having a cylindrical opening. The cylindrical opening may have a centerline. The housing may include a plurality of pin cavities intersecting the cylindrical opening. A plug may be rotatably mounted in the cylindrical opening. The plug may include a keyway and a plug axis. A slide bar pocket may be formed within the housing. The lock assembly may include a pin verification mechanism having a slide bar in the slide bar pocket. The pin verification mechanism may be concealed within the housing and may be inaccessible to an attacker inserting a hand tool through the keyway. Other examples may be described and claimed.
US12037809B2
Frames that include interlocking walls, frame kits, and associated methods are described. An example of a frame kit includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall has a first wall main body that defines a first wall main body first notch. The second wall is interlockable with the first wall and has a second wall main body that defines a second wall main body first notch. A portion of the first wall is disposable within the second wall main body first notch. A portion of the second wall is disposable within the first wall main body first notch.
US12037805B2
A pneumatic telescopic column assembly for supporting and moving military equipment, communication equipment, lighting equipment and/or surveillance equipment is provided. The pneumatic telescopic column assembly extends along an axis and has a plurality of tube groups telescopically configurable between a compact configuration and an extended configuration. The plurality of tube groups has a base tube group, an intermediate tube group and a head tube group. The base tube group has a base tube element and a base locking ring that has at least one horizontal latch, at least one actuator and at least one vertical latch. The intermediate tube group has an intermediate tubular element and an intermediate locking ring that has at least one horizontal intermediate latch. The tubular head group has a tubular head element.
US12037796B2
A cladding or siding assembly includes at least one panel member and at least two parallel and spaced support rail members to allow at least one panel member to slidably interfit in between the support rail members, to be located and be removable during or after construction. The panel member is slotted between an upper support rail member and a parallel lower support rail member. At an upper end of the panel member recess slidably interfits with the lower tab member of the upper support rail member having second end leg of perimeter frame within lower recess and the recess at a lower end of the same panel member slidably captures shorter upper tab member of the lower support rail member whereby second end leg is captured in upper recess of lower support rail member.
US12037788B2
The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes.
US12037785B2
A sound-data-interactive dynamic adaptive facade module system is provided. The sound-data-interactive dynamic adaptive facade module system changes a shape of the sound-data-interactive dynamic adaptive facade module system by moving interactively according to sound values and by gaining a sound shield feature by enlarging a surface. The sound-data-interactive dynamic adaptive facade module system includes: a steel frame structure, a coating material, a vertical steel carrier profile, a coupler, a vertical and horizontal steel carrier joint profile, a metal pinion plate, a bearing, a bush cap, a servo motor, and servo motor connection cables.
US12037780B2
Proposed is a method for constructing a relocatable building by using modules, the method including a step a) of preparing a single module and installing a foundation block at a site, a step b) of forming a complex module having one room by assembling at least two single modules with each other on an assembly table near the site, a step c) of lifting the assembled complex module and installing the complex module on the foundation block, and a step d) of installing a roof module on an uppermost complex module and integrally reinforcing the foundation block, the complex module, and the roof module by using a reinforcing means.
US12037778B2
A toilet having a water inlet structure, a bowl structure, a rim, and an outlet structure. The water inlet structure is configured to receive water from a water source. The bowl structure includes a toilet bowl and a water channel, which is fluidly connected to the water inlet structure and is configured to feed water into the toilet bowl from an outlet of the water channel that is located between a back portion and a side portion of the toilet bowl. The rim has a solid, annular member disposed around a top of the toilet bowl and entirely above the water channel, is formed separately from and coupled to the bowl structure. The outlet structure is fluidly connected to the toilet bowl to carry the water and contents from the toilet bowl to an outlet.
US12037769B1
A robot generates a cell grid (e.g., occupancy grid) representation of a geographic area. The occupancy grid may include a plurality of evenly sized cells, and each cell may be assigned an occupancy status, which can be used to indicate the location of obstacles present in the geographic area. Footprints for the robot corresponding to a plurality of robot orientations and joint states may be generated and stored in a look-up table. The robot may generate a planned path for the robot to navigate within the geographic area by generating a plurality of candidate paths, each candidate path comprising a plurality of candidate robot poses. For each candidate robot pose, the robot may query the look-up table for a corresponding robot footprint to determine if a collision will occur.
US12037765B2
A turning work vehicle includes a lower travel body, an upper turning body, a work device, a rotation body, and a support column. The lower travel body is provided with a blade. The upper turning body is supported by the lower travel body so as to be able to turn. The work device is supported by the upper turning body so as to be able to rotate. The rotation body is provided to the blade. The support column projects from the rotation body. A target prism, which is the measurement object of a total station, can be secured to the support column. The rotation body rotates in relation to the blade, whereby the posture of the support column is configured so as to be able to switch between an upright posture and a fallen posture.
US12037756B2
A vehicle barrier includes a first post and a second post each having a top end and a planar wall, a barrier beam extending longitudinally in a same vertical plane as the first post and the second post and the barrier beam separating an attack side from an asset side, a first post connection attaching the barrier beam to the first post, the first post connection comprising a first beam plate extending from a first end of the barrier beam, a first post plate extending from the planar wall of the first post, and a first pin vertically disposed in the first beam plate and the first post plate, and a second post connection attaching the barrier beam to the second post.
US12037752B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses can determine weight of a machine using rolling resistance. The machine may be electrified, either all-electrically powered or partially electrically powered. The rolling resistance can be determined based on motor signaling from one or more motor sensors that sense motor characteristics (e.g., drawn current) from one or more electric motors that drive the machine. The weight of the machine can be determined using the determined rolling resistance. Weight information can be output for display on a display and/or for storing in computer-readable storage onboard and/or offboard the machine.
US12037748B2
Absorbent product including a laminate of at least two plies, wherein the absorbent product has a measured Valley Volume parameter greater than 11 microns and a Pit Density of greater than 25 pockets per sq·cm.
US12037743B2
Advancement of exhaustion, migration, adsorption and fixation of dyestuff to the cellulose materials
The present invention relates to a method of dyeing using a salt mixture as an electrolyte with 0.5 to 5.00 GPL of sodium chloride or sodium sulphate and alkali agents I and II to exhaust and fix a dyestuff to a cellulose material in a reactive dyeing. In the method the cellulose fiber is treated with (i) the salt mixture with sodium chloride or sodium sulphate specifically, putting the pre-treated fiber maintained at a pH between 3 and above and an (MLR) maintained between 1:20 and 1:3 at a temperature between 20° C. and above and exhausted for between 15 minutes and above, (ii) the alkali agent I with a pH between 9.5 and above at a temperature between 30° C. and above and stained for between 20 minutes and above (iii) the alkali agent II with a pH between 10.5 and above at a temperature between 30° C. and above and stained for 40 minutes and above.
US12037741B2
Textile article with a pattern comprising graphene, defining a surface with empty portions and full portions, with a percentage of coverage from 10 to 70% of the surface defined by the pattern, so as to form a thermal circuit for optimal management of the heat absorbed and of the breathability of the article, and the process for its preparation.
US12037736B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drawer including a drawer body, a drawer cover, a first detergent flow channel, and a first detergent supply hole defined to penetrate the drawer cover, a tub including a tub body disposed inside the drawer, a tub cover for forming a top face of the tub body, and an exhaust hole penetrating the tub cover, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a discharge flow channel, a dispenser including a flow channel body fixed to the drawer, a first water supply flow channel defined in the flow channel body, an exhaust flow channel defined in the flow channel body, a flow channel cover, and a cover through-hole connected to the exhaust flow channel, a first connection pipe, a first flow channel water supply pipe, and a tub exhaust pipe for connecting the exhaust flow channel with the exhaust hole.
US12037716B2
A compactor device for compacting a sliver that is drawn by a drafting system of a textile machine is provided. In accordance with the invention, it is envisaged that the compactor device is designed as a channel compactor and has a guide channel, designed in the shape of a screw in the running direction of the sliver, wherein the entry opening of the guide channel is widest horizontally and the exit opening of the guide channel is arranged rotated at least 30° with respect to the entry opening.
US12037711B2
A device and method for generating long fibers having a nanoscale diameter by combined application of a gas jet and laser radiation. The invention also relates to nanoscale fibers generated by the device and method.
US12037710B2
A method of manufacturing a color-changing fiber includes loading a polymeric material and a thermochromic pigment material into a fiber fabrication machine that comprises an extruder and a spinneret, operating the extruder to provide a molten mixture of the polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material, providing a volume of the molten mixture to the spinneret, and operating the spinneret to coat an electrically conductive core with the molten mixture to form a coating layer around the electrically conductive core to produce the color-changing fiber. The polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material are provided as (a) a first raw material comprising the polymeric material and a second raw material comprising the thermochromic pigment material or (b) a thermochromic pigment and polymer mixture.
US12037697B2
A method for producing Si ingot single crystal by NOC growth method including a Si ingot single crystal growing step and a continuous growing step is provided. The growing step includes providing a low temperature region in the Si melt where the Si ingot single crystal is grown along the surface of the Si melt or toward the inside of the Si melt, and the Si ingot single crystal has distribution of a vacancy concentration and an interstitial concentration in which respectively a vacancy concentration and an interstitial concentration vary with a distance from the growth interface; and adjusting a temperature gradient and a growth rate in the Si melt, so that along with the increasing of the distance from the growth interface, the vacancy concentration and the interstitial concentration in the Si ingot single crystal respectively decrease come near to each other.
US12037695B2
A method for manufacturing metal horological components, includes the steps of forming a multilevel mould made of a photosensitive resin, with a UV-LIGA method, and galvanically depositing a layer of at least one metal starting from a conductive layer in order to form a block that substantially reaches the upper surface of the photosensitive resin.
US12037693B1
A noble metal free nanocomposite of a transition metal phosphide catalyst supported on ultrathin interconnected carbon nanosheets and its use as an efficient low cost electrocatalyst are disclosed. An electrochemical cell comprising a working electrode coated with the electrocatalyst for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis of water.
US12037681B2
Provided is a method for forming a silicon oxycarbonitride film (SiOCN) with varying proportions of each element, using a disilane precursor under vapor deposition conditions, wherein the percent carbon incorporation into the SiOCN film may be varied between about 5 to about 60%, by utilizing co-reactants chosen from oxygen, ammonia, and nitrous oxide gas. The carbon-enriched SiOCN films thus formed may be converted to pure silicon dioxide films after an etch stop protocol by treatment with O2 plasma.
US12037678B2
A mask is provided. The mask includes at least one first mask strip. The first mask strip includes a main body and at least one reinforced rib; the main body includes a plate surface defined by a first direction and a second direction, the first direction intersects with the second direction, and the main body extends along the first direction; and the at least one reinforced rib is on the plate surface of the main body and extends along the first direction, and a width of the at least one reinforced rib in the second direction is smaller than a width of the main body in the second direction.
US12037666B2
A method for producing a steel material for line pipes including heating a steel having a specific composition to a temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C.; performing hot rolling such that a cumulative rolling reduction ratio in a non-recrystallization temperature range is 60% or more, a cumulative rolling reduction ratio in a temperature range of (a rolling finish temperature +20° C.) or less is 50% or more, and a rolling finish temperature is the Ar3 transformation point or more and 790° C. or less; subsequently performing accelerated cooling from a temperature of the Ar3 transformation point or more, at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or more, to a cooling stop temperature of 200° C. to 450° C.; and then performing reheating such that the temperature of a surface of the steel plate is 350° C. to 550° C. and the temperature of the center of the steel plate is less than 550° C.
US12037661B2
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a part (20) comprising a formation of successive solid metal layers (201 . . . 20n), superimposed on one another, each layer describing a pattern defined from a numerical model (M), each layer being formed by the deposition of a metal (25), referred to as a filler metal, the filer metal being subjected to an input of energy so as to melt and constitute, by solidifying, said layer, wherein the filler metal takes the form of a powder (25), of which the exposure to an energy beam (32) results in a melting followed by a solidification in such a way as to form a solid layer (201, . . . 20n), the method being characterized in that the filler metal (25) is an aluminum alloy comprising at least the following alloying elements: Si, according to a weight fraction from 4% to 20%; Fe, according to a weight fraction from 2% to 15%. The invention also relates to a part obtained by this method. The alloy used in the additive manufacturing method according to the invention, makes it possible to obtain parts with remarkable mechanical performance, while still obtained a method of which the productivity is advantageous.
US12037660B2
The use of a synergistic mixture of extractants for extracting at least one rare earth element from an aqueous medium comprising phosphoric acid. The mixture comprises: —a first extractant of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2, which are identical or different, represent a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, comprising from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group optionally substituted by a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and—a second extractant of formula (II): in which R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group, comprising from 6 to 12 carbon atoms. Use of the synergistic mixture in the treatment of phosphate minerals with a view to recovering the rare earth elements contained in the minerals.
US12037654B2
In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising subjecting a steel slab containing no inhibitor-forming components to hot rolling, cold rolling, primary recrystallization annealing working also as decarburization and to final annealing causing secondary recrystallization after applying an annealing separator on the surface, the final cold rolling for cold rolling the steel sheet to the final thickness uses a warm rolling with a tandem rolling mill at a total rolling reduction of not less than 80% at 150 to 280° C. and is performed by extending a pass line length of the steel sheet between the stands so that T satisfies T≥1.3×L/V, where an distance between the stands is defined as L(m), a speed of the steel sheet passing between the stands is defined as V (mpm), and a pass time during which the steel sheet passes between the stands is defined as T(min).
US12037650B2
A method and system are disclosed for detecting microbial pathogens in a sample suspected of containing the pathogens. The method includes combining loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) reagents and a polymer gel, such as a hydrogel, together with the sample to form a mixture. The gel polymerizes over a short time to immobilize the viral particles within the mixture. If target DNA/RNA are present in the sample, amplicons are produced. The target microorganisms are detected by visually detecting the presence or absence of the amplicons. The target microorganism concentrations may be determined based on the number of fluorescent amplicon dots after the reaction using a smartphone or a fluorescent microscope. The method may be employed for rapidly and inexpensively quantifying microbial pathogens in environmental water samples with high sensitivity.
US12037642B2
The RNA molecule of the present invention, which is based on a helix 73-derived RNA substrate and Erm interaction sites, may be used for screening candidate substances that inhibit methylation by Erm, developing variants thereof, and identifying the action mechanism, and may be used for suppressing the expression of antibiotic resistance.
US12037640B2
Methods and kits for next-generation sequencing are disclosed. In some embodiments, the present methods comprise sequencing an insert and sequencing an insert without an intervening denaturation step. Decreased sequencing signal from insert sequences, the use of unlabeled nucleotides to form double stranded insert constructs, and the use of synthesis blocking nucleotides are also discussed.
US12037636B2
The invention relates to new methods for synthesising polynucleotide molecules according to a predefined nucleotide sequence. The invention also relates to methods for the assembly of synthetic polynucleotides following synthesis, as well as systems and kits for performing the synthesis and/or assembly methods.
US12037632B2
The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, particularly to a recombinant expression vector for rapidly screening the high expression strains and a method for rapidly screening high expression strains. In the invention, an exogenous red fluorescent protein and Aspergillus fumigatus cell surface protein localization signal are fused and expressed, and the fusion gene (DsRed-AfMP1) is integrated into the genome of Trichoderma reesei, so as to construct a strain displaying red fuorescent protein on the surface of Trichoderma reesei. By sorting Trichoderma reesei strains with red fluorescent protein on the surface by flow cytometry, genes beneficial to the improvement of cellulase activity can be quickly isolated.
US12037630B2
Methods to produce oils with modified profiles of fatty acid, carotenoids and/or terpenoids in microalgal mutants are provided. Microalgal mutants produce the oil containing fatty acids, carotenoids and/or terpenoids of a modified profile with a disruption or ablation of one or more alleles of an endogenous polynucleotide or comprising an exogeneous gene are also provided.
US12037628B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to processes for the production and processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources. In several embodiments, PHAs are produced at high efficiencies from carbon-containing gases through the utilization of a regenerative polymerization system.
US12037621B2
Improved production of threonine from E. coli by fermentation is accomplished by attenuation but not elimination of the expression of either or both of the yajV gene encoding omega-amidase (a.k.a. 2-oxoglutaramate amidase) and the ilvA gene encoding threonine dehydratase (a.k.a threonine deaminase). In cases where there is attenuated expression of the ilvA gene, there is no need to express an exogenous cimA gene. In examples of both cases, attenuation is accomplished by engineering these genes to contain a weaker ribosome site. Further improvements in threonine production are made by expression of a heterologous pyruvate carboxylase gene exemplified by expression of the Corynebacterium glutamicum pyc gene under control of an E. coli promoter, to provide expression of pyruvate carboxylase that is not naturally expressed in E. coli.
US12037617B2
The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject.
US12037616B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions and kits for treating conditions that are related with angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) by gene editing.
US12037607B2
Disclosed are methods of preparing CD34+CD43+ hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) in vitro according to embodiments of the invention. Also disclosed are methods of differentiating CD34+CD43+ hematopoietic progenitor cells to hematopoietic lineage cells according to embodiments of the invention. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing a condition in a mammal, e.g., cancer, according to embodiments of the invention.
US12037601B2
Compositions and methods for genetically modifying felines or feline cells are described. The compositions and methods are useful for knocking out all or a portion of a Fel d 1 gene from a feline genome. Feline cells and organisms in which all or a portion of the Fel d 1 gene is knocked out are also described. The compositions and methods may include reagents and procedures for CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genomic editing of Fel d 1.
US12037593B2
The present invention provides a method for modulating (e.g. decreasing) the alkaloid content of a plant (e.g. a tobacco plant), the method comprising modifying said plant by modulating (e.g. decreasing) the expression of at least one armadillo repeat protein. The present invention also provides for the use of an armadillo repeat protein for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant, as well as tobacco cells, plants, plant propagation materials, harvested leaves, processed tobaccos, or tobacco products obtainable in accordance with the invention.
US12037591B2
As disclosed herein, optimal native genomic loci of soybean plants have been identified that represent best sites for targeted insertion of exogenous sequences.
US12037586B2
Disclosed herein are oligonucleotides, such as nucleic acid inhibitor molecules, having a 4′-phosphate analog and methods of using the same, for example, to modulate the expression of a target gene in a cell. The phosphate analogs are bound to the 4′-carbon of the sugar moiety (e.g., a ribose or deoxyribose or analog thereof) of the 5′-terminal nucleotide of an oligonucleotide. Typically, the phosphate analog is an oxymethylphosphonate, where the oxygen atom of the oxymethyl group is bound to the 4′-carbon of the sugar moiety or analog thereof.
US12037585B2
This disclosure relates to a therapeutic combination of drugs for the treatment or management of a neurodegenerative disease, the combination comprising: a first conjugate comprising an RNA silencing agent and a first targeting agent that targets the first conjugate to the central nervous system, and a second conjugate comprising an antagonist of the RNA silencing agent and a second targeting agent that targets the second conjugate to a off-target tissue.
US12037572B2
A cell culture matrix is provided that has a substrate with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a thickness separating the first side and the second side, and a plurality of openings formed in the substrate and passing through the thickness of the substrate. The plurality of openings allow flow of at least one of cell culture media, cells, or cell products through the thickness of the substrate, and provides a uniform, efficient, and scalable matrix for cell seeding, proliferation, and culturing. The substrate can be formed from a woven polymer mesh material that provides a high surface area to volume ratio for cells and good fluid flow through the matrix. Bioreactor systems incorporating the cell culture matrix and related methods are also provided.
US12037569B2
This disclosure describes methods for growing cells in a controlled environment in a growing room, transporting the cells to a harvest room, and removing the cells from the controlled environment in the harvest room. The disclosed method can limit exposure of cells to contaminants by maintaining a controlled environment through cell growth and additional processing. For instance, the cells may be washed and cooled within the controlled environment. The cells are transferred to a harvest room where they are harvested and removed from the controlled environment.
US12037568B2
A semiconductor cell culture device for three-dimensional cell culture comprises: a semiconductor material layer in which a cell culture portion of semiconductor material is defined, wherein the cell culture portion defines an area within the semiconductor material layer surrounded by semiconductor material, wherein the cell culture portion comprises a mesh structure having island structures being interconnected by bridge structures and defining through-pores between the island structures allowing for selective transport of cell constructs, cellular components, proteins or other large molecules through the semiconductor material layer and on opposite sides of the cell culture portion in the semiconductor material layer, and a supporting structure connected to the cell culture portion.
US12037565B2
The need for a liquid detergent composition suitable for washing dishes, fitting both in-sink as well as direct application habits, which provides reduced smearing when used in direct application dishwashing methods is met by formulating the liquid detergent composition to comprise a surfactant system, which comprises an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, the C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising a specific fraction of 2-branched C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, with a specific distribution of the 2-branching.
US12037563B2
Some variations provide an automated system for solvent extraction of a feed stock to produce a botanical extract, fats, oils, or other desirable solute, comprising: an extraction reactor; a distillation unit; and a second-stage purge chamber or a second-stage purge process utilizing the extraction reactor itself. The second-stage purge chamber or process receives or holds the solid material along with a heated inert non-condensable gas and/or solvent vapor, to recover residual solvent contained in the solid material. Other variations provide a process comprising: feeding a raw material and a solvent into an extraction reactor; generating dissolved material in rich solvent and extracted solid material; distilling the rich solvent to generate purified product and recovered solvent; conveying the solid material and a heated inert non-condensable gas and/or solvent vapor into a second-stage purge chamber, or holding the solid material in the same vessel, to recover residual solvent; and recovering the purified product.
US12037545B2
A composition and method for hydraulically fracturing an oil or gas well to improve the production rates and ultimate recovery using a porous ceramic proppant infused with a chemical treatment agent is provided. The chemical treatment agent may be a tracer material that provides diagnostic information about the production performance of a hydraulic fracture stimulation by the use of distinguishable both water soluble and hydrocarbon soluble tracers. The tracer can be a biological marker, such as DNA. The porous ceramic proppant can be coated with a polymer which provides for controlled release of the chemical treatment agent into a fracture or well bore area over a period of time.
US12037536B2
Methods and systems for mitigating annular pressure buildup in a wellbore. An example method introduces a treatment fluid into an annulus of the wellbore, wherein the annulus has an annular pressure, and wherein the treatment fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid and a nanoporous metal oxide. The method further includes allowing or causing to allow at least a portion of the treatment fluid to remain in the annulus; and allowing or causing to allow the annular pressure to increase thereby inducing at least a portion of the aqueous base fluid to enter into an interior volume of the nanoporous metal oxide.
US12037518B2
Provided are an adhesive composition, an adhesive layer comprising the same and a foldable display comprising the same.
US12037515B2
The present invention relates to novel compositions suitable for use in, inter alia, optical measurement technology applications and, in particular, 3D scanning technology as well as methods for the manufacture and methods of use of said compositions.
US12037512B2
The invention herein relates to a curable composition, such as UV or EB curable composition, comprising: a metal salt comprising an anionic form of an organic compound, which organic compound comprises at least one polymerisable unsaturated group and an acidic hydrogen; and water. The curable composition is suitable for priming, printing on, or varnishing a substrate, as well as to methods of preparing said compositions, methods for priming, printing on, or varnishing a substrate, and printing presses utilising said compositions.
US12037507B2
This invention provides a resin composition for preparing an allylphenol-maleimide copolymer used for a protective film for an electronic component including: (A) an allyl group-containing phenol compound having a rigid structure; (B) an N-aromatic maleimide group-containing compound having a rigid structure; and (C) an N-aliphatic maleimide group-containing compound having a flexible structure.
US12037487B2
A polyacetal resin composition contains a polyacetal copolymer resin (A) in an amount of 100 parts by mass, the polyacetal copolymer resin having a hemiformal terminal group amount of 0.8 mmol/kg or less, a hindered phenol-based antioxidant (B) in an amount of 0.2 to 2.0 parts by mass, at least one of magnesium oxide or zinc oxide (C) in an amount of more than 2.0 parts by mass and 20 parts by mass or less, a carbon-based conductive additive (D) in an amount of 0.3 to 2.5 parts by mass, and polyalkylene glycol (E) in an amount of 0.5 to 3.0 parts by mass, wherein the carbon-based conductive additive (D) is one selected from a group consisting of only a carbon nano-structure (D1) and a combination of the carbon nano-structure (D1) and carbon black (D2) having a BET specific surface area of 300 m2/g or more.
US12037480B1
Provided are a three-dimensional carbon-based copolymerization composite, and a preparation method and use thereof. The preparation method includes dissolving a hydroxyquinone compound and a diamine compound to obtain a dissolved system, and subjecting the dissolved system to first reaction to obtain first reaction system; mixing the first reaction system and monomer, and subjecting a resulting mixed system to amidation to obtain an amidation reaction system; subjecting a graphitized carbon to first dispersion, ball milling, and second dispersion sequentially to obtain a graphitized carbon dispersion; and mixing the amidation reaction system, the graphitized carbon dispersion, a cross-linking agent, and an initiator, and subjecting a resulting mixture to polymerization to obtain the three-dimensional carbon-based copolymerization composite, wherein a molar ratio of the diamine compound to the hydroxyquinone compound is 1:(2-3); and the monomer comprises a carboxyl group and a double bond in a structure thereof.
US12037471B2
Provided is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene composition having a light weight and improved mechanical strength. A carbon fiber-containing polypropylene composition contains a predetermined amount of each of polypropylene (component 1), carbon fiber (component 2), and modified polypropylene (component 3), wherein the component 2 contains a predetermined amount of each of a C—O bond, a C═O bond, an O—C═O bond, a C—C bond, and a C—N bond.
US12037466B2
Compositions and methods of making a culture medium from a polymeric material are described herein. The method can include (a) depolymerizing and/or dispersing the polymeric material to obtain a depolymerized and/or dispersed residue, and (b) combining the depolymerized and/or dispersed residue with one or more adjuvants to form a culture medium. In some embodiments, the polymeric material can be a plastic article, such as a waste carpet material. Culture media prepared from the compositions and methods are also described. The culture media are suitable for culturing microorganisms including bacterium, algae, and fungus. The microorganisms can be used to produce a bioproduct such as a biopolymer, an enzyme, or a cellular metabolite.
US12037465B2
An apparatus for hardening waste resin is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a container for holding the waste resin, the container having an outlet. The apparatus may also have a container pivot about which the container may rotate to a tilt position that allows waste resin to flow out of the outlet under the force of gravity, over a comb with a plurality of teeth. The teeth are constructed to separate the waste resin into waste resin droplets under the force of gravity. A conveyor surface is positioned below the comb to receive the waste resin droplets, and the conveyor surface moves as it receives the waste resin droplets. A plurality of UV lights is positioned to illuminate the conveyor surface and to cause the waste resin droplets thereon to harden. The conveyor surface may be removable.
US12037461B2
The invention relates to curable polyorganosiloxanes with special silicon-containing terminal groups and curable compositions based on these polyorganosiloxanes, a special capped adhesion promoter, and a curing catalyst. These compositions have improved adhesion properties and excellent storage stability. The invention also relates to the use thereof.
US12037460B2
Provided is a thermally conductive silicone gel composition having high thermal conductivity, excellent extrudability and mixing stability, resistance to separation of each liquid even in a two-component package, stable storage, and superior gap fill properties for heat dissipating components, and the like. A multi-component thermally conductive silicone gel composition comprises: (A-1) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 5 to 100; (A-2) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 400 or more; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction; (D) a thermally conductive filler; (E) a silane coupling agent, and the like; and (F) an organopolysiloxane having a hydrolyzable silyl group at the end of the molecular chain. A mixture viscosity of component (A-1) and component (A-2) is within a range of 1.15 to 5.50 times the viscosity of the component (A-1) at 25° C.
US12037457B2
The present invention encompasses materials and methods for catalyzing the cross-linking and curing of siloxane polymers. In particular, the present disclosure provides materials, methods, and conditions for vapor phase catalysis for curing organosiloxane polymers and resins, including resin linear organosiloxane block copolymers, as well as the incorporation of those methods into processes for making light emitting devices, including light emitting diodes.
US12037449B2
Embodiments relate to a polyester film, preparation method thereof and method for reproducing polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) container using same, the crystallization temperature (Tc) of the polyester film is not measured or is 70° C. to 130° C., as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, whereby it is possible to easily control the crystallinity. Accordingly, the polyester film has excellent shrinkage characteristics and recyclability, and clumping rarely occurs even if it is dried at high temperatures for a long period of time in the regeneration process.
US12037446B1
A thermoluminescence sensor includes a thermo-responsive polymer composition, and a sealed transparent container that holds the thermo-responsive polymer composition. The thermo-responsive polymer composition contains a curcumin oil, and a cyano derivative of poly(phenylenevinylene) of formula (I).
US12037443B2
Polymer composite materials and methods of preparation are discussed. The composite material may comprise a polyurethane foam and a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed in the polyurethane foam. The composite material may have moisture movement properties, such that (a) a sample of the composite material having a length of 48 inches has a moisture movement of less than 0.15% along the length, and/or (b) a sample having a length of 6 inches has a moisture movement of less than 0.8% along the length, when submerged in 45° C. distilled water for 14 days.
US12037439B2
Cross-linked polyvinyl polymers comprising charged groups and methods of making are disclosed. The polymers are effective and durable adsorbent of dyes from aqueous solutions. Also, a method of removal of dyes from contaminated water is disclosed.
US12037431B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent organo-ruthenium compound, a pyridine compound, a photosensitizer and an ultra violet light blocking compound along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is exposed to suitable actinic radiation to form a substantially transparent film or a three dimensional object. Surprisingly, the compositions are very stable at ambient conditions to temperatures up to 80° C. for several days and undergo mass polymerization only when subjected to actinic radiation under inert atmosphere such as for example a blanket of nitrogen. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as 3D printing materials, coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.
US12037419B2
Fusion proteins of C1q peptides and HMBG1 A-box or HMBG1 B-box, or C1q peptides and DWESY peptide are provided, and methods of use thereof.
US12037413B2
The present application discloses anti-NME antibodies and their use in treating or preventing diseases.
US12037408B2
The present invention relates to humanized antibodies that specifically hind to human transferrin receptor and their use in treating cancer and inflammatory disorders.
US12037406B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to human CD137 and display agonist activity, and may be useful for treating solid and hematological tumors alone and in combination with anti-human PD-L1 antibodies, chemotherapy, and ionizing radiation.
US12037401B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind specifically to TrkB and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are agonist antibodies that are neuroprotective, as shown by their effect on enhancing the survival of retinal ganglion cells in vitro. As such, these agonist antibodies may be used to treat diseases or disorders of the eye, such as, but not limited to glaucoma. In addition, other neuronal diseases or disorders may benefit from treatment with these agonist antibodies, including any disease or disorder characterized in part by neuronal damage. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies that bind TrkB and mediate cell signaling. The antibodies of the invention may be fully human, non-naturally occurring antibodies.
US12037400B2
Provided is an isolated TrkB agonist antibody that binds to an epitope contained in one of the extracellular domains of TrkB and is capable of activating TrkB, wherein the extracellular domains comprises extracellular D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 domains and juxtamembrane domain of TrkB. Methods of using the TrkB agonist antibody in treating or reducing the risk of a TrkB associated conditions in a subject, wherein said condition is selected from cell differentiation, synaptic development, neural injury repairing and/or neurite branching.
US12037396B2
The present invention relates to a humanized anti-human CTLA4 monoclonal antibody. The present invention also relates to a preparation method and application of the humanized anti-human CTLA4 monoclonal antibody.
US12037393B2
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind PI16 and block binding of ILT3 to PI16.
US12037383B2
The present application relates to neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof against betacoronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), to nucleic acid(s) encoding such neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, and to mixture and compositions comprising such antibodies, antigen-binding fragments or nucleic acids. Such neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof are able to block betacoronavirus entry into cells and/or to induce complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) against betacoronavirus-infected cells. Methods and uses of the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid(s) or compositions, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and preventative methods and uses for betacoronavirus infections and related diseases such as COVID-19, are also described.
US12037382B2
The invention relates to a novel class of antagonistic and inverse agonistic anti-US28 antibodies, more specifically to single heavy chain variable domain antibodies (VHH) and variants and modifications thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing these antibodies and to the use of the antibodies in methods for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, especially for treatment of an individual suffering from a CMV-positive tumor such as glioblastoma.
US12037375B2
Disclosed are a novel protein variant for controlling fibrosis of amyloid beta and a composition for treating neurodegenerative diseases using the same.
US12037373B2
A multivalent polymer includes a multimerization peptide domain and a target protein fused directly or indirectly with the multimerization peptide domain. The multivalent polymer exhibits a probe effect by establishing a nano-size by self-assembly, and, accordingly, the multivalent polymer can be advantageously used in the development of a highly sensitive protein nano chip and the development of a diagnostic kit.
US12037358B2
Disclosed herein are glutathione-sensitive oligonucleotides and methods of using the same. Any oligonucleotide of interest may be modified with a glutathione-sensitive moiety, including oligonucleotides used for in vivo delivery, such as nucleic acid inhibitor molecules. Typically, the glutathione-sensitive moiety is used to reversibly modify the 2′-carbon of a sugar moiety in one or more nucleotides in the oligonucleotide, although other carbon positions may also be modified with the glutathione-sensitive moiety. Also disclosed are glutathione-sensitive nucleotide and nucleoside monomers, including glutathione-sensitive nucleoside phosphoramidites that can be used, for example, in standard oligonucleotide synthesis methods. In addition, glutathione-sensitive nucleotide and nucleoside monomers without a phosphoramidite can be used therapeutically, for example, as anti-viral agents.
US12037355B2
The present application relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. The application also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention and methods of using said compounds or compositions in the treatment of and immunization for infectious diseases.
US12037352B2
Disclosed herein are carboxyl group containing perfluoropolyether compounds of formula (I): Rf—X1—X2 (I), wherein the groups Rf, X1 and X2 are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using perfluoropolyether compounds.
US12037344B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are modulators of NLRP3, which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer in a subject (e.g., a human).
US12037331B1
A 1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-((5-(4-methoxybenzylideneamino)-2-thioxo-1,3,4-thiadiazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anticancer and/or anti-inflammatory agent.
US12037325B2
Provided herein are novel compounds having an inhibitory effect on the activation of a STING pathway. The provided compounds are 1,2-diaminobenzimidazole derivatives represented by a compound formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined in the specification.
US12037323B2
The invention relates generally to compounds that are Mer-Ax1 inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and methods of treating proliferative disorders and disorders of dysregulated apoptosis, such as cancer, utilizing the compounds of the invention.
US12037315B2
An object is to provide a novel production method for 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid that is suitable for industrial use. As a solution, a production method for 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid that includes performing a step (I) of reacting a compound represented by general formula (1) with carbon dioxide to obtain a compound represented by general formula (2), and then a step (II) of dealkylating the compound represented by general formula (2), is provided.
US12037313B2
A process for producing ethylene and at least one of butanol and an alkyl tert-butyl ether from field butane includes separating the field butane into an n-butane stream and an isobutane stream; cracking the n-butane stream to obtain a cracked product stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, butadienes, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and at least one of the following: (1) separating the cracked product stream to obtain a butane stream and a butene stream, and reacting the butene stream with water to obtain a fuel additive comprising butanol, and (2) dehydrogenating the isobutane stream in a dehydrogenation unit to form an isobutene stream and reacting the isobutene stream with an aliphatic alcohol to produce an alkyl tert-butyl ether.
US12037311B2
Molecules compounds are provided having the structure in Formula I, or a salt thereof, wherein n1 is independently 0, 1, 2, or 3; n2 is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20; n3 is from 0, 1, 2, or 3; n4 is 0 or 1; and n5 is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and wherein X is O, N, or S; Y, Z, XX, and YY are the same or different and are independently O or S; ZZ comprises nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or selenium; and wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 are as described herein. Methods are also provided for the synthesis of and use of the provided molecules in applications for diagnostic testing.
US12037304B2
A monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R1, R2, A1, A2, L1, L2, o, p, q, and r are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US12037303B2
A method for preparing a diaryl-p-phenylenediamine compound of Formula I comprises the steps of reacting a compound of Formula II and a compound of Formula III in a condensation dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of a solvent, a hydrogen acceptor, a water-carrying agent, and a catalyst; wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected and each is H, a C1-C8 alkyl, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl, a C1-C8 alkoxy, a C3-C8 cycloalkoxy, or phenyl; a and c are independently selected and each is an integer of 0 to 5, and b is an integer of 0 to 4:
US12037298B1
A method of processing raw organic material into a final soil amendment by collecting the raw material, aging it in mounds for a range of time. After aging, the material is ground up, stacked in piles, composted for a range of time to alter to a semi-composted material. This semi-composted material is reground, stacked in piles, and continued to compost for a range of time to alter to a final soil amendment of measurable moisture and nitrogen contents. The final soil amendment is mixed into farmland topsoil to facilitate improved crop growth and water retention.
US12037288B2
The present invention relates to a curable binder composition comprising: a) at least one organic binder comprising a polyisocyanate and a polyol, and b) at least 50% by weight of a filler in the form of quartz and/or slag, based on 100% by weight of binder composition.
US12037284B2
An optical glass has a refractive index (nd) of 1.55 or more. A difference (Tf−Tg) between a fictive temperature (Tf) and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the optical glass is 0° C. or more. The optical glass may have a crack initiation load L of 350 mN or more.
US12037280B2
A method of producing glass using submerged combustion melting includes supplying a combustible gas mixture to one or more submerged burners of a submerged combustion melter, combusting the combustible gas mixture supplied to the submerged burner(s) to produce combustion products, and discharging the combustion products from the submerged burner(s) directly into a glass melt contained within the submerged combustion melter to agitate and heat the glass melt. The glass melt is comprised of soda-lime-silica glass and has a redox ratio. Additionally, the disclosed method involves controlling one or more operating conditions of the submerged combustion melter selected from (1) an oxygen-to-fuel ratio of the combustible gas mixture supplied to each of the submerged burners, (2) a residence time of the glass melt, and (3) a gas flux through the glass melt.
US12037278B2
Provided is a window molding apparatus including an inner molding part including a core molding part, which includes a plurality of sub-bottom surfaces having different curvature radii, and a flat molding part spaced apart from the sub-bottom surfaces and disposed on the core molding part, and an outer molding part which is disposed below the inner molding part with a member to be processed therebetween and in which a groove corresponding to the core molding part is defined. The outer molding part includes a lower surface, an upper surface configured to face the lower surface, and a plurality of sub-groove surfaces having different curvature radii that define the groove to provide a window including sub-bent portions having different curvature radii.
US12037275B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems involving wastewater treatment systems are provided. Plastic grids, with first and second legs are provided. These first and second legs have distal ends separated from each other. Flat pipes are also provided for wastewater treatment systems.
US12037269B2
A hydrodynamic cavitation unit, disc, or producer for a hydrodynamic cavitation device is provided. The hydrodynamic cavitation device is configured for fluid communication with an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit. The hydrodynamic cavitation unit, disc, or producer includes a body; and a plurality of lumens through the body. Each of the lumens is configured for fluid communication from the inlet conduit, through the body, and to the outlet conduit. A ratio of a total cross-sectional area of the lumens within the hydrodynamic cavitation disc to a cross-sectional area of the inlet conduit is greater than or equal to about 1:1 upstream of a hydrodynamic cavitation promotion zone and constricts below about 1:1 within the hydrodynamic cavitation promotion zone. A cap is located downstream of the inlet conduit and upstream of the hydrodynamic cavitation producer. Related methods of manufacturing, apparatuses, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US12037264B2
A method is described for using basalt to selectively adsorb organic toxic materials, such as dioxins, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, arsenic, mercury, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, cadmium, lead, and the like, from substances such as sediment, which contains water and the toxic materials. Optionally, the basalt may be in the form of a liner, a cap, or a filter that surrounds, contains, or contacts sediment contaminated with the organic toxic material(s).
US12037256B2
A device for creating hollow tubes of crystalline magnesium sulphate sized a micron pertains to the production technology for inorganic micron-scale materials. The device consist of two halogenation tanks, a solar collector, a temperature-controlled crystallization chamber, a centrifuge, a conveyor belt, and a dryer. The solar collector is connected to a heat pipe at the bottom of a brine pool to form a circulation path. Said method is to convert high magnesium brine into saturated brine with a Mg2+:Na+ mass ratio between (8˜15):1 by a brine blending operation at a temperature of 60° C.˜90° C. it is controlled to be cooled and crystallized at a cooling rate of 0.6˜2.0° C./min, solid-liquid centrifugal separation is carried out when it is cooled down to 40˜48.5° C., and the solid phase is dried at a temperature of 48.5˜70° C., and finally micron-sized crystalline magnesium sulfate hollow tubes are obtained.
US12037254B2
Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a titanium atom. The titanium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the titanium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
US12037247B2
The introduction of graphene as a carrier for enzymes and catalysts is disclosed.
US12037238B2
An optoelectronic module includes an optical filter and can have a relatively small overall height. The module includes a semiconductor die for the optical filter, where the die has a cavity in its underside. The cavity provides space to accommodate an optoelectronic device such as a light sensor or light emitter. Such an arrangement can reduce the overall height of the module, thereby facilitating its integration into a host device in which space is at a premium.
US12037236B2
A fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting an automatic self-disinfection operation includes: controlling a switch to conduct a liquid outlet a cleaning sink and a liquid input port of a fluid diverter, so that the disinfectant solution in the cleaning sink flows into the fluid diverter; activate a pump to push residual cleaning solution in a material transmission pipe forward, so that the residual cleaning solution is discharged into a diversion device through an outlet connector; and utilizing operation of the pump to form a negative pressure in a detergent transmission pipe, so that the disinfectant solution in the fluid diverter is sucked into a dual-mode fluid connector through the detergent transmission pipe, and then flows into the material transmission pipe through the dual-mode fluid connector.
US12037232B2
The invention provides an air pressure opener for opening grape wine bottle. It comprises a housing and an air pumping device for filling air into the wine bottle. The air pumping device comprises a cavity inside the housing and an air needle with an air channel. The head of the air needle is connected to the inner cavity of the housing, and the air passage in the air needle communicates with the inner cavity of the housing. It is characterized in that an air pressure relief device is provided that releases air from the inner cavity when the air pressure in the inner cavity of the housing rises from atmospheric pressure value to a certain value. When the bottle is opened, the air pressure relief device timely vents the air in the bottle to prevent the bottle from bursting from the excessive air pressure in the wine bottle.
US12037231B2
A modular configurable automotive lift (10) comprising: at least two automotive lift modules (100) wherein each automotive lift module comprises: an outer longitudinal post (110) having a hollow interior, an outer longitudinal post first end (111), and an outer longitudinal post second end (112) opposite the outer longitudinal post first end; an inner longitudinal post (120) at least partially nested within the hollow interior of the outer longitudinal post the inner longitudinal post having an inner longitudinal post first end (121) and an inner longitudinal post second end (122) opposite the inner longitudinal post first end; a first bearing (115) connected to an inner longitudinal surface of the outer longitudinal post; a second bearing (125) connected to an outer longitudinal surface of the inner longitudinal post; an actuator (500) configured to advance the outer longitudinal post first end away from the inner longitudinal post first end or configured to advance the inner longitudinal post first end away from the outer longitudinal post first end; and a superstructure (200) connected to the inner longitudinal post first end or to the outer longitudinal post first end by a mounting flange (130), the superstructure comprising at least one vehicle engagement arm (210) extending from the superstructure.
US12037230B2
A foldable rail assembly is coupled to a platform and includes vertical rails and a rectangular rail structure that is hingedly coupled to the vertical rails. The rectangular rail structure is rotatable about hinged couplings formed between the rectangular rail structure and the vertical rails, and movable between a first, deployed position and a second, folded position. The rectangular rail structure extends upwardly from the platform higher in the first position than in the second position.
US12037227B2
A counter-balanced mobile device and a crane are provided. The counter-balanced mobile device comprises a counterweight rack (10), a connection assembly (20), a transmission assembly (30) and a driving member (40), wherein the counterweight rack (10) is configured to be connected with a turntable (100), and the connection assembly (20) is configured to be connected with a counterweight (200); and the connection assembly (20) is rotatably connected with the counterweight rack (10), the driving member (40) is fixed on the counterweight rack (10) and is connected with the connection assembly (20) by the transmission assembly (30) to drive the connection assembly (20) to rotate, so that the distance from the connection assembly (20) to a set reference on the counterweight rack (10) is adjusted. The counter-balanced mobile device can change the position of the counterweight (200) relative to the turntable (100) under the condition that the counterweight amount is unchanged, so that the counter-balancing performance and the stability of the crane are improved.
US12037223B2
A method for loading a container on a landing target on a land vehicle using a container crane including a trolley and a spreader for holding and lifting the container. The method is performed in a container crane control system and includes the steps of: obtaining two-dimensional images of the landing target from a first pair of cameras arranged on the spreader; performing feature extraction based on the two-dimensional images to identify key features of the landing target; generating a point cloud based on the feature extraction, wherein each point in the point cloud contains coordinates in three dimensions; and controlling movement of the container to the landing target based on the point cloud and the identified key features of the landing target.
US12037219B2
A sheet metal base panel for use in elevators is disclosed wherein the said base panel is made from sheet metal of low thickness without compromising its structural integrity, by a specialised hemming process. The said base panel is constructed from a single sheet of metal and incorporates the top and bottom header to form a unitary component. The construction is such that the headers can be positioned either way and hence possesses rotational symmetry which enables in easier installation. This is achieved by a special bending of the base panel on all edges of both the top side and bottom side, four times—a first 90° bending (1a) followed by a second 90° bending (1b), a third 90° bending (1c) and a fourth 180° hemming (1d) of the open edge formed after the third 90° bending (1c).
US12037214B2
A sheet feeding device includes a tray, a feeding member, a conveying member, a separation member, a transmission unit, and a biasing member. The separation member abuts the conveying member and separates a single sheet from sheets fed by the feeding member. The transmission unit includes first and second portions respectively having first and second transmission surfaces. Where the first and second transmission surfaces abut each other, the first portion drives the second portion that drives the feeding member. The biasing member biases either of the first and second portions so that the first and second transmission surfaces move away from each other. The conveying member is driven in a state where the separation member abuts the conveying member and the feeding member abuts the sheet stacked on the tray and is stopped. Thereafter, the first and second transmission surfaces abut each other, and the feeding member is driven.
US12037213B2
An image recording apparatus is provided, including a casing; a tray which is to be installed to the casing by being inserted in a first orientation and which is to be withdrawn from the casing in a second orientation that is opposite to the first orientation; a sheet conveying passage; a platen; a recording part; and an interlock which moves the platen while being interlocked with movement of the tray in the first orientation or movement in the second orientation. The platen is movable to a printing position and a release position. The interlock moves the platen from the printing position to the release position while being interlocked with the withdrawal of the tray from the casing or the insertion of the tray into the casing.
US12037210B2
A dock bumper for a loading dock includes a rear mounting plate for use in securing the dock bumper to a loading dock wall, a front contact surface configured to engage a vehicle backing into the loading dock, and an elastomer spring block positioned between the rear mounting plate and the front contact surface. The elastomer spring block includes an elastomeric material defining a pattern of geometric cavities. The geometric cavities are configured to provide a progressive spring rate in a longitudinal direction relative to the loading dock.
US12037205B2
A method and apparatus for depositing discrete elements on a support element. The discrete elements may be separated from each other or joined to form a continuous web. The discrete elements are fed into a pick-up station defined at a rotor which includes circumferentially adjacent pick-up members. Each discrete element is associated with a respective pick-up member having a first orientation with respect to a respective second axis of rotation. Each pick-up member is moved along the rotation direction towards a release position downstream with an at least partially accelerated or decelerated motion. Each pick-up member is rotated about the respective second axis of rotation until it takes, at the release position, a second orientation. Each discrete element is released on a support element at the release position. Each pick-up member is subsequently moved towards the pick-up station with an at least partially decelerated or accelerated motion.
US12037201B2
A system and method for measuring the elongation, or stretch, of a modular plastic conveyor belt. The belt-stretch measuring system measures stretch as the ratio less one of an actual belt travel distance or actual belt speed to an expected belt travel distance or expected belt speed for a new, unstretched belt. The actual belt travel distances or actual belt speeds are measured by sensors. The expected belt travel distances or expected belt speeds are calculated from the pulse outputs of encoders measuring the rotation of sprockets engaging the conveyor belt and from the known number of teeth on the sprockets. Actual belt pitch and catenary sag are also calculated.
US12037200B2
A method may comprise: receiving, via a controller and through a camera, visual data corresponding to a row of latch assemblies in a cargo handling system; and determining, via the controller, whether each latch assembly in the row of latch assemblies is in a properly securing state.
US12037191B2
This document generally describes warehousing systems that can, in certain instances, improve the efficiency of warehousing operations and improve utilization of available space in a warehousing facility. The warehousing system may be implemented in an automated warehouse, such as an automated cold-storage facility, that uses programmable equipment to automate tasks associated with warehousing operations, such as transporting inbound storage items to specified storage positions of storage racks in the warehouse and removing outbound storage items from storage so that they may be loaded onto trucks for delivery away from the warehouse.
US12037189B2
Embodiments relate to the technical field of waste collection, in particular to waste collection equipment, which includes a temporary storage tank, a pressing tank and a pressing mechanism; the temporary storage tank is configured for receiving and temporarily storing wastes produced by die cutting equipment; the pressing tank is configured for carrying the wastes in the temporary storage tank; the pressing mechanism is configured for compressing the wastes in the pressing tank; the temporary storage tank is provided with a first blanking port, which is configured for communicating the temporary storage tank with the pressing tank; the first blanking port is provided with a first valve; and the first valve is configured for opening or closing the first blanking port to control whether the temporary storage tank discharges the wastes.
US12037188B1
The present invention relates to a disk-shaped device for securing plastic trash liners in a trash receptacle, with two durable 53 mm diameter, 3 mm thick embodiments. The first embodiment has eight isosceles triangular flaps, positioned around the central point, with tips at the center and bases in contact with the circumferential rim. The second embodiment has eight curvilinear arced triangular flaps, positioned around the central point, with bases in contact with the circumferential rim and tips positioned around a central 2 mm aperture. The liner is threaded through the central point or aperture, allowing the flaps to flex and create a tight seal, preventing slipping.
US12037185B2
A robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory and configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor obtains a first measurement of an angle of slope of a portion of piled granular material in a bulk store. In response to the first measurement satisfying a first condition, the robot traverses the portion of piled granular material to incite sediment gravity flow in the portion of piled granular material by disruption of viscosity of the portion of piled granular material through agitation of the portion of piled granular material by auger rotation of the auger-based drive system. The processor obtains a second measurement of the angle of slope of the portion of piled granular material. In response to the second measurement satisfying a second condition, the robot ceases traversal of the portion of piled granular material.
US12037183B2
A reusable container for transporting, inspecting, and/or storing a fuel cell or other item may include a crate or box lined with plurality of cushioning inserts to protect a fuel cell placed within the container, and a plurality of straps that extend inwardly from walls of the container and couplable to the fuel cell. The straps are tensionable to suspend at least a portion of the weight of the fuel cell from the walls of the container while a portion of the fuel cell may rest on top of cushioning inserts at the floor of the container.
US12037168B2
A container assembly includes a first portion including a first latch portion; and a second portion including a second latch portion. The first and second portions are configured to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and the first and second latch portions are configured to releasably engage in the closed configuration. The first and second latch portions are configured to engage the first and second container portions together in the closed configuration to define an internal compartment. The second latch portion includes a latch cage defining a chamber configured to receive a portion of the first latch portion in the closed configuration.
US12037164B2
A culture dish includes a base and a lid. The base includes a side wall and a concave floor that define a first interior volume open at a top end of the base. The base further includes an annular rim between the floor and a bottom end thereof. The lid includes a side wall and a ceiling that define a second interior volume open at a bottom end of the lid. The lid further includes an annular rim extending radially outwardly therefrom. An inner surface of the side wall of the lid is configured for slidable receipt about an outer surface of the side wall of the base to engage the lid about the base with the first and second interior volumes overlapping one another to define a sealed, combined internal volume bounded by the side walls of the base and the lid, the floor, and the ceiling.
US12037163B2
An injection moulded packaging comprising a container and a lid, the peripheral rim portion of the lid being arranged to engage with the rim portion of the container to seal the container. The rim portion of the container has a first annular locking element arranged on the outside surface and a second annular locking element arranged on the inside surface. The peripheral rim portion of the lid having a first surface being arranged with a first annular locking element which engages with the first locking element of the container rim and a second surface being arranged with a second annular locking element which engages with the second locking element of the container rim.
US12037161B2
The invention relates to a plastic pallet (1) with an upper part (2) provided with female foot parts (4, 4′) and skids (3, 3′) provided with male foot parts (5, 5′). The male foot parts (5, 5′), together with the female foot parts (4, 4′), form feet (21, 21′), with the foot parts (4, 4′) of the upper part and the foot parts (5, 5′) of the skids (3 3′) being fastened to one another by means of snap connections (6). Each male foot part (5, 5′) includes at least two snap hooks (8), which are arranged with mirror symmetry in pairs and which each have a hook head (9) with undercut (91), a snap arm (8′) and a rear side (10), the undercuts (9′) of the hook heads (9) facing away from one another and the rear sides (10) of the snap hooks (8) facing towards one another. Each female foot part (4, 4′) includes at least one latch element (7), into which the hook heads (9) are engaged, forming a snap connection (6) in each case. The female foot parts (4, 4′) are integrally connected to the upper part (2). Each female foot part (4, 4′) includes at least one securing element (12), each with at least one free end (13), the securing element (12) being integrally connected to the female foot part (4, 4′), and the securing element (12) protruding into an intermediate space (24) between the rear sides (10) of the snap hooks (8) so that the snap hooks (8) remain in the engaged position.
US12037150B2
The system of the invention involves a gloveless aseptic processing system. The automated system is for filling nested pharmaceutical containers with a pharmaceutical fluid substance. A closed sterilizable gloveless isolator chamber is capable of maintaining an aseptic condition, having a sterilization system. The container filling system has a dispensing head for filling the containers, and a container closing system disposed within the gloveless isolator chamber with rams for pushing closures into openings of the nested containers. The container manipulation mechanism is disposed within the gloveless isolator chamber and is capable of positioning the nested pharmaceutical containers within the gloveless isolator chamber including operably disposing the nested pharmaceutical containers with the container filling system and the container closing system. Container tubs sealed by removable covers and contain a container nest bearing a plurality of pre-sterilized pharmaceutical containers.
US12037147B2
A packaging system for filling bulk materials into packages, including a filling unit with a filling box, and a filling box for a filling unit of a packaging machine for filling bulk materials into packages, including an upwardly opened takeup space for a package, wherein the takeup space is laterally enclosed by side walls. A partial vacuum device is provided, which is disposed in a corner portion between the side walls. The method for filling packages provides for a package to be guided to the takeup space of such a filling box of a filling unit of a packaging system. The partial vacuum device is then activated for aspirating a flexible wall of a package into the corner portion between the side walls of the takeup space of the filling box.
US12037145B2
An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content is provided. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.
US12037132B1
A method enabling an authorized control system operator to remotely override a primary means of communication therewith, the control system including a primary controller integrated with, and configured to control an operation of a vehicle/vessel, a machine, etc. A remote controller communicates with the primary controller via a first mode of communication. An auxiliary controller module, integrated with the control system, communicates with the base controller via a different, second mode of communication, such that the auxiliary controller module functions as an emergency backup to take over control of the control system, in place of the primary controller, when, for example, the primary controller is rendered non-responsive to authorized operator-attempted communication from the remote controller to the primary controller, wherein the second mode of communication relies upon a coded messaging scheme.
US12037131B2
Systems and methods for enabling charged (ionized) air mass measurement for reliable air data computation onboard an aircraft. Ionic charge sensing may be used to derive air data having improved reliability. The systems and methods for ionic charge sensing employ an emitter electrode and two or more collector electrodes, which electrodes are disposed in proximity to the exterior skin of the aircraft and exposed to ambient air. The emitter electrode is positioned forward of the collector electrodes. The system further includes a solid-state ionic air data module that converts currents from the collector electrodes into air data parameter values. More specifically, the ionic air data module is configured to sense currents induced in the collector electrodes in response to corona discharge produced by the high-voltage emitter electrode.
US12037125B1
A structure of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The structure may include a wing, wherein the wing is a single component that runs from a left side of the electric aircraft to a right side of the electric aircraft. The wing may include an airfoil. The structure may include at least a boom, wherein the at least a boom is configured to carry at least a propulsor. The at least a boom may include a boom joint attached to the wing. The at least a boom may further include at least a first boom segment attached to a first end of the boom joint. The at least a boom may further include at least a second boom segment attached to a second end of the boom joint.
US12037120B2
For a vehicle seat, for instance an aircraft passenger seat, a seat belt system including a seat belt reel having a rotating shaft, a seat belt wound on the rotating shaft, and a lock for locking at least one of the rotating shaft and the seat belt. At least one sensor is operative to output a signal when a sensed parameter exceeds a predetermined magnitude threshold. An activation device is operative to activate the lock. A time delay device electrically coupled to the at least one sensor and the activation device is operative to, upon receiving the signal output by the at least one sensor, activate the activation device upon completion of a time delay after receiving the signal output by the at least one sensor. Further embodiments include shoulder belts forming loops allowing a predetermined amount of forward travel prior to restraining a passenger.
US12037118B2
An aircraft has a boom, a propulsion assembly coupled to a first end of the boom, and a first wing coupled to a second end of the boom. The propulsion assembly is coupled to the boom by a rotating joint. A second wing is optionally coupled to the rotating joint. The first wing is coupled to the boom by a rotating joint. The first wing is coupled to the rotating joint by a hinge. A vehicle with roll, pitch, and yaw maneuverability able to mirror the aircraft movements may be coupled to the second end of the boom. The vehicle body may be picked up with a vehicle chassis disconnected from the vehicle body. The boom houses an energy source to power the propulsion assembly. A rudder is coupled to the second end of the boom. A paddle is disposed between the propulsion assembly and the boom.
US12037108B2
A replacement tip section for a rotor blade, from which a legacy tip section was removed, includes a blade tip portion configured to be attached to an intermediate section of the rotor blade after removal of the legacy section. The intermediate section has a connection feature at an end of the intermediate section to which the blade tip portion is attachable. The replacement tip section includes a transition region configured to be attached to a forward end of the connection feature. The transition region is configured to form a leading edge of the rotor blade and extends from the blade tip portion to form an opening into which the intermediate section is attached. The transition region includes a first end having a first airfoil that conforms to the intermediate section airfoil at the connection feature, and a second end having a second airfoil that conforms to the blade tip portion.
US12037102B2
A system for controlling a flight control surface includes a first electromagnetic actuator “EMA” and a second EMA, each of which are connected to said flight control surface. Each EMA is configured to be arranged in, and switched between, three modes; said three modes comprising: an active mode, a stand-by mode and a blocked, or anti-extension, mode.
US12037096B1
A propeller for a marine propulsion device configured for use on a boat has a hub extending along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of blades, each blade having a blade root attached to the hub and extending radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward a respective blade tip, and each blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a blade face, and a blade back. Each blade has a polymer-based blade core. A portion of an outer edge of each blade core has a flange that is stepped inwardly from both the blade face and the blade back of the blade core. Each flange is electroless plated with a metal coating that covers the flange and fills in the steps on the blade face and the blade back of the blade core to provide a desired blade section. A method for manufacturing the propeller is also included.
US12037094B2
A folding wave-energy-harvesting mechanism for an underwater vehicle includes an underwater-vehicle main body and a wave-energy-harvesting-device main body. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body includes a hydrofoil assembly and a yaw assembly. The first state of the hydrofoil assembly is a folding state, and the second state is an unfolding state. The first state of the yaw assembly is the folding state, and the second state is the unfolding state. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body further includes a driving assembly and an energy-storage assembly. The driving assembly is configured to switch the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly in the first state and the second state to each other. The energy-storage assembly is configured to store the wave energy harvested by the hydrofoil assembly. When the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly unfold, the hydrofoil assembly increases the efficient area for wave-energy harvesting.
US12037091B2
The invention provides an anti-fouling lighting system configured for preventing or reducing biofouling on a fouling surface of an object, by providing an anti-fouling light via an optical medium to said fouling surface, the anti-fouling lighting system comprising: a lighting module comprising a light source configured to generate an anti-fouling light, and said optical medium configured to receive at least part of the anti-fouling light, the optical medium comprising an emission surface configured to provide at least part of said anti-fouling light; and comprising silicone that includes particles of, for example, silica, glass, or mica, wherein a density of the particles in the silicone increases from within the optical medium towards the emission surface.
US12037090B2
A LiDAR included in this automatic docking device measures the distance to a surrounding object at each predetermined angle by irradiating the object with light and receiving the light reflected by the object. When a ship offshore is instructed to perform automatic docking, the ship navigates to some extent by automatic navigation based on satellite positioning, and is then switched to automatic navigation based on the LiDAR. Before switching to the automatic navigation based on the LiDAR, the LiDAR performs preparatory measurement for measuring the distance to an object around a docking position. In this preparatory measurement, a control unit controls to change, for example, the orientation of the ship such that light emitted from the LiDAR can be reflected by the object around the docking position and can be received by the LiDAR.
US12037089B2
A hopper barge is disclosed. The hopper barge comprises a hopper compartment for carrying a plurality of containers, the hopper compartment comprising a hopper compartment deck. The hopper barge comprises an inner-bottom portion defined in part by the hopper compartment deck and a bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of longitudinal bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of transverse bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge, the plurality of transverse bulkheads running perpendicular to the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads. A plurality of pedestal supports are affixed to the hopper compartment deck, wherein at least one of the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads intersects at least one of the plurality of transverse bulkheads at a position beneath at least one of the plurality of pedestal supports.
US12037087B2
A personal watercraft is disclosed including a flotation portion, a strut extending from the flotation portion, and a motor pod is disposed along the strut with an electric motor operably coupled to a driveshaft. A hydrojet unit is removably attached to the motor pod and includes an inlet portion removably attached to the motor pod and a substantially cylindrical housing. The inlet portion includes a substantially conical motor interface with a shaft through-hole for receiving the driveshaft therein, one or more fins extending outwardly from the conical motor interface, and at least one ring encircling the conical motor interface and connecting to each of the one or more fins for inhibiting objects from passing through the inlet region. The housing defines a fluid flow path to an outlet portion. The hydrojet unit includes an impeller coupled to the driveshaft and a stator disposed within the housing.
US12037086B2
A water sports equipment storage rack including at least one U-shaped support, a claw, a drive mechanism, and a biasing member. The claw is (i) configured to move in an outward direction and in an inward direction and (ii) rotatable about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position. The drive mechanism is configured to linearly move the claw in the outward direction and the inward direction. The biasing member is configured to (i) impart a biasing force to rotate the claw about the pivot axis in a direction toward the closed position and (ii) reduce the biasing force as the claw approaches the end of its linear travel, allowing the claw to move to the open position.
US12037080B2
A bicycle bracket element connects a bicycle frame to a rear gearshift mechanism of a derailleur system. The bracket element includes a first portion which has a cutout for receiving a portion of a bicycle rear wheel axle and a second portion which has a mounting opening to which the rear gearshift mechanism can be secured. The bracket element is formed with a region made from plastic and a region made from metal. The region made from plastic is fixedly connected to the region made from metal.
US12037076B1
A hydraulic reservoir of a human-powered vehicle comprises a reservoir structure and a bleeding plug. The reservoir structure includes a reservoir chamber, a bleeding port, and a connecting port. The bleeding port is configured to be in communication with the reservoir chamber. The bleeding port has a bleeding-port inner diameter. The connecting port is configured to connect the reservoir chamber and a hydraulic chamber. The hydraulic chamber is at least partially defined by a piston. The reservoir structure includes an intermediate port through which a fluid is to flow from the connecting port to the bleeding port when bleeding the hydraulic reservoir. The intermediate port has an intermediate-port inner diameter smaller than the bleeding-port inner diameter. The bleeding plug is configured to be attached to the bleeding port.
US12037072B2
A saddled vehicle includes: a handlebar assembly for steering of the vehicle; and a handlebar cover assembly including a front handlebar cover and a rear handlebar cover. The front handlebar cover and the rear handlebar cover are configured to enclose a substantial front portion and a rear portion of the handlebar assembly. The handlebar cover assembly includes a top handlebar cover configured to support at least one display device. The front handlebar cover includes a first receiving portion configured to receive a first top cover wall of the top handlebar cover. The rear handlebar cover includes a second receiving portion configured to receive a second top cover wall of the top handlebar cover. The first top cover wall is configured to support at least one accessory. The second top cover wall includes an accommodating portion configured to receive the at least one display device.
US12037070B2
A vehicle including a first frame extending in a front-rear direction from a front wheel to a rear wheel, a second frame, a steering part supported by the second frame, a support portion movably supporting the steering part about a pivot axis so that the steering part is positioned above the front wheel when the vehicle is in a traveling posture and is positioned above the rear wheel when the vehicle is in a folded posture, and a movement restriction portion provided near the rear wheel so as to restrict a movement of the steering part toward the rear wheel when the posture of the vehicle changes from the traveling posture to the folded posture.
US12037062B2
The present disclosure is directed to a trailer stand for a semi-trailer comprising a frame having a front end, a back end, the front end having a pair of front legs and the back end having a pair of back legs; a wheel assembly having a wheel assembly frame, the wheel assembly frame comprising at least two wheels; a pair of stepped assemblies, each of the pair of stepped assemblies connected to the top of one of the pair of front legs and one of the pair of back legs, the pair of stepped assemblies providing a plurality of landing areas for an underside of the semi-trailer; and a lifting system connected to the wheel assembly and to the frame, the lifting system configured to raise and lower the frame relative to the wheel assembly.
US12037061B2
The application relates to a lateral motion control method and system for a vehicle, an automatic driving controller, a steering system, a vehicle, and a storage medium, wherein the lateral motion control method for the vehicle comprises: generating and outputting a steering control command according to a desired track of the vehicle, such that the vehicle moves along an actual track according to the steering control command; determining a vehicle running state, wherein the vehicle running state is generated according to an error value between the desired track and the actual track; and determining whether to stop/limit outputting of the steering control command or not according to the vehicle running state. The lateral motion of the vehicle can be controlled according to the method.
US12037060B2
A method for diagnosing a functionality having an input or output signal with discrete values or discrete classes of values which are observable quantities of a diagnosis functionality. The signal to be diagnosed is the input or output signal, where the values or classes of values have a cardinality N, where N error counters are provided. The method includes providing a sum signal from the sum of the signals of the error counters. When a value or a class of values is erroneous, the method includes incrementing the signal of the error counter assigned to the erroneous value or the erroneous class. When the value or the class is correct, the method includes decrementing the signal of the error counter assigned to the value or the class and when the sum signal exceeds a pre-established limit value, the method includes outputting an error message of the functionality.
US12037056B2
According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide a steer-by-wire type steering apparatus which: limits a steering wheel operation of a driver within a maximum rotation angle, thereby increasing steering feel for the driver; prevents a clock spring installed on a steering wheel from being damaged, and enables parts to be manufactured and processed more easily; enables simple assembly; has small interference with surrounding parts, and thus the apparatus can be designed in various structures; and is advantageous in terms of packaging.
US12037053B2
An operation device of a work vehicle includes a position lever to set a height of a work device, a sensitivity adjustment lever to adjust an up/down sensitivity of the work device, and an up/down lever to selectively change a working state and a non-working state, the working state being a state in which the work device is positioned at the height set by the position lever, the non-working state being a state in which the work device is positioned above the set height. The up/down lever is located rearward of the position lever and the sensitivity adjustment lever.
US12037045B2
A front body structure provided on a vehicle includes a bumper beam, a left frame and a right frame in pairs, stays, and gussets. The bumper beam extends in a left-right direction at a front end of the vehicle. The frames extend in a front-rear direction. The stays support the bumper beam. The stays are provided at front ends of the frames. The gussets are disposed separated from the bumper beam. Each of the gussets extend inclined outward in the left-right direction, and obliquely forward from an outer end of a corresponding one of the left frame and the right frame to ahead of a front end of a corresponding one of the left frame and the right frame. Each of the stays includes a bead at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction. Each of the beads extends in a circumferential direction of the respective one of the stays.
US12037041B2
Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.
US12037040B1
A system may include a steering aid device configured to be mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim member to aid manipulation of the steering wheel. The aid device may have a hand engagement surface for being engaged by a hand of an operator of the vehicle. The hand engagement surface may have a primary section being substantially planar. The aid device may define a passage for receiving a portion of the steering wheel, and the passage may extend along a passage axis.
US12037037B2
A folding wagon with a footwell for carrying small children or other articles. The folding wagon has a solid frame with scissor connections, that allow it to be compacted for storage and expanded for use. The footwell allows children a place to rest their feet within the wagon. The folding wagon has a fabric paneling system, from which portions can be removed for the cleaning of the wagon and the footwell. The folding wagon also has two canopies, allowing the carrying of two children with the canopies protecting them from the sun or the elements. The folding wagon can use attachments that expand its capabilities.
US12037036B2
A brake/ballast assembly for a movable structure. The brake/ballast assembly includes a movable brake/ballast plate movable between a movable brake/ballast plate first position in which the movable brake/ballast plate is positioned proximate the fixed member and a movable brake/ballast plate second position in which the movable brake/ballast plate is spaced from the fixed member. An engagement member is connected to the movable brake/ballast plate. The engagement member is movable between an engagement member first position and an engagement member second position. When the engagement member is in the engagement member first position, the movable brake/ballast plate is provided in the movable brake/ballast plate first position allowing the movable structure to be moved along a surface, when the engagement member is in the engagement member second position, the movable brake/ballast plate is provided in the movable brake/ballast plate second position preventing the movable structure from moving relative to the surface.
US12037029B2
Cargo transport systems and cargo transport vessels that are used in combination with removable carriers that can be loaded and unloaded into the cargo transport vessel, and methods of using these systems, vessels, and removable carriers.
US12037026B2
A method for steering a vehicle along a path in a driveway and around obstacles between a starting position into a target position, comprises the steps of determining the vehicle dimensions, steering and driving capabilities, carrying out a path optimization step to evaluate, based on a predetermined cost function, the least costly path between the starting position and the target position avoiding any collisions with obstacles. The method further comprises the further step of applying a path improver step, smoothening the trajectory obtained by the path optimization method by means of numerical optimization while fulfilling dynamical constraints on acceleration and steering rate of the vehicle through planning lateral and longitudinal movement of the vehicle in a joint optimization problem or by means of separate optimization problems.
US12037019B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. A processing device may be programmed to receive an image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; determine a planned navigational action for the host vehicle; analyze the image to identify a target vehicle travelling toward the host vehicle; determine a next-state distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken; determine a stopping distance for the host vehicle based on a braking rate, a maximum acceleration capability, and a current speed of the host vehicle; determine a stopping distance for the target vehicle based on a braking rate, a maximum acceleration capability, and a current speed of the target vehicle; and implement the planned navigational action if the determined next-state distance is greater than a sum of the stopping distances for the host vehicle and the target vehicle.
US12037016B2
A control system for a trailer or dolly, wherein the trailer or dolly comprises a perception sensor which is directed in a first travelling direction of the trailer or dolly and a coupling member for coupling with a vehicle further ahead in the first travelling direction, wherein the control system is configured to provide and/or use data from the sensor for a first control mode when the trailer or dolly is not coupled to the vehicle via the coupling member and to provide and/or use data from the sensor for a second control mode different from the first control mode when the trailer or dolly is coupled to the vehicle via the coupling member.
US12037013B1
Automating reinforcement learning for autonomous vehicles may include assigning a probability with a scenario and varying that probability based at least in part on changes in performance by the autonomous vehicle associated with that scenario. The amount of time and computational bandwidth required to train a machine-learned component of an autonomous vehicle and the accuracy of the machine-learned component may be improved by determining a reward for performance of the autonomous vehicle in a scenario based at least in part on an severity metric. The impact severity metric may be determined based at least in part on a velocity, angle, and/or interaction area associated with the impact.
US12037008B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to communicating a blending parameter. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a blending parameter that is indicative of a degree to which control of a vehicle is shared between an operator of the vehicle and an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a feedback parameter based upon the blending parameter and a psychophysical model, wherein the psychophysical model optimizes a relationship between the blending parameter and the feedback parameter such that sensory feedback based upon the feedback parameter is perceived to be proportional to the blending parameter. The method further includes causing a feedback modality of a steering apparatus of the vehicle to provide the sensory feedback based upon the feedback parameter.
US12037004B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another.
US12037003B2
While a motor vehicle is travelling, a selected offer of entertainment for a vehicle occupant is output by use of a display device arranged in the motor vehicle. Driving characteristics of the motor vehicle are adapted by a control device of the motor vehicle to the offer of entertainment output at a given moment and the motor vehicle is autonomously controlled in a way corresponding to the adapted driving characteristics.
US12037000B2
A device for carrying out at least one vehicle function, including: a first control unit having a first main unit and a first redundant unit, the first control unit being for controlling a first vehicle function; a second control unit having a second main unit and a second redundant unit, the second control unit being for controlling a second vehicle function; and a first electrical system to connect the first main unit to the second redundant unit and a second electrical system separated from the first electrical system, which for connecting the second main unit to the first redundant unit, the second main unit being for controlling the first redundant unit if the first electrical system fails and/or the first main unit being for controlling the second redundant unit if the second electrical system fails. Also described are a related method, control apparatus, and computer readable medium.
US12036998B2
Disclosed herein are methods for determining an estimated weight of a vehicle. The methods comprise operating at least one processor to: receive vehicle data associated with the vehicle, the vehicle data comprising a plurality of vehicle parameters collected during operation of the vehicle; identify one or more vehicle maneuvers based on the vehicle data, each vehicle maneuver being associated with a portion of the vehicle data; and use at least one machine learning model to determine the estimated weight of the vehicle based on the portion of the vehicle data associated with each of the one or more vehicle maneuvers, the at least one machine learning model trained using training data associated with a plurality of previous vehicle maneuvers. Also disclosed are systems for implementing methods of the present disclosure.
US12036996B2
Systems and methods are provided for detecting road user frustration such as aggressive road users and/or uncomfortable road user behavior, and evaluating autonomous vehicle driving behavior that results in the road user frustration. An autonomous vehicle fleet can leverage information about typical road user behavior to create an index measuring the frustration level of other road users and/or likeability of autonomous vehicle behavior by other road users. Additionally, perception algorithms associated with sound detection and tracking can define human characteristics associated with frustrated drivers or other road users. Autonomous vehicle performance can be improved as a result of data analysis from the behavior of other road users.
US12036994B2
A vehicle controller including a driver assistance module configured to perform at least one of an automated and a semi-automated driver assistance function. The at least one of the automated and the semi-automated driver assistance function including a rated operational domain. The vehicle controller also including an image based operational domain detector including at least one channel configured to receive an image from a frame buffer and determine at least part of an operational domain of at least one camera originating the image based at least in part on the image.
US12036984B2
A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a traveling operation of a vehicle including an actuator for traveling, including a first sensor mounted on the vehicle to capture an image of a division line in a traveling direction of the vehicle or measure the division line, a second sensor mounted on the vehicle to detect a movement of a preceding vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the actuator based on a position information of the division line obtained by the first sensor and a reliability with respect to the position information of the division line obtained by the first sensor, and the controlling including decreasing the reliability when a predetermined movement of the preceding vehicle to intersect the division line is detected by the second sensor.
US12036980B2
A course prediction device (1) includes a blind spot calculation unit (11) and a prediction unit (12). The blind spot calculation unit (11) acquires a sensing result sequentially from a sensor which is arranged in a mobile object and which detects whether an object exists, and calculates, based on sensor information, a blind spot area expressing such an area that an object existing therein cannot be detected by the sensor. The blind spot calculation unit (11) also detects an object entering the blind spot area based on the sensor information. The prediction unit (12) predicts a course in the blind spot area of the detected object based on the sensing result.
US12036978B2
A driving assistance method includes: detecting a position of a first obstacle ahead of a host vehicle on a first lane where the host vehicle is traveling; detecting a position of a second obstacle ahead of the host vehicle on a second lane, the second lane being an oncoming lane adjacent to the first lane; when the position of the second obstacle is on a nearer side than the position of the first obstacle in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, determining a first stop position as a stop position of the host vehicle to a position before the second obstacle in the traveling direction of the host vehicle; and assisting the host vehicle to stop at the determined first stop position.
US12036977B2
A system for determining a distance between a camera and a hitch ball of a vehicle. The system includes a camera configured to be mounted on a vehicle and an electronic processor connected to the camera. The electronic processor is configured to determine a first position and a second position associated with a point on a trailer, determine an angle of rotation between the first position and the second position, and using the first position, the second position, and the angle of rotation, determine a null space of a matrix. In one example, the matrix is A = [ 1 0 0 - cu xo cl x 0 1 0 - cu y 0 cl y 0 0 0 cu z 0 - cl z 0 0 1 - cu z 0 cu z 1 cu x 1 cl x - cos δ sin δ 1 0 0 ] and the null space of the matrix includes a value of a distance (dl) between the camera and the hitch ball. The electronic processor is further configured to perform an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle operation based on the distance (dl) between the camera and the hitch ball.
US12036971B2
A redundant control system is applied to a brake-by-wire (BBW) system. The redundant control system applied to the BBW system includes electromechanical brakes (EMBs) provided at wheels of a vehicle and configured to perform brake control of the vehicle, controllers connected to the EMBs, respectively, and a local gateway on a first communication line configured to receive information on the vehicle and a command of a driver and to transmit the information on the vehicle and the command of the driver to the controllers, where the controllers are configured to receive the information on the vehicle and the command of the driver through a second communication line.
US12036968B2
A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, including: a wheel brake device configured to generate a braking force based on a pressure of a working fluid; a first brake system including a high-pressure source device including an accumulator and a first pump device that is driven intermittently such that a pressure of the working fluid in the accumulator is not lower than a set lower limit pressure and not higher than a set upper limit pressure; a second brake system including a second pump device; and a main power source that supplies electricity to the first and second brake systems, wherein the hydraulic brake system includes an auxiliary power source that supplies electricity to the first brake system when a failure occurs in the main power source, and wherein the first pump device is continuously driven when the failure occurs irrespective of the pressure in the accumulator.
US12036965B2
A method for operating an anti-lock braking system control unit for a highly automated vehicle with at least one steering axle, including: reading in an activation signal, which represents an activated steering brake function of the vehicle and/or a deactivated electrically actuatable steering function of the vehicle; and transmitting a control signal using the activation signal, wherein the control signal is for setting a control mode for controlling an ABS function of the anti-lock braking system control unit for at least the steering axle of the vehicle. Also described are a related apparatus, anti-lock braking system control unit, and computer readable medium.
US12036964B2
A brake health monitoring system and method measure pressures in different components of a brake system of a vehicle system during movement of the vehicle system. Two or more of the pressures that are measured in the different components are compared with each other to select a health monitoring mode. One or more allowable pressures are selected based on the health monitoring mode that is selected. A state of health of the brake system is determined by comparing one or more of the pressures that is measured with the one or more allowable pressures that are selected.
US12036963B2
A self-driving work vehicle including a traveling apparatus, a vehicle body supported by the traveling apparatus on ground, a variable traveling power supply apparatus configured to supply rotational drive power to the traveling apparatus, a travel operation interface configured to adjust a rate of the rotational drive power, a parking brake provided for a transmission shaft of the variable traveling power supply apparatus, a rotation detector configured to detect rotation of the traveling apparatus or the transmission shaft, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to control the parking brake to a braking state or a non-braking state by a parking brake control module, and manage the braking state or the non-braking state as a vehicle body state by a condition management module. The braking state and the non-braking state are operating states of the parking brake.
US12036958B2
A system and method are provided for automated cleaning of a loading container of a transport vehicle (e.g., dump truck, ejector, scraper), wherein the loading container includes controllable elements (e.g., hydraulic lift cylinders for a truck bin, an ejector blade) for transitioning between loaded and unloaded states. Characteristics of carryback material remaining in the loading container are estimated during a detected unloaded state of the transport vehicle, wherein whether to initiate an automated cleaning stage is determined based on at least one of the estimated characteristics. Upon determining to initiate the automated cleaning stage, performance of a cleaning routine is automatically directed during or in association with an unloading stage for the loading container via the controllable elements. The elements are controlled during the cleaning routine in accordance with a severity level selected from among various progressively increasing severity levels based on at least one of the estimated characteristics.
US12036956B2
The present invention relates to a system for cleaning at least two sensors/transmitters for a motor vehicle, the system comprising at least one first device for projecting a cleaning fluid onto at least one first sensor/transmitter, at least one second device for projecting a cleaning fluid onto at least one second sensor/transmitter, at least one reservoir, at least one circuit for distribution of the cleaning fluid, connecting the reservoir to the first and second projection devices, at least one electronic pump, and at least one control unit, characterized in that the control unit is configured to receive information on a request for activation of the first and/or second projection device(s) in order to determine a theoretical value of at least one operating parameter of a pump.
US12036936B2
A pedal assembly with integrated disable switch for turning off the engine of an automobile or other motorized transport which may be activated by the driver's foot. The disable switch may be triggered by the raising of the foot while in place on the accelerator pedal. The disable switch may include detent positions including a first detent position which allows for engine function, and a second detent position after activation of the disable functionality such that the switch is not easily deactivated once activated. The disable switch may comprise a switch lever arm above the driver's foot, which is coupled to the main accelerator pedal extension lever. The disable switch may include a mechanically activated switch which is activated by relative motion of the switch lever arm relative to the main accelerator pedal extension lever.
US12036934B2
Control circuitry for the load voltage of a safety-relevant load is sensitive to values of the load voltage outside a safe voltage range. The control circuitry includes a seventh node, a reference potential, a dominant main control circuit, and a non-dominant emergency control circuit. The seventh node is part of the dominant main control circuit, and not part of the non-dominant emergency control circuit. The load voltage of the safety relevant load drops between the seventh node and the reference potential. The dominant main control circuit includes the load voltage as a control parameter, whereas the non-dominant emergency control circuit does not. In the event of an uninterrupted dominant main control circuit, the load voltage depends on the load voltage, and in the event of an interrupted dominant main control circuit, does NOT depend on the load voltage but is controlled nevertheless.
US12036930B2
The apparatus for fastening a vehicle component in and/or on a vehicle has a sound insulation element with a carrier layer and a sound absorbing layer. An anchoring recess is formed in the carrier layer and has an insertion opening in a first side of the carrier layer, which insertion opening is adjoined by a receiving space which is delimited by the plastic material of the carrier layer and is defined by a closed circumferential inner side and a closed bottom surface. An anchoring element is further provided. The anchoring recess has a constriction area formed on the circumferential inner side and at least partially narrowing the receiving space, with a widened widening area adjoining in the direction of the bottom surface. The anchoring element has an anchoring shoulder for engaging behind the constriction area when the anchoring element is received by the anchoring recess.
US12036928B2
A head-up display for a vehicle in which an assembly structure of a screen and a picture generation unit (PGU) is reinforced. The head-up display for a vehicle according to one embodiment includes a lower case embedded with a board assembly, and a screen connected to the lower case in a plurality of directions and snap-fit-coupled to the lower case by passing through the board assembly in at least one direction.
US12036923B2
An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, a driver compartment provided in the vehicle body, an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle existing behind the vehicle body, a warning generator configured to generate a warning, and a control device configured to control the warning generator. The warning generator is positioned at least in front of the driver compartment. The control device actuates the warning generator when the obstacle detector detects an obstacle behind the vehicle body that is moving rearward.
US12036918B2
A method for operating a beacon light of a machine is described. The method includes activating, by a processing unit, the beacon light based on a signal to indicate an operational state of the machine. The signal corresponds to one or more machine parameters in the operational state of the machine.
US12036915B2
The invention provides a method for managing image data in an automotive lighting device. This method includes providing a first image pattern, which is sent to a light module, and a second image pattern. A difference pattern is generated by subtracting the second image pattern from the first image pattern and this difference pattern is sent to the light module, so the light module is able to reconstruct the second image pattern from the data of the first image pattern and the difference pattern. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device configured for the method.
US12036912B2
A recreational vehicle includes a convertible furniture system positioned in a storage area. The convertible furniture system includes a lift system, attachment hardware, and a convertible furniture piece. The lift system includes a platform movably coupled to a set of rails and movable along a length of the rails. The convertible furniture piece includes a pair of side support frames each pivotally attached to a base frame to pivot between a countertop configuration and a bed configuration, and a countertop attached to the side support frames. In the countertop configuration, the side support frames extend from the base frame to support the countertop above the base frame. In the bed configuration, the side support frames extend from the base frame to define a planar surface. The attachment hardware permits selective attachment of the convertible furniture piece to the platform when the convertible furniture piece is in the bed configuration.
US12036911B2
The present invention provides a dual-purpose camper capable of being towed by a bicycle and manually, including vehicle frames and a bicycle beam; a pull rod is rotatably connected between the two vehicle frames; a front bracket and a rear bracket are rotatably connected between the front end and the rear end of one side of the vehicle frames opposite to the pull rod; a fixing rod is rotatably connected in a fixing block; and the top end of the fixing rod penetrates through and is slidably connected with a sliding rod. A stable triangular structure is formed by a supporting rod and a second connecting rod; and the downward pressure of the vehicle frames after heavy loading is supported. The direction can be rotated and adjusted arbitrarily by a fisheye bearing to ensure the stability and directional control in the towing process of a bicycle.
US12036908B2
A sod scrap collection apparatus is disclosed that enables pickup and collection of scraps of sod that have been discarded on the ground. The apparatus is pulled by a tractor and includes a pickup head followed by a dump bed. A pickup head conveyor moves pickup teeth along and over the ground at a particular distance in order to scrape up sod scraps and discard them into the dump bed where they are collected. A dump bed conveyor of the dump bed, which runs in the opposite direction as the pickup head conveyor, moves parallel spaced sweeping bars along a top of the sod scraps residing in the dump bed at an upward angle from front to back, so that the dump bed fills with the sod scraps efficiently from front to back.
US12036907B2
A cup holder assembly configured to be attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle without altering the instrument panel of the vehicle. The cup holder assembly comprises a cup holder configured to automatically rotate between a first position retracted under the instrument panel of the vehicle and a second position rotated outward from under the instrument panel of the vehicle for holding cups, upon flipping a manually controlled electronic switch or upon an activation of a voice activated control module by voice commands. The cup holder assembly is configured to be removed from the instrument panel without leaving any sign of installation, thereby maintaining authenticity of the vehicle.
US12036899B2
A vehicle seat (11) includes a seat frame (22a) having an opening (46) in a plate-shaped part (43), and an actuator (31) mounted on the plate-shaped part (43). Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle seat that further contributes to quietness in the interior of a vehicle.
US12036895B2
An airflow sensing seat, having a seat body, an airbag, a sensing assembly, and a micro control unit. The airbag is in the seat body. A deformable support structure is in the airbag. The support structure is used to maintain an appropriate amount of gas in the airbag. A transmission mechanism is provided between the airbag and the sensing assembly. The transmission mechanism transmits gas disturbance in the airbag to the sensing assembly. The sensing assembly generates a corresponding analog electrical signal according to the gas disturbance. The sensing assembly is electrically connected to the micro control unit. The sensing assembly transmits the analog electrical signal to the micro control unit. The micro control unit performs analysis and computation on the analog electrical signal so as to acquire a biological signal of a user.
US12036894B2
A profile for an occupant is stored. The profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions for the occupant in a seat and classifications of respective clusters as preferred or nonpreferred. Respective clusters are classified as preferred or nonpreferred based on sitting scores for the respective sitting positions in that cluster. A higher sitting score increases a likelihood of the classification being preferred. A series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of the occupant in the seat are received. The pressure maps include a current pressure map. One of the sitting positions is assigned to one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the sitting score of that sitting position being greater than a threshold score. A physical configuration of the seat is adjusted in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.
US12036892B2
A heat exchanger such as a cold plate or ICE plate has an integrated electric heating element provided on an external heater support surface of the heat exchanger. The external heater support surface is directly opposite to an internal surface of the heat exchanger which at least partly defines one or both of the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold. A thermal management system for a vehicle having a plurality of rechargeable battery units includes a circulation loop for circulating a first volume of the heat transfer fluid, and a plurality of battery heat exchangers, including a first heat exchanger with an integrated electric heating element. A sub-loop of the circulation loop includes the internal fluid flow passage of the first heat exchanger, and is adapted for a second, smaller volume of the heat transfer fluid.
US12036891B2
Disclosed is a system and a method of controlling a battery connection of an electric vehicle. The system for controlling a battery connection of an electric vehicle, the system including: a battery unit including a plurality of battery packs; a power relay assembly (PRA) for electrically connecting or disconnecting the battery unit and an inverter, and changing a connection structure of the plurality of battery packs to one of a battery unit serial mode and a battery unit parallel mode through a plurality of relays; and a controller for switching the connection structure to the battery unit serial mode through the PRA in response to a driver's request to increase motor output, and switches the connection structure to the battery unit parallel mode through the PRA in response to a driver's request to increase a cruising distance.
US12036890B2
A method and a system for predicting battery health based on distance driven on a full battery load with machine learning model are provided. The method includes: obtaining historical vehicle telematics of vehicles, wherein the historical vehicle telematics comprise at least one of the following: odometer readings, battery SOC, vehicle speed, battery-module temperatures, and battery-cell voltages; creating a distance driven model according to a relationship between a distance driven on a full battery load of vehicles and the historical vehicle telematics; obtaining a distance driven on a full battery load of a vehicle based on the distance driven model by using real-time vehicle telematics of the vehicle as model input; predicting battery health of the vehicle by comparing the obtained distance with a reference distance value.
US12036889B2
An energy supply system includes at least one energy supply vehicle and an information processing apparatus. The at least one energy supply vehicle is configured to be able to supply energy to at least one target vehicle that is subject to energy supply. The information processing apparatus is configured to manage operation of the at least one energy supply vehicle. The information processing apparatus is configured to create an operation schedule including a supply schedule for supplying energy to the at least one target vehicle, based on a travel plan for the at least one target vehicle and information on a remaining energy amount that are received from the at least one target vehicle, and transmit the created operation schedule to the at least one energy supply vehicle.
US12036886B2
An electrical system can include a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter. The DC-DC converter is connected to the RESS and configured to connect to a DC charging station. The DC-DC converter is configured to selectively connect the RESS to the DC charging station such that a charging current is selectively provided to the RESS during a recharging operation.
US12036879B2
A method of managing energy service for a plurality of assets of different types connected to a plurality of grid connection points includes determining, by a respective asset, a quantity of the energy service to be realized by the respective asset during a connection event; responsive to the respective asset being of a first type; detecting a grid connection point identifier that identifies an associated grid connection point associated with the respective asset of the first type used for the connection event; and sending, by the respective asset, connection event information, wherein the connection event information includes at least one of: the determined quantity of the energy service and an asset identifier, responsive to the respective asset not being of the first type; or the determined quantity of the energy service and the detected grid connection point identifier, responsive to the respective asset being of the first type.
US12036878B2
Power supply device includes: a pair of end plates disposed on both ends in a stacking direction of battery stack constituted by stacking a plurality of secondary battery cells; and a plurality of fastening members fastening the pair of end plates together. Each of fastening members includes fastening main face having a flat plate shape and locking block fixed to a corner of fastening main face Each of end plates is formed with step that locks locking block while being fastened by fastening members, and has end plate screw hole opened near step. Each of fastening members has fastening side through hole opened so as to align with end plate screw hole while having each of end plates fastened, and has a fixing region fixing locking block to fastening main face disposed in a direction further away from each of end plates than fastening side through hole.
US12036876B2
A vehicle drive device includes a generator to output AC power, a converter that converts the AC power into DC power, and an inverter that converts the DC power into AC power. An electric motor is driven by the AC power output by the inverter, and an inverter controller (i) calculates a control command value in accordance with an operation command and (ii) controls the inverter based on the calculated value. A value obtained by dividing (i) an amount of the change in the control command value in a case of an increase of the operation command by (ii) a period from when the operation command changes to when the control command value reaches the control command value corresponding to post-change operation command has a negative correlation with the rotational speed of the electric motor at the time when the operation command changes.
US12036865B2
The invention relates to a rotary control device (1) for a vehicle comprising a user interface surface (3), in particular a knob, that is embodied to rotate with respect to a housing (5) of the device (1) around a rotational axis (7) of the device (1), further comprising a sensor unit (9) for monitoring the orientation and/or rotational movement of the user interface surface (3) with respect to the housing (5), a processing unit (11), and a communications interface (13) for transmitting control signals (Ts) according to an output (Op) from the processing unit (11), said output (Op) being generated by the processing unit (11) on the basis of sensor data (Ds) from the sensor unit (9).
US12036862B2
An information processing device includes an interface configured to acquire position information of a vehicle which picks up a user and a user surrounding image which is obtained by imaging surroundings of the user using a terminal device carried by the user and a control unit configured to generate user surrounding data including data on an object present near the user based on the user surrounding image. The control unit is configured to generate an image based on the assumption that the user is seen from the vehicle as a virtual user image based on the position information of the vehicle and the user surrounding data and to output the virtual user image to the vehicle.
US12036858B2
A rear suspension cross member (4) is suspended and supported on a lower side of a floor (2), and a drive unit (8) including a driving motor (9), an inverter (10) and a transaxle (11) is mounted on the rear suspension cross member (4). A power supply unit (20) including a junction box (21), a charger (22) and a DC-AC inverter (23) is mounted on the floor (2), and a terminal block (21a) of the junction box (21) is connected to a terminal block (10a) of the inverter (10) via a motor-side power cable (42). The junction box (21) and the inverter (10) are disposed on opposite sides of each other with respect to a center line (L) in the left-right direction of the vehicle body.
US12036854B1
A sound and heat insulator installable on a soft top vehicle includes: a body shaped to fit between a windshield frame and a roll bar of the soft top vehicle, the body having a rigid core, a foam layer located on each of an upper surface and lower surface of the rigid core, and an edging material located over the rigid core and the foam layer and around an edge of the body; one or more first mounting tabs located towards a front of the body; and one or more second mounting tabs located towards a rear of the body. At least one of the one or more first mounting tabs and the one or more second mounting tabs is shaped to engage a hard top mounting point of the soft top vehicle.
US12036845B2
An air vent (1) for a vehicle, wherein the air vent (1) has a housing whose housing wall (5a, 5b) regionally delimits an air duct (3) for air flowing through the air vent (1) along a main flow direction (H), wherein at least one region (7, 8) of the housing wall (5a, 5b) is designed adaptively such that said region (7, 8) is able to be moved out into the air duct (3) and/or pivoted into the air duct (3), as required, in order to deflect the air, flowing through the air duct (3), from the main flow direction (H).
US12036840B2
A method for activating a climate system of a vehicle includes monitoring an operational state of the vehicle. Said monitoring is performed by a system controller incorporated into the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is on when said operational state corresponds to a first state, wherein the vehicle is off when said operational state corresponds to a second state. When said operational state corresponds to said second state, the method further includes asking the driver via an output interface if extended drive of climate system is desired, monitoring reply from driver on an input interface, if confirmation of extended drive of climate system is registered on the input interface, setting a timer for extended drive of the climate system, activating climate system for the vehicle, and deactivating the climate system at the time specified by the timer.
US12036839B2
A work vehicle includes a cabin to cover an operator's seat on a traveling body. A cabin frame that constitutes a framework of the cabin includes a pair of left and right front pillars, a pair of left and right rear pillars, a front beam, a rear beam, and side beams. The front beam couples upper end portions of the front pillars to each other. The rear beam couples upper end portions of the rear pillars to each other. Each of the side beams couples to each other upper end portions of each of the front pillars and each of the rear pillars that stand at a front and rear. The rear beam is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section by presswork of a metal plate material.
US12036834B2
Steering suspension module including a shock absorber strut, a suspension upright, an outer ring of a wheel hub unit attached integrally to a front face of the suspension upright, and a ball joint for articulation with a control arm; wherein the suspension strut consists of a cup-shaped body made entirely of continuous, sheared and bent metal sheet, and the outer ring is provided integral in one piece with, and radially cantilevered from, a steering arm extending transversely cantilevered from the cup-shaped body, on the side of the cup-shaped body; the shock absorber strut is constrained within a first seat of the cup-shaped body and the ball joint is made as an independent unit constrained integrally with a second seat of the cup-shaped body in a position facing the first seat, the ball joint projecting inferiorly cantilevered from the cup-shaped body.
US12036833B2
A freight vehicle is provided including a set of road wheels configured for road traversal; a set of rail wheels configured for rail traversal, the set of rail wheels being separate from the set of road wheels; and an actuation system configured to modify a relative positioning of the set of road wheels and the set of rail wheels to facilitate operation of the freight vehicle according to a plurality of operational modes. The plurality of operational modes include a road traversal mode wherein the actuation system causes the set of road wheels to contact a road and a rail traversal mode wherein the actuation system causes the set of rail wheels to contact a rail.
US12036828B2
A tire electronics assembly includes a base and a plurality of modules. The base is mechanically attached to the tire and includes an electronic device. The base also includes a plurality of mechanical attachment elements arranged side-by-side in a row. Each module includes an electronic device and a mechanical attachment element. Each mechanical attachment element on a module is configured to releasably mechanically attach to any one of the mechanical attachment elements on the base. In this configuration, the modules are interchangeably mechanically attachable to the base in side-by side positions in row. The base further includes a plurality of electrical contacts arranged side-by-side in a row. Each module has an electrical contact that is configured to releasably electrically connect with any one of the electrical contacts on the base, whereby the modules are interchangeably electrically connectable with the base in side-by-side positions in a row.
US12036827B2
An abnormality monitoring system includes gas sensors provided in the cavity or the vicinity of a tire provided in a vehicle, a determination unit that determines the presence of an abnormality in the tire on the basis of the detection results of the gas sensors, and an output unit that outputs data based on the determination result of the determination unit. The gas sensors detect a volatile substance when abnormal heat build-up occurs in the tire. The volatile substance is a substance derived from an additive added when a tire is manufactured.
US12036821B2
A tread for a heavy truck tire is provided that has a bottom surface (14), a shoulder rib (16), and a sacrificial rib (20) located outboard from the shoulder rib (16) in a width direction. A decoupling void (30) is located between the shoulder rib (16) and the sacrificial rib (20). First decoupling void sipes (32), second decoupling void sipes (100) and third decoupling void sipes (104) are in the shoulder rib (16), and one second decoupling void sipe (100) is between one first decoupling void sipe (32) and one third decoupling void sipe (104). The first and third decoupling void sipes (32, 104) are closer to the bottom surface (14) than is the decoupling void (30) in the thickness direction. The second decoupling void sipe (100) is not closer to the bottom surface (14) than is the decoupling void (30) to the bottom surface (14) in the thickness direction.
US12036819B2
A tire has improved mechanical properties and comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix mainly comprising at least one epoxidized polyisoprene having a molar degree of epoxidation greater than 40%, at least one polyamide of which the melting point is less than 170° C., and a crosslinking system.
US12036816B2
A removably attachable handle apparatus includes brackets coupleable to canvas art with handles coupleable to the brackets. Brackets may be positioned on opposite sides of the canvas art. An artist may then grasp the handles to create art (e.g., acrylic pours) or may otherwise transport wet art without fear of smudging the art.
US12036812B2
A foldable clipboard includes at least three support panels that each have an upper surface. At least one of the support panels includes a set of apertures operable to receive an attachment feature. At least one hinge pivotably couples each adjacent set of support panels. The clipboard is capable of transitioning between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration via the at least one hinge pivotably coupling each adjacent set of support panels. The upper surfaces of each of the at least three support panels form a combined upper surface having a substantially constant and consistent thickness that provided a writing surface when the clipboard is in the unfolded configuration.
US12036807B2
A thermal transfer sheet according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate and a transfer layer including at least a peeling layer, the peeling layer containing a resin material and antimicrobial particles, the antimicrobial particles having an average particle size in the range of 1 to 8 μm, and the peeling layer having a content of the antimicrobial particles in the range of 2.8 to 8 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin material.
US12036806B2
An ink jet recording method includes ejecting a radiation-curable ink jet composition to a recording medium from an ink jet head, and curing the ink jet composition ejected to the recording medium by irradiating with radiation from a LED irradiator having a peak wavelength of 250 to 310 nm to form a cured coating film. The ink jet composition contains a polymerizable compound and an α-hydroxyketone-based initiator.
US12036798B2
An element substrate is provided with a fuse memory configured to store information in response to having a voltage applied thereto, a first switch configured to switch whether or not to energize the fuse memory, a resistance element, a second switch configured to switch whether or not to energize the resistance element, a first node connected to the fuse memory and the resistance element, and a second node configured to supply power to the first node from outside. Regarding the element substrate, electric charge that remains at the first node is discharged by allowing, before allowing the first switch to energize the fuse memory, the second switch to energize the resistance element from the first node.
US12036797B2
An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.
US12036794B2
A liquid ejection head of a side shooter type includes a plate including nozzles arranged along a first direction and through which liquid is ejected, an actuator including pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles, dummy chambers each disposed between two adjacent pressure chambers, and sidewalls separating the chambers along the first direction and deformable to change a volume of each pressure chamber according to a signal, and covers having apertures and partly covering both ends of each pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction such that the pressure chambers communicate with a common chamber at both ends thereof through the apertures. Each cover includes a first portion on and between the sidewalls and a second portion other than the first portion, and a first length of the first portion is equal to or greater than a second length of the second portion in the second direction.
US12036786B2
A light irradiator includes a light source and its drive, a heat-dissipating member, and a rectangular housing with vents and a light-emission opening. The housing includes a first surface having a first side with a first dimension and a second side with a second dimension, a second surface having the second side and a third side with a third dimension, and a third surface having the first and third sides. The light-emission opening is in the first surface. First and second vents are in the second surface, with the first vent nearer the opening than the second vent, and the second vent opposite to the opening. An axial fan and a first plate are at the second vent. The first plate faces the axial fan with a spacing less than or equal to the first dimension between them. A second plate outside the housing separates the first and second vents.
US12036777B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer structures and articles formed therefrom. In one aspect, a multilayer structure comprises (a) a biaxially oriented polyethylene film comprising a linear low density polyethylene having a density of 0.910 to 0.940 g/cm3, wherein the ultimate elongation in the machine direction of the biaxially oriented polyethylene film is at least 2 times greater than the ultimate elongation in the cross direction, and wherein the ultimate tensile strength of the biaxially oriented polyethylene film is at least 60 MPa in at least one of the machine direction and the cross direction; (b) an adhesive layer; and (c) a sealant film, wherein the ultimate elongation of the sealant film is at least 300% in at least one of the machine direction and the cross direction, wherein the ultimate tensile strength of the sealant film is less than 50 MPa in at least one of the machine direction and the cross direction, and wherein the sealant film has a heat seal initiation temperature of 105° C. or less; wherein the sealant film is laminated to the biaxially oriented polyethylene film by the adhesive. In some embodiments, the sealant film comprises at least one layer comprising at least 30 percent by weight of a polyolefin plastomer, a polyolefin elastomer, an ultra low density polyethylene, an ethylene acetate copolymer, an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, or an ethylene acrylate copolymer.
US12036775B2
A multi-layer polymeric film substrate comprising at least a core layer and a coextruded oxygen barrier layer wherein the film exhibits an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) when measured in accordance with ASTM F1927-14 of below 200 cc/m2/24 hr at a relative humidity (RH) of 85% and/or of below 600 cc/m2/24 hr at a relative humidity (RH) of 90%.
US12036774B2
Provided among other things is an elastomeric article providing a chemical barrier, the article having a layered structure comprising a sequential laminate of: (a) a latex-based elastomeric polymeric barrier layer; (b) a non-reactive tie adhesive resin layer comprising oxo (—(C═O)—) groups; and (c) a polyamide layer; wherein the layered structure has a first side nearest the latex-based elastomeric polymeric barrier layer and a second side; wherein the layered structure is effective to provide a chemical permeation time in excess of 100 minutes pursuant to EN 16523-1:2015 for benchmark solvents of acetone, ethyl acetate and methanol, when applied to the first side, and in excess of 100 minutes for acetone when applied to the second side; and wherein the elastomeric layer is primarily not polyolefin.
US12036771B2
Provided is an adhesive comprising a reaction product of (A1) an aliphatic isocyanate having an NCO group content of 18 to 64 and (A2) a polyol or polyamine having a molecular weight of from 400 to 4000; and (B) a polyaspartate compound, wherein viscosity of the adhesive, as measured @ 23° C. according to ASTM D4212-16, remains below 60 seconds for after four hours, and wherein the adhesive develops an acceptable bond strength to a substrate, defined as having a minimum of 150 g/in. measured @ 23° C. according to ASTM D 1876-01 or substrate tear, in less than or equal to five days after the substrate is laminated with the adhesive. The adhesives are free of aromatic amines and may find use in multi-layered laminated films for the production of flexible packaging useful in a variety of industries, including the food processing, cosmetics, and detergents industries.
US12036766B2
A multilayer foam panel member including: (a) at least one top sheet substrate; (b) at least one bottom sheet substrate; and (c) a middle substrate of foam material disposed inbetween, and integral with, the top and bottom sheet substrates; wherein the foam material is produced by dispensing a reactive foam-forming fluid mixture onto a moving or stationary bottom sheet substrate of a foam manufacturing line; and wherein the foam manufacturing line includes a flexible film fluid dispensing device for dispensing the reactive foam-forming fluid mixture onto the moving or stationary bottom sheet substrate to form a multilayer foam panel member; wherein the middle substrate of foam material of the panel member has improved thermal and mechanical properties; and a process for manufacturing the above multilayer foam panel member.
US12036763B2
Machine to work a relatively rigid material, which comprises a plurality of operating units (20a, 20b) to work the relatively rigid material.
US12036756B2
This invention reveals a method of manufacturing a puncture sealing pneumatic rubber tire which comprises: (1) building an unvulcanized tire including a circumferential rubber tread, a supporting carcass therefor, two spaced beads, two rubber sidewalls connecting said beads, an inner liner and a solid sealant formulation layer disposed inwardly from said supporting carcass and outwardly from said inner liner, wherein said solid sealant formulation layer is comprised of (a) polyisobutylene, (b) a peroxide, and (c) a reinforcing filler, wherein the polyisobutylene is present in the sealant layer at a level of at least 50 weight percent; and (2) shaping and vulcanizing said tire in a tire mold under conditions of heat and pressure and simultaneously forming in situ a puncture sealant layer in said tire by both crosslinking and partially depolymerizing said polyisobutylene rubber in said sealant layer formulation.
US12036751B2
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a thermoplastic structure include laying a first plurality of braided plies on a mandrel, and laying one or more unidirectional plies on the plurality of braided plies. A second plurality of braided plies is laid on the one or more unidirectional plies. The layup thereby forms a thermoplastic structure having combined braided and unidirectional plies.
US12036749B2
A method for joining composite rods with tubular shape includes internal and external collars applied to the ends of the composite rod and deformed via unidirectional compressive load applied by a clamp in the radial direction of the composite rod cross-section. The resulting plastic deformation of the metal collars and composite rod interlock those components to support both compressive and tensile loads.
US12036747B2
A laminate including a base member, and a hydrogel layer whose forming material is a hydrogel, the hydrogel layer being provided on a surface of the base member. An adhesive region and a non-adhesive region are formed at an interface between the base member and the hydrogel layer, the adhesive region being a region where the base member and the hydrogel layer adhere to each other, the non-adhesive region being a region where the base member and the hydrogel layer do not adhere to each other.
US12036744B2
Apparatus (10) is for use in a cap applicator unit (12). The apparatus (10) comprises a spigot (14) comprising an elongate body (16) and a head (18) connected to one end of the elongate body (16), and an anvil (20) provided with a hole (22) therein, the elongate body (16) of the spigot (14) mounted in the hole (22) of the anvil (20). The size of the hole (22) of the anvil (20) is sufficiently greater than the size of the elongate body (16) of the spigot (14) to permit angular movement of the spigot (14) relative to the anvil (20). The apparatus (10) further comprises at least one tensioning device (24) and (36) arranged to provide a force tensioning the spigot (14) against the anvil (20).
US12036740B2
A three-dimensional shaping device includes an injection head having a nozzle, a stage, a motor, a brush, a blade, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program so as to cause the nozzle to reciprocally move along a zigzag path in a cleaning operation such that the nozzle passes from a side of the blade toward a side of the brush and from the side of the brush toward the side of the blade several times to contact at least one of the brush and the blade at different positions several times. The brush and the blade are disposed at a height at which the brush and the blade contact with the nozzle. The brush and the blade have a melting point higher than a plasticizing temperature of the plasticizing material and have hardness lower than hardness of the nozzle.
US12036734B2
A three-dimensional printing method can include iteratively applying polymer build material as individual layers; based on a three-dimensional object model, selectively jetting an electromagnetic radiation absorber and a translucency-modulating plasticizer onto individual layers of the polymer build material; and exposing the powder bed to electromagnetic energy to selectively fuse portions of individual layers of the polymer build material together to form a three-dimensional object. The polymer build material can include from about 60 wt % to 100 wt % polymeric particles having an average particle size from about 10 ?m to about 150 ?m and a degree of crystallinity from about 2% to about 60%, to a powder bed. At the locations where the polymer build material includes jetted translucency-modulating plasticizer, the three-dimensional object can exhibit an optical transmittance from about 5% to about 80%.
US12036733B2
In a device and a method for additive layer manufacturing of at least one component, in a multiply recurring manner, a powder bed layer made of a fusible powder material is generated above a build platform of a build container, and the powder material of the powder bed layer, for producing a layer of the component, is fused by way of an energy beam in a cross-sectional surface representing the component in the layer to be produced, wherein the powder material bonds to itself and to layers present beneath the layer to be produced, and the build platform is lowered in the build container after each layer that is manufactured, wherein the partially created component is moved multiple times, in a direction different from the lowering direction.
US12036731B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of using of a focus lens in additive manufacturing for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion, with a high energy beam, of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table, which parts correspond to successive cross sections of the three dimensional article, said method comprising the step of: using said focus lens for varying a spot size of said high energy beam on said powder bed as a function of an already fused thickness of said three-dimensional article below said powder which is to be fused. The invention is also related to a method for forming a three dimensional article.
US12036726B2
The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing. The present disclosure includes methods for adding strengthening features to a roadway surface. In some examples, the strengthening features may include fibers, nanofibers and nanotubes as examples.
US12036708B2
The present invention relates to a filling injector and to a method for operating such a filling injector. The filling injector has a sensor for detecting a predetermined detection position of a closing piston unit and a counting device for counting the number of detection positions of the closing piston unit in which it is situated in the predetermined detection position. By means of this, when a predetermined number of detection positions is reached, a maintenance signal can be emitted and the maintenance interval can be adapted to the actual use of the filling injector.
US12036707B2
The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.
US12036704B1
A method and apparatus for obtaining carbon fiber from carbon fiber waste (e.g., pre-preg and CFP waste). The method and apparatus selects, or is controlled to select, between using an oxygen free pyrolytic process to volatilize the epoxy resin or other matrix in which the fibers are held to liberate the fibers therefrom and, depending upon the type of pre-preg waste, using a reactor environment where the reactor atmosphere has about 1% to about 2% oxygen by volume. The reactor has a counterflow such that the carbon fibers are moved in one direction and the off gasses are moved in the opposite direction. A combination of steam at the reactor outlet and vacuum pressure at the reactor inlet create the counter flow.
US12036695B2
A bonding tape for joining carbide ceramic structures, wherein the bonding tape comprises: a mixture comprising carbide ceramic particles, preceramic polymer liquid, fine carbon particles and metal nanoparticles that form a eutectic liquid at temperatures below 1400° C.
US12036687B2
A lockable tool with a sliding scale release is formed with a frame and a tool coupled to the frame with a locking mechanism to lock the tool into an extended or retracted configuration. A release mechanism is attached a scale on the side of the frame. The scale is coupled to the frame. The tool is constructed such that sliding the scale along a longitudinal axis of the frame automatically unlocks the tool from the extended or retracted configurations. The tool can open and/or close automatically. The tool, such as a knife, can swing open or extend out a front opening in the frame.
US12036684B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed towards path generation. A method includes a user interface (UI) displaying a first page on a first pane, wherein the first page provides a first control input for registering a working frame of a target object with a reference frame of a robot. The method further includes receiving, via the UI, a first user selection of the first control input for registering the working frame with the reference frame, based on detection of the first user selection. The UI can display a second page on the first pane, wherein the second page provides a second control input for generating a path for the robot to traverse over a surface of the target object. The method further includes receiving, via the UI, a second user selection of the second control input for generating the path, based on detection of the second user selection.
US12036681B2
A method for temporal synchronization between an automatic movement device and a contactless detection device arranged on the automatic movement device in order to measure a physical parameter along at least one and the same defined trajectory along the surfaces of a plurality of materials to be evaluated.
US12036670B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods directed to an industrial robot that can perform mobile manipulation (e.g., dexterous mobile manipulation). A robotic arm may be capable of precise control when reaching into tight spaces, may be robust to impacts and collisions, and/or may limit the mass of the robotic arm to reduce the load on the battery and increase runtime. A robotic arm may include differently configured proximal joints and/or distal joints. Proximal joints may be designed to promote modularity and may include separate functional units, such as modular actuators, encoder, bearings, and/or clutches. Distal joints may be designed to promote integration and may include offset actuators to enable a through-bore for the internal routing of vacuum, power, and signal connections.
US12036669B2
An exoskeleton device in accordance with the present disclosure may generally include a series elastic actuator (SEA), a slider-crank mechanism and a four bar linkage mechanism. The SEA includes a motor and a ball screw coupled to a shaft of the motor via a shaft coupler, which transfers rotational motion of the shaft directly to the ball screw. The slider-crank mechanism includes a ball nut and a crank. As the ball screw rotates, the ball nut converts rotational motion of the ball screw into linear motion of the ball nut to drive the crank. The crank converts linear motion of the ball nut back into rotational motion at the input of the four bar linkage mechanism. The four bar linkage mechanism is coupled to an output of the crank and configured to provide a complex motion profile that emulates kinematics of a wearer's joint.
US12036664B2
An end effector is disclosed that is configured for connection to a robotic unit used to manipulate a door of a vehicle (e.g., during vehicle painting). The end effector includes a base plate; a sensor that is supported by the base plate; and a piston that is configured for engagement with the door. The piston is operatively connected to an interrupter such that movement (displacement) of the piston causes corresponding movement (displacement) of the interrupter between a first position, in which the interrupter is positioned in alignment with a signal transmitted across the sensor to interfere with the signal and thereby interrupt circuit completion, and a second position, in which the interrupter is out of alignment with the signal transmitted across the sensor to permit circuit completion and thereby inform the robotic unit that the door is present and engaged with the end effector.
US12036654B2
A method is for operating a hand-held power tool that includes an electric motor. The method includes determining a signal of an operating parameter of the electric motor; determining an application class at least partly on the basis of the signal of the operating parameter; and providing comparative information at least partly on the basis of the application class including (i) providing at least one model-signal form, and (ii) providing a threshold value for correspondence. The model-signal form can be assigned to an established state in the progress of the work performed by the hand-held power tool. The method further includes comparing the signal of the operating parameter with the model-signal form and determining a correspondence evaluation from the comparison. The correspondence evaluation is at least partly based on the threshold value for correspondence.
US12036653B2
Systems and methods for management of material stresses present at transitions between facets of an anvil and the anvil shaft are described. In one aspect, an apparatus includes an impact tool anvil extending along an axis of extension and having a faceted drive end and a shaft body which is connected to the faceted drive end through a transition region that couples respective faces of the faceted drive end to the shaft body, the transition region including a sweeping radius surface having a first axial end and a second axial end, the first axial end connected to a respective face of the faceted drive end, the first axial end having a tangency with the respective face of the faceted drive end; and an angular transition having a slope that radially rises from the second axial end of the sweeping radius surface to the shaft body.
US12036645B2
The present invention refers to a device for tensioning a connecting element fastened to a component to be tightened, which comprises an engagement element having an engagement section receiving and holding the connecting element, a support element configured to support the device against the component, and an actuating unit having a fluid chamber for receiving a fluid, wherein the actuating unit is configured to manipulate a volume of the fluid chamber so as to move the engagement element relative to the support element. The device further comprises a vent opening fluid-communicatively connectable to the fluid chamber which is disposed in the region of the engagement section.
US12036642B2
A system for removing a panel insert from a panel includes a main housing. A loading cap is coupled to the main housing. A tension knob is coupled to the main housing. The tension knob is configured to couple to a puller rod. A tension spring is within the main housing. The loading cap is configured to set the tension spring at an initial tension. The tension knob is configured to set the tension spring at a subsequent tension. A heater is configured to apply heat to the panel insert.
US12036637B2
A particle blast apparatus includes a metering portion, a comminutor and a feeding portion. The metering portion and comminutor may each be configured to provide uniformity in the discharge of particles. The metering portion controls the particle feed rate, and may include a rotor, which may have V or chevron shaped pockets. The comminutor includes at least one roller which may be moved between and including a position at which the gap of the comminutor is at maximum and a position at which the gap is at minimum. The metering portion may particles direction into the feeding portion without a comminutor being present. The comminutor may receive particles directly from a source of blast media without a metering portion being present.
US12036630B2
Disclosed welding-type systems include a welding-type power source to generate output power for a periodic welding process that operates in an arc mode, an open circuit mode or a short circuit mode. A wire-feeder advances an electrode wire toward a workpiece. A controller adjusts the current to below a threshold value during the arc mode to result in the open circuit mode prior to occurrence of a short circuit event based on one or more welding process parameters. In some examples, the controller determines the occurrence of the short circuit event based on the one or more welding process parameters, and adjusts the current to rise above a second threshold level to adjust a heat generated in the welding wire in response to the occurrence of the short circuit.
US12036617B2
A hole cutter has a cylindrical blade body including a cutting edge and one or more axially-elongated apertures formed within a side wall of the blade body. The axially-elongated aperture is configured to receive a lever, such as a screwdriver, therethrough. Each axially-elongated aperture includes a first fulcrum axially spaced adjacent to the cutting edge, a second fulcrum axially spaced further away from the cutting edge than the first fulcrum, and optionally a third fulcrum axially spaced between the first and second fulcrums. A lever, such as a screwdriver, can be inserted into the aperture and placed against each of the fulcrums to lever slugs out of the interior of the blade body.
US12036616B2
A clamping member in a non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure may have a columnar shape extended from a first end to a second end. The clamping member may include an upper jaw, a lower jaw and a pocket. The upper jaw and the lower jaw may be located away from each other. The pocket may be located between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. The upper jaw may include a first member and a second member. The second member may be located closer to the first end than the first member. Hardness of the first member may be first hardness, and hardness of the second member may be second hardness. The first hardness may be different from the second hardness.
US12036610B2
The disclosure provides a mold for a downhole tool or component thereof. The mold includes a grain material, a sodium silicate and carbon dioxide reaction product, and between 0.1% and 10% graphite by weight, inclusive, graphite. The disclosure further provides a method of forming a mold for a downhole tool or component thereof by filling a mold housing with graphite/sodium silicate/grain material mixture including between 0.1% and 10% graphite by weight, inclusive and shaping the mixture into a pre-mold having the same shape as the mold to be formed, and subjecting the pre-mold to an atmosphere having elevated amounts of carbon dioxide as compared to ambient air for a time sufficient to allow the sodium silicate to react with the carbon dioxide to form sufficient reaction products to bind the other pre-mold components and solidify a mold.
US12036604B2
A layer manufacturing apparatus comprising: (a) a main chamber; (b) one or more energy emission devices; (c) one or more work piece supports; (d) a plurality of material delivery devices; wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber.
US12036599B2
An attachment base extending in a left-right direction is provided on a lower end side of a front surface of an upper table of a press brake. On the attachment base, a plurality of protruding tabs protruding downward are formed at intervals in the left-right direction. An upper tool holder is disposed between the protruding tabs adjacent to each other in the left-right direction in the front surface of the attachment base. A connecting member is attached to a back surface of each protruding tab, and the connecting member includes a distal end located on a back side of the upper table. A guide member supporting a moving body movably in the left-right direction is coupled to a distal-end face of the connecting member.
US12036598B2
A method of manufacturing a metal component includes performing a test stamping process on a test sheet metal blank, generating a strain map of the test sheet metal blank for the test stamping process, generating a lubrication program based on the strain map, applying lubrication to the sheet metal according to the lubrication program, and stamping the sheet metal to form the metal component. The lubrication program is configured to control a lubrication system to apply lubrication to sheet metal in a non-uniform distribution across the sheet metal. The non-uniform distribution correlates to the strain map.
US12036592B2
A flatness measuring apparatus for measuring the flatness of a metallic strip, including a measuring roller which has a roller axis and which makes contact with the strip for the measuring the flatness. The measuring roller is connected to a cooling system, using which the measuring roller can be cooled. To ensure that a high degree of measuring accuracy can be maintained even at high temperatures, the cooling system has a nozzle bar that extends parallel to the roller axis. At least one spray nozzle is arranged on the nozzle bar, using which cooling medium can be sprayed on the surface of the measuring roller in a spraying direction. The spraying direction meets a surface section of the measuring roller, and the angle between the spraying direction and the tangent on the measuring roller at the location of the surface section is less than 30°.
US12036590B2
Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.
US12036578B1
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure may have a segment of a passivant layer including a SAM. The SAM may include head groups, and chains attached to the head groups. The chains include functional groups that are cross-linkable at end or side of the chains to result in chain extension by reacting with another SAM or polymer, densification by crosslinking with an adjacent SAM, or polymerization having an initiator as the SAM or the SAM attached to another SAM. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12036577B2
One variation of a method includes: capturing a first image depicting a target surface; accessing a toolpath including a set of keypoints for execution by the spray system; navigating the set of spray nozzles across a first segment of the target surface; applying paint onto the first segment of the target surface; capturing a second image depicting paint applied onto the first segment of the target surface; navigating the set of spray nozzles across a second segment of the target surface; applying paint onto the second segment of the target surface; capturing a third image depicting paint applied onto the second segment of the target surface; and aggregating the first image, the second image, and the third image into a paint map representing application of paint onto the first segment and the second segment of the target surface.
US12036559B2
A molecular diagnostics apparatus which is adapted to perform DNA chain replication to one sample is provided, including a bracket, a central control module, a central control module coil, a rotational carrier, a detection module and a detection module coil. The central control module is disposed on the bracket. The central control module coil is coupled to the central control module. The rotational carrier is adapted to be rotated relative to the bracket, wherein the sample is disposed on the rotational carrier. The detection module is disposed on the rotational carrier. The detection module coil is coupled to the detection module. In a charging mode, the central control module makes the central control module coil provide an induced electromotive force. The detection module coil generates an induced current according to the induced electromotive force. The induced current is supplied to the detection module.
US12036551B2
The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device, including a bottom substrate, an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) chip, a circuit board, a dielectric film, and a motor. The EWOD chip is disposed on the bottom substrate, and the circuit board is arranged on the EWOD chip. The circuit board includes a circuit area that is electrically connected to the EWOD chip, and the empty area is adjacent to the circuit area and the EWOD chip is exposed. The dielectric film is disposed on the empty area of the circuit board and covers the exposed EWOD chip. The motor is disposed under the bottom substrate, and one end of the motor has a magnetic structure, so that the magnetic structure can move closer to or away from the bottom substrate.
US12036550B2
A microfluidic device uses hydrodynamic shear forces on a sample to improve the speed and efficiency of tissue digestion is disclosed. The microfluidic channels are designed to apply hydrodynamic shear forces at discrete locations on tissue specimens up to 1 cm in length and 1 mm in diameter, thereby accelerating digestion through hydrodynamic shear forces and improved enzyme-tissue contact. The microfluidic digestion device can eliminate or reduce the need to mince tissue samples with a scalpel, while reducing sample processing time and preserving cell viability. Another advantage is that downstream microfluidic operations could be integrated to enable advanced cell processing and analysis capabilities. The device may be used in research and clinical settings to promote single cell-based analysis technologies, as well as to isolate primary, progenitor, and stem cells for use in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
US12036548B2
The present invention relates to microfluidic fluidic devices, methods and systems for use in identifying epigenetic signatures in a range of sample types, e.g., cells established on a “chip” (including but not limited to single cell samples, cell populations, C cell layers and whole tissues, such as a biopsy), immune cells, cfDNA, exosomes, and the like. More specifically, in some embodiments, a microfluidic chip containing a sample is contacted with a test compound (e.g. DNA altering test compound, an RNA expression altering test compound, etc.) for use in providing a diagnostic epigenetic signature for that type of sample (or cell type) exposed to that specific test compound. In some embodiments, after contact with a test compound, effluent fluids (e.g. fluids exiting the “chip” that contacted the cells) are derived for testing as a “virtual blood draw.” In some embodiments, epigenetic signatures include (but are not limited to) identifying specific combinations of modifications of chromosomes and specific modifications of DNA.
US12036544B2
This invention relates to a robotic device 10.1, 10.2 and method for handling catalyst material 106, 206 in a reactor 100 by removing spent catalyst from the reactor and/or loading the reactor with fresh catalyst without an operator having to enter an interior of the reactor which increases operator safety. The robotic device includes a body 12, which is configured to engage a flange 104 of the reactor, and a handling arm which is configured for use both as a cleaning arm 18 and a loading arm 218. The handling arm is connected to the body and is angularly and longitudinally displaceable relative to the body. The handling arm has a segment which is telescopically extendible/retractable relative to the body. When used as a cleaning arm, the arm receives a vacuum line for removing catalyst. When used as a loading arm, a telescopic loading sleeve is connected to the segment.
US12036543B2
The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a doped ZnO catalyst. The preparation method includes the following steps: mixing a precipitant and a first solvent to form a first solution having 1 mol/L to 5 mol/L of the precipitant by concentration; mixing one of a Cu salt or a Ga salt, a Zn salt, and a second solvent to form a second solution having Cu and Zn at a molar ratio of less than 0.05:1 and Ga and Zn at a molar ratio of less than 0.1:1; subjecting the first solution and the second solution to precipitation or hydrolysis at 50° C. to 90° C. to obtain a precipitate, and washing and drying the precipitate to obtain a precursor sample; and conducting calcination on the precursor sample at 300° C. to 500° C. for 3 h to 5 h to obtain a Cu-doped ZnO catalyst or a Ga-doped ZnO catalyst.
US12036535B2
A catalyst comprising a barium niobate-based cubic perovskite structure where, Mg and Ca has been used to dope the niobium sites along with Fe, Ni, Co, Y, and Pr.
US12036534B2
A process for the production of a catalyst comprising the steps of: dissolving the requisite quantities of copper nitrate and nickel nitrate in de-ionised water to provide a sub-0.30 molar aqueous solution of copper nitrate and nickel nitrate together in the ratio required; providing an ammoniacal solution by adding concentrated aqueous solution of ammonia in a quantity equal to between six and ten times the quantity required to realise both a 1:6 molar ratio for Cu2+ to ammonia and a 1:6 molar ratio for Ni2+ to ammonia; loading gamma alumina with 1 to 30% w/w of copper and nickel in a weight ratio of nickel to copper of 1:5 to 2:1 by suspending the requisite quantity of gamma alumina in said ammoniacal solution to achieve the required loading of copper and nickel; stirring the resulting gamma alumina suspension for at least 4 h at room temperature; then the volatile components evaporate under ambient conditions leaving dry loaded gamma alumina, which is calcined at a temperature of at least 260° C. for at least 30 min with a constant heating up rate; a catalyst or catalyst mixture, the catalyst or each catalyst in the catalyst mixture being obtainable by the above-mentioned process; and the use of the catalyst or catalyst mixture for the conversion of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine into carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen.
US12036525B2
Apparatuses for generation of a gas, for example chlorine dioxide, methods of forming an apparatus, and methods of use thereof are provided. The apparatus may include at least one pouch composed of a hydrophobic material and a reactant disposed within the interior of the pouch. The reactant generates a desired gas in the presence of an initiating agent.
US12036514B2
Porous liquid-filtering membranes having a repeatable distribution of pores of a small dimension are provided, as well as pillar templates that are used to produce such liquid filtering membranes. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the pillar templates to make porous liquid filtering membranes.
US12036509B2
A method for removing noxious, hazardous, toxic, mutagenic, and/or carcinogenic compounds and/or precursor compounds from a comingled gas, liquid, and/or solid stream is described. In one embodiment, the method is used to prepare the stream for feeding to an oxidizer, such as a thermal oxidizer, to reduce the amount of particulate matter discharged by the oxidizer and includes passing the stream through an ambient or chilled temperature condenser followed by an optional gas/solid separator, and one or more gas scrubbers prior to feeding to the oxidizer.
US12036508B2
A nitrogen oxide reduction type regenerative thermal oxidation system and a method for nitrogen oxide reduction thereof are disclosed. The nitrogen oxide reduction type regenerative thermal oxidation system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a first reduction device for primarily reducing nitrogen oxides generated by a regenerative thermal oxidation device based on a selective non-catalytic reduction method; an exhaust gas storage device for storing the exhaust gas being discharged from the regenerative thermal oxidation device; a second reduction device for secondarily reducing nitrogen oxides based on a selective catalytic reduction method for an exhaust gas stored in the exhaust gas storage device; and a suction and discharge device for sucking in the exhaust gas with secondarily reduced nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas storage device and discharging it into the atmosphere.
US12036502B2
A gas turbine air intake system uses a filter element having a seal member with radial projections and radial recesses. The seal member forms a seal with components on the tube sheet of the system and at the end opposite of the tube sheet. At the end opposite of the tube sheet, there can be an assembly cover, or alternatively, an additional filter cartridge.
US12036480B2
A lottery ticket, and a lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery ticket, including a plurality of separate player symbol zones on the substrate, each player symbol zone including a plurality of player first symbols, a plurality of award symbols respectively associated with the plurality of player first symbols, and a player bonus award symbol; a plurality of winning symbols on the substrate; a first removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of player symbol zones; and a second removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of winning symbols.
US12036477B2
Systems and methods to enable administrators to incentivize one or both of particular in-game user behaviors and particular in-game user activities via group agreements that govern user groups within an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate presentation of an administrative agreement interface that enables administrators to: define a formation proposal of a new group agreement to be formed, formation incentives thereof, and prospective users for the new group agreements, and define an activity proposal of proposed activities for a user group and activity incentives thereof; receive an indication of acceptance to form the new group agreement, generate instructions to form the new group agreement as a smart contract and transmit such to a decentralized ledger server for recordation; provide the formation incentives to the prospective users subsequent to the generation; receive indication of execution of the activities and responsively provide the activity incentives to the user group.
US12036473B2
It is an object of the present invention to allow reserved content to be used at the proper timing. The information processing device of the present invention comprises a trade information storage unit that stores trade information for each user in which trade-away content and trade-for content set in association with each other; a user information storage unit that stores user information in which a user's possessed content and reserved content are set; a selection unit that selects reserved content that is the same as the designated trade-for content and is not the same as the possessed content, from among the user's reserved content based on the user information, as a result of an operation performed by the user to designate trade-for content that the user wants to acquire in a trade; and a notification unit that notifies the user that the selected reserved content can be acquired without a trade.
US12036468B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an accessory having a plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source emits a controllable spectrum of light through a corresponding one of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and a controller coupled to the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and the plurality of light sources. The controller can be operable to detect tactile contact of each of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, receive status information associated with a video game, and adjust the spectrum of light emitted by at least a portion of the plurality of light sources according to the status information to indicate one or more aspects of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12036462B1
A golf alignment device for use in adjustment of golf stance and golf swing and used to train a user to properly position his/her feet (stance) and the golf club (aim, ball and club head position) when hitting a golf shot. The device includes components for measurement of distance and orientation, including the position of the shoes with respect to each other, the position and/or orientation of the golf club head of the golf club being held by the user and position of the golf ball intended to be struck by the user relative to the device. The alignment device allows determination of the aim of the user as determined by the position of his/her feet as well as the orientation of the golf club head face. A method is also provided for measurement of and adjustment of a golfer's stance and golf swing. This method can be employed in training a golfer and during golf practice.
US12036461B2
Systems and methods for providing climbing walls are discussed. While such systems and methods can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include a climbing wall that has a base member and a climbing surface that includes at least one climbing hold. In some cases, the climbing surface is pivotally connected to the base member. Additionally, in some cases, the system includes an anchor that is configured to adjustably retain the climbing surface at an angle with respect to the base member. In some cases, the system further includes a camera, microphone, and/or display that are configured to allow a climber to have audio and/or visual interactions with another person in a remote location (e.g., for training, competition, etc.). In some cases, at least one climbing hold on the climbing surface comprises a sensor that is configured to indicate when a climber has used that hold. Other implementations are described.
US12036460B2
Provided is a technique with which a batter who is practicing batting with a tee can acknowledge how the batter should change his/her hitting posture. An information processing device includes a processor that executes: (a) continuously measuring, according to either or both of output signals from a motion sensor and a force plate, a posture of a batter who is practicing batting with a tee; (b) determining, according to an output signal from a force sensor internally stored in the tee, a timing at which the batter hits a ball placed at the tee; (c) determining, as a hitting posture of the batter, a posture of the batter at the determined timing; and (d) outputting a message instructing the batter to change the batter's hitting posture, according to information indicating an exemplary hitting posture and information indicating the determined batter's hitting posture.
US12036451B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a top portion, a bottom portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a skirt portion defined as a side portion of the golf club head located between the top portion and the bottom portion and extending across a periphery of the golf club head from the toe portion, around the rear portion, and to the heel portion. The golf club head may include a structural support extending from the skirt portion on a toe side of the golf club head, across the bottom portion, and to the skirt portion on a heel side of the golf club head. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12036446B2
A trampoline having a frame and a jumping mat formed in a single piece from woven elasticated material. The trampoline has a flat base portion lower than the periphery of the jumping mat, and an integral side portion continuous with the base portion around the entire periphery thereof and extending to the periphery of the jumping mat. The jumping mat is connected to the frame by at least two biasing connectors to be supported under tension above ground or floor. The frame may include a first circumextending support coupled to the periphery of the jumping mat by at least one biasing connector to support the periphery of the jumping mat above the ground or floor. A circumextending safety enclosure net has first and second portions extending respectively above and below the level of the first circumextending support. the second portion extending to a second circumextending support forming part of the frame.
US12036444B2
An exercise apparatus includes a motor configured to generate a force experienced by a user of the exercise apparatus, a video monitor, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain an augmented video file from a remote streaming service. The augmented video file comprises a video and a plurality of settings. The augmented video file associates the plurality of settings with a plurality of time steps during a runtime of the video. The circuitry is also configured to cause the video monitor to display the video, and, at each of the plurality of time steps during the runtime of the video, control the motor in accordance with the setting associated with the time step.
US12036441B2
A cricket sensor may include one or more first image-capturing sensors configured to capture image data of a pitching motion of a bowler and image data of an initial motion of a cricket ball at a bowling end of a cricket field. The cricket sensor may include one or more second image-capturing sensors configured to capture image data of a trajectory and a flight path of the cricket ball towards a batting end of the cricket field. The cricket sensor may also include one or more first radar sensors configured to capture radar data describing one or more initial launch parameters of the cricket ball related to the trajectory and the flight path of the cricket ball towards the batting end of the cricket field.
US12036435B2
A wearable exercise device with adjustable resistance adjustment controls includes a strap having a first fastener on a first end and a second mating fastener on a second end, wherein the strap is configured to removably secure around a user's waist. A housing connected to the strap, which includes a pair of internal spools each operably connected to a spring-loaded resistance mechanism. A cable is affixed at one end to each internal spool. The cables extend outwardly from opposing sides of the housing through a pair of cable openings. A handle is connected to an opposing end of each cable. A pair of resistance adjustment controls disposed on the housing are operably connected to each spring-loaded resistance mechanism. The user can wear the waist strap and grasp the handles to perform arm exercises. The resistance adjustment controls allow the user to independently adjust the resistance of each cable.
US12036430B2
An electronic fire sprinkler system includes a plurality of electronic fire sprinklers that each output a flow of fluid in response to receiving an activation signal, a plurality of temperature sensors that each detect a temperature and output an indication of the detected temperature, a plurality of network devices that detect a distance to at least one of the plurality of electronic fire sprinklers, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives a plurality of detected distances, calculates a location of each electronic fire sprinkler based on the of detected distances, determines that a fire condition is present based on the detected temperature, identifies one or more of the plurality of electronic fire sprinklers based on the calculated locations and an identifier of the temperature sensor from which the indication of the detected temperature was received, and transmits one or more activation signals to the identified electronic fire sprinklers.
US12036427B2
A system for charged particle therapy verification, comprising a first detector configured for detection of secondary particles emitted from a target irradiated with a charged particle beam, wherein the detector is configured to cause at least two consecutive elastic scatters in the detector for secondary particles of fast neutrons and two consecutive incoherent scatters followed by a third scatter, being one of: photoelectric effect, incoherent scatter or pair production for secondary particles of prompt gamma-ray types.
US12036417B2
Improved devices, circuits and methods of operation in implantable stimulus systems. An implantable defibrillator may comprise a charging circuit using a transformer to store and build up energy on an HV capacitor or capacitor stack, with the HV capacitor in turn coupled to an H-bridge output circuit having low and high sides for issuing therapy. A current monitoring circuitry is provided on the low side of the H-Bridge and used to form a feedback loop to control current into a transformer that converts battery voltage to a signal that charges the HV capacitor to control current through the H-bridge.
US12036414B2
In one example, a method includes selecting, by one or more processors and based on a representation of sensed electrical signals for a particular patient and a plurality of representations of sensed electrical signals for a plurality of other patients, a combination of electrodes of a plurality of combinations of one or more implantable electrodes for delivery of electrical stimulation to the particular patient.
US12036412B2
Systems, devices, and techniques include analyzing evoked compound action potentials (ECAP) signals to assess the effect of a delivered electrical stimulation signal. In one example, a system includes processing circuitry configured to receive ECAP information representative of an ECAP signal sensed by sensing circuitry, and determine, based on the ECAP information, that the ECAP signal includes at least one of an N2 peak, P3 peak, or N3 peak. The processing circuitry may then control delivery of electrical stimulation based on at least one of the N2 peak, P3 peak, or N3 peak.
US12036407B2
It has been discovered that pain felt in a given region of the body can be treated by stimulating a peripheral nerve at a therapeutically effective distance from the region where pain is felt to generate a comfortable sensation (i.e., paresthesia) overlapping the regions of pain. A method has been developed to reduce pain in a painful region following limb joint replacement by stimulating a peripheral nerve innervating the painful region with an electrode inserted into tissue and spaced from the peripheral nerve. This method may be used to help alleviate postoperative pain in patients following total knee arthroplasty surgery or other limb joint replacement surgeries.
US12036403B2
A lead engagement device is configured to be positioned in a lead lumen. The lead engagement device includes a hypotube. The hypotube includes a wall having an inner surface defining an inner lumen and an outer surface. The wall defines a longitudinal axis of the hypotube. A plurality of lead engagement fingers extend outwardly and proximally from the outer surface at acute angles, and planes in which the acute angles are disposed extend diagonally relative to the longitudinal axis. The plurality of lead engagement fingers are configured to translate relative to the lead and permit relative motion between the lead engagement device and the lead when applying a first force to the lead engagement device. The plurality of lead engagement fingers are configured to engage the lead and inhibit relative motion between the lead engagement device and the lead when applying an opposite second force to the lead engagement device.
US12036402B2
A method of forming a cochlear implant electrode array includes positioning a contact array assembly, which includes at least one carrier and a plurality of contacts on the at least one carrier, in a mold, removing at least a portion of the at least one carrier from the mold without removing the plurality of contacts from the mold, and introducing resilient material into the mold after the at least a portion of the at least one carrier has been removed to form a flexible body.
US12036398B1
Neuromuscular disfunction in patients with chronic pelvic pain can be treated with anesthetic injections to the levator ani sling muscles (to reduce muscle spasticity) and high volume pudendal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerve blocks (to both reduce neurogenic inflammation and mechanically open the space so the nerves can flow freely with less restriction and more blood flow). Additionally, to treat the peripheral and central sensitization found in chronic pelvic pain patients, embodiments of the disclosed treatment include high volume nerve blocks of the ilioinguinal, genitofemoral, pudendal, and/or perineal nerves.
US12036396B2
A medication injection pen comprises a dose set knob rotatable with respect to a housing to set a desired injection dose. The dose set knob comprises at least one internal thread. A leadscrew includes a thread element for advancing in a first direction via a corresponding thread engagement. A driver is rotationally fixed to the leadscrew and is rotatable in a first direction to rotate and advance the leadscrew in the first direction. The setback member is rotationally fixed to the driver. The dose stop member is rotationally coupled to the setback member and is axially movable relative to the dose set knob when the dose set knob is rotated relative to the setback member. Axial movement of the dose stop member limits the user from setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medication remaining in a cartridge.
US12036394B2
A system for medicament delivery includes a cartridge containing a medicament and in fluid communication with a needle, where the needle is enveloped by a needle cap, a housing for containing the cartridge and having an orifice for allowing access to said needle cap and its associated needle, and a needle cap remover device.
US12036392B1
Described is a medicament container carrier adapted to hold a first medicament container having a first predetermined size and capable of containing more than a first volume of a medicament. The container carrier comprises a body, and an adapter coupled to the body. The adapter is adapted to hold a second medicament container having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size and capable of containing no more than the first volume of the medicament.
US12036390B2
A system and method to configure a rule set used in connection with a medical monitoring system for monitoring patients and patient care equipment, especially medication delivery pumps, based on a variety of conditions and parameters associated with monitored biometric information and equipment information and for providing user-defined responses to those conditions and parameters.
US12036384B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to devices, systems and methods for improving thrombolysis via synergetic application of thrombolytics with physical factors, such as in acute ischemic stroke patients. Vibration in the low (0.5-120 Hz) frequency range is synergistic with tissue plasminogen activators (rtPA), significantly improving the effectiveness of thrombolysis without impairing blood brain barrier permeability. Administration of low frequency vibration combined with rtPA improve acute ischemic stroke outcomes.
US12036383B2
A patient care system includes a control unit capable of coupling with multiple modular medical devices. A modular medical device can be coupled with the control unit, wherein the behavior of the modular medical device automatically adjusts based on the status of being coupled or un-coupled with the control unit.
US12036378B2
A transdermal drug delivery patch according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a flexible base layer; and a plurality of microneedle disposed at one surface of the base layer. Each of the plurality of microneedles includes a biodegradable polymer and a drug and has an empty space inside. Each of the plurality of microneedles is formed as a star-shaped pyramid including a plurality of protrusions extending in a radial direction, and a part between two protrusions adjacent along the circumferential direction among the plurality of protrusions is concave.
US12036376B2
This invention relates to an airway dilation device comprising a catheter; an inflation tube within the catheter, and having a lumen defined by its inner wall; a duct within the catheter, for the insufflation of a fluid, the duct being sealed against any fluid flow between it and the tube; a cluster of balloons, arranged about the catheter, the balloons being manipulated between a stowed condition, in which the balloons are deflated, and a deployed condition, in which the balloons are inflated; and inflating means, for inflating the balloons; characterised in that, when stowed, each balloon is folded and staggered relative to each adjacent balloon, and such that continuous insufflation remains possible, even when deployed. This invention relates, further, to corresponding methods of deployment of devices.
US12036367B2
An airway holder for use in holding an airway device, such as an air or nose tube, has a first pair of wings symmetrically disposed about a center portion and a second pair of wings asymmetrically disposed about the center portion. One of the wings of the second pair of wings has an offset to facilitate that wing wrapping about a portion of the other wing of that pair about the airway device, before then, preferably being adhered to the face of the patient. The airway holder may be provided as a portion of a kit with eye protectors in an effort to remove surgical tape (and subsequent reuse with other procedures to potentially spread contamination).
US12036365B2
An endotracheal tube holder device is provided for securely holding an endotracheal tube to a patient during intubation. The tube holder device includes a support rail placed above a lip of a patient. An auxiliary clip is coupled to the support rail and slidably movable along the length of the support rail for holding an accessory device relative to the patients face. The auxiliary clip includes both a horizontal accessory clip and a vertical accessory clip to releasably retain the accessory device horizontally and vertically, respectively. A tube fastener is coupled to the support rail and includes a tube holder base, an adjustment clip coupled to the tube bolder base for laterally repositioning the tube holder base along the support rail, and a securement tie. The securement tie may be wrapped around a portion of the endotracheal tube to secure the tube to the tube holder base.
US12036363B2
A positive airway pressure device includes a blower, a chamber, a sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform operations. The operations include determining a baseline respiratory response for a patient. The operations further include initializing the blower to deliver a therapy pressure to the patient. The operations further include receiving, from the sensor, real-time respiratory response data while delivering therapy to the patient. The operations further include analyzing the real-time respiratory response data to determine whether a sleep disruption has occurred by comparing the real-time respiratory response data to the baseline respiratory response for the patient. The operations further include, based on the analyzing, determining that a sleep disruption has occurred based on an anomaly detected in the real-time respiratory response data. The operations further include, based on the determining, initiating an action to account for the sleep disruption.
US12036358B2
The present subject matter refers a blister-strip based dispenser (100) comprising a lever arm rotatable on receiving a user-actuation. A chassis (106, 108) is provided for supporting placement of at least one blister-strip (104) in the form of the coil. The blister-strip (104) comprises medicament-pockets at at-least one side of the blister-strip (104). A plurality of interconnected-rollers (110, 114, 116) comprises at-least one roller linked to the lever-arm and rotatable by the lever arm. The plurality of interconnected rollers (110, 114, 116) are configured for anchoring the blister-strip (104) from one end for enabling the placement in a coil-form and unwinding of the blister strip (104) from the coil-form, guiding at least two split-portions of the blister-strip (104), anchoring an end of each of said at-least two portions of the blister-strip (104) for winding the at-least two portions separately, and anchoring an end of a lid-foil peeled off the at least two portions for winding the lid-foil.
US12036356B2
An inhaler has a housing having a patient port and a cover rotatable about a cover axis between a closed position in which the cover covers the patient port, and an open position in which the patient port is accessible, a spring surrounding a medicament container in which the cover axis intersects the container, and in which the cover is configured to drive the resilient structure to store energy therein upon rotation from the closed position towards the open position.
US12036348B2
In vivo positionable filtration devices are provided that filter one or more therapeutic agents in blood flowing in a blood vessel. The filtration devices include an elongated member and a filtering component coupled to the elongated member. The elongated member and the filtering component are dimensioned for positioning within the blood vessel. Further, the filtering component includes a filtration material to filter the one or more therapeutic agents from the blood. Methods of in vivo filtration of the one or more therapeutic agents are also provided. The methods include positioning a filtration device of the filtration devices in the blood vessel, and administering a therapeutic agent of the one or more therapeutic agents upstream from a target tissue site to direct flow of the therapeutic agent to the target tissue site and then to the filtration device. The filtration device is positioned downstream from the target tissue site.
US12036347B2
A peritoneal dialysis system includes a drain container; a drain line in fluid communication with the drain container and a patient's peritoneal cavity; a solenoid configured to permit a pneumatic force through a vacuum line and open a drain valve of the drain line; the vacuum source configured to apply and adjust the pneumatic force; the vacuum line; a weight sensor configured to output a weight of used dialysis fluid delivered to the drain container from the patient's peritoneal cavity; and the controller configured to: (i) determine an actual flow rate of used dialysis fluid removed from the patient's peritoneal cavity based on the output from the weight sensor; (ii) compare the actual flow rate to a desired flow rate; and (iii) adjust the pneumatic force applied by the vacuum source via the solenoid to attempt to match the actual flow rate to the optimal flow rate.
US12036345B2
A blood gas management device comprises a blood passage having a gas-blood interface with a plurality of gas passages, and is arranged to direct a flow of supply gas from the gas inlets through the gas passages to the gas outlets, and to allow a flow of blood in a blood flow path through the blood passage to thereby permit an exchange of blood gas with the supply gas via the interface. The blood gas management device comprises a supply gas distribution arrangement allowing the supply gas to be provided from different directions relative to the blood flow path. This provides an improved gas-transfer gradient at different locations along the gas passage.
US12036344B2
An apparatus used in analyzing spent dialysate includes: at least one surface configured to accommodate a dialysate drain bag or drain line in a predetermined position; a light source positioned to emit light through the dialysate drain bag or drain line; and a light sensor positioned to sense light emitted by the light source through the dialysate drain bag or drain line.
US12036343B2
An apparatus for biomimetic expression of breast milk can comprise a breast interface having an expandable membrane configured to mimic the geometry of an infant's mouth. Various regions of the expandable membrane may be configured to simulate the structure and/or function of various parts of an infant's mouth. The expandable membrane may comprise one or more of a distal sealing region configured to simulate the lips, a superior region configured to simulate the hard palate, an inferior protruding region configured to simulate the gums, an intermediate curved region configured to simulate the tongue, and one or more internal expansion regions configured to simulate the soft palate and the throat. The expandable membrane may have a varying thickness throughout the one or more various regions to enable movement of the regions similar to the movement of the corresponding regions of an infant's mouth during nursing.
US12036330B2
Compositions-of-matter comprising a matrix made of one or more, preferably two or more elastic layers and one or more viscoelastic layer are disclosed. The compositions-of-matter are characterized by high water-impermeability and optionally by self-recovery. Processes of preparing the compositions-of-matter and uses thereof as tissue substitutes or for repairing damaged tissues are also disclosed.
US12036329B2
The invention relates to mucoadhesive dispersion nanoparticle system applicable in pharmacy, medicine and cosmetics, especially by administration to surfaces with intensive physiological clearance such as nasal, pulmonal, ocular, oral, throat, rectal, vaginal etc. surfaces, as well as to the method for production such mucoadhesive dispersion nanoparticle system. The composition of mucoadhesive dispersion nanoparticle system comprising in an aqueous medium 0.01 to 2.00 w % hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and from 0.10 to 10 w % dispersed solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) for intracellular release of active substances. The advantages of the composition of SLN mucoadhesive dispersion nanoparticle system of the invention are an increased efficacy and controllable depo-effect for transport and delivery of active substances, forming of a continuous film over the applied epithelial surface and substantially increasing of the retention time of the applied dose.
US12036324B2
Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery of the active pharmaceutical agent to a location internal of the subject). In some cases, upon contact of the tissue with the tissue engaging surface of the article, the self-righting article may be configured to release one or more tissue interfacing components. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component is associated with a self-actuating component. For example, the self-righting article may comprise a self-actuating component configured, upon exposure to a fluid, to release the tissue interfacing component from the self-righting article. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component may comprise and/or be associated with the pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery to a location internal to a subject).
US12036323B2
Novel microsphere compositions for use in parenteral formulations are provided. The microspheres comprise a biodegradable polymer of a molecular weight greater than 10,000 daltons, an active therapeutic agent, and a cellulose-derived material such as ethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, or sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The microsphere compositions decreased deviation in mean microsphere diameter, improved drug entrapment, and improved microsphere stability.
US12036311B2
One aspect of the present invention provides an anti-obesity agent, an anti-dementia agent, a deodorant, an anti-aging agent, an anti-glycation agent, an anti-type I allergy agent, a hypotensive agent, a flavor improving agent, a muscle enhancing agent, and a bone metabolism improving agent which contain a bagasse decomposition extract as an active ingredient.
US12036303B2
A multi-action skin-lightening cosmetic composition is provided. The cosmetic composition comprises ascorbic acid delivered in a stable form in a high concentration and, optionally, other complementary active ingredients.
US12036285B2
The provided technology is in the field of conjugating native, non-detergent extracted, outer membrane vesicles (nOMV) to antigens to form nOMV-antigen conjugates, which are particularly useful for immunogenic compositions and immunisation; processes for the preparation and use of such conjugates is also provided.
US12036271B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12036262B2
Provided are methods for modulating gut microbiota in subjects. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject an effective amount of a composition that includes a first edible plant-derived nanoparticle encapsulating an effective amount of RNA. Also provided are methods for preventing and/or treating gut dysbiosis, methods for modulating bacterial growth, methods for modulating inflammatory cytokines, methods for reducing migration of bacterial from the gut to gut-associated bloodstream, and compositions for use in the presently disclosed methods, including pharmaceutical compositions.
US12036260B1
A herbal composition for relieving sleep disorder, comprising, by percentage weight, active ingredients of 2.5% Hovenia extract, 12.5% rattan extract, 7.5% lemon extract, 7.5% jujube kernels extract, 15% valerian root extract, and 5% panax notoginseng; auxiliary ingredients of 0.05% vitamin B1, 0.50% vitamin B3, 0.05% vitamin B6, 0.01% folic acid (vitamin B9), and 0.10% vitamin B12; and an accessory composition of 36.97% xylitol, 7.39% cellulose, 1.97% stearic acid, 0.99% natural color and flavor, 0.99% silicon dioxide, 0.49% croscarmellose Na, and 0.49% magnesium stearate. The herbal composition has significant anxiolytic effect, well-maintained bioavailability of DHM, no significant toxic or side effect and not causing addictive or withdrawal effect, thereby prolonging sleep duration and quality without causing any significant side effect.
US12036259B2
A method for treatment of cancer, the method comprises preparing a solid water particle solution and a Chinese herb composition; administering a predetermined amount of the solid water particle solution three times a day and a predetermined amount of the Chinese herb composition two times a day, and continue the administering for 14 days to complete a course of treatment; and determining healing effects of the cancer by taking blood test, wherein the Chinese herb composition consists of Scutellaria barbata, Lobelia chinensis, Paris polyphylla, Prunella vulgaris, Artemisia capillaris, Chinese Thorawax Root, White Peony Root, Houpoea officinalis, Indian Bread peel, Asiatic Plantain Seed, Astragalus membranaceus, Angelica sinensis, Dried Tangerine Peel, Common Burreed Rhizome, Blue Turmeric Rhizome, and Japanese Honeysuckle Stem.
US12036257B2
This disclosure provides a modified oncolytic virus that can contain modifications in the viral genome and exogenous nucleic acids coding for proteins. The modified oncolytic virus can be utilized as a platform vector for systemic delivery.
US12036252B2
A method for growing probiotic organisms wherein the growth media includes prebiotics especially selected and prepared to be paired with the probiotic organisms being grown. The prebiotic formula is optimized to grow the desired probiotic organisms, as well as important byproducts of the growth process. Specialized freeze-drying buffers may also be paired with certain probiotic organisms for the freeze-drying process. Specific products may utilize selected probiotic organisms grown and supported with paired prebiotic formulas to promote and maintain physiological health in a subject.
US12036246B2
A nutritional supplement that includes fish oil and selenium has been found to provide a variety of activities beneficial in treating cancer and associated conditions. Such a supplement provides synergistic effects in reducing cancer cell proliferation when used in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs, and can reduce proliferation in drug-resistant cancer cells when used in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs to which the cells are resistant. Effects in reducing angiogenesis, reducing metastasis, reducing the number of circulating cancer cells, and modifying AXL signaling were also found. In addition, use of such a supplement was found to reduce wasting associated with cachexia and reduce circulating cytokines associated with inflammation. Overall effects were found to extend survival in clinical studies.
US12036245B2
Provided are a pharmaceutical composition or a pharmaceutical composition raw material, which contains supernatant from a culture medium used during culture to induce pluripotent stem cells.
US12036244B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods and compositions for enhancing the immune response toward cancers and pathogens. It relates to novel designs of T cell receptors (TCRs) and engineered immunoresponsive cells comprising the same. The novel TCR binds to an antigen in an HLA-independent manner. In certain embodiments, the novel TCR provides enhanced sensitivity for a target gene having a low expression level.
US12036242B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for targeted treatment of myeloid and B cell malignancies. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill myeloid and B cell malignancies with reduced antigen escape. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a myeloid and B cell malignancies that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed CAR T cells.
US12036241B2
Compounds that either produce a higher proportion or greater absolute number of phenotypically identified naive, stem cell memory, central memory T cells, adaptive NK cells, and type I NKT cells are identified. Compositions and methods for modulating immune cells including T, NK, and NKT cells for adoptive cell therapies, such as those providing improvements in one or more therapeutic outcomes, are provided.
US12036239B2
Agents, kits, and methods that utilize oxygenation to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and/or provide prophylaxis against exacerbation of IBD are provided. In several embodiments, the agents, kits, and methods according to several embodiments generate in, or carry to, oxygen in the intestinal lumen to treat IBD and provide prophylaxis against exacerbation of IBD, including those caused by the presence of anaerobic bacteria in the intestine. The agents, kits, and methods provided herein generate an aerobic environment within the intestine to alleviate intestinal inflammation.
US12036233B2
Carbohydrate compositions for dialysis and methods of making and using them are provided.
US12036232B2
A composition for delivering a biologic to a subject generally includes a particulate substrate and an mRNA encapsulated by the particulate substrate. In some cases, the mRNA may be indirectly attached to the particulate substrate. The mRNA encodes at least one therapeutic polypeptide. The composition may be delivered to a tissue of a subject to provide a therapeutic benefit to the tissue.
US12036219B2
The present disclosure relates generally to methods of treating infections in overweight or obese patients using antibiotics. According to statistics compiled by National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2009-2010, 35.7% of adults in the United States were found to be obese. Ogden, C.L. NCHS Data Brief 2012, 82, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databiefs/db82.pdf (last visited Mar. 2, 2013).
US12036217B2
The inventive subject matter is directed to compositions and methods for sterile and storage stable low-dose atropine formulations with improved stability. Most preferably, the compositions presented herein are substantially preservative free and exhibit less than 0.35% tropic acid from degradation of atropine. Advantageously, contemplated formulations are also substantially free of preservatives.
US12036212B2
Disclosed is a method for enhancing tumor response to chemotherapy, the method comprising administering a short-acting anti-angiogenic agent (AAA) capable of activating ASMase to a subject afflicted with a solid tumor, and thereby creating a time interval of increased susceptibility of said tumor to one or more chemotherapeutic agents, followed by administration of at least one chemotherapeutic agent within the interval. The interval can be defined in terms of a short-duration activation of ASMase signaling by the AAA. Disclosed are also methods for predicting the tumor response in a patient afflicted with a solid tumor to a chemotherapeutic agent, using as an indicator of the response ASMase level or activity (or ceramide level) in the patient following the administration of the chemotherapeutic agent to the patient, or dynamic IVIM based DW-MRI to measure perfusion alterations following administration of the chemotherapeutic agent.
US12036208B2
Methods of treating a disease characterized by amyloid aggregates are provided herein.
US12036203B2
The present invention relates to the use of certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a co-crystal thereof, for treating, reducing the risk of and/or preventing heart failure, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular death in animals without type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus, or in animals with pre-diabetes, or in animals with type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes.
US12036200B2
The invention relates to bismuth-thiol compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods for treating a topical wound, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a bismuth-thiol compound, wherein the composition is applied to the infection. Methods for treating microbial infections such as diabetic foot infections are also provided.
US12036198B2
Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.
US12036196B2
Methods and compositions are provided for increasing the anaerobic working capacity of muscle and other tissues. Also provided are compositions formulated for the sustained release of free beta-alanine. Also provided is a dietary supplement formulated, for example, as a solid food product, an edible suspension, liquid or semi-liquid as described herein.
US12036195B2
Co-crystals comprising the Nuclear receptor related 1 protein-ligand binding domain (Nurr1-LBD) and a cyclopentenone prostaglandin are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying or designing Nurr1-modulating ligands and compounds based on the crystal structures described herein as well as the applications of said ligands and compounds as Nurr1 modulators or medicaments.
US12036187B2
The present disclosure is directed at compositions of dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS) suitable for use for treatment of cyanide intoxication. The compositions show particularly useful stability such that the DMTS remains stable for therapeutic use at the identified time periods. The compositions are therefore particularly suitable for use in autoinjectors.
US12036185B2
A pill counting device includes a step feeder having moveable slats interleaved with fixed slats. The movable slats are vertically offset from one another and are configured to move vertically between top platforms of adjacent fixed slats to carry pills vertically up the step feeder. A top movable slat orients a subset of the plurality of pills into a row of pills to be fed into a count chamber. A camera configured to capture an image of a pill of the individual pills as it falls through the count chamber. The device further includes a control system configured to control movement of the movable slats and to control capturing of images by the camera. The control system is further configured to calculate a characteristic of the pill from the image, and to increment a pill counter in response to the characteristic of the pill meeting predefined criteria.
US12036183B2
A fluid transfer connector or adapter for coupling to a container or pharmacy bottle for facilitating the transfer of fluid or medicine from the bottle to a syringe, or from the syringe to the bottle. Optionally, an additional connector can be provided for coupling the fluid transfer connector to the syringe.
US12036181B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to fluid transfer fitments or devices, fluid dispensing devices including such fitments or devices, and methods for their construction and use. In one embodiment, the invention provides a fluid transfer fitment comprising: a tubular body having a sealed first end and a second end; a flanged member extending from the second end of the tubular body to form a flanged opening having a width greater than a width of the tubular body; a void formed between the flanged opening and the sealed first end; and a membrane within the void.
US12036179B2
A handheld system of automatic acupoint stimulation has a case, a camera unit, a storage unit, a human-machine-interface (HMI) unit, a processing unit, an acupoint recognizing unit, and an acupoint stimulating unit. The case has an accommodating space and a handle portion. The camera unit is to capture an image from a body part of a user. The storage unit is to store multiple predetermined acupoint data. The HMI unit is to receive an input signal. The processing unit searches for at least one predetermined acupoint datum that is corresponding to the input signal. The acupoint recognizing unit is to receive the at least one predetermined acupoint datum and obtain a reference length and a beginning basis to locate the acupoint. The acupoint stimulating unit is to stimulate the acupoint of the user located by the acupoint recognizing unit.
US12036174B1
Exemplary aspects of a treatment device are described, such as a body and a plurality of energy generator elements. The body may be provided with a processing unit and a power source. The plurality of energy generator elements may be independently operable to convert electricity from the power source into a plurality of different energy types transmittable towards an area of skin of a user. The plurality of energy generator elements may be arranged coaxially about an axis. The body may include a grip arranged to be grasped by a hand of the user applying a gripping force to maintain the plurality of energy generator elements on or adjacent the area of skin. Related apparatus, methods, and systems are described.
US12036173B1
Disclosed is a transformable massager, including a flexible connector, a massage component and a flexible housing. The flexible connector is deformed when subjected to a force; at least one end of the flexible connector is connected to the massage component; and an outer periphery of the flexible connector and an outer periphery of the massage component are covered by the flexible housing.
US12036161B2
A patient support, such as a bed, a cot, a stretcher, or the like, for supporting an occupant includes sensors adapted to detect a status of the patient support, such as the width of the width-adjustable patient support component or the locked or unlocked state of the patient support component. A control system for the patient support is configured to determine if the patient support is in an unacceptable status, such as an unacceptable width configuration or an unlocked state, based on the sensed status. The control system is adapted to issue an alert or take action or prompt a caregiver to take an action if the patient support status is unacceptable.
US12036159B2
A patient support apparatus comprises a litter and a base configured to receive and support the litter when the litter is docked to the base in a docked state. A foot end extension is coupled to a foot end of an intermediate frame of the base, with the foot end extension defining an extended position wherein at least a portion of the foot end extension extends outwardly beyond the foot end of the litter in a direction opposite the head end of the intermediate frame when the litter and base are in the docked state. The foot end extension includes a top surface that is axially aligned with a substantially flat configuration of the litter in the extended position. The foot end extension can be fixedly coupled in the extended position or movably coupled to the intermediate frame and movable between the extended position and a non-extended position.
US12036158B2
A mobility aid is provided. The mobility aid includes a mobile base movable along a mobile-base-movement plane, the mobile base having a plurality of wheels. The mobility aid also includes a seat pivotably coupled to the mobile base in a manner so as to be pivotable between a sitting disposition, in which the seat is oriented parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane, and a standing disposition, in which the seat is oriented perpendicular to the mobile-base-movement plane and a sitting surface of the seat is facing forward with respect to a forward-movement direction of the mobile base. The mobility aid also includes a balance-assist unit having a balance-assist-linkage mechanism coupled to the seat, and a body-support-module coupled to the balance-assist-linkage mechanism. Components of the balance-assist-linkage mechanism are jointed in a manner movable to allow movements of the body-support-module relative to the seat along a module-movement-plane parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane when the seat is in the standing disposition.
US12036157B2
A support pad coupling mechanism for a surgical table extension unit and a surgical table are disclosed. The surgical table extension unit includes an extension adapter and a support pad. A lower side of the support pad is provided with two coupling plates that are perpendicular to the support pad. Each coupling plate is provided with a hook portion and a first position-limiting post. The first position-limiting posts extend along a direction perpendicular to the coupling plates. The extension adapter is provided with two second position-limiting posts that cooperate with the hook portions and two position-limiting recessed portions that cooperate with the first position-limiting posts. When the support pad and the extension adapter are coupled together, the first position-limiting posts are positioned in the position-limiting recessed portions and the hook portions are hooked onto the second position-limiting posts.
US12036154B2
Various embodiments of a system and associated method for a surgical positioning apparatus for supporting a patient in supine, lateral, kidney and prone position are disclosed herein.
US12036142B1
A body brace and/or body brace kit to facilitate the recovery of a person from an injury, to provide additional support, or to prevent further injury from being done to one or more body parts. The body brace may provide customizable and changeable embodiments to better assist a person in healing and may provide additional support or massage action for one or more preferred body parts.
US12036132B2
An expandable spinal implant is provided having first and second endplates hinged along one end and an expansion mechanism disposed therebetween configured to expand the first and second endplates from each other to provide a lordotic angle of up to 60 degrees. Various implants, systems and methods are disclosed.
US12036131B2
A joint implant adapted for use in joint surgeries. Among other things, the joint implant has an anterior cutting edge and a rotatable cutter supported by a rotatable shaft. When surgical parameters require, the shaft can be detached from the implant. The present implant can include a rotatable shaft that has a conduit and windows.
US12036120B1
A lock delivery system is disclosed. The lock mechanism is reversible between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration. The lock mechanism may comprise a casing, and a first body and a second body arranged spaced-apart in the casing. The first body may comprise a first gripping portion extending to a first actuating arm, and a first spring arranged spaced-apart from the first actuating arm. The second body may comprise a second gripping portion extending to a second actuating arm, and a second spring arranged spaced-apart from the second actuating arm. The first and second bodies are each pivotable about a respective first pivot point and second pivot point so as to move the lock mechanism between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration. A lock delivery catheter may be used as a means to move the lock mechanism between the unlocked configuration and the locked configuration.
US12036117B2
A prosthetic valve may be formed to direct flow out of the outflow orifice toward a posterior portion of a heart wall. The prosthetic valve includes an expandable frame which may be covered with a cover that is suturelessly attached to the frame. The prosthetic valve may also include an outflow orifice size which is controlled. Methods of using these devices are also disclosed.
US12036109B2
A device for supporting an intraocular lens in an eye. The device has a lens support structure having an inner perimeter surface defining, at least in part, a central opening. When implanted, light may pass through the central opening towards the retina. The device has at least three fixation arms, each having an origin portion coupled to the lens support structure and a terminal portion comprising an anchor for trans-scleral fixation of the device. Prior to implantation, at least one fixation arm is biased towards a folded configuration and has a bend between the origin portion and the terminal portion. The origin portion extends away from the lens support structure and the anchor of the terminal portion is positioned over or under at least one of a portion of the lens support structure and a portion of the central opening. Related tools, systems, and methods are provided.
US12036095B2
The Barrier Band for an area on a human body, involving a vascular device access area. The present invention relates to an apparatus that provides a barrier between a person's skin, and any vascular access device, and its components, to prevent compromising skin, and to provide comfort to a person. The barrier band is offered in many sizes, and is made with a stretchable material, to accommodate every patient, and any body part being serviced. It is offered in both a washable and disposable version. Its design and stitching may vary, and it may or may not have an adjustable apparatus, or any other suitable component to tighten or loosen the band.
US12036085B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for remote dental monitoring. In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for remote dental monitoring. The method may comprise (a) providing a patient portal for one or more patients to remotely communicate with a caregiver, wherein the patient portal comprises a graphical user interface that is configured to aid the one or more patients in capturing one or more dental scans, wherein the one or more dental scans comprise (i) one or more intraoral videos and (ii) a plurality of images derived from the one or more intraoral videos; and (b) providing the one or more dental scans to the caregiver for an assessment of a dental condition based on the one or more dental scans.
US12036078B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a dental product or an orthodontic product. The method may comprise (a) providing a mixture comprising (i) a latent ruthenium (Ru) complex; (ii) an initiator; (iii) a sensitizer that sensitizes said initiator; and (iv) at least one polymer precursor; and (b) exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation to activate the initiator, wherein upon activation, the initiator reacts with the latent Ru complex to generate an activated Ru complex, which activated Ru complex reacts with the at least one polymer precursor to generate at least a portion of a final product of the dental product or the orthodontic product, wherein the at least the portion of the final product of the dental product or the orthodontic product comprises a polymer generated from the at least one polymer precursor.
US12036072B2
Ultrasound imaging apparatus for imaging a region of interest in a subject comprises a plurality of separate ultrasonic probes (2a-2c) each having at least one transducer (72) for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves and a communications unit. A control unit (1) controls the probes to coordinate their operation in sequence, and obtains ultrasonic images from the probes for generating a display of those images together in real time simultaneously. The control unit transmits control signals to at least one of the probes, and each probe receives control signals from the control unit and/or from an adjacent one of the probes. The control signals cause the probes to execute a scan sequentially in a predetermined probe sequence which is usually repeated, and the control unit generates a display by combining the image data from the probes.
US12036068B2
In a transcatheter treatment support technique using a combination of a guide wire equipped with a photoacoustic technique and an ultrasonic imaging device, the ultrasonic imaging device estimates a front edge position of the guide wire using a difference between arrival times of photoacoustic waves arriving at an array of elements configuring an ultrasonic probe or a change of an image of the photoacoustic generation source, which depends on a distance of the photoacoustic generation source from an imaging region, and grasps a relationship between an imaging position and the front edge position of the guide wire using the estimation result. This enables visually grasping a relationship between a region (imaging region) from which an image is able to be obtained with reflective waves from a biological body with use of the ultrasonic probe and an insertion object present outside the region, particularly, the front edge of the guide wire.
US12036054B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method with which an imaged range in the past can be reproduced with high precision. In accordance with certain embodiments, an X-ray CT apparatus includes a camera-image producing section for producing a first camera image of a patient, a landmark fixing section for fixing a landmark with reference to a chest of the patient, and an imaged-range defining section for defining a first imaged range in a first scan based on landmark data representing the landmark. The camera-image producing section acquires a second camera image of the patient in a follow-up examination, the landmark fixing section fixes a second landmark with reference to the chest of the patient contained in the second image, and the imaged-range defining section defines second imaged range in a second scan based on landmark data representing the landmarks, and imaged-range data representing the first imaged range.
US12036050B1
The management system mounts rear upright instrument supports on the base of a tray. Each rear support holds the rear end of surgical instruments such as forceps or scissors with the finger holes spaced apart. The forward end of the instruments are held by a forward support. That support has a bar over the instruments, which is positioned to be horizontal when the forward support (and the rear support) is full.
US12036047B1
A cabinet and multiple drawers are originally provided in a collapsed configuration with multiple separate walls, layers and plates connected together, such as through bendable creases. Folding along the creases causes a cabinet sheet to be reconfigured into a deployed cabinet with multiple recesses for receiving drawers therein. A topper can be placed on top of the cabinet. Wheel assemblies can be attached to a bottom of the cabinet. A drawer sheet including multiple separate layers and walls separated by creases can similarly be folded to be erected into a deployed drawer which fits into one of the recesses in the cabinet. A wheeled base can optionally be provided as a multi-wheel assembly upon which the bottom of the cabinet can rest. The cabinet and/or drawers can be partially pre-assembled and optionally spring-loaded to pop-up from a collapsed planar configuration to a deployed configuration.
US12036036B2
An example method is provided to include receiving a media bitstream comprising one or more media units and a first enhancement information message, wherein the first enhancement information message comprises at least two independently parsable structures, a first independently parsable structure comprising information about at least one purpose of one or more neural networks (NNs) to be applied to the one or more media units, and a second independently parsable structure comprising or identifying one or more neural networks; decoding the one or more media units; and using the one or more neural networks to enhance or filter one or more frames of the decoded the one or more media units, based on the at least one purpose. An example method includes. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US12036035B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for estimating blood glucose parameters, including blood glucose concentration glucose sensor signals. In some aspects, a method for estimating blood glucose concentration from signals of glucose sensors includes obtaining a set of time-series values that includes tissue glucose sensor values from a glucose sensor and reference blood glucose concentration values associated with a subject; generating a set of matched blood glucose reference values by determining a temporal matching of the tissue glucose sensor values and the reference blood glucose concentration values; isolating error associated with the matched blood glucose reference values to determine a residual error time series, wherein the isolated error includes a composite error comprising a measurement error, a process error, and random error; and producing estimated blood glucose values for true blood glucose of the subject by adding the reference blood glucose concentration values to the residual error time series.
US12036032B2
A detection device for fusion of tactile sensing and optical tomography includes a handheld probe, a controller for performing signal control and data acquisition on the handheld probe and communicating with a computer, and the computer for performing data analysis and image reconstruction and display on controller information. The handheld probe includes a probe front cover. A tactile sensor, a probe base, and a photoelectric sensor module disposed in sequence are sandwiched between a first probe side cover and a second probe side cover matching the probe front cover. An optical fiber connected to the photoelectric sensor module is interposed between the first probe side cover and the second probe side cover. A detection method based on the detection device comprises detecting tumors inside biological tissue, and detecting physical changes (i.e. local hardness) of the tissue and functional changes (i.e. blood supply distribution) of the tissue.
US12036030B2
One variation of a method for modeling neurological development includes: aggregating electroencephalography (EEG) data that comprise multiple EEG signals of each user in a set of users, EEG signals of each user recorded on multiple distinct dates, the set of users comprising a plurality of users of various known neurological statuses; identifying a synchronization pattern trend within the EEG data of the set of users; and correlating the synchronization pattern trend with neurological development within the set of users.
US12036022B2
A sensor plaster (116) for the transcutaneous measurement of an organ function, more particularly of a kidney function, is proposed. The sensor plaster (116) comprises at least one flexible carrier element (134) having at least one adhesive surface (138) which can be stuck onto a body surface. Furthermore, the sensor plaster (116) comprises at least one radiation source, more particularly a light source (142), wherein the radiation source is designed to irradiate the body surface with at least one interrogation light (162). Furthermore, the sensor plaster (116) comprises at least one detector (146) designed to detect at least one response light (176) incident from the direction of the body surface.
US12036008B2
A near-field sensor method and device for obtaining biomedical information is disclosed. A transmission-line aperture arrangement configured to guide electromagnetic waves and emit near-field fringing energy, is placed near the skin. The transmission line is excited at a narrow-band Gigahertz frequency. The near-field fringing energy emitted by the sensor device penetrates at least partially into the skin and underlying blood vessels, and this energy is partially absorbed and partially phase shifted in a time varying manner according to the changes in tissue physiology. The status of the sensor device is monitored over a plurality of time intervals, and changes in both the phase and the amplitude of the signals passing though the transmission line are used to determine biomedical information such as heart rates, PTT, blood pressure, and glucose levels. Various transmission-line configurations, and various reference transmission-line methods to reduce low-frequency noise, are also discussed.
US12036005B2
There is disclosed a vital sign measuring device (VSMD) for obtaining an indication of a person's blood pressure via the person's finger by means of a finger cuff having an inflatable bladder. Blood pressure may be determined without the use of any electromagnetic radiation, such as miniature dynamic light sensing (mDLS). Apparatuses and methods for obtaining an indication of other vital signs, including hematocrit and total protein, are also disclosed.
US12036003B2
A multimodal biometric device is disclosed. An apparatus may include a non-contact imaging system. The non-contact imaging system may include imaging optics, optical illumination optically coupled to the imaging optics, and a configurable body part support to support different body parts at corresponding focal lengths to capture different portions of the different body parts. An apparatus may also include a housing coupled to the imaging optics, the optical illumination, and the configurable body part support.
US12036000B2
A method of diagnosing intraocular tumors including illuminating a tissue sample using a pulsed light source resulting in output of heat and thermoelastic expansion of the tissue sample. The thermoelastic expansion of the tissue sample produces propagating waves in ultrasonic frequencies. The propagating waves are acquired using an ultrasound system and back-projection reconstruction, thereby mapping anatomies with optical contrast at ultrasonic resolution to image intraocular tumors.
US12035996B2
An ultra high-resolution near infrared brain imager system includes a modular cap housing closely spaced multiple vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser-single-photon avalanche photodiode array (VCSEL-SPAD) modules, each one of the VCSEL-SPAD modules including a linear VCSEL array and a SPAD detector.
US12035995B2
An implantable medical device comprises a functional device for carrying out a therapeutic or diagnostic function, and a communication device for communicating with a remote monitoring system. The communication device, at a start of initial operation of the implantable medical device, is enabled to establish a communication with said remote monitoring system. In this way an implantable medical device is provided which allows for including the implantable medical device in a remote monitoring while reducing a risk for a patient involved with attending to the patient for activating a remote monitoring function within the implantable medical device.
US12035989B2
A system includes a robotic drive comprising a plurality of cassettes, each cassette to move an elongated medical device (EMD) loaded therein, and an input module to issue instructions to the robotic drive. The input module includes a first two or more selection buttons to select a first two or more EMDs loaded in respective ones of the plurality of cassettes, a first control actuatable to cause issuance of an instruction to the robotic drive to simultaneously move each of the first two or more EMDs linearly, and a second control actuatable to cause issuance of an instruction to the robotic drive to simultaneously rotate each of the first two or more EMDs.
US12035982B2
Imaging systems and methods may facilitate positioning an imaging device in a procedure room. A 3D image of a subject may be obtained, where the subject is to have a procedure performed thereon. A view of the 3D image of the subject may be adjusted to a desired view and an associated 2D image reconstruction at the desired view may be obtained. A position for the imaging device that is associated with the desired view of the 3D image of the subject may be identified. Adjusting a view of the 3D image to a desired view and obtaining a 2D image reconstruction may be performed pre-procedure, such that a user may be able to create a list of desired views pre. A user may adjust a physical position of the imaging device to obtain reconstructed 2D preview images at the adjusted physical position of the imaging device prior to capturing an image.
US12035980B2
A medical instrument positioning tracking system includes: a bar-type medical instrument which has a bar shape front end part and an identification segment formed on the rear end part; a tracking multi-camera including a plurality of cameras provided at a plurality of locations so that the identification segment can be photographed in a plurality of time points; a display device for displaying an augmented reality image with the medical instrument as an augmented object and also displaying relevant information including location and angle of the medical instrument; and a control device for acquiring, in real time, a tracking image captured by the tracking multi-camera for every frame, estimating a three-dimensional segment by using the acquired image, estimating the actual three-dimensional positioning of the medical instrument by using the location relationship between a pre-measured location of the medical instrument and the three-dimensional segment, and displaying the estimated three-dimensional positioning information.
US12035964B2
Devices and methods for providing access to the pericardial cavity while reducing risk of myocardial damage. One method comprises the steps of: (a) advancing a puncture device towards a heart, the puncture device including an energy delivery device at a distal end of the puncture device; (b) delivering a single pulse of a pulsed energy through the energy delivery device to a parietal pericardium of the heart to create a void relatively close to the energy delivery device while maintaining the distal end of the puncture device in a substantially stationary position relative to the parietal pericardium; (c) advancing the puncture device a short distance into the void; (d) checking if the puncture device has accessed the pericardial cavity by measuring pressure on the distal end of the puncture device; and (e) repeating steps (b), (c), and (d), if necessary, until the energy delivery device is located at least partially within the pericardial cavity. The methods may include a step of confirming that the puncture device is at least partially within the parietal cavity by injecting or aspirating fluid through a lumen in the puncture device or measuring the pressure or electrical impedance at the distal end of the puncture device.
US12035960B2
Dual-channel injection bipolar high frequency electrosurgical knife comprises an electrode part, a main part and an operation part. The electrode part comprises an active electrode, an insulating part and an inert electrode. The active electrode has a hollow tubular portion, which can cut the target lesion tissue when power on. The main part comprises a protective tube, an insulation sheath and an insulation coated screw, connector, seal. The insulation coated screw includes a conductive screw and an insulating coating on the surface. The operation part comprises a positioning structure, a slider, a core rod, a connection sheath, an infusion tube and a connection cable. 6% Luer tapers are attached to both the positioning structure and the infusion tube. Liquid can flow out from the dual-channel, a solution can be injected in submucosal layer to elevate the mucous membrane tissue or clean hemorrhage site.
US12035940B2
An access assembly includes an instrument valve housing defining a cavity, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a flange seal member, a seal assembly, a centering mechanism, and a retainer frame assembly. The flange seal member includes an arcuate portion configured to adjustably engage first and second surfaces of the instrument valve housing in a sealing relation. The centering mechanism is configured to bias the valve assembly towards a generally centered position within the cavity. The centering mechanism includes a plurality of coils including inner coil portions operatively secured with the seal assembly, and outer coil portions configured to engage the first surface of the instrument valve housing. The retainer frame assembly includes first and second members. The inner coil portion of the centering mechanism is disposed between seal assembly and the second member of the retainer frame assembly.
US12035934B2
A medical device includes a shaft, an end effector at a distal end of the shaft, the end effector having a first jaw that pivots relative to a second jaw about a pivot axis, a control mechanism engaging a surface of the first jaw, such that when the control mechanism translates relative to the pivot axis from a first state to a second state, the surface of the first jaw moves relative to the control mechanism and pivot about the pivot axis. The medical device further includes an actuator extending through the shaft and coupled to the control mechanism, where translation of the actuator translates the control mechanism from the first state to the second state.
US12035933B2
An end effector includes an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a staple cartridge assembly that is received within the lower jaw. The staple cartridge assembly includes an actuation sled and a knife sled. A drive beam is received within the lower jaw and is movable between a retracted beam position and an advanced beam position to move the actuation sled and the knife sled from retracted positions to advanced positions. The end effector includes a locking clip to releasably couple the drive beam to the knife sled.
US12035931B1
An aspiration thrombectomy system including an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the aspiration catheter having a lumen to accommodate fluid, a vacuum source including a controllable vacuum valve, a tubing connected to the aspiration catheter, and a controller configured to detect a change in a catheter diameter corresponding to a change in the connection between the aspiration catheter and the tubing. The controller is configured to change a pulsation protocol associated with the aspiration catheter responsive to the change in the catheter diameter, and the pulsation protocol specifies pressure variations and pressure patterns to modulate the vacuum valve to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter.
US12035926B2
A surgical instrument (10) for scraping and collecting bone particles, comprising: a gripping handle (20); a blade (30) supported by the handle (20); and a collection chamber (40) of particles scraped by the blade (30), wherein the blade (30) comprises a plurality of cutting edges (320) separated from each other.
US12035921B2
Surgical systems and methods for use with a hand-guided tool. The surgical system includes a robotic manipulator that holds a tool guide. The tool guide receives and guides the surgical tool to enable the tool to manipulate a bone. The robotic manipulator autonomously aligns the tool guide to a target orientation relative to the bone. The tool guide is moved to an initial location adjacent to the bone while remaining aligned with the target orientation. The initial location is suitable for the tool to perform an initial manipulation of the bone. The robotic manipulator facilitates withdrawal of the tool guide away from the initial location to a spaced location after the initial manipulation of the bone while maintaining alignment of the tool guide with the target orientation at the spaced guide location. The spaced guide location is suitable for the tool to perform a further manipulation of the bone.
US12035918B2
A system and method of delivering and detaching an implant within a body of a patient is described. A tether connects an implant with a delivery device. The delivery device includes a heater through which the tether passes. The inner lumen of the delivery system pusher may accommodate the lead wires which connect to the heater.
US12035912B2
Disclosed is a surgical instrument, comprising: an end effector configured to grasp tissue. The end effector comprises a jaw, and a staple cartridge seatable in the jaws, wherein the staple cartridge comprises a sensor array. The surgical instrument further comprises a power source configured to supply power to the staple cartridge, and a transmission system configured to wirelessly transmit at least one of the power and a data signal between the staple cartridge and the surgical instrument, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to detect a bandwidth of data transmission through the transmission system, detect a discharge rate of the power source, and select a sensor sampling rate of the sensor array based on a detected value of the bandwidth and a detected value of the bandwidth and a detected value of the discharge rate.
US12035906B2
A surgical instrument comprising a handle system, an elongate shaft assembly, and an end effector extending from the elongate shaft assembly is disclosed. The elongate shaft assembly comprises a first drive member and a second drive member. The end effector comprises an elongate channel configured to support a staple cartridge therein, an anvil movably coupled to the elongate channel, and a cutting member. When the handle system is engaged with the first drive member, a first actuation of the handle system advances the cutting member a first distance. When the handle system is engaged with the second drive member, a second actuation of the handle system moves the cutting member a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
US12035905B2
A vessel closure device comprising a proximal end includes a first actuator, a distal end including a suturing mechanism, and first and second needles associated with the suturing mechanism. At least one of the first and second needles is coupled to the first actuator. The suturing mechanism is activated within the vessel through an opening in the wall of the vessel. The first and second needles are directed through the vessel wall adjacent to the opening to direct a tensile member adjacent to the opening for closing and sealing the opening.
US12035901B2
Access devices including access ports and retractors, which enhance the working area and access to a surgical site. The access port includes a tubular body with at least one sidewall defining an interior path along the length of the tubular body. The sidewall includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The flexible portion is able to stretch or deform, for example, to accommodate an angled trajectory of a surgical implement. A surgical access device for retracting tissue includes a plurality of retractor blades. The outer surface of the retractor blades form a substantially circular cross-sectional configuration with a plurality of spiral ridges projecting therefrom such that advancement of the retractor into the surgical site may be improved.
US12035895B2
A light source apparatus includes: a first light source; a second light source configured to emit light having a dimming resolution lower than a dimming resolution of the first light source; a holder configured to hold the first light source and the second light source on a first surface of the holder; a substrate provided to face a second surface of the holder, the second surface being different from the first surface, and a circuit configured to control driving of the first light source and the second light source being mounted on the substrate; a first wiring configured to electrically connect the first light source and the substrate; and a second wiring configured to electrically connect the second light source and the substrate, wherein a length of the first wiring is shorter than a length of the second wiring.
US12035892B2
An endoscope system includes: a light source including one or more semiconductor light sources; an image pickup apparatus configured to pick up an image of the object irradiated with the illumination light to obtain the image; and a processor. The processor is configured to detect brightness of the image, to change one of a current value and an application period of a current applied to the semiconductor light source when the brightness of the image belongs to a first brightness range, to change the brightness of the image by predetermined processing, to which the image is subjected, when the brightness of the image belongs to a second brightness range, and to change the other of the current value and the application period of the current applied to the semiconductor light source when the brightness of the image belongs to a third brightness range.
US12035891B2
An endoscope treatment tool includes an insertion part that is insertable into a first treatment tool channel of an endoscope of an endoscope system, an operation part, and a single operation wire pulled through operation of the operation part. The insertion part includes a distal end portion that has an openable and closable grip portion, a bending portion that is able to be bent, and a connecting-portion that connects the bending portion to the operation part. The connecting-portion is moved forward and backward along a longitudinal axis of the connecting-portion and is rotated about the longitudinal axis. As the connecting-portion is moved forward and backward or is rotated, the grip portion moves forward and backward or rotates, through the operation of the operation part. As the operation wire is pulled, the grip portion is closed, and the bending portion bends in a state where the grip portion is closed.
US12035887B2
An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.
US12035882B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an endoscope for facilitating a medical procedure by creating an anatomic space in or adjacent a target bodily tissue to be imaged. The endoscope can comprise a flexible, elongate tubular member defining a central lumen and an expandable dissecting member coupled to a distal end of the tubular member. The tubular member can further include at least one imaging channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The at least one imaging channel can include a visualization system for conveying an image from the distal end of the tubular member to a user. The expandable dissecting member can define a channel in fluid communication with the central lumen of the tubular member. The expandable dissecting member can extend beyond the distal end of the tubular member.
US12035880B2
A surgical visualization system comprises: (a) a set of one or more imaging devices, wherein the set of one or more imaging devices is adapted to capture a view of an interior of a cavity of a patient; (b) a display; and (c) a processor in operative communication with the set of one or more imaging devices and the display, wherein the processor is configured to present an interface on the display, the interface comprising a second field of view of the interior of the cavity of the patient, wherein the second field of view is comprised by the first field of view.
US12035876B2
A power supply unit for a surgical instrument operated by an electric motor includes a battery-receiving housing separate and spaced apart from the surgical instrument. A fastening means or retainer fastens or retains the power supply unit to a body part of an operator. At least one power supply unit supplies power to at least one motor system. A control and monitoring device performs and/or monitors at least one function. A cable connection connects a cable for electrically coupling the power supply unit to a surgical instrument for operating the motor system thereof and/or for transmitting data and/or operating parameters.
US12035863B2
A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and is in fluid communication with the pump. The valve assembly selectively flows cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
US12035862B2
A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air including dust flows and at least a portion of which extends in a front and rear direction. First and second rotation cleaning units are arranged on the lower side of the nozzle housing to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate adapted for attachment of a mop. A first driving device including a first driving motor drives the first rotation cleaning unit and a second driving device including a second driving motor drives the second rotation cleaning unit. A water tank mounted on the nozzle stores water to be supplied to the mop.
US12035851B2
A fabric warming rack comprising at least one rod extending along a horizontal plane with one or more light sources integrated into the at least one rod.
US12035846B2
Food preparation apparatus and associated appliance modules and methods. Appliances modules can be selectively docked at docks of an appliance interface of a base. An appliance module includes a food container support surface movable between cooking and holding positions. An appliance module includes a receptacle having a holding well that can be selectively configured in a generally horizontal position or an inclined position.
US12035844B2
A toaster oven system includes a main body, a heating element, a front door, and a top door. The main body has a cooking cavity for holding food, and in which the heating element is disposed. The main body also has a front side and a top side, with the front side defining a front opening of the main body, and the top side defining a top opening of the main body. The front door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The top door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The food is insertable or removable by the user through either the front opening or the top opening when an associated one of the front door and the top door is in the opened position.
US12035824B2
A fastener for an image display assembly comprising a polygonal planar body having a ventral surface with at least one fastening member extending from the ventral surface. The fastening member comprises a fastening member body and at least one cantilever tab extending from the fastening member body. Each cantilever tab comprises a fastener retainer facing the ventral surface. Also provided is an image display assembly comprising retaining features; an assembled image display comprising said image display assembly and said fastener; a kit comprising said image display assembly and said fastener; a method of creating an image display; and use of said image display assembly and said fastener to create an image display.
US12035821B2
A refrigerator has an open front and an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress with an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress. The air curtain system is adapted to produce a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises at least one shelf between the egress and the ingress, the shelf having a front edge, and at least one elongate air-guiding strip extending across at least part of the open front of the fridge. The strip is located substantially in the plane of the shelf and spaced from the front edge of the shelf. The strip is located substantially vertically beneath the outer edge of the upper air egress.
US12035814B2
The present invention relates to a prefabricated chair and, more particularly, to a prefabricated chair separated into two frames so that the volume thereof can be remarkably reduced, thereby facilitating storage and transportation and enabling easy assembly without a separate tool. The present invention relates to the prefabricated chair in which a first frame and a second frame are coupled, wherein the first frame includes: a pair of first and second leg bars of the front and rear; first and second upper horizontal support bars for connecting the upper portions of the first and second leg parts; an upper bracket for coupling the first and second upper horizontal support bars; first and second lower horizontal support bars for connecting the lower portion of the second leg part; and a lower bracket for coupling the first and second lower horizontal support bars, the second frame includes: a pair of third and fourth leg parts of the front and rear; a third upper horizontal support bar for connecting the upper portions of the third and fourth leg parts; and a third lower horizontal support bar for connecting the lower portions of the third and fourth leg parts, and the third upper horizontal support bar is fitted and coupled to the upper bracket and the third lower horizontal support bar is fitted and coupled to the lower bracket such that the first frame and the second frame are assembled in + shape.
US12035807B2
This application relates to inflatable flotation devices that support an infant, and having first, second and third inflatable members. The first member has an outer and an inner perimeter and a first and second diameters at first and second end portions. The second member is at least partially within the inner perimeter of the first member. At least a portion of the upper surface of the second member is recessed with respect to an upper surface of the first member. The third member has an inner perimeter disposed about at least a portion of the outer perimeter of the first member. The third member has a maximum height, when inflated, that is less than the maximum height of the first member, at least a portion of the inner perimeter of the third member being spaced apart from the outer perimeter of the first member.
US12035805B2
A cabinets is provided. The cabinet includes a main panel defining a longitudinal axis and having a top edge. The cabinet also includes a plurality of vertical panels positioned in a laterally spaced relationship along the longitudinal axis of the main panel and in parallel planes each of the vertical panels being orthogonal to the main panel. The main panel and the vertical panels are coupled by hangers. The hangers each include an elongated body and a first end bracket at a first end of the elongated body. The first end bracket has a first hook that receives the top edge of the main panel. The vertical panels are also secured to either one of a top panel or a bottom panel so that either the top panel or the bottom panel holds the vertical panels against lateral movement relative to the main panel.
US12035804B2
The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a horizontal worktop or tabletop and a substructure which holds the worktop, wherein the worktop or tabletop is built up in modular fashion from at least two panel parts which are releasably connected to one another along common lateral edges, wherein at least one of the panel parts is a functional panel part which is provided with a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for integrating a functional panel part into a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item and to a method for replacing one panel part of a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item with another panel part.
US12035779B2
Foot support systems include a fluid flow control system that facilitates movement of fluid into, out of, and/or within a sole structure and/or article of footwear, e.g., to change and/or control pressure in fluid filled bladder(s). Aspects of this technology may relate to one or more of: (a) footwear structures in which such systems are incorporated; (b) valve stem based fluid flow transfer systems; (c) solenoid based fluid flow transfer systems; (d) user input button features; (e) air filter features; (f) fluid tube to fluid distributor connection features; (g) fluid distributor to footwear connection features; (h) valve position sensor features; (i) valve transmission features; (j) pressure control algorithm features; (k) electronic communication features; (l) system sealing features; and/or (m) pressure sensor mounting features.
US12035771B2
An item of clothing comprising an internal layer, made of vapor-permeable material, which faces the body of the user, an external layer, which is opposite with respect to the internal layer, a hybrid portion, which belongs at least partially to the internal layer and is located in the region of the collar of the item of clothing, and an interspace between the internal layer and the external layer. The item of clothing has at least one open region in the hybrid portion, the hybrid portion being at least partially not in contact with the body of the user.
US12035767B2
A convertible garment adapted to be worn by a user including a hood portion and a body portion connected to the hood portion. The hood portion includes a space defined by a first layer and a second layer. The space facing surface of the first layer and the space facing surface of the second layer form a toy body configured for inversion by passing the toy body through the aperture resulting in a second space defined by the toy body. The toy body includes a first set of character features. A second surface of the first layer and a second surface of the second layer include a second set of character features that are adapted such that the user exemplifies the character represented by the first set of character features when the user is wearing the convertible garment and the hood portion is in the non-inverted state.
US12035763B2
An article of clothing comprising an electronic button assembly including an interface having a face and a base. The face defines a face periphery including a first top edge, a first bottom edge, a first right edge, a first left edge, a first lower slanted corner, and a first upper slanted corner. The base defines a base periphery extending beyond the face periphery on all sides to provide structural support to the face. The base periphery has a shape complimentary to a shape of the face periphery. A heater is electrically coupled to the electronic button assembly. An outer shell is coupled to the electronic button assembly. The outer shell has an outer surface and sewing edges folded inwardly and defining a shell opening receiving the interface. A shape of the shell opening follows the shape of the face periphery. The base is disposed beneath the outer shell.
US12035761B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a smart garment on which implemented designs can be changed in terms of color, image, text, etc. Also, a system is provided that comprises: a server for providing various designs to be implemented on a smart garment; and a user terminal that can change the design of the smart garment by receiving various designs from the server and transmitting same to the smart garment. The system according to the disclosed embodiments comprises: a server including a design database for a smart garment; a user terminal for downloading a design for the smart garment from the server; and the smart garment on which the design transmitted from the user terminal is implemented.
US12035756B2
A smoking substitute device and a system for managing a smoking substitute device. In one example, the smoking substitute device comprises a control unit; and an interface configured to communicate with an external device. In this example, the control unit is configured to, after a predetermined action is performed using the smoking substitute device, disable the smoking substitute device when a predetermined criteria relating to usage of the smoking substitute device is met and/or a predetermined length of time has elapsed. In this example, the control unit is configured to enable the smoking substitute device when a signal indicating that an age verification test has been passed by a user of the smoking substitute device is received by the smoking substitute device. Other techniques relating to disabling the smoking substitute device are also disclosed.
US12035751B2
Disclosed are an atomizing head, an atomizer, and an electronic cigarette. The atomizing head includes a contacting member, an atomizing core and a core seat, wherein an atomizing cavity is formed in the core seat, the atomizing core is connected to the core seat, the atomizing core is a porous ceramic body, the atomizing core is provided with a conductive member, and the contacting member is in contact with the conductive member so as to realize an electrical connection between the contacting member and the atomizing core. The atomizing head, the atomizer and the electronic cigarette are easily assembled, thereby improving the assembly efficiency and reducing the production cost.
US12035744B2
A replenishing device for replenishing a flute of a transporter with a rod-like element, wherein the transporter comprises multiple flutes located transversally with respect to a transporting direction and adapted to transport rod-like elements, the replenishing device comprising: a feeding duct for feeding the rod-like element; a rotary replenishing element having an axis of rotation, comprising at least one transferring seat for receiving the rod-like element from the feeding duct in a receiving zone and for transferring the rod-like element to the flute of the transporter in a transferring zone, wherein the rotary replenishing element is adapted to repeatedly pass the same rod-like element through the transferring zone before transferring that rod-like element to the flute of the transporter; and a transferring mechanism for effecting the transfer of the rod-like element from the transferring seat to the flute of the transporter.
US12035742B2
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a connect portion disposed at one end of the aerosol-generating article in direct abutment with the substrate portion, the connect portion having a tubular empty core structure, the substrate portion having a length of between 20 millimeters and 60 millimeters, and a diameter of between 4 millimeters and 7 millimeters, the aerosol-forming substrate including an aerosol former, and an amount of the aerosol former ranges between 6 percent and 20 percent by weight on a dry weight basis of the aerosol-forming substrate. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device, and a method for manufacturing the aerosol-generating article, are also provided.
US12035741B2
A system for depositing foodstuff material in the fluid state on a foodstuff product is provided. The system includes a product conveying line; at least one foodstuff material dispensing unit including a plurality of rows of nozzles; and a dispensing control unit. The dispensing unit includes a valve device associated to each individual nozzle to control foodstuff material flow through the nozzle. The valve device includes an open/close member; a solenoid; and a magnetic element operatively connected to the open/close member and mobile between a first position in which it closes the respective nozzle, preventing dispensing of the foodstuff material therethrough, and a second position in which a passage is opened through the nozzle for dispensing the foodstuff material.
US12035739B2
A nutritional supplement is described that is useful in combination with radiotherapy to reduce the growth of tumor stem cells. The nutritional supplement includes selenium and fish oil, and has been also found to be effective in reducing negative side effects of concurrent radiotherapy, including inflammation, weight loss, muscle wasting, neutropenia, and loss of cells from the lining of the gut.
US12035735B2
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
US12035731B2
An extruded, pressed or particulate fish feed is described. Also described is a method for reduction of the content of undesired nutrients in water discharged from a fish farm, and a process for increasing the mechanical strength or shear resistance of faeces from fish in a fish farm.
US12035729B2
Embodiments disclose herein an enhanced form of coffee which is infused with herbal supplements to promote health and fitness to the consumer. The proposed methodology involves adding the supplement product in any form and dissolved in water and/or solvent with or without heat. A determined supplement serving amount is added to a mixing container adding the appropriate water and/or solvent appropriate to 100% coffee bean absorption and providing heat if necessary. Once required output is achieved the herbal supplements are combined with processed green coffee beans or left for absorption for maximum output and taste.
US12035727B2
Water-based release coatings are disclosed. The water-based release coatings include a homogenous blend of water, a surfactant comprising saponin glycosides, and lecithin. The mixture of saponin glycosides are preferably derived from the Quillaja plant. The release coatings can be used for reducing or preventing build-up on a cooking surface.
US12035724B1
Method and apparatus for a portable fish cleaning station which can be removably attached to the outside surface of the gunwale of a hull of a boat so that the device can be easily portable from one boat to another boat. The device includes a cutting board mounted on left and right pivoting and telescoping frame members which are pivotally connected to a generally rectangular shaped plane so that the frame can be easily attached and removed from the gunwale of a boat. The cutting board is attached to left and right frame members which have telescoping legs or spacers which are useful for leveling the cutting board against the side of the hull of the boat in order to prevent the hull of the boat from being scratched by the frame. The spacers are also useful to level the cutting board into an appropriately level cutting position. An elongated hook is attached to an upper end of the rectangular frame so that the device can be mounted to a boat.
US12035713B2
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest.
US12035712B2
A formulation and a composition that comprises it for promoting the pollination of pear crops (Pyrus) by biasing the foraging preferences of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). The formulation comprises the compounds limonene, linalool and α-pinene. Additionally, a method for targeting the bees' pollination activity towards the pear crops by using the formulation comprising the compounds limonene, linalool and α-pinene.
US12035709B2
Embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for thawing cells using magnetic particles, such as Curie-magnetic or Néel-magnetic particles. In an embodiment, a cell storage medium for cryopreservation is included. The cell storage medium can include a cryoprotective agent; and a plurality of particles comprising a magnetic material. In an embodiment, a method for thawing a frozen cell sample is included. The method can include obtaining a frozen cell sample comprising particles, the particles comprising a magnetic material and applying an alternating electromagnetic field to the frozen cell sample to induce heating of the magnetic material. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12035707B2
A system for an agricultural operation includes a first vehicle having an object sensor configured to capture data associated with one or more objects within the field and a location sensor configured to capture data associated with a location of each of the one or more objects. A computing system is communicatively coupled with the object sensor and the location sensor. The computing system is configured to identify at least one of the one or more objects as a weed, classify each of the identified weeds in a first set of weeds or a second set of weeds, and generate a weed map based on the classification of each of the first set of weeds and the second set of weeds.
US12035705B1
A vertical farming spraying system including a robotic mobile sprayer with a base and driving members. The robotic mobile sprayer includes a first cylindrical element connected to a first pump and a second cylindrical element connected to a second pump. A first mechanical support is mounted on the base, supporting a humidity sensor and a humidifier sprayer connected to the first pump; and a second mechanical support is mounted on the base, supporting a disinfection sensor and a disinfection sprayer connected to the second pump. A control unit controls operation of the driving members and mechanical supports, and of the pumps through the respective sensors via a flow control sensor. The vertical farming spraying system further includes a vertically oriented elongated cylindrical support encircled by a spiral path, designed to guide the robotic mobile sprayer from the base to the top for humidification and disinfection operations.
US12035695B2
A pet feeding device (10) for supplying and opening filled containers (12) has at least one stamp for indenting and/or bending an edge (46) of the container (12). In a method for supplying and opening filled containers an edge of the container is indented and/or bent before opening about at least one substantially horizontal axis.
US12035685B1
An animal vehicle seat support system for retaining in a stable position by gyroscopic functionality includes a cradle having a top portion and a bottom portion. The cradle encloses an interior for receiving a small animal. A base ring extends around the cradle such that the base ring is rotationally attached to the cradle about a first axis. A frame is removably mounted to the vehicle seat and is attached to the base ring such that the base ring is rotational relative to the frame about a second axis. The frame includes a front support and a back support. A retainer is coupled to the cradle and is removably coupled to a harness of the small animal positioned within the interior of the cradle.
US12035671B1
A novel maize variety designated X15R412 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15R412 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15R412 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15R412, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15R412 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15R412 and methods of using maize variety X15R412 are disclosed.
US12035658B2
An outdoor robotic tool (100) comprising a switching assembly (104) comprising a carry handle (106) and a stop button (108) is disclosed. The carry handle (106) and stop button (108) are connected such that the raising of the carry handle (106) results in the stop button (108) being activated and vice versa. The activation of the stop button (108) results in the outdoor robotic tool (100) being rendered inoperable in some way. A lift-indication mechanism (126) may be present, which renders the outdoor robotic tool (100) inoperable if it is lifted. Either or both of the switching assembly (104) and lift-indication mechanism (126) may be present on the outdoor robotic tool (100).
US12035651B2
An agricultural wheel includes a body including a rim, and a semi-hollow-type tire including a flexible case including a sheath and a tread. The rim includes a seat section, suitable for receiving the tire, and a tool section, suitable for scraping the seed drill disc. The tread has a profile domed towards the outside of the tire. The case includes a first sidewall, close to the tool section, connecting the sheath to the tread. The sidewall extends radially or slightly inclined radially. The rim includes an intermediate axial section which connects the tool section to the seat section. The intermediate section is shaped as an axial stop for the tire which is form fitted with the first sidewall. The tire is mounted on the seat section by means of the sheath in an axially stressed state which maintains the first sidewall in contact against the stop.
US12041861B2
An integrated circuit device has an RRAM cell that includes a top electrode, an RRAM dielectric layer, and a bottom electrode having a surface that interfaces with the RRAM dielectric layer. Oxides of the bottom electrode are substantially absent from the bottom electrode surface. The bottom electrode has a higher density in a zone adjacent the surface as compared to a bulk region of the bottom electrode. The surface has a roughness Ra of 2 nm or less. A process for forming the surface includes chemical mechanical polishing followed by hydrofluoric acid etching followed by argon ion bombardment. An array of RRAM cells formed by this process is superior in terms of narrow distribution and high separation between low and high resistance states.
US12041859B2
A method of producing a quantum circuit includes forming a mask on a substrate to cover a first portion of the substrate, implanting a second portion of the substrate with ions, and removing the mask, thereby providing a nanowire. The method further includes forming a first lead and a second lead, the first lead and the second lead each partially overlapping the nanowire. In operation, a portion of the nanowire between the first and second leads forms a quantum dot, thereby providing a quantum dot Josephson junction. The method further includes forming a third lead and a fourth lead, one of the third and fourth leads partially overlapping the nanowire, wherein the third lead is separated from the fourth lead by a dielectric layer, thereby providing a Dolan bridge Josephson junction. The nanowire is configured to connect the quantum dot Josephson junction and the Dolan bridge Josephson junction in series.
US12041858B1
Josephson junction (JJ) structures are disclosed. In some embodiments, a JJ structure may include alternating planar superconducting structures and planar non-superconducting structures arranged along a direction away from a wafer surface.
US12041856B2
Devices, systems, methods, and/or computer-implemented methods that can facilitate a qubit device comprising a superconducting circuit provided on an encapsulated vacuum cavity are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a substrate having an encapsulated vacuum cavity provided on the substrate. The device can further comprise a superconducting circuit provided on the encapsulated vacuum cavity.
US12041853B2
A portable power supply according to one or more embodiments includes a combustion device (20) and a heating container (30) that retains an object to be heated, wherein at least a part of a portion of the heating container, the portion being directly heated by the combustion device, is provided with a magnetic metal plate (32) that has spontaneous magnetization and that generates electromotive force due to an anomalous Nernst effect induced by the heating, and wherein electrodes (33a, 33b) for drawing power are provided. Thus, the heating container for generating electricity has a simple configuration, and furthermore the portable power supply is provided with both the heating container and the combustion device.
US12041848B2
The present specification provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US12041841B2
A display device includes: a substrate on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged; a repair pattern arranged overlying the substrate; a buffer layer covering the repair pattern; an active layer arranged overlying the buffer layer; a conductive layer which is arranged overlying the active layer and on which electrodes of the circuit elements are arranged; an overcoat layer covering the conductive layer; and a light emitting element arranged overlying the overcoat layer. The repair pattern is arranged in such a manner that one region thereof overlaps the active layer.
US12041839B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. A thin film transistor layer disposed on a substrate includes a first metal trace at least disposed in a wire replacement region. An encapsulation layer includes an inorganic encapsulation sub-layer, which is disposed on one side of the thin film transistor layer away from the substrate and stacked with an inorganic spacer layer. A touch metal layer includes a touch trace, which is at least disposed in the wire replacement region and electrically connected to the first metal trace. Both the inorganic encapsulation sub-layer and the inorganic spacer layer are not overlapped with the wire replacement region.
US12041836B2
A device includes: a display element layer disposed on a substrate, the display element layer including pixels; an encapsulation layer covering the display element layer; and a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer. The touch sensor includes a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the encapsulation layer; a first surface reinforcing layer formed by performing surface treatment on the first inorganic insulating layer and disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface reinforcing layer; a first organic insulating layer covering the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer and connected to the first conductive layer while penetrating the first organic insulating layer.
US12041831B2
A display apparatus having a display area enlarged to display an image in an area where a component is arranged includes a substrate including a first area having a transmission portion, and a second area surrounding the first area, a first data line extending in a first direction on the second area, and including a first line and a second line spaced from each other with the first area therebetween, a connection line on the second area, adjacent to, and bypassing, the first area, and including an end connected to the first line, and another end connected to the second line, a pixel circuit on the second area, including a thin-film transistor, and a node connection line electrically connected to the thin-film transistor, and a first pixel electrode above the pixel circuit, wherein the connection line is spaced from the node connection line.
US12041830B2
A method of fabricating a conductive pattern includes forming a conductive metal material layer and a conductive capping material layer on a substrate, forming a photoresist pattern as an etching mask on the conductive capping material layer, forming a first conductive capping pattern by etching the conductive capping material layer with a first etchant, forming a conductive metal layer and a second conductive capping pattern by etching the conductive metal material layer and the first conductive capping pattern with a second etchant, and forming a conductive capping layer by etching the second conductive capping pattern with a third etchant. The second conductive capping pattern includes a first region overlapping the conductive metal layer and a second region not overlapping the conductive metal layer, and the forming of the conductive capping layer includes etching the second region of the second conductive capping pattern to form the conductive capping layer.
US12041826B2
Disclosed are a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes, in a plane parallel to the display substrate, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of power lines and a plurality of sub-pixels arranged on a base substrate. At least one sub-pixel includes a light-emitting device and a driving circuit configured to drive the light-emitting device to emit light. The driving circuit includes a plurality of transistors and a storage capacitor. The display substrate includes, in a plane perpendicular to the display substrate, a base substrate and a plurality of functional layers. The plurality of functional layers includes a semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer and a fourth conductive layer which are sequentially arranged.
US12041822B2
A display panel having a pixel region includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel circuits located in the pixel region, and a plurality of light-emitting structures located in the pixel region. Each pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor and a plurality of transistors. The light-emitting structures are configured to emit light of at least three primary colors. Each light-emitting structure includes a light-emitting device. Each pixel circuit is coupled to the light-emitting device in a corresponding light-emitting structure, and a surface of the light-emitting device proximate to the base substrate is a light exit surface. Among the light-emitting structures, an orthogonal projection of an effective light-emitting region, on the base substrate, of the light-emitting device in a first light-emitting structure with a shortest light-emitting wavelength, is spaced apart from orthogonal projections of all storage capacitors of the plurality of pixel circuits on the base substrate.
US12041808B2
An electroluminescent display substrate includes: a base substrate; a thin film transistor; a display light-emitting element on a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate; an inorganic material layer between the thin film transistor and the display light-emitting element; an encapsulating structure covering the display light-emitting element; a hole, at least penetrating the encapsulating structure; at least one post spacer surrounding the hole; and an overcoat layer covering the at least one post spacer. An orthographic projection of the inorganic material layer on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the thin film transistor on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the at least one post spacer on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of the overcoat layer on the base substrate, and the overcoat layer is located in the same layer as the inorganic material layer.
US12041801B2
An organic material having at least one aromatic conjugated π-electron system is selected. The purity of the organic material is improved by purification, and a conduction mechanism of the organic material is confirmed by a time-of-flight method, whereby a liquid phase of the organic material is usable as an organic semiconductor. A method that enables the usage of a liquid phase of an organic material as an organic semiconductor is provided. The method involves confirming the electronic conduction of the organic material having at least one aromatic conjugated π-electron system by evaluation of a charge transport property using a time-of-flight method, and by evaluation of a dilution effect caused by addition of a diluent.
US12041799B2
An imaging element which is formed by sequentially stacking at least an anode, an anode-side buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a cathode, in which the anode-side buffer layer includes a material having structural formula in which thiophene and carbazole are combined.
US12041794B2
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes: a stacked body in which a plurality of conductive layers are stacked via an insulating layer and which has a memory region in which a plurality of memory cells are disposed and a staircase region in which end portions of the plurality of conductive layers form a staircase shape. A first region of the staircase region includes a first sub-staircase portion ascending in a first direction toward the memory portion, and a second sub-staircase portion disposed side by side with the first sub-staircase portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first sub-staircase portion and ascending in the second direction.
US12041789B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system is provided that includes an optical source to generate and transmit an optical beam, an optical fiber to guide the optical beam to a fiber tip from which the optical beam is emitted, and a first scanning mirror rotatable along at least one axis to steer the optical beam to scan a scene, and collect light incident upon objects in the scene. The system further includes a first lens, disposed between the optical fiber and the first scanning mirror, to focus the optical beam emitted from the optical fiber to converge at a location near a center of rotation of the first scanning mirror, the first scanning mirror to reflect the optical beam towards an optic, the optic, disposed between the first scanning mirror and the scene, to collimate or focus the optical beam reflected from the first scanning mirror, and a signal processor to determine a range of one or more of the objects from a return signal reflected from the one or more of the objects.
US12041788B2
A storage device includes: a memory unit and a first pillar. The first pillar includes: a first region having a third portion between a first and a second portion respectively having a first and a second maximum diameter, and having a first minimum diameter, the first and second portions defining a first distance; a second region having a sixth portion between a fourth and a fifth portion respectively having a third and a fourth maximum diameter, and having a second minimum diameter, the fourth and fifth portions defining a second distance; and a third region between the first and second regions, having a ninth portion between a seventh and an eighth portion respectively having a fifth and a sixth maximum diameter, and having a third minimum diameter, the seventh and eighth portions defining a third distance shorter than each of the first and second distances.
US12041786B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin protruding over the substrate, a gate structure over the fin, a bottom electrode over and electrically coupled to the gate structure, a ferroelectric layer around the bottom electrode, and a top electrode around the ferroelectric layer.
US12041779B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a vertical stack of alternating insulative and conductive levels. The conductive levels have terminal regions and nonterminal regions. The terminal regions are vertically thicker than the nonterminal regions. Channel material extends vertically through the stack. Tunneling material is adjacent the channel material. Charge-storage material is adjacent the tunneling material. High-k dielectric material is between the charge-storage material and the terminal regions of the conductive levels. The insulative levels have carbon-containing first regions between the terminal regions of neighboring conductive levels, and have second regions between the nonterminal regions of the neighboring conductive levels. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12041763B2
A method for forming a capacitor, the capacitor and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a stacked-layer structure, a protective layer, a first mask layer, and a photolithography layer which is provided with a plurality of cross-shaped patterns arranged in a square close-packed manner; patterning the first mask layer based on the photolithography layer; forming a plurality of through holes penetrating through the protective layer and the stacked-layer structure based on the patterned first mask layer by etching, in which in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, a projection of each through hole is cross-shaped, and the plurality of through holes are arranged in the square close-packed manner; and forming a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer and a second electrode layer covering an inner wall of each through hole to form the capacitor.
US12041760B2
A transistor includes a gate structure that has a first gate dielectric layer and a second gate dielectric layer. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate. The first gate dielectric layer contains a first type of dielectric material that has a first dielectric constant. The second gate dielectric layer is disposed over the first gate dielectric layer. The second gate dielectric layer contains a second type of dielectric material that has a second dielectric constant. The second dielectric constant is greater than the first dielectric constant. The first dielectric constant and the second dielectric constant are each greater than a dielectric constant of silicon oxide.
US12041755B2
A method for producing a power semiconductor module arrangement includes: arranging at least one semiconductor substrate in a housing, each semiconductor substrate including a first metallization layer attached to a dielectric insulation layer, the housing including a through hole extending through a component of the housing; inserting a fastener into the through hole such that an upper portion of the fastener is not inserted into the through hole; arranging a printed circuit board on the housing; arranging the housing on a mounting surface, the mounting surface comprising a hole, wherein the housing is arranged on the mounting surface such that the through hole is aligned with the hole in the mounting surface; and exerting a force on the printed circuit board such that the force causes the fastener to be pressed into the hole in the mounting surface so as to secure the housing to the mounting surface.
US12041753B2
An electronic device includes a heat generator including at least an electronic component generating heat, a case dissipating heat from the heat generator, a heat conductive member conducting heat of the heat generator to a heat dissipation member, and a metal bonding layer interposing between the heat generator and the heat conductive member and including at least a first bonding layer using gold or gold alloy as a constituting material. Thickness of the metal bonding layer is smaller than flatness of a bonding region which is bonded to a metal bonding layer on a facing surface of the heat generator and a facing surface of the heat conductive member. The heat conductive member has flexibility, is joined to the heat generator via the metal bonding layer, and is in contact with the case.
US12041742B2
An apparatus simulates cable routing for determining signal integrity between electronic components within a computer chassis. The apparatus includes a base plate simulating a computer chassis base. The base plate includes a top surface. The apparatus further includes a plurality of reconfigurable mounting fixtures, each allowing temporary mounting of a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) to a respective reconfigurable mounting fixture. Each of the plurality of reconfigurable mounting fixtures is temporarily mountable anywhere on the top surface of the base plate. The apparatus further includes a cable having a first end connector that allows a connection to a first PCBA, and a second end connector that allows a connection to a second PCBA.
US12041739B2
An electronic device includes a display module that includes a foldable display portion and a non-foldable display portion, and a window disposed above the display module and that includes a foldable portion that corresponds to the foldable display portion and a non-foldable portion that corresponds to the non-foldable display portion. The window includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate that faces the first glass substrate, a protection layer that corresponds to the non-foldable portion and that is disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and that includes an inorganic oxide, and a photoresist layer disposed between the protection layer and the first glass substrate. The first glass substrate includes a recessed portion that corresponds to the foldable portion formed on one surface adjacent to the protection layer.
US12041732B2
An electronic assembly 52 includes a plurality of circuit boards 70, 74, 78 each comprising engagement grooves 84 spaced around an outer wall. The assembly includes a plurality of spacers 72, 76 with alignment elements. The alignment elements comprise a first tab 92 and a first tab receiver 93 extending in a first axial direction. The alignment elements further comprising a second tab 90 extending in a second axial direction opposite the first and a second tab receiver 91 extending in the second axial direction. A first spacer 72 is disposed between a first circuit board 70 and a second circuit board 74. The first tab 92 of the first spacer 72 is disposed within a first engagement groove of the first circuit board 70. The second circuit board 74 is disposed between the first spacer 72 and a second spacer 76. A second tab 90 of the first spacer 72 is received in a second engagement groove 84 of the second circuit board 74 and a first tab receiver 93 of the second spacer 76.
US12041731B2
The present disclosure relates to a multilayer circuit board manufacturing apparatus. The present disclosure includes: uncoiler configured to provide a member; a process unit configured to perform a process on the member provided from the uncoiler; a recoiler configured to wind the member on which the process is completed in the process unit; and a tension adjustment unit which is located in at least one of the uncoiler, the recoiler, a region between the uncoiler and the process unit, and a region between the process unit and the recoiler, and adjusts tension of the member.
US12041730B2
A method of manufacturing a component carrier is described. The method includes forming a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and reducing an amount of solvent in a fiber-free dielectric layer, which is directly connected to a metal layer, so that the dielectric layer with reduced amount of solvent remains at least partially uncured.
US12041726B2
The management device includes a management control section configured to set attachment position setting information including an attachment position of a feeder in a tendency such that the feeder is to be replaced in association with production switching to be attached to an attachment portion closer to a storage section based on production plan information including multiple pieces of mounting condition information.
US12041719B2
A memory system includes a substrate having a first and second surface, a memory controller, a nonvolatile memory, a first and second part, first and first, second, third, and fourth electrodes. The substrate includes a core portion, first and second pads on the first surface, and third and fourth pads on the second surface. The first electrodes couples the first pads and the memory controller. The second electrodes couples the second pads and the nonvolatile memory. The third electrodes couples the third pads and the first part. The fourth electrodes couples the fourth pads and the second part. The first and third pads are arranged at positions symmetrical to each other with respect to the core portion. The second and fourth pads are arranged at positions symmetrical to each other with respect to the core portion.
US12041710B2
A heat dissipation apparatus is provided. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a thermally conductive housing. The heat dissipation apparatus is connectable to a chip so that the chip is arrangeable on a chip placement region of the thermally conductive housing. A capillary structure is disposed on the thermally conductive housing and a working medium is placed in the capillary structure. The capillary structure includes a first capillary structure and a second capillary structure that are connected, and a maximum thickness of the first capillary structure is less than a minimum thickness of the second capillary structure.
US12041703B2
There is provided a supplemental illumination assembly for supplementing a spectral content of an initial illumination originating from an illuminating lamp. The illuminating lamp includes a main controller. The supplemental illumination assembly includes an elongated body; a plurality of supplemental light emitters mounted on the elongated body, each supplemental light emitter being configured to emit light having an emitter spectrum in a non-visible range; and a local controller provided on the elongated body and configured to control the supplemental light emitters, the local controller being in communication with the main controller of the illuminating lamp to receive control signals therefrom.
US12041702B2
A method for detecting occupancy and controlling electrical load based on the presence of mobile devices in a space is disclosed. An electric lighting fixture emits control signals into a surrounding area which triggers responses from nearby mobile phones that are not necessarily engaged in an active call. The lighting fixture receives response signals from mobile devices in the area and determines occupancy based on detection of the devices. The power delivery to the lighting fixture may be controlled based on occupancy. The method may further include providing audible or visual indicators of occupancy detection, requesting registration information from mobiles, storing mobile device IDs to ignore known devices, adjusting sensitivity of detection, controlling other electrical loads based on occupancy, and interfacing with a security system.
